New Life

I have always loved the Spring. While it can be a bit messy, it brings an explosion of new life. Spring this year is especially exciting for Rebeca and me as there is new life growing in her womb. We are excitedly awaiting the birth of our fist child around August 27^th. While pregnancy can be hard and uncomfortable, it is also an amazing process to experience, as this tiny creature begins to move around and announce he is there. While there are preparations to make, mostly we are just thankful that the pregnancy has been normal and healthy so far. When we first found out that Rebeca was pregnant, he was about the size of the hot peppers that grew in her grandparents’ yard when she was a child, so the nickname Chiltepito stuck. We have not yet decided on a name officially, but it will be something easier for non-Spanish speakers to say than his current moniker. 

Sonagram from May 4

He will be born in a modern hospital in Santiago called HOMS. It is about 45 minutes from our house on normal days, about 17 minutes when a soon-to-be father is driving his wife with labor pains. We like the hospital, like the doctor, hate the doctor's policy of not making appointments. This is a common practice here. We try to get there by 7:30 am but generally the doctor arrives between 10:00 and 11:00 and we see him around noon. Oh, the joys of the Dominican medical system! We have gotten good at planning a morning of work we can do on our laptops in the waiting room.