Surprise!!!

I'm with child!!! hehe since I watched The Tudors I've always wanted to say that, but yes...I am pregnant!

I was a few days late so I took the home pregnancy test on September 30th and as you can see it was positive!!! That same day our friend Betty had her baby boy so I was trying to decide how I was going to tell Borja the news. I went to the University of Michigan store to get a present for Betty's baby and there I saw the M pacifiers, and I bought them for our baby. When I got back form the store I gave Borja the bag with the pacifiers and the positive pregnancy test.

I didn't know what to do next so I called Jessica (who is expecting her second baby) and asked her what to do. Borja took me to the Health Service Center to take another test and once that test came out positive we started telling our family and closest friends.

I also made my first prenatal appointment which was until today. The first days I couldn't believe I was pregnant, but then the symptoms started to appear. I've been feeling great but I'm tired all the time and some food gives me nausea, but nothing bad. I've also started reading some pregnancy books and webpages where they explain the changes in you and your baby week by week.

Finally today we went to the doctor and saw our baby for the first time!!! It's really exciting and makes it more real. Right now it is so tiny (he/she is the size of a blueberry) but we already saw the little heart beating.

My next appointment is until November 30th, so now I just have to take care of myself and the baby and wait for the next visit.

Back in Ann Arbor

We've been back in Ann Arbor for a month.

We got back the day of  the 1st Michigan football game so after we arrived we went to Bobby and Lesley's house. It was nice seeing all our friends after almost 4 months :), we really missed them during the summer. All the kids grew up sooo much, Jimena is now walking, Emilio is crawling and almost walking, Maggie is a 5 month baby (the last time we saw her she was a newborn) and Ava is talking a lot.

The first two weeks I helped Theresa by babysitting Elena 3 times a week. She is so sweet and so intelligent! She is one year and 9 months old and she talks a lot for her age, she understands English and Spanish and repeats almost everything you say.

During this month we also have met some of the new partners, all of them are really nice. There are a lot of new latinas so our Vino Latino group is getting bigger! we have girls from Argentina, Chile, Peru, Cuba, Brazil and Mexico. 

On our second week here I went to 2 baby showers, one was for Betty (from Monterrey) with our American friends and the other one was organized by the 1st year partners and it was for Betty (Monterrey), Silvana (Peru) and Hafsa (USA) and there I met a lot of the new partners from Latin America, India, Japan and USA.

For our Independence Day celebration all the Mexicans got together at Jessica's house, each of us cooked a Mexican dish and drank some tequila hehe. We ate some tacos, burritos, shredded meat with mole, frijoles, flan and arroz con leche....everything tasted great!

On the 3rd week I organized an International potluck, as some of you know I'm the International Chair of the Ross Partners Club so this was my first event. Everyone brought a dish from their country to share, so we ate some delicious food and had a great time. 

Two weekends ago we also invited John, Seth (Borja's classmates) and Seth's girlfriend to have dinner at our house, I cooked shredded meat with mole, beans and red rice because they wanted a typical Mexican dinner and they really liked it.

So as you can see we have been really busy, cooking, partners activities, getting together with friends, watching kids and enjoying a great weather in Ann Arbor.

There is a surprise for my next post (October 19th) so keep reading it! :)

International Potluck: 

Karina's Birthday:

Dinner with John, Seth and Seth's girlfriend:

Betty, Silvana and Hafsa's Babyshower: