No plan. No back up. No choice.

When I saw this caption on the new Mission Impossible movie poster, perk of working next to a movie theater, I immediately thought of us – my family – and laughed (and then almost cried).

My c-section is scheduled.  My last day of work will be January 11^th, help will arrive on January 12^th and then baby Lilly is set to be born on Friday, January 13^th.

We have a date but there is still so much to do!

While we were at Walmart over the weekend (on Christmas Eve!) we stopped by the baby section because it dawned on me that we do not have any of the basics… diapers, wipes, pacifiers, etc.  We have plenty of clothes, blankets, bibs, burp cloths, etc. leftover from when Ellen was a baby but none of the other basics.  We just picked up a few things, including a special Night Night for Lilly (wonder if she will take to it like Ellen did to hers), but I feel better knowing that if you took a peek inside of our nursery you might actually think we have it together.  Even just the appearance of competence is good enough for me at this point :)