I was crazy, too. I went on a jog and met up with her to make sure she made it home ok. But did I do the smart thing she did? Drink water? No way (do you know what fish do in the stuff?)! I had my morning coffee instead.
Hey- I'm trying to get healthy for our boy and his mama, but I can't give up everything!
19 July 2005
Still crazy after all these months
Here she is at 39 weeks returning from her speedwalk. Ok, maybe just a walk, but with the humidity and heat, I have a tough time outside (I almost melt) and here she is guzzling the water and glowing like a star.
14 July 2005
trying to sleep
Not even in bed, but resting (un)comfortably on her chair. Hard to find a(ny) good position to relax, but she still looks wonderful. I am the luckiest guy in the world. I can't wait to meet our little one and see him in her arms.
38 Weeks and getting ready
for bed! Well, you might think that she is getting ready to go to sleep. But the little guy will have none of that! And he is not even out yet. With all the kicking, stretching, moving, nerve pinching that is happening in utero, we anxiously wonder what the little one will be like when he finally decides to leave the womb.
06 July 2005
counting down....
Here we are at 37 weeks. With a doctor's visit that told us we are progressing- the baby has presented himself, engaging the pelvic bone, mama's cervix has begun to efface and dilate, and the anxiety has generally increased. But more importantly, our excitement has multiplied.
However, this baby seems to have a mind of his own (which is a good thing) and just takes his own time to do what he will eventually do. At least mama has something to do with the table - uhh, belly - until he comes!
However, this baby seems to have a mind of his own (which is a good thing) and just takes his own time to do what he will eventually do. At least mama has something to do with the table - uhh, belly - until he comes!
21 June 2005
Father's (to be) Day
Today was a day to celebrate all those wonderful daddys out there...as
well as those daddy's to be! One thing is for sure, Adam has already
proven to be an amazing, patient, loving, nurturing , and wonderful
father (not to mention extremely handsome). Can't wait to see what
he's like once baby arrives. Here is papa to be in our little village
by the harbour. What a hottie!
Love, caro
well as those daddy's to be! One thing is for sure, Adam has already
proven to be an amazing, patient, loving, nurturing , and wonderful
father (not to mention extremely handsome). Can't wait to see what
he's like once baby arrives. Here is papa to be in our little village
by the harbour. What a hottie!
Love, caro
35!
Mama to be at 35 weeks. The doctor said 5 more weeks to go, and it wouldn't be surprising if he stays in there a little longer too. I hope not! - love, caro
15 June 2005
Mom at 34 weeks
A lovely photo by our dear friend Emily who visited us from far-off Venice. (That's CA not Italy.)
The new baby home!
Here is mama (and baby in the belly!) testing out our new star cradle for our new addition. When we saw this is some magazine, long ago, we thought it would be perfect when we finally get pregnant. Well, it never left our minds, and after months of searching we found it!
Here's to years of sweet dreams for our son.
Here's to years of sweet dreams for our son.
Baby's new home - almost
Here I am in the middle of putting together one of a bunch of things that comes with having a new home and new baby. But this one is very different- it's where turbababy will be sleeping for the first few months of his life!
08 June 2005
Mama on the way to Lamaze
Look how happy she is! Even anticipating the information we will learn at Lamaze makes her smile. What an incredible mom already. The poor thing has to take a train to her lamaze class and even then can't contain her excitement.
We learned so much there, but there were times when all the women seemed to have white knuckles and dropped jaws - though their appearances improved when the nurse informed us about pain relief options (and the post-delivery drinks!)
We learned so much there, but there were times when all the women seemed to have white knuckles and dropped jaws - though their appearances improved when the nurse informed us about pain relief options (and the post-delivery drinks!)
27 May 2005
Week 32!
Only eight official weeks to go! Reality keeps setting in, from the size of mama's belly, the actions of the baby, mama's work coming to an end for a while, dad fixing up the baby's room, the crib and bedding being ordered, the cradle arriving and rocking in the living room, to the excitement that we have and the interest even strangers take in our new addition. The baby is about 4 pounds already, and almost 12 inches long. Hopefully, he will grow an a usual pace that doesn't reflect the size of the belly, and mama will have an easy labor and a healthy and happy baby boy.
22 May 2005
over 30 weeks!
after a morning of lots of walking around, Caro needs to take a load off. Unfortunately for Adam, there were no benches around.
A little more than two months to go and feeling fine (just a bit heavy).
