A Busy Month

I hadn't realized how packed our schedule is for the month of October until now. It started off on a not-so-positive note, being that M got sick all of a sudden last Thursday. He went to the doctor on Friday and they diagnosed him with labyrinthitis, a condition in his inner ear that causes imbalance of the body, often accompanied by nausea and dizziness. M was prescribed some motion sickness medicine to treat the symptoms, but otherwise, this condition is suppose to go away on its own. It's only been a couple of days, but he seems to be doing much better now. I still wouldn't put him behind the wheel for at least another week though, just in case.

On Saturday, the family came over for my second baby shower (which meant we were busy cleaning the house and preparing the food on Friday night). Since M wasn't feeling well, I helped out more than I probably should've, scrubbing the bathroom sink, cleaning the dishes, making dessert (I didn't even get to try any of my brownies!), etc. Fortunately, M's mom and brother bought over most of the meat to barbecue, so at least we didn't have to prepare that portion of it. My side of the family also came over (except my mom, who had to work). It's nice to gather everyone together once in a while, but it sure is tiring work.

For the next two weekends in a row, M and I will have to make a trip out to Chinatown on both Saturday and Sunday (we're still contemplating whether or not to stay over at my parent's place on Saturday). We'll need to come out on the 11th for choir practice to prepare for the song we're singing the following Saturday, October 18, which is our church's 120th anniversary celebration. On October 12, we have WC's baby shower to attend (which I'm already planning to skip choir practice in order to make it there at a decent hour). And after WC's baby shower, we'll be heading up to my brother's place for AM, AL, and GC's birthday celebration (all three toddlers born within a week of each other)... if the party's still going on. On the 19th, we have our church election, which means we'll be staying late at church until all the votes are counted since M is one of ballot counters. Fortunately, October 25th looks free as of now. Hopefully we can keep it that way.

In the meantime, some things we still need to do in preparation for the arrival of Baby Y (in no particular order):

• prepare hospital bag
• install infant car seats and get them inspected
• wash all baby clothes, sheets, blankets, etc.
• clean baby's room (disinfect crib, bassinet, etc.)
• do test drives to the hospital at various times of the day
• come up with baby's first name
• read up on breastfeeding

And I'm sure there are other things I'm missing. Hopefully this baby will cooperate and be born +/- 2 days of her due date so we have some time to get all this stuff done.