Ooops...where does the time go!?!?

Heh..heh...Here is Aubrey and me at the baby shower, her and Erin threw for me :) It was on April 17th, I'm about 33 weeks and 3 days, she is about 6 weeks behind me. Baby Bumps!!!

Some people have told me that the 3rd trimester of pregnancy can seem long and dragged out. For me, that's not true. Where has the time gone!!! I can't believe that's it's been over three weeks since my last blog, shame on me, I've been a slacker. Well, just in the sense of sitting down and writing a blog I guess. Overall, things have been super busy and moving at warp speed. There is just not enough time in the day! Well.... I suppose I could cut back on my napping and sleeping, but hey, gotta get that now while I can!

I am 35 weeks along today, two more weeks to go and I'll be considered full term. Which means, if Bambino stays in and bakes for another 2 weeks, he's basically fully developed and good to enter the world. My doctors appointments have tripled since last time. I'll be seeing either one of my doctors every week, I have 2 NST's (non-stress test) a week, and two AFI sonograms a week. Sure, you're thinking, not bad just schedule them all in one day. WRONG!!! I can't because just between the NST and the AFI appointments they can range from 30 minutes to 2 hrs or more, so they have to been done on separate days so appointments don't run into each other. So, if you're doing the math in your head, that means that there will be weeks where I go to the doctor every single day. Who knew that getting pregnant would turn my body upside down and inside out!

Good news is that the little guy has been doing well. With such close observation and me sticking to my schedule and diet, he is normal and so far is average in size. Well....the tech said his head is maybe 4 days ahead in size.... big brain :) heh..heh.... Oh and she did say she saw hair, I wonder if he's going to have a full head of hair when he makes his debut? He's been kicking rolling and playing everyday, we have a good time together. He enjoys ice cream, just like his daddy :) Still no name yet for the little man, I'm stumped!

As for how I'm feeling lately, it's been up and down. Blame it on the hormones, blame it on our situation, blame it on the economy, whatever it is, I'm moody and I'm up and down like a roller coaster. Thankfully, I haven't had heart burn, no weird cravings, no swollen anything, no vomiting, etc.... Only thing that bothers me lately is a sore back, and hips that hurt when I sleep at night. It's like I have restless leg syndrome or something. Oh, and the 4 visits to the bathroom every night. No contractions, I don't know what they feel like yet. The tech today said that I'm no where near being dilated either.

So a quick recap of the last three weeks. We got to see our new niece Adriana, she looks just like Craig! Nanna visited us, got to go eat peking duck, and have a second shower with some local friends. We've been working hard to clean and get Bambino's room up and organized. We're almost there! Been washing and folding his little clothes, getting prepped. Got his car seat inspected and checked by the local police dept. Went to a breast feeding class and learned way more than I ever thought I wanted to about boobies. Finally got my computer back up and running in our bedroom. Went to see the cherry blossoms and Tulip garden with Ba Ngoi and Aunt My. Finally, Nick won 3rd at the annual Shaui Chaio Tournament! Goooo Nick!

I've got some new tidbits and photos to post for this blog, so hopefully I'll be good and post at least twice a week from here on out! Next week: I'll hit the milestone of 9 months pregnant :)

32 weeks and the clock is ticking away!

Wow! 32 weeks pregnant today! Which means I have approximately 8 weeks or less to go at this point. Sorry for no graphic or image this posting, my computer is still buried in the corner as Nick and I try to clear out our shared office for the baby's room. We've made a lot of progress so far. I've thrown out about 6 bags full of just paper stuff. Maybe, another 2-3 bags/boxes of just random stuff. It actually feels really good to purge all of this "stuff." Today, Nick and I took 25 lbs. worth of old bills, invoices, papers with important info on them to shred. Yup, 25 lbs, and that doesn't include what I've already shredded at home. All of this purging really makes me think about how much money was spent on things in the past 10 years, and why do we hold on to so much stuff? Either way, with the little man coming soon, and us being forced to do this, it's been really nice to get rid of all these things. It's like we're preparing for a whole new chapter in our lives, as we move on out of our twenties.

