And the countdown begins...

With some inspiration from CCinDenver, a friend of mine who recently moved to Colorado and started a blog so that her family and friends can keep up with how life was going for them in their new digs, I thought it might be fun to start one of my own so that everyone can see just how the newest addition to the Grenko family is growing.  I'm not much of a writer so please bare with me.  I promise to post lots of pics to keep you entertained as I’m sure my writing may bore you. 

So here goes...

The countdown has officially begun!  We are now at 10 days until the due date and I have to admit I'm starting to get anxious.  The nursery is ready (for the most part - just waiting for our rocker which should be here in a couple of weeks - some pics to follow), we have all of the "stuff" we need for a newborn (I think) thanks to all of our wonderful family and friends, the car seat base is securely in the car and the hospital bag is packed and in the trunk ready to go.  Nothing else left to do but wait...

Our next doctor's appointment is tomorrow.  I'm hoping to be further along than I was last week (1cm dilated but not really effaced yet) so fingers crossed!  I'm not sure where this anxiety is coming from.  I was super relaxed and loving every second of being pregnant until Tuesday morning.  For some reason, I woke up and was ready to have this baby.  I still love being pregnant, don't get me wrong, but I'm just so excited to meet our new little beaner I can't take it anymore!

Tomorrow I'll be sure to make a quick post of how the doctor's appointment went as I'm sure you're all DYING to know :)

And so that does it for my first post.  As promised here are a few pics of how things have been going so far through baby Grenkos early days in the belly...

Baby G's first airplane ride and trip to the beach...in Jamaica at 26 weeks pregnant.

Had to put this pic up of Patrick from Jamaica….as he was so proud of it :)

Baby G’s first Phillies road trip to beautiful Pittsburgh at 32 weeks pregnant.

Patrick of course had to snap this one…

The Flanagan fam minus one very important member at my baby shower at 35 weeks pregnant.  Miss you Paul!

The Flanagan sisters comparing bellies (Laura is due only 10 weeks after Baby G…we can’t wait and hope that the cousins are besties…unlike us when we were little haha). 

Our niece Grace who is big sister to Maddie and Luke and who I’m sure will also be a great big cousin.  She was showing me how to use all of the gadgets I got at the shower since she has much more experience :) 

And finally, our last peaceful vacation down at the shore at 37 weeks pregnant before becoming parents.  We know the beach will never be the same but are super excited for Baby G’s toesies to touch the sand for the first time in a place that is super special to us both.  We can’t wait to meet you Baby G!