Hiccups

Just a quick little story...

On Saturday I took a nap for about three hours in the afternoon so our schedule was a little off. We didn't eat dinner until 9pm and didn't go to bed until a little before 11pm. (Very late for us!) Eric had just fallen asleep and I was trying when I kept noticing a rhythmic kick or movement in my belly. It had pretty consistent intervals and was kind of strong. So I woke Eric, had him feel my tummy and told him that I thought the baby had the hiccups. We've heard about the baby getting hiccups but it hadn't happened yet. We talked about it and how cool it would be. IT TOTALLY WAS! Eric was exhausted and had to work on Sunday so he went back to sleep pretty quickly. But I laid there giggling in bed for about five minutes while Baby Boy hiccuped away. Very fun and just another cool experience of being pregnant. It really amused me and made me so happy. It's another fun little reminder of how alive our little guy is. He's so big and so ready! Hopefully we'll be kissing and hugging him soon... ... Full Post...

El You Tube-o

Here are a couple more of my favorites...

First, a novela (spanish soap opera) that we can all understand!


And secondly, I heard this on the radio a few months ago and thought it was a crack-up.
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Work on a Sunday

So I had a wonderful day at work today. My beautiful pregnant wife came to visit me with a couple of our friends Karen, Urial and Rafael Padilla!

They saw all kinds of stuff and I'm sure that Jamie will blog more about their trip tonight, but I just wanted to share how amazing it was to have them there today. It's not offten that I go in to work on a Sunday, so needless to say I wasn't too thrilled, but once everything got going and then I saw their smiling faces, it made the day special.

Thanks Guys!

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Basketball Belly

Eric and I have been taking pictures of my belly every month or so throughout the pregnancy. While taking pictures last night we decided to have a little fun before our little guy gets here. Think he's a basketball player in the making? Hehe...



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No progress

We had our weekly doctor's appointment today. No progress yet. I still don't think I'm having any contractions yet, not even Braxton Hicks. I have noticed that he is dropping though, you can see it in my belly and how he's sitting now. I also have noticed a lot more pain and pressure down toward my bladder and more frequent trips to the bathroom...YAY! hehe Dr. Jarem will do another exam next Thursday and maybe we'll have some news then. We're 37 weeks and 2 days today. Baby Boy was SO active this morning. He was moving like crazy at the doctor's office. The nurse even had a hard time getting his heart rate cause he kept switching positions on her. Too funny...

We're still working on his name. Unfortunately our list of names is getting longer not shorter. This is going to be a tough decision.

We started looking more seriously at child care options for when I go back to work (tear) after his birth. We're finding a couple places that we think might be good possibilities. One of the front runners is Kindercare where our friends Karen and Uriel take their son Rafael. It would be awesome having a couple more pairs of eyes to check on him when they're there. It's great cause they also live in our neighborhood. It's been such a blessing having them enter our lives at the perfect time. They give great advice on what they've done with Raf and helping us on our decisions. We're going to their house tonight for dinner. Fun times!

Guess that's all for now. We'll give more updates as they come. We should be completely ready for baby by this weekend. We started packing our hospital stuff and have an appointment to get the car seat installed by the Fire Department this weekend. After that, it's game on! We're ready for you Baby Boy. Mommy and Daddy can't wait for your arrival!!! (Neither can Auntie Kacia, she emailed and told me so yesterday. hehe) We all love you so much! ... Full Post...

You Tube Baby

So last weekend, my aunt Linda was in town for Jamie and BBB's baby shower. While staying at Karla's house we decided to occupy an hour of our time with You Tube videos!

Here is a selection of our favorites!

Watch this one if you need a little giggle.



If you start laughing too hard, make sure that you watch your head.



For some reason, I think that this is what Jamie did when she was a baby!



Have you ever tried with all of your might to communicate something, but nobody seems to understand? You'll appreciate this one!



This one isn't funny, but HOLY SMOKES! (No camera tricks)



These guys have become icons in China... this is their first "Music Video". Oh and by the way, they don't speak English, they just mouth the sounds REALLY well! (Keep an eye on the guy in the background... he NEVER TURNS AROUND!)



Finally, my favorite video! Enjoy!
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Fun week but very tiring

This week has been so much fun so far! Not only did we get to go swimming but I also found out that I get a pregnancy discount at Cold Stone Creamery. 10% off! SO COOL! I'm not sure if this is offered at all locations but the one by our house offers the discount. We went for ice cream after dinner on Wednesday evening and I found out this amazing information! It's the Cold Stone on Power and Rittenhouse for any other expecting moms that are interested.

