Baby Pool - Can you guess when Felipe Ignacio will be born? - UPDATED

During the baby shower I was going to play a game called Baby Pool (Can you guess when Felipe Ignacio will be born?) but we didn't have time.

A few days ago I received an email from a friend who suggested that I do it via email and then whoever guesses correctly will receive a prize.

Please note that it isn't who guesses my due date correctly it is who guesses when Felipe Ignacio is ACTUALLY born.

Here are the guesses I have received as of 07/04/2007:

Amanda Dufau - July 12, 2007 - 2:23 pm
Lisa Dinino - July 13, 2007 - 12:14 pm
Renato Rivadeneira - July 16, 2007 - 12:00 am
Claudia Rivadeneira - July 18, 2007 - 7:18 pm
Vicente Alvarado - July 18, 2007 - 8:30 pm
Mery Castro - July 19, 2007 - 9:15 am
Lilyan Lam - July 20, 2007 - 10:15 am
Cristina Beltran - July 20, 2007 - 1:55 pm
Dany Beltran - July 21, 2007 - 12:00 am
Maria Martinez - July 23, 2007 - 3:00 pm
Guillermo Orozco - July 25, 2007 - 3:45 am
Marilu Mejia - July 25, 2007 - 5:30 am
Tania Gradiz - July 25, 2007 - 11:30 am
Mary Lou Rodriguez - July 25, 2007 - 1:15 pm
Dora Castro - July 26, 2007 - 5:00 am
Laura Rosenberg - July 26, 2007 - 7:36 pm
Elena Puig - July 28, 2007 - 3:30 pm
Maria Eugenia Saenz - July 29, 2007 - 7:00 pm
Emily Cruz - July 29, 2007 - 9:45 pm
Jannette Alvarado - July 30, 2007 - 10:45 am
Graciela Castro - July 30, 2007 - 2:00 pm
Alexandra Castro - July 31, 2007 - 6:15 am
Gilda Castro - August 1, 2007 - 10:00 am
Francisco Guillen - August 1, 2007 - 10:00 pm
Raul Castro - August 2, 2007 - 12:50 am
Kristy Quereau - August 2, 2007 - 10:57 am
Emily Nervins - August 2, 2007 - 3:30 pm
Laura Orozco - August 3, 2007 - 11:35 pm

The Finish Line is getting closer

I had a doctor's appointment today and that is what the DR told me... I am currently 35 weeks so that means that in about 5 - 6 weeks I should have my little bundle of joy in my arms.

Everything is going well and from now on I have an appointment EVERY week. I guess they do this to keep a closer track on the progress.

Yesterday I sent out an email stating that I am doing a baby pool... The winner will receive a prize. If you would like to participate and haven't sent me your guess yet, just post a comment or send me an email so that you can be included.

The information being requested for the Baby Pool is:

Date of Birth:
Time of Birth:
Length (inches):
Weight (?? lbs ?? oz):
Your Name:

I know it seems like a lot of information but the program that I am using to track the responses asks for all this information.

I will continue to post updates as they happen.

Latest Ultrasound Photos

Latest OB Appt

I just got to the office after spending all morning in doctor's offices...

I just got my 33 week checkup and the outcome was not satisfactory for the doctor because I have lost 4 lbs in the last 2 weeks and my belly hasn't grown. She referred me to get a ultrasound just to make sure that I wasn't losing amniotic fluid and that the baby was OK.

I waited for about 2 hours at the Kendall Regional Office for the ultrasound but when it was done everything was OK... Maybe my weight loss was due to the fact that I was sick a few weeks ago and also I did alot of walking on Sunday during my baby shower.

The ultrasound tech took all the necessary measurements and the report stated that Felipe Ignacio is within the 59 percentile of growth, he is larger than he should be, which is good. He is currently at 5lbs 2ozs and his heartbeat was 132bpm.

Baby got lots of presents....

On Sunday we had the long awaited Baby Shower...

Thanks to my mom's hard work everything turned out so beautiful. She made some great centerpieces for the tables and some delicious coconut balls to put around the gorgeous cake she had ordered.

