34 weeks and 5 days

So we had another doctor's appointment. We were a little worried that we would end up with someone different for the check up. The nurse told us that there were 3 women in labor and so the doctor could have been called away. But we got to see her.
As the big day gets closer and closer, I am feeling more and more happy with our doctor decision. The other day I had a lady tell me that Dr. Boyer is good and well known. The lady mentioned just retiring from being an obstetrician and was familiar with our doctor and the office. I just feel really comfortable with our doctor.
She was funny today cause she was watching me walk out of the office and said, "Yup you're pregnant!" It is official that I have the pregnancy walk...or waddle, however you want to call it.
I just feel like the baby and I will be in good hands when the big day comes. It's good feeling relaxed about that!

34 weeks

So it has been a crazy couple weeks. With the holidays and the house stuff and this little being trying to move in my belly, no wonder why I am so exhausted!!

But Santa has been really nice to us. My mom, dad, and younger brother spent Christmas with us. They are just so happy and excited about the baby arriving. Mami and Papi just could not keep their hands off my belly and Juan got us some adorable clothes for the baby and a stuffed toy...a Wocket from Dr. Seuss' "There's a Wocket in my Pocket." It was great having them here.

The new year is well starting off okay. We really want to get a jump on packing to move into the new house. We don't close until Jan. 28, which will be oh too close to the baby getting here. We hope that we actually can close earlier, but who knows. I guess I really want us to be like mami and papi...the first time they brought Marlene home it was the first time mami came home to their new house!
I just want to make sure that I can help pack some, so that is another reason why we are starting to pack now. The more stuff I can get packed, the better I will feel if I go into labor earlier. This way, I can have the boxes labeled and they get moved to the correct room...at least in theory that is my plan and hope to stay organized!! It will suck to have a screaming newborn and not know which room all our stuffs at!!!
Well as Brian was cleaning up some of his stuff to pack them, he gave me his basketball to hold. He had said earlier in the week that I looked like I was smuggling a basketball. And well let me just say that I am only holding one basketball in the picture!! It is just so weird to think that our little Baby Girl is in my belly and my belly is the size of a basketball!!! Crazy...soon very soon we will get to hold our little bundle of joy. :oD

Week 32 and 1 day

Everything is about the same. Hungry, gassy, heartburn, overwhelmed.

We did learn some stuff that has helped with the overwhelmed feeling. We had two classes this week. We had our regular Expectant Parent class, as well as a Breastfeeding class. Both, Brian and I, enjoyed the breastfeeding class. We learned a lot, plus it made me feel better about my decision to breastfeed. I had been worried about breastfeeding because of the stories that my mom told me. She had problems breastfeeding her first child and so I thought that I would have problems with my first. But the instructor reassured me that mothers today have more support and education about breastfeeding than our mothers and grandmothers. So, I am thinking nothing but positive thoughts and Brian is being very supportive about breastfeeding.

Well, to go along with my shirt in my photo, Baby Girl is definitely a kicker. The shirt says mom's tiny kicker. We also got a onesie that says the same thing and a bib with the Indianapolis Colt's logo. It was the baby shower gift that Brian got for me. I can't say it enough, but Brian is just so adorable and supportive. Right now as I type, he is putting together a list of stuff that we need to pack to take to the hospital when I go in labor. He is funny, because the first thing on the list is "Tina and baby." I think he is worried that he will be so nervous and excited that he will forget me at home!! Oh I just love me baby's daddy!

Oh, as if all the baby stuff was not overwelming, we also have to worry about Christmas and getting ready for that, as well as house stuff. We still don't have a house. Things are getting close!!

Baby Shower

Okay, so pregnancy is getting to me now. I am just getting tired too soon and can't do everything that I want to in a days time. But at least, I have wonderful friends and family who help make my life a little easier by throwing me a baby shower.

I'm actually a week behind with this particular blog, but as I said, there is just too much to do and not enough energy to do it!!

But anyways, I am so greatful for all the wonderful people in my life. Even though I live miles away, my family is still there to show my baby love. I wasn't sure how many people would show up for the shower since it was on Thanksgiving weekend, but we got a wonderful turn out. And it just wasn't family!! There were old friends of the family, who watched me grow from birth, were there to celebrate me having a baby!!! It's as crazy to me as it is to them that I am having a baby.