Wednesday we had dinner at my mom's house with Jen, Bradley, Braden and Emma. It is so nice having them in town and getting to hang out with them. We miss the kiddies so much! Braden was of course adorable and amazes us with his perfect memory and awesome sentences that he puts together. He's such a big boy. And princess Emma is cuter each time we see her. Her hair is getting so long and pretty and she has so much love and energy. It was very fun getting hugs and kisses from them.

We are now on weekly appointments with the doctor. Yesterday's appointment was great! Joanna went with us since she was in town and was able to join us. Dr. Jarem is the best doctor and we can't speak highly enough about how lucky we feel to have her. We met for a long time and covered all the birth preferences and specifics. It's so exciting to talk about this stuff. It makes it so much more real that Baby Boy is almost here! He's head down and we're very excited about that. No progress yet but maybe in two weeks or so we'll have more news about his estimated arrival. The other great news is that Dr. Jarem officially gave me the title "Super Mom" yesterday. I'm still right on track with my weight and didn't gain anything these past two weeks. My weight is very steady and she said she is so proud of me for keeping my weight on track and under control. I officially earned the title "Super Mom". I'll happily accept that title...

On top of all that fun news, my office threw me a surprise baby shower yesterday here at work. Eric and my mom both were able to be there which was so awesome. They had food, snacks, drinks and of course, more presents. It was a total shocker! I could not believe how generous everyone is and how loved this baby is already. We can't say enough how blessed and grateful we are for our friends, family and co-workers. Also, a co-worker of mine has a son who recently turned one so she gave us her swing and bassinet. SO GENEROUS! She won't let us give her anything in return and both of the pieces are immaculate. Denise and her family are too kind. Thank you! ... Full Post...

Swimming

What an amazing evening! After work yesterday we went swimming as a family. Baby boy loved being in the water and SO DID MOMMY! The water was a little chilly but nice enough to swim. We played a little volleyball even. It just felt so nice to have my entire body in the water and moving around. Eric held my head up and the rest of my body just floated. It was funny to see my belly sticking up out of the water. We had a really good time swimming and I finally got to get in a pool. I've been wanting to for so long and it's seriously been my only craving this entire pregnancy. Hopefully we'll go again this weekend or next week. Fun times and a very happy mommy!!!

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Baby Shower

What an amazing weekend! We feel so loved and blessed!! Saturday was Baby Boy Bailey's baby shower. Not only did we have so much fun but we also got to spend some much needed time with family and friends.

First of all, Rose and Linda (Eric’s mom and aunt) flew into town Thursday night… What a great way to kick off the weekend! On Friday after work we all met up with Joanna (also flew in town!) and went to dinner in Queen Creek at my new favorite restaurant El Rico’s. WHAT AMAZING FOOD! The restaurant is beautiful and the food is phenomenal. It's family owned and all the staff is so friendly and incredibly attentive. Try to save room for the churros, yummy! I highly recommend trying this restaurant as soon as possible for some great Mexican food. My personal favorite is the shredded beef tacos although the nacho plate is huge and very good looking!

I started off Saturday with a manicure and pedicure. The manicure was completely ruined by the end of the day after opening SO MANY presents, but it was still nice to be pampered!

It was crazy how many presents we received. We are so grateful and shocked at the outpouring of love we have received. Thank you everyone so much!!

We played some fun games and of course, ate some good food. My sister Jen and niece Emma surprised me by coming into town early and joining us at the shower. What an awesome surprise!!

It was amazing to have so many wonderful happy women all around me. Thank you to everyone for sharing your love with me. I will remember this day for years to come.

Sunday morning we had to take Rose to the airport. I was so sad she had to leave so early but incredibly grateful that she and Linda both came to AZ for the shower. It was so great having them here with us.

In the afternoon, my high school friend Sarah came over with Enrique and their beautiful baby girl Eva. It was awesome having them over and getting to spend some time enjoying the wonders of baby Eva. She was so happy and made tons of noises for us to enjoy. She liked the kitties and squealed each time they passed. Too fun...

