C-section date set!

We have pretty exciting news, we've set the c-section date for Tuesday, July 31st - that's only a little over 6 weeks away!  It kind of took us by surprise at our last dr appointment when the nurse said, "well, we should probably start looking at dates to have this baby and get in on the calendar".  Our team of doctors recommended I deliver at 37 weeks due to all the complications, which we are fine with.  It's obviously not my first choice (a natural delivery whenever the baby decides to come), but as long as he's healthy and the doctor's feel it's the right choice, and we're comfortable with it, then I think we should be good to go.  Aaron and I keep saying to each other "it seems so real now"! --- not that it didn't seem real before, it's just different when there is a big ol' circle on the calendar with "BABY TIME - 1:30pm" scribbled in huge red letters.  We couldn't be more excited to meet this little guy, and we've been working away at getting the house ready for his arrival...

Project #1 - Nursery closet shelves

Aaron has been quite the wood worker lately, he bought a hand-me-down wood table saw and has been working away at building this amazing shelving system for the nursery closet - it's finished now and it turned out great, wouldn't you agree?!  Now I can go buy more cute little outfits for baby :) haha

Aaron's custom-built nursery shelves! (the other side of the closet is identical)

Project #2 - the "perfect" sound track for baby's arrival

I've been working on putting together some songs to play in the operating room to welcome baby to the world.  When we took a hospital tour last week, the nurse that showed us around said a lot of couples do this to help relax and also to diffuse the sounds (euuuw) and make us feel more comfortable.  Needless to say, I loved the idea.  If you have any suggestions, I'd love to hear them :)  preferably no heavy metal, hard rock, or gangsta rap please....we want happy music! 

and a very special thank you to Kelly Martinka for helping me with this project :) 

All that said, I do realize this little guy could come at any time now, and we may not have the perfect birth soundtrack ready, the shelves plump full of the cutest and softest baby clothes, diapers bought, or hospital bag packed, but that's okay - we'll welcome this little guy with all the love he needs.

Thank you all for your continued love and prayers,
Amy and Aaron