5 Weeks to Go!

Thank you, thank you, thank you, to all the wonderful friends and family that came out to the two baby showers the last couple of weeks! Delmar and I are so grateful for your love, support and generosity. Patrick is so spoiled already, he has no idea how lucky he is! We had a great time visiting with everyone and we're so excited to bring Patrick into a world with so many people that care about him.

As many of you know, we had another ultrasound on Monday. We still don't have definite plans for the future, as far as delivering and seeing specialists, but we should know by next week. Until then, here are a few new ultrasound pictures from the last appointment.

Patrick likes to spend the majority of his day with THIS (above) foot applying steady pressure on my lowest right ribs. The two of us battle all day long; as he kicks at my ribs, I push back down on him until he gives up. Have to show him who's boss from the get go!

I'll keep you posted on the plans for late August/early September. One more appointment with a urologist and then hopefully we'll have a solid game plan for the delivery of this little guy.

Thank you again for all of the love and generosity!

Sarah

Nesting

So I have been told that I'm "nesting". Check off all nesting activities because apparently I am doing them. Setting up Patrick's room, washing and folding all of his clothes, organizing lots of Rubbermaid containers of baby clothes, supplies and miscellany, sweeping, vacuuming...whatever you want to call it, that's what I'm up to these days.

I found this dress/changing table on Craigslist for a great deal. I spent a couple afternoons sanding it down and refinishing it. It was a really fun project! As you can see, I already have it stocked with all of Patrick's newborn and 0-3 month size clothing!

Here's a picture of Delmar practicing his Swaddling technique on Sophie last night. Not to take too much credit, but I think we raised this pup really well. You can do pretty much anything to her (except cut her nails) and it won't bother her a bit. She stayed swaddled like this asleep on our bed for a good 10 minutes before we made her get up and go to her own bed for the night :)

33 weeks down, 7 weeks to go!

30 Weeks Down, 10 to Go

So I have hit the 30 week mark and it seems like a lot has happened in the past 10 weeks since my last post. First of all, my belly is now feeling huge. Bending over, getting in and out of bed, and just moving around in general are getting to be quite awkward. As you can see in these pictures, Mom has helped me tape up my back and belly to support the extra weight and it is helping so much! Thank goodness for Rock Tape! I still get to the gym several times a week but it is a much slower, less intense work out than I'm used to doing.

Everyone keeps telling me that my belly is so tiny. What I don't understand is where the next 10 weeks of baby is supposed to go. I don't think there's anymore space for little Patrick to keep growing, my belly is already maxed out!




Speaking of growing Patrick, we were able to see him during an ultrasound July 1st. He's growing big and strong (they actually had him measured a week ahead of the expected due date in weight) and he's moving around so much! He gave the ultrasound tech a hard time by flipping over completely several times. We even got to see him blinking his eyes!

Unfortunately, I had to part ways with Happy Dog sooner than I was expecting. It is a very physically demanding job and the owners were no longer willing to accommodate my prego needs. Delmar has helped me realize that it was probably a blessing in disguise to get out of there when I did. So now I'm at home every day getting ready for Patrick's arrival. I was worried about being bored but it's already looking like there is more than enough to keep me busy over the next couple months.

Well, I think that's all for now!

Love,
Sarah

Patrick Kunio, 20 Weeks

He definitely has his mother's little nose.

And hopefully this is also his mother's soccer playing foot :)

Funny Story...

So funny story...our little Aubrey is actually a Patrick! It turns out that our little girl is in fact a boy :) Thank goodness for follow-up ultrasounds. We are extremely excited no matter what the sex of the baby might be but we're pleased to have a definitive answer. So much for swinging the balance back for the Nakamotos.

Ultrasound sounds pics to follow soon

Restoring Balance

So it would appear that the Chinese gender prediction chart incorrectly predicted a boy for us...WE'RE HAVING A GIRL! There you have it Nakamotos, restoring the male/female balance. I was the first female to come along in quite a while, and I'll be the first to contribute the next female to the clan.

For those of you wanting to buy our little girl cute little outfits, that's fine and I thank, just keep in mind to tone down the pink selections. You know me, there is no need for an entirely pink wardrobe. Hopefully she'll be a little more girly than me, but she's still going to be a tough little chick too :)

Get ready for the excitement everyone. Sometime around September 17th we will be inviting Aubrey Elizabeth Tompkins into our happy family!

Prego Brain, Incident #1

The infamous "prego brain" has finally struck!

So the other night I was home alone with the dogs while Delmar was at work. I had been home from work for several hours at that point, just hanging around the house recovering from work and playing with the dogs. Suddenly at about 9:30 pm I realized that I hadn't fed the dogs yet (they're normal dinner time is about 7 pm). I then immediately realized that I had in fact already fed them. The next couple minutes were spent debating with myself whether or not I had actually fed them. Finally I decided that I had absolutely no idea! Being the good mommy that I am, I decided that I should probably feed them anyways, just in case...the dogs didn't complain one bit!