Yesterday was another routine OB appointment. I got to meet the last doctor in the practice, Dr. Horton, she was very nice, and a lot younger than I expected. I'm about 165 lbs right now, so I've gained about 10 lbs so far in my pregnancy, and about 1/2 lbs from my last visit. Our little man is measuring right where he should be for 32 weeks, so he's growing right on pace. Which is a huge relief for me. I fear him being under or over developed with my Gestational Diabetes, but things seem to be so good so far. I have my first NST test this Friday, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it will go well, and that I won't have to sit there for 3+ hours. I'll have to do two each week from here on out. Next week, I'll also go see Dr. Ghidini for another NST at INOVA Alexandria, and do my 32 week sonogram. I'm going to be closely monitored until his big arrival, but I know it's just to make sure he's doing good and try to avoid any potential complications that can occur fairly suddenly. But, with that said, I've been trying my best to stay healthy and positive :)

Now if only the weather would cooperate! It's been about 90 degrees for the past 3 days here, and it's only April!! I'm so glad that I won't be pregnant in the middle of summer, it's been miserable in this heat. Upside, is that all the trees and flowers have burst into bloom. It's so beautiful out! And I use this heat as an excuse to eat a half cup of ice cream. Yummmm......ice cream. Thankfully, after tonight, the weather gods are going to bring back spring with 60 degree weather. Yay!!! Air conditioning in our place won't get turned over until the first of May, so the summer heat will have to hold off until then.... please!!!!

I'm hoping to have baby's room put together by weekends end, so maybe there will be some photos soon. Nick and I are brainstorming some humorous ideas for our first family preggors portrait. So if all goes well, there should be some interesting images in future posts!

Easter & a new addition to the family!

Meet Adriana Masi!!! She was born last night, to proud parents Craig & Marissa :) What a wonderful easter surprise for them! I believe Marissa was in labor for 21 hours, and pushing for an hour. Man....little man you better make it easy for mama in a couple of months. Can't wait to meet the little lass when Craig & Marissa return to Maryland!

Today is Easter, Happy Easter to those who celebrate it. Me, hmmmm....we don't celebrate Easter. It's actually one of those holidays that has perplexed me since I was a kid. My parents couldn't really explain it to me, but that's because we're Buddhist. I never understood all the odd rituals of baskets, eggs, bunnies, and church. How does it all fit together? I asked Nick, since his family celebrates it. But, he sorta gave me a so/so answer, so we looked it up. Ohhh.... resurrection of Christ, ok that explains the religious part. Now, what about the easter bunny, sugar highs, and all the eggs?!?! We'll I guess it stems from pagan rituals before Catholicism sorta appropriated it, so says the article Nick read to me. But, being Buddhist, I have not adorned my home in pastels, or will be eating a ham dinner, or cracking out on baskets of sugary treats (not that I can have them anyway). I have a much bigger task to tackle!

Our home at the moment is upside down! We're trying to clear out our shared office to make room for bambino. Why the urgency, one may ask? Well....we have the crib and dresser sitting in our living room, they're two huge boxes. Plus, I want to get it opened and assembled just to make sure there isn't anything wrong with it or missing. Plus, I'm less than 9 weeks away, less because you never know when this little guy is going to decide to arrive. So trying to make room in this apartment has been difficult. It's like playing a game of musical chairs with stuff and furniture. Things are just being rotated from room to room. We're trying really hard to get rid of stuff, but with so much stuff, ahhhhhhh!!!! But it's all coming together. It'll feel good once we have it done, hopefully soon. This next week is when I start going to the doctors and hospitals twice to three times a week. I'm not sure how much time that'll leave me to do all the other little things I need done.

Can I also mention how beautiful it's been outside? Cherry blossoms are in bloom, the weather is warm and sunny, and Spring (or in my case Spring cleaning) is in the air! Oh, sorry no food blog this past Friday! But we finally hooked my computer back up today, just enough time for a quick break from cleaning to post todays blog :)

Let the nesting begin!

April Fools! Though, I'm never clever enough to come up with one that people will actually fall for! HA!

Let the nesting process begin. Above is a photo of our shared office, which is always in constant chaos and clutter. That room somehow is going to be transformed into little bambinos room....somehow. Our crib and dresser/changing table got delivered yesterday. We need to clear out this room ASAP so we can put the new furniture together, and make sure it all got delivered in one piece. Although, I find it kind of ironic that on the box it says it was packaged in Vietnam...heh..heh...go figure.

It's definitely time to get spring cleaning and de-cluttering underway. No time like now to get rid of all that stuff both Nick and I have been holding onto for so long. Gotta make room for this little guy and all the new stuff that comes along with him. I'm really excited though. Although, I won't be doing the Super Mario brothers full wall decals I originally wanted to. (we rent, and I don't want to go through all that effort and have to take it down. Who knows when we might have to move again. It might be sooner, it might be later) So, I'll hold off on that until we have a more permanent residence, if that ever happens..... But I do have some giant robot decals for the walls. Hopefully we can afford to get a carpet for his room. I think I'll feel much better when there is some semblance of a baby's room.

So hopefully in a couple of weeks, I'll be able to blog and post an after photo!