Can it get any crazier????!

It is now the evening of Tuesday, December 16th and our baby is officially one week overdue. I'm only glad that unlike the library, there is no overdue fees associated with bringing your baby in late. Caralee is convinced that he is either trying to ensure he comes into the world looking his level best whereas I'm convinced that he is simply taking after his parents and running late.

Now a first baby, especially a boy, being late is nothing new and nothing to get too excited or upset about. We are in pretty good shape here, I've got this week off of work and Caralee's Mom and Bob arrive on Friday the 19th. They will be a welcome sight and a lot of help.

The fact that Christmas is rapidly approaching does not concern us a bit. However, what has thrown our whole program out of whack was Sunday's discovery of black mold in our bedroom! In doing some cleaning around the house on Sunday, Caralee found that our entire wall that our bed backs up to was covered in black mold. The mold had gone undetected due to the placement of a nightstand, our bed, and our rather large headboard, behind all of which sat the nefarious growth.

Needless to say this threw our train off the tracks. It also explained why I've been sick for a solid month now and is the impetus for what we must do now - go to a hotel. That's right, we're in the midst of packing everything up we may need for the next few days and moving to a nearby hotel until the moldy situation is cleansed properly (meaning tearing out walls and such). Looks like Sally and Bob may be here for the actual birth and we may all end up coming home together so to speak. And yes, we are bringing our cat with us to the hotel. What an adventure for him, being taken on "vacation" to a foreign hotel room, then when finally returning home, finding he's now got company that screams and cries on a routine basis.

I don't want anyone to get the wrong idea about our mental state, we're doing as well as can be expected considering the circumstances. Caralee is holding up brilliantly and I'm sure this whole episode will just end up as more spice to a fun story about our child's birth.

We'll keep you all posted on what happens next - hopefully nothing more before the announcement of the birth.

Lots of love,

Caralee and Matt