Hello and happy Friday everyone! It seems most of us bloggers have stopped writing our final post for the week on Fridays, have you noticed? I'm guilty of this as well so I plan to begin them again because I miss it plus it's like NOT saying bye to a good friend and just leaving the room. No more naughty bad-manners here, I'm back to my Friday farewells. What will you do this weekend? I don't know how exciting this is to share... But we are going to hospitals tomorrow as part of a big "open house tour" so we can choose where I'll be giving birth to our baby in January. It's exciting but also very surreal and kind of strange, honestly.

Picking out a hospital? Thinking about a specific one for very specific reasons? Birth classes? Pregnancy yoga (which I just started doing today with Tara Lee)? There is so much to think about and do but I'm trying to stay zen and just enjoy the process and do only what I need to do and skip the rest. I think intuition has to be the drive in most things parenting-related, don't you? But picking a hospital is a must, so we're going to the one where Thorsten was born and to two others that were recommended to us. My husband is quite excited to tour hospitals tomorrow, which hey I'm not going to steal his thunder but I can't say I share his zeal... YET. Maybe once I see the maternity wards and all of the cute babies I'll be all up into that.  Another cute thing about my husband lately is that he loves to dance with me in the kitchen when we cook and he rubs my belly several times a day telling me how beautiful I am. It's like now that I look pregnant since my belly has really popped he's completely into it. It's like when cold weather comes, and it snows, and Santa shows up for photos then it FEELS like Christmas. In a way, I guess I'm the merry pregnant lady with rosy cheeks bringing joy in my sleigh complete with a belly that rivals Mr. Claus. Ho Ho Ho.

Aside from hospital tours, we're also going to look at a new apartment - yes, really and yes, we're crazy! This would mean that we'd move and renovate BEFORE the baby arrives so it would also mean we'll be working nonstop from November until January 1st to prep and then, move, unpack and decorate with our baby boy due on January 31st. Am I crazy? Is this baby hormones? Yes and yes. BUT if the apartment is right, we've decided to just go for it because it will mean that my baby will have a normal-sized, lovely bedroom vs. the current shoebox he'll have to occupy for as long as we live here. It also means wayyyy more sunlight since it's on a higher floor and a private balcony. So we'll see.

Outside of hospitals and housing (eek) I plan to have a really restful and peaceful weekend. More yoga, more candles and healthy foods, more nesting/organizing and maybe a Barbra Streisand film and a freshly baked cake to finish the weekend off on Sunday.

Next week on decor8, I have a gorgeous home tour for you, a trend report, some news on our apartment and whether we'll move or not and I have a HUGE surprise to reveal on Tuesday that I am SO PROUD to share that I can hardly wait. How's that for a Friday Farewell??? Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

xo, Holly

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