Welcome Rodolfo Xavier Quinonez

Rodolfo Xavier Quinonez. Born at 12:25 AM on 5/4/09. 7lbs 13oz, 21 inches. Mother and baby are doing well

Pictures coming soon...

Quinonez Baby Shower Game

Here are the guesses from the guessing game we did at the Quinonez Baby Shower. Sorry to those who already lost. For those who have 4/29, it's not looking good.

Date Time Sex Guesser's Name
04/14/09 07:09:00 PM F Lulu
04/15/09 11:43:00 AM M Jeremiah
04/16/09 11:15:00 PM M David R
04/17/09 10:00:00 AM M Sandra R
04/26/09 10:50:00 PM F Bobbie
04/28/09 02:01:00 AM M Mike
04/28/09 03:00:00 PM F Juanis
04/29/09 12:54:00 PM F Yazmeen
04/30/09 04:00:00 PM F Michelle
04/30/09 05:05:00 AM F Veronica
04/30/09 08:30:00 AM F Heidi
05/01/09 11:33:00 AM F Melanie
05/01/09 10:30:00 PM M Mary G
05/01/09 04:20:00 AM M Tommy
05/01/09 06:00:00 PM F Rodolfo Sr.
05/02/09 10:40:00 PM M Jairo
05/03/09 03:57:00 PM M Rudy
05/03/09 11:55:00 PM F Nancy
05/03/09 06:45:00 AM M Tia Luzita
05/04/09 10:45:00 PM M Melissa
05/05/09 06:15:00 AM F Lorena
05/05/09 10:53:00 PM M Rusty
05/07/09 07:00:00 AM M Ralph G
05/09/09 01:43:00 AM M Cliff
05/12/09 12:00:00 AM F Steve
05/12/09 10:45:00 PM M Gloria

T- 2 days...

We are two days away from our "due date". Just wanted to let everyone know that the baby has yet to arrive. we are still waiting to meet the little one. Rest assured when the action starts I will keep you all posted.

Check out Melanie's new Prenatal Yoga Video

Coming to a video store near you...

Getting ready for the baby's arrival

 
 
 
 

I am nearing the end of my Spring Break from work. It's been amazing! I've had so much time to relax, get things done around the apartment, spend lots of quality time with Emma, and just enjoy being pregnant. Everyday I feel so different. One day I'm energetic and getting tons accomplished, the next day everything is a chore. One day I have hardly any appetite and the next day I'm hungry every hour or so. At least I've been able to roll with the punches since I haven't been to work in a week. The baby has definitely dropped, as I am now getting up about 3 times a night to go to the bathroom and who knows how often I go during the day. S/he is still moving around a lot. There isn't much room for him/her, so it's mainly just stretching, which is a little uncomfortable for me. Sometimes her/his little butt just sticks out the side of my belly for hours and it feels like it is bruising me from the inside, but at least I know s/he is healthy and comfortable. I'm still doing prenatal yoga, which I love, love, love and walking a lot. I thought I'd be more bed-ridden at this point, but I'm managing to stay pretty active (don't get me wrong, Emma and I have had some amazing hour + naps this weeks together).

Rudy and I are just trying to practice patience. We are so eager to meet the baby and now that the apt. is all ready, we have the pediatrician picked out, my hospital bag packed, etc. etc. we just feel so ready. I can't wait! The doctor told us the baby is already 7lbs. based on the head and thigh bone, but I don't know how accurate that is. My friend's baby was over a pound smaller than the doctor told her when her son was born a week later, sooo, we'll just have to wait and see. We are just taking things day by day now, since the baby is officially full term and could join our family at any moment. I'm pushing for Earth Day now, which is also my grandma's birthday - April 22nd. How awesome would that be for me to have my baby on Earth Day!

-Melanie

Way overdue update

So March 28th came and went, which means we are less than a month away from our due date. We have been extremely busy getting the apartment ready for the baby. I feel like all we do in every spare moment is organize, rearrange, and clean (I know Rudy feels the same way). We are really eager and excited for the baby to come though. He or she is moving constantly. I know he/she is getting stronger everyday because the movement is getting more intense, crazy and constant. I definitely feel the connection between the baby and me getting stronger on a daily basis. It’s hard to really explain in words, but I guess it’s all just feeling more and more real everyday. I feel more inclined to talk to the baby, rub my belly when I feel movement and just be present with what is going on inside of me. Not that I didn’t do these things before, but it’s just so much more intense these days – like I said it’s hard to explain it. I’ve been feeling pretty good. I’ve actually had a lot of energy, which is good because work and home have been nonstop. I have had to step in as the acting Assistant Principal for Kinder-2nd grade for the past 2 weeks until our AP returns, which won’t be for another 2 weeks. So I am literally nonstop at work. Then the weekends, as I already said, are packed with getting things ready for the baby. I try to take it easy on the weekday evenings, with yoga and just spending time with Rudy and Emma. Unfortunately, at night I haven’t been sleeping well. If I do fall asleep fairly easy I’m still up constantly to go to the bathroom or get comfortable or for just no apparent reason at all. This makes me exhausted when my alarm goes off at 5 for work. I guess it’s all in preparation for becoming a mom, though. I still get some nice naps in on the subway every now and then J. Overall, I am just getting really excited to meet this little one. I’m not nervous or scared for the delivery at all. I’m actually excited about that too. I’ve just been doing my best to not listen to horror stories of labor and delivery that for some reason everyone is so eager to tell me. I just nod politely and then put it out of my head. I’m beginning to think that’s why so many women feel the need to get epidurals and such, everyone tells them how horrible it’s going to be so they anticipate that and of course that’s what you’ll get, with being so nervous and tense. I was thinking about how animals just give birth with seeming little pain and anxiety. No one is telling stories to them weeks prior of how horrible it’s going to be, so I’m taking that approach. I’ll have my own experience, good or bad, it’ll be my own and not what others have told me it would be.
Here is a picture of Melissa and I at my school baby shower about a month ago and another one of me at my NYC baby shower last week.

Our first post

Hello Everyone!

So it's taking us a bit longer than expected to get this blog up but with no further ado here it is. Things are going great here on the East Coast with the exception of the freezing cold. Melanie is now 24 weeks(beginning her 6th month) pregnant and looking great. She's been active and hasn't had any of those weird cravings or sicknesses that come along with being prego since the first trimester so here's to praying it stays that way.

She's been feeling a lot of movement, kicks in particular, so I guess we have the next coming of Hugo Sanchez in her belly :) Although we don't know the sex so maybe its Mia Hamm, guess we'll find out when the baby is delivered. We feel that Emma and the baby have a special connection or our plotting something mischievous. Emma lays on Melanie's belly and feels the baby's kicks frequently.

We'll do our best to keep this updated. Feel free to comment or ask questions.

For your viewing pleasure here are some photos of me and, oh yea, Mel too.

12/13/08 After Rudy's Holiday Party
(The shadow makes me look bigger than I was :)



12/14/08 Melanie staying hydrated



Melanie's new Chirstmas Sweater
12/25/08

Most recent profile view
1/06/09


She still has her smile to go along with that belly
1/6/09


Emma and Melanie doing what they do best...
1/6/09

Signing off -Rudy & Melanie