Happy 6 Month Birthday Andrea!

Wow ... the day is finally here... my sweet bundle of love is officially half a year old!
its amazing how the time flies... they always tell you things like enjoy your pregnancy because you'll miss it.. and of course i do.. then they tell you to enjoy your little ones because they grow so fast which now i understand as well!

i guess you walk through life hearing those things never fully understanding until you're there.. walking that path of life... :)
I feel so blessed today just as i do each and every other day that i get to see my beautiful daughter smile and light up when she sees me... The look on her face as she discovers her hands...when she reaches for me as i walk towards her.. as i see her bright eyes look at me as if to say i love you mommy!! i'm just so amazed by her by who she is becoming at just 6 short months of age.

you think about it and you bring this precious little person into the world and after knowing them for such a small amount of time you wake up one day to the reality that you've actually known them your whole life... even when you didn't know you and who you were and what you were about.. what you would accomplish who you would marry and what the future would hold all the while you knew this person... its like a part of you that has finally been able to catch up allowing you to coincide and share one heart while forgetting what life was like before. suddenly not knowing how you were ever able to breathe without this person.
Parenthood is amazing, marriage is amazing.. life is a blessing.

Happy 6 month birthday my sweet angel i fall more and more in love with you as each day passes. You have already taught me so much about myself and about life you are a blessing and sweet reward from the lord and for that i am thankful.

Long Weekend!!

Looks like i'm off of work this coming monday!! YAY!! Long weekend here i come...i'm looking at an hour and a half of work left then its headed home to be with my beautiful family!! Saturday we'll be getting some stuff done around the house hopefully!! probably stopping by carters to exchange an outfit that doesn't fit Andrea.. Making her baby food for the week and then dropping her off with my parents for a sleepover :)Sunday the plan is church then picking up andrea then going to see my oldest neice Natalie who is going to live with her Dad in Arizona!! I'm going to miss her very much and of course am sad to see her go but i know it's for her well being...the last time natalie and i lived states apart she was 3 years old and now she's 15 WOW my sweet baby is grown!!! But i know she has a good head on her shoulders and will always land on her feet.. She's surrounded by people that love her no matter how near or far! I love you baby girl!!

Monday: My plan is to kinda just hang out with Andrea and spend some quality time together :) maybe find what i'm going to wear for our Mommy and Andrea Photoshoot next weekend :) Which is my birthday present!! i'm really excited.

Update from mommyland:
I've noticed that the times i'm not with Andrea i'm suffering from some separation anxiety which i'm not a big fan of!! It's not good for me and it cant be good for her. She's getting to an age where i think it's important that she's with other family members besides mommy and daddy! As a mother i think it's also important to recognize when i need to take a step back and i believe that time has come!! Another thing i've noticed is that when Andrea is around other babies or children she kind of looks at them like "wow what is that weird creature mommy?" which i dont think is good either... When she hangs out with her good friend Gaby .. Gaby lights up and Andrea just sits and kind of stares.. Gaby of course has an older sister Olivia who plays with her on a constant basis but the point is that i was able to see the difference so i haven't decided what i'm going to do about that yet but something needs to get done regarding both issues!!

I want my baby to be happy and healthy in all areas of her beautiful little life and sometimes i think as parents we need to know when enough is enough no matter how hard it is for us. But the fact of the matter is that i have people around me who are more than willing to help so i need to take advantage of that for Andreas well being.. after all mommy's not always going to be there ... one day she's going to have to go to pre school and regular school she's going to need to interact with other children and people and i dont want it to be the type of situation where she doesn't know how to function causing her to go into meltdown mode because she's not accustomed to it.

On another note my birthday is coming.. i'll be 26 years old January 25 WOW!! 26 years have gone by and i'm married have a baby and have this whole crazy beautiful life!! I have a perfectly precious baby and and amazing husband!! I have parents that love me and baby me even to this day but push me all at the same time!! I'm very very blessed :)

Cold Cold Go Away!!! strangers here to stay unfortunately

I'm not a fan of this weather ... not because i dont like the cold bc i do... even though im running out of clothes lol...but because it's so difficult to dress my sweet baby for the occasion lol... she's always warm to begin with so its like put five layers on her plus blankets just to go from the house the the car to the destination then take off the layers before she starts to sweat lol!! its a crazy game of keeping time with mother nature... oh well!!

next i want to complain about idiotic strangers that want to tell me how to mother my daughter expecting not to get snapped at... then immediately looking at me as if i'm some rude monster for expressing just how ungrateful i am for their advice.

i actually think i've been pretty patient until this point:

This weekend (which happened to be the coldest weekend we've experienced yet) gustavo and i had to take my wedding rings to downtown miami to be sized down. While we were waiting i had to change andrea in her stroller... after i changed her i decided to leave her snow gear on but unbuttoned since we weren't going outside of the building anytime soon... at the same time there was a woman ordering coffee that had the balls to tell me "you can't take her outside with her outfit unbuttoned... you should bundle her up" to which i replied "i would if i were going outside but since i'm not please keep your advice to yourself"
UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
after that she turned around and was completely silent got her coffee and left!!!
of course my husband just sat there sipping his coffee after letting me handle yet another rude person on my own!!! he said that it took everything out of him not to laugh in this womans face... i didn't find it as amusing...

i'm just so tired of strangers approaching me telling me how to take care of my daughter who i happen to be extremely obsessive about to begin with... i've never in a million years tried to touch or grab another persons baby let alone give them advice on how i felt they should care for them... i guess it just urks me because you treat others how you would like to be treated... just so happens that I DO NOT APPRECIATE BEING TREATED THAT WAY!!

ok done complaining now :)
i just had to get that off of my chest!!

stupid week almost over !!

