Tomorrow Kate will officially be seven months pregnant! While seven months is quite a bit of time, two month isn’t. And that’s all we have left until the infant former known as Baby Big Head arrives. This seven month marker has me checking my “things that need to get done before the baby’s arrival” list. When we found out we were pregnant it was the day before we left for Dallas to visit KC and Laura and to attend the Eagles/Cowboys game. At that time Kate and I wanted 3 major things done before BBH’s arrival. First thing on the list was the bathroom. Anyone who has seen our original bathroom can attest it was ugly. So around Thanksgiving the bathroom was torn out. And by mid December a brand new bathroom took its place. Task one was complete. Task number two, and by far the largest project to date was the demolition and reconstruction of the new and greatly improved kitchen. The kitchen is a countertop installation, some minor plumbing, and a little more electrical work away from being complete. And luckily I’m not doing any of those three things. That leaves project number 2A. (What you thought Kate was only going to want three big projects completed in time for BBH? I wish!) While doing the kitchen Kate decided the laundry room needed a complete facelift. I’m currently about two weeks away from completing that project. And the third and final project is the nursery!!! The baby’s room was already gutted, re-wired, re-insulated, and re-drywalled a year and a half ago. So all that needs to be down is painting and decorating. Oh wait, that’s right. The year and half old carpet in that room isn’t up to date enough for my wife. So we’ll be installing hardwood floors in the nursery. Estimated project time two weeks. So in summation, everything that needed to get done before the baby’s arrival, along with the extra stuff my wonderful wife wanted done along the way, will be completed by around May 28th. A full two weeks before the due date. So who’s worried? Not this naive jackass!

Two months! Two months in comparison to a whole nine month pregnancy is nothing. Especially when you consider the baby is considered full term anytime after 38 weeks. Kate will have completed her 38th week on Monday, May 29th. Yeah that’s right, the day after I’m estimating the house to be completely done. But on the flip side of that argument the baby could just as easily be two weeks late too. Basically what I’m saying is the baby could be here in no time flat. Actually she will be. Here are some thoughts from the past week or so:

• I think Kate and I have subconsciously decided on a name for BBH but haven’t agreed formally yet. It’s almost like a default name. It won’t be either one of our personal favorites but it’s something we can both live with. It’s a shame I can’t trust my wife. If I could I would agree to let her name this baby as long as she forfeited and input on what we name the second. Actually she wouldn’t go for that because of her control issues.
• This past weekend demonstrated a wonderful benefit of being pregnant. We had a rehearsal dinner Friday night and a wedding Saturday night. And guess who got chauffeured home both nights by his designated driver wife. Yeah, me!
• This morning Kate looked significantly more pregnant then she did last night. Is this even possible? I think we need to get a belly shot on the website ASAP. She’s starting to look pretty damn big. I can’t imagine what she’s going to look like right before show time.
• I’m finally starting to understand the whole issue of her not fitting into clothes. For the rehearsal dinner the other night she had this skirt and shirt picked out and they didn’t look very good on her and she knew it. It was a scary 20 minutes before she found something to suitable replace it.