6 More Days

So Mike has come home from being away in Singapore and Diego Garcia for 2 weeks and in 6 days it will be my turn to leave. During his time away, I stayed really busy with my great group of friends but it was still hard at times. I have to say I'm not really looking forward to leaving. I do love my family but it will be hard being away from home and Mike for all that time. Believe it or not, we get a long pretty well. Plus, now that he's home I feel this overwhelming pressure to nest in one weeks time. So, I'm going just a tad loony. At the same time, I've spent so much time out of the "baby loop" I've sorta forgotten what a baby needs or, what I should have for a baby. That thought came to a reality when my girlfriend said:

Girlfriend: "So, do you basically have everything that you need?"
Me: : "Sure, I think so. I mean, babies don't need much."
Girlfriend: "So you have like burpcloths.....?"
Me: "Uh, no not yet"

I didn't even really think about that. So, I looked up a little list online of things that babies need and I'll probably go by that. I'm planning to get most things like layette and little things when I'm back in the states. It's less expensive than out in town and I'll buy it at the location rather than buying it all now and then mailing it.

Of course the second time around, there are things that I know I probably won't need. We never had a changing table for Joshua. In the beginning we just changed him in the crib and later on we just changed him wherever. I remember for Joshua's baby shower, poeple made me a ton of blankets that were never used because, well, we lived in San Diego and the apartment usually never dipped below 65 degrees even in the winter and during the Spring, Summer & Fall with no AC it was 80+ in there. This time around I know we'll need more cold weather equipment.

The winters are a lot cooler here and Summer usually doesn't come into full swing until around late June so, I'll need snowsuits and such. I think I'll have to invest in snowsuits for both Joshua and the baby. Since, Joshua is getting more and more into the snow and I'm hoping that we get out more during the winter.