I still don't believe that I am pregnant...as strange as that may seem. The other morning, I woke up and forgot that I was pregnant. I looked down at my belly and was shocked that it was big!!! Part of it could have been that I was numb on one side of my body (from sleeping on it too long) and I was engulfed in a sea of pillows!! But still, I looked down and there was this round belly...which was changing shapes since the baby woke up too.

It is just so crazy to me that I have to get a nursery together, go to expecting parent classes, find a pediatrician and get gifts from a baby shower!! To me, all these things were for other people! Now, it's for me. Go figure why I am so up and down from feeling happy to feeling nervous! I was always an emotional person, but this is a whole new ball game!!!

28 weeks and 5 days

Well, the last two weeks have been crazy. We have had a lot happening in our life and some of it was not happy but some was happy.

First, the not so happy. We had to go home for a few days. Brian's mom was put into Intensive Care and we just could not let her stay in the hospital all by herself during a really tough time (since Brian's dad also was in the hospital after suffering from a small stroke). It was tough to make the long drive back to Ohio, but in the end we are really glad we went. It was great seeing Brian's mom's face light up when she saw us walk into her room. It was even better when she got to feel the baby kick. I really think that seeing my round belly helped Brian's mom get through several procedures to move out of the Intensive Care Unit.

Now, a happy thing that happened was that I had a doctor's appointment. Well, that wasn't fun since I had to get some blood work as part of the 28 week exam. The blood work was to test several things such as gestational diabetes. The good thing was that the baby and I are doing well. The blood work came back pretty good. I am just a bit low in iron, but I can take a simple iron supplement. I also have an infection but the doctor feels that is typical and can be treated with antibiotics. Other than that, the doctor is very pleased with how my pregnancy is going.

Lastly, we celebrated Thanksgiving in Indy. It was just the three of us. We made a 12 pound turkey. It was very yummy. We want leftovers so that we can make some soups to freeze and stock up on leftovers for when the baby comes and we don't have time to make meals. Below are the pictures of us with our spread and us with our turkey. I am very proud of my turkey prep skills because it was yummy!! Also, Brian always looks cute carving the turkey!!

26 weeks and 3 days

I am feeling happy. I am looking forward to welcoming Baby Girl. We are no where near being ready for her...don't have a house yet, so no nursery. But, we are close to picking a house. We have a meeting this week with a mortgage advisor, so that will help us pick a house. I am just happy and trying to relax and take it easy.

Well, take it easy is the official medical advise that I have been getting. I had a little scare over the weekend. I was feeling some discomfort along my pelvic area, so I called the on-call doctor and she told me to go to the hospital. I didn't have to go to the ER, I went directly to the maternity wing...Labor and Delivery. Everything is normal, they just said that I need to take it easy and get a maternity support belt...or as my friend calls it a Belly Bra! :)

I am actually glad that I went to the hospital. It was nice to see the layout of the wing and get my registration form submitted. So one thing I don't have to worry about when the big day comes. Also, it was nice to get to listen to the baby's heartbeat. She was really active and moving a lot so it was fun to feel the kicks and also hear them on the monitor too. But, of course I don't want to have to be in the hospital before February!! So the plan for the rest of the time is take it easy! I have never been a good sick person...and get the needed rest...so it has been hard being a healthy pregnant hardworking woman.

25 weeks and 2 days

Woohoo 25 weeks celebration was a spooookie one! Ha ha! I had a lot of fun getting ready for Halloween. As you can see I made a jack-o-lantern tee shirt. I also got a really nice cardigan sweater from Juan. Brian said it makes me look like I am a bat...hence the reason for the bat woman pose...I guess you can actually say that I was the "Great Pumpkin"

This week was a really nice week. Mami and Papi came to Indy and they got to feel the baby kick. It was nice seeing their big bright smiles when they felt the little thumps. They are just the happiest Abuelos!!

I also had my doctors appointment. She said that everything seems great and normal. We got to hear the baby's heart beat again. It was healthy, in the 150s. She did say that my belly measurement is about a week behind but that is nothing to worry about. Again, I'm eating well and often. I have been going back to waking up in the middle of the night hungry. This time not only do I wake up to a grumbling stomach, I wake up to the baby kicking like crazy. But, it makes me laugh when all is said and done. And it makes me relax too, because I look at the kicks as her way of telling me that she is doing well.