Now we are 6 days overdue

I'm slightly surprised to have gotten this far after the due date. I know first children are usually late – average of 8 days I hear. Most of my NCT group has already sprogged. Only the wife and one other are left. Practically every day we get an announcement and a baby photo in the inbox. I don't mind. I'm enjoying the extra rest and lack of nappy changes.

I started my paternity leave today. So I might just have enough energy to post more than once a week. Or take care of the baby once she arrives. The past few weeks at work have been mad. The past few weeks preparing for the baby have been mad. The past few weeks of construction and repairs to the house have been mad. The past few weeks helping the wife submit her PhD thesis have been mad. But that's all done now. We just have to wait for the little bundle to come out. Perhaps then we can experience true madness :)

The in-laws are visiting. It's both nice and an exercise in patience. I'm a bit of a control freak so I'm uncomfortable when things are out of my hands. Like I come home to glasses put away in the wrong cabinet. I should really just appreciate the dishes put away in the right place and that I didn't have to do it. We're also having loads of problems with mobile phones. They've been through 3 so far, each older and simpler than the one before. The latest is 6 years old and really quite simple. It was working fine until they locked it and have been unable to unlock or use it since. It's currently off (how'd they manage to turn it off without unlocking it? it was on full charge) in their flat while they're out and about. I guess if the baby comes we'll just have to let them know via more traditional means.

My parents are still in the States. My mother's been ill and is waiting for an all clear to get on the plane and see her granddaughter. Perhaps the little one is holding off waiting for both grandparents to be around. That's awfully kind of her. That and it's awfully kind of her to have given her father a few late lie ins before she shows up.