A quick summary

Things have been pretty quiet for the most part lately. We're in the calm before the storm, with the room ready for painting, and no classes to attend for a little bit. Here's some things that have been going on:

• My colleague at work had her baby on Friday. All went very well. Clicking off all the "other" births before ours is kind of fun. Our former neighbours are next, sometime in late August, then it's our turn!
• We picked a doula, and we're all excited about it. She has a terrific amount of experience (over 100 births, plus two of her own) and she has a lovely calm and caring personality that will be a huge asset.
• K's heartburn continues to be THE major unpleasantness of being pregnant for her, but on the advice of her OB, she's now taking an acid reducer (Pepcid) in addition to Tums antacids. This has already helped a little bit, and hopefully it will make for better sleep between now and the birth.
• The baby got its first taste of motorcycle racing on Sunday (as a spectator of course) - there is NO doubt that the sound of MotoGP racebikes was heard in the womb, and much activity was felt by K each time the bikes were on track! We feel that this is much more important than playing Mozart or Beethoven to the baby....
• A close friend of ours who is an awesome photographer did a little photoshoot yesterday of K and the bump. I joined the shoot at the end to get the classic "hands on the bump" shot. Looking forward to seeing the end product.