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Testing

2011-10-03T22:39:00.001-07:00

Today was Zach's 2 months appointment. He was all smiles before his shots and then passed out afterwards. But we found out he is officially a fattie! He measured in at 14lbs 14.5oz!!!!

29 weeks and a little survey

2011-05-27T16:00:00.000-07:00

About the mommy:
Name: Katrina
Age: 28
Is this the first child?: Nope! This is Baby #2!

About the daddy:
Name: David
Age: 28
Is this the first child?: #2 for David too =)

Finding out:
What day did you find out you were pregnant?: December 9th

How did you feel when you found out?: Surprised...not because we didn't want another, but b/c we had JUST started trying and I didn't think it would be so quick!

Who was with you?: no one

How did the daddy react?: Excited. (See previous blog post to see how I told him the news)

Telling the grandparents:
How did you parents react?: They were excited! We told them on Christmas morning. They received 2 secret santa presents that they didn't know who they came from. One was from Beth and the other was from me...it just said Grandbaby #6 and Grandbaby #7. They were very surprised, especially after opening the first one! LOL

How did his parents react?: Very excited as well! We told them on Christmas Day after our family party.

About the pregnancy:
When is your due date?: August 10th
How far along are you right now?: 29 weeks and 2 days
Have you had an ultra sound?: Yes!
Have you heard the heartbeat?: yup!
Sex of the baby: BOY
What do you want. Boy or Girl?: I wanted a girl but am VERY happy that Luke will have a playmate he can grow up with. David wanted a boy.
Do you know what you are having now?: Boy oh BOY do we!
Are you happy with what you are having?: Definitely.

About the birth:
Who is going to be with you?: Most likely just David since I'm having a C-section again.
Are you going to video tape it?:I don't think so
Natural or medicated?: Give me drugs~C-section!!

Do you think you will have a c-section?: YES

Do you think you will cry when you first hold your baby?: Depends on how the C-sec goes...

Do you know what you will say to the baby when you first hold it?: Hi baby...I'm your mommy (something like that)

Are you scared about the labor?: not anymore

Names:
Do you have a name picked out?: We have a few.. but are still going back and forth..

Is your baby going to be named after anyone?: not really

Did the daddy help pick the name?: Yes!

Other random questions:
Where was your baby conceived?: LOL! Really? at home..

Have you felt the baby move?: YES! More and more each day!

What was your first symptom?: The plus sign on the pregnancy test I took.

Will you have godparents?: yes

Who will be the god mommy?:

Who will be the god daddy?:

What is the baby's room theme?: Thinking we are going to go with Airplanes again and recycle Luke's stuff. Luke will be getting to pick out his theme for his "big boy room"

Are you ready to be a mommy?:yes! I already am...I am a little scared to be a mommy of 2 BOYS though!!!

What do you think the baby will be a "daddys girl/boy" or a "mommys girl/boy"?: I don't know...another mommy's boy! LOL

And since there has been no post on here of a belly shot since like 15 weeks...here is a new one from today!

Been busy....Baby news!!! =D

2011-05-09T17:36:00.000-07:00

We are now in May almost 6 months has passed since Luke started walking. That change wasn't the only thing happening for us here at the Berry household! A couple weeks later from that last post I found out I was pregnant with baby #2!!!! I found out when David was away on a trip...so to tell him I made a iron-on onesie for Luke to wear that said "This fat boy is going to be a BIG BROTHER".

When he came home I asked him to change Luke out of his PJ's into his clothes for the day...I have a little video of what happens next:

He was surprised and really happy! Here is one of my first belly shots taken at 16 weeks 5 days!

So we will soon be a family of 4 and I will still be outnumbered! We found out in March that we are having another baby boy!!! We had a little gender reveal party to tell the family. Our theme was "BlueBerry or PinkBerry?" Here are some of the pics!

Lukey in his Big Brother shirt

This pregnancy has been going by REALLY fast! I think it's because I have Luke to keep me occupied. I am now 26 weeks 5 days! I will be taking my glucose test this week and then I will be 28 weeks next week, where does the time go!?

On his own two feet...

2010-12-06T17:29:00.000-08:00

Since I'm on a roll with this blogging thing now...I felt like writing about Luke walking! It's funny how once you have kids its little things that really make your day. You start to rememer months by milestones that they have accomplished and keep looking forward to the days where they will hit that next milestone! Kids are definitely amazing...take Luke for example. I had been saying for soooo long now that he was going to get up and walk since he was 10 months old. Here we are 3 months later, past his 1st birthday and he STILL wasn't walking. But then on Thanksgiving day of all days he got up and took a couple steps and then took some more! 2 days later he was walking around the store with his cousin Nick. It just amazes me how fast they can pick things up and how fast they learn. Who knows what will be next on the road of milestones for us...

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A year gone by....

2010-12-06T10:58:00.000-08:00

I can't believe its already been a year (well technically 13 months) since we have been blessed with a bouncing baby boy in our lives. We planned a big 1st birthday for him which was supposed to take place at a real Hanger in Vacaviile, but plans fell through and unfortunately we couldn't have it there...so instead the 100 people we invited had to be "diverted" to our house! Good thing we bought a bigger house! LOL His birthday theme was airplanes of course.

Since there was going to be soooo many people we decided to get a tent for the backyard so people can mingle out there too...unfortunately that was the weekend the weather decided to act up and it was raining the WHOLE day =( Also that night Luke woke up with a 103.5 degree temperature!!! This was his first time really getting sick and gave him meds and his temp when down, but he still didn't feel very good at his birthday party...Here is the setup of things before everyone arrived.

"Clouds" in the "sky"

Luke's Month Clouds

I had such a great time doing it all even though it was a lot of work! thanks to all my helpers Beth, Gi, Jassy, David and James =) And because we had so many awesome decorations here are the close ups!

Jassy's AWESOME cake!

Gi and James' airplane fruit basket

Luke's Airplane (by Daddy)

And everyone recieved a Pilot's License as part of thei favors. Here is Luke's Great Grandad showing eveyrone how it's done!

blowing out his cake! He got a little overwhelmed when everyone was singing to him so we had to turn him around so he wasn't facing the big crowd

To everyone that came, and even to those who couldn't make it, thank you for helping us celebrate Luke's first birthday!!! We hope you all had a great time! Until next year....

Present time

Luke's First Year at OneTrueMedia.com

2010-12-01T07:49:00.001-08:00

Since I am sooo far behind in my blogging this year I decided to put this video up of Luke's first year. Now you can have the condensed version =) Hope you enjoy!

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June- the month of WEDDINGS!!!

2010-11-16T10:05:00.000-08:00

Ok...so now I'm in June...I feel like I will never catch up! =) June was definitely the month of weddings for us this year...we had 4! One almost every weekend...and Luke and I also took a trip to the East Coast to Washington DC to visit/see my dad graduate! We had a very FULL summer and it all started off with JUNE!

