Recap

I have been a total slacker when it comes to my blog, but vow to be better. A lot has happened lately, but I haven't really had a reliable computer these days, but that will hopefully change soon. I thought I would pick up though in talking about Taylor's 4 Month Checkup and recap on what we have been up to the past few months. I know, I can't believe she is 4 months old already. Before I get into that though I want to recap on the last couple of months though starting with Halloween. Kade was a cute little dinosaur and is still wearing his costume. He walked around everywhere saying rarrrrrrrr!!! It was so cute. He was trying to scare everyone. We took him to the ConocoPhillips party at my work and he loved that.

Next was Thanksgiving, and we had a wonderful one. We did dinner at my mom's house first and then we headed over to Sugar's for another meal which is hard sometimes because we are always so full for the second dinner, but it was a fun day being will family. Sad thing is though I didn't get any pictures of that day.

Next, Jared and I went to Arizona a couple weekends ago to drop his Teryx off so he could get a new motor put in it and while we there we did lots of Christmas shopping and we were also lucky enough to have some friends come along and our mom's as well. They were a lot of help with the babies.

Also, I went back to work last week, but luckily only have to work part time. It was wonderful to be off for 4mos, but I am so lucky to have Jared's mom help me out with the kids because there is just no one else I would trust to watch my babies while I work.

We really are so blessed, and I am so thankful for it.

What's new!

Well there hasn't been anything to much to update on other than the many appointments we have had recently and Jared has been in hunting mode these days assisting his friend and dad in the scouting processes. So Kade did something pretty naughty the other night, but I can't be too mad because it was pretty much my fault. We were visiting with the missionaries the other night and I had just painted my nails a dark brown and Kade came and grabbed the polish out of my hand and I didn't even think twice about it and actually kinda remember thinking he wouldn't be able to open the bottle because it's even hard for me to open the darn thing, but he got it open and all over his carpet, his nice pottery barn chair my mom had gotten him and ruined a home made blanket from a family friend. Jared was not happy, nor was I, but I couldn't tell Jared what my thought process was when he took the polish from me. Jared put about an hour of elbow grease into the carpet and got most of it out. The trick he looked up online was Windex believe it or not. It took the polish out, but what Jared forgot to read was that it left your carpet blue. So the next day we used our other trick of spraying Resolve on it and topping it off with baking soda to vacum it up after it dried. It looks a lot better, but not what it once was. Kade got lucky though because he got to sleep with us (the fumes were horrible in his room) and he's lucky we had company when this little incident happened because it saved his little hiney. I wouldn't have let him get in trouble though because it was all my fault. ;). I even had a lady from Carpet One come over to give me an estimate of $650, I thought heck no I will just leave it, he will probably do it again. Other than that we have been just trying to get Taylor on a good schedule and some days are wonderful and some are hard, it goes back and forth. I have to remember she is still only 6 weeks old so it may take a little longer. Kade is adjusting well to school and I'm loving being off work. Till next time!

Stats

Our little darling had her 2 week checkup on 8/23/2010 in Durango where we take her and she surprised us alright. Her weight at birth was 6lbs. 15 oz. and then when we took her in 4 days later her weight was 6lbs. 13 oz. but when we took her in just 10 days later she was at 8lbs. 2 oz. I was surprised a little, but then again not too much because I knew she was eating well since I had already been to the store twice for diapers.

So far we are almost at 3 weeks with our missy and we couldn't be happier. I feel wonderful mentally and physically. I was a little concerned I was going to have anxiety about things, but something awesome has happened and I don't. She is a good baby and Kade is adjusting well. I am very blessed with my two babies. Kade is talking so much these days, it blows my mind. He is so intelligent and so handsome. I often wonder what I did to deserve so a beautiful family. So now we wait for Taylor's 2 month checkup where she gets her shots. I will be a little bit more at ease when she does and take her more places and actually take her out of her car seat. 5 more weeks of more hibernation till we get this girl some more added protection with vaccines. I can't help but wonder with concern why some people don't vaccinate. I guess its not my place to wonder though. Till next time!

Update!

Recently things have been a little crazy, and I have a feeling they are only going to get crazier. I have been in the process of trying to decide how to do my baby girl's room and I am being so indecisive. I am so excited about having a little hita mijita that I can't stand it and for so long I would always look at the amazing cuteness of girl things and now when it comes down to actually having to pick I am realizing there are just too many darn choices. That's ok though! I know I want to do white furniture so I am in the process of trying to find a good deal and then I am torn between a couple bedding sets that I like. My whole thing from the beginning when I found out I was having a girl is that I didn't want to go to girly with her room becuase she herself is going to be decked out in girly stuff as it is. (I can't wait) So I have been trying to swing that.
On the other side of things I am planning my babies 2nd birthday party in spongebob (his absolute favorite) and that has been a whirlwind in itself. I try to make things as perfect as I know how and that makes things more stressful. To top things off we have been potty training Kade for the past couple weeks and he is doing great, I am so proud of him. I am trying to avoid having two kiddos in diapers, and so far so good.
All in all my complaints are nothing and I wouldn't trade my little stressors for anyone else's. I am always thankful for my babies and my husband that I love to pieces. He makes me wanna be a better person and I love him more today than I did yesterday.

