Beginning a New Chapter

Chris and I are beginning a new chapter in our lives. I have completed 5 months of commuting between NYC and Boston, where I had a wonderful collection of private piano students. This past week was my last week of teaching. I am really going to miss Boston, mostly because I will miss the families I have come to know. I will not miss driving back and forth between the two cities!

I have a lot of home projects to do now that I will have a few months before the baby is due. The baby is going to get the 2nd bedroom, which until now has been Chris' office. We have already begun rearranging the apartment. For every baby item we bring into the house, we are needing to eliminate or store other things to make room. After all of the moving we have done over the last 5 years, I have lost my sentimentality for all things that we don't use in our daily lives! I am going to be painting the kitchen cabinets, and finally assembling our wedding album from 2003. (I think that should be done before I start the baby book!)

The latest update on the Baby Boone is that all of my tests have come back normal and healthy. My OB's and Midwife (there are 3 in the practice I have been seeing) have some debate about when my actual due-date is...it falls somewhere between April 22nd and May 3rd. The picture above is of Baby Boone from my first ultrasound in December. I am having a second ultrasound on February 20th. Chris and I are going to try and resist the urge to find out the sex of the baby until it reveals itself on its birthday.