Daniela Colón's Blog

The life of a 10 year old...

A thin line between Icy Hot and Pampers

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Yes She is here as you have read in Raul’s post.

Thanks to all who have signed up and posted messages on Facebook. Boy am I tired. I don’t think I have ever been this tired even when I was pulling all nighters at Southern Connecticut State University! But, it is a sweet reward after nine months. All of us have been adjusting to a new member of the family even JuanGa. He has sniffed her pampers and run off with them. It has been a work out for him and for us but he will get to a place where he will be protective of all of us. I have faith in him.

With all of this adjustment comes new aches and pains. Raul has been running around cleaning up the house, chasing the dog, attending to guests, going on errands, and helping in an immense way with Daniela Lucia.

It is amazing and emotional to see (insert  post -partum crying HERE) him change diapers and feed her. But on Saturday he wasn’t feeling well and thank goodness Uncle Javier and Grandma Sylvette came from Connecticut to help out. Yesterday he was cleaning the basinet which had little ants trying to invade the baby’s space and bringing my rocking chair downstairs. He started the morning in full force, planning to go to Costco and conquer the lines. All of a sudden I see him and his brother in the garage and saw him moving really slow. I thought he was pulling something. Well he pulled something alright, his back! I guess he was bending down to pick up a cup and boom his back gave out.

So after a rough day his brother bought him Icy Hot patches and Ben Gay. At Daniela’s 5:00 a.m feeding, I noticed the Icy Hot next to the pampers and wipes. I told him that these things happen for a reason. His body is telling him to slow down and take it easy. We have a long journey ahead of us.

Twas the night before Daniela

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Light my bubba

We have been waiting for Daniela for the last few months. She had delayed her coming into the world since her expected due date was on the 23rd of December.

We are expecting Daniela to arrive tomorrow so for those of you who are close to us feel free to log in tomorrow I plan to post pictures and video.

” Nada de Nada”

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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.