At 6:32AM San Francisco, September 22nd 2009 Willow Nerys Lagos Sortore came bounding into the outside world. After 4 ½ hours of labor Joy courageously pushed her out into the warm birthing tub water, within a few seconds Willow took her first breath, and made herself be heard loud and clear. All 7Lbs of her [...]
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Yesterday we started the 37th week. As official as it gets, baby is done cooking. All systems go, and ready. Very exciting time. I fell asleep thinking.. humm the next time the sun comes up, it could be a dad. wow that is cool. The excitement is hard to contain.
It feels like there is an alien inside my tummy. we have got one wiggly baby growing in there. can’t believe we are at 32 weeks. it seems like time is just flying by. still working on getting things ready for the arrival but not much left to do.
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For me the word Mom or Mama (think Spanish) has meant one person, until now. This past mothers day that has really shifted for me. More and more each day its gets clearer how Joy embodies motherhood, how she exudes a nurturing, caring, loving, beings that has no word can convey its powerfulness and beauty. [...]
Into our 16th week now, and things are going very well. We saw our midwives last Monday and all was good. The belly is the right size for 16 weeks! Joy is very glad that all the nausea and general “yuk” of the first trimester are done with, and she has been feeling much better [...]
On Friday we took our first pregnancy test at the lab. After a few hours of nail biting, we got the results: positive. Joy called me at work, and said “You are going to be a dad”. we have been enjoying the good news, and slowly calling frineds and family to share the news. We [...]
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Today is a day set a side to give thanks in the US. So I take this opportunity to give thanks to everyone that has given so much to our journey. Joy and I are truly fortunate to have so many people we know and don’t know offer so much to us as we move [...]
Just got an email from Joy (she is traveling at the moment), her second period started this morning. We had a long conversation this morning while i drove to work, she has been gone for some 10+ days now and i miss her. This morning i woke up missing her tons. Being away from each [...]
Over the past months the ride on the path we are on has been tough. Going from yes it is going to work, to maybe it wont. Seeing test results that are not favorable, and then seeing them change. It is a ride like i never been on before. When Joy told me yesterday about [...]