Hahahaha... my friends had to remind me I'm prego!

Being pregnant is such an interesting process! There are days that I feel tired and want to take a long nap, and there are days that I'm so "high" that I completely forget it. Last night I had so much fun with friends playing games, that they had to remind me to take it easy! Even Keith said, "Don't forget you're carrying a baby!" Don't worry though, I didn't do any extravaganza! I'm just so happy that I'm having a baby that I feel great! I don't know how to express it, but it's a wonderful joy! And I'm glad that for now I still have energy! I don't know how long it will last, but for now I'll just enjoy it!

Baby Nicholas is doing good! One thing that I've noticed - he likes music! Well, at least he reacts to it! Every time we play for him he kicks. I know I said he kicks alot, but sometimes when he's not kicking he starts it when we play music!

PS. Today is my hubby's birthday!
Happy b-day, more!

Fun on the white mountains!

 

 

 

killing two birds with one stone

I'm on my 23th week and feeling very good! Yesterday I even worked on our backyard with my hubby. I was dealing with all the terrible weeds we have... I didn't realized how much I had worked until my legs starting hurting this morning. Nothing to worry about, I'm just sore for all the squats I did to pull/dig out the weeds....  and since squat is one of the exercise that I have to do to help ease the labor (if is there really any way to do that :) it's all good. Mommy here gets her exercise done while the backyard gets cleaned up.

Baby is doing fine too. He moves all the time! Last time we went to the doctor,  it took a while to hear his heart beat, because he didn't stop moving! We heard so many kicks though, that the doctor laughed and said, "Wow, it's hard to keep up with him!" When the doc finally got his heart beat, it was just perfect! I wonder if my baby is going to be an active one... my mom said I was just like him. I guess I better pull all the weeds out so my legs get the strength to keep up with him!

Flowers that Keith gave me!!

Fun sleepover!

I had my girls for sleepover and my friend's baby, cute Benjamin! He is adorable! It was a good practice for me and Keith.

(Minhas amigas e o bebe de uma delas dormiram em casa. Benjamin e uma graca! Foi uma boa experiencia pra mim e o Keith.)

Benjamin and Tio Keith hanging out!

Keith is going to be an excellent father!

My pretty gals!

Well not always pretty though!

Not more recreating the past!

Last Saturday Keith and I had a wonderful time with our friends! We all went to the dog beach with their dog and their baby! Then, later we spent time playing games! I  enjoyed seeing my friend jumping around and yelling to her neighbors that she had won the Clue game after loosing so many times playing Sorry. That was a long and fun day!
Driving back home, Keith and I were talking about how much fun we had. Since it takes us at least 50 minutes to get home, we had a plenty of time to chat and I realized something: past months ago I was complaining how lonely some times it is  to live in California. The reason  I complained it wasn't because I don't have friends, but because I wanted what I had in Brazil during my single days. Most of my friends lived close by, so it was so easy to just hang out all the time. They were also single, so no responsibility holding us, besides work and school. Now, I'm married, expecting, and living in a wonderful house but far from all my new friends, well at least a 50 minutes drive. The idea of not having them all the time drove me to feel isolated for while, but lately I realized that is silly, cause I still got good friends that I know I can count on. I'm very blessed and should definitely stop complaining!

 I've seen people spending so much energy trying to recreate what they had in the past with their family and friends and I'd always had a hard time to understand them, because I'm always open to the new things! However, I've never noticed that I was doing the same thing when I had the expectation of having the exactly same relationships from my past. It is interesting how sometimes we want to hold on to our pasts so bad, working so hard to recreate those special moments, that we don't realize the wonderful life and people we have in the present! And I'm not saying those special moments ain't important! God knows how important they are! They shaped me to be who I am today; however, it's time to let them go and enjoy what I got! I'm glad I finally had my realization moment!

So, for 2010, no more recreating the past! 


And here are some pics from Saturday!