Babies, babies and more babies

So here is the class picture for our prenatal group. 8 of the 12 couples made it out for the party and it was so much fun to see everyone again. We all seemed to agree its nicer not being pregnant anymore. Heh. So out of the 12, only 4 girls and the remainder were boys. The winner of the biggest baby was Harrison at 9lb 15oz. Of the 8 there, 5 of us had c-sections. In fact, 2 other girls had very similar stories like us with failed inducing etc. Nice to hear we weren't alone. One poor girl had a really rough time. They had to use the vacuum extractor, which ended up leaving her rather torn and needing 80 stitches! If that wasn't bad enough, baby wasn't breathing, and then she hemmoraged while in the bathroom and was passed out for 20 minutes. I am happy to say there is a good ending with baby Kaden being fine and his mom recovering. Only one somewhat normal, fast delivery in the class. Baby Josie was not waiting and her mom went from 4cm to 10cm in less than 20 minutes. She had to hold the baby in until the doctor arrived.

The pink and blue cupcakes were a hit, with everyone picking the winning color for their baby. Ariel was having a great time and was smiling when Ken was sharing our story of the baby who didn't want to come out. "Oh, you think its funny do you?" Big grin and many laughs from everyone. Silly little monkey. Baby Connor was checking out Ariel all night, so it has begun already, the boys are calling. Eek.

Yesterday we got sad news that my cousin Kyle and his girlfriend Megan's dog, Mischka passed way. With going through the same thing earlier this year with Lucas, I know how painful this is. They gave that dog a great life. Not many people adopt older dogs, so Mischka was very lucky to have those 2. He will be missed indeed. Another doggie angel...sigh.

Today I am hoping to get out a bit. Need to go to the grocery store for a few things, so maybe its a day for the snuggly. I can't go too far as my stupid ankle seems to be acting up again. Blah. I guess I need to get some runners again. At least my feet have returned to normal size again. Ariel surprised me this morning by sleeping till, get this, 6am! What a girl!

Finally, in news updates, we got invited to attend a baptism party this month, for one of the teens in our church who is taking the plunge. So thats exciting. We are also waiting for Jeff and Marie's twins to make their arrival. She was induced yesterday and is having some contractions. She has another appointment today, so prayers going out to you guys! Those girls need to come out!

Thats it for now, I am going to get another cat nap in while Ariel is still sleeping.