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Mommy & Me Class

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We had the last of our 6-week Mommy & Me class today...all of the babies have come so far since we met for the first time in mid-July. Today we took some really cute pictures of all of the babies and mommies.

Here's one of all of the mommies and their babies - there was some serious crying happening during this shot:


Here are all of the babies in wagon-wheel fashion - I don't know if you can see it, but Mackenzie (the baby to the left of Ava) has Ava's strap in a death hold...we were joking that Ava was going to have to go home with them tonight if she wouldn't let go.

And this one is just too darn cute - I walked away for a second, and Ava was snuggling up to Jack. Looks like there might be some competition for Dylan! :)

All in all, this was a great class to take. It offered so much support for all of the new mothers. It also gave us the opportunity to make sure that our babies were doing normal things, and that none of us were alone in the new-mommy phase. I would highly recommend this class to anyone with a new baby!

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