Update.....

Ross put some pictures on the blog so I guess that means that I need to explain them. On wednesday I wasn't feeling good and was having a back ache plus my belly felt tight all the time. I figured it was just practicing but by the next morning, I was a little worried about what was going on. We went to our Dr's appt and she told me that I was having contractions and she sent me over to the hospital. So we were there about 5 hours while they monitored me. I was having pretty regular contractions so they gave me a shot of terbutaline and then sent me home on "modified bedrest" and instructed me to take Nifedipine every 6 hours. So that ended my time working. I am feeling okay except the nifedipine gives me a bad headache every time I take it. I am hoping that the doctor will tell me that everything is okay with me just taking it easy when I see her next week and will take me off the medicine. So I went from being busy most days to having lots of free time. I am not entirely sure what my bedrest restrictions should be but I plan to still go to my showers and just stay off my feet most of the time. Plus we still have a few things to get ready for the baby. He just needs to stay put for another 5-6 weeks or so. So that is what the picture is- me in the hospital waiting for the nurse to come in and monitor me. The baby's heart rate looked good so that was reassuring.





Ross did a great job getting the baby's room ready. This is the paint that we used which Ross wants everyone to see that it says " Safe for mom and baby" but doesn't say anything about the daddy especially since he was the one who did all of the painting





Of course we are concerned about daddy. And he did a great job with the baby room. Plus is doing a great job of taking care of me since I can't do as much now. Plus he is doing well in school and learning all about labor and delivery and pediatrics.



Spring is here and I am so excited about the warm weather- and the start of baseball season. Ross has been busy getting his pond and garden area all fixed up for the start of the warm weather. He has a talent for landscaping and gardening. This is the koi pond that he built.





One of the beautiful flowers from Ross' garden.




Finally we are posting pictures of the baby's room. Ross loves fish so I thought that would be a cute theme for the room. He painted and we put up the wallpaper border. And he put all the furniture together. We think that it ended up looking really cute. Ross also painted bubbles all over the walls which he is still putting the finishing touches on. Plus we have some pictures to hang up. But it is nice for me to know the baby's room is ready and makes it seems a lot more real that soon we will have another member of our family.






Another view of the nursery.










Ross is painting the baby's room. He did it all by himself and I thought that he did a wonderful job.




Here is Ross putting together the baby furniture. Proud soon to be daddy





Ross and my dad went to a Warriors game in January. I know Ross loves basketball and I am not really interested in going to I bought tickets for he and my dad to go. I didn't realize how expensive basketball tickets were since I am used to pretty cheap A's tickets, so that is why they are sitting so high up. But I think they enjoyed the game although the Lakers won.

So that is our update. Hopefully the rest of my pregnancy will be uneventful although the bedrest part is a little upsetting for me. But I'll make the most of it.

My Birthday

I would have loved to go somewhere far away for my birthday but since that wasn't in the life plans right now, Ross and i just spent the day in San Jose checking out places we have never been before. We went to a Japanese garden so Ross could check out the Koi fish and feed them. Plus it was beautiful weather. Then we went to the Tech Museum. It was okay. Lots of hands on things. They have this projection wall where the "butterflies" land all over you when you lean against it. So that is what I am doing in this picture. Plus I have been getting requests to see my pregnant belly so here it is. Not too huge or anything but enough to make me uncomfortable.





Ross' turn to catch all of the butterflies. Looked better in real life. Ross chose the pictures.



This robot thing spells out whatever name you tell it

Jean posing by the DNA double helix books

Oh Man! Im moving to Mars. Its showing only 50% of my weight.

Japanese Friendship garden in San Jose, CA . I guess I am looking a little pregnant

We also went out for ice cream with some friends for my birthday. This is Naiomi posing at the creamery

Tamara and I at the Ice creamery- with the beautiful orchid that she bought me for my birthday. And my belly since I have been getting requests to show it off

The It has been so long Update!

It has been a while since I have thought about updating our blog. There seems to be so much else to do these days. We have been in the process of cleaning out our extra room to make space for the baby. It took a while to figure out what to do with everything but finally the room is empty and waiting to be painted. We decided on an ocean theme for the nursery. Ross has a bit of a passion for fish and i am sure that he will share that with his son. I guess I didn't blog about that. We had our 20 week ultrasound at the beginning of January and they said they were 100% sure it is a boy. I admit that I was thinking it would be nice to have a girl. But I am getting used to the idea that there is a boy growing inside of me. No, we haven't picked a name out yet. That is harder than i thought it would be. We were glad to see on the ultrasound that he looks healthy and the doctor informed us that he has very long toes. I am only nauseated every now and then in the morning- mostly on those days that I get up early for work. I feel good most of the time- I am just starting to feel uncomfortable as my belly seems to be expanding at a more rapid pace. I told Ross today that I can't imagine 14 more weeks of getting even bigger. I am not going to be able to eat or sleep. Labor scares me but I will be so ready to have the baby I am sure. I am still working my 12 hour shifts but I start waddling around by the end so I am considering switching to 8 hour shifts soon if I can. I am grateful that I have been healthy so far.
Ross started his new semester of nursing school. He is studying pediatrics, labor and delivery, and maternal/newborn. Perfect timing. So far he is enjoying his pediatric clinical rotation. He has been busy but less stressed than that first semester. Which is nice because I need his help a lot more these days- especially with getting the room ready. He is already planning what he and his son are going to do together.

Here are a few pictures to update the last couple of months





Ross & my family went to the Academy of Science in San Francisco during Christmas break. I was home immobile due to a back injury and was disappointed that I missed most of the Christmas break fun. They have a cool Philippine coral reef at the Academy which was a smaller scale of what we saw where we were there this summer

My cousins Caitlin and Chelsea, my brother Matthew and my mom at the Academy of Science

The line was so long!!!

