San Jose Vacay

Just got back from a week's vacation in San Jose to celebrate the wedding of my cousin Dion and Angela (congrats again guys!) The wedding was so beautiful! Mira danced the night away with her dancing machine buddies Tita Aisha and Tito Dino. The rest of the week was spent with my brother and his family (wife Denise and two kids Aiden and Amelia), as well as spending some time with the Garcia side when possible. Unfortunately, two days before our planned trip, Mark's uncle had passed away. Fortunately, Mira and I had plans to be in the bay area already so we were able to attend the funeral.

Mira and Amelia hit it off and became parterns in crime the whole week. Poor Aiden was annoyed by the two of them repeating everything each other said. :)

Here's a picture of Lola and the grandkids (clockwise: Aiden, Amelia, Mira) at Tito Sol's house.

Here's Mira with her Garcia cousins (from left: Jordyn, Zack, Mira)

Once we got back from our trip, I had my 15 week visit with my OB. The baby seems to be doing well and was moving alot during the ultrasound. At first baby seemed to be looking at us and was dancing around while the doctor was taking measurements. But as soon as the doctor tried to take a pic for me to take home, the baby decided that he/she was camera shy and was kind of playing peek-a-boo. Here's a pic of the baby's back turned to us, but the head slightly turned in a side profile... it's a little hard to see.

I go back to my perinatolgist in 3 weeks to find out the sex of the baby. Any guesses yet?? Stay tuned... I'll be posting as soon as we find out!

First Trimester Screening

For those of you who don't already know (since we are now formally announcing our good news to everyone)... yep!... the Garcia family is expanding! Mira will be a big sister come April! :)

We wanted to wait until our first trimester screening was clear before announcing it to our extended family and friends.

My first trimester screening was on Friday and everything went well (whew!). My perinatologist said everything looks "great" (measurements, blood flow, heartbeat, etc). I go back in 5 weeks for another screening, consultation with a genetic counselor (these are now routine for expectant mothers >= 35 yrs :\) and to find out the sex of the baby... anyone want to take a guess? I have my own 'maternal suspicions' ;).

Here is the most recent picture of Baby Garcia #2 taken on Sept 16.

We told Mira's teacher on Friday, which it turns out Mira has already been talking about it at school. :) One great thing also is that Mira's best friend at school, Becca, will be a big sister ALSO (for the 2nd time)! Her mom and I are only 3 weeks apart (I'm 3 weeks ahead of her) and I am so thankful that not only do I get to share this experience with someone nearby, but so does Mira! :) I'm hoping it will make the adjustment a little easier for her since she will have someone to share the experience with.

That's it for now... stay tuned for more udpates!