December 19

I spent another day impatiently waiting for the baby to come but by the afternoon there was still no sign that I was in labor.

This morning I had started to knit a sweater for the baby. It gave me another distraction from thinking about the inevitable birth. Although by the time the afternoon came around, I was starting to get restless again.

I put my knitting aside and turned to my husband who was sitting on the couch next to me petting Nico. "Yasha, I want to go for a walk."

"Are you sure you should be doing that?"

"I don't see why not. Besides, I'm feeling kind of restless again. I think a walk will help."

"It's cold outside."

"I don't mind."

"But what about the baby? You should probably stay off your feet."

"It's good for the baby if I walk."

"But…"

"Inuyasha, I really want to go for a walk!"

He finally gave in. "Alright. Let's go."

He put Nico down then we put on our coats and went out for our walk. It was pretty cold outside, but I didn't mind too much. It was just nice to be out of the house for a little while.

Not for the first time since I got pregnant, I wished that I could see my family. I often wondered how they would have reacted to the news. Sure enough they would have been very happy, although they might say we're too young for this. In my era, it's extremely uncommon for people to have children at me and Inuyasha's age after all. Apart from that, I'm sure they would have been excited for us.

"You're quiet," Inuyasha said. "What are you thinking about?"

"Just thinking about my family again," I replied.

He squeezed my hand comfortingly. "I know you must miss them right now."

"Yeah, I do. I know my mom would have loved to be part of this and help us get everything ready. I wish they could all be here to meet our baby."

"I wish I could change things so you can see them again, Kagome. It's been over a year since we were last there. It must be really hard for you."

"It is hard, but it's okay. I have a family here with you after all and that's enough for me."

We walked for a little bit longer and then started to make our way home. As we were heading back, it started to snow lightly.

"Did you ever try to catch snowflakes on your tongue when you were a kid?"

"All the time," Inuyasha replied.

We both stuck out our tongues to catch one.

"What if it snows too much?" Inuyasha said, suddenly sounding worried.

I realized what he meant. "You're right. What if we get four feet of snow and Kaede can't come over?"

We were silent for a moment as we thought about that. Then I realized we were letting our worries overtake us again. "I think we're starting to get irrational, Yasha."

"You think so?"

"There's no use worrying so much right now."

"You're right. If it did snow that much I'd find some way to get Kaede to our house."

"Exactly, so let's just relax for now."

We've been surprisingly calm about everything for the rest of the night. It might have to do with the fact that the snow stopped shortly after it started. Or maybe we just feel ready.

I really feel like the baby is going to come very soon. Despite the anxiety that's been giving me these couple of weeks, I'm actually more excited than anything else right now. The sooner the baby comes, the better. I'm so ready to finally hold it in my arms.