Week 32: Jesse came to Chicago

This week, our friend Jesse came to visit from Memphis. It was a beautiful weekend, the weather was nice, and it was sooo nice to see Jesse and catch up. We miss you Jesse!!
Esta semana, nuestro amigo Jesse vino a visitar desde Memphis. El fin de semana estuvo divino, el clima estuvo buenisimo, y nos alegramos de ver a Jesse y platicar para ponernos al dia. Jesse, nos haces falta!!



Christine (Mike's cousin) and I went to see "New Moon" last night, and it was one of the funniest movies I saw, thanks to the crowd of young girls screaming every time Jacob or Edward came on the screen. It was hillarious! We had a great time. I keep telling Mike after this experience: "What would you do if Sofia wants to take you to a movie like this one and you have to hear young teenagers scream and take their cellphones out to take pictures of the teenager actors?" hahahaha, that would be funny if he ever has to do that.

Christine (la prima de Mike) y yo fuimos a ver "New Moon" anoche, y fue una de las peliculas mas chistosas que he visto, gracias a las chavitas gritando cada vez que Jacob o Edward salian en la pantalla. Fue un mate de risa! La gozamos. Yo le digo a Mike despues de esta experiencia: "Que vas a hacer cuando Sofia quiera llevarte a una pelicula como esta y tengas que escuchar a las chavitas gritando y sacando sus celulares para tomar fotos de los actores?" jajajaja, seria muy chistoso si a Mike le toca eso algun dia.

Paola at 32 weeks (look how big Sofia is!)

Paola a las 32 semanas (miren que grande esta Sofia!)

Week 31: Baby's room done

Proud Daddy done with Baby room 2
Originally uploaded by paolaandmike

This week, Mike worked really hard on finishing the baby room. As you can see, he did a wonderfull job with the walls. Every time someone comes to see the baby room, they ask if he painted the elephant and the monkey flying, I always tell them yes first, hahaha. They believe me for a minute, then I tell them the truth.

Esta semana, Mike trabajo bastante para terminar el cuarto de la beba. Como pueden ver en las fotos, Mike hizo un excelente trabajo con las decoraciones en las paredes. Cada vez que alguien viene a ver el cuarto, preguntan si el pinto al elefante y al mono volando, yo siempre les digo que si al principio, jajajaja. Me creen por un minuto, y luego les digo la verdad.

We love the baby room and cannot wait for Sofia to arrive!
Nos encanta el cuarto de la beba y nos morimos de ganas que Sofia llegue ya!

This week she has been kicking a lot more, her kicks are harder and harder, and you can see my belly moving when she moves. It is really cool. Sometimes it hurts, and sometimes it tickles, but in general, we just get so happy when she moves because we know she is doing well.
Esta semana, ella ha estado pateando mucho mas, las patadas cada vez son mas fuertes, y podemos ver mi estomago como se mueve cuando ella se mueve. Es lo maximo. A veces duele, a veces me hace cosquillas, pero en general, nos alegramos tanto cuando ella se mueve porque sabemos que esta bien.

Cravings this week: Hot Chocolate!!
Antojos esta semana: Chocolate caliente!!

Check out more pictures of the baby room in our Flickr album.
Vean mas fotos del cuarto de la beba en nuestro album en Flickr.

30 week ultrasound pictures (fotos ultrasonido 30 semanas)

Here is my little hand, I am saying hello to mommy and daddy!

Aqui esta mi manita, le estoy diciendo hola a mi mami y a mi papi!

I have my foot in my mouth! Tengo mi pie en la boca!
I have chubby cheeks and I was moving my mouth a lot.
Soy cachetona y estaba moviendo mi boca un monton.
Here is a picture of my face, you can see my little eyes.
Aqui esta una foto de mi carita, pueden ver mis ojitos.
And here you can see my eyes more, and my nose, and my mouth.
Y aqui pueden ver mas mis ojos, mi nariz, y mi boca.

I added the 30 week ultrasound pictures on the left side of the page as well, so you can see them when we post new updates.

Puse las fotos de ultrasonido de 30 semanas en el lado izquierdo de la pagina tambien, para que puedan verlas cuando agreguemos mas mensajes.

30 week update: Sofia weighs 3 lbs 13 oz and her length is approx. 16 inches. Her head measures as if she was 32 weeks and her legs also measure as if she was 32 weeks, but her body is as if she was 30 weeks (which she is!). The doctor told us to not be alarmed, hopefully her head will not continue to grow so much. She is in the 66th percentile, so she is not a big baby (well, for American standards). She is head down right now, which is great. Her heartbeat was 146 bpm. Everything looked great, she is a very healthy baby, very wiggly and very cute!! I love her cheeks and cannot wait to see them and kiss them!!

