Last time...

I promise...this is the LAST room update! I am very excited about how it turned out and I think we are finally ready to go. The only other thing that will fit in there is our little baby girl! Here are the final pics before she arrives. (Hmmmm...is that really the paint color I want? HA!)

Thoughts...

Kelli has been doing all the “blogging” but I figured I would throw a few in there before Baby Murthy gets here! Last week was quite an adventure. I found out the week before last that I had to go to Boston for a meeting with MIT Lincoln Labs from June 4-6. With it being so close to Kelli’s due date, it was not something that I wanted to do but at the same time, didn’t have too many choices. My company is quite flexible and will do what it takes to get me back if Kelli does go into labor. Also, Kelli finished up school this week after a long, tiring, stressful school year. I think she is finally worn out, like an old sweater, and is ready to get out of school. I guess if I worked 10-hour days, 8 months out of the year, I would be slightly tired as well. Moreover, I don’t see how a pregnant woman works an entire school year without taking a single sick day. She needs another tattoo, next to her flower tattoo, that says “Bad Ass” on it!

My Pregnancy Observations
As this is my first pregnancy experience, I have observed certain things that I find funny, annoying, and very interesting. Lets start with the interesting. I am amazed at the child development process. Kelli sends me these weekly updates providing info on where the baby is at in terms of growth, size, development, etc. This in addition to the progress seen in the sonograms is pretty amazing. First, every expecting couple needs a sonogram machine at home. Along with my queso waterslide, the homemade sono is on my “To-Do” list. Also, being an electrical engineer, we have the ability to design, develop, test, and see results. But we know each step in the process and how to impact the results. Watching my baby grow from a tadpole to a full size “being” is extraordinary because no human can synthesize the process. I mean, how does all of the development really happen?
Next, our dog, Allie, “knows” that we are having a baby. Either she is super smart, has really keen senses, or knows that a bigger belly means baby. These days, she seems a lot more protective of us, the house, etc. At night, she will sleep by Kelli’s bedside before coming to her bed. Allie also follows Kelli wherever she goes. Either she is exercising her Catahoula instincts or protecting the mom and little one.

Annoying
From my recent observations, I have determined that pregnant women don’t become moody, hormonal, irritable, or emotional by choice. These are mostly environmentally induced reactions. Sure, there are times when a 6 pound object in their midsection may cause some discomfort and irritation. But the environment consists of people who rub the pregnant belly in public like it is a magic lamp, discuss breastfeeding while discussing weather, comment that the pregnant lady looks bigger every day, and constantly ask “How do you feel? How much weight have you gained? When are you due? How often do you pee? Do you have hemorrhoids?” If I were in my wife’s shoes, I would be fired up all the time! Kelli, you do an excellent job in maintaining your sanity.

Funny
I find it pretty funny that the doctor said our baby should come out with A LOT of hair! Baby also seems to have a good-sized nose and large eye sockets! First, when I was born, I pretty much had an afro! Next, I have been told, in various conversations, that I have big eyes (and naturally, a large nose being Indian). It’s nice to see our baby has some paternal traits!

Overall Experience (Before the birthing event!)
As I was telling Kelli the other day, I have been pleasantly surprised with the last 9 months. I have heard from other men, whose names I will not disclose, and read in magazines that their wives turned into Griselda on Steroids once pregnancy hit. Ok, ok…maybe not that bad. But overall, the whole experience has been excellent. Yes, I have been busy with doing more of the house things but what’s a husband for? Also, within the last few months my excitement has really picked up. It’s hard to get super excited 1 month into it.

And in comparison to wedding planning, ha. I’d have 50 babies (Easier said than done as I am not giving birth) before I go through the wedding planning process again. The wedding itself was great. Don’t get me wrong. But the 9 months that led to it were a royal beating.

That is all from the Dad. I will write again soon!

What about me?

Ro and Allie made-up when he got back. Oh man that dog missed him!

Allie Mae...

We wanted everyone to know that we have not forgotten about the precious little girl we already have. Allie is still a stinker, but we love her! There have been a few changes lately and she has done so good. She doesn't know this yet, but she is about to go to school for 2 weeks. :( Ro and I get upset just thinking about not seeing her for that long, but it will be good for her. Recently she seems to choose who and what she listens to, as well as being very anxious. I am sure the changes don't help!

