Our Weekend!!

Well gustavo's bday was on Saturday!! so we spent the day together just the three of us and sang happy bday to him on his first birthday as a daddy :) his cake even said happy birthday daddy!! it was very cute :) then we dropped off andrea at her first sleep over with my parents and we headed to have a glass of wine and cheese at the wine merchant before dinner at the village tavern!!! lots of fun :) we spent time with our good friends at dinner and then bea and carlin came back to our apartment to hang out with us for about another hour. Sunday we got to sleep in and i went to pick up my little one around 12... i missed her so much... its definately different coming home to an empty house vs. me leaving her during the day while i'm at work...

Sunday night however went down hill!!! Andrea got severely constipated... we had to take her into the emergency room where they stimulated her with a rectal thermometer followed by two suppositories... MY POOR BABY!!! it was terrible...but the doctors at the er were very attentive and helped quite a bit...today she's feeling much better and shes home with daddy :) from what he says shes just exhausted from the whole ordeal!! She has a follow up with her ped on wednesday!! Thank God for being with us through this little scare!!

Update From MommyLand

Pumpkin patch was fun ... but it looks as though we went on the wrong day lol!! IT WAS BOILING HOT ... figures the next day was our first cold front in awhile!!! but we ended up getting a mommy pumpkin daddy pumpkin and baby pumpkin!!! (pics soon to come).... then we went to my sisters house to carve them with all of andrea's cousins!!! (pics of that soon to follow as well!!) Sunday was beautiful as could be... we went to breakfast then to the church softball game followed by a goodbye dinner for our good friends carlos and oli who are moving to nasville next month!! we're going to miss them terribly but are planning to go visit them some time around january i'm thinking!! :) anyway... this has been a good week so far... Gustavo's bday is on saturday!! we'll be going to dinner to celebrate :) it should be a great weekend... and being that today's wednesday I'M HALF WAY THERE!!! WOOHOOOOOOOOO :)

Good Week To All :)

This week..

has been a great week so far... i was off of work on monday so my mom, my sis, and my neice bella came over for a visit with andrea and i!!! we had a lot of fun chasing bella around and playing with andrea :)...i cant believe its already thursday :) thank goodness for that...and for coffee every morning!!! This weekend i have a maternity shoot in the morning on saturday...then after that we're going to go pumpkin patch hunting for the little one!! ... sunday is church and then gustavo's going to play softball and of course his ladies will be cheering him on :)

Andrea update!!!
she's found her thumb ladies and gentlemen!!!!
i know it's not good for her soon to be teeth.. but its absolutely adorable!!!!... it's so funny because she used to do it when i was pregnant during ultrasounds.. and now it seems as though she's found it again. Funny little lady :)

Work is going well ... mommyhood is going well.. and life as a family of three couldn't be better... i'm so blessed and couldn't possibly ask for more... THANK YOU JESUS!!!

a collection of smiles

first day back to work!!

and i feel great!! i was a little emotional and anxious leaving Andrea with the sitter for the first time BUT once i started driving and got to work i was just fine... Gustavo and I each called once to check on her and he picked her up around 2 with a great report!!! I had a great day and surprisingly handled myself pretty well for my standards if i do say so myself!! It felt wonderful to be back to work i'm looking forward to a great week!! praise the Lord!!!!

Touching...

So since i've gotten into photography i find myself spending countless hours in front of the computer looking at other photog websites and blogs... i love studying the different styles each photographer has and the special ways they capture such important moments in peoples lives...

in my world wide web travels i came across this website: http://www.nowilaymedowntosleep.org/about_us/

i encourage anyone reading this to stop what they're doing and take a few minutes to stop by this link and take in how amazing an organization this is.

Now i lay me down to sleep is an organization of photographers all over the country who are basically "on call" so to speak and at a moments notice go to hospitals to photograph infants who have passed away in the first moments either of their birth or death. The work that they do is free of charge and is completely on a volunteer basis. Having had a healthy baby i know just how fragile that tiny life really is and had my situation been reversed i would have wanted an organization like this to be able to assist me in preserving those first delicate moments... moments that i would never be able to get back... moments that end all to soon. I'm one of the lucky ones... i can take pictures and make memories of my daughter as often as i'd like i can CHOOSE to preserve her smile or wait until tomorrow ... not all parents have that luxury... I think this is an amazing organization... and as soon as i have enough practice i plan to become a part now i lay me down to sleep as well.

God Bless.

Ear Piercing Day!!!!

So... since i'm going back to work on monday i decided to pierce Andrea's ears so i won't have to take time off of work specifically to do it b/c the dr. that does the piercings is only there tuesdays and thursdays!! that means that Gustavo wouldn't be able to take her since his day off is friday :)

anyhoo!! it was a great no tears experience which makes me a pretty happy mommy!! Her pediatrician administers a numbing creme on both earlobes one hour before she pierces...so basically the only thing that bothered andrea was being held down to actually pierce her!!!

Her little Bling Blings look so adorable... she's sleeping now so i'll have pics posted some time over the weekend :)

cheeers :)