Last night's scare

Well, last night we had a bit of a fright... And everyone is curious about what happened. But don't worry, everything is okay!
Well, yesterday I (Sophia) woke up with a very bad headache, blurry vision, stiff neck and some random abdominal pain. And is was not going away. So I looked through my book of "when to call the doctor during pregnancy" and all 4 of those symptoms were on the "urgent attention" list. So we both got a little bit worried and called our doctor just to ask what we should do. And she didn't return our call for nearly an hour, but when she did the only thing she said was, "I think you should go to the emergency room, right now" I instantly FREAKED OUT! I didn't know what the big deal was or what could be so bad! But we obeyed. We got to the emergency room at the same hospital that we will be delivering at, Portland Adventist (which is where I was born). When we got there, there was of course a line to the door, but we didn't have to wait in it at all because the ER nurse was waiting for us at the door (just in case we weren't panicked enough!!) She says, "Are you Sophia? Your doctor called and we already checked you in." They wheeled in a WHEEL CHAIR and took me directly to LABOR AND DELIVERY! I was like, "NO! I don't need to go there!! That's where you go when you have a baby right? No, I'm not in labor. Do you think I'm in labor? I'm not!!! Tony, tell them I'm not!!" So we got up there and they did all of the baby tests and monitored both baby and I, and everything was OK with baby and I both. But then they say, "We think you have meningitis, so you need to go back down to the ER" I was like, "no, I don't..... I was just worried about the baby because the symptoms were on the list" But they made us go down and sit in a teenie room for 3 hours! With no help or tests or anything. They thought I was there with just a headache! If that was it, I would have stayed home and taken a Tylenol and a bath! Sheesh! So we eventually got discharged with instructions on how to treat a headache... even though I was not the concern of the evening, It was the baby we were worried about. And once we found out everything was OK with him, we were fine to go. But no... I'm left asking... do people really go to the emergency room for a headache? That's ridiculous to us! But everything is OK, and the baby had an exciting night last night. Thanks to our parents for of course rushing right to the hospital when you found out we were there. We know the grand baby is loved already!
So there is the update! Kinda fun hehe. But everything is just fine! We still have 3 months till baby, but last night gave us a bit of a fright!

27 Week Update!

Its been a while since we've updated. But no news is good news! Everything is going wonderfully with baby! We had our 26 week doctors appointment last week. We took the gestational diabetes test and passed! Healthy mom and baby, thank God! He's kicking and wiggling all day! Its so much fun for us to both be able to feel him kick and punch and move around. The first part of his furniture set came today. He's getting the greatest room ever! There's a picture of daddy putting together his big armoire. It has a few more pieces than we were expecting! :-)

There's not a whole lot to say other than that. All is well and we're getting so excited about our baby boy coming! We'll keep you updated with more things as they come up. We love you all!

24 weeks!

We cant believe that we only have 16 weeks left until our baby comes! But even more mind blowing is that he could come any moment! We're so excited and blessed! Here's a tummy shot of baby. I've been doing a lot of exercise and really enjoying it and feeling healthy and full of energy, I'm having a great time being pregnant! I just cant wait now.

Thanks for your continued love and support.

Baby's first Christmas presents

These are some Christmas presents that baby already recieved! He's not even born yet, but he's so loved! The white envelope contains a proof of purchase of baby's dream crib that is on its way to our house from his Abuelitos (grandparents in spanish) Edgar and Flor. His Tia and Tio (aunt and uncle) Anthony and Paula got him a book of manners for boys! Its so cute! Auntie April and uncle Andy got him little nikes just like cousin Lanes! And a bunch of other gifts from family! We couldnt even fit everything in the picture! We're so blessed, and we know the blessing will just continue from here as the days fly by until he gets here and after that!

We're so excited! And I just love feeling baby kick! He's active! Just like mom and dad I guess!

A bit of chrsitmas... More to come

Hello everyone! I know its been a long time since we've posted anything! But we made the mistake of not taking pictures with our own camera and we're having trouble getting them all into our hands to show you our chrsitmas adventures! But we do have some before christmas pictures to show you, that was back 2 weeks ago, so the tummy shots are outdated by now. I'm not almost 23 weeks! And I finally felt the baby move! FINALLY! We knew it was going to take a while for us, because the doctor told us that I have an anterior placenta. Which means that the baby isnt directly behind my tummy, but behind my tummy and the placenta. So there are more layers for the baby to kick through in order for me to feel him. But its ok, I finally felt him! It was amazing!

The baby got a lot fo gifts for christmas! We'll show pictures in a little while. He is already spoiled by the whole family! And I got some wonderful gifts too! Beautiful maternity clothes from Tony, he's so thoughtful! He got me things to "make me feel beautiful, even though my body is changing and sometimes making me feel not so beautiful" He's very sweet, and yes, he did make me feel beautiful in the lovely new pregnancy wardrobe!

So, the christmas pictures and stories are yet to come, but here's some!

Love you all!

Gabriel and Sophia

Ok, fine. We'll show you!

Ok, so you all have begged us to much to show the proof that its a baby boy, and his father agrees! But when he gets older and wonders why we posted this, I'm sending him to you! haha. So, its clear. Its a boy, without a doubt!

We went to register at Babies R us tonight. It was so fun! You can go look at our registry online, jsut search under our names, either one. We are so excited!

Its a Boy!

You guessed it! (well, some of you) Its a boy! I happy and very healthy baby boy! We're very excited and Gabe is ecstatic! So, the word is out! Its a boy, no doubt about it!
Now you get to guess the name! ha ha, we aren't telling yet though!
Love you all!