Furniture finally!!!

The update: We get our furniture tomorrow!!! Yay!! Tomorrow will be interesting for sure, but I can't wait to sit in the glider we bought to rock Sofia in. I think it will become my new bed! I have to sleep elevated these days.

Well Tom told me today that he got a call about our furniture, and it shall be delivered on Monday!!! I am so glad! FINALLY! He is going to try and get TMO to get it here sooner, as they told us we would get an immediate drop off. At this point I know it may be wrong, but if they have to reschedule someone one else I really want them to. I know we are the only ones that have been waiting this long.
I got a letter today from our Japanese relatives in Tokyo, and they want to come out and visit after the baby is born. I am really excited to meet them, and it will be great if they can come when Bobbie and my mom come out.
That is all for now, and there may not be too many posts in the next few weeks, as we will be unloading all our stuff. I will post for sure when we finish the nursery and I have pictures. I will also post after my next OB appt.
Hope all is well with everyone!

33 week Dr. appt.

Ok well today I am a hefty 153.5....no I am not willing to round up at this point!! I am supposed to gain 1 lb a week from here on out and Sofia gains .5 of that. I am going to have a lot of work ahead of me getting back to normal, but I am still hoping it is mostly baby and fluids, and will magically disappear after delivery! hahhahha
The Dr. was impressed with all of Sofia's moving while checking for the heartbeat once again. No direct punch to the wand thing, but she is head down and I think that makes it a little hard. She estimated Sofia at 5 lbs already, and gave me the okay for labor stimulation around August 18th. Hopefully my end of August delivery will work out, as she will be around 7 lbs by then. That sounds good to me...don't want to deliver too much bigger! No worries everyone...her lungs will be mature by then.
Next appt. is tentative for August 17th with an OB, but I am trying to get an earlier one with another midwife. Unfortunately the midwife I have been seeing is booked until my 38th week, so I have to see someone else for my 36th week appt.
Will post pick later with belly and interesting belly button.

This weekend

Well I was talking with Stella today, and sharing what new problems I am having. Realized I should blog about it cause it got her laughing!
So New Issue #1 - my belly has distended a little. Let me explain....so when you go to sit down to use the toilet you need to pull your undies down....so as I do this I need to bend a little cause there is a huge belly in my way, but this leads to my undies getting caught in between my thighs and my belly, so now what do I do....just pull really hard on the undies hoping they don't break! It is working for now, but I still have 4 weeks...will keep you posted.
New Issue #2 - I now officially have 2 a*#holes (sorry could not fined better term). See for most women the belly button will pop out like a meat thermometer in Thanksgiving turkey, but mine just decided to spread and hence now looks like a perfect a*^hole. Lovely.
Today we decided to drag our borrowed top mattress into the living room, so I can enjoy my Braxton Hicks with a movie or TV. Tom's foot is swollen and hurting, and we don't know why, but he will go to the Dr. tomorrow. So as we sit on the mattress...me in pain and practicing my breathing techniques, and Tom with his foot up on a chair with a bag of ice tied around his foot with a dishcloth we are quite the pair!

Sofia's hiccups

So I have been wondering how Sofia is positioned...I can't tell what is what. I mean it is either hands or feet, butt or head, or whole body twists . So I got my answer for today at least when she got the hiccups....which is an odd feeling all together anyway. It is repetitive feeling, and is not a punch or kick. Anyhow her head is in my left hip to center pelvis area with hands toward right hip, and feet towards right ribs....butt in the place where my stomach used to be! Well I can't complain because she is positioned ready to vacate the premises early as possible. Already a wonderful child!! Just finished kick counts and 10 kicks in 6 min, so still good there. Then she gave an encore of hands and feet movements at the same time...I think along with a head nod or twitch, so my belly looked like moving jello. What is really interesting is when she decides to kick or press on my diaphragm and I feel like I need to cough and can't breath at the same time. Good times. Well tonight's story is "The Runaway Bunny", and then we are off to bed...well I am at least. Sofia will be up periodically making sure I am aware that the 2 Tbs of wee in my bladder are unacceptable and need to be dealt with immediately. Yep - good times.

