Te volvimos a ver. Cuánto has crecido!

La semana pasada tu papá, tu abuela Pilar, tu tía Mary y tu primo Angello me acompañaron al médico y todos pudimos verte.

De pronto apareciste en la pantalla, que alegría! El doctor hacia aparecer tu cabeza, tu espalda y piernas. Obviamente estás más grande que la última vez que te vimos y la ecografía nos ayudó a ver que todo circulara en orden. Pudimos ver algunas venas importantes y el cordón umbilical y según la ecografía Doppler todo indica que vamos bien.

Estas últimas semanas te has movido más que nunca y aunque a veces deba buscar otra posicion más cómoda, eres en verdad una experiencia hermosa e inolvidable. Recuerdo la primera vez que tu papá y yo te vimos en la pantalla, casi no podía creer que estaba creciendo en mí una personita, eras super chiquitito. Te miraba, miraba a tu papá y no dejaba de sonreir. Ahora que te siento a cada instante, me siento siempre acompañada y cada movimiento que hago lo hago pensando en no incomodarte y darte el espacio que necesitas.

Ya estamos en la semana 29, estás pesando 1,518g y mides unos 39cm. Abres y cierras los párpados y hace semanas que reaccionas a la luz, mis movimientos y otros estímulos externos.  Aún te faltan varias semanas para seguir creciendo. Poco a poco tendrás menos espacio y estarás listo para estar entre nosotros que te esperamos con ansias.

En esta semana estamos iniciando nuestras clases de psicoprofilaxis y estaremos más preparados que nunca para tu llegada. Aquí te esperan muchas personas que te quieren, todo el amor de tus padres, muchos momentos lindos y más!!

4am thoughts of you.

Where we live right now can be quite noisy. So much so that your mother and I are thinking about how to make it quieter. I guess, as you will be born into it, you might not notice it as much as we do. That said, it would still be better not to have your first experiences of the world filled with car horns, people shouting, the noise of the marketplace and the constant rhythm of tapping on the metal shutters of shop fronts in order to be let in by those who reside inside. The aforementioned residents remain blissfully unaware of those outside who simply continue to tap out their tuneless request. Right now I am writing to you at five in the morning, having been woken by a chorus of car horns as childish drivers tried to show their superior masculinity through a pointless display of sound based aggression. As I write I am listening to Odetta on my headphones, but this is not enough to keep out the sounds of a group of drunk adolescents passing through the street on their way home from a night of enjoyment. Enjoyment based on the consumption of large quantities of alcohol in a venue, judging by their continued need to communicate through shouting their pointless ideas at each other from a distance of no more than a metre, where the music was being played at ear damaging volume.

You are becoming more and more real to me with each passing day. You mother is always quick to share with me when you are moving about in your liquid comfort, building your strength, practising flexing your extremities, perhaps unconsciously rebelling against your incarceration. These moments of energetic rebellion help me to see you. You legs and feet and arms and hands. Even you face sometimes comes to me in my imaginings, helped by the fact that in general one baby looks very much like another baby. Except you. You are more beautiful.

I'm going back to bed. Talk to you soon. Love you.

Semana 26 y tus movimientos se sienten con fuerza

Hemos entrado a la semana 26 y tus movimientos se sienten con fuerza. El otro día tu papito estaba conversando contigo y le tiraste tremenda patada en la nariz. Hay veces en que parece que estás bailando ahí dentro por lo mucho que te mueves y si me quedo quieta mirando mi barriga, puedo ver tus movimientos.

Esta semana estamos de vacaciones y hemos tenido más tiempo para relajarnos y dedicarnos a nosotros. En el trabajo es un poco difícil con tanto que hacer y yendo de un lado a otro, pero estos días han sido muy relajados. Hemos comprado algunas cositas lindas para la casa, tu papá y yo hemos cocinado juntos y hasta he horneado muffins. También hemos tenido más tiempo para hacerte escuchar música bonita.

Este domingo es el día de la madre y almorzaremos en casa de tus abuelos. Es mi primer día de la madre  que celebraré contigo en la barriguita y desde ya me hacen sentir muy especial. Los alumnos del colegio siempre preguntan por tí y quieren sentirte rnover. También hubo una asamblea muy emotiva dirigida a todas las madres en la cual nos llevaron y sentaron al frente del escenario y disfrutamos de un número musical, un baile de marinera  y las hermosas palabras de un alumno que me robaron un par de lagrimitas.

Tus abuelos, tíos y amigos también te tienen en mente y te han hecho algunos regalitos que estamos guardando para tu llegada y hasta tu tía Mary ya está pensando en organizar un Baby Shower.

Tenemos pendiente una última ecografía y ya quiero que llegue el día, quiero verte otra vez!

What I hope I have told you

Recently an old English actor passed away. I would imagine you have not seen any of his films. Let's see if we can find a copy of Who Framed Roger Rabbit an watch it together, see if you like it.

I was reading something his daughter wrote about what he had taught her over the years. It inspired me to put here some of the things I would like to teach you. I though it might be a good reminder for me, we can check if I still think the same, if I remember to tell you the things I wanted to tell you.

1. Don't take yourself, or life, too seriously. There is a time and place to be serious. People will want you to be serious most of the day. Ok, fine, but whenever possible, make sure you remember how ridiculous this big strange world of ours really is. With its paperwork, hair styles, latest technologies, tattoos, kings and queens and religions. Just look at the movie we are going to watch! What a way to make a living, pretending to talk to cartoon rabbits! The world is wonderful. Wonderfully ridiculous. Don't take it seriously.
2. Forgive yourself. You will make mistakes (I hope). If you don't make any mistakes, your not doing anything interesting in your life. So make a mistake, fix it, forgive yourself and move on. I still love you. 
3. Don't change for anybody. If other people in your life are telling you not to be who you are, they are probably not the right people to have in your life. The person that you have to be sure that likes you is you. If you really think you are doing something bad, stop it. If not, don't worry what others say, unless it is me or your mother. We made you and we can unmake you just as easily! :P 
4. Make peace with the things you cannot change. If you are not happy with something and you can do something about it, put effort into making the change. If it is not within you control, find a way to accept it, or make it less important for your happiness. 
5. Learn to love someone beyond yourself. It will guide you and make you feel important. Do not base your happiness on the love of someone else, but share you happiness with those you love. Doing things for you and mother brings me a sense of joy I never got when doing things for myself. 
6. Be kind. Always. 

Lets take a moment to see how we are getting on with this list, or if we should adapt it a little for the people we are now. 

Anunciamos que eres un varón

Esta es la foto que utilizamos para anunciar que serás un varón!