So a quick recap with pics....Luke has already been and seen most of the Smithsonian Museums, here is the Natural History Museum featured in Night at the Museum.

It was also the first time he took a bath in a sink LOL

Here we are at the Air and Space Museum (also featured in the Night of the Museum)

At the Lincoln Memorial

The Reflecting Pool

Inside the Lincoln Memorial

At the Washington Monument

We went all the way to the top of the monument...twice! Once during the day and once at night.

Here we are at the annex of the Air and Space Museum with the SR71 featured in Transformers 2!

While we are in the East Coast we took advantage and traveled to Hershey, PA!!! YUMMY!

Of course we had to pass by the White House

And see Papa GRADUATE!!!! We are proud of you!!!

As soon as we got home the next day we had a wedding to go to in San Francisco. Our good friends we met through David's Pilot Training were getting married. We had to honor of actually being with them the night they met!!! It was sooo fun to see everyone again!

The newly Mr and Mrs!

Awesome table settings (they are both pilots in the AF)

Absolutely LOVED the peacock colors!

Bobblehead groom's cake!

The happy couple

After a week we were on our way again traveling down south for Ny and JR's wedding at the Disneyland Hotel!!!! We had a wonderful time and the wedding was BEAUTIFUL....beyond words actually! The colors were yellow, silver and white and to sum it all up in one word: UNFORGETTABLE!!!!

Then we were finally home and of course we had the best weddings for last...both our BROTHERS got married in June too! First Joston and Ana and then Steven and Bridget. What a way to end the month ;)

Happenings in May

2010-08-18T19:23:00.000-07:00

May went by so fast! Which I was really happy for b/c David was gone for half of it! David went off to AC upgrade school back in Altus AFB, Oklahoma. But before he left we took Luke to the Old Sacramento Train museum. I hadn't been there in a while and so off we went!

This was a neat picture b/c you can see how BIG the trains are and how little Luke looks!

David left and I kept busy with Luke. One of the things we did was visit Sonoma Train town with all the family. I think we may have visited every train place there is near us!

Getting kisses from Lolo

checking out the outhouse

Luke gave his Daddy a little present before he left...he said DA-DA for the first time! It may have been directly at him, but he can definitely say it! He was able to sit up really well already! He is way more playful now and just loves to laugh! Check out some of the shots from this month!

Starting early...need to let him know to close his eyes when you kiss :-*

Touchdown!!!

Half a year birthday and So Cal

2010-08-18T16:05:00.000-07:00

Oh wow...I will try to not put the millions of pictures I have of this trip, but I was soooo excited that we got to bring Luke down south and introduce him to the Happiest Place on Earth; especially since it was his 6 month birthday! The past 6 months had gone soooo fast, I can't believe it! A definite added bonus was Lukey got to meet his Auntie Nyra, Uncle JR and Auntie Arleene too =)

Oh! And we can't forget Luke's first airplane ride too. Lots of firsts this trip. The flight was only an hour long and he did fine here we are getting on the plane!

Lukey right before we boarded, such a happy little boy

The next day it was time for DISNEYLAND!!!! We had sooo much fun! The first day we were there for just half the day b/c it actually started to sprinkle a little bit, but we definitely got to see a lot of characters!

First picture in front of the castle!

First time with Mickey

The second day we had a good time checking out Fantasyland and California Adventures!

Ready to start the day with his Mickey!

My little Prince <3

I was sooo sad b/c Catch-a-flave changed their ice cream! No more cool flavor swirls...

We met Brother Bear

Of course Daddy had to show Lukey the airplane.

We ate at Ariel's Grotto so Luke could meet a lot of the Princesses which LOVED him, of course =)

End of the day time so we left with Lukey taking a picture with his letter.

That night and Saturday we got to spend some time with Nyra and Jr! It was a fun time and Lukey got to meet a lot of our good friends =)

Lukey was our lucky charm and our team won Jeopardy!

Afterwards we went back to Disneyland to meet up with Beth and her family! We had sooo much fun that we extended our stay and stayed one extra day! =)

Happy 6 months to Luke!

All tired out...on our way to the airport

Waiting for the airplane with Daddy....what a great first trip to Disneyland!!!

OH! and as an added bonus to this month Luke got his first tooth! It was his bottom right...soon after his bottom left came up too =)

Train time!

2010-07-20T22:13:00.000-07:00

We had bought Luke some cute "train conductor" overalls (you know, the striped ones) so we had to use them. Beth and her family were heading to Tilden Park so we decided to go along for some fun on the trains! =) Check out the summary of our day thru these pics!

Family picture

The Siruno Family

Afterwards we went to a little petting zoo where the kids could feed the animals.

LOL...Luke is so funny. This was the when he was in the stage of sticking his tongue out when he was happy!

i am ashamed.....

2010-07-17T11:52:00.000-07:00

I know....I am SUPER far behind now! I was all caught up and now I'm so behind! We have been so busy lately that May and June went by SOOO quickly! July is already halfway over too! We will be heading out again to go to the Annual Berry Camping trip but when I get back I will be sure to try and play catch up!

Baptism for Luke

2010-04-30T21:03:00.000-07:00

We had Luke's baptism FINALLY in April! It was so hard to get everyone's schedule together, particularly David and my dad's (Papa was still in DC at this time) BUT we finally found a date where everyone would be present and we did it! Here are a couple pictures from that day.

All dressed up and ready to go!

Luke and his grandparents =)

Ninang Beth

Luke with Ninong Joston, Godfather Uncle Jon and honorary ninong Jaime

Luke did such a good job during the actual baptism...he loved the water!

And here were some of his guests...

Afterwards we all went to my parents and celebrated! We also celebrated David's promotion to Captain! I love my boys!

Lovin' Luke in April!!!

2010-04-28T22:01:00.000-07:00

This blog is going to be more of a picture blog! I have so many great pictures of Luke from April that I had to share my favorites here! Some are pictures of milestones and others are pictures of Luke just being his cute-self. Enjoy!!

Meeting the Easter Bunny

2010-04-28T21:43:00.000-07:00

We took Luke to meet the Easter Bunny for the first time. He wasn't too interested...but he wasn't scared either! LOL

We went to the Jelly Belly to see the easter bunny and we went with Beth and the kids. Of course we had to get a picture of the babies...they are so cute!

Easter Sunday we went to Church and visited Grandma and Grandad then spent the rest of the time with Beth and the kids. Here is my handsome little man in his big boy outfit.

Milestones in March

2010-04-28T21:35:00.000-07:00

Our baby boy turned 5 months at the end of this month!!! He also hit a couple of milestones that we are soooo proud of =) First off early this month he ROLLED OVER from tummy to back. I figured he would roll over this way first because he really did NOT like tummy time.

