Miranda: Maybe JJ will get his very first Father's Day gift from his kiddo? lol Praying and hoping all the best for you guys! Love you Sis! ♥
Me: lol I already got him some daddy's day presents I figured the day was close enough...
Stephanie: the Bean will make their appearance exactly when they were meant too. u_u looking to be quite the little dictator already! XD good luck toots. here's hoping Bean will be here by the weekend.
Me: the way I feel right now you might be on to something Steph.
Miranda: Maybe you'll get lucky and his Daddy's Day presents will include changing diapers? lol
Me: cloth diapers no less... that should be entertaining...
Courtney: Yay, maybe on my birthday! :D
Pia: we're waiting too...beanie wants to make a surprise entrance into this world!
June 17, 2011: Went to see Katie my midwife a little over an hour ago and I was told that I'm about to drop this baby any day now. Which I knew but it's nice to know that I'm not imagining things!
Stephanie: the Bean's on their way! ^^ toldja. not before it is time. u_u sounds like that's gonna be the story of the Bean's life.
Me: any day now...
Stephanie: hey toots. sorry I didn't answer your txt. was in the middle of dinner. nice pic by the way. she's gonna blow! >XD
Luisa: right? I feel ginormous!
Stephanie: hate to break it to you, but you are. XDD -hugs- any day now and it'll all be worth it. til the first round of sleepless nights and the crying. >;3
June 19, 2011: Happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there! Hope you all have a great day! As for me I'm in labor... so wish me luck kids... Next update will be with sex and such of the Bean so let's keep good thoughts flowing in JJ and I's direction shall we?
Heather: Absolutely darling!!!! Happy fathers day to our pre-daddy JJ!!! Whewhooooo!
Courtney: YAY!! Good luck, girl! As I used to say to my customers when I worked in the maternity store... I wish you a quick and pain free birth! (They always laughed.)
Miranda: Yay!! Prayers and good thoughts your way all day! Love you both!!
Sue: I'm so excited for the both of you!
Megan: Oh my goodness! Good luck to you both! ♥
Stephanie: nothing but the best for you and your family sweets! ^w^ ~♥ may the Bean be with you (soon)! XD
Courtney: The suspense is killing me. >_<
Frankie: FINALLY!!!!! We are sending you 3 lots of good vibes from Hawaii. Yea!!!!!! ♥
Cathy: I must have checked your page like 30 times since you last posted....
Miranda: Can't wait to hear what's going on, text, FB, call...anything!
Paul: Phillips So...? do we have a new G1&2 member yet?
JJ: it's a sandbagger, still not shown up.
Miranda: Thanks for letting us know JJ!
Me: our baby is not a sandbagger... bad JJ! *slaps hand*
Cathy: Haha... Hang in there Luisa : you're almost there!!!! Poor you, you must be exhausted. I send you all my love! xxxx
Me: not exhausted as I've been getting sleep... just annoyed that it's a stop and go process so far...
Cathy: Are you at home?
Me: yup! having the baby at home.
Cathy: That's awesome : lucky you! That's really the best! So many bad things happen in those hospitals. I hope JJ is at your side. Tout ira très bien tu verras. Je t'embrasse très très fort et je suis si excitée pour toi. Tu vas voir: avoir un bébé c'est vraiment le plus beau des cadeaux. Ma Clara c'est tout pour moi, je l'aime tellement tellement tellement fort et elle a changé ma vie. C'est tellement de bonheur. Je suis si contente pour toi. Bon, y'a un mauvais moment là à passer mais ensuite tout est merveilleux. Tu auras ton tout petit bébé qui n'aura d'yeux que pour toi et qui aura tant tant besoin de toi et qui va te donner tellement d'amour. C'est vraiment merveilleux de devenir et d'être maman. Allez courage : You're almost there!!! :)
Me: JJ is on my side, trust me... I had some contractions that started at 1:50AM and I woke him at around 2AM or so and that lasted about half an hour and Then nothing... but we are both waiting for things to start up again! He's been incredibly supportive the entire time! Probably couldn't have done all of this without him.
Cathy: Well my contractions (and Lauren's) lasted 48 hours so no worry and I didn't leave for the hospital till the last minute. Two other friends of mine who were at the hospital told me the doctors made them have a C-section because the babies didn't come fast enough and I read they often do that in France to free hospital rooms. But now that I think of it, I like you, and I read many others have light contractions one day, then nothing for an entire day then they really start. The first are like a warning that it's going to be time real soon. I'm glad you are not alone in this! Thank you JJ! :)
Me: yup it's worst here than it is in France tho... there are a few documentaries that I can recommend to you so that you can see what I mean... having the baby at home is something that very few people do here but that I think more people would do if they actually did the research... as for the stop and go part of labor we were told that this could last for a week or two we are on week two of these shinanigans...