A little more than two months to go and feeling fine (just a bit heavy).
11 May 2005
mom and dad to be
here is the mom and dad to be with the soon to be mom wearing the pregnancy top of the mom of the soon to be dad. got it?
belly in the nursery
Here we are just a week later and the baby just won't stop! He's moving and swimming and kicking like a bundle of energy. On Mother's day, he went for 4 hours straight!
04 May 2005
third trimester
That's right! Week 28 has come and we are definitely into the third trimester. Mom is doing well, even if she isn't getting enough sleep because the little buckeroo likes to practice gymnastics in the middle night. Papa has finally started to wind down with his semester- only a few more things to finish up, so he has had time to update as you can see.
That photo is totally untouched- we are asked constantly if it's twins, or "how many minutes left?" and people are surprised to hear we have almost three months to go! But she just grows more beautiful each day and i have more to love.
That photo is totally untouched- we are asked constantly if it's twins, or "how many minutes left?" and people are surprised to hear we have almost three months to go! But she just grows more beautiful each day and i have more to love.
28 April 2005
caro with babyclothes
It is so hard for us to walk by a baby store lately without at least going in to look around. And every once in a while, we see something that turbababy just has to have. Doesn't mama look so wonderful?
22 April 2005
caro back from work
here is the gorgeous mom in her adorable overalls trecking from the train to the apartment in our new country home.
This week has been incredibly active for all three of us. Baby is moving and dancing and responding to our voices and playing patty-cakes through the mama's belly. Mom is busy at work with numerous events and finds herself tuckered out every night- but not too much that she can't sing to baby. Dad just had a crazy couple of weeks preparing for a competition presentation for one of his architecture projects- and they made the finals!! Only two weeks to go to see if they win.
This week has been incredibly active for all three of us. Baby is moving and dancing and responding to our voices and playing patty-cakes through the mama's belly. Mom is busy at work with numerous events and finds herself tuckered out every night- but not too much that she can't sing to baby. Dad just had a crazy couple of weeks preparing for a competition presentation for one of his architecture projects- and they made the finals!! Only two weeks to go to see if they win.
21 April 2005
stuff
people have been asking if we have registered somewhere for the baby. We really haven't because we are strange and have particular tastes. It seems no one website has more than a few things we like. So, we createad a spot where we put things we like http://turbababy.blogspot.com
Registries have always been a strange concept to us. We don't want you to think we are asking for this stuff. But if you want to see what kind of stuff we like, please take a look. Feel no obligation... only love.
Registries have always been a strange concept to us. We don't want you to think we are asking for this stuff. But if you want to see what kind of stuff we like, please take a look. Feel no obligation... only love.
26 weeks
and still going strong, despite the belly!
Caro is continuing to walk almost every day and feeling good in spite of learning how to adjust to very little sleep.
Caro is continuing to walk almost every day and feeling good in spite of learning how to adjust to very little sleep.
01 April 2005
Oh My Goodness!
We have had a visit to the hospital! Caro has had some cramping and pains and the doctors have sent us into labor and delivery!
It was quite a scary experience. With all the pain and being in the maternity ward, it sure seemed quite real at the time. But luckily, the only thing Caro gave "birth" to was a kidney stone!
It was quite a scary experience. With all the pain and being in the maternity ward, it sure seemed quite real at the time. But luckily, the only thing Caro gave "birth" to was a kidney stone!
Daddy and Caro Hospital
We are so lucky that dad was here for this traumatic experience. Especially since he is usually all the way in Argentina. We are just keeping our fingers crossed that everything will be ok.
In case you haven't figured it out....
This was our April Fools Joke, but seriously, we did have a scare last week, but everything seems to be ok with with mom and baby. And we got to spend a lot of quality time listening and watching young turba.
Don't worry - when the baby is born, you'll find out before we blog it.
Don't worry - when the baby is born, you'll find out before we blog it.
31 March 2005
23 weeks
At 23 weeks this dog (Amanda's Boo) has a comfortable perch to rest upon. I can't believe she is only 5 months!!
Daddy & Maternity Clothes
We went to California last week and visited our brother, Bernie, and his fiance Amanda and our good friends Emily and Josh. And we were surprised by Dad coming to visit!!! So Caro surprised him back by taking him maternity clothes shopping. Can't you tell how much he enjoyed it?
