Back in Zurich!

OMG!
Where to begin?
I have been on an extended vacation since may 21, and so much has happened….
I will start with the biggest news of all: (since the cat has now left the bag and the beans are all over the floor…)

WE ARE HAVING A BABY!!!

Yes, you read correctly. This is not a drill. (or a joke like last time).
It is the real deal!
After almost 8 years of marriage, we finally decided it was time, and although it was a bit sooner than expected, we are pregnant and glowing with happiness!
The baby is now 15 weeks old (so if you’re counting, I am almost 4 months pregnant), and it is due on … get this… December 24th!!! Talk about a Christmas present!

The timing worked out great with the trip, since we were able to tell our families in person (we had bought the tickets way before we were even pregnant!). It was a big secret, and only Abril and Roberto knew (we told them on week 8, after the first sonogram). We HAD to tell someone, and they were bound to figure it out as soon as I got to Minneapolis and turned down a beer… (or as soon as they saw my big fat belly, which I’ve been proudly displaying since week 9!)

We told the family in Mexico a day after our arrival, during a nice father’s day family dinner and needless to say, they are all CRAZY about the news, but most of all my mom (this is the first grandchild on my side of the family!). Gera’s mom was super excited also and she had started planning a baby shower within 24 hours after breaking the news. Then it was decided (by moms and sisters) that it was uncertain when and if they’d see me again before the birth (more on that later), so they all got together and organized a big baby shower for June 28th.

I have tons more to tell you: about the trip, the baby, the baby shower, the future… but this is such big news that I will leave you wanting more. So check the blog often, I have plenty of material to keep you entertained for a while.

Don’t forget to write or leave a message. I’d love to have a collection of messages to add to the baby book (yes, I already have one!)

ps... i found my ring the same day a posted last time... it was under the couch. :)

they're here!

well, almost!
Roberto, Abril, Baba and Ali arrive tomorrow! we're very excited to see them!
They've been traveling a bit before coming here (london and paris), and this coming weekend we will all be going to Venice!!
Then Baba (my sister) and Ali (a friend) will go back to Mexico, but Roberto and Abril will stay 'til the end of the month. We are hoping to be able to take another trip before they leave.
I have made friends with a couple of girls from Mexico. They're super nice and we get along great! I feel like things are going back to normal, after a few months of "settling in".
We are still going to German classes, every tuesday and wednesday from 8-10pm. I feel we've made a lot of progress, and we can manage to make sentences (even if the grammar is not quite there yet). The teacher says we are VERY very good for a beginner class (we're even better than her other beginner class!! nananana). The class ends on july 4th, and i think we'll stop taking classes after that, and maybe just continue on our own.
Its been already 8 months since I got here (9 for Gera), and 10 since we left Bloomington, but who's counting?
oh, and Happy Mother's Day (in mexico it is always on the 10th, here on the 13th)
hint hint: i have not heard from a lot of you... I hope you're all ok, enjoying spring, and having fun in the sun! dont forget to write.