32 Weeks and Counting!

I haven't updated in several weeks, shame on me! Well I survived my fantastic shower. I will have to post some pictures later of the wonderful job my cousin, grandmother and aunt did in decorating. They carried out the owl theme throughout the entire shower and it was absolutely adorable.

We ended up with about 40 people there, which includes some of the men folk that came and hung out in the kitchen doing the dishes. Yes, that's right, they did the dishes! We ended up with far more stuff than we ever imagined getting. We are so grateful for the wonderful friends and family that were so generous.

We also started our Lamaze classes a few weeks ago. Due to the snow storm we ended up with last month, the course got shortened from five to four weeks. We have one more class to go to this next Thursday, which I'm looking forward to because we finally get to have a tour of the hospital.

Also happening Thursday, and a bit more exciting for us, is our final ultrasound. I wasn't going to have the doctor do it at first, since we will have to pay for it, however, the more we thought about it, the more we realized we really want to know everything is going ok in there. I don't have a lot of time left, so knowing whether or not things are looking good for delivery is important to us.

I will have to do another post with the nursery updates. It's coming along! They are going to start mudding the walls in the next few days so maybe we will be painting in the next week or so. That would be fantastic!

Baby Prep Time!

It is time to start signing up for all the fun classes that will teach us how to not suck at being parents. At least they will attempt to do so. We've decided to take a 5 week Lamaze course, Babycase Basics and Breastfeeding. I plan on trying to breastfeed Henry. I've done a good deal of research on it and it just seems like the right thing for me to do, especially since I am at home and will have the time to do so, at least in the first months. I have no idea how long I will breastfeed, but I figure I'll start out setting small goals for myself and move from there.

Also, while reading the info the doctor gave us on the hospital I will be delivering at, I found out something rather neat. The baby stays in the room with me, if I choose for him to. This way I can be there at all times, learning to recognize his needs and queues and the nurses will be able to better help me in recognizing them. I don't know if this is standard or not these days, but it is the first I've heard of it. Very cool!