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Calm before the storm

Baby Clouse was due on Monday, but, like her dad, she prefers to do things on HER schedule!

I set up my schedule to begin my paternity leave policy last Monday (July 8), thinking that maybe she'd come early. Worst case, I'd have a quiet week or two to prepare my mind (and household). Well, let's be honest – Mallory did all the preparing for the Clousehold.

These two weeks have been the weirdest waiting game we've ever experienced. Will she come today? Tomorrow? Two weeks from now? And at the same time, there's a lot of weird (and conflicting) pressure: