ten things i will be able to do after baby comes

1. Sleep on my back! All night!

2. Bend over without feeling like I've got something going up my ribs

3. Finish all my shopping in one day without pooping out in the middle of it.

4. Wear more than the same 2 pairs of pants and 3 shirts.

5. Fetch things for myself instead of always asking my children or husband to do it for me because (a) I'm having an intense braxton hicks contraction; (b)I'm too tired; (c) I don't want to run downstairs/to the garage; (d) my back/feet/front hurt; (e) I'm just not in the mood to run around the house.

6. Stay on top of the housework better. Right now I'm just maintaining the basics--clean clothes, food to eat, everyone gets to where they need to go on time, homework is done.

7. Challenge my children a little more academically. Their homework is pretty basic stuff--I want to have them do some "extra mile" stuff.

8. Exercise! Sometimes just walking to the mailbox feels like a major effort.

9. Finish projects that have been "on hold" or "pending" or "want to do" for forever.

10. Hold my baby--and play and sing and sign and feed and change and just get to know this new little person that will be joining our family in 11 days!