Happy Five Months Baby Andrea!

Happy five months old baby Andrea!!!! Mommy loves you very much :)
Today my sweet baby turned 5 months old!!! she's getting soooo big!! i can't believe how fast she's growing and the time is flying!!.. in a few days we will be celebrating our first christmas as a family of three i cannot believe how incredibly blessed we are!!! We truly have so much to be thankful for...

Currently Andrea is sitting up without support (once she gets her balance) for a few seconds at a time!!! she's also teething..she has found her feet which happen to find her mouth just about all day long... has eaten sweet potatoes, green beans, carrots, and will be starting squash today... she's right on schedule with her solids..also she verbalizes "ummmm" when she's eating...its the cutest thing!!!

Happy 5 months baby MOMMY LOVES YOU!!

Update From MommyLand

Andrea will be five months old next week!! which is so exciting.. but whats even better is how active she's become in the last few weeks!!!

She's currently: blowing raspberries non stop!! WHICH IS ADORABLE!!!!
getting better at rolling over... verbalizing when we feed her by saying ummmmmm...and the best of all milestones so far last night she sat by herself with zero support around her !!!! i'm so proud of how far my sweet baby has come!!!! being a mommy is by far the most amazing thing i've EVER been blessed enough to experience!!!!

Migraine Pain

Wow its pretty bad these days... i've had migraines consistently since last tuesday... i've never suffered from migraines before so its a little overwhelming... Gustavo wants me to go to the dr.which i'm not a fan of lol but i'm thinking its getting to that point... especially since this is so uncommon for me. we'll see what happens...

Pensive!!

There are many things i've accomplished in my life that have made me proud...i like to think i've taken the road less traveled in many instances... not that i'm trying to make myself this high and mighty person but i guess i'm just happy with the person i've become... this week however i took a loooong hard look at my life and i had to ask how i let things get this far... how in the world did i wake up one day and ask myself what in the heck is wrong with you!!! you have nothing to show for where you are (besides of course a beautiful family) i should have a career... a degree... i should be that person that my neice has looked up to her whole 15 years of existence... i should be that person that my daughter will one day want to be or emmulate just as i have looked at my own mother and father... WHAT HAPPENED TO ME!!!! i know this all seems pretty petty and immature of me but the fact of the matter is that i'm 25 years old but am lacking something that has given many in my generation purpose... that damn little piece of paper that says who i am...that says i'm educated... that says i was able to begin something and reach a goal...i was able to help people.. i was able to do something rewarding... something big... something that my daughter will one day be able to look back and say THIS is my mom!!

i know it all sounds a little crazy but i guess this is me just venting...but when i'm surrounded by people who have degrees and are clearly educated i feel unaccomplished, unproductive, and just plain mediocre... i mean why didn't i do something amazing with my life like become a doctor or a lawyer why didn't i have the discipline to do something that other people could look at and say HEY now she's special... she's one of a kind... why haven't i touched lives and helped others in times of dispair... WHY WHY WHY!!! Gustavo says i'm having a crisis... and maybe i am... after all its totally possible.. but the fact of the matter still remains... why aren't i the kind of daughter my parents can brag about when they go out ...why did i settle for being mediocre..laziness? lack of interest? lack of drive? discipline? whatever the reason it doesn't take away from the fact that something's missing....

I love being a mommy and a wife.. but i want more than that.. i want my family to look towards me with pride....knowing that i did something with my life.. i didn't settle no matter the reason...i dont want to be that woman that is nothing more than a wife and a mommy... i want to be able to go out and not feel like i'm the tiniest person in the room because everyone around me is accomplished. Now the question is will these desires turn into something i can be proud of in the end. Does it mean that much to me? Will i make it happen? Will i make my family proud? or will i falter yet again....

Christmas!!

Well my favorite time of year is here again!! i think back to this time last year and remember how excited we were for this year to come around since i had recently found out i was pregnant with andrea!!! We were looking forward to this christmas bc we knew we'd be celebrating our first christmas as a family of 3 :)

This past weekend we got our christmas tree and decorated it!! we started a family tradition which was Gustavo's family tradition with his parents!! we bought a six pack of glass bottled coke and i baked cookies while we decorated :) it was so nice... Andrea fell asleep about three ornaments in lol but i think we can forgive her for that :) the tree is perfect and is decorated pink and silver of course since our theme for the year is pink :) it was such a nice time..i thank God for allowing us to experience so many wonderful firsts with our little girl and pray that we will continue to experience such beauty as our family continues to grow!!!

Update:

I never updated andrea's 4 month visit at the dr!!!
It went very well here are her stats:

Weight: 12.3
Length: 24 inches long
Head Circumference: 15 1/5

She started sweet potatoes when she turned four months and now we're on to carrots!! Next will be green beans!!! VEEEERY EXCITING!!! other than that the dr said Andrea is doing great and has only good things to report. She received her four month boosters and won't have to return until 6 months :)

All in all great news... its so exciting and fulfilling to watch my beautiful daughter grow and thrive :) mother hood is beautiful!!!

Georgia

My dad has lots of land in waycross georgia... a small quaint little town... it's about 7 hours away so we decided to take a trip leaving friday (day after thanksgiving) we went with my parents and my oldest neice natalie!! we had a great time just realaxing hanging out and riding my dad's ATV all around the property!! Andrea was bundled from head to toe the whole time which made diaper changes somewhat of a challenge lol!! its so hard to get through all those clothes :) but all in all it was a great time... the drive back was a bit miserable though since we got stuck in some major thanksgiving holiday traffic. We made it home around 6:30... just in time for work the next day!! Being that this was our first road trip for so many hours i think we all made it through just fine :)

This was mommy daddy and andrea on the property!!

Thanksgiving 2009

Was wonderful.. it was andrea's first thanksgiving which made it that much more special!!! We ate at my parents house around 3 :) my sister was there with her hubby and their four kids as well as my grandparents.. it was a very nice time spent together... :) andrea and my almost 2 yr old neice bella basically slept through the whole thing... they finally woke up long after everyone was done eating and it was time to feed both of them which included andrea's sweet potato dinner :) she's such a little doll face ... i'm so thankful for my family we've now become three and each and every new experience is so wonderful !! i feel blessed each time i get the chance to look around and take in the beauty God has bestowed upon us!!