getting ready...

Well folks, I'm officially 35 1/2 weeks along, which means that little Emory could be here pretty soon! I keep thinking about the fact that Suzy came at 37 weeks which is just around the corner. Whoa!
So these past few weeks have been all about finishing up schoolwork, nesting, getting things ready, and trying to pack in some fun summer activities for Suzy.

First, we took a hospital tour which helped a lot to see how things are done here in the US. SHould be a much different experience than El Salvador...in some ways good (aka I'm not going to get a parasite after delivering this time around) and bad (my sister-in-law is not going to be delivering this time but rather whatever doctor is at the hospital.) By the way, it's kinda surreal that our hospital on Sunset Blvd is right across the street from the Church of Scientology that Tom Cruise goes to. Sometimes I forget I live in a city of famous people. Until I see places I pass by everyday on the movies and TV shows. It's still weird, though.

check out those cute lips!

Also, we found out that Emory has turned around and is no longer breech! Yay!

We also finally got a second car, something we had been wanting to hold off on doing but find is increasingly necessary as walking everywhere I need to go is basically doable, but only when it's not 105 degrees and I'm not so pregnant or I don't have two kids. Elvis has to take the car to work so if i needed to go anywhere, i had to walk it.

So, here she is! Thanks, tax refund!

just call me Soccer Mom

So, now that I have a car, I can take Suzy to do fun things these last weeks of her being an only child, like swim lessons and meeting Elvis at the botanical gardens for free concerts and a picnic dinner. 

We'll keep you updated!!

Baby Shower #2

Last weekend some of my closest girlfriends here in Pasadena threw us a really fun baby shower, complete with all of our favorite pies to eat! yummm

I guess this is a great time to announce to yall who don't know our little guy's name........

drumroll please.........

Emory Cruz Henriquez Baldwin

Emory is my dad's middle name and Cruz was Elvis' dad's middle name

Nayeli drew this for the invitation

the beautiful and talented hostesses!

the mami and the papi 

our friends were very thoughtful with the gifts...the shower organizers got us the double stroller we had been wanting! Suzy was so excited. 

We also played fun games...this was a little trivia game about Suzy and Emory's pregnancies to see if we could answer similarly...we totally dominated that game!

the next game involved everyone putting balloons under their shirts then doing a relay with a water balloon between their knees to see what it feels like for pregnant women to waddle to the bathroom! hilarious.

and of course anytime there are water balloons, someone is going to get wet and someone is going to get thrown over a shoulder and spun around out of revenge. 

Ever since the first day we told Suzy we were having a baby, she said she wants to be a "big friend" not a big sister. She's going to have a "baby friend". Love that our friends really did a great job to make sure she felt special at the shower too! 

Suzy's bud Dzabe

posing in front of the pie table

words of encouragement for each of us

baby shower #1

A few weeks ago the ladies of our apartment complex threw me a baby shower...so sweet of them! I love this picture of us all below because it shows the beautiful diversity of our apartments; here in this one picture the following countries are represented (either where they are from or where they serve): Korea, Brazil, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Taiwan, South Africa, Cameroon, England, Kyrgyzstan, and I'll rep El Salvador! 

Pictures to come soon of last week's Baby Shower #2...not quite so tame! =)