Well i'm happy to report that today is friday in case anyone wasn't aware!!!

im looking forward to relaxing this weekend just me hubby and baby!!
This week has been so rough i've literally worked 7 days straight and today is my late day so i'll be here til 7 :( i'm absolutely exhausted. Gustavo wanted to go to orlando this weekend and my response to him was very simple... i'm exhausted i've had the week from hell.. i'm not going anywhere this weekend lol!!!! i know i probably should give in but i'm just drained.

anyway on another note... it's warmed up quite a bit here in florida and its sunny out .. just a beautiful day.. its a shame i'm going to spend it inside the office but those are the breaks... hopefully this weekend will be just as pretty.

i've started watching a handful of tutorials for photoshop elements and have been able to pick up some pretty cool tricks to use which makes me happy and makes using the software a little less scary which is GREAT!!! i can't wait to learn more :)

i was able to speak to my good friend Adriana yesterday... it was great to hear from her ... we always have so much in common.. its nice to hear a friendly voice when you've been caught up in madness for so long!!

ok back to work... hoping my day goes quick fast!!

stupid week...

this has been such a stupid week lol!!!

i've been working everyday since saturday and i'm exhausted!!!
some of those days i didn't get home until 8:30-9pm... ughhhhhh i literally walked in the door just to kiss andrea goodnight! it was terrible.. i've missed her so much.

We've just been totally slammed at work..good news is that this stupid week is finally drawing to an end although tomorrow is my late night at work so i'll be here 11-7 double ugh

on a lighter note .. i finally was able to buy photoshop elements for my mac!! i was pretty excited until gustavo installed it and i sat down in front of a huge reality check that almost knocked me off of my chair which was I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO USE THIS PROGRAM!!! off the bat it looks pretty complex so i started freaking out lol... but i'm doing some research and watching some tutorials to at least get my feet wet and then hopefully it will get easier as i use it.

Andrea:
started bananas this week so for dinner she's been having sweet potato with bananas for desert!! She loves the bananas and hasn't had a reaction so far so thats great :)

also she's getting a lot better at sitting up without support and is even wanting to stand with support obviously lol... but she hardly wants to sit anymore... she stiffens her body and gets angry when we make her sit lol... she loves the crawl ball that santa brought her for christmas ... its really great it ligths up and has buttons and colors it sings and rolls around on the floor for andrea to follow... she seems to really enjoy it.

Mommy:
i went to see a nutritionist for my low energy level that has progressively gotten worse since andrea was born... she gave me the name of a natural thyroid supplement to take which should level me out. I started taking it today so lets see how i feel over the next week or so.

Other than that i'm pretty happy... My husband is wonderful and continues to amaze me with each passing day. and my daughter is beautiful and brings so much joy to my life...i'm so in love with my family i feel like i could burst!!! Love is beautiful..

Christmas

ristmas Eve:
Christmas eve is my favorite memory... every year on christmas my family (which has now been taken over by my parents) roasts a pig and we have a party for everyone to get together and enjoy themselves. As a little girl i used to get up at 5am to go down to the slaughter house with my parents and grandparents to choose the pig.... i know it sounds pretty gruesome but its just part of the tradition!!! after the slaughter house we would bring the pig back to my grandparents house where it would be cleaned and cooked!! it was an all day affair that ended with a party...i remember the music and food and especially the family... those christmas eves each and every one of them was special to me and is my favorite day of the year!!!!

This year we all got dressed up and went to my parents for the annual pig roast and had a great time!! it was such a blessing to be around so much family!! it was also special obviously bc it was andrea's first christmas eve!! we left my parents house around 9 pm bc gustavo wasn't feeling too well and andrea was absolutely pooped from all the festivities... so we came home finished wrapping presents and waited for santa to come ;)

Christmas Day
Mommy Daddy and Andrea started our first christmas as a family of three around 8am... we fed the baby of course and then started opening all the wonderful presents santa brought us!! it was great andrea actually opened most of them and by the time everything was opened she went down for a nap because she was exhausted!!! we then went to my parents house to open some more presents with them as well as my sister brother in law and their kids.

The house looked like a disaster zone by the time all was said and done... but it was totally worth it and was a great first christmas spent with family that we are so extremely blessed to have!!!

This christmas Gustavo and I were blessed in another extra special way... we were able to celebrate with our little miracle... our sweet baby that God put together piece by piece like a perfect puzzle...Andrea was the most amazing part of christmas for me... looking at her in amazement as she opened her presents and smiled at mommy and daddy shes so beautiful and perfect and the most wonderful obsession i'll ever have.