Feels familiar...

Shhhhhh. At last. It's quiet. So blissfully quiet. And I'm all alone. I can just 'be', without 'being' anyone or anything. Ahhhhhh~
Shhhhhh.
Been longing longing for solitude all day. Been feeling very emotional and I'm also pretty sure baby dropped d..o..w..n.

There's a sense of knowing what is ahead and the mental marathon involved to do it well and a real earnest desire to have some personal space to prep for that!! The preconception of most is that I "just so happen" to birth well. Pffshh! It takes a snot load (and then some) of mental focus to birth well. It's darned hard work, never easy. However, I am concerned I'm too tired and unprepared to have the mental stamina necessary this time. Yah for the Grace of God!

All in all, feeling very birthy and don't think this one will make us all wait til week 42 like the last :)

After this huge emotional tug of war in the morning between longing for solitude and kids giving me the complete opposite I was able to sneak a few moments to myself in the afternoon. I made these and felt much better for it (wool felt "polaroids" for each month of our year). Our tree looks spanking!! :) Idea from here