News on the baby front

I start having weekly check-ups now.  For the uninitiated, that means we're getting close.  We learned yesterday that our little man's head is down and ready for the delivery, and that my body is showing signs of getting ready for labor.  This is all very good news.  We're really excited about this little boy.  Just last night I saw it again in Nick's face when I showed him some rompers I got with a coupon my mom gave me.  Part of me is going to really miss the one-on-one time I've been able to enjoy with Eliza this past nearly-year-and-a-half.  She is the apple of our eyes; we delight in her so much, but now there will be competition for our attention.  Perhaps I feel this more keenly than is necessary because I was a middle child and not until my adulthood did I have an opportunity for undivided attention from my parents.  Not that my parents were in any way neglectful or distant; there was just always someone else around.  Still, I'm excited that Eliza gets to be a big sister, that she'll have a little brother (and more, hopefully) to play with, grow up with, share memories with.  She'll have to learn to share and to love and to compromise and work with others.  I'm excited to have a little guy and all the differences there will be between having a girl and a boy; to be able to watch Nick raise his son as well as his daughter.  I know there will be lots of challenges, but there will also be lots of love and joy to go with them.  I just hope we can survive the adjustment period and the lack of sleep and the never-a-dull-moment diaper changes!