19 March 2005
His face
I swear the higlighted section is his face- people say they have trouble seeing it, but if you were there, watching him swim and stretch, you saw his hands wave and his face was clear as day.
His profile
That's right!!!! We are having a baby boy! The discovery of the gender of our baby puts this whole thing in a new light. We no longer have to refer to 'it', but now we have a 'him'. A whole new sense of realization sets in and the whole Turba house is all smiles.
04 March 2005
First ultrasound of the day
Mama and pop are so excited to see young turba's heartbeat and head. Unfortunately, we still didn't know too much about baby- the doctor's ultrasound machine isn't as clear as the place we went to later this day. Tune in for the results soon!
At the doctor's
Here is mama as she waits for the doctor... she has discovered that we will get an early preview as the ultrasound machine is in the room!
20 Weeks!
We have made it half way! We wanted to post a photo of the proud parents as they were getting ready to go visit the doctor for mama's checkup and our ultrasound appointment....
22 February 2005
Week 18
After a long holiday weekend, we have finally gotten around to a new post. We celebrated the weekend and the 18th week with a trip to the Gates in Central Park. Here is the beautiful mama-to-be as she gets ready for the trip. (ps - she finally passed 36 inches for her belly!!!)
08 February 2005
week 16
Ok, ok... it took us a while to get our week 16 photo up--- we have been busy lining up a new home for us and baby turba!
Anyways, we tried to 'divine' the gender of baby turba. We used the same technique my mom did with me- tie the wedding ring to a string and hold it over the belly. If it goes back and forth, its a boy. If it goes in circles, its a girl.
When we tried, it just spun around. Then it went back and forth, then around in circles, then back and forth again. If we aren't having triplets (which we aren't!) I don't know anymore now than I knew before (at least about the baby's gender :-))
Anyways, we tried to 'divine' the gender of baby turba. We used the same technique my mom did with me- tie the wedding ring to a string and hold it over the belly. If it goes back and forth, its a boy. If it goes in circles, its a girl.
When we tried, it just spun around. Then it went back and forth, then around in circles, then back and forth again. If we aren't having triplets (which we aren't!) I don't know anymore now than I knew before (at least about the baby's gender :-))
04 February 2005
Week 16
We should have some more mama photos to post soon, but we have been busy celebrating another birth- well an anniversary of the papa's birth. We also listened to some more music this week, most notably was Brahm's Seven Fantasias.
Mama is very excited about the quickening that should be happening soon. She swears (and I don't doubt it) that she felt it kick last night! This little creature develops so fast and we are just so excited to meet it, but we are taking every opportunity to enjoy each day.
On that note, any music suggestions are welcome and appreciated!
Mama is very excited about the quickening that should be happening soon. She swears (and I don't doubt it) that she felt it kick last night! This little creature develops so fast and we are just so excited to meet it, but we are taking every opportunity to enjoy each day.
On that note, any music suggestions are welcome and appreciated!
30 January 2005
week 15 and on
we have had some requests for photos of the dad to be and since the dad to be is busy making sure he is in shape to take care of mom and baby, this photo is fitting.
On another note, we had a wonderful music session on Friday night- we listened to Bach's two and three part inventions, played by Glenn Gould.
On another note, we had a wonderful music session on Friday night- we listened to Bach's two and three part inventions, played by Glenn Gould.
28 January 2005
week 15
well today is week 15... last night we began playing music for young turba. The first song I had to play was mama's favorite: John Coltrane's My Favorite Things. I couldn't think of a better way to introuce yt to music! Then we changed gears a bit, Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusic and Bach's first Cello Sonata. It was a wonderful way to end an evening, the three of us curled up in bed, listening....
23 January 2005
14 weeks!
First trimester solidly behind us and we heard the baby's heartbeat yesterday. It changed from a whoosh-whoosh sound 4 weeks ago to a more train like beat.
Mom is doing well, and dad is getting ready for school to start. We are looking forward to our next ultrasound!
Mom is doing well, and dad is getting ready for school to start. We are looking forward to our next ultrasound!
17 January 2005
13 weeks....
and 34 1/2 inches! We have passed the first trimester and mommy enjoyed a weekend of maternity clothes shopping!
11 January 2005
welcome
I finally decided to try blogging - and it's about time. A lot of things are changing in my life and I figured why not add another? The biggest (and happiest) change of my life is that my wife, Carolina, and I will be adding to our family. The turba twosome will become a turba trio in July!
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