Mothers Day 2009

Well Mothers day was a couple of months ago and I know I'm horrible now at blogging our events! Mario and the kids really did great this year! I was treated for a new do and a day for myself. While I was waiting for my hair cut the kids and Mario were getting ready for a photo shoot! If I may say my kids are beautiful! Boy, we sure made them with love! :) Here are the pictures I was given of this special day!


Hopefully when Alejandro gets older he will like to smile like his sister for pictures!

My ultimate favorite one!
Ahhhh, don't let the smile fool you!
The cheeks alone must weigh over 2lbs each!
The outfit Alejandro is sporting here is 12 months! The little man was 3 months! Lord help us!

Birthdays, Baptism, Bunnies OH MY!

Since Mr. A arrived he has had quit a social life!

My niece Genesis turned 7 years old back in February. It's soo crazy to think I changed her nasty diapers and now she is turning into a young women. I get all emotional every time I see her do something so lady like. I will admit I will pee my pants when she starts to wear training bras!

Here are some pictures of her fabulous day!

Opening her gifts
Her grandmother gave her $200 (Can she be my grandmother too?)
I guess the first $200 weren't enough- she got another $200 FROM THE SAME GRANDMOTHER!!!
Showing off the shoes my uncle gave her (they were 2 sizes tooo BIG)
Alejandro was partied OUT

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First let me say, I'm not big on religion. I like to call us Catholics with a hint of spice. I don't go to church every Sunday and I don't go on the "special" days either. I do speak to Gaby about God, heaven, angels, etc. I was dragged to go to church every Sunday, every retreat, every church event when I was younger. I had no choice. My mom on the other hand is one step away from becoming a nun. (No Lie) I don't want to push it so much on the kids that they become like me, not wanting to go. When we have gone, they both behave fabulously.

Well my mom while I was STILL pregnant with Alejandro nominated herself as the Godmother. This annoyed me to tremendous level. How do you NOMINATE yourself? Um Hello??? Well- I had to drop the big NO on her. My mom has this very strong character about herself and it's not good when your daughter has the same character as well.

Mario and I originally wanted our best friends to be the God parents. I gave the news to my best friend first and she was all about it, until a week after and then she backed out. So I didn't want to pick whoever from this very important role in our sons life. We asked Mario's sister; Cynthia and she was beyond trilled to step up to the plate. Mike was on board all along. Mike has been Mario's best friend since they were in high school and all around a great guy to have around!

On March 29th, 2009 Alejandro was baptized in a private ceremony in Saint Timothy Catholic Church. It was a great feeling having our family and friends there to share this special day with the 4 of us. It's not common to find Mario in a church, but he was glad to have this moment with the special people in our lives.

Of course pictures!!!

The Father Blessing the Holly Water

Alejandro being blessed by the Holy Water
Blessings for ME! (I need them)
Mario needs more though....
The Godparents- Cynthia and Mike
Group Pictures (Mario's favorite Part!)
With the Godparents and the Priest
(please take a look at Gaby!!!- She's jumping off the ALTER)
The Alemans
My Family
Some of our friends

After the ceremony we all headed back to my moms house for some food, drinks and CAKE!

:::the 4 of us decided to go back home to change our SHOES!:::


The "Baby" on top has been used in all our kids baptisms. I believe it's 7 or 8 years old.
My mom decided that ONE cake wasn't enough
My cousin, Karen, gave birth to Serenity a week after I had Alejandro. They were both partied OUT.
Can you tell who likes taking pictures?
My little man
Alejandro and his Godparents

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East Sunday we spent with family. We first headed to my moms house for an egg hunt. My sister, who bless her soul, decided to make the hunt a little toooo complicated. Well this just ruined Gaby's morning! We had brunch and enjoyed the kids searching for their baskets and eggs outside. I will mention it was HOT! In the middle of our egg hunt Padrino Mike came to drop off some more goodies for the kids. Alejandro got his very own personalized basket and Gaby enjoyed all the treats in hers! Oh how I love all the holidays that include candy! After brunch we headed up to my mother in-laws house where we spent the rest of the day watching the kids running around and eating candy! Alejandro was (as always) pooped out!

It took Genesis about half a second to find her basket

Jorge took about 7 minutes
Gaby took about 10 minutes, since the basket was BEHIND the coloring board!
Coloring books, pony tails, chocolates, and GUM!
Outside searching for eggs- which took about 30 to 45 minutes to find. We gave up after that!

During our egg hunt, Padrino Mike and Giselle arrived to bring the kids some Easter Goodies!
Mike is a Gator fan hence the Orange and Blue.... he loves to mess with me!
Alejandro's First Piggy Bank


and some onesis

The loves of my life!

I thank my lucky stars above for sending me great kids!

Coffee??

I have never been a coffee drinker in my life. I hated when my mom made cafe con leche. It's hot and I can't drink it fast, I always burn myself. It's a hot mess.

Well the last 2 weeks I've been drinking "coffee" like if I've been doing it all my life. Of course it's super sweet and it's NOT black! I find myself NEEDING the coffee when I come into work.

