We're having a boy....I'm in shock! Mario almost passed out when he heard them say boy...he was looking at something else and thinking it meant girl, LOL. I've felt "boy" all along, but kept telling myself it was because I wanted it so bad.
What am I going to do? I'm going to have to think about all kinds of things I've never had to consider before....WOW. This is crazy. We had fun watching the little guy during the ultrasound.
Have you ever seen a new baby accidentally touch it's mouth with it's little fist, and then turn it's head back and forth, trying to latch on to it? We got to watch our little one do just that in the womb as the tech was looking down at the top of the head...SO CUTE! And he's a wiggler....wouldn't sit still for a second during the ultrasound. Bless their hearts, both the Ultrasound Tech, and the perinatologist double checked their answer on gender when they heard we had six girls :)
Anyway, we're thrilled...all the little girls are so excited except Sammie, who wanted a "girl baby." She's somewhat mollified because we were talking about nicknames for the baby, and since he'll have Agustin as his middle name (a fourth generation thing...wasn't even going to try to talk him out of it), I teased her and told her she can call him "Gus-gus"....she just finished watching Cinderella for the first time :) Sophia hasn't weighed in yet on her opinion. She's taking the ACT today....GOOD LUCK Sophie!
Anyway, that's our big news!
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Never a dull moment
I know it's been a while....I just haven't had any GOOD news in a while. What's happened in the last two weeks? Well, shucks. The kids are out of school (2 days now). Thank heaven for the internet where I can find age/grade appropriate worksheets for them to do.
Mario and I had to go in and visit with the nurse so she could teach him how to give me alphahydroxy-progesterone injections that I have to have weekly for the duration of the pregnancy. She fell in love with him....said he was a natural. I have my first shot without "supervision" tomorrow....I don't think I'm nervous, LOL. I also have to go in and have an early 1 hour glucose in the morning. We're all getting anxious to have the ultrasound. One more week.
We had some drama this past weekend. Sophia decided to leave home, and packed all her things and moved in with a friend. The upside? She was able to attend girls camp, which she wouldn't have been able to do otherwise, with her friend's ward. I'm hoping she is having a life changing experience. There's also been very little contention since she left. The downside? She really belongs here, and I don't think she understands what it means to be on her own, financially and otherwise. It will be interesting to see what happens when she gets back from camp tomorrow.
We're working with Isa on Spanish letter sounds and flashcards. We meet with her teacher tomorrow to learn the next step.
Everyone else is good...Alanna's butterfly has left it's cocoon, and we're all having fun watching it flex it's wings. I've actually completed a few pages lately...it's been nice, since I feel like my creativity has left on maternity leave....
I know this part is boring for everyone else, but it's a nice little personal inventory for me, so if you wouldn't mind humoring me.....(prompts from the Christian Homekeeper Network)
In my kitchen ….. nothing...but I need to have bread going. We're back to relying on our food storage, so I'm going to have to be creative. Something with rice, because Mario has noticed the lack of late (I can't really eat much rice because of it's glycemic index, so I've been trying to do other things....not going over so well with the person who thinks that a meal isn't a meal unless it includes rice).
My marriage or relationship …... I have to make a constant effort to be calm and loving. I really like the book "The Love Dare"....I need to get back to it. But things are relatively calm, all things considered.
With my children ……already been over a little of this. Praying for the ability to recognize their needs and their learning styles. Trying to teach civility...what a novel concept.
I feel so relieved when …..everyone is settled and quiet for the evening and I can breathe by myself. I know...that sounds so selfish, but hey, at least I'm being honest.
My spiritual life is (choose one) flourishing, declining …. (and talk about why)…I think it's flourishing....I've decided to do the Personal Progress program again. I'm on my third Faith value experience, as well as saying prayers and studying scriptures each day (most days anyway :). Faith is critically important to me right now, so it's been a great experience so far.
If I am honest, the thing that keeps me from praying as much as I should is ….. good intentions. I mean to, but get swept away/overwhelmed by the pace of life, and forget.
I see God moving in ( a particular area) and ……my life in the area of Sophia and her opportunity to attend girls camp, even though it came about as the result of a not great decision, and I have great hopes that this will make a difference for her.
This is in the deepest, darkest recesses of my mind, but should be moved into the light ….
I am struggling with my age. With the thought that I haven't accomplished nearly what I would have liked to at this point in my life. I don't know what the answers to that are, since I know I'm doing what I'm supposed to be at this point in my life, but it still lurks there, and makes me doubt myself at times.
Haven't been taking many pictures lately. I need to get back to it, I know. Anyway, that's about all that is going on...I've probably forgotten something big...I may remember and I may not.