My favorite clothes so far with more coming and backyard pics

ok well I have been bored, so I took some pics.
The first is our "backyard" shade side garden - Hostas and fern.
Next is sunny side with water garden, and the cat likes to try and eat it as you can see. Still need to add a little soil to pot on right...working on that!
3rd is the view. Ocean at a distance, and green river towards bottom left. Bird netting is a little non zen but it keeps out the pigeon poop. We still need to get a chair and cafe table, but haven't found one we like yet.

And then we have my favorite outfits! There are still more coming from the shower in Phoenix, and I have to admit I started buying for 9-12...I just can't help it and we also only received hand me downs for up to 6 months, so we need 6-12 months anyway! Like how I justify it!? Anyhow...First are the dresses, then the cute Carters duck thing with hat for newborn...I just think it is going to be too hot to bring her home in it, but it is cute! Next we have footy pj's - love all the little animal face feet! One of the best hand me downs we got was the cute onsie with diaper cover with a big butterfly on the butt. How cute!! Then we get out of 0-3 months and head to the colder months - hence the pants. The yellow one says "Off to Grandma's house...had to get it even though both Grandmas live a few hours away...maybe we will need to make a visit back to the states at this time! The blue one says "I will always be Daddy's girl". Awwww...had to buy it! Last is the 6-9 months dress and cute tank onsie that says "I'm so sweet" with terry shorts. How cute is this going to be with flip flops and a hat at the beach?? I think tomorrow I will take pics of my fancy ride, so check back later!

Furniture "eventually"

"Eventually" is now our new phrase for these types of situations, which I think we can now downgrade to a SNAFU. It was provided by Tom #1 (senior Tom), and we like it! Thanks Tom! We have been informed as of this morning that the ETA into Naha is July 25th...let's emphasize the "estimated" part there...or maybe we can say "eventual" time of arrival! Just don't want to get too high hoped these days!
So if all goes well, but who are we kidding there! hahahhahhah! Our stuff should clear customs and be up here at Courtney by 8-1-10. So that gives 2-3 weeks until the kid has a possibility of showing up, so I think we are ok. It will be a little rushed and stressful, but we will be ok.
4 months without furniture is kind of life altering. I sort of realize how dependent we are on electronic forms of entertainment, and I have a new love and appreciation for the small things like your own bed and pillow, curtains or sun blocking apparatuses, and thank god for internet and streaming radio!
The commanding general of Tom's division is holding a welcome aboard families talk tonight for the spouses and kids. He seems like a really nice guy, and very family oriented. He offered to do what he can about our furniture situation, and I am at least hoping between him and the super horrible ICE report I am going to write that this company will need to change a few things regarding customer service.
I finally got Tom to show me how to work that chunk of metal and buttons that is a camera. I ask him if there is a way for me to just point and shoot, and he says yes, but you will need to adjust the light aperture or something. Are all of you as confused as me. What the hell is light aperture!? So had to explain that I just want to turn it on, press button, and voila there is a picture in the camera...and a decent one at that. Ahhh so there is an automatic mode on that thing, so I will snap and upload to my hearts content these next few days. Tom has duty and that means my monopoly buddy won't be available, so have to find other forms of entertainment.
oh yeah and this is my actual belly now...the last picture was a bit too flattering...I had to tell Tom we needed documentary style.

Bad news

Well we woke up this morning with a call from the Main TMO inbound guy, and not good news. Seems that our furniture has not even left Long Beach yet! It is supposed to leave sometime this week, and from there maybe take 1 month or so to be at our front door. WOW! Didn't see that one coming. So pending there are no other hurdles....hahhahah yeah right....we should get everything by the time I am 35-36 weeks. That gives us about 1-2 weeks to set up the nursery and house! So we are setting up a loaner car seat from our neighbor who graciously gave us their spare bed a few days ago. Can't even describe how nice it is to be off the air mattress! Then later we are going to the PX to pick out a bassinet or something. We are going to hold out buying for as long as possible, and might even be a call to one of our friends while we are in labor at the hospital to go pick up the bassinet and bring it by the hospital or whatever. Thank goodness we already have the diapers, clothes, and all of the other little items from the baby showers! Well that is it for now.

