Giving Thanks

What am I thankful for? I am thankful for


Good HEALTH. HAPPINESS. My LEMONS. Elmo or anything on PBS. FAMILY. Laughter. Good Memories. Glee. Camera that has lasted me a year now. Fall pics. Guacamole. Great support. Shopping therapy. GPS. A little less sleep deprivation than last year. All the things we have bought to replace the things that have broken down. Puzzles. Shoes. Our recalled Toyota. Good Cooking. School. Diaper Wipes (come in handy everywhere). Coupons. Faith. Rain. Babies everywhere. Crayons. Mommy instincts. Lil lemons funny personality. Big Lemon's Craziness. Cuddling. KISSES. Smiles and LOVE.


I really hope I'm not missing anything.. Happy thanksgiving. Time to put up the tree...

Fall Pictures

The last time we took family portraits I believe adriancito was (thinking, thinking, thinking) nine months old. Last year due to budget restraints we decided that there was no money for professional photos. But I have set up an appointment for this thanksgiving weekend to take pictures.. I am so excited to see our little family take pictures in the outdoors this next week. Currently I'm searching for options on clothing. I want a common color but I don't want to look too chessy with us all wearing matching sweaters... lol..

So I have looked up some tips for taking portraits

* Coordinate clothing

* Don't be afraid to be silly

* Always best to go casual

* Avoid Patterns

* Go when your child is well rested

I already know what my lil lemon is going to wear but me and mon is still undecided. Lets just hope that I don't drive Mon crazy the day of asking him the usual.

How do I look?

Do you like it?

Really tell me the truth?

Should I change?

Which one do you like better?

By the end he's so desperate to shut me up that I could be wearing a garbage bag and he'd say I looked good. Times like that I miss having my sis and mommy around, sometimes you just need a woman's fashionable advice. Wish us luck this weekend and also that lil lemon cooperates. I look forward to sharing my pictures...

Sleep Walker

Since before Adriancito was born, I haven’t been able to sleep the way I used to. Thanks to the pregnancy.. honestly the last 2 months of pregnancy are the most uncomfortable ever.. You can’t lay.. sleep.. sit.. comfortably at all.. I mean I used to LOVE to sleep. I would work crazy hours.. come home and sleep for about 3 or 4 hours and still sleep at night. For my baby shower I had a comment box for people to give advice to the new mommy to be (me). And the one thing that was evident everyone was trying to get across… sleep alot before you have the baby. I thought “I’ll be fine” umm soo.. the first time I slept through the entire night was when he was 8 months old and even then that was once and while occurrence.

To this day he still finds it hard to sleep. He rarely slept for long periods of time and still doesn’t. He slept well and through the night for a while and every once and while he would wake up. Butttt… recently we have been suspecting some sleep walking.. He’ll wake up and start walking and fall asleep in random spots of the house.. :( So even now I can’t sleep well because I worry whether he’s in his bed or not. Constantly getting up to check on him. My little lemon he’s so cute. This morning I was sleeping and my arm fell asleep and it never does that. So I open my eyes and there is adriancito laying on my arm.. sleeping.. he’s so cute I love when he snuggles up with me. Although sometimes he sticks to me like glue and we don’t exactly have a king sized bed.

My Point: I need sleep so Adriancito get your butt to bed and stay there..

PEPE UPDATE:

You may or may not remember that I blogged about a college friend of ours that had been diagnosed with cancer in January. I am sad to say that Pepe lost his battle with cancer on November 10, 2010. Limon and I are heartbroken with this loss. I can honestly say that even in his times of weakness he would always have a smile on his face and never hesitated in making sure we were comfortable and happy. It is so surreal that he is gone but it’s all in the lords hands. We continue to pray for his family. God bless them and guide them through this tough moment in their lives. He will be missed… :( (tear)

Happy Halloween

On Halloween eve we went to a birthday / Halloween costume party. My mother knowing his love for elephants bought him an elephant costume. Realistically you only have a couple of years to dress them up as any type of animal and they still look adorable. Believe me I'm taking advantage of it. His first Halloween.. he was tigger, the next year... chicken, and this year an elephant. I'm completely stumped for next year but we have plenty of time to figure that out.

So as I said before we went to a costume party and my lil lemon ended up winning best costume for the little children. What can I say? His adorableness just can't be beat. lol jk He loved his costume prior to Halloween he must’ve been running around the house with it on about 5 to 6 times. He actually wanted to put it on and pretend he was an elephant. Versus the Spiderman costume we originally bought him and he screamed if I even tried to put it on him

The next day he sat out on the porch with me and Mon as we took turns watching the packer game and handing out candy to the neighborhood. Lil Adrian got scared of certain costumes and others he was obsessed with. We saw buzz light year, sponge bob, woody, giraffes, cows all kinds of animals and I even let him put the candies in the kid's bags. (it promotes sharing) We went trick or treating and were surprised as to how many people weren't giving out candy. Literally, two or three houses a block. If there's a happening spot to trick or treat please let me know because it was pretty sad. lol... Needless to say lil Adrian loved it. He liked seeing everyone's costume and lots of people commented on his little elephant costume.. I love my mister.. conquering hearts already. Not too soon though mamas not ready for another woman to be in his life....

Packers vs. Vikings

There aren't many sports I can sit through. Baseball seems long and boring... Basketball is semi-okay. Soccer... only in actual life not really on. But the one that I will go out of my way to watch is Football. It may be inherited from the family or not. But I like football..

I had been telling Limon that I really wanted to go to a Packer Game. I've always wanted to go but never have. I've taken trips to Green Bay with the family. Toured the stadium.. went during spring training... toured the hall of fame but had never been at an actual game. I would go all the time to visit my sister when she went to college there. I even started looking at tickets online to see if I could find a deal.

