The Nursery

I am now going to the OB every two weeks for check-ups. I guess this means I'm getting down to the wire! He didn't do an ultrasound, but just checked on how I was progressing - my weight gain (which he said is perfect! whew! :)), urinalysis and heartbeat of the baby (which is also perfect! :)).
Also, I've been told that walking helps with bringing on labor, so I've starting walking with my girl friend at work 3 days a week. I've found that it's helped position the baby better because I don't get as much back pain and she's laid off of my sciatica since I've starting walking.
Mark and I (with Mike Phi's help ;)) have finally started on the nursery! yay! We cleared out the guest room and moved it to Mark's studio. Mark got kicked out of his studio and most of his animation stuff has moved to the living room and tv room. So now the guest room is the baby's room. Mark assembled the crib and we cleared out half of the closet, so it's starting to come together. I still need to go through the BAGS of clothes we got from Carlo and Zsandra. And now that the baby showers have started (I had one at work last week), I really need to start getting organized! My last day at work is next Friday, so I plan to line the dresser and start putting away her clothes on my first day off work. Lots of stuff to still prepare for.
I'm getting a little nervous about the whole labor/delivery process, but I'm sure everything will be fine.
Mark and I will be going to a 'Baby Beginnings' class tonight at the hospital where we will be delivering. We'll be learning about breastfeeding, diapering, bathing, swaddling, feeding, sleeping, etc. Hopefully it will be better, or at least more interesting and hands-on, than the Baby Birthing class we took for 6 long weeks!

I am 34 weeks today and this is what my baby is doing: http://pregnancy.baby-gaga.com/calendar/week34

32 Week MD Visit

We had our 32-week visit with the OB on Monday. Our OB took measurements of the baby and estimated that she is now 3 lbs, 13 oz. Also her head is down now, so she's in position and almost ready to greet the world! 8 more weeks to go!

Mommy (aka Grandmama :)) Malu came with us to our OB visit. She took the bus over to our house on Friday and we drove up to San Jose for the weekend. Mark and I went to Tanya's wedding in Monterey on Sat and Mommy Malu stayed with Carlo and Zsandra to see the kids, Jordyn and Zach. Mark and I visited them on Sunday and got some parenting practice before heading back to LA for our OB visit the next morning. :)Here's the most recent picture of Baby-girl Garcia taken at our visit - enjoy! :)




I am 31 1/2 weeks today and this is what my baby is doing: http://pregnancy.baby-gaga.com/calendar/week31

Down to Single-Digit Weeks!

Since there's not much to update on, other than that I'm getting bigger and bigger by the week and baby continues to move around in my belly and stomp on my bladder, I'll probably go down to updating this blog to every two weeks until there is more to write. I'll continue to update the belly pics and the morph, so you can see how huge I'm getting! The party planning has started on the baby showers and I'm excited! We still have not started on the nursery, though. I really wanted to start on it over the long Labor Day weekend, but it was so hot here, we didn't do much of anything except try to stay cool. Temperatures reached ~108 degrees C in our area this weekend! And, on top of that, our power went out on Sunday! We had to leave the house and bring the dogs to OC to try and stay cool. When we got home after midnight, the power was still out! None of us could sleep. Luckily, we (or at least I) did not have work on Monday, because we got zero sleep (including the dogs)! We slept a couple of hours in the car with the AC running! LOL! It wasn't too funny at the time, being over 7 months pregnant in the scorching summer heat.

One thing new that's happened in the last couple of weeks... my belly button has finally popped... I now have an ugly outee... :(

I am 30 1/2 weeks today and this is what my baby is doing: http://pregnancy.baby-gaga.com/calendar/week30