29 week appt.

Well I am a seriously huge 147 lbs now! I would like to think mostly belly and water retention, but we will see after this is all over! Started to get stretch marks on the underside of my belly, which the Dr, showed me with a mirror...fabulous. Sofia is still very active....at the Dr. office she punched the doppler when the Dr. put it on to find the heartbeat! It was funny...the Dr. said "Wow". Looks like she is super feisty this days! I can't wait to meet her! Right now I think her butt is up towards my stomach..feels pretty big and hard there. Everything else was normal...talked with the Dr. about naturally stimulating labor after 37 weeks, and she said fine, so August 25th here we come!!

This weekend not much going on...I am so tired and achy these days that I am not really up for sight seeing. Went and saw Knight and Day last night...actually pretty good...funny! I think we may go search more for a dining table....that way we can give the government one back.

Sofia's middle name, and furniture update

Well let me do the furniture update first as that is short....Basically the first boat that was supposed to bring it to Okinawa forgot it in Texas. Apparently it has been remembered and was picked up. Not sure if that means it was picked up yesterday or 10 days ago. I am in direct contact with the carrier who is responsible for the overseas part, as TMO here is worthless. They still have not called back with an update from a call Tom put in Mon. That is it for now.

On to Sofia's middle name - dun dun dun! So not all votes were expressed on the blog, but it looks like Izumi is a "go".

Depending on the kanji we pick it can mean different things, so here is that list...

泉美 - Izumi (f) (g) beautiful spring/fountain
愛 - Izumi (g) love
愛純 - Izumi (g) pure love
和泉 - Izumi (f) (g) (pl) peaceful spring/fountain
偉純 - Izumi (g) admirable purity

I am partial to the "admirable purity" and the Spring/fountain ones, but have yet to have Tom look. Feel free to comment or send e-mails.

These were our other choices - there are a lot....Please feel free to tell us which one you like best! We still have not made a final final decision.

朝美　＝　Asami -　ｂｅａｕｔｉｆｕｌ　ｍｏｒｎｉｎｇ
惇美 - Atsumi (g) sincere/kind beauty
菖芽 - Ayame (g) iris bud
純心 - Ayami (g) pure heart
陽心 - Harumi (g) sunshine heart
春茉 - Harumi (g) spring jasmine
敏美 - Harumi (g) clever beauty
愛仁 - Hidemi (g) love and humanity
仁美 - Hiromi (g) humanity beauty
恵美 - Hiromi (g) beautiful blessing
空美 - Kumi (g) beautiful sky
誠美 - Kotomi (g) sincere beauty (has Tom's name in it)
虹春 - Koharu (g) spring rainbow
静美 - Kiyomi (g) quiet beauty
雪美 - Kiyomi (g) beautiful snow
陽美 - Kiyomi (g) sunshine beauty
貴恵 - Kie (g) precious blessing
雅純 - Kasumi (g) elegant pure
花純 - Kasumi (g) innocent flower
和純 - Kasumi (g) peaceful pure
泰美 - Kanami (g) peaceful beauty
夏波 - Kanami (g) summer waves
華永 - Kae (g) splendid eternity
華恵 - Kae (g) splendid blessing
美笑 - Mie (g)　beautiful laugh
朝美 - Tomomi (g) beautiful morning ( Tom's name in it)
朝海 - Tomomi (g) morning ocean
朋美 - Tomomi (g) beautiful friend
智美 - Tomomi (g) wise beauty
智心 - Tomomi (g) wise heart
妙美 - Taemi (g) exquisite beauty
雪美 - Yukimi (g) snow beauty
陽美 - Yukimi (g) sunshine beauty
友貴美 - Yukimi (g) precious beautiful friend
泰美 - Yasumi (g) peaceful beauty (these are not my favorite as means rest/vacation in normal conversation)
妥美 - Yasumi (g) gentle beauty