Our Weekend!

Well Friday came along very fast for me this past week which isn't a bad thing. Too bad I woke up with a sore throat and looked back there because I have had a cold for a week and half already and saw a white little bumb on the back of my throat and thought for sure I had Strep. So I called the Dr. and made and appt. Turns out it wasn't Strep, thank goodness! Cute thing though, when I was getting ready to head to the Dr. Kade fell asleep right in front of the shower, because the cute little guy can't stand to be in a different room than his mom. I have to post this because Jared's mom said that Jared would be running around when he was little and then all the sudden she wouldn't hear him anymore and find him in the hallway or some weird place sleeping like this....

Like father like son

Kade with me at the Dr. He begged me to let him put the ear things on his fingers. He's so funny!

Friday night we went bowling for a friend's Birthday which was fun, but pretty sure my score sucked that night. Jared however got 4 strikes in a row, he was pretty pumped!

How many boys does it take to put the names on the screen? More than what you see!!!!

Saturday night we had yet another birthday party to attend and it was a Fear Factor theme which was pretty neat, but left me no choice to not participate. If you know me you know that I am one of the worlds pickiest eaters out there, so there as no way in you know what that I was going to willingly eat something without knowing what it was. NO WAY!! Jared however ate dog food, 4 huge dirt worms without chewing them, stuck his hand in a box with crickets; and dead fish. He also had to transfer liver from one box to another. All in all it was crazy and funny to watch and Jared and Chris won the final prize which was some gift cards. So I won without having to play. Marriage rules are great...What's his is mine, right?

Sunday Jared, Kade and I went to IHOP, went to Best Buy and bought a blue ray and lounged all day watchin a great movie, finally in the evening we went to dinner at my mom's. It was a wonderful weekend and I loved every minute of it. I love my family so much and love my friends dearly.

Quick note: We find out the sex of our baby on April 2nd. I cannot wait. I pray that everything goes good because if you have ever had a baby you know that not only at your 20 weeks ultrasound they check the heart and the brain. I pray for a very healthy baby, I don't care what the sex turns out to be.

Our life right now

I have been horrible at posting lately and I guess I just feel like nothing exciting has gone on in our lives. I do have to say that I am about 15 weeks pregnant and feel a lot better, but still not 100%. I'm hoping for the 16th week to be set free (completely).
Well a little sum up of what has been going on in our lives. Jared's grandpa passed away so we headed to Utah in Jan. for the funeral and it was my first time to ever go and I loved it. Of course I didn't get any pictures. I'm terrible.
Tomorrow we head to Guadalajara to see my family for 10 days. Bad news though, Kade's not feeling 100% so I'm taking him to the Dr. today for a quick look over. Also I pray I don't get sick while gone with being pregnant and all, but I am trying to keep a positive outlook on that. So with all that said I sure do hope our lives see the sunshine soon because things have been a little dreary in the Chavez home.
Side note: I caved in and paid $30.00 for the intelligender prediction test. I will take it tomorrow and post my result when I get back from Mexico and then at my 20 week US I will see if the darn thing was right or not. I have been reading all the blogs and there are so many mixed thoughts on this thing, but I thought hey why not give it a try. I'm gonna have what I'm gonna have either way, might as well have a little fun with it.
Funny thing though and I don't know if any of you other woman got this at one point in time throughout your pregnancies, but since I have a boy and everyone knows I am expecting everyone always says "Hoping for a girl or I hope its a girl". First of all I want to say it is getting so annoying and what do people mean they hope its a girl. They have nothing to do with my life. I feel a lot of pressure to have a girl for some reason, but what if I wanted another boy. People just need to ask you what you want or just not say anything at all. Maybe I am just really on edge being with child and all, but I just want to know already and put all these hypothesis to a result. Hope everyone is happy and feeling blessed in their lives. If not.....PRAY!!

A little blog update

So I am almost 9 weeks along in pregnancy and very jelous of those of you who are much farther along. I had a good visit last week with the Dr. and saw a flickering heart beat which was exciting. Baby looks a little like a chicken wing at this point! As far as morning sickness goes I have my better days now rather than sick all day everyday so that's a plus. I just have to add that I am dying to know what this baby is. I can't wait to find out the sex. I know I have forever to go, but I can't wait......

I can't believe I forgot

I feel so terrible. The other day I made a post about all the things I am thankful for and I COMPLETELY forgot to mention my #1 most thankful thing. God! I have a pit in my stomach because I forgot to mention that. I am seriously so upset and mad at myself. I am not the most religious person, but I consider myself a very spiritual person, a person very very close to her God. If it weren't for God I wouldn't have all the amazing blessings in my life. God has done so much for me and my family and I love him so much.

Let the blogging begin

OK.....So I finally decided to start blogging. I love looking at every one's blogs and to me it's just a great way to share all your blessings with friends and family, although I do have to admit that mine will be mostly for family. I have so much family around the world that will be able to keep up with my little family and see how much our baby grows, as we also will be able to go back and reflect. Plus a friend of mine told me it's a great way to journal and you can print it out to have forever (I thought that was neat) and Jared also convinced me that it was a good idea so here I am. I hope mine is a interesting to look at as others. Please enjoy my little entries. God bless everyone.