Getting closer!

       ISAIAH!! You are making Mommy have the craziest dreams lately! It's practically every night! I had one two nights ago that I was eating my arm?!?! How insane is that? I had another one that was so real! It was that you were born and right after you were born they made me go wait back out in the waiting room of the hospital while they got your paperwork ready and I was trying to feed you for the first time and Grandma came in to help me and you looked up at us and started laughing at me! It was kind of an evil laugh like you were making fun of me because I didn't know how to feed you! Then when we got home you had a grown man's face! But you still had a little baby body! It was so wierd! I remember your nose being so big that I could see inside of it! Then when nobody was around you would jump down out of my arms and run away, and no one believed me that my 2 day old baby could run away! It was not a very fun dream. I know I've had more but I can't remember them all. It just seems like I wake up everyday thinking...whew glad that was only a dream!
        Your aunt Carmen is pregnant right now too. She is about 10 weeks ahead of us. We took her and Uncle Raciel to their very first ultrasound yesterday. Since they don't speak a lot of english  I went to translate for her. It was exciting because they found out that they are having a little boy too! I know you two will be best friends forever just like your papi's! Their lil boy was being a bit difficult, he had his feet up in his face and didn't want to move them! So while Carmen walked around and tried to get him to move a bit, the lady asked if I wanted her to look at you while we waited to kill time...of course I said YES! So, sweet baby Isaiah, I got to see you yesterday!!! Your first 3D ultrasound a few weeks ago was a bit scary for me you didn't really look like a baby yet, and your lil face wasn't fully formed yet. Now that I think about it, that might be the reason I had such avscary dream about you! But yesterday when your lil face popped up on the screen I fell in love with you even more! Of course I started to cry because I couldn't believe you are all mine! You are my Isaiah forever and sometimes I can't believe something so wonderful and perfect is inside me and I just thanked God for such a wonderful gift! As soon as I saw your face I saw your DADDY! You look so much like him to me! I saw your tiny feet and your little face! You were holding on to the cord and when the lady told you to move it out of your face..YOU DID! Your head down, face down with your feet up in my ribs! OUCH! You are only on the right side of my body. One side of my tummy is really hard and the other not so much. The lady said that it was typcial of babies to choose a side. I also have an anterior placenta so that adds some extra cushion and protection for you, however, it also means I won't be able to feel you kick as strongly as others with a posterior placenta. But I still feel you kicking around all the time! The lady also said that you were going to be a snuggler! You are nestled down in between my hip and the placenta and you looked so cozy! When I told Grandma what the lady said she said she would be glad to snuggle up with you anytime! So remember that! I can't wait to hold you Isaiah! Daddy put your pictures that we got yesterday up on the mirror in our bedroom so we can see you first thing every morning and the last thing every night. I starred at those pictures for hours yesterday. Looking at each toe and finger and sweet curve of your face! We are having another ultrasound next week because they didn't get all your measurements when I was sick. Great Grandpa and Grandma Friend are coming to this one! Great Grandma has never been to one! They didn't use them when she was pregnant and so I am excited she is coming to see you Isaiah.

        All the pictures of my belly are on your daddy's phone because he is the one who takes the pictures of me every week, but I will take a picture really quick so that I can post one on here for you. I will also see if I can't get a picture of the ultrasound pics from yesterday on here for you too. We are doing your nursery in a beach theme! I am very excited about it. I know it will be a room you love to be in! I can't wait til everything is ready for you! Here is how we are thinking of doing the room

 We are going to use the orange and aqua blue I love the shovels on the wall! We are going to make it a little different but these are the colors and main idea we're going with! Hope you love it!We bought your nursery furniture! It is still in the box because we are waiting until after we paint to put it all together. Can't wait to see you Isaiah. Keep up the good work! Mommy and Daddy love you very much! Here are some pics of you from yesterday. They don't look anywhere near as good as they did in person, they only printed in black and white instead of color and they are blurrier than what we saw on the screen, but this is you at 22 weeks!!

Here you are nestled in between my hip and the placenta is on the left. You like small tight spaces apparently. In this picutre you are actually face down and head down I had to roll over on my side a good ways for her to get these pictures of you.

 This is you putting the cord in your mouth! Haha you were waiving it around a bunch too. Guess you were being playful.

 This is you from the side! It looks like you are hugging me! Haha

    

IT'S A BOY!!!

