mountain midwifery

We actually haven't quite decided just where we want to be when the Cracker enters this world. Tonight we are going to an orientation at the Mountain Midwifery Center which is our only real non-hospital option. Although we know one friend had an amazing experience here, we REALLY didn't start thinking about it seriously until we watched the movie "The Business of Being Born," a documentary about the American trend towards drugged-up and potentially unnecessary c-section births, versus natural, in-home births.

I found a little video peek of the Center online. Kinda cheesy and not much info...

happy birthday grandpa!

We have been holding out on telling my Dad till his birthday, when we would see him while on vacation over Labor Day weekend (15.5 weeks for those keeping track). We took he and Nancy out to lunch in a cafe in Savannah, GA and presented him with his birthday card. As we handed it to him, we said something like "we got you something little, and we're pretty sure you don't have one already." Inside, we wrote "Happy Birthday Grandpa-to-be!" and included a printout of a couple of the ultrasounds (I know, cheeeeezy). Robin and I were both relieved there was no heart attack, and also relieved that he and Nancy were very surprised and quite happy, as you can see in these pics.


Sadly, we have no photographic evidence of the reactions of other family members, but all were wonderfully memorable and unique to each of them. We will probably retell those announcements here as well very soon.