I'd Rather be 40 than...Never Mind.

If your impending 40th birthday stresses you out, I highly recommend getting pregnant.
Turning 40 takes a baaaaaack seat, quickly.
For my 40th birthday, I was hoping for a limo, fancy party dresses, great shoes friends, dancing...champagne...
Now I am just hoping that I can stay up through a nice quiet dinner with my brother and husband.
Will and I are traveling to Boulder to see my brother for my birthday weekend.
The trip was planned before Will knew I was pregnant.
I am really looking forward to it because Boulder CO is like a pregnant woman's mecca.
Everyone is earthy and loose and sandaled and organic and laid-back.
That is EXACTLY what I need right now.
The only part of turning 40 that I have thought about at this stage in the game is that I will be a 40 year old mother of a newborn.
This seems to freak younger people out more than it does me.  There is something to be said for being older and wiser.  This baby is going to have to go with the flow, and I am trying to do that too.  I am not programmed to go with the flow, however, so it's a good thing I can drink wine again once she/he gets here.
Bear in mind, this is all much easier to plan when I am not working full-time: the go with the flowed-ness.
I have had a couple of anxious nights lately wondering how I am going to organize everything and everyone once baby 3 is here.
I like my house clean and picked up. I like knowing what I'm making for dinner. I like routine.
I don't want that all going to hell in a hand basket because of one tiny body.
The internet (why do I always sound like a 70 year old woman when I say "the internet"??) has some articles and forums on having 3 children. For the most part, people seem to be in agreement that going from 2-3 is much easier than going from 1-2.
I already feel this way and I'm just pregnant! There is definitely a sense of "been there, done that" about this whole thing and it makes me able to plan a little better.
What I'm really hoping to find, I think,  is that "magic article" that is going to put all my worries to rest. You know, the one that says that everything is going to be GREAT and the baby WILL SLEEP and you will still get to spend time with your HUSBAND and the other two will LOVE THE BABY and you will actually get your Baby Ergo to WORK so that you can have two free hands. (this is whoooole 'nother topic...I won't skip it don't worry..sigh)
So far, prayer seems to be the best anxiety-reliever, and I realize that I am going to have to write my own story as it unfolds because there isn't a story out there like ours.
For now, I am just sticking to any positive comments I can find and hoping that I can add some support to women having their third baby once I am on the other end.