Ultimas noticias a las 30 semanas: Sofia pesa 3 lbs 13 oz y mide approx. 16 pulgadas de largo. Su cabeza mide como si tuviera 32 semanas y sus piernas tambien, pero su cuerpo mide como si tuviera 30 semanas (lo cual es cierto! tiene 30 semanas!). La doctora nos dijo que no nos asustaramos, la cabeza puede ser que no crezca tanto. Ella esta en el 66avo. percentil, asi que no es una bebe muy grande (bueno, para estandard estadounidense). Esta cabeza abajo, lo cual es buenisimo. Su ritmo cardiaco estaba a 146 bpm. Todo esta super bien, ella es una bebe muy sana, se mueve un monton, y esta divina!! Me encantan esos cachetes y me muero por verlos y besarlos ya!!!

Mike decorating baby's room

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Here is the picture of Sofia's daddy getting her room ready.
Aqui esta la foto del papi de Sofia, arreglando su cuarto.

30 weeks - Baby Shower

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Originally uploaded by paolaandmike

This week, Mike's mom threw a baby shower for us. We had a lot of fun and we got a lot of gifts!!! Thank you so much!! Sofia Michelle is going to be a spoiled little baby!!! On Sunday, Mike put everything together, and we decided to decorate Sofia's room. We are almost done, we'll post pictures of the baby room when it is completely done. In the meantime, I will just post a picture of Sofia's daddy getting her room ready. To see pictures of the baby shower, go to our Flickr link .

Esta semana, la mama de Mike nos hizo un baby shower. La pasamos super y recibimos muchos regalos!!! Gracias!!! Sofia Michelle va a ser muy consentida!! El domingo, Mike preparo todo y decidimos decorar el cuarto de Sofia. Ya casi terminamos, asi que voy a poner fotos cuando el cuarto ya este terminado. Mientras tanto, solo voy a poner una foto del papa de Sofia arreglando su cuarto. Para ver mas fotos del baby shower, vayan a nuestro link de Flickr.

Week 29 (Semana 29): Our Babymoon

This week we had our "Babymoon", one of the last weekends that we will be able to relax and spend time alone with each other. We spent a weekend in Chicago (Friday and Saturday night) at the Conrad Hotel, we got massages (I got a prenatal massage and Mike got a deep tissue massage), and we went to dinner at Topolobampo, the best Mexican restaurant in Chicago (Chef: Rick Bayless, winner of Top Chef Masters). We watched movies, relaxed, slept a lot and recovered our energy for the weeks coming ahead.

Esta semana tuvimos nuestra "luna de bebe", uno de los ultimos fines de semana que vamos a poder relajarnos y pasar tiempo juntos solos. Pasamos el fin de semana en Chicago (viernes y sabado en la noche) en el Conrad Hotel, fuimos a un spa a que nos dieran masajes (un masaje prenatal para mi y un masaje para tejidos profundos para Mike), y fuimos a cenar a Topolobampo, el mejor restaurante mexicano en Chicago (Chef: Rick Bayless, quien gano la competencia de Top Chef Masters). Vimos peliculas, nos relajamos, dormimos un monton, y recuperamos nuestra energia para las semanas que vienen.

Mike y Paola en Topolobampo

Sunday we went to the George Maliekel's house (President of Hollister, where I work) because he won the prize for donating the most money to my fundraiser back in May (for the San Diego half-marathon). Mike made a great dinner, they loved it, and we had a great time. We ate a lot this weekend!

Sam Brilliant (CFO), Sheila Maliekel, Frank, George Maliekel (President), Robin Brilliant, and Chef Mike Wisner.

El domingo fuimos a la casa de los Maliekels (Presidente de Hollister, donde yo trabajo) porque ellos ganaron el premio por donar la mayor cantidad de dinero para mi recaudacion de fondos para la media maraton que corri en San Diego en Mayo. Mike preparo una cena excelente, a ellos les encanto, y la pasamos super bien. Este fin de semana comimos un monton!

Week 28 - Paola's 30th Birthday!!!

Paola and Mike went to an Orchard in Woodstock, IL to pick apples. Look how big is my belly!!!!

Paola y Mike fueron a recoger manzanas a una granja en Woodstock, IL. Miren que gran panza!