Cathy: Ah, c'est parce que ton petit Bean est trop bien là où il est, bien au chaud dans sa maman... Si jamais j'en mets un deuxième en route, oui faudra absolument que tu m'envois le lien de ces documentaires eti que tu me raconte en détail ton expérience personnel - but for now I have my hands full with my lil Clara. Bon, vu la distance qui nous sépare, la seule chose que je peux faire d'où je suis c'est t'envoyer plein plein de pensées et d'énergies positives et surtout tout plein d'amour! xxx
Me: trust me from what I hear baby #2 is a lot better/easier than the first.
Cathy: haha... we'll see... hihihi ;)
Mike H: praying for the 3 of you. but this is hilarious. i've never heard of anyone going in labor and yet managing to update fb friends hehehe! excited for you and jj! hugs =)
Me: Booboo, that's how you know that I'm not in "real" labor dear!
Cathy: It is hilarious! :) Last year I was doing everything to stay away as long as possible from the hospital and I convinced my boyfriend to go shopping with me although I was already in very painful labor. Been thinking of you! ♥
June 21, 2011: Was woken up at 2AM by contractions that lasted for about an hour then went away... JJ was next to me the whole time which was a great help. Contractions are getting more painful the closer we get to the arrival of the Bean, the pain is bearable at this point but I keep wondering when the "real' pain is going to start... At the rate things have been going today we might be having a summer solstice baby but again we shall see... someone doesn't seem to be ready to come out just yet.
Stephanie: at this rate, I'm going to have to go with the Bean being a girl. such a tease! XD
Me: you know what? I honestly couldn't give a bigger shit at this point... I just want this to be done... This stop and go crap has to stop.
Miranda: Sorry you seem to be havin' trouble Sweety. Bean will come when Bean is ready to (stubborn as it's Mama) ;) Love you!
Me: or Daddy... ;P love you too!
Miranda: True Dat!
Alex: good luck to you :-) xxo
Lauren: Good luck!
Courtney: I want this baby out, pronto. ;D
June 22, 2011: Watching So You Think You Can Dance and Debbie Reynolds is the guest judge! She was in "Singing in the rain" one of my favorite musicals EVER! I have to say for someone in her late 70s she looks FANTASTIC! I mean she looks spectacular! I hope that I look that damned good at her age!
Cathy: lalalalala... comme si de rien était... :)
Me: ouaip bienvenue au club ma cherie!
Cathy: No news, good news?
Me: no news means no news unfortunatly... sorry babe!
Candice: wahou...little bean is definitely not in a hurry!! :-)
Cathy: Mmmmm... C'est vraiment un petit coquin ce bean! Btw, what have you decided regarding names?
Me: We have names picked out but you won't know what the name is until the Bean is born... sorry!
Cathy: This baby really is full of surprises! :) Oh, and I love the little "I'm super" costume you have picked out for him. Really hope you are feeling well and all goes well! xxxx
Me: lol yes! Sorry! I know too many people who have gotten talked out of the names they chose so I don't want that to happen to JJ and I. Plus we've argued about the different names for years so we aren't changing them...
Cathy: Right, well I'm sure you've chosen the perfect names - already Yoda is just excellent. I love it! It was real hard finding a name for my daughter, I only made up my mind once she was born, especially as we were convinced it was going to be a boy so we only really focused on boy names. The name kind of came out of nowhere, it was none of the ones we had discussed previously, I don't even remember what exactly made me make up my mind on Clara, it just felt right - though it was probably the morphine speaking...
Me: lol just know that the names we picked are after people that have greatly influenced our lives for the better and without whom JJ and I would have never met. There that should give you something. Names are hard to come up with. Yoda was actually my Dad's idea, he looked at her and called her Yoda and it stuck! If you look at her ears they are just like Yoda's in Star Wars.
Cathy: Indeed! And she looks wise too! You'll have to tell me how things go with her. I know my Jack Tiffany was so happy to meet Clara. We were scared she might get jealous, on the contrary she was gentle and caring with her from the very beginning. Now she they play together and Tiffany is always looking out for her. Ok, must go, my little monster is up! xxx ..
Miranda: June 27, 2011 Just wanted to tell you that everytime we sit down to pray and eat, Joshua starts his prayer with "Dear God, please let Auntie Loue's baby come out soon and not hurt her and so we can meet it" ♥ WE LOVE YOU GIRL!
Stephanie: that's adorable! ^w^
Miranda: Isn't it? I need a hidden video camera! He asks about the baby every day, and I've had to field some pretty um, delicate? questions along the way!
