Break Time

On Wednesday last week, we attended our 1st birth-related class. It was from 7:00-9:30PM in McMinnville and was about newborn care. It basically took you through what they do to the baby after it is born - from tests to suctioning out its nose to the good ol' APGAR score to taking care of the umbilical cord. The reason we took this class was because we were taking the intensive labor/ delivery class that weekend, but they told us ahead of time that we would not have time to get to newborn care.

So, on Friday night at 7:00-9:30PM we started the intensive weekend class. It continued the next day from 8AM-4PM. It covered the whole gamut - labor, delivery, post-partum, and breastfeeding. There was only us and one other pregnant girl (with her dad). That made it easy to ask questions, and to tailor the class to our needs.

We got home from the class about 4:30, I made caramel brownies for Easter dinner the next day, laid down for a 20 minute nap, and then we were off to get in line early to get a seat in the balcony of the Roseland Concert Hall for a Collective Soul concert. It was a fun show and nice that I didn't have to battle with drunk people on the main floor (there are only a few seats in the balcony - otherwise its wide open floor - standing room only). The baby was a bit active during the opening act - they had a really loud bass drum - but was pretty calm during the rest of the show. It's normally most active at about 8-9PM every night anyway, so it wasn't really a surprise.

We woke up late on Easter Morning and I also made a nummy fruit salad for Easter dinner (the kind with marshmallows and Cool Whip). We headed off to Andy's brother's house - about an hour away - where we met up with Andy's fam and my parents who had driven down from Seattle after their late night flight from MSP and short hotel stay. We had a nice dinner, and returned home for some rest on Sunday night.

Monday - I had a doctor's visit for them to take my blood and they shared the results from last week's test: The crazy antibodies that were present last time, were gone - or at least non-measureable. They drew more blood and we will await the results later this week or early next week.

My Spring Break is now fully under way and my parents are here to help with some house projects and hang out with us. My mom has already tackled the filthy stove, microwave and toaster oven - Yeah - sparkly mom clean! Today we put up all of the tile for the back splash in the kitchen - WOW - it looks so cool! I'll post a pic after we grout tomorrow. My dad has already crossed several thing off of "The List". He put in a new ceiling fan in the nursery and nailed down some quarter round trim that has been sitting(un-nailed) on the floor in the kitchen for at least 6 months. We have a bunch of painting left to do - kitchen and my bathroom, and a few other assorted projects. I will try to update later this week with pictures. Hope everyone had a nice Easter!