What a great weekend! Baby's Grandpa and Grandma Rankin came to visit Saturday. It is always great to have them in Chicago. They appreciate the city as much as we do! We made the trip out to IKEA to check out baby items. They had some cute stuff but most were play things that will be better to get for him once he gets older. We picked up some essentials like wooden baby hangers though! Later we went to check out the Christmas lights on the Magnificent Mile (see the pic above - beautiful!) and out to dinner at one of our favorite Latin restaurants, Mambo Grill. Baby was pretty low key but he did manage to show Grandpa and Grandma some of his moves. He especially enjoyed Grandma's singing!This morning we had to get up early for our first prenatal class at the hospital. It was 8:30 am to 4:00 pm. We learned so much about labor (my first birthing video experience...not so bad), relaxation techniques, hospital practices, etc. As a first time parent-to-be it was really informative and helpful. We toured the hospital to see the check-in area, labor & delivery rooms, recovery rooms, etc. We are so lucky because the hospital is only a year or so old and it's beautiful! Flat screen tv's and Bose sound CD/ipod players! Both Joe and I think the class was worth it and feel that much more prepared. We are getting there!
We're so excited to head back to Grand Rapids for the Thanksgiving holiday to see family and friends. Of course, we're very pumped for our first baby showers! Can't wait!
2 comments:
How'd Joe handle the birth video? Hopefully when they upgraded their building they upgraded their retro educational video collection! If not, you're in store for a comical treat in the breastfeeding class.
Hi Steve! Well, Joe said that video he watched in high school was way worse (but it could've also been that he was a 15 year old boy at the time). However, we both agree that they could've picked some better looking people! ;) I personally did NOT need to see what they were willing to display. Why would you ever volunteer for that job?!
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