One day Mon calls me and says "guess where were going this Sunday?"Immediately I’m like I hope he’s not going to say something crazy!! Cuz he surprises me sometimes.. lol.  I'm like, "uh where?" and he tells me the packer game. I was so happy!! as was he of course. With Brett Favre now playing with the Vikings this would make an interesting game. Especially since the packers haven't beat him especially when playing in Lambeau.

Brian ( Mon’s cuzinlaw) Leni (Mon's Cuz) and Me and Mon left earlier to look around before the actual game began. So we dropped off Lil lemon head and made our way to Green Bay. We got there and it was madness. People tailgating everywhere. When I say everywhere, I mean everywhere! Blocks and Blocks away from the stadium.. in the stadium parking lot. People drinking and inviting you to eat and drink with them. I kinda felt like a tailgate crasher but oh well what the heck. I had a blast. There were Vikings Fans and Packers Fans. There were Favre fans and Anti Favre fans. It was a good time. When we finally ate and made our way to our seats we were in amazement to see that we were so close to the field. With a perfect view of the touchdowns and the lambeau leap but still high enough to see what was going on.. on the other side of the field. We got lucky because Wisconsin weather in October is very unpredictable but usually it's super cold. I remember when we first moved in to our apartment on October 1st. It was in the 80's and the next year for mon's bday it was freezing. That day when we sat down for the game to begin at 7:00pm it was 64 Degrees and I was sweating!!!

I knew from the beginning it was either going to be the best game or the saddest game to go to. I mean if the packers lost.. it would be a downer but if we won OMG it would definitely one of the best games of the season. So the game began and the packers had a lead. But they were catching up. We made mistakes but the Vikings did also. Our defense was on point but, our offense.. umm not so well. So we would sit down and watch. When an important play would happen everyone gets on their feet. OMG that place was electric... the chanting.. the high fives with random strangers after a touchdown. (Mon even high fived a viejita sitting in front of us.. it was so cute) All in all.. the packers won.

It was fun.. reading the signs and the people dressed so crazy.. lol. it was definitely a great experience. I hope there will be more to come..

Family Status!!

Beginning of November has begun.. summer seemed like it went so fast and fall as well. I can't believe it's already November... The little one is so close to turning three years old.. Little Adrian is hyper all the time. Remember when I said that I always wanted to be with him, well mommy time is much needed now. Especially when he's bouncing off the walls and I just don't have enough energy. So here are the family updates..

Potty Status:

Lil Adriansito has begun to potty training. His little sickness detoured our potty training but we are back and in full force. He does go pipi regularly and has gone popo in his potty. However, he's terrified of the BIG potty so it makes it hard to get him to go outside of home. I don't want to forcefully make him go in the BIG potty and make him think it's a punishment of some sort. So I've been trying to make methods to get his mind off the fear and on something else (ex book or treat). I have to work on that and it would make cleaning up a lot easier for me.

Learning Status:

He draws better, colors and tries to stay between the lines and uses the right colors for sesame street characters. The other day I walked into the room where he was coloring and found this..

I was so impressed... He counts 1-10 in both languages and can put simple puzzles together. He has a passion for puzzles which I think it's cute. He has about 5 at home but have discovered that their expensive. I'm trying to find some on sale. His drawing has also gotten better. He tries to draw the sesame street characters and other animals.

ABC Status:

He knows the whole alphabets and loves to learn. We'll be driving in the car and he'll point out all the letters from the stores we visit T-A-R-G-E-T... or B-O-S-T-O-N-S-T-O-R-E. That's a step up from the "UH-OH" every time I would hit something while driving..lol. My little co-pilot. I love it.

Limon Status:

My lemon head has been hard at work all summer with sports. At one point he was playing softball, baseball and soccer all in one week. He has also been working over time to try to bring some extra cash home. He does a lot for the family and honestly I don't know how he gets so much energy. His birthday just passed.. damn he's getting old. I seems like just yesterday he was turning 21.

Cristy Status

I'm obviously studying all the time. My classes this semester are very demanding so I've been working extra hard to keep up. I'm also up to the same old same old trying not to put to many things on my plate so things are as simple as possible for me. I've been trying to get out a little more.. reconnecting with a lot of old friends since mommy life had taken a toll and I felt too sheltered from the outside world. I've been cooking a lot this summer and trying to do more traditional mexican food so if you have any recipes for me please share..

All Better!

Answers are what we wanted and answers are what we got! After having difficulty setting up an appointment with our local Lakeshore Medical Clinic, I decided to break away from their facility. My OBGYN was from there and my smooth delivery experience is what really kept me with them. But honestly, I've had enough. They weren't cutting it for my little mister. So I looked up the obvious top notch hospital for children. (Children's Hospital). I saw they had a separate dermatologist department just for pediatrics and I was impressed. I set up an appointment and right away we went in. We went to their New Berlin facility and let me tell you!!! It was beautiful.

Oh!! And they made him put on the cutest little gowns. Maybe some of you super moms have seen them before but it was my first and they were so cute. I was going to take a pic of mister but the doctor came in right away. The doctor looked fairly young (which sometimes worries me) but you can tell that she knew what she was doing. She interacted very well with him and was pretending she was tickling him while examining him. She even spoke to him in the little spanish that she knew. It was cute. She told me he had papular eczema and that it can only be treated through medication. About five prescription later and after my little mister took them all. He is all better.

I left the office that day with a big burden lifted off my shoulders. I was really worried about my lil guy. The feeling that your doing all the possible to help them and he's still suffering.. feels horrible. Before that day I have never felt so fully pleased with my doctor visits. If anyone has a similar problem in the future I definitely recommend that facility.