Another busy Saturday...

Another busy Saturday for Mark and I. We started the morning off with our first of two birthing classes. Since Nina was so early, I didn't make it to one when I was pregnant with her so this class was new to me as well. All in all the class was okay. Didn't really learn anything new. We did get to see "the video" of a woman giving birth. It really wasn't all that bad to watch. I don't even think the men in the room squirmed around too much. The best part was when the mom in the video asked if it looked like a baby? Yes, she actually said this. Not sure what she thought it would look like but I hope the dad took some time after to get to the bottom of it.

Of course the best part of class was the relaxation and massage time. Not that Mark liked it much but I sure did. The teacher gave the men tips on how to massage his wife during contractions. Mark needs all the help he can get in that department. :) Next week we get more massage time too!! We basically learned about breathing techniques during contractions which i hope not to worry about since i'm planning on getting an epidural. Epidurals ROCK!! and i don't know why any woman would choose natural labor rather than a nice easy epidural!!

I don't think you can go anywhere in this city without meeting a fellow Iowan. There was a mom in our class that was from Iowa and went to Iowa State. Both her and her husband seemed very fun and easy to talk to. Hope to see them again next weekend for the second half of the class.

Saturday evening we had a great time out with our friends to celebrate mine and Renee's birthdays. We headed out to Classic Cup on the plaza with Gartelos's and Regas's all packed in the Acura. That third seat option has really come in handy. Found about that Chris gets car sick easily and we had to do a chinese fire drill before we got out of the neighborhood. Hope everyone knows what a chinese firedrill is. We met up with Coleen and Margie at the Cup for a great dinner. Chris kept on entertaining us thru out the evening as he somehow managed to lock the men's bathroom on his way out and the restaurant had to have someone come and jimmy the lock.

Gartelos's and Regas's came back to our place for drinks after. Of course, Jen and I reluctantly declined. Still, was a very fun night to be out with our friends.

Now it's Sunday and I'm at work. Not that i want to be but I have a huge deadline in a couple of weeks that I really need to make sure it gets done. So i'm here and my engineer Kyle is here as well.

Today is also my dad's 60th Birthday. So Happy Birthday Dad. Hope you have a great day and wish I could be up in CB with you to celebrate.

Finally, Happy First Birthday to Peter Gartelos!!