Top Ten Reasons You Know You Married the Right Woman

At the risk of sounding as sappy as my good friend Andy Kinnucan....

10. She's 36 weeks preganant and has no problem with you spending Friday night and most of Saturday at a bachelor party.

9. Her idea of a fun getaway for the last pre-baby trip is watching baseball at spring training.

8. She can't play softball but still comes to the games to keep the scorebook.

7. During softball games she yells "get down the line Manny" when you hit a popup and don't run hard to first base.

6. She looks every bit as beautiful pregnant as she does when she isn't pregnant.

5. She quits smoking while pregnant for the good of the baby. (Just making sure you're paying attention).

4. She glows when she talks about how much fun it will be to finally hold the baby.

3. Despite the fact that she is extremely uncomfortable, can't breathe, and can't sleep, she very rarely complains.

2. When you talk about doing ridiculous things to your baby, like this http://youtube.com/watch?v=j5dPMtuZsCw she agrees that it will be hilarious.

And the #1 reason you know you married the right woman....When it came time to pick a song that we should play for the baby before being born to soothe her and use as a way to make her sleep after she is born she picked this http://www.box.net/shared/ul2h8p1gk8

37 weeks!

Well, yesterday was the 37 week mark, so we're now at the point that those in the biz refer to as "any day now." I just had my weekly appointment, and everything looks good. The doctor confirmed that she has dropped, which I suspected given the sudden onset of back and hip pain in the last few days. But I'll take it, since it's a sign that things are moving in the right direction.

The car seat is in, the nursery is completely ready, and Matthew and I are as ready as we can be. Now, we wait!

What's next--mom jeans?

Yesterday was my first Mother's Day, and Matthew treated me well with breakfast, flowers, and some off-season Girl Scout Cookies he must have gotten off the black market. We spent the weekend getting ready for baby's arrival, since we're now only 4 weeks from the due date. Activities included:

1. Assembling the stroller and practicing folding and unfolding it.
2. Buying remaining items off of our baby registry at Babies R Us.
3. Doing our first loads of baby laundry.
4. Buying diapers, wipes, and diaper cream.

That last one really made us feel like parents. And what's worse--I've started to save diaper coupons. Who is this woman?

Quotes from Childbirth Class

Kasey and I finished up our fifth session of childbirth class this past Wednesday so now we are all ready for Baby Blaze to make her appearance. There is no way for me to accurately describe the wide range of people in our class. During the first 30 minutes I turned to Kasey and asked for a pen and paper so that I could write some things down. But it wasn't to write down important things the instructor was saying, but the ridiculous things that other people in the class were saying. Here's a sample of my favorites with a description of the person who said it so that you can understand the context:

1. "Pain is weakness leaving the body." - One of the husbands, a former marine.
2. "Does the epidural involve a needle going into the spine?" - Husband of very quiet, nervous, and scared wife who insists she is getting a C-section just because it will be easier. The instructor then showed us a needle used for an epidural and described the procedure. Same husband then turned to his wife who had turned white and looked like she was on the verge of tears and says, "Oh yeah, that's going to hurt bad!" Real helpful, dude.
3. "I know a lady who was in a wheelchair after giving birth for a few months. Can you become paralyzed from an epidural?" - Same husband that was apparently trying to scare his wife instead of making her feel more comfortable.
4. "It's not so much that I have a problem with needles, it's that I don't like having things injected into my body." - 17 year-old girl there with her mom. We all know I leaned over to Kasey and said. "She should have thought about that eight months ago."