Okay, baby, any time now!

At T-minus 2 days and counting, the Doyle household is closer than ever to being prepared for Pistachio's arrival. The nursery has been finished for some time now, with new carpet, a fresh coat of zero-VOC paint, a super-comfy glider rocker, a borrowed like-new crib with brand new bedding, clothes and diapers (disposable, cloth, and gdiapers), and several years' worth of baby bath products.

Our carpenter friends completed their construction of a wonderful home office set-up, laundry cabinets, and closet shelves, which our parents lovingly painted and covered with a no-VOC polyurethane called Polyureseal. We've tiled and grouted our bathroom floor and installed a new commode and Euro-vanity sink. We're definitely in the home stretch now! After a final layer of poly on the new cabinetry, all we'll have left to do are installing tile in the bathroom shower and poly-ing the office floor. The tile will be a big, intimidating project, but we're definitely seeing the light at the end of the tunnel!

Speaking of the light at the end of the tunnel, I keep encouraging Pistachio to go toward the light. Based on what my doctor described after a delicate examination a week and a half ago, that's exactly what he/she is doing. That must be the reason for the great discomfort I'm feeling in my groin area. The sensation of a 7-pound baby "resting" on my pelvis is reminiscent of the painfully sore muscles I would experience after a week of "two-a-day" basketball practices in high school. The good news is that I survived two-a-days, so I guess I will survive this, too!