Baby Shower!

Lisa had her baby shower last weekend, and she had a great time, all sorts of fun. I wasn't allowed to go....oh, darn ;) Lisa was surrounded by family and friends. They played all sorts of baby shower type games. And had some great food, including a special cake made by Kasey. Stacy took some great pictures from the day:



Cindy did a great job decorating and organizing all of the games.




Kate, Byrd, Lisa, Valerie, and Rosemary




The loot!




Lisa brought me home some of the cake that Kasey made. It was delicious




Lisa at 34 weeks!




This was my small contribution to the party. Whoever ended up with these plates won a prize. Delia and Cissy were the lucky winners.


Lisa brought home our car full of gifts. Everyone was so generous! We feel much more prepared for the arrival of our daughter. Thank you to everyone who helped make this day special for Lisa! Lisa's co-workers did a surprise shower for her at work on Friday also. Where she brought home another car full of gifts! Lisa and I feel so thankful to have such great family and friends!



Nymi thanks you also!

8 Months!!!

We can't believe it's already been 8 months and in a little over a month, we are going to be parents! Lisa and I feel as ready as we can. Lisa and Kayli went to Babies R Us to finish up registering last weekend, shower invites have gone out, we did our hospital tour, and bought a family friendly car. Oh man! it's starting feel more and more real!




We'll be giving birth at the Palomar Medical Center in Escondido. We took a tour of the hospital last weekend and it's a very nice hospital. They really do all they can to make the room your own.




We went with the Nissan Rouge as our first family car. As fun as it is having a new car, we're not looking forward to having a new car monthly bill again. It's been years since we've had to make a car payment.

Birthing For Dummies

Lisa and I just finished up a 3 week course in Child Birthing. Lisa had been researching classes we could take and found a free one through Mira Costa. This was an awesome class for 1st time parents. The teacher was very informative and gave Lisa and I a lot of skills we can use when Lisa goes into labor. I had no idea how much can go into labor. We learned a lot about the anatomy, pain managing skills, and an over-all what to expect when the time comes.

We came home with all sorts of literature and videos that helped make Lisa and I feel much better prepared to tackle this next year of our lives. I'm sure there is a lot that nothing can prepare us for but atleast we've got some know-how.

Below is a picture of the class.

Nesting

Lisa and I spent our Friday doing baby stuff. We started out by going to the doctor for a monthly check up. Everything is looking good. We then went over to Babies R Us and Target to register. Holy! Babies R Us is so overwhelming! We wanted to get a dresser and crib that day, but found that Babies R Us was way more expensive than some of the deals Lisa found online. So we forwent buying anything that visit. Target had a sale on a real nice crib that was ending the next day. After calling/visiting 3 different Targets we found one....and a matching dresser.

I spent Saturday all day putting the furniture together.


(Yes I'm using the wrong end of the tool in that picture. Don't judge my carpentry skills by that picture alone.)

Lisa spent a lot of the day cleaning and registering for stuff online. Each day it gets a little more real! Here are a few of pics of the crib and dresser.

Baby In The Desert

Lisa and I took a vacation in the desert at Grandpa D and Grandma S' home in Ocotilla Wells. We wanted to get in one last desert trip before it got too hot and before the baby was born. We had a great time. The baby got to go on her first dune buggy ride! I can't wait to introduce her to all the fun stuff we do at Grandpa D and Grandma S' house in the desert!

It's A Girl!!!

Lisa and I had our "find out what the sex is" ultrasound today. We're having a girl! What a cool experience, getting to see the baby in action. Here is a picture from one of the ultrasound pics.




Lisa has had a very smooth pregnancy. She hasn't gotten sick at all. She's showing more and more and we've been taking pictures each week. Now that we know the baby is going to be a girl, we'll register, pick out names, and start decorating the baby room.



Lisa 20weeks

First Trimester - First Time!

If you're reading this blog you're as excited as I am....wait a minute....that's not possible! In this blog I've decided to give periodic updates on our pregnancy. You'll find pictures, videos, and written accounts of our "Pregnant Adventures". Since I'm starting this a little late, I've grouped months 1-3 into the first blog post seen here.


I wanted to start this blog as a digital journal for our family and friends as well as our unborn child. I hope one day to be able to share this detailed journey with him or her. We want to give a sense on what we went through also including the styles of our time, the top movies/TV/songs, the fun things we did, major world events, etc. So here begins our journey into parenthood!


On the morning of Jan 22nd, 2011, Lisa took a pregnancy test while I was still sleeping. I awoke to..."Honey!...I'm pregnant!". With consciousness still trying to push it's way forward, the words took hold! We held each other and enjoyed the moment. That day we started reading various pregnancy books and started gathering all the info we could. We had decided to keep this news to ourselves until the "high risk" period was over. We were excited and wanted to share the news, but we played it smart and remained silent. During this time Lisa made an appointment to see a doctor and got our first ultra-sound. It was real, we really were pregnant! Because there is such a high risk of losing the baby in the first 8 weeks we went on with life as normal and tried not to get too attached to the idea. March 5th, after over a month of remaining silent and the risk dropped significantly, we started to make the announcement. First to family -



In the video I played like I was taking a family photo to send to my mom, I made the announcement and started snapping away. By the end of the weekend, pretty much all of our family knew. It was time to tell our friends and co-workers. Lisa and I had our second appointment on March 7th where we got to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time. Awesome! It just got a little more real! Lisa is showing a little baby bump. We thought we'd take photos every couple of weeks and maybe do a time lapse at the end of the pregnancy. Lisa has been feeling really good overall. We'll find out the sex of the baby in May with a due date around September 19th. We are very excited and are looking forward to every step. I plan on doing an update every other week or so. Check back for updates.


The World Today(Last several months):
-Grandma Nicky moved to South Carolina(Sep 2010)
-Bought Carnegie Dr. home(Dec 2010)
-Offical end to Iraq war(2010)
-First Total Lunar Eclipse since 1638(Dec 2010)
-Japan Earthquake(March 11th 2010)
-Skinny jeans are in style (hopefully gone by the time the baby is born)
-Movie of the Year- The King's Speech
-The Hobbit starts filming and The Lord of the Rings coming to Blu Ray(I'm so happy)
-Eminem's Recovery CD-#1 on the charts
-"Eco-Friendly" is huge-appliances,cars,etc.
-Same Sex Marriage battle
-Popular Good Painters- Morgan Weistling, Richard Schmid, Mian Situ, Jermey Lipking, Howard Terpning, Suzan Lyon
-Some of our favorite TV shows right now- The Wire(Best show ever!), The Office, Glee, Breaking Bad, Friends, Deadwood, Parks and Recreation, Lost, Dexter, Scrubs, Arrested Development, and Mad Men
-Some of our favorite movies of 2010-2011- How to Train Your Dragon, True Grit, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, Inception
-Some popular music artists- Lady Gaga, Mumford and Sons, Eminem, Ke$ha, Katy Perry, Pink, Justin Beiber, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Black Eyed Peas(These don't mean that we listen to all of them!)
-Popular Video Games- Angry Birds, Mass Effect series, World of Warcraft, Red Dead Redemption, Halo, BioShock, The X Box Kinect, Wii
-i-Phone/i-Pad
-Reality TV
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