Before the roll....

And during the roll....

Then a couple days later we tried rice cereal. At first I don't think he was sure of what to do with the stuff that we put in his mouth...but he got he hang of it.

After a week or two it was on to Veggies! We started with Peas...

As you can see by the pictures...he DID NOT like peas!

Luckily this was not his reaction to all the foods we tried...his favorite veggie was Sweet Potatoes...

He was also starting to learn to sit up! We pu him in the Bumbo and also propped him up with the Boppy. He liked to grab toys and play with them, he is getting so big!!!

Speaking of big...he is getting so TALL! I love this boy TOO much!

Another new thing our little boy tried out this month was his Jumperoo. It took him a while to warm up to it but eventually he got the hang of it and now he LOVES it =)

Holiday in March

2010-04-17T17:50:00.000-07:00

So Lukey celebrated his first St. Patrick's Day. Our little family got all decked out in green. It was lots of fun! That day I visited Beth and the kids and we took some cute shots of our babies (Lace and Luke)

Later that day after David got off work we all met up to eat at Fenton's for our St. Patrick's Day dinner. The two older girls were so cute!!! Check out Riley's headband...

Luke was sleeping when we got there and then a little bit later he woke up and he was all smiley so I had to take another pic...LOL

We ate our yummy food and then the kids wanted to play in the little playground with rides that they had,

And although very VERY belated...Happy St. Patrick's Day to everyone from our family to yours!!

Friends having BABIES!!!

2010-04-17T09:05:00.000-07:00

So this must be the year for BABIES!!! Right around the time I found out I was pregnant, I found out my cousins and a couple friends were pregnant too! So much fun to know people that are pregnant around the same time as you b/c you have people to talk to that are going through what you are going through! So now we all have our babies and they are all growing so fast! And this year I find out more friends are having BABIES!!! So I'm super excited because two of my closest friends are pregnant and will be having babies this year! Yay more friends for Luke =) We were able to celebrate a baby shower for one of my friends Shannon. We are so excited for her and her husband to have their little baby boy! We went to the baby shower and Luke was a big hit! LOL

Everyone got a chance to hold him...

Here we are with mommy-to-be Shannon

And this is my ABSOLUTE favorite picture!!! It's so sweet....I think Lukey is saying hello to his little future playmate =)

And the happy parents-to-be (and us)

We wish you two the BEST!!! Hope everything goes smoothly and you are enjoying the pregnancy. We can't WAIT for the Zane to be born and know that you guys will be great parents!!! We can't wait to meet him!

Luke and Friends

2010-04-17T08:39:00.000-07:00

This month we have started having more playdates with Luke and his "friends"...well more like mommy's friends who have babies! LOL...And of course I use Beth's house which is the most kid-friendly house ever! This month we had a playdate with my friend Jeanelle, who I used to work with, and her daughter Isabella. It was so much fun to see Bella becuase she was soooo cute and just a happy baby. While the kids were playing it was nice to talk and hangout.

Look at poor Lukey....LOL...just laying on the floor...

Later that month we went to a birthday party for a friend who was turning 4! It was at this jumpy house place and all the kids had fun. Luke was introuced to the jumpy house but he just liked eating the net!

Here are all the babies:

And the big kids:

Then at the end of the month we went to the Oakland Zoo for the first time with some other mommies and their kiddos! It wasn't too fun getting there b/c Luke decided that he did not like the car that morning and cried the ENTIRE 45 minutes it took to get to the zoo. =( not fun for mommy (and Jaime who was my passenger) After all that crying he then proceeded to fall asleep as soon as I exited. After he finally woke up we went around to see the animals.

*Zebras*

*Giraffes*

*Elephants*

*Monkeys*

We had a great time and look forward to more playdates in the future =)

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2010-04-16T13:31:00.000-07:00

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Okay...so after a couple days of starting to lose weight and on this site I've come to a realization of a couple things:

1. I am SO out of shape!- I have found out that I am a lot more out of shape than I thought I was! After Day 1 of 30 day shred I really thought I was going to die and my face was probably the color of a ripe tomato!!! Luke was in his bouncer and he even looked at me with a concerned face afterwards...not good. LOL It just sucks b/c I remember when I had started the 30 day shred before and it was still VERY hard but I was able to get through it. Now...not so much.

2. Cutting back is HARD work/I LOVE food- Trying to eat healthy is not so easy again. It's only been a couple days and I'm already finding myself giving into temptation. Already had rice, burgers and fries and even ice cream!!! Now I know these things are ok in moderation and I was able to lose weight before keeping these things in my diet...but I was working out a lot more back then and probably didn't have as much excess fat as I do now. This makes me realize I just need to be that much more stronger with my willpower!

3. Trying to lose weight while being a new mom is a whole other ballgame!- so I have lost weight before but that was before I was married and had a baby. I had no one to look after but myself and it was easy to make meals that were good and healthy (had lots of time to do it) and be able to fit in workouts pretty much whenever I wanted. SO DIFFERENT now...I have much more respect for mommies that do it! (KUDOS TO YOU ALL!) Becoming a mom is something I am still learning on doing everyday...but now I have to add in keeping myself healthy which can be a little tricky. It is difficult to squeeze in workouts and make healthy meals when you are on the go and taking care of a little one.

4. Having all these realizations is a GOOD THING!- Like they always say..."knowing you have a problem is the first step to FIXING your problem". This pertains to anything and for me it is working on being healthy!!! I know I can do this with willpower and motivation...knowing all these things that I am having a hard time with will just help me along the way! These are all things that can be fixed and now I know so its time to step it up and start being healthy and getting fit again!!!! And as Rob Schneider says in the movie Waterboy....

YOU CAN DO IT!!! (I think I just found my motto...=))

Ruth Chris Dinner and a Bet Paid off!!!

2010-03-31T21:07:00.000-07:00

Every year we try to get together with our little "Diner's club" (LOL) and have a nice dinner out at Ruth Chris'. We usually go around the holidays but this year we didn't get to...so we went in February instead. More like a belated Valentine's Dinner. We all LOVE Ruth Chris and their expensive food, but we only go once a year so all make do...Here are Leslee and Irwin

David and I

Beth and Dustin

We all enjoyed dinner, some drinks and yummy desserts...and then after dinner was the long-awaited SHOT! Some background to this SHOT is that last year when we had our annual Ruth Chris' Dinner a bet was made. The bet was between Irwin&Leslee and David&I...while we were looking at their wine list we a very expensive shot called Louis XIII for $130!!! So since we had all gotten married the year 2007 (June and July) Beth and Dustin felt that one of us should start making some cousins for their kids to play with! And the BET was made...whichever couple were to get pregnant first the other couple would owe the "dad" this Louis XIII shot.

