Getting BIG!

We took what we think is our last scheduled plane flight this past weekend to New York.  We were able to spend some time with William and Julie (haven't been to visit them in way too long) and enjoy Jenny and Lane Teller's incredible wedding right in the city.  The weather was a bit different than what we are used to and made it a little bit of a challenge to find "winter" clothes that fit!  My stomach seems to expand at least an inch per day, yikes!  In continuing with our travel routine, we are off for a road trip to Tallahassee this weekend to visit one of Alec's College friends. 

I've been able to pick up sub jobs every day in grades K-12.  Some days are a breeze, while others can get quite challenging:).  I plan/hope to be able to sub until our baby boy decides to come.  Everyday definitely brings something new with a different grade and school.  Alec is counting down the days until his residency is over and he can start his new job in NC.   This year has really seemed to fly by!

We went to class on water birth at our hospital last week and we realized that it really will take a good 45 minutes on the fast side to get to the hospital, but I'm counting on having plenty of notice:).  While we are a little nervous about the distance of the hospital, we know that if there is some sort of emergency we can always go just across from our home to another hospital.  The people who we have talked to seem to really recommend our new (further away) hospital to the closer one because of their birthing practices. 

Alec seemed to think the idea of a water birth was a bit "odd/unnecessary" at first, but after learning more about it agrees that it is a  good option.  We start a series of 8 birthing classes on the Bradley Method tonight.  The class is normally taught in 12 weeks, but our instructor learned to teach it in 10 and she is making a special exception to have it completed in 8 weeks because of our quickly approaching due date.  I've attached a website link for the type of class we are taking if you haven't heard of it- http://www.bradleybirth.com/ .  I also put a pic of the water pool that we will have in our labor room.  

We're still having trouble with the babies name!  I think I'm just about as indecisive with this decision as I was with wedding dresses.  We've narrowed it down to around 3 and each week we choose a different one to pretend that we have selected as a final name, but at the end of the week we just can't quite pull the trigger.  Maybe we'll do a blog vote if the decision is still unmade before the next post.:)

Still feeling good over here, can't complain.  Less than 2 Months to go!  Which means, 2 months to figure out a name and actually set up for a baby boy!  So far, there have been no changes in our household to prepare for a baby. Hopefully we'll have made more progress by next post!