Please keep arms inside the car at all times..

Is this really the last week in April?

It would appear that May has snuck up on me somewhat, and I'm left a tad flabbergasted at just how quickly this year seems to be passing me by.  The first four months of this year really have felt like the ascent up that first slope on a roller-coaster as we await, and excuse the phrase, the "big drop" in late May/early June.  You know what it's like when you're on such a ride, the long slow rise up into the clouds, the sharp metallic clanging as the carriage is dragged up the track and the ground falls away all about you.  And, at times, it has been a bit of an uphill struggle as we prepared for the new arrival, we've rebuilt the bathroom, decorated the nursery, got up at 5 a.m to sell all of our possessions at a Car Boot (and that's just making preparations for baby - there's been wedding stuff to organise as well!).  Don't get me wrong, there's been some fun along the way too but it does feel like we've been on the go all the time since the New Year kicked in.

And now?

Now it feels like that moment of free movement before you dip over the first drop.  There's that unnerving silence.  If you listen you can hear the sound of the sea, and the floating seagulls on the seaside breeze.  All of the work is behind us, the majority of the things we'll need in the first six weeks of K's life are bought and now we are just waiting..

Waiting for that phone call, or the elbow in the back in the middle of the night, or (and hopefully not) that announcement over the P.A. system in Cardiff's Millennium Stadium that announces the beginning of the process that will bring K into the world.

And then it's hold on tight as we plummet down the first big drop of the child birth roller-coaster, (Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee) through the wedding loop-the-loop (Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!) and before you know it, it will be October and it will be time to disembark the ride, sit down and have a nice cup of cocoa.

With any luck 2007 will be a peaceful and relaxing year.. I'm too old for this much excitement!