So fastforward a couple months from that Dec. 2008 dinner we have Feb. 2009 which is the month that David and I found out we were pregnant and going to have a baby! (neither couple was really "trying" btw) David won the BET and a year later we were all together at Ruth Chris' and the bet was being "paid off". They brought out the coveted Louis XIII bottle of cognac...and with the bottle here is the winner and "loser"

It was so funny because they actually brought this bottle out on a tray/cart and people were staring...the guy next to us even took out his cell phone and was taking pics of it!!! LOL They measured out EXACTLY 1 Ounce and gave it to David. Here he is with his prize...

Everyone at our table wanted to taste this SUPER expensive cognac so the glass was passed around so that everyone could take a sip. It smelled like Henessey...BUT went down smooth as water!!!! I guess it really is worth all that money! Alas...another BET was made, this time it was to Leslee&Irwin...if they got pregnant within the next year from that date...David would buy the shot for Irwin!

FASTFORWARD 1 month later...

Leslee and Irwin get back from their trip from Italy and tell us they got a special "souvenir" from Italy. They have a BABY ON THE WAY!!! Looks like we will be back in Ruth Chris' for that $130 shot!!! LOL...I'm sure the people at Ruth Chris' will be happy to see us back...especially if we somehow come up with some other bet....Until then!!!

Pre-teething??

2010-03-30T14:19:00.000-07:00

So lately Luke has been drooling and chewing on everything!!! I am thinking of buying him the Sophie the Giraffe teether...but before I spend $20 (omg!!!) on a teether I decided to see if he likes it first. Luckily Beth has one so we let him play with it and he LOVES it!! He goes at it like its the end of the world..and when you take it away and he isn't done he will let you know!!! Check out this blog where she is doing a Sophie giveaway if you want to try and win one =) I am!!

Birthday Parties Galore in Feb!

2010-03-16T13:16:00.000-07:00

So in the month of February we have two special birthdays to celebrate: Nick and Laci. Nick turned 3 and Laci turned 1 so we attended all their birthday parties! Nicky's party was the first weekend in Feb. He had a Transformer party, specifically BumbleBee. Take a look at the decor my sister did!

And the birthday boy with the balloons we gave him

Nicky cheesing with his cake made by Beth

He is getting sooo big!!! I can't believe he is 3 years old! I usually leave Luke at my sister's while I go to some classes and Nick is such a good big cousin...he will tell me that he watched Baby Luke for me. And if Luke starts to whine/cry Nick will say "I'm coming Baby Luke...I'm coming!" and go to him and give him a toy to cheer him up!! LOL...he is the best!

The next weekend they had a combined party for the family for both Nick and Lace. Beth was definitely busy planning these birthdays: Here's the decorations for the combined party.

Even Baby Luke got "decorated"!!

Laci's favors were these awesome cookies from Honolulu Cookie Company. They were DELICIOUS!!!

We had lots of fun...here are some pictures from the party.

Of course my Lukey...

The Birthday girl with Papa (who came home for the weekend)

A little later we all sang Happy Birthday to the two little ones...I love Nick's face in this picture.

And here is Laci blowing out her candles!! Look at her little lips!

Then of course present time...We got Nick a "Wilderness Adventure" Book from Up so he could earn some "badges" of his own =) He liked it!

One more party just for Laci and her "friends" LOL...well it was cute b/c it was all BABIES!!! Here is the set up for that birthday!

The theme was cupcakes and Beth made these cool cupcakes cookies for favors that looked AWESOME, but took FOREVER (she says...) Here is a close up of the cookies:

And here is Laci in her cute outfit for her birthday. Happy Birthday Laci!!!

The many faces of Luke =)

2010-03-13T08:54:00.000-08:00

February has come and gone....time is sure flying this year! Luke has been getting bigger, more active and a lot more animated! From the books we've been reading we are now in the "honeymoon period"; meaning at this age this is when babies become more responsive and do a lot more than eat and poop =) Let's take a look at some of his more "animated" expressions:

He does "suprised"!

He does "oh my gosh!"

Here is "I'm annoyed with this thing!"

And his "playing with you face"

We have "what the heck is that?" face

Here he is thinking "Just had some milky...life is good..."

he is looking at me and saying "Why do you make me do this???"

And so many more that we just can't capture on camera. Hope you liked the many faces of Luke!

Milestones in Janurary and 3 months old

2010-02-23T14:12:00.000-08:00

So being new parents we are always reading all these parenting books just to make sure we know what we are doing. Let me tell you, not everything you can learn from a book...a lot of it is learn as you go, especially because each baby is different. This month Luke did hit a couple milestones that we were so excited about! Some were very simple, but then again when he just smiles everyone gets all giddy over it! With all the new research on SIDS it is a known rule now that it is "Back to Sleep" Because of this new rule babies don't spend as much time on their tummys like they used to. Now as parents we have to allow our babies some tummy time so they can workout their neck muscles to hold their head up and keep it steady. This is NOT one of Lukey's favorite past times...he usually would last about 30 seconds until he was crying and whining facedown on the blanket!!! We would still try a couple times a day to get him to work on lifting his head and the time would gradually increase....but he still is not a fan. So early January I do tummy time with him and see this:

then slowly this:

and then all the way up!

I was soooo excited and happy for my strong boy that I must have taken a million pics of the same pose! LOL...talk about mamarazzi! And just because he gets better everyday he still can only do it for so long, but here is another pic to enjoy of Luke and his tummy time.

and this is how I know he has had enough...(I know I'm mean =P)

Another milestone that we were excited about is he can now grasp things...and bring them to his mouth! I know, I know...not that big...but for us it was, so we documented it with pictures =)

In this picture he is looking at me like "what are you doing?"

And I just had to get a close-up of his chubby little hands grabbing his toy.

And this is just a start to the many more milestones to come!!!
Here are a couple shots of Luke for his 3 month "photo shoot" at Auntie Beth's house, he is getting so big!!!

Another Jan. Party....Jassy's goodbye party =/

2010-02-21T19:36:00.000-08:00

We had another party in Jan...it was a goodbye party for Jass. Her and her husband Brian got stationed at Whidbey Island in Washington so they were moving to Oak Harbor and we wanted to have a goodbye party with her and just hangout with her before they left. The day before they left we all went to Walnut creek. Our first stop was McCovey's and we had dinner there.

There were lots of us there to spend sometime with Jassy... her is Jacqueline, Jake, Brian, Jassy and Jennifer

Other side of the table was David, Joston, Ana, Leslee and Irwin.

All of us after we were stuffed!

And of course my baby boy was outfitted for McCoveys =)

After we ate at McCovey's we all decided to walk to The San Francisco Creamery which was around the corner. Here we are walking down the street.

