7 Weeks left

Time is certainly flying and it won't be long until Baby Grover is born. Here is the Week 33 picture of Robin. This week we went to our first baby class at Mercy Hospital. It is a child preparation class offered through Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. The class was not the most stimulating one we have ever taken, but it did provide us with a few laughs. We don't do so well as pupils sitting next to each other and tend to get the giggles. We were shown the different positions the baby might be in before delivery and which one to "try for" (head down, facing spine) as if we'd have any control over that. For some reason the teacher specifically mentioned trying not to eat too much canned soup because of the sodium content, causing us to laugh more because that was exactly what Robin was eating about an hour before the class. Robin got very little sleep that night as we were shown a tape of a delivery (omg!) and then a chart of what 1 - 10 cm dilated looks like (OMG!). We also got to see the delivery rooms and postpartum rooms. We have to go back again next week for part two of the class. Oh, and by the way, we were told "Tax Exemption" is not a valid reason for inducing labor - the whole class got a laugh about that as everyone is due about the same time.
We have continued to work a little bit on getting the nursery ready. This week Robin's Dad delivered us a bookshelf from Cedar Falls and hung up the rod for the valance.
I also included some pictures of our new living room furniture. We had no furniture in this room and after much shopping decided on a sofa, love seat, and a glider.