Counting down and getting ready

We are down to about a week and a half before we leave. I've done a ton of clothes shopping (for me and Sam) and will do more for me today. I still have a zillion things left to buy and about a million things left on a to-do list, including buy new dressers and build the crib.

Last weekend we had a planning meeting - friends and family gathered to help plan Ian's schedule while we are gone. It went well and I know things will be fine but after the meeting I found myself having some anxiety about leaving him. I know everyone loves him but it's not the same as me watching him or him being with me. I've only left him for about 3 days (and that's when we was about 18 months old). Sam and I went to a wedding and left him with my sister in Ohio. My mom was there too. I'm just not used to him driving in a bunch of different cars, for one, and just the idea of leaving him for 2 weeks......but what's done is done and we leave and Ian will have 2 weeks of full filled adventures.

This Saturday marks the haircut appointment. Sam has already shaved (which I'm still getting used to.) He looks like our prom picture (which of course is not digital so I can't post) - which is very weird to me. I have no idea how I'm going to react to the haircut..should be interesting.

I'm also posting a picture of my nearly 50% completed cross-stitch project (it's the Royal Palace in Bangkok). I haven't talked about this in a while, but I'm currently finishing up the 10th square (which means only 10 more to go), when looking at it imagine another row on the bottom and there is folded material on the top where another row will go. My goal is to finish my current square before leaving - the rest I'll finish it some day :)