Halloween then and now

in 2006 me and Karen as Pirates

in 2007 me and karen as Rockers

2008 just me, karen is not feeling like dressing up

Man I Just love eyeliner

False Alarm #1

First of all HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!! :)

It's week 29 and things are going as expected . Last Tuesday I had three softball games back to back to back, and to tell you the truth in the middle of the last one I was really feeling tired and all I wanted to do was sit down for a little bit. So every time it was our turn to bat i enjoyed sitting for a few minutes until it was my turned to go. Close to the end I received a few texts from Karen that read as followed :

Karen: I just spotted


Milo: Is she moving at all? (she = Blakely)

Karen: Yes

(i remember Karen’s doctor told us once that spotting can happen from time to time but we should only wory about it if it feels up a pad in an hour, sorry if that’s tmi)

Milo: Don’t worry babe

Karen: You ready to be a dad soon?

( weird question to ask but of course I am )


Milo: I'm as ready as I can be

Then I talked to her on the phone for a few minutes and she told me that she thinks that she lost her mucus. Huhh?????? We hang up and started texting again

Milo: The only mucus I know is in your nose

Karen: No ding dong. Your mucus plug is a one time discharge

Karen: I think I migt have just lost my mucus plug which means labor is either hours, days or a few weeks away. Its the first sign of labor.


After she told me that I freaked out and I headed home, I usually like to stay and talk to the guys for a little bit but this time I had to rush home. The next day we went to the doctor and they said that she was fine. Thank God.....

As she calls it on her blog False Alarm #1

Nursery in the Making

How come the weekends always seem to be too short? It seems like just yesterday was Friday and I couldn't wait to get off work so I could go home and spend some time with the family. Now its Sunday night and I can't believe I have to be back at work tomorrow morning. Time is flying by so fast that I can't seem to keep up with it. 2 weeks ago I was at Hobby Lobby with my boss getting some stuff framed and I found the cutest picture of a little ballerina dressed in her little tutu and I knew it would look perfect in the nursery so I decided to buy it. I was right it looks perfect in there, im not sure Karen was as excited about it... or she is just jealous of my good taste. Robin (blakely's aunt) made a really cute thing that is going to hang on the door of the nursery and it turned out awesome, maybe the fact that she is a teacher had something to do with it looking so good or maybe she watches alot of those DIY shows on tv. Nonnie, ( blakely's grandma) made the curtains, blanket, and the thing that goes underneath the mattress in the crib and they look really really good, she is now going to make the bumper for the crib and I cant wait for her to be done with it, she does some really amazing things with the sewing machine. Grandpa and I have been doing most of the of the other stuff such as painting, and installing crown molding in the room. and of course karen has been working on the quotes on the wall. Blakely's nursery is coming together very well, and it all has been done with alot of love from everyone, my little star is loved by everyone more than she will ever know.

Saturday was karens first baby shower and although I did not stay to witness all the excitement Karen tells me it turned out great. Thank you Julie, Robin, Cindy and Susan for putting it together for Karen and Blakely. We got , or should I say Blakely got a lot of stuff. I knew what most of the stuff was except some things that girls call "opaque tights"???? I have so much to learn about girls stuff. I also have decided that I need to have a shower, im not exactly sure what kind but Its like having Christmas and all the presents are for you. My favorite present of them all was the teddy bear that scott bought for the nursery, thank you Scott, its exactly what we were looking for.

Friday was the 28 week mark, and with that is a big relief. If anything was to happen and Karen had to go in to labor Blakely would have an 85% chance of survival, our next goal is now 32 weeks and from there things should be a lot better and safer for Karen and Blakely

New things that happen with Blakely:

1. Last Thursday she got the hiccups for the first time
2. She responded to my voice and actually moved towards me

That's Right tonight Karen was having some really bad pains and she could not breath (apparently Blakeley was close to her ribs) so I started rubbing Karen's belly just trying to comfort her and she said that blakely started to move so I got closer to her belly. WhenI started talking to Blakely in Spanish, she moved towards me... :) it cant get any better than that, she was coming to daddy..........

She melts my heart and she is not even here yet

I never thought that becoming a father was going to change my life so much. Most guys want a son and of course i was no exception, I was sure we were going to have a little boy... I imagined how he was going to play in pee-wee football and how me and him would go to the football games together. After the first sonogram karen was convinced that it was a boy so I always teased karen about how we were going to have a girl just because she was so sure that we were having a boy ( look at her post about her gut instinct). One day I was at a friends house hanging out and the movie The Game Plan came on and that was the first time that I cried from watching a movie. Im not exactly sure what happened but ever since that day I wanted to have a girl and I have been blessed with one.
my quote for the nursery wall says it best "I wished upon a star, and I got you".
Im not sure if this happens to other people or not, I can't seem to be able to control my emotions any more. I get emotional when i think about Blakely, I cant hold my tears back no matter where i am or who im with. tears just start rolling down my face. Im counting down the weeks until i can hold her in my arms and tell her how much I love her.

A picasso in the family.

When Karen gets an idea in her head i always wonder how long she is going to hang on to it. One day it might sound like the greatest idea and the next it might not be as good as it was the day before. For example the nursery, I think she is finally happy with the progress we are making. A few weeks ago she had me paint stripes on one wall and i took my time with every stripe... i wanted the lines to be perfectly straight and by the time i was done she decided that she didn't like it..... hummm so whats next? more painting for me, thats whats next. Karen got a new idea in her head and of course me being Mr. nice guy i did what she wanted and we ended up with a very nice design.

The next thing was painting quotes on the wall. Each family member had to come up with a quote and she is going to trace it onto the wall then paint it. At first that sounded like a good idea until you get to thinking how hard that would be.... Apparently not hard enough for karen! When i got home today i found her on top of a ladder with a pencil in her hand tracing quotes from a projector... this girl is something else :) I decided to help a little bit but after tracing 2 letters my arm started to hurt, i still have no idea how she had all that energy to trace a quote, outline it, and then paint it! Where ever she got all that energy from i need to go get me some.

The first quote she finished was her dad's
"I didn't ask to be a princess, but if the crown fits......"
Now she needs to finish hers and start on mine, or better yet, she needs to sit down and let me take over. I'm sure its going to take me a lot longer to do half the amount of letters she did, but it will all be worth it...

Hi!

Hello Everyone, my name is Milo and I am about to be a dad!!!! I am really excited about it and I decided to write a blog about the way i see things as the pregnancy goes farther along.
If anyone is interested you can read Karen's blog here, that way you can read her side of the story.
As of today Karen is 261/2 weeks pregnant, im not exactly sure how many weeks there is left since the baby is not guaranteed to be born on the due date so in the mean time im just going to keep up
with the countdown on my chalkboard.

If you are wondering who Molly is on the chalkboard, she is my cat. ( I say my cat because she loves me more than she loves Karen).