After they left Eric and I ran some errands before church. (We got there a little late – oops). After church we celebrated Uncle Dale's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Uncy D! We went to Barro's Pizza and invited our friends Karen, Uriel and Rafael to come with us. We had a lot of fun at dinner and enjoyed the good company.

This entire weekend was full of family and friends and we are full of love after such an awesome weekend! It's been fun getting closer to Karen, Uriel and Raf these past few weeks. They're a great family.

The only other exciting news I have is that I bought a bathing suit yesterday!! We are planning on going swimming tomorrow after work and I honestly can't wait! I have been wanting to go swimming this entire pregnancy and just haven't gone yet. The weather here is perfect and I actually have a suit that fits now. I'll definitely write more after the big swimming event. WOO HOO! It's gonna be a great week, I can tell already...

As for baby boy, we're 36 weeks pregnant today and are counting down the days until his arrival. We go to weekly appointments starting this week and hope to hear great things at each appointment. Our next appointment is Thursday with Dr. Jarem (the best doctor ever!) He's started to drop but I haven't felt any contractions yet. No Braxton Hicks or anything, PHEW! We're getting maternity pictures taken next weekend with our wedding photographers. It should be fun.

Baby boy must have known I was talking about him cause he just woke up and started moving around. Too funny. We're still working on a name for him. Wish us luck...

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Babies Galore

We are so happy to hear that a couple we know from the Newman Center is also expecting their first baby. Congrats and prayers to Mark and Rachel Davis. We are so excited for you two!! We feel so lucky to have so many friends around us that either have a baby similar in age or will be having a baby soon. We have girlfriend options (both older ladies) between Libby and Eva. Then we have a best little buddy in our neighborhood to show Baby Boy Bailey the ropes. Raf is so adorable and we he hope will be good friends with BBB. Then the Dysons are expecting their first baby just a couple of weeks before us and now the Davis family is expanding. SO EXCITING! Congratulations to all the proud, happy and loving parents. We can't wait to start setting up play dates...

This Saturday is Baby Boy Bailey's baby shower being thrown by my momma and Joanna. Luckily it's at our house so I don't have to travel too far. My mother-in-law Rose and Eric's aunt Linda got in town last night. Joanna also came back to AZ yesterday. It's so nice having family in town and getting to see them. I love it! Tomorrow is going to be great! We'll have lots of lovely ladies surrounding our handsome little guy with fun, laughter and love. We feel so blessed with family and friends who pray and care for us so much. Thank you for all of your support and generosity. We truly feel blessed.

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Weekend Update

We had a very nice weekend and finished the nursery! I was sick at the end of last week and still wasn't feeling 100% this weekend. Friday we had some friends over from church for dinner. They're an awesome couple that lives in our neighborhood. They have a son who's about 6 months old and SO ADORABLE! We're hoping he can be good friends with Baby Boy Bailey.

Saturday we had our last prenatal class in the morning. We spent the rest of the weekend working on the nursery. Well, Eric and my mom did most of the work to be honest. My mom refinished my childhood dresser and it looks AMAZING!!! She stripped it, sanded it, stained it, and finished it. We forgot to take before pictures but the transformation is absolutely amazing! Eric finished painting the room and assembled the crib and changing table. My mom and I hung the border and the room is done! Well, we still need to add a few basics in the room but the essentials are there. Oh yeah, my mom also hung the curtains in the room.

We all did so much work and the nursery really turned out great! I'll post pics after this weekend. I want to wait until after the baby shower to post pics so I don't spoil the fun for the ladies coming over who get to see it in person. The other thing I forgot to mention is that Saturday evening we observed Earth Hour. http://www.earthhour.org/about/ We had a candlelit dinner and played acey ducey in the candlelight as well. It was cool to be a part of something that can be so beneficial to our environment. If you didn't get a chance to participate, make your own Earth Hour and choose a night to turn out the lights. ... Full Post...

Some People...

Some people really just don't understand.

I have been struggling the past few weeks with the increasing amount of comments from people at work about how I look. The majority of the comments are along the lines of, "Wow, six more weeks??" or "Where are you going to put it?" or "You're already so big!" or "You're about to pop!" These comments only bother me because when you're pregnant apparently it's okay for anyone and everyone to comment on your size and weight with no regards to what you want.

Well today was the worst.

While walking in to work, the first person I pass in the hallway makes the comment, "Wow, you're getting fatter."