I even told Mario we need to get a coffee machine! Is this what happens when you have 2 kids!? Or is it going to bed at 1am and waking up at 5:40am have something to do with this drastic change?? Do I have to start thinking about my teeth getting yellow, or needing an IV to pump the caffeine in my body? Why is it I only need it Monday to Friday?

So as I sit at my desk typing this, I'm sipping my coffee, or should I call it my new addiction?

I pour black coffee first, then I add about a mountain of powder cream, with an additional mountain of sugar and 2 little french vanilla thing-y. Not too sure the proper name of these "thing-y's" are but they look like mini- moos, just have a flavor to it.

We are back and pumping!

I've been away with no internet for 2 months and a TON of things have occurred in that time frame! Babies were born, birthdays were celebrated, milestones have been accomplished and of course more love has filled our hearts!

If you don't know yet Alejandro (aka- Mr.A) arrived into our crazy world Sunday, February 8th at 3:14am! He filled our lives with love, happiness and we are just over the moon with our addition.

On Saturday the 7th I had taken Gaby with me to my uncle auto shop to get the car fixed before our epidural on Monday night! I was planning on doing my hair, shaving my legs and just be a little presentable for the arrival of Alejandro. Well as we were about to leave Gaby had spilled orange juice all over the back seat of the car and I had to get my hospital gown and clean the OJ. Well as I was getting out of the car I thought my water had broken and I freaked out! I wasn't going to tell my uncle b/c that's just awkward and not a lot of "water" came out. I jumped into the car and to Kendall we were going! I texted Mario and told him we were on the way to pick him up and go straight to the hospital. No time to stop by the house or anything since our bags were in the trunk. (the nesting in me) I started to get contractions but nothing super major, like in the movies. I got a couple that were manageable and would stop for a couple of minutes.

We arrived at Memorial Miramar within 20 minutes and was wheeled to the maternity wing. I kept telling them I thought my water broke but the contractions had stopped- of course ;) They did a test to see if what came out was discharge or atomic fluid. 30 minutes later we found out it was a false alarm but the doctor wanted me to walk for an hour. I felt like a moron walking in a gown up and down the hallways, the things we do for our kids! Within our hour walk I got maybe 5 contractions, again manageable. Up to our room we went and I was dilating. When I got there I was 1 cm by the end of our walk I was 2. So something was going on. I laid on the bed and like magic the contractions started coming back and started to get a bit stronger. The nurse asked me if I wanted the epidural now or to wait. Of course I told her I'll wait but she will know when I wanted the epidural ;) Time passed and I think we saw Lara Croft Tomb Raider about 2 times!

While waiting for the doctors orders my sisters in-law arrived along with my mom. A couple of hours later I was rechecked and no change. After hours of not eating or drinking anything the nurse had to start the IV to hydrate me. The doctor finally gave the order to start the pitocin so speed up the process. HOLLY COW- that pitocin really kicks in man! The contractions started to get stronger and hurt like a mother of a heffer! After about 45 minutes on the pitocin I had to get the epidural. Of course I had to wait another hour to put in the order and have the anesthesiologist come and work her magic!

After what seemed like days the anesthesiologist finally arrive! She was my new best friend, until she had to poke me 3 times to find the spot for the epidural! At this point all I wanted was for her to stop calling me "sweeeettttyyyyy", but I survived the painful contractions, the 3 pokings and the sweety!

Drugs are good....the epidural was my new best friend after the Anesthesiologist left. Everyone was my friend actually. A couple of hours passed and the nursed checked me and while checking me my water broke- I didn't feel a thing! This is when the party started! About this time it's close to 2:30am! The nurse called the Doc to inform him about my progress, he wanted a call when I was 10cm dilated. At around 3am I was 9 1/2cm. The nurse called the doctor one more time and I swear to GOD- by 3:05 that man was there full of spirit and too much energy for the time. The room transformed into a labor room in about 2 minutes! I did about 2 "practice" pushes to see if I felt anything....I didn't. I was still numb from the epidural. The doctor noticed the baby's heart beat dropping every time I had a contraction and he wasn't too worried since it wasn't a drastic drop. He did warn me Alejandro's umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck- but not to worry. Somehow I mentally prepared myself if we needed to do an emergency C-section. At this point I didn't care how Alejandro would come out- as long as he was safe and sound.

I pushed literally 3 times and Mr. Alejandro Gabriel was born at 3:14am on February 8th. It was the best feeling in the world. We all cried and I was lying there in my bed just thinking "wow, I'm a MOM of TWO!" The feeling is one you can't put into words but only say "It was the best experience ever".

At exactly an hour later Mr. A was given his first official bath. He wasn't too pleased to be awaken to get a bath, but he sure looked handsome after it!