On the guestbook table my mom placed a mailbox for the guests to deposit their letters to the baby. I did receive a few letters that day with touching words for our baby. Others told me they would send it to me because they forgot. I really hope to receive many letters so I can include them in the baby's scrapbook.

My friend Sandra made me a beautiful diaper cake and also an umbrella full of "Capias" for all the guests.

We had a great turn out of guests... Some could not make it because of prior engagements or they were feeling under the weather but they were there in spirit.

We were very fortunate to receive lots of presents at the Baby Shower but also throughout this pregnancy some of our friends have been giving us their kids hand-me-downs and I think the most useful will be the Mejia kids' crib.

I will post more photos later... but for now this is all I have.

We have chosen a NAME!!!

It only took us 32 weeks but we have finally chosen a name for our baby boy. From now on you can refer to our baby as Felipe Ignacio.

Although we have chosen this name, Adrian says that he still wants to see the baby before he settles on this name.

Of course my motherly instincts say that he will be called Felipe Ignacio.

Were we on While you were out...???

I feel like I just participated in an episode of TLC's While You Were Out. This past weekend Adrian, his mom and I went up to St. Augustine to a 50th Wedding Anniversary. We left early Friday morning and returned late last night but when we got home we were surprised to find that our baby's nursery had been completely painted and finished....

Apparently my mom, my grandmother, our AWESOME friend Marilu and her sister Emily had spent the whole weekend transforming our old office into the baby's nursery.

My mom and grandmother moved all our JUNK out of the room on Friday and then they all started to paint and decorate the room. I can only imagine the trouble they went through to finish everything in 2 days... They were apparently rushing yesterday because they expected us to return around 4 or 5 pm.

Let me tell you the story of how we discovered this AWESOME SURPRISE....

We arrived at home yesterday and since we had rented a car to go on our little trip Adrian wanted to park it inside the driveway so I went to move my car so we could fit all three cars in there. The large trash can was right behind my car so I moved it but when I did this I realized that it was heavy but I just thought that they hadn't picked up the trash on Friday so I didn't give it much thought.

We got all the stuff out of the car and went into the house. I noticed there was a bottle of Coke on the counter but I thought that maybe Adrian's grandfather had bought it cuz we don't drink soda at home. By this time Adrian was taking the luggage to the room and I heard him say "Oh my god". I immediately thought that maybe I left something in the room that was in his way so I headed towards our room. As I was heading towards our room I saw that on the door of our office there was a little pillow hanging. I had been looking at a pillow just like it this weekend so I thought that my pregnancy brain was playing tricks on me cuz I didn't remember buying the pillow. Then when I got right in front of the office I realized that not only was there a pillow hanging on the door handle but there was also a plaque hanging in the middle of the door. This plaque could have only come from one place and that was from our friend Marilu. She is famous for making these plaques for all the babies' rooms.

At this point I am just curious how it got there so I open the door to the room and see that it was completely painted, decorated and organized.

We were in such SHOCK that we were speechless. We couldn't believe that the room was done. Of course my next question to Adrian was "Were is all our junk" and that is when Adrian pointed to our room.

They are organized everything in such a fashion that our computer was set-up on a small desk and all the books from the bookcases had been arranged in the little room that we have in the back of the house.

After seeing what had been done with the room many things that have been happening for the last week or so fell into place....

About a week or so ago my aunt had been asking me what I thought about crown moulding because she wanted to put some in her house.... Of course, I now have crown moulding in the baby's room.

Marilu had been asking me what colors I wanted to paint the room.... Apparently she was the investigator for my family because they knew that I wouldn't get suspicious about her asking me this question.

On Friday my mom called and she said to call her cellphone... This seemed strange to me because she never wanted me to call her cell while she is at work but I just thought maybe something was wrong with her work phone.... Of course now I see that she wouldn't have picked up at work because she was at my house transforming our office into a nursery.

Well that is it for now...

OUR HEARTFELT THANKS go out to My Mom, My Grandmother, our Awesome Friend Marilu, Emily and Osmart (my step-father) for all the work they put into getting the room finished before we got home.

We would also like to thank my aunt Jannette because this was her present to us and the baby.

Here is a link to the photo album with pictures of the Baby's Nursery