Oh Baby!

January is a big month for baby planning.  Now that we've moved into the new rental house and made it through the holidays, it's time for us to focus on getting ready for the baby. 

Breathing Basics Class
Eric and I took a breathing/birthing class to help inform ourselves about what we're going to be experiencing soon.  It was....interesting.  Our instructor was very funny and did a great job making sure to lighten up the awkward topics that had to be discussed.  We learned about the different stages of labor and various pain medication options (epidural, here I come!).  We also learned a few breathing techniquest, which made us a laugh as we had to practice (yes, we were that couple, but really, some people around us were taking it soooo seriously).  But the class ended with the coaches practicing back massage techniques on us pregnant ladies.  What a great ending!

Putting the Furniture Together
Eric spent one Sunday morning with my brother, Erik, putting together some baby furniture.  They started with the awesome glider and ottomen.  It's quite possibly the world's most comfortable chair right now.  It will come in very handy for feeding and rocking the baby - but I'm already spending time enjoying a comfortable seat around the house that doesn't make my back hurt.  They also put together our crib, which is beautiful.  We just had some more furniture delivered to the house so it'll be exciting to put it all together and arrange the room.

Finding a Pediatrician and Day Care
This has been an interesting research project.  This is definitely one of the times when I'm glad most of our friends already have kids.  I asked for pediatrician recomendations and found out that a number of our friends use the same practice.  Our friends are pretty smart so if they're all happy with the practice, it seems like a logical place for us to start.  We'll give it a try and see if it fits into our needs as well.  (It's Pediatric ASsociates at 16th St. and Northern, by the way).

Day care is a little different story.  We're trying to find one that's close to our house as Eric will be dropping Baby Fagan off in the morning and I'll be picking her up in the afternoons.  There's a shockingly small amount of day care center and home day cares in our area.  We're still in the process of looking but I hope we find something soon. 

Maternity Pictures
We took maternity pictures yesterday with Erika Griffin Photography.  She is just awesome (check out her website here).  We had a really good time taking the pictures.  Proofs will be coming our way soon and we can't wait to see how they turned out.  She's also going to be doing out newborn pictures after Baby Fagan arrives.

Pregnancy Complaints
Really, I only have one.  And since I only have one real complaint in this whole process, I figure it deserved it's only little section.  Yes, it's my swollen feet.  Some of you have heard my complaints before but seriously, it's insane.  If you looked at my from the ankles down, you'd think I weighed, like, 500 pounds.  And I hear that after I give birth, they're only going to get worse before they get better.  I don't see how that could possibly be but I guess I'll soon find out.  I promise I'll stop complaining about them soon. 

It's amazing to think that in just about 1 month, we'll be parents.  I can't wait to meet our little girl.  There's so much we don't know but I just want her to arrive so we can start figuring it all out.