Stephanie:I can imagine! XD well you can always use the stork story. ^^
Me: Awww! I love that boy! We still want to kidnap the little man if you ever get tired of him!
Miranda: lol! I told him that and he said "ok!" lol!
Me: HA! not sure he could handle a crying baby tho...
Miranda: You'd be surprised actually, he really loves babies
Me: well at the rate we are going... I feel like I'm about to burst... JJ and I are now on baby inducing activities... fun but not working thus far... *sigh*
Miranda: Lots of walking babe (have you tried nipple stimulation? it works)
Me: yes I have and then a lot of what got me preggers in the first place, spicy food (you should see our carpet there was a curry incident...) if all that doesn't work we are gonna go have the labor inducing salad at this place in century city....
June 27, 2011 at 10:21am: So the big question is should I get JJ to drive me to Caioti's Pizza Cafe in Studio City so that I can have "the salad"?
Stephanie: I think you should call and order out. pay the extra if it's outside of their area. cause you know it never fails... >.> June 27, 2011 at 10:43am
Me: they don't deliver this far out we may go there for lunch or dinner... June 27, 2011 at 10:45am
Stephanie: good luck girl! ^^ June 27, 2011 at 10:48am
Me: We never did go out to get that salad... turns out the Bean had his/her own plans... won't be online for a while! Next update will be news of the little one and if you all behave pictures too! June 27, 2011 at 9:31pm
Miranda: YAY!! So happy for you! Sending BEST wishes and loves! June 27, 2011 at 9:37pm
Stephanie: what did I tell you?! XD I was afraid that was what would happen the minute you left on a "trip". that's usually the way the irony works. I'm rootin' for ya toots! may all go well and da Bean be safe. positive thought to you and your family. ^w^ ~♥ June 27, 2011 at 10:47pm
Cathy: you really are unbelievable!!!!! I can't believe you've managed to update us!!!!! God, when I was giving birth I was in mega panic, and I certainly did not have the energy to update my friends and family online - but YOU!!!! You even manage to keep a great sense of humor! Luisa, this kid has one hell of a incredible mom! Je pense très fort à toi!!!! XXXXX June 28, 2011 at 8:25am ·
Courtney: YAY!!!!!! Good luck!
Sue: No bebe yet?
Katy: Can't wait to hear your news! I hope all is well.
JJ Lopez June 30, 2011 New addition to the family Felix Andre Lopez Born On June 30, 2011
Courtney: ...girl or boy! o_o
Ebbie: OMG! Congratulations!
Gregg: Congratulations you guys.
Sophie: félicitations !
Cathy: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Mike H.: Tres bien! So happy for you and JJ!
Clarice: will officially be a stage aunt! Congrats JJ Lopez and Luisa Bruno! :)
July 1, 2011 Just wanted to update everyone, we have welcomed into our family baby Felix Andre Lopez. He was born after 40 hours of labor at home and 4 hours of labor at the hospital after all that he was born via c-section at 7:12 PM weighing 9pds 5oz and 22 inches in length.
Miranda: Congratulations Mama! Welcome Felix ♥
Vanessa: So happy for you, JJ and baby Felix!
Amanda: Hurray!
Sophie: Aie! Une césarienne? Allez, on s'en remet bien, j'en ai eu 3... Bises au petit boutchou!!!
Marie: Félicitations à tous les 2! Tu dois être crevée ma pauvre! Et bienvenue à Felix dans ce monde. Bisous
Kristopher: Congrats!!
Cathy: I'm so sorry to hear about the C-section, the 44 hours of labour and the hospital. What hell!!!! :( Honestly, for me, giving birth was like starring in a real-life Saw movie, that's why when you say it's easier the second time round, I have doubts... You'll have to tell me all about it later on when you have the time... What's important is that you have a beautiful healthy baby and you are "okay". And being at the hospital does have its advantages - it's more ressuring with regards to taking care of the baby, you can rest and recover in peace knowing that qualified staff is there to help. And btw Felix is a really nice name. Take care dear friend! xxxx
Stephanie: congrats sweets! ^^ -hugs- talk about a lot of work! love to you and the whole family. ♥
Courtney: Felix is an awesome name! ♥
Megan: Congrats sweetheart. ♥
Clarice: good job luisa. if its any consolation, i think he looks like you :)
Mr. O.: Congratulations. XoxoR
Me: thank you guys! He's my greatest accomplishment and delivering him into this world was one of the most humbling and yet most empowering moments of my life!
Courtney: ♥
Lauren: Congrats!
Ramata: Félicitations!
Candice: congrats & welcome little prince!
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