In retrospect...

I probably shouldn't have

• purchased maternity clothes in a sale last winter to wear in summer '08, because why would it take me longer that a couple months to get knocked up? 
• purchased a big sister shirt for my daughter... in a size she is almost grown out of at this point. 
• ensured that my entire summer '08 wardrobe consisted of loose empire and trapeze tops. Are you seeing a pattern here? 
• told everyone who asked that we would start trying before our daughter was two. 
• moved our daughter to her "big girl room" while I had some time off work last July so that the nursery would be ready to redecorate. Four months later, I am still not pregnant and I have a empty nursery still set up in our third bedroom. I can't bring myself to put it in storage.  
• Daydreamed about my quit date at work. A date that has come and gone and I am still working and not 36+ weeks pregnant like I envisioned either. 
• Spent hours researching double strollers. Our children will now be more than three years apart and we won't be needing one. 
• Asked our daughter if she wanted a brother or a sister.