Our Baby Shower

Everything was so good! Thanks everyone! And Flavynha, Ana, and Hellen, you guys rocked! I love you and thank you for the wonderful baby shower you gave us!!!!

Church

 
  My adopted nephew and my girls that I love!!! Our kids...

Walking on the Rainbow

Me: (feeling the BH contractions) "More,  Braxton contraction sucks....  can you imagine how the real ones gonna be?"

Keith: "Well, don't think about that.... just dream with the epidural and then walking on the rainbow..."

Me:"kkkkkkkkkkkk..."

My man makes me laugh all the time! I'm so blessed to have a fun man cheering me up. I think he got that from his dad!

I started feeling much pain now.... the BH contractions suck big time! They say if you move the position they will go away, but it's not true for me... I know they aren't the real ones though cz I'm not out of my mind and there is no pattern as they come and go. But still, they are very uncomfortable. I wonder, if I'm not "enjoying"the fake contractions, how much will I tolerate the real ones?! Hum... my mind is not settled yet in "walking on the rainbow" but I got say it is a very attractive idea!

32 weeks

I'm 32 weeks prego and just came from the doc and everything looks fine! I told him that I started feeling some cramps (like menstrual ones). Some times they are very intense and then they go away. He said I was having the Braxton Hicks contractions and that was normal! I just need to get out of my feet and drink water when they happened! I'm glad it's nothing to worry about!

I can't believe I'm already 32 weeks! It seems yesterday that I found out I was prego! I can't wait to see my little guy!

Maternity shoot!

Marcia and Raphael are expecting their first baby! They are so beautiful in and out! I had fun capturing this special moment in their lives!

My sleeping baby!

Well, Nicholas was sleeping and had his hand on his face during the ultrasound (again)! But, this time we could see some part of his face. The quality isn't good at all.... because the position he was, but we can see one eye, nose and his little mouth.

Funny how on Sunday his head was to my right side. Today, his head was facing down....  but more to my left side and  he was all curled like a ball. His little toe was right on his face! I guess he's trying to get  into position to come out.

PS: It may take a while to recognize what is what because of the quality, but if you look at it for while your eyes get used to it and then you can see.

See the little two balls? Yeah, that's a boy!

(Tah vendo essas duas bolinhas? Eh um menino!)

Here he is yawning! Look at his little mouth!

(Aqui ele esta bocejando)

I like that I can see his little nose and his lips!

(Gosto dessa pq da pra ver o narizinho e a boquinha)

Here he has one hand on his mouth and one on his eye

(Aqui ele tem uma mao na boca e a outro no olhinho)

Weekend....

This weekend was very fun! Party, good food, and girls night out! Also we went to get our 3D/4D ultrasound. I was so excited that we were going to see baby Nicholas.... but unfortunately, it didn't work out the way I was expecting! Baby Nicholas didn't show at all his face to us! For the whole time he had his arms covering his face! Man, the lady said some babies are stuborn and just don't want to move! Funny though that this little one moves all the time, but when we want him to move he decides to take a break! The good thing is she confirmed that it is a boy!!!! So, now I'll have to go back there on Tuesday to try again! Let's cross fingers that he is in a good mood by then!

Pic that I "stole" from my friend from saturday night!

We can't wait for you to be here!

 

  

  

  

 

My birth plan

I'm almost 27 weeks and still feeling great! Last week we went to the doc and every thing seemed to be fine! My blood pressure, my belly measurement, and the baby's heart beat are all perfect as the doc said. Keith mentioned about me being very energetic! The doc told us it's a rare thing that some pregnant women go through, and that I should enjoy it while it lasts! Later, Keith smiled at me and kept repeating the "rare thing"... he said it's not a surprise that I'd find myself in a "rare situation" since I'm not a common girl. I like the idea of not being common so I take that as a compliment!


Last week I also made Keith watch "A Baby Story" from TLC. It's a show about the labor process. Unfortunately, that day they showed only the ones that had an epidural. Very funny though how all those moms have the same comments after getting one: they were in heaven, or walking on rainbow.... Keith laughed and after that he was very fan of me getting one! He worries that the pain will drive me to call him names.... Well, we talked about the possibilities we have. I told him after reading many books and blogs and talking to many people, I conclude there are two extreme ends. One that is totally against to an epidural, and the one that is totally favor. He asked me where I was and I said right in the middle! Honestly, I understand the two sides, but I think people can be stuck to one idea and when things don't go the way expected it becomes such a big deception! I  think for now my plan is to go and see what happens. If my labor progresses quickly I might not want an epidural, but if it takes too long, or if the pain is driving me to loose my mind I might get the drug :) I want to be open since I don't know what to expect. My mom went through all the labor pain for hours and at the end she needed a c-section. If she knew she'd end up with a c-section she'd choose the epidural from the beginning. I also have a friend that wanted a natural labor and couldn't get one cause the baby didn't turn. It was a big deception for her. So, I don't want the big day to become a deception if some thing doesn't go the way expected.  And if I give I look to my entire life, I know things almost never happened as I expected. There was most of the time a surprise waiting for me! Therefore, I want to see the big day as the best joyful (however I know is going to be painful) day of my life, so no matter how I'll have my baby, as long as I have a healthy one, I'll be content!


So, I guess that's my birth plan for now (things may change though since I still have three months ahead)! Now let's cross fingers and pray that I don't call my hubby names... well I told him not to take it personally if that happens :)

New Look!

As you can see I got a new look for my blog! It's not perfect yet the way I want but for now I'm very happy with it!
Hope you guys enjoy it too!