Oh, Boy!

Yes yes yes, you are a boy. Our little man, Our little prince, Baby Bubu Boy. OH!

Someone told us you were a boy because I didn't throw up much during my first trimester. Actually only 3 times!

We are very excited and we are excited we will meet you in 4 months! YAY!

Giving Birth? Where? How? Why?

Baby, I am writing this cause I need to vent with you about our birthing situation.

There are not many options here in Doha. Our ideal scenario would have been to have a water birth at home. That would have been amazing! :) But, that is not a option here in this country, so we have to make the best of what we can.

Above all things, I want your dad to be present at your birth. There are many reasons why... and so we are planning on doing everything necessary to make that happen,

I am just glad your dad and I made a decision about it and we are happy about it.

Week 19: How big is Baby Bubu?

our baby's the size of a mango! 

At about 6.0 inches long and weighing in at about 8.5 ounces, she's getting there!  

• Developing a protective coating over her skin, called vernix caseosa. It's greasy and white and you may see some of it at her birth.

• Working on her five senses. Nerve cells for her sense of taste, hearing, sight and smell are developing in her brain.

 -- TheBump.com

AEMEO

So, I'm thinking this is the perfect song to sing to you in utero and then after you are born.

I love the lyrics.

Desde que naciste soy mejor amante
Como si hubieras destapado mis conductos
Me han crecido los senos, el vientre y las caderas
Mi cuerpo expandido encontró su motivo

Tú circulaste por mí, hiciste un camino divino
Abriste un túnel, destapaste mi destino


Tú me has dado el soplo de la creación
Eres energía, luz del sol
Tú me has deletreado la palabra amor

A eme o ere ce i te o

Desde que naciste me siento flamante
Como si me hubieras prendido
Mi cuerpo desinhibido de vanidad eximido
Mi cuerpo valiente parió a su pariente


Tú circulaste por mi…

Tú me has dado el soplo de la creación…
Tú me has dado el soplo de la creación…

Before I knew, but you were already here!

Before I knew you were here, we took these pictures. I was already pregnant but I didn't know. That day, I was soooooooo hungry! OMG!  These pictures were back in January. I will always be grateful to this city because it's here where you will be born. :) mua!

A beautiful day in Doha

You can see my belly here. I love that the belly is growing and I get to show off my bump. I'm a proud mama! 
Today we went to the mall to look at cribs and we found one that was 70% off! we had NO CHOICE but to buy it because it was square and it was white! We'll post picture once your dad assembles it but we have to wait at least another 4 months...

--- we found a picture of the crib!

 

I knew I love you before I met you

Dr. Heba asked me if I sing to you and I said that not really. she told me to sing you 1 song every day so that when you arrive you will recognize that song. .. The question is what song to pick?

I used to sing this song to your dad a lot when we met. When we met face to face for the first time, I had a feeling that I had know him forever and that's why I love this song. I am thinking about singing it to you. 

Here are the lyrics:

Maybe it's intuition
But some things you just don't question
Like in your eyes
I see my future in an instant
and there it goes
I think I've found my best friend
I know that it might sound more than
a little crazy but I believe

I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life

There's just no rhyme or reason
only this sense of completion
and in your eyes
I see the missing pieces
I'm searching for
I think I found my way home
I know that it might sound more than
a little crazy but I believe

A thousand angels dance around you
I am complete now that I found you