One year ago today was my due date. It seems strange that a year ago I didn't know Xavier. I didn't even know if "baby deeken" was a boy or a girl at this point. I was pretty ready to have this baby by then and was sad when the day came and went with no baby. Several people had already lost out on the office pool by now! I spent the day working from home desperately trying to finish a project and feeling like a ticking time bomb. I had no idea that it would be another full week before I'd meet my little one.
Looking back that week between my due date and Xavier's birth seems like a blur. I was not sleeping, nervous, excited, and impatient. I worked from home for the first 2 days. Then I was officially on maternity leave despite the fact that there was no baby yet because my project was finally finished and I was pretty stressed out. So I met my good friend for a little Christmas shopping and a smoothie one night. I got a visit from an insurance guy to take pictures of my car that had been bumped the week before. I had a non-stress test to make sure the baby was still doing ok. I met my co-workers for lunch. Walter and I went out to dinner. I napped - a lot. I waited....waited....and waited. Time seemed to go by so slowly that week. And now 7 days from today "baby deeken" will already be 1 year old.
Looking back that week between my due date and Xavier's birth seems like a blur. I was not sleeping, nervous, excited, and impatient. I worked from home for the first 2 days. Then I was officially on maternity leave despite the fact that there was no baby yet because my project was finally finished and I was pretty stressed out. So I met my good friend for a little Christmas shopping and a smoothie one night. I got a visit from an insurance guy to take pictures of my car that had been bumped the week before. I had a non-stress test to make sure the baby was still doing ok. I met my co-workers for lunch. Walter and I went out to dinner. I napped - a lot. I waited....waited....and waited. Time seemed to go by so slowly that week. And now 7 days from today "baby deeken" will already be 1 year old.
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