Here is Mike picking apples. We picked 20 lbs. of apples!!! Aqui esta Mike cortando manzanas del arbol. Cortamos 20 libras de manzanas!!!

Esta fotos es para mostrar los colores tan lindos del otono. Y para mostrar mi panza tan grande que no se pierde ni a largas distancias, jajajaja. Esa persona con la gran panza bajo del arbol, si, esa! soy yo con Sofia adentro feliz pateando.

This picture is to show the beautiful colors of the Fall, and to show my big belly! It is hard to miss even from long distances, hahaha. That person with the big belly under the tree, yes, that one! it is me with Sofia kicking happily.

For my birthday, we went to Zapatista Northbrook, to celebrate during Happy Hour. We got there at 5:30 PM and we left at 11:30 PM. Mike celebrated for me, since I could only drink lemonade.

Para mi cumple, fuimos a Zapatista Northbrook, a celebrar durante Happy Hour. Llegamos a las 5:30 PM y nos fuimos a las 11:30 PM. Mike celebro por mi, ya que yo no pude tomar nada mas que limonadas.

Linday, Richard, Dan, and Paola

TJ and Erin

This week was awesome! We celebrated my birthday on Friday with my friends, on Saturday we went to dinner with Mike and my parents-in-law to an Indian-Latin fusion restaurant in downtown Chicago called "Vermillion." The food was interesting. My parents called me twice and my dad played "Las Mananitas" (it is our tradition). On Sunday, we went to the Orchard to pick apples, it was a beautiful sunny Fall day. At night, we went to dinner with TJ and his wife Claire (who is due in November). We went to a French restaurant downtown called "Cafe Matou", it was really good!! And to top it off, on Monday, my department at work surprised me with a birthday celebration because it was a milestone birthday!!! They totally surprised me with a big cake, that was so nice of them. We had a lot of fun this weekend.

Esta semana estuvo alegrisimo! Celebramos mi cumple el viernes con mis amigos, el Sabado fuimos a cenar con Mike y mis suegros a un restaurante Hindu-Latino que se llama "Vermillion". La comida estuvo interesante. Mis papas me llamaron dos veces y mi papa me toco "Las Mananitas" (es nuestra tradicion). El domingo, fuimos a cortar manzanas, fue un dia soleado y muy lindo, dia de otono. En la noche, fuimos a cenar con TJ y su esposa Claire (que va a tener a su beba en Noviembre). Fuimos a un restaurante frances que se llama "Cafe Matou", buenisimo!! Y para terminar la celebracion, el lunes, mi departamento en el trabajo que cayo de sorpresa con una celebracion y un gran pastel por mi cumpleanios! Ya que es un cumple importante (una decada mas!). Me agarraron completamente en curva. Que buena onda de ellos. Este fin de la gozamos.

Sofia is growing more and more every day. I can feel her kicks harder and harder every day. She starts moving around a lot after I eat. I started feeling like everything inside of me is pushed in, it is harder to breathe and I cannot eat a whole meal without feeling like I will throw up. I have to eat smaller meals, more often. Last week, my doctor called and said that my last blood tests showed that I am anemic, so I have to start taking an iron supplement. No big deal. No wonder why I was feeling tired again!! We went to our last prenatal class, and next week we start the prenatal childbirth classes.

Sofia esta creciendo dia a dia cada vez mas. Cada dia sus patadas son mas fuertes. Se mueve un monton despues que como. Empeze a sentir que todos mis organos estan apachados, es mas dificil respirar y no puedo comer una comida entera sin sentir que voy a vomitar (si como mucho). Ahora mejor como mas seguido, pero comidas pequenas. La semana pasada, mi doctora me llamo para decirme que en mi ultimo examen de sangre salio que tengo anemia, asi que tuve que empezar a tomar un suplemento de hierro. No es gran cosa. Con que razon me sentia cansada otra vez!! Fuimos la semana pasada a nuestra ultima clase prenatal, y la proxima semana empezamos las clases de nacimiento.

Mike gave me the best gift ever for my 30th birthday! We are going to have a "Babymoon" in Chicago. He booked a hotel and massages, and we made reservations to a nice restaurant. I am a very lucky woman to have Mike as my husband.

Mike me dio el mejor regalo para mi cumple! Vamos a irnos de "Babymoon" (luna de miel antes que venga la beba) en Chicago. Hizo reservaciones en un hotel e hizo citas para masajes y para ir a cenar a un restaurante super bueno. Soy una mujer con mucha suerte de tener a Mike como mi esposo.