Mario and I had to go in and visit with the nurse so she could teach him how to give me alphahydroxy-progesterone injections that I have to have weekly for the duration of the pregnancy. She fell in love with him....said he was a natural. I have my first shot without "supervision" tomorrow....I don't think I'm nervous, LOL. I also have to go in and have an early 1 hour glucose in the morning. We're all getting anxious to have the ultrasound. One more week.
We had some drama this past weekend. Sophia decided to leave home, and packed all her things and moved in with a friend. The upside? She was able to attend girls camp, which she wouldn't have been able to do otherwise, with her friend's ward. I'm hoping she is having a life changing experience. There's also been very little contention since she left. The downside? She really belongs here, and I don't think she understands what it means to be on her own, financially and otherwise. It will be interesting to see what happens when she gets back from camp tomorrow.
We're working with Isa on Spanish letter sounds and flashcards. We meet with her teacher tomorrow to learn the next step.
Everyone else is good...Alanna's butterfly has left it's cocoon, and we're all having fun watching it flex it's wings. I've actually completed a few pages lately...it's been nice, since I feel like my creativity has left on maternity leave....
I know this part is boring for everyone else, but it's a nice little personal inventory for me, so if you wouldn't mind humoring me.....(prompts from the Christian Homekeeper Network)
In my kitchen ….. nothing...but I need to have bread going. We're back to relying on our food storage, so I'm going to have to be creative. Something with rice, because Mario has noticed the lack of late (I can't really eat much rice because of it's glycemic index, so I've been trying to do other things....not going over so well with the person who thinks that a meal isn't a meal unless it includes rice).
My marriage or relationship …... I have to make a constant effort to be calm and loving. I really like the book "The Love Dare"....I need to get back to it. But things are relatively calm, all things considered.
With my children ……already been over a little of this. Praying for the ability to recognize their needs and their learning styles. Trying to teach civility...what a novel concept.
I feel so relieved when …..everyone is settled and quiet for the evening and I can breathe by myself. I know...that sounds so selfish, but hey, at least I'm being honest.
My spiritual life is (choose one) flourishing, declining …. (and talk about why)…I think it's flourishing....I've decided to do the Personal Progress program again. I'm on my third Faith value experience, as well as saying prayers and studying scriptures each day (most days anyway :). Faith is critically important to me right now, so it's been a great experience so far.
If I am honest, the thing that keeps me from praying as much as I should is ….. good intentions. I mean to, but get swept away/overwhelmed by the pace of life, and forget.
I see God moving in ( a particular area) and ……my life in the area of Sophia and her opportunity to attend girls camp, even though it came about as the result of a not great decision, and I have great hopes that this will make a difference for her.
This is in the deepest, darkest recesses of my mind, but should be moved into the light ….
I am struggling with my age. With the thought that I haven't accomplished nearly what I would have liked to at this point in my life. I don't know what the answers to that are, since I know I'm doing what I'm supposed to be at this point in my life, but it still lurks there, and makes me doubt myself at times.
Haven't been taking many pictures lately. I need to get back to it, I know. Anyway, that's about all that is going on...I've probably forgotten something big...I may remember and I may not.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Boil, boil, trouble and toil....
We are currently under a "boil order." Our city water supply "may" be contaminated since thursday, and until Sunday night at the earliest, we are boiling all the water we use for drinking, brushing teeth, and washing dishes. The good news? We have/had enough water stored to get through it, AND we haven't been sick so far (some people in the city have been seriously ill...think the worst flu you've ever had times 5). The biggest revelation? That I am SPOILED for my modern conveniences....like water you don't have to think about, and a microwave...yeah, ours sort of "blew up" yesterday, LOL
Spoiled.
Blood pressure meds (which I am back on) are working to regulate my blood pressure, the baby is a wiggly little thing (FUN, since I never expected to feel that again), and summer is looming.
We'll find out the beginning of June the gender of this little surprise package. It still feels a little (LOT) surreal, but I'm slowly getting used to the idea.
We are feeling sad that we aren't close enough to visit the two new babies in the family, but respectfully request frequent photos posted. Sigh. Spoiled.
Sophia and Mario are on their way to her last club tournament. They won 2 out of 3 tourney play games yesterday....hopefully they do well today.
That's the update. Terribly exciting, I know.
Spoiled.
Blood pressure meds (which I am back on) are working to regulate my blood pressure, the baby is a wiggly little thing (FUN, since I never expected to feel that again), and summer is looming.
We'll find out the beginning of June the gender of this little surprise package. It still feels a little (LOT) surreal, but I'm slowly getting used to the idea.
We are feeling sad that we aren't close enough to visit the two new babies in the family, but respectfully request frequent photos posted. Sigh. Spoiled.
Sophia and Mario are on their way to her last club tournament. They won 2 out of 3 tourney play games yesterday....hopefully they do well today.
