Full Term!

Today I'm 37 weeks which means I'm considered full term! So little Jacet can pop out any day now and be perfectly fine. I don't think that will happen though. I believe he's quite happy in there and will be late. Just a feeling. I wouldn't mind if he came a little early of course. I'm anxious to meet my little boy!

I've had quite a few doctor appointments since the last baby update, so let me fill everyone in. Starting from March I've been having appointments every week, and starting from last week I've been hooked up to a machine to monitor Jacet's heartbeat. In America (and other countries I'm sure) they check the heartbeat at every visit I believe. Here they do not. They check the heart but I never actually heard it until last week. Such a sweet sound! It's relaxing to hear that it's nice and steady and within the average range. They'll be monitoring his heartbeat for 20 minutes every week until I give birth, as well checking my cervix for dilation etc. plus normal appointment stuff.

Last week Jacet's size was a little small for how far along he is, but luckily he gained almost a pound between that appointment and yesterday's! I think most of that depends on how thedoctor measures from the ultrasound though. He now weighs about 6lbs which is average for Japan, though I'm not too sure about America. I hope he won't get too much bigger!

Following the post is an ultrasound picture of his face. I tried to label it so hopefully you all can tell what you're looking at! His nose seems big to me...maybe that means he's going to have a Canosa Italian nose? :) There's also an ultrasound picture of his face with his hand in his mouth <3 and some belly pictures of course.

That's about it for an update. I probably won't update much between now and the birth because there's not too much that can change.

As for life, we're all settled in at the new apartment. I've been trying my best to keep it extra clean and more permanent home, less temporary feeling. We still have to set up the crib (thanks Andrea) and organize the "nursery" area, as well as buy more baby things!

The weather has been very nice lately. Spring is in the air! The sunshine and warmth has been giving me the energy to take walks and get some exercise thankfully. The cherry blossoms are just about in full bloom and very pretty. I have yet to find a park or something that's good for pictures though. I'll have to explore more.

We still have no Internet so yet again I'm not sure how organized the pictures will look....

The Move

First off, I'd like to thank everyone who has purchased and sent baby items recently, we really appreciate it!

I guess it's about time I updated everybody on how our move to the new town and apartment went! Please keep in mind that we still currently have no Internet and this is being done from my phone, so I'm not sure how organized everything will turn out.

PACKING

First of all, the moving company didn't drop off the boxes until just a week before the move! With Tomo working and me being pregnant and working, plus errands to run, things to cancel, and even a trip to Tokyo to get the keys, we really didn't have a lot of time to pack everything up. The moving van was scheduled to come in the afternoon but decided to come mid-morning instead! Needless to say, we were packing while they were packing and it was a busy busy morning. We finally managed to get everything packed up and labeled and were on our way to our new home!

MOVING IN

The apartment is very nice...a lot nicer than our previous ones. We picked a larger 3 bedroom because of the little man coming soon. It's pretty spacious, the kitchen has SO much counter space and cabinets which I love, the floors are wood and tile, it has huge doors/windows for the balcony, and it feels more like a permanent place to live than the others. (Even though we won't be here that long). The building entrance is very nice and really makes me feel like we're living in a high end place.

Unpacking only took a few days. One of Tomo's previous workers came and helped us get started and I took a day off work to spend the day emptying boxes. One more day was spent organizing everything and making the place feel lived in and somewhat homey.

I'm sorry for the lack of baby update in this post, but don't worry, that update will be coming soon!

Now for the apartment pictures. I tried to take some before and after pictures but the moving people were too fast in bringing everything in and I couldn't really get good shots of the empty place.

Since I can't caption the pictures from the phone, here's a brief description in the order they're posted (I hope):
1. View when you first walk in the door
2. Our bedroom
3. Tomo's "work room"
4. Toilet with all the fixings
5. Bath/laundry room
6. Bath/shower
7. Soon to be baby's area
8. Kitchen 1
9. Kitchen 2
10. Living room
11. View from the balcony