Luckily when we got there another big group had just left and good thing because look how big of a group we had!

So at the Cremery they have this ghing called " The Kitchen Sink" which is 8 flavors of ice crea, 8 toppings and TONS of whip cream!!! We decided to order one and all split it! Here it is when it came out!

It was sooooo big!!! It covered my baby Luke's head!!!

We had actually since it a while back on Man V. Food on the travel channel and we always said we wanted to go there...so we finally did! There were a lot of us that started eating...but the ones that kept on going throughout the WHOLE thing was Jass and Me and Jacqueline and Jake.

Afterwards we went to Beth's house b/c she wasn't able to come to dinner with us. We had one last game night and of course the girls WON!!!! (we played Taboo) Here is Beth and Dustin going and Jassy going.

Me and Jass answered a couple questions from my Twilight game since I told her once she leaves I won't have anyone to play with...

And here is one last picture of all the girls =)

We will miss you Jass!!! But you better come home and visit us and we will try to visit you too =) We always have our Skype or ooVoo dates too!

Mobile blogging?

2010-02-18T22:42:00.001-08:00

So i downloaded this app on my new Droid for Blogger and decided I'd try it out to see if it works...
It seems pretty cool. I think I can even insert a picture from my phone. Let's see.
Nevermind that...it asks for the picture's URL and I don't know any by heart. I guess thus woukd just be good if I had something quick to say. Seems a litle weird to me that I'm blogging while laying in bed. What will technology bring us next? Good night off to sleep for a couple hours until Luke needs his mommy.

Parties in January...

2010-02-17T21:39:00.000-08:00

So this first month of 2010 we have been pretty busy! David got home and it was nice to have Daddy home. Our first party this month was Lolo's 88th Birthday! It was at Auntie Cheeya's house and it was nice because lots of people came to celebrate with him.

All of the family wore red because red is supposed to be good luck. Since we didn't have anything red for Lukey we put him in one of his many niner outfits. Lolo was so happy to see everyone there, but he was excited to see that Luke and him were matching! (He was wearing a 49ers sweater too!) So we took some pictures of him with baby Luke.

Here is one where they aren't looking, but you can see their matching 49ers stuff!

The next party this month was Steven and Bridget's Engagement party. Look at their awesome cake!

Here is a little detail on the cake:

And some of their decorations and some guests.

And here is the happy couple! Congrats Bridget and Steven!!! Can't wait for the wedding =)

New Blog...

2010-02-17T21:34:00.000-08:00

I think I might be changing our blog from this one to another one...we will see.

Maybe Not!!! Just checked out this blog and it looks like they fixed some stuff!!! yay...now it will be easier to blog =)

Luke...Does he look like Mommy or Daddy?

2010-02-05T14:15:00.000-08:00

BOTH!!!

MyHeritage: Family tree - Genealogy - Celeb - Collage - Morph

Finally Sleeping well....

2010-01-17T16:16:00.000-08:00

So...since last week Luke has been sleeping sooooo well!!! I hope this isn't a fluke and he really is getting used to this. So far we have been getting him ready for bed around 9:30-10pm ( I know...pretty late...but he is a night person) We give him a bath (every other night), change his diaper, put his lotion on, read him a bedtime story and then I nurse him and put him down in his crib. On good nights he will go for about 6 hours from the time I put him down and then he wakes up to feed and then I put him down again. From there he sleeps another 3-4hours! So its been GREAT!!! Here he is sleeping...so cute!!!
Update: So most nights he sleeps well but some nights he will get up every 3 hours or so...but that has only happend twice in the past couple weeks. BUT now he sleeps his 5-6 hours and then wakes up at 4-5am will go to sleep and then wake up an hour later...then I put him to sleep, put him down and he goes down for an hour again...this happens until 8am. So we will see how this goes ;)

New Year...2010

2010-01-15T10:15:00.000-08:00

We had a great Christmas holiday and unfortunatly David had to leave again. So he was gone for 2 of the 3 holidays, but atleast he was home for Christmas! For new years eve we decided to keep it low key and we went to Beth's house to celebrate with everyone. And I was able to sleep there since they have an extra room downstairs (which is now labled Auntie and Luke's room..lol..) Here is a picture of Jaime playing DJ Hero. Everyone was taking turns as we all waited for midnight.
All the kids tried to stay awake but all the girls ended up falling asleep and the boys stayed up. My baby Luke fell asleep as everyone was counting down from 10...by the time they got to 1 he was out! Lol...here we are at 12 midnight. I figured since he fell asleep right as the new year was coming maybe it means he will sleep well this year! We will see.

Here he is the next morning. He actually slept REALLY well that night! He woke up a happy little boy =) He was all full of smiles and talking up a storm! What a way to start the new year. it was great to wake up to this little boy's smiling face.

Jassy slept over too and she brought over her cool Disney waffle maker so here is what the kids got for breakfast on New Years morning. They not only looked good but they were yummy too.

Here is another picture of Luke on New years day. Starting to get a lot better with his tummy time and showing what a big boy he already is. This is the year he is going to turn 1!!!!

Luke's first Christmas and 2 months

2010-01-11T10:15:00.001-08:00

December...one of my favorites month. This year especially because it was our baby Luke's first Christmas!!! December 25th was not only Luke's first Christmas but it was his 2 months too! Here is his picture celebrating both =)

Now to talk about our December. Baby Luke grew SO much in one month. From his one month to 2 month he got soooo big!!! He also started smiling a lot more...don't you love his smile! David was gone again for the first part of December and got back halfway through. We took advantage of this time before the crazy holidays started. So we went to Vacaville and checked out Candy Cane Lane with Luke. We think he liked the lights. Lol...

Then comes the Christmas holiday and our crazy schedule of trying to see everyone!!! On Christmas Eve we had two parties to go to. The Redeker party in Elk Grove and then the Racelis party at my parent's house. We also opened presents with the Berry Family that afternoon before the two parties... Luke wore this outfit below. It was my favorite one, he looks like a little boy! ( I know he is, but he didn't look like a baby...lol)

At the Redeker party Luke got to meet his Great Grandad for the first time! Here they are hanging out at the party. They are 93 years apart!!!!!
After the Redeker party it was off back to Cordelia to get to the Racelis party so everyone could meet Luke there too. Here is Lolo and Luke...when we got there EVERYONE wanted to get a picture with Luke. He was like Mickey Mouse. My mom said we should have started charging people and made some money =)
That night we actually stayed at my parent's because the next morning (Christmas morning) we were going to be heading to my sister's house to open presents with the Roses family. But first before we headed to the craziness of our gift exchange we opened presents as a family for the first Christmas. David, Luke and I opened presents from each other. We all got awesome gifts but David and I's favorite gift was baby LUKE! Here is Luke Christmas morning and with one of his presents...the highly talked about Seahorse.

