the Holidays are here!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

All is well with Lil D. I'm at 30 weeks and getting bigger every day with more movement every minute. How on earth am I going to have room for 10 more weeks of a growing lil nugget?

So my friends Sonia and Amy threw me a surprise shower a couple weeks ago. They had it at Sonia's apt and it was a perfect day...including a "Welcome Doranjamin" cake. Amy was in town from LA and I totally thought that she had left the city to visit her fiance (James') parents house so I was floored to see her! Anyway...they did a book theme so we got lots of great books to read to the little one plus some adorable stuff that Lil D can use. We also have been flooded with hand-me-downs for lots of necessities and I cannot be more grateful for that. Now we just have to get things in order and make that room a baby room.

Yesterday was Thanksgiving and we hosted 7 people at our apt. Sonia was an amazing help with preparations and then everyone brought DELICIOUS dishes and we were left with a great afternoon with friends, food, baby movements, celebrity bashing, and Charlie Brown's Christmas Special. Can it get much better than that? I don't think so.

On to December!

6 1/2 Month update

First off....I am so sorry for the long lapse in time. All is going very well...feeling healthy...baby is moving like a banshee...starting to get stuff for the baby room (thanks Dawn, Dia and Linda for all the hand-me-downs!!!)...and still working on the name thing. We are happy, excited and still scared but we're dealing. We hired a doula to help out, my parents are going to visit for a few weeks following the birth to help out, and we are surrounded by beautiful friends who have already done so much for us! I'm including a couple pics....belly is getting BIG! I'm finally to the point where the pregnancy is very obvious and I get pregnant lady perks. Seats on the subway, people offering to carry things, and I even was pulled out of line while voting so I didn't have to stand in the VERY long line (the lines averaged 2 hours)! That was a treat....Gabe got to tag along too.

We just visited FL for our last flight and the opportunity to visit family. We even dressed up as the cast of the Wizard of Oz (me as a pregnant Glenda the (not-so) Good Witch. I'm officially in my 3rd trimester and now it's just caring for the little one and myself. And taking deep breaths and preparing ourselves as best as possible!

Enjoy the pics! (the belly shot was taken while Gabe laid in the floor...hilarious)