HOW RUDE!!! I didn't say a word, continued to my desk and then cried my eyes out. I just can't imagine ever telling a woman you're getting fatter. Let alone a pregnant, hormonal and emotional woman trying to make and carry a healthy baby. Some days it's just so hard to be around people that really don't have any filters and feel like they can say whatever they want.

I called Eric and my mom for support cause I was bawling at my desk like a baby. They're both so great at helping me see how stupid people can be and to not let it get to me.

I'm going to try and go on the rest of today and not think about how big I am even though I feel huge. Comments like that day in and day out really don't help. I feel like I've been healthy and look great and my doctors are happy with my progress and weight gain. But these complete strangers obviously think that they know better and feel that they must share their expertise in pregnancy weight gain each time I pass them. Grr!

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Baby Boy Bailey

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HAPPY EASTER!

Happy Easter! We had an awesome day and even got to watch some TV. We gave up TV and movies for Lent so it was nice to just relax on the couch and catch up on something truly missed.

We went to mass this morning with my mom and then headed over to Tita and Tito's house. Tito is doing so much better! Thank you to everyone for the prayers and support. The physical therapist came around the time we were leaving so I'm sure he's going to sleep well tonight.

After that we headed over to Joanna's house. YAY!! Joanna was in town! We got to see her Friday when we went to dinner and then to the Passion at Our Lady of Mount Carmel. To anyone looking for an absolutely amazing experience on Good Friday I highly recommend their version of the Passion. They sing the Passion and they have so many talented singers. We went last year and it's just amazing to watch their musical reading of the Passion.

Saturday we worked on the nursery and tonight we finished painting it! There's still quite a bit of work to be done before I want to post pictures. But it looks GREAT so far! Thank you so much to my mom and Joanna for helping us out with the work.

Overall we had a really great weekend and I loved spending such good time with Joanna. She'll be back in just a couple weeks which is so cool! Eric and I are off to the couch for some more TV and relaxing. Hope everyone had a HAPPY EASTER!

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4-8 weeks to go...

Well, we're 33 1/2 weeks along and doing great! Baby Boy Bailey is getting so big and moving all the time. His heartbeat is loud and strong enough that Eric can hear it by simply pressing his ear to my stomach. (Although it's sometimes difficult to hear with all the noises my tummy makes.) It's fun for him to hear it this way since we've been using a Doppler to hear the heartbeat throughout the rest of the pregnancy. Every time Eric tries and puts his head on my stomach it never fails that he also gets kicked in the head. It's so funny cause it's like Baby Boy knows exactly where he is and kicks him right in the head. He definitely knows daddy already and reacts to Eric's touch and voice. It's so cool!

The baby dreams have started in full force. I dream about labor, delivery, Baby Boy, and countless other baby topics a couple times a week now. At least I'm still sleeping well! I usually only go to the bathroom once in the night and haven't been having much trouble falling back to sleep. One bad things is that my right ankle has started to swell a little toward the end of each day. It's not very noticeable but it's a little painful. It's been going away nicely though with just slight elevation while I sleep.

I still haven't had any real cravings. The one thing I have been REALLY wanting to do is go swimming. It's warm enough here but most of the pools haven't warmed up yet. Probably within the next couple of weeks it will be perfect for us to go for a dip. I can't wait!

Eric is starting to work on the nursery this weekend and has been doing great with taking care of me. He's going to be such a great daddy. He already nurtures our son so much and loves him. I love when he kisses my belly and Baby Boy kicks right after. It's going to be so much fun having our little family. We are really getting excited! We have taken almost all of our prenatal classes at the hospital. Our favorite class just ended and we're totally pumped with all the new knowledge and information that we received. We feel really prepared for labor and delivery. Eric is the best coach! Some of the classes we have taken are Pediatric Basic Life Support (we learned CPR and the Heimlich), Childbirth Prep (we got to watch the Miracle of Life in every form possible), Breastfeeding and Boot Camp for New Dads. The only class we have left is Baby Your Baby where we will learn more about caring for your baby and loving them. Very fun!

We got our stroller this week. Technically this is our third stroller. The other two are listed on Craig's List are we are trying to sell them. If you know anyone who's interested, let me know! One is an Eddie Bauer stroller and the other is a really nice jogging stroller. They are both gently used but in great condition and work perfectly! I guess that's all for now. I've written tons. I'll write more after the weekend and hopefully have an update on the nursery. Happy Easter!!

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