Greetings from the sunshine state!
It's a balmy 80 degree in Miami and it's sure looking like its going to be a pink flamingo Christmas. No complaints here! So happy to be back home celebrating Maya and the holidays with friends and family! I traded in scarves and puffer jackets for fake snow and bikinis.
This past Saturday was my Miami shower and it was absolutely beautiful and perfect. ( see pic attached! That's me! ) The theme was shabby chic with white hydrangeas in white ceramic vases and miniature pink crystal candle holders turned vases with baby roses and baby breaths ( note: baby breaths are only cool when used in shabby chic decor. Other than that, it's really tacky 80's garnish used in banquet hall weddings and horrible prom corsages). It was at my best friend Vivi's home and she has a delightful secret garden which fit in perfectly with the theme! It was so nice to catch up with so many amazing ladies and even my dad made an appearance with his "#1 abuelo" hat and VHS camera. I feel so utterly lucky and blessed to have such wonderful and caring friends in my life. They are my family. We've been friends since sophomore year in high school and our friendship has only grown with time through many ups, downs, and life changes! To think of us at 19 tearing through the streets of Salamanca getting drunk off 2 for 1 specials when we should have been studying and now we are off having kids and paying mortgages! ( and still getting drunk)
In about three weeks, I have another shower to look forward to- my new York shower also hosted by some of the most unbelievable and cherished friends and sisters a girl could ask for! I cannot wait to see what they have up their sleeves! Seriously, how did a girl get so lucky in the friend department!? Let the countdown begin!
So Maya is weighing about the same as a cabbage! About three pounds. From now until the day she hatches, she will gain half a pound which is pretty surreal. I can already tell she's feeling a little cramped in her studio (aka womb) apartment because I'm feeling her kicks on my rib cage a little more and it's just groovy! To think, I only have 10 weeks before coco and i get to meet her. 30 weeks! Time has flown and I've been living in a dream. Hmmm wonder if labor can also be all unicorns, rainbows and cotton candy? I doubt it. I've seen some disturbing birth videos lately and they're no Disney movie. Unless of course prince charming is riding to Lenox Hill hospital with some sweet ass epidurals and happy pills just for me. Or Maya is arriving first class priority stork and my vagina stays intact. Winning!
As far as to how I'm physically feeling, I have to say I'm doing pretty darn good, albeit a couple of minor setbacks. I'm getting my first dose of heartburn and it sucks. My stomach is literally sitting on my chest so each time I eat and lie down or go to sleep, it feels like I need to belch like a disgusting truck driver but really it's just indigestion that doesn't go away. So I'm trying to eat earlier so I have time to digest since that takes a little longer than usual. My well oiled machine needs some extra WD-40 in this last trimester! My back is still causing discomfort and my sleep requires more tossing and turning these days, which coco probably doesn't love! I'm dreaming a lot about babies and labor and about things that I swear happened but then I have to do a double take and remember if they were just dreams. Or were they?! I'm living my very own Inception. It's a little bananas. I run out of breath a little quicker. I can't walk for too long like I used to because it feels like my back is going to call it quits. My appetite really hasn't been ravenous but I do like to eat a big breakfast in the morning! Feet haven't swollen much yet. But I know it's coming! All I can think about though is meeting Maya! I can't get her out of my head :)
And scene! That's it for this week! Thanks for playing everyone and forgive me for any typos and for not including medical facts or more than one picture! I'm still iPhone illiterate and have no computer. Talk to you all Monday from our babymoon!
MILF in training,
Kata
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