Updates Aug-Dec (Now)

August

We had our Nathaniel and everyone is very happy! In the beginning, life was really hard but it's been alot better. I was having alot of Breastfeeding issues but finally got it under control and baby and I are very satisfied with our progress :-)

September

Nathaniel turned 1 Month
-My in laws bought a house in the same city and live 5 minutes away and it's been great. We decided to move the kids to the school in front of their house so that life would be easier on me. Bubbs was really happy about changing and Audrey wasn't too thrilled and cried on her first day. Everything is fine now.

-Also, we sadly lost our dog Boris to an illness this month, we felt horrible to find him sleeping between the haystacks, I felt so awful, RIP Boris

October

Nathaniel turned 2 months!
-Naty turned 29 and was feeling sad cause he's heading for 30!

-It was Nate's first halloween and we dressed him as a lion, Bubbs as an evil joker and Audrey as a butterfly. I did my usual italian dinner for them, nothing big, it was perfect.

November

Nathaniel turned 3 months!

-Bubbs turned 9 and Naty surprised him with a vacation to Vegas and he was really happy. We all went to shakey's to eat and I bought him a cupcake afterwards and sang Happy B-day to him. He's really a good boy and has a BIG HEART, I love my lil man so much, I'm so proud of him.
-We went to Vegas for a mini vacation, it was really relaxing except for night time with Nathaniel, he decided to cry and wake up every hour and continued that when we got home! He's somewhat back to normal and waking up twice at night. We saw a variety show and just mostly chilled in the room, it felt good to get away.

-We had thanksgiving at the in laws new house and it went really good. We had everything you can think of and asked Miguel and Veronica, along with Steph to be Nathaniel's Godparents and they were really happy.

December

-Nathaniel turned 4 months and is hitting milestones left and right!

-Audrey is turning 6 this month! She wants tamales for her birthday so tamales she will get! I love my lil peppa! she's my life :-)

Currently I'm trying to keep up with these kids, they have me on my toes! Naty has been amazing and helps me alot with them, he's even been pitching in with the house! (who knew!!) We're having the time of our lives and I thank God for that, without him we'd be nothing and I seriously mean that--NOTHING.

Nathaniel is Here!

I've updated my baby blog about his arrival but I thought I'd post it here too!

Born: August 3rd, 2009
Time: 12:10pm
Weight: 8 lbs. 9 oz.
Length: 20 inches

He's a great addition to our family! we're all in love with him!

First Day of School

Bubbs and Audrey started school on the 10th, Bubbs went to the 4th grade and Audrey finally started Kindergarten! yayy! She had to wait a whole year because of her birthday and I can't believe how small the other kids look next to her, lol. Naty had to take her for her first day and she cried when he tried to leave but she stopped right away.

Then yesterday the kids started a new school, they're now going to the one in front of their grandma's house and she had to start all over again. Bubbs did really good and was so excited to move but Audrey cried her eyes out and was holding onto me. The whole plan was for me to stay there with her but since she started crying her eyes out the teacher didn't think it was a good idea for me stay. So once I left the teacher said she stopped, when I picked her up she was happy and doing good. poor thing, lol, I almost started crying with her. But everything is good now.

4th of July!

We spent the 4th at Naty's parents house because it might be the last holiday that we can spend at that house since they're looking for a new one by us. I told Naty it would be good to gather his family at his mom's house and he agreed. Also, they don't let us pop fireworks where we live and we got to do some at their house.

Here's some pics:





Naty went and bought those big ass fireworks and when he was popping them the baby was jumping so I had to go inside. The kids had a blast (esp. Bubbs), I'm glad no one got hurt!

More pics of Bathroom 2

The new wall added to fit the tub in


Tub area with hopscotch design and glass tile


Looking in from the laundry room, window goes to backyard



Looking in from our bedroom, thats where the mirrors, double granite sink and nice light fixtures will be.

NEXT (friday): tape ceiling and laundry room, caulk moulding, paint ceiling and moulding
SATURDAY: do floor tile
SUNDAY: our anniversary but not sure if we'll do anything or work on the house. We'll see.....

Bathroom 2, In progress cont.

A quick picture even though he's done a lot more than this. The walls are actually DONE! all we need is the floor, cabinet, granite top, wall lighting, and shower doors.

Good Progress on Bathroom2

Naty just stopped working on the bathroom cause he was working overtime and we had parties to go to but this weekend he said NO MORE PARTIES and got to work cause we never know when the baby is coming. Him and his dad did a lot and are almost done! I can't believe it!

Closing Ceremonies and a Champ!

Before the first game...team having "The talk"
Baseball is now officially over! AMEN! I love baseball BUT I wanted a break already, I'm getting heavy and tired so I needed a break. We had our closing day ceremonies this past weekend on June 13th and Bubbs team took 1st place as champions for the AA division. He got a nice medal to add to his last years win.

