Child #2 will arrive sometime soon. I’ve known this for, oh, about nine months. 😉 That said, I admit to still being only ‘mostly ready’ for the arrival. I guess I feel that I’ve been through this before, and I know what to expect. At the same time, though, I’m sure (a) the birth will be different just because and (b) we have Benjamin now, so we have to balance our excitement with the new baby with a sensitivity to introducing Benjamin to the sibling who will disrupt his current existence. Long term, he’ll be happy — I hope. But long term could mean decades, since I know I’m thrilled to be part of a large family now, but there were several years in my youth when I wasn’t quite so excited about that fact. Well, here the new baby comes, ready or not.