Birthing Class Highlights and Other Tidbits

Our first birthing class last week was fun filled. A few highlights:

1. The free snacks...not only were there a lot of them, but it was good stuff! Animal crackers, honey roasted peanuts, fruit snacks, and cookies. Needless to say, the husbands were on them like white on rice.

2. The 1980s "March of Dimes" video, which included a lady stating (and I'm not joking) that "she just hopes her baby's not retarded!" after she'd been having pregnancy pains. Could it be anymore politically in-correct!!??

3. The coupons to Chick-Fil-A for free food! Need I say more?

4. Practicing the breathing/relaxation exercises to be used to distract from labor pains. Saying this was histarical is a huge understatement. We were crying we were laughing so hard at the class doing the "Ha-HEE, Ha-HEE, Ha-HEE" breathing and one husband had to get up and leave he was cracking up so hard. I told Tyra it was the equivalent of someone farting in church during a prayer and only you and your friends heard it...then trying to remain quiet for the remainder of the prayer. Pure torture!

5. The 18 lb. pregancy vest and shirt for all the husbands to take turns wearing. Luckily, I'd had practice at this at our couples baby shower earlier this month, so I was a pro. This suit however, unlike the one at the shower, was equipped with fake boobs, which proved to get in my way during the notetaking portion of the class.

6. Oh, yeah, and we also learned some good baby-related things too.

Tonight is class #2, so I'm sure there's more fun in store. In other news:

Noah has been kicking, squirming, and wiggling around like CRAZY these past few weeks and lately you can easily see Tyra's belly moving around a lot. It's amazing! His favorite active times are about 6am, 7pm, and right before bedtime. He's getting bigger and stronger each week, and it's hard to fathom how much he (and Tyra's belly) have grown in such a short time. Next Monday, we're going to get a 3D/4D ultrasound, which will let us see some very detailed pictures of Noah. We can't wait. Hopefully we'll be able to post a video or some pictures next week.

Everyone can take the new poll on the right side of the blog to predict when Noah will be born. Tyra and I predict Feb. 1, which is his actual due date. Although, only 7% of babies are born on their due date.

We're looking forward to a lot of family members coming to Knoxville for the last home football game of the season against Vandy this weekend. Should be a fun time! Then, we're hosting about 13 family members next week for Thanksgiving, so it will be a fun, but busy, next week or so.

Say a prayer that Tyra will get to feeling better soon, as she's been fighting a cold the past few days.