We stayed here for Christmas. We celebrated Christmas eve and part of Christmas day at my parent's house and then we went over to my grandparents house to see the extended family. Liz and I made my grandma a scrapbook of pictures from our family reunion in July since she kept telling me she didn't have any pictures of the event. She really loved seeing pictures of all the family and I think it is a nice tribute to them to see how their posterity has grown.





Here I am opening presents on Christmas day. My parents paid for us to get our kitchen floor tiled as our christmas present. Ross helped out as well. Our kitchen looks a lot nicer with a new floor. Thanks Mom & Dad!

Baby Boy Ybanez at 20 weeks

It's a boy! I guess he wasn't shy about letting us know

Matthew loves his Ipod, new noise cancelling headphones, and was happy to entertain us all

Things I've done

I found this and thought it was fun- it reminds me of all the fun and memorable things I have done in my life and the many more that I want to do:
The ones in bold are the things I have done

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain- small ones count right
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea- from shore but not on a boat
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked- just in Provo
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run- I kicked a homerun in kickball-does that count?
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie-Does homemade count?
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby- SOON!
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Seen Mount Rushmore in person
101. Learned to play an instrument

Happy Holidays!

So time for another update. Good news- I am finally feeling better. I went to disneyland last weekend with my friend sheree and her two kids and I felt so good! I was so happy to have my apetite back and enjoyed food with a gusto- I had a corndog, pretzel, ice cream, chimichanga etc. It is so nice to feel like myself again- sort of. I read in my pregnancy book about the different symptoms/ailments that can happen while pregnant and I sure seem to have a lot of them. But the nausea was the worst.
So as I said, I went to disneyland with my friend sheree for the weekend. I always love it there at christmas time. There were big crowds but we were still about to see most everything. And it was fun to see the kids experience the rides and remember my first time as a kid at Disneyland. I was able to see my friend Heather briefly which was a nice bonus. I was exhausted by the time we got home though. Three days at disneyland is so much work! Then it was back to my job that makes all that fun possible. Having a mellow day at work is a rarity. So I am taking it easy today to recover from my week.
I also went to Nebraska with my family for thanskgiving to visit my brother Tom and his family. It was fun to play with my nephew Christian and get to know him better. For some reason, he liked to throw toys at my head. We had a good time spending time as a family- although it was a rough week for my nausea and vomiting and it grossed Amanda out as she loudly let us all know. Someday I hope to repay the favor when she is sick and pregnant. My mom took me to the store and bought me my first maternity clothes so now I don't have to just wear my pants unbuttoned.
Ross has finals this week so he is studying hard. I am looking forward to his weeks off because I have missed spending time with him. Plus, I am already working on his to do list. I can't even imagine now how we are going to make room for a baby. We have a whole room of stuff that will have to be cleared out- and go where? Although I know that we are very blessed and could get by on much less than what we have.
That is pretty much it here. We find out in 3 weeks if we are having a boy or girl- hopefully if baby cooperates. I haven't even started getting ready for Christmas- I remember growing up and hitting Walmart and the Dollar store the day before Christmas. Someday I'll plan ahead better.
I hope all of you are happy and enjoying the holidays!

Ybanito

So it has been a while since I last updated our blog but I do have a good reason. I have not been feeling well for the past couple of months and below you can see pictures of the reason why. Ross and I found out during our anniversary weekend in September that I am pregnant. The first couple weeks were great and then the morning sickness hit. Although it has been more like 24/7 sickness. And sometimes at night. So I haven't been able to do too much- just try to make it through work and rest when I can. We are excited about our little Ybanito (as my friend Sheree calls him/her). I am due May 23rd so we still have a ways to go. But I am still waiting for that magical day when the nausea goes away and I finally have an apetite. I thought pregnant women got to eat ice cream and milkshakes. But none of that sounds good to me right now. So that is our major news. Ross has been working hard at school and is almost done with his first semester. I am going to Nebraska with my family next week for Thanksgiving to visit my brother and his family. And then i am looking forward to the Christmas holidays when I will have Ross to myself- no school! So sorry I haven't been in touch much. I didn't realize how rough the first couple of months were going to be. But we finally felt ready to share our news.

Our 12th week ultrasound. You can see baby's profile and baby stretching its legs. They can't tell much yet on the ultrasound but I was excited to see legs and arms and a mouth, nose and eyes.

Baby's alien face. Staring right at the ultrasound probe. The tech had a difficult time getting the right image because the baby didn't want to cooperate. So Daddy gave the baby a peptalk after the tech left the room to get the doctor to do the ultrasound herself. Doesn't the baby look like Daddy:-) ?

BYU Freshman Memories

I was recently reminiscing a little about my college days- now several years ago which is hard to believe- as I was thinking about my friend Heather. So i pulled out some of my old pictures and had my sister scan them for me so I could post a few. We sure had a fun time our freshman year at BYU. I've enjoyed getting in contact again with a few of my freshman friends. Someday I'll have to pull out some more pictures. These are mostly of Heather and I. We lived in the Helaman Halls dorms together and were practically attached at the hip. So to Heather- thanks for all the fun memories. I remember when i was in college and people would say "I wish i was in college again" and I thought they were a little crazy because college was hard! But now I understand what they meant. The friends, fun, challenges and successes were once in a lifetime experiences.

Before Preference

I guess Heather was not allowing me to leave her room

Before a football game

Halloween Homegirlz!

Before Homecoming

Proud of very 1st snowman

Karaoke night at our apartment

Heather and I