Almost Here!

The past few months Pancho and I have been getting ready for our little man!  That includes getting the new house ready and making lots of purchases.  It's really exciting just imagining what it will be like just a few weeks from now.  We've been given a few different due dates, but they're all about the same, ranging from June 12-June 15.  Less than a month away!  By the end of next week we'll have everything ready.

The upcoming birth has pretty much taken over our lives.  Pancho has his things that he wants to get done before the birth, and I'm feeling big and uncomfortable.  We just finished our last birth preparation class last week and we've been reviewing the basics- like diaper changing and swaddling.  Mostly, I'm just really curious about this little guy, I really want to get to know his character.  Since our 10 week ultrasound, he has always been on the move and very squirmy.  I felt his first kick at 17 weeks, and have felt him moving and getting stronger.  However, the moment someone tries to feel his movements too, he stops.  Maybe he's shy?  But when he thinks he's alone he's having his own little dance party.  But his poking little bones aren't too comfortable to me.

Here he is when we first saw him moving.  That is his head to the left and his little arm was going up and down.  The little white spot in the middle is his arm.

Pretty proud of our creativeness in making the closet into his changing area.

Something that we both like is when I get into the pool (well, I don't know that he likes it, but he always jumps around as soon as I get in).  I tried to do other exercises, but the pool feels so good.  I'm so grateful that we have easy access to one.  The only thing that doesn't feel good is getting out- and not because it's cold (which it isn't) but all the sudden my back and legs feel the weight again.

This is at 33/34 weeks.  I don't look as big as I feel.

Last month I had a baby shower.  It was nice and small and super beautiful.  And for Mother's Day Pancho and I went to a small city nearby called Atlixco.  I bought some strawberry plants and basil, and afterwards we had breakfast in the downtown.  Right now we're just really looking forward to having our son here.

It really was a perfect morning for a baby shower.

Here I am at the plant nursery.  The hill in the back has a church on top.

And here is Pancho at breakfast.

Christmas to Valentine's

The past few months have been busy for Pancho and myself.

In December we were back in Orlando for almost three weeks.  It was a really good vacation for us.  It was great to see family and friends and to relax.  I was so happy to be home that I didn't notice the morning sickness quite so much and Pancho hadn't taken time off of work in almost a year, so it was good for him to be able to spend his time focusing on other things, like tennis.  Overall, it was a really great trip and we loved spending the time with family and friends.

Family that were home for Christmas

We came back to Puebla Jan. 11, and on Jan. 20 we decided to move!  We found a house really quickly and signed Feb. 1.  We've been pretty busy the last couple weeks and time has flown by quickly.  When we moved to Mexico, our apartment was completely furnished, there were very few things we needed to buy.  It had couches and beds to dinner plate and cooking utensils.  The house that we moved into had nothing, so we have had to purchase everything in a pretty limited amount of time.  Pancho did a great job in finding things online and we were able to get some good deals, but it was a fair amount of work.  But we're really happy in a house.  We feel so much more relaxed and comfortable.  Living in the apartment was a good for the time, but it's nice to feel in your own place.  And here are some things that we won't take for granted after our apartment experience:

-Having hot water on windy days (our hot water heater would go out if it was just a little bit windy)
-Not being dependent on neighbors for running water (the building shared a water tank, and if payment was late, the whole building had to wait for water)
-Not having to bring groceries up four flights of stairs
-Having a dryer on rainy days
-Being able to have more than one person in the kitchen at a time.
-Not hearing dogs barking only a few feet away

The list could go on, but those are the things we're grateful for on almost a daily basis.

We are also excited about the house because of our growing family.  We found out a few weeks ago the our baby is a boy!  It has been fun making plans in the house as to where the baby things will go and being able to include a baby in the plans.  Everything has been going well.  He's quite the squirmer.  I've been feeling him moving around a lot for about a month and a half now and have been able to pick up things that I do that either wake him up or surprise him, like cracking my knuckles- he always squirms if I do that- or positions he's not comfortable in, like if I'm on my back.  It's been fun and Pancho has been able to feel him moving around as well.

That's about it for now, we're just excited for what the future holds in store for us!

Our little man's 3D profile at 20 weeks

Me at 23 weeks