pre-baby bucket list

Last week Mackenzie posted about how having lots of little things to look forward to in life can offset those nagging obligations on your calendar that can bog you down or fill you with dread - deadlines, dentist appointments, etc.  Her reminder to fill in your life with "happy moments" around those to do list items, making for a more enthusiastic you, is great for everyone, but it was especially good at 2 months away from my due date...

Recently it's been easy to get overwhelmed by the to do lists I've got around here for maternity leave prep and baby prep - not to mention that I'm starting to have more and more moments that I'm just plain tired of being pregnant and want this to be done. So I've started a list of activities to do pre-baby that will help us savor the things that we love to do together but will be much harder (or nigh unto impossible) once we have a little one, and to help me appreciate the great things about these final days of growing a baby as I get more impatient to meet him.

We're planning a little babymoon overnight getaway for early September. Nothing too far away, since we're getting pretty close to the due date, but it will be welcome amidst all the weekends Peter's had to work in this 3-month block (not to mention the crazy early mornings/late nights). Besides that, I think remembering to enjoy these activities over the next two months will help offset the remaining nagging tasks (insurance, childbirth classes, pediatrician selection, ugh) - and make the most of our remaining time as a family of two.

And this weekend we already did #2! We had a great date night to the newly opened Sotto - excellent food, a cool venue to check out, and a really nice chance to be able to reconnect over a long meal. We spent the rest of our evening talking about how great that date night was.

What little things are you looking forward to?