I was a bit sad Gaby couldn't go to the hospital all 3 days, she was home sick and we didn't want her to get the baby sick. I called her everyday and Mario spent the 3 days going back and forth between the hospital and his moms house. She saw pictures of him and was super excited to meet him the day we went home. We arrived as a family of 3 1/2 and left as a family of 4!
and we wait...
and after 3 pushes Alejandro Gabriel was born at 3:14AM
weighing 7 pounds 8 ounces (4 ounces more than his sister!)
My mom carrying her 6th Grandchild along with my aunt who wanted to "see" her first birth
BOOB time!
Shower Time...
FINALLY food! After 24 Hours I was able to have some food!
Alejandro's first day
She's HERE!!!! Big sister has finally arrived!
She couldn't wait any longer to hold her little brother!

The beautiful flowers we received from my co-workers
Oti with Gaby and Alejandro

Our first walk
wow- I look a bit tired!

We are being induced...

It seems Mr. A doesn't want to come out and play with anyone. Mario and I went to our final doctors appointment yesterday and nothing has changed since I went to the Labor and Delivery floor in the hospital 2 weeks ago. I'm still closed, but showing little signs of going into labor on my own. But for some reason I think Alejandro is keeping us on our toes and will arrive BEFORE our inducing on Monday night.

The doctor said Mr. A weighs around 6 pounds 10 oz but can more or a little less. I think he weighs more than 6 pounds b/c my belly is a lot bigger than when I was pregnant with Gaby. At birth Gaby was 7lbs 4 oz. We shall see how big Mr A is going to be.

I will be induced Monday night, I have to be at the Hospital at 8pm. Hopefully by Tuesday afternoon we will be hearing the cries of our little man! I can't wait- this weekend is going to be a roller coaster of emotions. So far I'm nervous, anxious, happy, over joyed, just all sorts of emotions!

I am a little curious as to how Gaby is going to react when she finally sees her little brother OUT of my belly. She is too cute, saying she is going to buy him tons of cloths, change his diaper and feed him. We will see how long the changing of diapers will last! ;) She is going to be a great big sister, I can't wait to be a mom of 2 and share all brand new memories with our growing family.

I will be posting pictures of Alejandro once we are home and semi settled!

36 weeks and 4 days pregant!

Well it's been quite a journey having our second child and boy I can say I'm done baking. I know it's the final stretch and I'm almost done, but lord have mercy on my ribs, my hips, my butt....my whole body!

I freaked myself out today when I realized the end of January is NEXT week! Where has the time gone? Again, this pregnancy has flown by for ME and has been a snail for others! :)

This past weekend we met up with my cousin and aunt to take some maternity pictures at Matheson Hammock Park. My cousin Emi loves to take pictures and I thought it would be a great idea to let her mind run wild with us. She sure got fabulous shots considering she has never done this before and she was great. Emi took 399 pictures of the day and holly cow I thought I took a lot of pictures but she took the cake!

We can't wait to have her take pictures once Alejandro arrives and we can take 5,000 pictures of Gaby and him then! We can't wait to meet our little man and complete our family.

Here I leave you with my hand full of favorite from Sundays session....ENJOY!

Mom and the big sister to be!

Yes we have big smiles and hope Alejandro loves taking pictures too....NOT like his dad!
Mario and I <3

and of course a family picture!
Gaby rockin' a great do!


She needed a place to rest


Guess who!!!???

This is Gaby's version of the heart belly!

Waiting for Mr. A with a smile :)

Nesting for Mr. A....

I can't believe how fast this pregnancy has flown by. It just seems like yesterday (Father's Day) we found out we were adding a new person to our gang, and here we are with a little over a month away until our little man gets here.

This month flew by with the holidays and the shower it seems that time isn't our friend, but it's okay! This weekend we finally bought the bedding for the crib and bought a new crib for Mr. A. My sister originally handed me down my nephew telling me it was "brand new".... note to self "brand new" to my family means not fully broken. Well Mario and I started to crib the "new crib" only to find out IT WAS BROKEN!!!!!!! I was very very upset- but I was on a mission to built a crib Sunday night and a crib we built!

We headed to Walmart and got a brand new crib that is very very sturdy, fabulous and the best part under budget! Since we were under budget we also got Gaby her new "big girl" booster chair. Which she loves and it has 2 cup and toy holders, one for each side! (side note it broke my nail this morning trying to take the dam thing out!)

On Monday morning (around 5:30am)- Gaby woke up to use OUR bathroom and when I turned on the light she saw the crib her words "OH MY GOODNESS MOM IT'S BEAUTIFUL, YOU AND PAPI DID A GREAT JOB!....I'm going to buy a lot a lot a lot of clothes and toys for Alejandro.....it's beautiful!" along with a great big bear hug! What else can we ask for- we got the approval from his big sister!

My next appointment is for January 15th and it will mark exactly 1 month for my due date! Aye- I pee my pants every time I think about it. I have to keep reminding myself- everything will be fine, just relax and get into the "zone".

We leave you with some pictures of our little man's bed and semi closet!

All done

The fabulous bedding we bought at Babies r' Us

Close up of the mobile

His portion of the closet- we are waiting to see how big Mr. A is going to be to buy more clothes

Some stuff animals for him to drool on later ;)