After our little family gift exchange we got ready and headed to Beth's house for the gift fiasco...there were presents EVERYWHERE. My poor baby fell asleep while we were opening presents, but he got a lot of neat things.
After opening presents with the Roses family it was off back to Fairfield to David's parents house for the Berry family get together. While the family played instruments of Christmas songs Luke hung out with his Great Grandma. It was really cute because she was singing to him and he was liking it.
Then the next party awaited us Christmas night so it was back to my parents house in Cordelia. Again more presents and family. It was a great time. Here is a picture of Luke with his Aunt and Uncles that are mestizos like him =)
And after 4 parties and 2 family gift exchanges our Christmas holiday was over. Here is our last family picture from all the holiday fun.
And if you think we are done....we were not. The day after Christmas my family decided to take family pictures by one of my sisters friends who is a photographer here in Vacaville. We all wore brown, tan or cream. You can check out her work at http://www.photographybycrystallynn.com/

Here is my baby boy's cute outfit.

On Dec. 28th poor baby Luke had his 2 month appointment with his 2 month shots =( It was so sad to see/hear him get his shots...I think he took it better than me! At that appointment we did find out that he was 24.5inches (90th percentile) tall, 16 inches for his head circumference (90th percentile) and 14.6lbs (95th percentile!!). That day he was a little more tired than usual but by the next day he was back to his old self which was good because it was the day we were going to San Francisco for our annual family lunch in the city. We went to The Palace Hotel in SF and ate at Garden Court. The hotel was downtown and the restaurant in the hotel was GORGEOUS!!! Here is all of us stopping for a picture on our way to the hotel.

We got inside The Palace hotel and they had the city of San Francisco in Gingerbread! All the kids loved it!

Look at that big tree and nutcrackers!!! And don't forget that BEAUTIFUL ceiling! It was a sight and I'm so glad we ate there!

The view was not the only great thing about this place...but the food was amazing!!! For lunch i had a filet steak and a crab cake that was almost ALL crab! My dessert was even better! It was a Black and White creme brulee with some fruit on top. YUMMY in my TUMMY =D We couldn't stop taking pictures. Here was our view from our table. We took LOTS of pictures but here is a picture of me and my sisters and the two babies of the family, Laci and Luke

After we ate we needed to walk off all that scrumptious food that we ate and to check out Union Square's decorations. Look at my cute baby boy with his Rocky, all bundled up for a walk in San Francisco. It was his first time to the City!

We got to Union Square and took the usual family pictures with the tree and Macy's. David had to work unfortunately so it was just me and my baby.

Then it was time to walk to the mall downtown and here is an action shot. lol...
We go to the mall and went to the Vera Bradley store. While us girls were looking around/shopping this is what happend to Luke and my dad.
After spending some money we decided it was time to go home. I hope Luke had a good time for his first time in the city. Next time we will go with Daddy too!

Luke and his first Halloween/Thanksgiving and 1 month

2010-01-10T19:30:00.000-08:00

So the first couple weeks with Luke= NO sleep!!! David and I didn't know how people did it! Then we all started getting used to each other and things got much better. It was hard for me b/c since I had a C-section I really couldn't move around too much and needed to rest to heal myself. David was a BIG help! He actually was the official diaper changer for the first couple weeks! And we lived downstairs for the first couple weeks too since stairs were a no-no for me. Here are some first pics at home:A couple days later it was Halloween. Baby Luke was 6 days old and Beth was having a party, but we were so tired and Luke was so little that we passed on the party and spent his first halloween at home as a family. We even did a little photo shoot with him.

Here is him with his "pumpkin bootie".

So here are some pictures week by week of Luke's first month.

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4 One month went by quickly and Luke started showing his smiley personality. This baby would smile when you talk to him and then he would talk back to you. But of course when I wanted to take his picture for his one month he didn't. Isn't he a cutie?

Actually I take it back...here is a semi smile! The next day after his 1 month was thanksgiving! Luke's first thanksgiving...unfortunately it was also David's first trip since Luke was born but luckily he came home early the night after thanksgiving. We went to Grandma and Grandad's place for thanksgiving with the Berry's and then to Auntie Beth's for a Roses thanksgiving.

MIA

2010-01-10T17:58:00.000-08:00

wow...so I've been missing in action for sure! Sorry everyone but the last couple of months have gone by so quickly!!! And so much has happened since I was 36 weeks pregnant! Some interesting things that have happened since then. I actually braved going to the Niner/Rams game at 38 weeks pregnant. It was fun but I was a little nervous that I might go into labor...but I didn't.

His due date of October 15th came and passed and then we were in the middle of all the October birthdays. We were hoping he would come out and fill in the gap. We had a little get together at Uncle Ronnie's house.
Here is me trying out the "preggo pizza" at Skipilini's a pizza place in Concord....it didn't work =(

Here is the last picture of me before I had Luke. This was taken on October 22nd.

Luke Aaron was born on October 25, 2009 at 9:25pm. He was 10 days late! At 41 weeks I had an NST and we scheduled an induction for October 26th, but this little boy didn't like to be told when to come out and had his own plans. So in the early morning of October 25th my water broke and we went to DGMC. Unfortunately after laboring all day from 7am-8:30pm and getting the epi at 3:30pm I had to have a C-section due to failure to progress. I basically didn't dilate past 5cm. When Luke came out we found out why...he was 8lbs 15.5 oz (so I tell everyone he was 9lbs) Here is some pics of us at the hospital when he was born:

36 weeks

2009-09-18T16:49:00.000-07:00

So saw the doctor today and it looks like baby is engaged...seems like he has dropped a little more from last week! Dr said that he is still head down but now he can't put his fingers between baby's head and my pelvic bone. Looks like baby is getting ready!!! I don't feel that I'm ready though...I still have to pack my bags, finish putting the baby clothes away and put the carseat in the car!!! Plus my mom and Jaime are still in DC and Jacqueline is going next weekend to DC. We will have to start a pool soon on when this baby will come. Who's in?

Here is how big baby is now:

Labor horoscope...

2009-09-12T11:07:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to share my "labor horoscope" with you guys...I did it just for fun, but we'll see if any of it is true!

"The day you deliver, outside will be rainy. Your baby will arrive in the middle of the night. After a labor lasting approximately 7 hours, your child, a boy, will be born. Your baby will weigh about 5 pounds, 10 ounces and will be 20-1/2 inches long. This child will have medium brown eyes and barely there auburn hair."

Well it has gotten the boy part right...and it could be rainy in October. I wouldn't mind a 7 hour labor and the weight...sounds better than 10lbs! Lol...enjoy!