Ro has been on a business trip the last couple of days and it seems to really effect Allie. She barely eats and loves to give me the sad face. So of course...she gets to do things that she is not supposed to...like sleep on our bed, have a few cheerios, and even get on the couch for 5 or 10 minutes. :) Well...she doesn't exactly ask for permission. She does it and hopes that it is okay when I find her. This is from this morning when I was getting ready...

I found her all nice and cozy on the couch...without my permission. Did I make her get off...NO! Daddy is not home. :)

Belly update!

Here is my lastest belly update...36 weeks!

By the way, this is what I see when I look down... HA! :)

Where are my feet anyway?

Ro and directions...

Well, last weekend Ro tried to put together the baby's little Boppy vibrating seat. He was doing so good at following directions but there was one piece that got put on wrong. Then it made another piece flip the wrong direction. We tried to fix it, but got frustrated, so it got pushed to the side this week. Thank goodness Makenzi came over today! She helped take out all of the screws, flip everything around and put the screws back in. She is such a great helper (and she loved using Uncle Ro's electric screw driver)!

Week #36

Today we went to our 36 week appointment. I was very excited because we got a sonogram too! We have not seen the baby in awhile, so it was a great feeling to see how she has grown.

I have been wondering how she is doing all of the punching and moving. Then today we saw her and she is going to a great size! The sonogram tech measured her at 6 lbs and 1 oz. The doctor predicts that she will be somewhere in the the 7ish lb range. (Ro says 7lbs 7 oz.) PERFECT SIZE!

We were able to she her kidneys, heart, facial features, etc. Doctor also said that her head, body, and legs are all very symmetrical and look awesome. The heart rate was 141. One super cool thing...we saw a great big blob of dark hair on her head! I said that will be wonderful, as long as it is on her head and not covering her body from head to toe! :) (As I was looking at the hair all I could think about was buying more hair bows! Yipppeee!)

So...just 4 more weeks to go. The doctor and I also talked today about induction. We decided that she could schedule the induction for the week she is due. If I have not had her by then, the room will already be scheduled for me to induce. Sounds like a great plan to me...I would love for this little girl to arrive naturally, but we can't wait forever!

The Gramps and Granna chair...

Oh man...I keep wanting to show everyone the chair that my Gramps made. He has made several (actually ours is #68), and we love it! Every little kid needs one!

Here it is sitting up as a chair...

Flip it for a rocking horse...

Flip it again for a little desk area...

Last weekend...

I am finally getting around to posting pictures of our project last weekend. Ro did not take me seriously the last few weeks when I told him I wanted to repaint the baby's room. The original room turned out awesome, but the pink was just too overwhelming for us. Anyway, Ro walked in the house last Friday and I had already moved almost everything out of the room, removed the electric outlet covers, and shelves off the wall. He said to me..."You forget everything lately, I thought you would forget about repainting." HA! Nice try. That night we went to Lowe's for primer and paint. Then we got started right away! It took us one good coat of primer and paint. Ro calls the color Desert Tan and we are much happier with the neutral color! Check it out!

Trial Run...

This past weekend was an interesting one! We had our trial run to Presby Plano's labor and delivery. It all started Friday evening when I was puking my brains out. Ro, for some reason, insisted on holding the trash can. I thought that it may have been food poisoning, but it turns out to have been some kind of virus.

Anyway, my entire body was achy and we knew something was not right. It continued throughout the night and finally Ro put his foot down (HA!) and said we needed to go to the emergency room.

When we got there, they sent us straight to labor and delivery. That was exciting! Even got to ride in the wheelchair. When we got to the room, it was slightly "chilly". The previous pregnant chick who was in our room set the temperature to "Artic" so Ro sat in the corner bundled in blankets. They immediately said I was dehydrated (High levels of ketones in the urine)and hooked me up to the monitors. Come to find out, I was also having contractions (A result of the dehydration). I got a couple of bags of fluid IV's, some nausea meds, few tubes of blood drawn, and even pee'd in a cup 3 times. The doctor came in to check me and thank goodness I was not dialated! The dialation check was not the friendliest. I swear the nurse shook the baby's hand. I was feeling better and baby was fine, so she released me to go home. The whole process was about 7 hours. Man...it was a long Mother's Day weekend, but we learned a lot!

Oh...today is 34 weeks, so SIX WEEKS TO GO! :)