Instead of a Mid-life Crisis....

I can't believe that Lincoln is going to be in our arms in less than 10 weeks! I know that the next month is going to zoom by with Christmas, and all of the great things that come along with it. It seems like this time of year just goes so quickly and I'm feeling a bit desperate to hold on to the time that Nate and I have left together as a couple. I think that this change is going to be amazing and we are totally ready for it, but I have been with Nathan since I was 15! We got married when I was 19, and it has always been just us. The thought of having children was not even in the picture at the time we got married, and literally up until we starting trying to get pregnant in February of 2012, it wasn't even on the radar. That's almost 10 years of just us people! This is going to be an adjustment, an amazing adjustment that is totally worth it, but an adjustment none-the-less.

We have decided that Nate and I are going to spend the next weeks until Lincoln's delivery doing all the stuff we won't get to do a whole lot of during Lincoln's first years. This includes watching movies, going on dates on a whim, spending time just relaxing, and doing absolutely nothing. We have already set aside one Sunday where the goal is to do as little as possible, just watch as much T.V. and football as possible, and eat a ton of junk! I have already started skimming the movie channels and recording movies that we have wanted to see but haven't had the time to in anticipation of this. We have already mapped out some newer restaurants that we have been meaning to try, and a lot of these are not kid friendly. We're going to try to get to them before we have to hire a babysitter to get out and try them. The only downside is I won't be able to order the special liquor drinks, but I will make Nate order some so that I can at least taste test them! :)

We think its important that Nate and I take this time together since our lives will be changed forever in a few weeks! I also have planned most of this in December because I think by the time mid-January rolls around I'm not going to be in a place where I want to do a lot of traveling or leaving the house since I will be at full term and Lincoln can come at anytime. We did plan another movie marathon in mid-January though so hopefully Lincoln will let us get through that. If not though, I don't mind because I'm positive that having him is better than watching movies all day.

I know that this sounds like a mid-life crisis but in a way it is a new born/much more responsibility crisis! Ha!
It really is just for fun and gives us something to do instead of counting down the days until he gets here.

I will document our last ditch effort to maintain our only 'us' status and they will pop up on this blog frequently.


One bonus is that my expanding stomach makes eating things a lot easier though! This will make movie weekends much more fun!

Yes, that's a bowl of soup resting perfectly on my stomach.

These next few weeks are going to be fun!

Julia