Audrey Katana

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While waiting for the reinforcements, I set up a way to add posts from my phone so I can update as much as possible during the day.

For most recent updates, watch this space

Just after we had a nice time slot available for Audrey’s induction, she decides to ignore it.  It’s 3:45 AM (I didn’t know there WAS a 3:45 AM) and we are waiting for someone to arrive to watch over Zoë while we make our mad dash to the hospital.

Zoë asks what we were all wondering, “baby Audrey, where are you?”

Just to set straight anyone who suspected radio silence meant something was happening- nothing is happening. My doctor’s prediction of “sooner than later” is only proving true if “sooner” equals “just before, or possibly after your due date” and later means “sometime next year”. But that’s ok, I’ve come to terms with it. Z did very well being late, so I won’t begrudge Audrey any extra time she decides to spend.  (And if that time is spent on her hair, all the better. We’re all for hair, here. )

Zoe, on the other hand, is getting quite impatient, to the point of claiming that it’s baby Audrey on the phone anytime it rings, and walking around saying “Baby Audrey, home now”.

Audrey’s Auntie Christy just let me in on one of those secrets that I always knew existed but I never had proof…until now!

me: why are girls so slow?
Christy: we train from birth, she’s fixing her hair
me: apparently from pre-birth
Christy: exactly!  she’s waiting for another ultrasound so she can tell if she got the part right

Maryanne had a visit to the doctor last week to check on Audrey’s process.  The doc basically said that Audrey was all lined up and ready to go.  Sounds great, right?  Well she also said that Audrey could show up tomorrow or 3 weeks from now.

I thought waiting around for the cable guy to show up between 12-5pm was bad…

Audrey’s due date is July 25, and while we’re excited for her to get here, we’re not holding our breaths yet. Well, Zoe might be. She routinely walks around the house calling, “Baby Audrey, where are you?” and informing us that Baby Audrey will sit next to her on her blanket or sleep next to her in her bed. It’s terribly cute. We’re not convinced she knows what she’s getting into, but personally I’m not convinced we know either. I want to believe that seeing as we’ve done this once before it will be a breeze this time, but I have the feeling that if I take that for granted I’m setting myself up to get whalloped. I mean, just look at her name- the perfect combination of grace and mayhem. So we’ll just have to wait and see what happens. Hopefully she doesn’t make us wait too long!