That's right! As you of course already know you are a sweet baby BOY!!! Our appointment to find out if you were a little boy or girl was on Tuesday March 20th! Your grandma and grandpa were there, along with your Aunt Casey and your cousin Landon, and my cousin Christin. I was so excited I couldn't sleep for two days before we went! Your uncle Chris couldn't get out of work but he wanted to be apart of our special day so we had him on speaker phone in the room when we all found out. I knew very quickly that you were a little boy! You had your legs crossed for most of the ultrasound but we quickly saw that you were definitely a little boy! Your daddy had tears in his eyes when the lady said "It's a boy!" I, of course, started to cry too because I was so happy! I love seeing you on the screen. It makes me feel even closer to you. We watched you kick your legs and suck your thumb. You are already the most amazing thing I've ever seen! Later that night we went out to eat with your Great Grandpa and Grandma. Before we even had a chance to tell them if it was a boy or girl, your Great Grandpa said "I already know it's a boy!" And when I asked how he was so sure it was a boy he answered "I could tell from Noe's smile that it was a boy!" Your daddy was smiling bigger than Christmas moring. He is so proud to have you son! Your daddy picked out a beautiful name for you. We have official decided to name you Isaiah!!
        During your ultrasound, the technician kept saying how great you were, you were so laid back and you weren't moving very much so she was able to get all your measurments very easily. We all figured you were just acting like your daddy. Your daddy is a very patient, laid back man, so we thought you were just being like daddy. Little did we know, you and I were very sick. At the restaurant that night I became very ill. I was throwing up non-stop and felt very bad. We left the restaurant and I didn't even make it to the car before throwing up again. I thought it had to be all my nerves from being so excited for that day! Unfortunately that was not the case. We called the OB/GYN on-call and got a prescription called in for nausea. I had a really rough night. I was running to the bathroom every 20 min. I couldn't even keep down water. I started thinking maybe it was just food-poisoning. Later the next day when the nausea, vomitting and "you know" hadn't stopped I called the OB/GYN again and he suggested that we go to the emergency room for IV fluids, because he was concerned about you and I getting dehydrated since I couldn't keep anything down. My stomach had started hurting earlier that morning and had started to get worse. We went to the hospital down the road, thinking we would just be there for some fluids and then get to go home. Well, in the waiting room, my stomach kept getting really hard and tight and it was really painful. Then when I went to the bathroom I started spotting. Terrified, I called my OB/GYN and he had daddy drive me to the hospital that he works at and they took us right back to a room. I didn't know, at the time, what contractions were or what they felt like, but that is what was happening. By the time we got to University hospital I was screaming in pain. They took us right back and gave us lots of fluids and medicine, I don't remember everything that happened because I was in so much pain. But Grandma and Daddy were there the whole time making sure you and I were taken care of. Then they went and did an ultrasound to check on you. And do you know what...you were laying back sucking your thumb! You had a great strong heartbeat! I was so proud of you that I started to cry when they told me you were ok! The mere thought of you not being ok was more than I could take. It turns out we had a very bad GI virus and had to stay in the hospital for a couple days. But I learned the most amazing thing that day, I learned that days before I ever showed signs of being sick that you already knew Mommy wasn't feeling good, and in response you slow your heartbeat, require less food and oxygen and almost hibernate so that mommy can use everything she has to fight the virus for us! I was so amazed by you! I think that is so incredible! Thank you sweet Isaiah for helping Mommy! It is impossible to not believe in God when you see the miracle of life growing inside of you and all the unnbelievable things that occur. That is why you were not very active in your ultrasound. You knew Mommy wasn't feeling well. I'm so proud of you and even happier that you are perfectly fine growing big and strong! Ever since the hospital you have been moving and growing like crazy! My belly has grown so much since then and I feel you moving around all the time! I will post the pictures soon that I have been taking every week to show how much my belly is growing!

          This is a picture of some hand knitted booties that a patient of mine gave me during clinicals one day. She said that she prayed over each stich as she made them. She prayed you would be strong and healthy and grow to be a wonderful man of God, and do great things! It is the first gift we have received for you! I am very thankful for the sweet lady that made these for you. Another lady that works with your daddy started making a hand-made pillow and blanket for you as soon as Daddy told her we were expecting and she gave us the blanket and pillow last week when we came home from the hospital to encourage us! We are very blessed that God puts little angels in our lives everyday to show us that he is always here and always protecting us.
         We have another ultrasound scheduled for April 17th. We invited Great Grandma to this one because she has never been to an ultrasound before. They weren't available when she was pregnant and they were only really used in emergency situations when Grandma was pregnant and they weren't as sophisticated then. Well, by the time you are reading this, I can only imagine what they have available now! I will post some pictures from the sonogram in the next day or so. Thank you for helping mommy when I was sick and I can't tell you how amazed I am by you! I LOVE YOU SOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!! Please stay strong and healthy and grow big for me and Daddy! We are getting everything ready for you. We bought your crib and changing table and dresser, they should be here any day now. But you just focus on growing, we will take care of everything else!  :) TE AMO MI BEBE HERMOSO!!