It's 2011!

It's 2011! What does this mean? Aside from a new number to remember when I write down the date, the turn of the year has never had a huge impact on me. For a day or so it may feel as though the slate has been wiped clean, as if the options are now open and endless, but this feeling generally passes as the days continue on much like the ones that preceded the day we call January 1st.

This year is different though. This year is momentous (really). Not only does 2011 mark the second year of my marriage, but it also marks my thirtieth year on this here Earth. And wait, there is more...

Something gigantic is going on within me, something truly life-changing and enormously consuming. My body is creating a new being. Our son is to be born in approximately 7 weeks. 

I am aware that I will never be the same again, that I may even become completely incomprehensible following the birth of this little baby, so this blog is to act as a record of everything I was BB (Before Baby) as well as a place to express my thoughts, feelings and observations in the final stages of the pregnancy and into the early days of motherhood.

I will try to write daily in the weeks leading up to the birth, partly as a way to inspire myself into doing some other writing (which I will also record details of here). Post-baby, I'm not making any promises, but I'm sure I will have a lot of thoughts to share, when I get the time.

For the record, at 33 weeks in, I am starting to feel pretty excited about the actual baby who will present himself following the hurdle of the birth, which is a much more common theme in my thoughts that the little boy himself. It is difficult to grasp the concept of the baby when there is such a big event to face before it happens. 

There was a similar feeling preceding our wedding. How would being married feel? Who knew, until after the wedding. Turns out that being married felt and continues to feel like being a part of a conversation that has no end and often requires no language, and like residing in the most comfortable and secure home, but with secret passageways, no matter where in the world we are. 

Little baby in my belly, you are about to become a part of that. More tomorrow...