Our baby boy was born...

Our son was born on Sunday, October 21, at 19:02. It was a natural birth and everything went beautifully. His name is Enzo. He is beautiful, so sweet ...we're over the moon and our hearts are completely full of love for him...

His birth was the most special moment of my life ... giving birth was truly an unique experience while the love my life holding my hand ... it was the best feeling ever...

I struggled a little to do this post because sometimes, life is really hard, and a couple of days after giving birth to our son we lost one of the most important people in my life, my grandmother.

This has been without a doubt, the toughest week of my life, ad the excitement of finally having our baby and the immense pain of the sudden loss of my grandmother ... it hasn't been easy ... it was horrible .. .

I have cried every day until today and I think it will continue for many more days. Because I miss her so much ... every time I close my eyes I can see her, I can hear her ... but I have to be strong because I know that´s what she would have liked ... I have to be strong for Enzo.

I have the immense sadness because she was unable to embrace our son. I only wished she could see his great-grandson Enzo. She was so excited about the birth ... but I know that she´s doing it from heaven ... she's caring for Enzo and accompanying us ...

I couldn't say goodbye to her, but no matter ... because wherever I go, wherever WE go,  she will always be with us ...

We love you Enzo.

We love you Grandma.

"Elephants" - Original watercolour by CATITA ILUSTRTATIONS

Today we are happy to present this amazing illustration. This is an original watercolor piece, titled "Elephants" work of our good friend and great artist Rita Sousa and her design studio "Catita Ilustrations". She painted this especially for Enzo and the result is  fascinating ... really all her work is wonderful so I would like to recommend a visit to her tumblr (ritacatitailustration.tumblr.com). If you want to purchase some of her illustrations you can order through here or by contacting her at this Email.

So you know, if you're looking for cool gifts for cool kids this is your place, CATITA ILUSTRATIONS.

You + Me = ENZO

It's Sunday, the weather has changed to cooler temperatures, it's raining... and today we are 39 weeks pregnant!

The truth is that I have a lot of news... The days pass much slower lately in our house, and here it begins to breathe this special atmosphere of when you are expecting something important ... so far, the most important of my life ... the arrival of our baby.

But for now Enzo seems to have no hurry to make an appearance  ... apparently he's very comfortable in my belly ... Only a mild contraction occasionally reminds me that the date is near and birth could be any time ...

I´m very happy because I feel surprisingly calm, very serene and confident waiting for the moment but without haste or anxiety ... I just want to be at the right time ...

Also Vic is on vacation and this means that thank God I have him close, watching over me and giving me all the love and all the attention possible ... so I couldn't ask for more in this final stretch ...

38 weeks

38 weeks pregnant ... and here we are, waiting patiently for our little baby to be born ... It's a very special feeling and strange at the same time ... I'm still not fully aware that at any time, this sweet creature that has been growing in my belly for the last nine months will be born and we´ll have him with us, in our arms ... THAT is something so magical ... a true miracle of life ...

I know it's soon, and most likely still missing a couple of weeks but gradually the feeling that it can happen at any time is more and more obvious...

Also, last Friday was officially my last day of work, and now I have much more time to rest (I really needed it) This means more time to think and prepare for the birth and what comes next ... it's all so exciting!

These photos are from this afternoon. We went for a walk and I took the opportunity to walk in the fresh water ... certainly the worst are my constantly swollen feet ... but despite that, everything about this pregnancy is/was wonderful and it would be a sin to complain about something ...

Dinner at home: Manu & Debo

Honestly, these past few days I started to cutting down the nightlife ....this is probably because it´s during the night when I have more swollen feet and I find it hard to walk ... I feel like my belly is weighing a ton and really there are days when I feel really uncomfortable ...

For this reason, the best way to continue to have some "socializing nights" is organizing a dinner at our house ... something that you already know that I love!

This past Saturday we were with Manu & Debo, and as always with them we enjoyed a wonderful night that lasted until very late... It's great when you're with someone talking and talking and suddenly you realize that it's 4 am ... that means you've been enjoying so much!

I have to admit it was my mother who prepared this tasty meal ... she knew I was going to organize a dinner that night at my house and made this recipe full of love for me (her poor pregnant daughter) she prepared this delicious grilled apple chicken to save us the effort...she´s undoubtedly the best mother in the world!

Nursery in progress

Now, yes, I think the countdown has begun ... I'm officially 37 weeks pregnant and will be 38 weeks next Sunday ... So my doctor said that my pregnancy is at term and birth from now on could be any time ... even so, in a normal situation I would be given birth at 40 weeks pregnancy. 

But just in case ... I prefer to go slowly. Having everything prepared and to avoid the typical last minute stress ... So this week we prepared our baby Enzo's crib...

Maybe it's a little early because the first months he will be in his bassinet, with us, in our bedroom, but maybe sometime during the day, I can put him a little bit in his crib to slowly getting used to his room ... Anyway, I was tremendously happy when I finally saw his crib ready and I sincerely believe that the result has been beautiful ... What do you think?

Tomorrow I will go back to my weekly appointments with my doctor to do monitoring, ultrasound, etc ... and I can not wait to return to see our little boy on screen.

Orzán Revive

This past weekend, a group of artists organized a festival entitled "Orzán revive", in order to revitalize this neighborhood of A Coruña.

There was music, workshops (theater, magic, photography, painting, dance ...) and craft market.

So despite getting up with a sore throat and having a light cold, after eating we dropped by. Honestly I have to say I expected a little more ... I dunno, everything seemed a bit "flavorless". But I hope this was just the first edition of something, that in the future, will be really worthwhile ...