35/35

2009-09-10T12:26:00.000-07:00

So judging by the title if you guessed that I am 35 weeks with 35 days left...you are correct! If you had no idea what it meant that is ok too b/c it actually took me a while to figure it out (pregnancy brain =P) I had my 35 week appointment today and from now on I have one EVERY WEEK!!!! How crazy is that!? I remember when I was sad because I had to wait 4 weeks until my next appointment, but it really has gone super fast! Everything looked good today. Baby's heartbeat was loud and strong, I'm measuring right on track (even though I feel that I am HUGE) and the doctor even said the he felt the baby's head on it's way down by my pelvic bone...just not engaged yet, but on the right track! I also had my strep B test today and got the results from my last blood test. Looks like my iron is going up and steady so for now I don't have to keep taking the iron pills, just prenatals! Yay for me =)

Survey time!
How far along?35 weeks exactly!

Total weight gain/loss: 19lbs!!!!

Maternity clothes? yup!

Stretch marks? Yes =(

Sleep: soo uncomfortable...not to mention having to go to the bathroom multiple times in the night!

Best moment this week: Feeling the baby as always and knowing he his headed in the right direction...lol...no pun intended =)

Movement: Yes more active now!!!

Food cravings: still the same...fruit...chocolate...

Gender: Baby boy!

Labor Signs: been having Braxton-Hicks (fake contractions) but nothing more

Belly Button in or out? Kinda in the middle...lol...still in, but just sticking out more, if that makes any sense

What I miss: wine and soft cheeses, being able to sleep comfortably and being able to climb stairs without feeling like I just did a marathon!

What I am looking forward to: Meeting him!!!

Weekly Wisdom: hmm...make sure you always know where a bathroom is wherever you are!

Milestones: 35/35 =)

35 week belly shot

Maternity pics by Meganelle Photography

2009-09-10T12:15:00.000-07:00

Last month we got a very special treat. One of my best friends from elementary school was visiting and spending time with her family. It was awesome because I got to visit with my best friend, see her family and take advantage of her awesome photography skills!!! She was able to come over and take some maternity pics for us and we couldn't be more happier with the outcome! We first started out in the baby's nursery and then we went outside to get some shots with the scenery and sunset. We had an awesome time! click here to see the whole gallery! To see the rest of her work checkout her webpage Meganelle Photography. Here are just some of my favorites.

Our beloved dog Rocky Road

2009-08-24T16:41:00.001-07:00

At the end of this month we had an unfortunate event happen to us. On the night of Aug.19th our doggy Rocky got out of our backyard while we were out running errands. David and I searched for him for 3 hours that night driving around the neighborhood. We didn't find him and so we decided to sleep and then we would try again in the morning. The next morning I was about to go out to search for him when I received a call from the Animal Shelter. At first I was very happy that they had called and was all ready to go get him....but then the lady told me that they did have him and he had passed away. She said that someone reported it that morning and he had gotten hit on Peabody and passed away. My heart dropped and I could not keep my emotions in. I called David and he came straight home to be with me. Luckily for us we have lots of our family around and everyone comforted us, my sister Jacqueline even came with us to bid him goodbye at the shelter. It was a very sad day. This blog post is really just for me so I can share how much we cared for him.

Here is a picture one of the first days we got him.

He was part of our family. He was really our first baby before we got pregnant and we will miss him ALOT! I know I do all the time. He was very loving and ALWAYS wanted to be around David and I, he liked people in general. We adopted him from the shelter where they had found him in a field in Fairfield and when we first got him he was very finicky. We think he had probably been abused. But after a while he really warmed up to us. We found out he liked to eat...no he LOVED to eat!!!! He would probably eat and never stop if we didn't portion control him! He wasn't the most obedient dog in the world, but he did listen to us (maybe just not to everyone else...lol..) Sometimes he would be a little slow...but that was just his personality. That is what made him different from other dogs.

At Bark for Life. Doing his part raising money for Relay for Life.

After walking the track with Daddy David.

Later at home resting...

Like every family we would probably all annoy each other. Rocky probably hated the fact that on weekends we would sleep in which meant he didn't get to eat until later than usual! He would definitely not stand for it on some days...well usually he only did this to David or I guess anyone else but never to me =)

Rocky on his birthday

Rocky waiting patiently for his birthday treat

At least before he went to doggie heaven we got to spend one last vacation with him. We went camping for a week up in the Redwoods and he got to be with us all the time. I'm sure he had a great time....most of the time =) He was definitely well fed.

Here he is hiking with Daddy

Rocky being "wind blown" and flappy-eared

Probably one of the times he wasn't too happy...he was forced in the water and had to swim...lol...

Posing on a redwood

Cute picture of Rocky on his bed

He was such a good dog and we know that he would have been great with our baby boy. While we were getting ready for baby boy he was being a good boy staying out of the nursery while we painted and got it ready. We actually tried to block him once by putting furniture and boxes in the way of the hallway so he wouldn't get in the nursery...but this dog was sure smart when it came to him getting his way. We had used the baby's changing table as one of the "blockers" and soon we hear this noise and we go out in the hallway and see Rocky crawling through the bottom shelf of the changing table. It had to be the funniest thing and I wish we had gotten a picture but we missed it! This was just a little tribute to our dog...we hope he is resting now and happy eating as much as he wants in doggie heaven. We love you Rocky Road!!! xoxoxoxox

Rocky and Laci checking each other out

Smile for the camera!

Shopping and San Francisco

2009-08-17T09:44:00.000-07:00

Well we got back from camping in the beginning of August...right in time for our birthdays! And what did we do...we went shopping for the baby! lol...I guess that's what happens when you have kids =) But we were very excited to go shopping to get stuff for the baby and the baby's room. Of course my sister went with me for some expert advice. While looking at stuff we were even able to use baby Lace to "tryout" some of the baby things!

Laci trying out the crib set and mobileNicky even tried stuff out...but he wanted to keep it for himself! lol...

Here is Laci again in our carseat/stroller set

We had a really good time at our birthdays. My dad had to leave to Washington DC on my birthday so we dropped him off and went to Goore's and Ikea. Then David left and while he was gone I went to San Francisco to see King Tut at the DeYoung Museum with Jassy, Auntie Sunny and Sammy. It was pretty cool...

And here is my 30 week belly picture!

A little Camping then 3D time!

2009-08-17T08:51:00.001-07:00

So we did go camping and it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. We had a great time and I even went hiking and swimming. I was even comfortable going to bed...it was getting into and out of the bed/tent that was not fun! And having to go to the bathroom REALLY bad when I woke up!!! lol...Here are some pictures of us at camping:
We got back from camping on July 31st and we were able to rest for a little while. The next day (Aug.1st) we had our 3D/4D ultrasound scheduled! I was sooo anxious and excited I started to get butterflies in my stomach because we would be seeing our baby for the first time! We were able to bring up to 11 guests...but we had a little more b/c the kids wanted to see their cousin. Here are my favorite pictures from that day...it really is amazing! I had seen 3D ultrasounds before, but it was like I was seeing it for the first time!!! Everyone loved it!

