Greetings baby lovers!
Hope you all had a restful weekend. Coco and I enjoyed a much needed weekend of nothingness just us two!
While I'm sitting at my stripped down office writing this, Maya is having an all day rave in my belly. Last night she was kicking up a storm ala Karate Kid and Coco was loving every second of it. Clearly she is using my muscles (or lack thereof) as punching bags. Sometimes her little jabs actually hurt. But how can I be bothered? I think it's simply adorable and I relish every little move she makes! She loves anything cold- that's when I notice the most movement. And she definitely reacts to load noises and music. Yesterday when Coco and I went to the movies, she was going bananas! She has the making of a very outgoing baby, just like her papi. She also weighing in at 2 pounds!
Baby development is mind boggling! I am blown away each day by what the human body can do. I'm also blown away by the fact that there's a baby inside of me. We have created a little human. Hello, like an actual living thing is living rent-free in my uterus. What a freeloader! hahaha! Maya is opening her eyes this week and not that she'll have much of a scenery, but I think all these milestones are uber-amazing. I always wonder if babies remember anything about being in the womb? I'm so in love with her. I can't wait to see what she looks like or what kind of personality she'll have. And the fact that already I'm thinking of her needs before mine is surreal. It's like if you automatically go into "selfless mode" (a mode which I rarely used). I was telling Coco yesterday that now when I think or plan ahead, everything stops in February for me. And for those that know me well, I LOVE and LIVE to plan. I don't speak procrastination. I speak itineraries and to-do lists. So this feeling of not being able to plan anything beyond that is scary, control-wise. Yet on the other hand, I'm counting down until my new life begins with my daughter. Wow! I wonder if I'll ever get used to saying that, "daughter". So fresh.
Kind of a depre Daria subject to talk about, but Coco and I are also working on our living will. Yes, it's totally depressing and morbid but it's also a responsibility we have to ourselves and to our baby girl and other future kids. I know first hand how life can change in an instant- your whole world collapses and you are suddenly numb. Imagine that at 16. Because my mother raised me well and I had amazing family support, I was able to make decisions at 16 that most kids at that age would be clueless about. If God forbid something were to ever happen to Coco and I, or to one of us, we want to make sure Maya is in good hands. We want to make sure she continues to have the same lifestyle and upbringing that we want for her, with people who adore her, and that she won't ever have to feel like she has to make every decision herself. Hopefully we will NEVER have to even experience any of this, but it's better to be prepared.
Let's wrap this up on a cheery note! The holiday season is here! One of my favorite times of the year, especially in New York which is the quintessential Christmas backdrop- snow, puffer jackets, department store windows, creepy Salvation Army elves collecting money, Serendipity 3, Home Alone, mountain people selling Christmas trees on every corner, and ice skating rinks. I'm very much looking forward to starting our own holiday traditions when Maya gets here! Mix the Cuban with the Italian! Because this year we will mostly be in Miami for the month of December, we decided to downsize our tree and keep it tiny. Tiny, but still festive as evident by my very holiday-esque Christmas station! Voila! Let's hope the dogs don't mistake the ornaments for balls. ( I don't need a trip to the Animal vet ER.) It's easy to take down as well, which was Coco's one request. I completely overwhelm him with my hundreds of Hallmark ornaments that take hours to take off the tree. And he didn't want to be left with that task! I don't blame him. I wouldn't want to either. I blame my over the top National Lampoon Christmas tree obsession on my mother. Celebrating Christmas in Miami, usually meant fake trees with fake snow in can, which I don't mind. My mom always put up the most beautiful fake white tree but red accents only. Now, as beautiful as this sounds, it was also kid-boring. I use to wish I could hang something other than a red felt bow or a red glittered ball on the tree. I remember thinking "When I have my own tree, it's going to be different colors and I'm going to put whatever I want on it and no one can stop me! bruhahahah." So hence, the non boring Christmas trees, whether big or small, that now occupy our Manhattan apartment.
I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving with friends and family wherever you may be! There is so much to be thankful for and please take time to acknowledge those blessings that we all take for granted sometimes, especially things you don't think about like hot water, electricity, a warm coat, etc. Coco and I have so much to be thankful for this year, starting with our growing family and each other! We will be in Amsterdam this year continuing our travel tradition during Turkey Day and we can't wait until Maya joins us on our next expedition!
MILF in training,
Kata
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