Hospital Tour & 5 Year Anniversary

I remember making the phone call to set up my hospital tour back in April or May. The lady on the other end of the line kind of laughed and me and said, "Oh honey, you're going to want to wait until you're about a month away from your due date before you do the Labor & Delivery Tour. That way, everything will be fresh in your mind." I agreed with her reasoning, but was a little disappointed anyway. I was newly pregnant at that point and just wanted to do everything pregnant women were supposed to do- right away! And, back then, October seemed sooo far away. Well, our tour took place last night and while the tour itself wasn't overly exciting, it seemed like another milestone we reached before meeting our little one.

Anyway. There were about 10-12 very pregnant ladies on this tour with their husbands and/or baby's daddies (and when I say very pregnant, I mean one of the women was due the next day). So, we were all getting a little winded walking around the Labor & Delivery unit. We paused in a delivery room for about 20 minutes while we got lectured on the hospital's policies and . There were 3 chairs in this particular delivery room and 2 pregnant women sat proceduresdown right away. Guess who took the third chair? One of the women's husbands! Seriously?

Something I'm not thrilled about? Our hospital isn't allowing any visitors under the age of 18 due to the H1N1 virus. That means my adorable nephews won't be able to meet their new cousin until I come home from the hospital. I understand why the precaution is in place; it's just disappointing. I have read that other hospitals are restricting visitors to the daddy/birth partner only so I suppose I should count my blessings.

On another note, Matt and I celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary last week. We were at the beach with my family and I woke up on the morning of our anniversary to Matt telling me to put my glasses on. He had the laptop sitting on the bed and started a slideshow as soon as I was able to open my eyes and focus. There were pictures of us throughout the past several years we've been together while "The Luckiest" by Ben Folds Five played in the background. Maybe it was partly the pregnancy hormones, but I couldn't stop crying as pictures of us flashed across the screen. We just looked so young and I realized how much we've grown up together. We've been together about 7 and a half years total now. And though we didn't exactly plan it this way, I told him that I felt like the 5 year wedding anniversary milestone was the perfect time to make the transition from "couple" to "family".