32 weeks

Ok so remember when I was nervous about 10 weeks? Welp now we are in the single digits. 8 weeks is a little bit scarier than 10 but at the end we will have a little baby boy that is part of me and part of Alberto and that is very exciting to me!

I had the 3 hour glucose tolerance test two weekends ago and it was a very long morning of sitting at the clinic (after 12 hours of fasting, which was tough!). We found out a couple days later that I passed and do not have gestational diabetes! Yay!

We decided to have a last minute Super Bowl 50 party with a few people and it reminded us that we love hosting! However, I did forget that by hosting it means you have to stay for the whole game :-/ and with how tired I have been that was rough. Having guests and making food was a good time though :)

We joined a gym on Monday. It seems like a nice place and I mainly just walk and catch up on my TV shows while Alberto runs or lifts weights. Seems like a good time so far!

Fat Tuesday was celebrated with my first EVER pączki! It was lemon flavored and it was delicious. I'm still not quite sure I get all the hype about this Polish tradition but gladly to take part in consuming sweets any time of the day :)

After work we headed over to the Voskuils' home for their Fat Tuesday Gathering. It was quite a day of delicious food and wonderful people!

Lent started on Wednesday with Ash Wednesday. We had a soup dinner at church followed by a service.

Friday, we went to CityVū Bistro for lunch as they are now closed for remodeling and plan to turn the restaurant into an event center. We had our 6 month dating date there (photo from 2.8.2013), have taken many of our visitors to eat there, and Alberto had breakfast there with his fellas the morning of our wedding so we figured we should go one last time before they change everything. They had our favorite flatbreads on the buffet and it was fabulous!

Alberto has been co-coaching an indoor soccer league team, the Iguanas, for the past couple of months and they had their last couple of games this past weekend so I went with to support. I'm pretty excited for the day when baby La Rosa is out on the field!

Alberto had both PhD interviews this past week and we feel they went well. Now we wait some more to see if we are accepted or wait-listed :)

This is us on Valentine's Day before we went out to dinner.

Ramesses and Padfoot had a great couple days together as well. 

32 week appointment is on Friday so I'll let you know how it goes. We got back late last night from Chicagoland and Alberto is at a school dinner so I'm pretty sure I'll be falling asleep here shortly. Goodnight!

30 weeks

Bah! Only 10 weeks left! I am not feeling very prepared to be a mom. I keep hearing "it will come to you" and I do know that I already do some pretty motherly type things (and don't get me wrong, I am so excited to have this little one!) but it's just hitting me that in 10 short weeks we will be responsible for another life.

We went to a birthing class on Saturday. Now we have some decisions to make. There are risks and benefits to everything involved with labor and I'm thankful to the class for bringing some of these things up that I had just figured I would know how we would handle. Labor videos were intense to watch and it looks real painful. All in all, birthing class was a good idea and very eye opening.

At our 28 week appointment I had a glucose tolerance test. I did not pass which means my blood sugar is too high. We also found out that my iron is too low and I will have to start taking an iron pill once a day. For the blood sugar, we set up a time on February 6th for a three hour glucose tolerance test. I hope it goes better than my first test!

Also! We have two PhD interviews so far! Yay! Interviews are the third week of February so I'll keep you all updated :)

We registered last weekend and goodness. SO many items needed for a little one with too many brands/styles to pick from. I'm blessed that my husband enjoys researching the best/favorite products and then that narrows down the prospects.














We made some pretty delicious meals this week (if you ask me). Here are a few photos and recipes:

• White Chicken Chili (but with a few edits)
  
• Torta Milanesa (also with a few edits) 
  
• Sausage, Potato, and Spinach Soup (with a few edits as well)
  

Also, saw the most beautiful West Michigan sunset as we were headed to a birthday party last Friday. I am definitely going to miss this place someday with all its beauty.

Here's the 30 week photo. My belly button disappeared today and that was the weirdest thing. I looked down and was like what happened? It's just flat (soon to be an outie, I'm sure). It's amazing how my body is changing and just knows what to do.

Also, I would like to wish a very happy 71st birthday to my mom today!