Isabella's Nursery Debut

Well, it's finally done and we couldn't love it more. I find myself sitting down in her room for an hour at a time just looking around at everything, imagining her there.

I really love how everything came together. It's not perfect or matchy matchy, but it is very much a reflection of who James and I are, even the chewed up stuffed animal that Lila had snuck in and gotten to twice. The first time I caught her, I washed it and put it back, the second time I decided there's no hope for the little guy and threw it away.

We filmed a little tour with our new video camera, which we are excited to use often filming our daughter.

So, without further adu...

Done and almost done

18 days left until the big day... not that that we actually know for sure that will be THE day.

But, in preparation for Isabella's arrival I am proud to have checked quite a few things off of my to do list (with the help of my amazing husband).

X get car cleaned

X instal car seat

X wash dog (not originally on the list, but definitely needed after she spent most of the day in the garage rolling around in her own urine)

X finish baby's room and clean it from top to bottom

X pack hospital bag

X have important documents gathered and ready to grab in a moments notice to present at the hospital (i.e. passport, work visa, marriage license, both mine and the husband's birth certificates... giving birth in Mexico is quite the process)

move furniture back into place and clean the rest of the house

That last one is the final thing to get done. We've been having work done to the house for the past couple weeks and it's somewhat of a disaster zone. Everything should be finished by the end of this week and needless to say I am obsessing about getting the house spotless.

The whole "nesting" thing is not a myth. It is a mind boggling animalistic take over. At least it has been for me. I'm exhausted and am caring a bowling ball in my stomach and yet I have the energy to mop the floors and clean the windows... because this baby just cannot enter a house with dirty windows.

*Note the sarcasm in my tone which proves that my rational mind is telling me this is ridiculous and the house does not have to be pristine and yet the crazy hormonal nesting part of me says, screw that, I'm scrubbing the shower!

All the while, I am ever reminded that this girl could come tomorrow if she wanted to... oh man.

24 days and Counting

24 days til my due date...

Although if this baby gets any lower she just might fall out tomorrow...

OK, not really, but man is she low. So low in fact, that at my last doctor's appointment while my doctor checked me (which by the way is not as no-big-deal as it sounds... do you know how far up the cervix is?!), she non-chalantly said, "I'm touching your baby's head right now."

I of course gawked in amazement.

Saturday I will be 37 weeks pregnant and considered full-term. I find myself jumping from feeling so incredibly excited to panicked that we won't have everything ready in time, i.e. the house cleaned, the car cleaned and car seat installed, my hospital bag ready, my documents gathered to show at the hospital...

I'm trying not to let the panic trump the excitement... trying.

I registered at the hospital yesterday and got a tour of the place and the room I will be in. It made everything so much more real.

I've never had so much fun in a hospital.

By the way, you know you're in Mexico City when the woman giving you a tour tells you that a nurse and a police man will escort the baby to the nursery after she's delivered.

Good Things

It's another beautiful day in Mexico. I can hear birds singing, children playing outside, all while enjoying the coolness of our house during one of the hottest months in Mexico City.

I'm thankful for good things today. Those good things have come in many different forms over the past week, so I've decided to compile a list.

Good baby things:

-Our ultrasound appointment a week and a half ago was perfect. Isabella is growing and healthy and my amniotic fluid levels are up and in the right spot.
-We're back on track for a normal delivery whenever she decides it's time to come out.
-At that last appointment she was already 5lbs 8oz.

Good job things:

-James got offered a job at the International school I work for. He will be working in the high school.
-This means a better salary for him and full medical benefits.
-It also means the same vacations off together and the entire summer off and paid... hello wonderfulness.

Good house things:

-We are hiring a cleaning woman who will start next week.
-Hopefully this will quell my OCD when it comes to cleaning.
-The floors will no longer show a constant trail of Lila's pathway from the front door to the kitchen

Good things. I love when life brings on good things. My current good thing is the husband who is sipping coffee at the dining room table while I relax on the couch with my warm cup.