That is what the doctor told me on my birthday which was Monday the 20th. I thought I would either be eating cake or pushing. I wasn’t doing either on Monday.  The positive thing about Monday’s news was that we had a little bit more time to understand how the stroller and car seat function. We had researched for several months the type of car seat we should purchase and decided to purchase the Chicco Travel System. One thing Raul said was that he would pay what ever the cost for a safe product to protect Daniela.

As I walked out of the doctor’s office he told me to make sure that the baby moves at least ten or more times a day. To which I replied, ” She makes my belly move at night like a dance floor.” He gave me a follow-up appointment for Monday the 27th and stated that he would see me then if nothing happened over the course of the week.

People have been asking me via Twitter, Facebook, email, and phone calls if anything has happened. Today as we went around dropping off little gifts of thanks to clients and friends, one of them mentioned that he checks the blog to see if there has been a new update. So I decided to sit down and write what was going on with us.

Over the weekend we received goodies from various people such as Chenille, Carmen, Antonia, Raul’s Aunt Lucy, his grandmother Lydia, and uncle Irving. The best goodies are the ones that someone else has used. One of the items Chenille included was a book called, “Your New Baby” by Dr. Miriam Stoppard. Raul and I have started reading the book and we both agreed that some of the details are nerve racking especially since we are having a girl.

So on Saturday evening Raul’s grandma stated that the baby will come in January. My distant cousin Maria del Carmen says that my belly is still high up near my chest. And with the information the doctor gave me, Raul and I will play the waiting game with Daniela Lucia. In the meantime, we will continue to work against the clock. I mean it is the eve of her due date so anything can happen between now and tomorrow.

It’s December 10th and in thirteen days, Daniela Lucia should be here with us. Unless of course she decides to join us sooner rather than later. It has been a busy beginning of the month just trying to organize ourselves between work and doctor’s appointments to make sure that everything is going well.

Today we stopped over at Raul’s grandmother’s house, Doña Lydia and Tio Irving (Tito) to help them out with an issue. Upon sitting and talking to Great-Grandmother Lydia, this is her relationship to Daniela, she called Raul over to the other side of the house. I suspected something was going on but did not give it much thought. On various visits, Great-Grandmother Lydia had asked if we had purchased a bassinet or “moises” for the baby. I told her that we had not and really didn’t think we would need one. Raul came over to me and said that his grandmother wanted me to go to the other side of the house. When I looked for Doña Lydia, she was standing next to a beautiful bassinet. Of course I got emotional because outside of the belly that consumes my body these days, this made it seem real that within several weeks, a little girl will be sleeping in this bassinet.

In prep for Daniela, we are currently trying to facilitate our lives by delegating some tasks. So this week we got a companion for Juanga and a cleaning assistant a iRobot 330 Scooba Floor-Washing Robot .

So far the iRobot 330 Scooba Floor-Washing Robot has kept our floors cleaner than where we could actually take them.

I hope you enjoy the video. We will keep you posted on the iRobot 330 iRobot 330 Scooba Floor-Washing Robot  Performance. If  you are tired of sweeping and mopping forget out about swiffer get a Scooba…