We are Officially Ready!

Very excited to show off her "I'm a big sister
button" after her class.

Practicing holding one of the pretend babies

We took Maddy to a sibling class at the hospital on Saturday, where they teach you what to expect with a new baby and how to help care for them. Well, to say the least, Maddy had a great time and even got to help the teacher hand out the 'I'm a big sister/big brother' buttons to the kids at the end of the class.

They also got to tour the maternity floor of the hospital and see one of the rooms and the baby nursery. One of the nurses held up one of the newborns in the nursery up to the window, so the kids could look at the baby. They were pretty amazed! It was very entertaining to watch. A couple funny comments from the class -- "wow, is that a REAL baby??" and when the class was asked why we wash our hands before holding a baby, the answer was "because babies are dirty". Pretty comical hearing the comments from a group of 3 and 4 yr olds.

So........we can now say that we are all officially ready for our new baby!!