Childbirth Class Reunion

Back when Corinne was pregnant with 'Rocket', we decided that we would take a childbirth class at the local hospital. We didn't really learn that much in the class; we joke that the best thing about the class was that it forced us to watch those "labor and delivery" videos that we would never watch on our own. And the walk around the Hood River Hospital maternity ward certainly didn't help when he was born in Seattle. But it was good to meet some other parents who would have kids around the same age.

Now that all of the kids have been born we all got together for a "childbirth class reunion" to meet the new arrivals! We got together at a local brewery (ironic, huh?) on a Thursday night. Anders had the latest due date, but because he was born 3+ weeks early and another baby was several weeks late he ended up being the second youngest of the group. It was interesting to see the different looks of each of the kids, and how much they really did look like their parents.

Towards the end of the evening we put all the kids on the couch for a group shot. Unfortunately because Anders's had been nursing just prior to the photo, he was pretty sleepy; he slept through the whole photoshoot.

Anders on the far right

We also got one with the whole families, complete with brewing equipment in the background.

- Mike, Corinne, and Anders Rocket