No woom in the womb

• Last week, in the second session of our childbirth class, we explored all the devices that they may use to bring the baby into the world.  Some of those instruments are just medieval (unlike our delicate dental instruments).  I learned more about breast pumps (they look like an air horn you'd take to a hockey game) than I ever cared to know.  I can also swaddle a baby in 3.89 seconds now.

• We learned that altitude and foot massages can induce early labor.  So what does Karah do last weekend?  She drives over Loveland Pass (11,990 ft) twice in order to get to and from Hays, KS for a spa weekend (including foot massage) with her friends.  Meanwhile, I flew to Omaha for a bachelor party (if the mother gets a baby shower, shouldn't the dad enjoy a "thunderstorm"?).
• It's week 35 . . . the big news is the testes have completely descended.  He's approximately 18 inches, 5.5 lbs and full of P&V.  It's crowded in there, as the baby takes up most the uterus at this point. 
• We still haven't picked a name, but are leaning toward  Jamiroquai Joseph.