The Big Day!

Tonight we go into the hospital to start the induction, with the plan being that BLG will arrive sometime Monday afternoon.   We are as ready as we are going to be and can't wait for her to be here!

We had a nice, relaxing weekend doing many of the things we won't be able to do for awhile. On Saturday, we slept in, read the paper (coincidentally, there was an article in the Times about couples in our neighborhood having babies), took a walk through Tribeca, and had lunch at Landmarc, one of our favorite local restaurants.  I took an afternoon nap while Mark watched Maryland upset North Carolina in basketball.  He tells me that is a really big deal... (he was nice enough not to wake me up with his screaming and jumping up and down when they won).  Saturday night we watched a couple of Oscar-nominated movies so we are fully versed in the nominees prior to the show tonight!  

Today, we both really slept in -- we didn't get up until almost 11 am!  We did some stuff around the apartment, I got a manicure and pedicure (no reason not to try to look good in the hospital, right?), and we downloaded a couple of movie rentals from iTunes to watch in the hospital tonight.  Lots of family and friends called to wish us well.  Thanks to everyone for your very kind words!  Jack and Donna arrived in New York and came by to say hello and brought us more gifts and yummy soup.  And, of course, I am watching a little of the red carpet on E! before we leave for the hospital (how cute are the kids from Slumdog?).

I'm actually less anxious today than I have been for the last few days; just really excited.   Next time I post we will be back home with BLG.  Wish us luck!