Remember how I have a baby cradle and changing table set up in my room?...yeah.

Only 3 1/2 weeks to go (*oh, wowy*), and things are slowly but surely coming together as far as 'baby-prep' goes for little Arwen's arrival. Wow, it's amazing how much goes into preparing for such itsy bitsy squiggly little babes huh? Her cradle and changing table are both set up now though and ready to go as you can see here, and thanks to SO MANY amazingly sweet and *generous* gifts and contributions from such *immensely* helpful friends and family members, my apartment is pretty well stocked with all the initial baby supplies that I'll be needing right off the bat too! (just waiting to load-up the white baskets that I ordered to place on the changing table shelves. This kiddo's Mom is a tad bit on the picky-side, so I had to hold-out until I found just the right ones for it! *hehe*)

The doctors mentioned being ready to look for signs of Arwen's oh-so-imminent arrival as many as 3 weeks before her due-date (*eek! oh man, really?!*), so my goal by the end of this week is to have my hospital bag relatively packed and ready to go just in case she's nothing like her Mom, and decides she's going to arrive early for something. *hehe*. Don't get too excited though Arwen... you just try and hold tight until you're really ready in there okay? ;)


Psalm 84
How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young - a place near your altar, O Lord Almighty my King and my God Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you. Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage. As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools. They go from strength to strength till each appears before God in Zion. Hear my prayer, O Lord God Almighty; listen to me, O God of Jacob. Look upon our shield O God; look with favor on your anointed one. Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked. For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless. O Lord Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you.