So it has been a looooong time since we have been on here and I apologize. Germany has obviously kept us very busy, especially Javier, with painting the entire interior of our house and replacing the flooring in our bedrooms. We also were very fortunate to have some friends come visit us throughout the months of August and September which took us on some adventures to Amsterdam (I am pretty sure I was the only pregnant woman in the entire city) and to Belgium and Luxemburg as well. We are officially settled into our house, the baby room is 98% ready and we are now just impatiently waiting on our little diva.
October has been a little chaotic for us to say the least. In one week, we had experienced me falling outside, Javier having knee surgery, and 3 admissions to the hospital for me, as well as losing a wonderful and dear close friend of mine back home.....yes, all this in one week. To say we were a little overwhelmed would be an understatement. Just imagine Javier on crutches carrying his bag up a hill to the entrance of the hospital, followed by me holding my heavy belly in one hand and my hospital bag and camera bag in the other....we are a bit of a gongshow right now! A positive highlight to this month was that we got to see Javier's brother Ricardo, return safe and sound from his 4 month deployment in Afghanistan. This was especially awesome for me as I had never met him in person, only had communicated with him over the phone for the past 3 years. He flew through Germany on his way home back in the States but had a 2 hr layover here.
So the scoop on the baby~ I went in for my 34 week appt to be told I was 1 cm dilated and having a few contractions I was absolutely unaware of. Within 24 hrs, I was 100% efaced and at 2 cm dilated. I stayed in the hospital to monitor my contractions which were far and few between so I went home. Two days later, I went back in for a follow-up and to mine and the Dr.'s surprise, I was now 4 cm dilated and her head was right there waiting to pop out....literally, with the exception of my water not breaking and still intact. My contractions became more apparent to Javi and I that evening so we waited until the denial went away and we decided to go in. After being admitted and going into L&D to be monitored, I had a little breakdown, and when I heard the screaming of a lady as if her baby was murdering her, I could not take anymore and got myself out of there as fast as possible and planted myself on the maternity ward for the remainder of the night.....just imagine poor Javi on his crutches trying his hardest to catch up to me as I literally speed walked out of there as fast as possible. Do women really need to scream like that?! That sound is enough to scare someone out of having children altogether.
I am now at home and trying to hold her in the oven to cook for another week as per the request of the Dr.....(cause I can control that, right?!) Yesterday was a great day, I was in good spirits, our friends Lucas and Kristen brought handsome Gunnar Dean into this world, and now Baby Mejia has a little boyfriend awaiting her arrival.
Last night was a little bit of a different story. Besides my hips feeling like someone was ripping them apart, I also felt as though I was going to give birth to the baby in bed. Again, I have had no pain whatsoever, just very intense pressure and uncomfortableness. And when I am uncomfortable, my body has an amazing mechanism of shutting down and going to sleep. So throughout the night I was awoken to the baby moving all about and some possible contractions. Today, I refuse to leave the house as I literally feel as though I am carrying a 5 pound weight in my undergarments....to which Javier's response was "I know the exact feeling, I live with it every day"....oh, thank God for his humor to get me through this!!! LOL!
So here is a pic or two of our past month and the baby room almost complete. We hope all of our friends and family are doing well and enjoying the beautiful fall weather where ever you may be. Germany is a very stunning place to be in the fall. We are surrounded by all my favorite colors!
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