What a great weekend

This past weekend was a busy but fun one. Saturday was our Super Childbirth/Lamaze Class from 9 to 5. Shawn even agreed that we covered a lot of ground and learned a lot in just that short bit of time. Of course, we watched several videos. The one about C-Sections I could have done without because it was a bit too icky for me to watch. Besides, I'm going into labor thinking everything is going to be good and I won't need a C-S. Unfortunately, it is a scary odd to hear that 1 in 4 women will have one. Yikes. We practiced different positions to help ease labor pains and Shawn learned a couple massages he can do to help me out as well. Of course, we practiced breathing techniques, and we learned about focal point and visualization techniques. I really liked the visualization because I could see how I can use it to occupy my mind on something else. For me, I visualized our trip to Wisconsin last year and how awesome it was at the cabin we stayed at. I'm definitely planning on using that one. The other informative part of the class was learning about the types of "meds" I can get. The more and more I learn about it, the less I want to get an epidural. I just hate the possible side effects and the riskiness of it all. I'll just have to wait and see once I get into the hospital to gauge how tough I really am. One fun part about our class was seeing the different sizes of women there. One woman next to us was actually due in a week and she was super tiny. Another woman was due at the end of August and she was definitely twice as big as me if not more. It's just so funny to see the differences in body types and how every woman carries her baby differently. I was so proud of Shawn because he never fell asleep during the 8 hours, while I did notice at least 3 other dads nodding out. Way to go, honey!

After class, we hurried over to my parents' house for Michael's Arbonne launch party. We had a great turn out and even had Amme and Chris Weilert there to do part of the presentation. I was so thrilled to have them there to support Michael. I can tell that several of his friends are now considering how to get their businesses started, which is awesome. He had some good sales that night as well. Yay Mikey!

Shawn and I decided to sleep in on Sunday, which ended up being around 8:45. It felt sooo good to sleep so late. Once we got going though, Sunday ended up a busy day. We went for a walk and got breakfast. Then we both came home and started working. I then had an Arbonne party at 2, while Shawn stayed home to get some projects done. It was a small party but ended up being successful with me booking another party from it and getting two wholesale buyers. Yay me! By the time I got back from my party, Shawn was still working and looked tired already. We went to Black Angus for dinner. Thanks Kim for the gift cert. It was a nice treat! At dinner, I told Shawn the chaos in the house, especially in the nursery, was really getting to me, making me antsy. He said, "You know we're going to have chaos for the next 18 years right?" Funny guy. Poor Inara. Don't listen to daddy calling you chaos. It's hard to believe with all that we've done so far we still have a ton more to do. I have no idea where we're going to get the time to do it, but we're working our butts off to get it all done. Actually, Shawn's doing all the hard manual work, while I take on the easy tasks of cleaning up after him. Ha ha. After dinner, we thought we were going to relax, but we both ended up doing some more work for awhile. It looks like Shawn may already have a buyer for the TV he's selling, and he just listed it on Craig's List yesterday. Hooray! Finally, around 7:30 we relaxed and watched a movie. It's now Monday morning and we're already back to work mode. Oh the life of a parent, right?