That's the update. Terribly exciting, I know.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Busy, busy, busy
Things are crazy as usual. Between Volleyball, sick kids, end of school mania, doctors appointments and birthdays, I feel like I haven't taken a breath in a few weeks.
I'm in the middle of creating some DVDs of Dancing Princess Designs kits to be auctioned off at the Spanish Immersion Silent Auction fundraiser this weekend. It's more work that I thought it would be, but I'm glad to have something to donate.
No more birthdays to worry about until September...yeah!
I'm in the middle of creating some DVDs of Dancing Princess Designs kits to be auctioned off at the Spanish Immersion Silent Auction fundraiser this weekend. It's more work that I thought it would be, but I'm glad to have something to donate.
No more birthdays to worry about until September...yeah!
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Who woulda thunk?
I watched a cowboy rope a calf earlier this week. Who knew there were still cowboys, and that I'd see one during the "get the kid to volleyball" run-around? No lie...it was poetry in motion. One of the most beautiful dances I've ever seen....the rope sailing through the air, and the cowboy (chaps included) sliding off his horse in one fluid motion, throwing the calf to the ground...... Wow....it made me want to pull the car over and just stand there with my arms over the side of the fence and wait to see what else I could see. Didn't realize how that would effect me.
In other news, Our 10th anniversary and Mario's birthday are coming up later this month.....I wonder if he'd like some cowboy boots???
(photos courtesy of Ree Drummond{cows} and Mary R. Vogt {cowboy})
Thursday, April 1, 2010
LDS Blog Train: Called To Serve
You can start to collect all the gorgeous pieces to this missionary themed digital scrapbooking kit by visiting my blog:
http://dancingprincessdesigns.blogspot.com/
And for those of you who want to make soap......check it out here:
http://tipnut.com/10-homemade-laundry-soap-detergent-recipes/
This morning has been crazy, as the Spanish Immersion applications were due, and the competition is quite fierce and it's on a first come, first served basis. While some people were there at 4 am, in a freak winter snow storm, I might add, I arrived at 5:45 am, and shortly after, the janitor had pity on us and opened the doors to the school so we could wait inside. Ellie was #5 for the girls, and has a pretty good chance, since her teacher is all in favor of it...thinks Ellie needs the challenge, LOL..imagine.
I'm so tired....I may have to go take a nap.
Have fun!!
http://dancingprincessdesigns.blogspot.com/
http://tipnut.com/10-homemade-laundry-soap-detergent-recipes/
This morning has been crazy, as the Spanish Immersion applications were due, and the competition is quite fierce and it's on a first come, first served basis. While some people were there at 4 am, in a freak winter snow storm, I might add, I arrived at 5:45 am, and shortly after, the janitor had pity on us and opened the doors to the school so we could wait inside. Ellie was #5 for the girls, and has a pretty good chance, since her teacher is all in favor of it...thinks Ellie needs the challenge, LOL..imagine.
I'm so tired....I may have to go take a nap.
Have fun!!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Soap Making...
Ok, now I realize I shoulda taken pictures.....next time.
Laundry Detergent Soap Making.....went great! It wasn't too hard, took less than an hour, and the hardest part of the whole thing was the strong smell of the soap (my nose is rather delicate right now).
Been using it for 3 days and I think it's great....the clothes are clean and smell good, and that's all I want. For a fraction of the $$$.
Haven't been on the computer in a few days...Mario had surgery on his head yesterday and had a lump removed from the back of his skull. They don't anticipate it being anything more than fatty tissue, but the surgery ended up taking an hour longer than they'd told me, because it was so deep. I was a little freaked to be sitting in the waiting room for over two hours when they told me it was only going to be a 1/2 hour procedure. And then Mario took a really long time to wake up from the anesthesia. So I was at the hospital a lot longer than anticipated.
But it's all good. He's still alive.
Ahhh, now if I could just get some good sleep.
Laundry Detergent Soap Making.....went great! It wasn't too hard, took less than an hour, and the hardest part of the whole thing was the strong smell of the soap (my nose is rather delicate right now).
Been using it for 3 days and I think it's great....the clothes are clean and smell good, and that's all I want. For a fraction of the $$$.
Haven't been on the computer in a few days...Mario had surgery on his head yesterday and had a lump removed from the back of his skull. They don't anticipate it being anything more than fatty tissue, but the surgery ended up taking an hour longer than they'd told me, because it was so deep. I was a little freaked to be sitting in the waiting room for over two hours when they told me it was only going to be a 1/2 hour procedure. And then Mario took a really long time to wake up from the anesthesia. So I was at the hospital a lot longer than anticipated.
But it's all good. He's still alive.
Ahhh, now if I could just get some good sleep.
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