1. Sarah won the bet–we didn’t have the prettiest pillows in the whole class, though strutting into class for the first time with two very large lavender pillows wasn’t exactly easy for me.
2. Sarah really has been feeling very good so far. After going to class Wednesday night and hearing about the common pregnancy symptoms other people were having…
a. We made an 11:30 run to the gas station for chips & dip
b. Sarah decided to take her first day off from work on Thursday (not that that’s a bad thing)
c. I think our classmates are rubbing off…
3. Twelve to sixteen hours of labor on average?! This childbirth thing just might be a little more work than I had thought! (though Kristi must think 16 is a breeze after putting in 33 hours…)
Good gracious! 33 hours – that’s like DAYS – literally! Whenever you see it on TV (I know, such a reliable educational source), it takes like 45 seconds, maybe 2 minutes if it’s a movie. I was thinking though, maybe you could think of it as a sprinting thing, like his parents are both fast. But, that logic didn’t really work out. No offense Andy, but I don’t think you’re going to the Olympics in the 100 anytime soon, and Sarah, well, you’re a distance runner. Hmmmm. . .distance – that’s not a good way to think about having your baby. Slow and steady is NOT the name of this game! (Even though one of the distance girls just asked me today when slow and steady ever won anything. I guess the turtle and the hare don’t help a person too much in the athletic field)
You sure gave your mother a tough time, but like Sarah, she decided to keep you rather than leave you at the hospital.
I’ll have to teach you the Ultimate Purse Carrying Techniqueâ„¢ that I learned from Mr. Walsh.
Two hands, arms parallel to the ground, with a look of fear mixed with uncertainty. It’ll at least allow you to walk around without anyone assuming that you carry a “man bag”, and at most will get your wife to quickly reclaim her purse out of sheer embarassment!
I think the idea of having to carry in lavender pillows around is scary from a single guy’s point-of-view, but having recently lost the “single guy” status, I’m realizing stuff like that is not so bad so long as you have your wife with you. We’ll see how I hold up when she has me hold her purse while she darts away for 5 or 10 minutes, though…