Our first post (from both of us)

Well, after lots of humming and hahhing, we've finally got around to setting up this blog. Christmas was kind of our transition - the shift from the baby coming as an abstract thing in the future to a definite event that we need to plan for. So here we are on the "other side of Christmas" with about ten weeks to go before that magical (but completely arbitrary) DUE DATE - March 18!!! So that means less of the idealized, romantic cuddling up together talking about our "parenting philosophies" (awww - so naive, so idealistic...) and more conversations about the fact that we need to buy burp cloths and start our prenatal classes.

Our house is slowly getting cluttered up. It's astounding how much space an unborn baby takes up. There's the stroller and the car seat and the crib and the dresser...not to mention Caroline's belly!

We've also been introducing the "bump" to some of its/his/her family in Australia and our friends in Canada. Many of our "special people" have now rubbed the belly for good luck, had their hand kicked by our active little one, and expressed appropriate amounts of patience and enthusiasm for our never-ending excitement about our growing family (which, strangely enough, seems to be a topic of EVERY conversation!) If they think our conversations are repetitive now, they probably can't wait until we graduate to discussions about baby poop and breastfeeding!!

So, this is our blog. We will endeavour to post to it, whether as a team or individually. And if we can get our act together, we might even include photos and video. You know the kind of thing - video of baby slobbering, sleeping, babbling, giggling or walking, accompanied by reverent proclamations from the doting parents about how this is the most beautiful, brilliant, and astounding child that has ever existed.