Due Date

The due date has come and gone and I'm still here. Yep. The baby is still kicking, my bladder still gets mad at me every night around 3 am and my belly continues to precede me everywhere I go. It's great. Actually, it isn't all that bad. The only part I can really complain about is that I feel like I'm in a lull... just waiting for something to happen... and I can't really get on with anything until this particular thing occurs. Some people would say that I'm playing the waiting game. I'm just trying to enjoy the moment without getting too impatient, too anxious or too excited. Some moments it works, others it doesn't.

So what did I do with my due date other than have my baby? I slept in, I sewed, I went for a walk with my wonderfully supportive husband and then we went out visiting. All in all, not a bad day.

I have quickly discovered what fun it is to have a fabric stash - the sewing addiction that my husband lets me indulge in has sure come in handy these last few days. The really fun part is opening up my container of fabric and seeing all the fun prints I have that I had forgotten about: polka dots, stripes, flowers, bugs; fleece, flannel, cotton; pink, blue, green, orange and every colour in between. It is like opening presents at Christmas all over again!

This baby-to-come may end up with an overabundance of fabric items to start its life and may never truly grasp the thought, effort and love that went into it all but I'm hoping that I never tire of sewing for my child. As my mother sewed for me over the years, it created a bond between us that has become a treasure to me now as I sew for my own child; I hope the same is true in this case.