32 Weeks

We have hit the 32 week mark - another month down! This has been a very busy week. Monday night was our first Lamaze class at the hospital. Our instructor, Miriam, is a very nice Australian lady. Ryan likes her because she calls of the husbands "sweetheart" and "darling". She has given very good advice to them about massages! We watched a video of a woman giving birth (saw the placenta and all - don't think I'll be looking at my placenta after!). We also practiced having a contraction and breathing through it. Ryan did a great job massaging my shoulders while I was breathing. We have 4 more classes on Monday nights. Next week we get a tour or the labor and delivery wing. I can't wait to see what it's all like.

We had our next visit to the doctor on Tuesday and everything is progressing great. The heartbeat is so clear and strong. It's amazing thinking about the difference in just a few weeks. Tuesday night we took an Infant Care Class. This was really helpful because the instructor literally went over everything you need to know to get through the first 2 weeks after having the baby. Now we just need to remember it! Ryan did a great job holding the baby in the class (he only held it because it was a doll - we know he doesn't like to help real babies, until it's his own of course). We found out a lot of great tips and we also found out we need to delete some things from our registries because it turns out we don't actually need them...oops!

While Ryan was at Volleyball Wednesday night I headed into Hoboken with Amy and met up with Aunt Meghan and Amy's friend Kristin. We walked around, shopped, and went out for dinner. We all had a blast and can't wait to do it again!

Saturday morning we are heading to West Chester for my dad's retirement party. Hopefully everyone will survive the heat and humidity and have a great time!

Here's the next progression picture. I had to re-post the 4 week picture also because even though I'm living it, I can't believe how much my body has changed in 8 months!