We're next

When you're expecting a baby, there's always others who are expecting in the intervening nine months. For us, there were at least four births we were looking towards as markers.

The first was in late March and then there were two in July.

This evening, number four happened. Our good friends and former neighbors had a due date 20 days before ours, and have just welcomed a baby boy 10 days ahead of schedule.

It's a vivid reminder that the countdown is definitely on, and we're pleased to say that there's only a few things we still *have* to get done. One is choose a pediatrician (we have interviews on Tuesday), another is to get the carseat installed (tomorrow) and the third is to arrange pet-sitting for our parrot. Everything else can be considered "non-essential". This is a good thing, because less than three weeks from now it could be us updating our Facebook status with the words "Gush, Here We Go!"