Taking Shape...

Not me, although that's coming along too...I mean the room. We picked up and assembled the dresser/changing table and the crib.

Here's Beto battling with the mounds of cardboard and styrofoam that the furntiture came in. It took longer to break down the cardboard than it did to assemble the crib! No kidding, it was a bit ridiculous.

The dresser came assembled but it was heavily packed, wrapped, taped and strofoam protected. But I guess it did it's job because it was dent and scratch free when I finally got it out of it's carboard cocoon. All we had to do for that piece was attach the drawer pulls, easy.


So, see how it's two tiered? The lower, longer tier gets a changing pad thing on it and it becomes the diaper changing area, that is until he outgrows it, then it's just a dresser.

The crib wasn't too difficult to put together, Beto and I did it in about an hour. It's pretty.


So, we're gettin' there, little by little. This was as much of the whole room that I could get in one picture ...

Valentine's Day

We've had some dark, rainy, gloomy weather so Beto and I decided to stay in for Valentine's Day. He had to work early in the day, so that gave me time to shop and prep. I first went to Blockbuster's to rent movies. I got one guy movie and one girl movie. For him, I got Appaloosa, some western thing with Ed Harris. I got Vicky Christina Barcelona, for I had seen several nominations for it on the awards shows. I enjoyed mine and feel asleep right on cue for his.

I decided to make a recipe that Pam had given me some time ago. It was shrimp penne pasta with a tomato cream sauce. I added scallops and clams to make it more of a seafood pasta, than just shrimps. I also made bruschetta, which I had never made before but were quite tasty. Add that one to my arsenal of h'or d'oeurves. Tess got a new bag of bones which she devoured.

We did exchange gifts, I decided to get Beto a Camcorder for the baby. I made him promise that it would not come into the delivery room. I did some comparisons online and found that I liked the Sony Handycam. I knew very little about them and learned there are several different types. I got the kind that records to mini-dvd's that you can view on your regualr DVD player. It also takes still pictures. It is quite fancy and was pleased with my purchase.

Beto got home and ushered me and Tess into the bedroom so he could bring in my gift. I excitedly went into the room to anxiously await my present. He called me back out and made me close my eyes, when I opened them I found this in my kitchen.

The picture doesn't really do it justice, it's huge! It's as tall as I am. It's a cymbidium orchid plant. Now let me warn you that he bought me a mini rose bush one year and I killed it. I do not have a green thumb, but he says this one is "hardy". It's really pretty, I hope I can keep it alive.
It's name is Simon. I also got a DVD trilogy of John Hughes: Sixteen Candles, Breakfast Club and Weird Science. And a cute stuffed monkey that he named Preggo, it's for the baby.

Last week of month 6

On one hand it feels like this pregnancy is flying by. I haven't been sick, no major scary issues, all in all pretty uneventful. Almost 6 months down, 3 to go.

On the other hand it seems like forever ago that we found out and then started telling people. I mean it was September when we found out! Can you remember what you were doing in September? No, I didn't think so, cuz it's forever ago!

We've begun preparing the room. And I'm not using the word "nursery" on purpose because it's more like a little boys room than a nursery. The theme is sports. We've hung our favorite teams pennants, pictures of our favorite players. We constantly argue over Giants vs. Dodgers, BOTH teams are represented. Although I fear one day I'll walk in there and my Giants stuff will have suspiciously disappeared. Mom and I went out on Saturday and did the Baby Registry at Target and Babies R Us. We ordered the crib and dresser. Mom bought us this cute rug, it fits the decor perfectly.

I'm getting bigger by the day, I can still see my toes but just barely. I'm still getting around like normal, no accomodations there yet. Still able to walk Tess in the evening.

The baby is very active in the evening during couch/TV time. He kicks and punches my insides like a Pro. Beto likes to rest his hand on my belly while we watch TV so he can feel them too.