Counting down to baby

30 years ago, my mother pregnant with me. I arrived 10 days late, weighing in at 9.5 pounds.

It also just happens to be this beautiful woman's birthday! Happy birthday Mama! Thank you for bringing me into this world, and raising me in a way that prepared me to become a mother myself!

Here I am, 36 weeks pregnant with our own baby girl. (Photo by the very talented Stephanie Bassos)

17 days until the due date and counting...