Bubbs hitting them out of the park

Bubbs stealing bases

Cubs rushing the table to pick up their AA Champion Medals

Audrey's Team
Closing day was bittersweet. I'm glad the stress of it all is over but then I'm sad that I won't have anything to do now. LOL! I was waiting for this time to come and now that it's here, I'm bored out of my mind. I have so much to do to get ready for the baby but haven't done much. I have 6 weeks left till the baby gets here and I have ALOT to do, including the bathroom I wrote about (down below), its still a mess and missing a floor. But anyway! there's a good explanation for that! My hardworking hubby has been working overtime and we've been having parties every weekend to go to so thats why he hasn't worked on it. Now this saturday is my granny's b-day dinner and sunday is open so we're hoping he'll work on it then.
My mom and Steph are still here and leaving this weekend so that is when I'll be sorting through the closet and putting Nate's clothes in there, him and Audrey will be sharing a closet, then I can get that dresser out of there and buy a new one. I just want organization and want this place ready cause I know I won't be able to do alot once my baby is here.

What else??? I really need to start looking for summer projects for the kids because they're bored out of their minds. I'll be making a trip to michael's and looking for little crafts and looking online as well.

Overall, boring!! which is better than drama, I'll take boring over drama anyday!

Angels T-Ball

Audrey had her last game on 5/30 and she hit off the pitcher! She did so good and we're so proud of how much she's improved! She's been very good since the beginning but now she's doing alot more that I can't believe. After the last game they had a pizza party for the kids and I took a pic of her little friends. These are the only 4 girls on the team. They still have closing day ceremonies were they will get their trophies.

Bubbs has his last season game tomorrow then the 2 championship games. If they win the game on June 9th, then they'll play again on the 11th, so we'll see.

I Graduated!

from CSUF with my bachelor's in Health Science and I'm glad that step in my life is OVER! I have one more step of PA school and receiving my Master's but for now I'm enjoying being a university graduate!

It was a semi-hot day and I wasn't too thrilled, at 7 months pregnant things can feel worse than what they really are. I had alot to complain about but the most important was that I had my family there with me and I was graduating!

Oh and I also forgot my damn memory card so you have to wait till I get the other pics from the disposable camera (gggrrr).

P.S. I forgot to mention how puffy my hair got! I was there since 6:30AM and the air was misty and cold and when it got hot....POOF went my hair! uuhhh

Bathroom 2, In progress

Bathroom 2 is completely destroyed! Now, the question is...when will it be done?! Naty wants it done before the baby comes so he has 12ish weeks to reach his goal but I want it done faster than that so here's the breakdown...

(X) Weekend of 4/25: move wall in laund/Bath to make bathroom bigger, destroy laund room and replace drywall.
(X) Weekend of 5/2: new copper pipes under the house, run new cold/hot pipes to laundry room, make hole in wall outside for new dryer location.
(X) Weekend of 5/9: completely destroy Bathroom
Weekend of 5/16: repiping for shower, moving sewer drain (or whatever its called) to a new location (toilet is moving)
Weekend of 5/23: NOTHING, my graduation on Saturday and nieces baptism on Sunday, but maybe on memorial day he'll put new lighting and new roof, install tub, and rock on walls to support tile
Weekend of 5/30: tile going up! tile tile more tile, walls and floor
Weekend of 6/6: painting last minute things like ceiling and moulding, put up new lighting over sinks, mirrors, install double sink and toilet
Weekend of 6/13: shower doors, cabinets and last minute things, should be done!

So we're on week 4 of 8

From there we have to finish the laundry room. Which will be installing cabinets, lights, moulding and finishing drywall.

Our Finished Bathroom

I never got around to uploading pictures of our finished bathroom so here it goes:




We finally have a finished and functioning bathroom! You don't know what that feels like. We only had 1 bathroom for about a year and now he decided to break down the other bathroom so we're gonna be going back to 1 bathroom soon, LOL. I told him this time it better not take that long! We have our wall and glass tile picked out but still have to look for our shower tile which we'll probably do sunday. But so far so good on the designing! its really fun!

Lots of Updates

Last time I was here was in February, nothing great... Naty and I went out for valentine's dinner and came home right after





March
Was my 28th B-day, we again, went to go eat and went to the movies with the kids. Since I'm pregnant I can't really celebrate the way I wanted so food, movies and kids were my choice. Also, baseball season started in March and the kids have been playing for a month now. Audrey really loves it and Bubbs likes it, haha. They're both really good and have lots of friends that make it even better for them. Oh and this month I found out that we were having a boy so March was really exciting. Oh and I can't forget about Disneyland, we had a lot of fun and the kids loved it. I'm glad we went then cause I still wasn't too big. Lots of fun!

April
This month its been the same, baseball and school. Bubbs has 2 games a week and 2 practices a week and Audrey has 2 practices a week and 1 game a week which enough! We're constantly at the park and going back and forth. Also, Easter was this month and we spent it at home with a couple of people like granny, marie, arthur, nellie, rudy, naty's parents, his brothers and the kids. It was really laid back and not so stressful since I started working on things days before.





Right now I have about 3 weeks left of school which I'm counting down and I graduate this May as well, I'm not really wanting to do the ceremony anymore but Naty really wants me to.

Overall, everyone is well, thank God and we're just waiting for this baby!