So It's about two weeks before the baby is due. In some ways it feels like it's taken an eternity, in others it seems like it flew by.

I remember the first entry -which is gone from the site sadly - my fault, no comments please - where I was discussing how the fertility clinic staff kept asking me, you're done already? when I turned in my little swimmers. That still strikes me as quite funny that they think I wanted to take my time and enjoy it. Yeah, so much fun being in the little jerk off room with their collections of straight and lesbian porn. I have picture of it if anyone is interested in what they look like.

Then the issues with getting pregnant, having to shell out almost double than we planned, the insurance issues, the money issues with the surrogate - Interestingly enough they seem like someone else's life now.

At the last ultra sound they told us her due date - what a misnomer if ever there was one - is now September 28. That was the original date the fertility clinic gave us so big shock that the OBGYN has decided that is now the new due date. The problem is we relied on the Oct 3 date for setting leave from work etc.

Yeah I hear all the snickering going on about how a due date is anything but, but still. We needed some estimate and they could at least stick to one. Not that it will change when she - the baby - decides it's time, but it does make it a tad easier for us to be in denial.

So, nursery painted - if you want to know the color, Benjamin Moore Country Green, color #540. Or you can go to Pottery Barn Kids and look at the Hayley nursery for an idea. The green was a big improvement over the yellow we had in there. It was kinda gold and it made the room darker.

For those who don't know, my brother and his wife gave us a set of baby furniture that is really nice. Very heavy, real wood, not press board, sturdy. Very very generous and nice of them. My brother also lost the hardware for the crib and the instructions for both. We ordered the hardware and instructions and they sent us hardware only. Fortunately I am rather good with puzzles. Cradle and Crib are both assembled and set in place. Nothing broken, marriage intact. Woo Hoo

The list of things we still have to do is HUGE. I can't even begin to list them. But I think come Thursday we will have finished the last of the super important necessary things - we are meeting with her pediatrician.

Against my wishes, my office is having a shower for me on Wednesday. Yes I know I am not being very gracious, but one of the reasons I didn't want one is going to sound counter intuitive. We have some very nice, generous woman who work in the support staff I have been friends with since I started. They are already starting to buy things. Yes I know they want to do it and not feel like they have to, but I still feel a bit guilty that they are spending money on me. I am supposed to be the one who buys things for them because they don't make squat.

My mother has been schooling me on just saying thank you and being better about letting others give me things. IDK, it's just not in my nature I guess. I noted that the Baby registry at Babies-r-us [won't do you any good to know where I'm registered if you don't have my last name - so I'm not giving anything away ] has seen a precipitous drop in the number of things left to buy. That's a good thing I suppose because there is so much else we didn't include we still need to get.

So how many baby out fits are enough? I don't know but we already have 25 0-3 month old outfits and the shower isn't until Wed. We are already more than half way there in 3-6 month outfits now as well. One of our mothers bought us a burp towel that says 'mommy's little girl.'

I've also told people, no clothes with the word princess on it. His mother gave us one that said, 'Daddy's little Princess." There are already two queens in this house, last thing we need is another one who has aspiration to royalty.

Am hoping to create a website where I can put baby pictures. Not so keen on Face book, but I might have to go there if the website gallery doesn't work. I'll let everyone know when it's up and you can let me know if you want the address.

Okay so last, tomorrow is another Dr. visit for the surrogate. We might know a bit more if she's looking like she's going to be early or we may not. Hopefully she'll make it to the 28th but I'm not counting on it. Too many people are already dreaming she's going to be early.

Stay tuned - more to follow soon.

Andy