Weekend and Class

This past weekend was our last little mini-vacation (only not really, because we're going to Nashville later this month, but that's for a marriage conference, so it's different) to Nashville. It was a fun weekend, but interesting. We were able to return our crib and pick out a new one (so glad to have that whole thing over with...although we don't have the new one yet) and eat at Olive Garden on Friday night. Saturday we ate way too much (breakfast at Cracker Barrel, lunch at Ted's Montana Grill, dinner at PF Chang's), did some shopping, and went to the South Carolina/Vanderbilt basketball game. This is the interesting part. Originally, the game was scheduled for 3:00pm (I also could have totally imagined that), so we planned to go there, eat dinner, and go to the Predators game at 7. Turns out the basketball game is at 8pm instead, so we sold our Preds tickets and went to the basketball game. Where SC got killed (and played terribly, obviously, to lose to Vanderbilt). But at least the tickets were free, so we were only out food for the whole weekend. Anyway, Nick had never been to a hockey game, so I have to take him back for one, since the game I picked sucked. And apparently the Predators game was awesome (8-0 over the Red Wings). But all in all, it was fun. We got to eat breakfast Sunday at the Pancake Pantry, which is the same place they have in Gatlinburg. They have chocolate chip pancakes. Yum.

Last night we went to our first childbirth class at the Medical Center. It was interesting. There were tons of people there though; more than I thought there would be. The class seems like it will be fun though; I want to learn as much as I can. I'm having lots of fun buying things for the baby, although I need to stop now. They had a Carter's at Opry Mill, which had some really cheap clothes. And I got our carrier and sling from Amazon yesterday. I put Isabelle in the sling, and didn't drop her, so that's a good sign. Now we need to find a pediatrician and pack a bag (s). I'm beginning to stress out about all the things that need to be done, although I think we're ahead of the game, so to speak.

This is my favorite part of the year, so I'm hoping to get everything finished so I can enjoy some free time this spring. Spring Training has started, which is meaningless, but means baseball season is here. Not that I can watch the Braves on tv anymore anyway. Also, the Sun Belt tournament starts this week, and Selection Sunday is less than 2 weeks away. I feel like I was just in Tampa for the NCAA tournament a month or two ago. Tomorrow night, USC plays UT, which will decide the SEC East, at least as far as USC is concerned. And I'm pretty sure that another Duke/UNC matchup is coming up (which is always fun in our house...Nick hates UNC, but he hates Duke more. It's the equivalent of the UK/UofL game for me).