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We took longish drives (2 hours or so) to parts of our state that we hadn't visited before, walked around, and went out to dinner.
It was a lot of fun, felt spontaneous, and I still remember the little trips very fondly. It was great to get away and just be ourselves. Took my mind off waiting, too!

You are all making me sound like a lame-o.

Our pre-baby lists are filled with household stuff.
- paint kitchen cabinets (done)
- cut down trees to expand back yard (done)
- new landscaping on side of house & in back
- new flooring in all three bedrooms
- move my studio
- restain the deck
- new porch steps
- remove carpet on steps and replace with laminate

our list goes on and on and on.

mani/pedi/facial
swimming
small art/craft projects

@Mae: I guess we don't have a bucket list then? Anything we'd want to do pre-baby (both kids) we'd do with kids. We've seen more movies in the theater since Chloe's been born than the zero we'd gone to since we were newly married!

Maybe read a really long novel? On the day I went into labor I had just finished reading Sophie's Choice. It takes me a lot longer to finish a book these days!

- Sleeping in
- Going on a vacation (we're going to Mexico in May!)
- Going out to dinner

I also have a long to-do list of stuff to get done before baby arrives.

Manicure, pedicure, massage, hair appt, acupuncture!

I remember me & DH playing hooky from work one warm day, having lunch, and walking by a lake. I also remember going out for a multi course Japanese dinner and really enjoying an ice cold beer with it a few days before giving birth!

• Sleeping!
• Going on a baby moon in June (haha that rhymed).
• Going to restaurants even though we will still go with a baby. We even talk about how sweet it will be to have a little one in a high chair stealing all of our food.
• Binge watch TV shows.
• Hang out with friends who I haven't seen in a while as it will likely be even harder once we become parents.

Read!!!!

I read a lot about pregnancy and delivery and newborns. I think I should have spent more time reading about the 1st year in general (e.g. after the 1st/2nd month) because I had ZERO time for reading once baby arrived.

Taking a long shower or bath. Going to get a mani or pedi or massage.

Take the dog on lots of walks! Other than that, not much else we wanted to do. I felt so crappy the last few weeks that I wasn't much fun, actually.

You are already doing the big things. We made sure to:

-go out to dinner, whenever we felt like it.
-see movies in the theater (though really, not such a big deal to us)
- pedicure- I was so glad I had nice pretty toes before she was born since I sure didn't take care of them after
-Haircut-- wish I had done this!
-Shave my legs-- I wanted to go into labor nice and smooth since I knew I wouldn't be shaving them much after.
-Prenatal massage, amazing.

I stopped work 2 weeks before my due date, so I just pretty much did whatever I wanted, which ended up being a lot of cooking (freezer meals), random trips to Target, sleeping in, napping... and not feeling guilty about any of it.

Date nights at nice restaurants!

Totally spontaneous sex on the couch/floor etc. You'll miss it later!