Our Growing Entities :)

Monday, September 22, 2008

The baby:
I am 35 weeks this week, which marks 5 weeks to go. My due date is now Oct. 28. Our baby boy (still nameless) has been making a lot of progress on the inside, already locking himself in the head-down position now for 2 weeks. Even though this can be uncomfortable for me, I am really happy that some progress is being made before we get to the day he is born. That way things will hopefully go faster and be easier. We are still planning on having him in a birthing center with a midwife. I feel very peaceful inside when I think about it. I truly believe that this has been, and will continue to be, a challenge for my mind and spirit. We had an ultrasound last Friday and we got to see the baby's nose and mouth like it was a photograph! He looks JUST LIKE his Dad. At least in the snout :) We can't wait to meet him.


The house:
The house is nearing completion, and we can't believe it. The walls are painted, the doors and windows are up, the cabinets are in, and this week they will install the fixtures, the counter tops, and the flooring. Our closing date is Oct. 24. Yes, that puts 4 days between the house's "due date" and the baby's. It should be interesting. I should be worried - but I'm past that right now. I just feel very grateful and at peace that everything will work out. (This picture of the kitchen was taken on the 17th - it's the most recent I have)


"Los entidades que nos siguen creciendo"


El bebe:
Tengo 35 semanas del embarazo. La fecha de nacimiento sigue cambiando, y ahora es el 28 de octubre. El bebe (sigue sin nombre) ha progresado mucho. Tiene 2 semanas en que su cabeza esta muy abajo. Esto puede ser un poquito incomodo para mi, pero estoy feliz por cualquier progreso que pasa antes del dia de nacimiento. Espero que asi, las cosas en ese dia se van mas rapidos y son mas faciles. Todavia planeamos tener el bebe con partera y no en hospital. Ya me quite los nervios y me siento muy tranquilla cuando pienso en el nacimiento. Si llega cuando estoy en cirugia or cuando estoy con las parteras me da igual. Ha sido muy dificil para me llegar al momento en que podia decir y sentir asi. Sigue el proceso poniendo mi mente y espiritu en un desafio muy especial. Nos dieron ultrasonido el viernes y vimos perfectamente la nariz y boca del bebe. Es igualito a su papa! Igualito! Estamos emocianados conocer el nuevo bebe.

La casa:
Tambien falta poco para la casa. No lo podemos creer. Los paredes son pintadas, las puertas y ventanas puestas, los armarios puestos, y en esta semana van a poner luces y pisos. La fecha de complecion es el 24 de octubre. Si, hay 4 dias entre la fecha de nacimiento del bebe y fecha de complecion de la casa. Debe ser interesante. Debo estar preocupada - pero nada mas me siento muy agradecido y tranquilla de que todo va a ser bien.

Emma's 1st Pony Ride

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Emma and I participate in a playgroup with some other kids and moms from church each week. This week we went to Fiesta Farms, a petting zoo/pony ride/hay ride place. Emma just calls it "zoo". It was here that Emma got to go on her first pony ride. To be perfectly honest, she was more interested in the balls and the sandbox they had to play with rather than the animals. But at least we gave it a try once. As you can see from the look on her face, she was just like, "yeah, whatever, my mom wants me to do this" haha.

Baby Shower

Monday, September 15, 2008

Homemade blanket pal Jess made

















Group shot...ah but Jess is missing!














I thought this was a good belly shot :P


















Mmmm...the food!













Look at all of these gifts! Don't I have the best girlfriends in the world?















Special thanks to Lana and Lexie for a great party! And thanks to everyone for their thoughtful gifts. I feel very lucky to call you gals my friends!

You've Got to See This

Thursday, September 11, 2008



Call it misplaced nesting, but I have been doing the most random projects around the apartment - yesterday's was cleaning the porch and the mats we have out there for Emma.

As you can see, this was just as fun for Emma as going to the zoo or park. Why is she naked? Ask her. I tried to strip her down to her diaper so she wouldn't get her clothes stained, but she refuses to keep her diaper on. It's all or nothing for this girl.

It's okay though, I think these are the funniest pictures I've gotten of her yet!

Daddy's Girl

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Last night I asked Emmanuel if he could give Emma a bath so I could clean up dinner. I noticed after about 20 minutes that they had been in there quite a while without complaints, and I was impressed. Usually somebody loses patience, whether it be Emma getting water in her eyes or Emmanuel wanting to get back to Countdown with Keith Olberman. Anyway, I was wondering what was going on in there, so I went to peek at them. As I got closer to the door I heard Emma contently saying "washy" and "papi". This got me really interested. As I got closer to the bath, I saw Emmanuel sitting on the toilet, lid down, his legs in the bath tub and his shorts rolled up, and Emma pretending to give his legs a bath. Haha. I thought it was so cute. They were completely content playing bath together. I think they were in there together close to 40 mintues. Afterward, Emma was so calm and happy I think she would have stayed up playing independently until 10pm if we let her. It makes me so happy to see Emmanuel taking time out for Emma and getting creative with her.

Anoche pidio a Emmanuel que le banara a Emma para que yo podia limpiar bien la cocina. Fije despues que 20 minutos que estaban bien tranquiilos, que es un poquito raro porque los dos son inpacientes :) Emma no le gusta recibir aqua en sus ojos, y Emmanuel le gusta ver las noticias en esta hora. Entonces fui a ver lo que pasaba. Cuando entre el bano vi a Emmanuel sentado en el sanitario con los pies en el bano. Emma estaba diciendo, "Papi" y "lava" y estaban jugando. Emma estaba lavando a las piernas de Emmanuel como Emmanuel estaba lavando a ella. Jaja. Me hizo reir mucho. Estaban contentos 40 minutos jugando en el bano. Me hace feliz que Emmanuel toma tiempo para sus ninos y comparta estos momentitos con Emma. Que chulos son.