A lot of pregnant ladies (week 30)

The weekend involved a whole lot of pregnant ladies, as expected! Friday night we went to Harvard Vanguard in Watertown for a "Meet the Pediatrician" night. I'm not sure if we'll end up using that particular doctor or even that location (we're looking to potentially move, but more on that later), but it was really helpful to understand how the hospital-pediatrician thing works. Dan and I got several chuckles out of some of the other parents that attended the session... they were asking some ridiculous questions. One mother-to-be wanted to know whether the office had a separate waiting area for sick children. Geez Louise....

On Saturday we had a LONG but very informative birthing class at Newton Wellesley. The nurse who gave the class was funny but also straightforward and honest. Good to hear frank answers! I think the class was more overwhelming for Dan, who didn't know a thing about most of the labor process. I've been reading books and articles over the last few months, so other than learning about hospital procedure and whatnot there weren't any surprises for me. I think Dan is a little freaked out now that he knows what labor entails! The highlight of the day was taking a tour of the labor and delivery/postpartum wing of the hospital. I'm strangely looking forward to the process, and I hope that I'm able to have the experience of "going into labor" (rather than being induced). As long as my water doesn't break while I'm at work ;)

We ended up re-scheduling the "Newborn Essentials" course that we were planning on attending Sunday. Partially because it would have been a lot of information to absorb over one weekend, but mostly because we had other things that needed to be done. Now that we're getting pretty serious about this moving business, we wanted to check out some houses and also do some much needed yard work (necessary before we start showing our place). Dan did an incredible job on the yard. It was a challenge because we get flooding so frequently that we had to come up with a solution that wouldn't wash away or drown. Check out what he did! I helped as much as I could, but that pretty much meant handing him tools and getting him Gatorade.

I would be sad to part with our condo. I love the unit and the convenient location. However, as we were working outside we were quickly reminded of the reason why we want to move. Neighbors. The neighbors in the back were having a party in their parking lot all afternoon and well into the night, blasting music. The neighbors below us (who have an equal share in the lawn but spent the entire day on their couch drinking beer and watching TV, might I add), allowed their friends to come out on the front deck and smoke cigarettes. Hello, pregnant woman doing YOUR yardwork, and you're going to let your friends blow smoke in my face? I told them to go elsewhere. Getting away from neighbors is the goal here. I feel like we're slowly loosing our sanity...