Happy New Year!

It really hit Amanda and me just after midnight ... we're actually in the month we're supposed to give birth. This is going to happen -- and soon.

Amanda visits ivillage.com regularly. It's a site for expectant mothers (and others, I'm sure). It's divided into what month you're expecting so you can chat with others who are experiencing things similar to what you're experiencing. She's in the January club. She showed me a day or two ago ... there's more than a page of women in the January club who already gave birth in December.

And then my mother told me my cousin in Finland and his wife had their baby recently -- 3 weeks early! We're not ready for something like that.

I'm still counting on him being a February baby, just to give us a little more time.

Whatever happens, though, I'm sure it will make for an eventful new year (and new life) for us. I hope all you out there have a happy new year as well.