Of course to show he is a BOY!

Here he looks like he is saying "no pictures please..." lol...

look how peaceful

What a cutie!!!

Baby yawning...

Well I just wanted to share those with all of you. Hopefully soon he will be able to meet all of you in person!!! Sorry I'm sooo far behind in blogging! =)

Oh a camping we will go...

2009-07-25T01:17:00.000-07:00

Hello...here I am again...should be sleeping, but instead I am on here blogging. We are getting ready to go camping. Starting tomorrow until next Thursday. I'm a little nervous when I shouldn't really be because I honestly LOVE camping! But I am 28 weeks pregnant now so this may change my outlook on somethings! Hopefully I can try and blog from my blackberry while we are camping, but if not I will definetly have pics up when I get back.

Just a little update on pregnancy...I went to my 28 week check up and baby was good. I have been recently getting these weird dull cramps that feel like period cramps so they gave me a support band for my tummy. Hopefully this will help me out. AND the itchiness of my belly is NOT GOING AWAY! we are gonna try the cortizone for the next couple of days, but I think I either have PUPPS or something else....I don't think its just the stretch marks anymore =( Ok well off to sleep and then finish packing in the morning! =)

28 week mark!

2009-07-21T18:41:00.000-07:00

We are now in our 28th week of pregnancy!!! Only 86 more days to go! Baby is moving more now...and sometimes it feels so weird I just have to laugh...David thinks I'm weird, but I love it when I feel him move! We got some sample paint so we can start painting the nursery (and when I say "we" I mean David of course). We just need to start moving the stuff out of there.

I'm sooo excited because my oldest and bestest friends just found out that she will be able to make it here in California to visit next month and while she is here she will be able to do my maternity pics!!! Check Megan's work out on her website Megan Elle Photography. She is awesome and if anyone wants to take advantage of her being here for family pictures or anything let me know!!! So we have to get crackin' on our nursery so it will be ready! Of course the theme is going to be airplanes and the colors are baby blue and tan, with a little green here and there. I'm so excited!!!

We also got to register for baby stuff at Babies R Us and Target this past week and that was fun too, but we realized as we were going around the store that there is a lot of stuff and we were really overwhelmed.

The pregnancy is going well...I feel like I have just popped out all of a sudden! The only thing that is bothering me now is I am getting stretch marks and my belly is SOOOOO SUPER itchy!!! I have tried everything from cocoa butter to anti-itch spray and nothing... I feel like I have the chicken pox just on my belly! Lol...well my 28 week check up is this Friday so I will talk to the doctor then! Also more good news is that I passed my 1 hour glucose test! Yay me...no 3 hour glucose test!!! =)

Just for fun...I know i'm kinda behind. Here is my 28 week belly picture! Enjoy!

28 weeks....sorry its dark!

100 days left!!!

2009-07-07T15:39:00.000-07:00

I was surfing the thebump.com and noticed that I have 100 days left! It feels like it should be milestone so here I am to blog and do a little survey!

How far along? 25 weeks 6 days

Total weight gain/loss: 6 pounds

Maternity clothes? yes! I am loving wearing dresses right now

Stretch marks? Yes...still =(

Sleep: better since I stole Beth's Snoogle Pillow thing!

Best moment this week: Feeling baby boy move and having other people feel the baby move! (David, Jass, Gi...)

Movement: Yes and its great!!!

Food cravings: not much actually...I just LOVE chocolate!

Gender: Baby boy!

Labor Signs: No

Belly Button in or out? In.

What I miss: I really do miss alcohol...

What I am looking forward to: I just look forward to feeling him move...and thinking about making an appointment for the 3D/4D ultrasound before my dad leaves.

Weekly Wisdom: Try not to watch movies at the theater that are more than 2 hours!!! You WILL have to pee...

Milestones: Daddy David feeling baby move

Now things I'm not looking forward to is my lab appointment tomorrow. Time to do the 1 hour Glucose Test...yuck! And we are having such a hard time finding a name for this baby boy! well if you have any good ones pass it along! until next time...oh! and next belly pic should be coming soon!

This is how big our baby is!!!

We are having a BABY BOY!!!

2009-07-02T16:48:00.001-07:00

So it has taken me FOREVER to get back on here...but here we are and I do apologize! We actually found out the sex of our baby on June 9 (our 2nd year anniversary!) Talk about a great anniversary present!!! Here is the little guy:

Ta-da!!! He is definitely a boy! Lol...I wish I would have taken a video into the ultrasound room when we found out because David's reaction was priceless!!! He was ecstatic...I told him he was happier today then at our wedding! =) He saw it right away as soon as the doctor did it and as soon as she said "It's a boy!" David actually cheered like woo-hoo! and his smile was from ear to ear!! It was great...he even high-fived the nurse that was in the room!!! That so far has to be my favorite memory of this pregnancy. As for myself, to be honest...I was a little in shock...I was thinking OMG...I am really pregnant! Well obviously I knew I was, but now that this little person had a gender attached to it...it made it that much more of a reality (if I am making any sense...) So after this was all done lets just say we are both extremely happy!!!!

After leaving the doctors office I called Beth first because she had been dying to know...then I called my cousin Jass because she was going to help us with our little "announcing the sex" project. We decided to make cupcakes and fill it with either blue of pink icing depending on the gender...so of course we filled them with BLUE! Here is what the cupcake looked like after taking a bite!
We were at Nanay's (my grandma) house making them so we surprised her first. It was funny because while we were making the cupcakes I told Jass that I didn't think we put enough filling...and in the video you can see Nanay biting in and not finding the icing...lol...but we think she just got a defected one! Check out the video below! First is Nanay...then we went to Beth's house where my whole family gathered plus Lolo (my grandpa). Sorry if its too loud during that part of the video...but that is always how it is with my crazy family! Last on the video was David's parents finding out. I LOVED everyone's reaction, but my favorite part of this has to be the icing on everyone's face as they say with cupcake in their mouth "its a boy" all muffled up!! This could almost double as a GOT MILK? commercial!

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Here are just a couple pics of the kids and Lolo with the cupcake mustaches! Enjoy!!! So keep a look out for more to come as we try and figure out what to name our baby boy!!!

Honemoon/babymoon Part II

2009-07-01T07:14:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the delay!!! My computer was acting up and then it was SUPER hot so we kept the computer off for a couple days....here you go!

Thursday was our excursion day for the Marinarium. We left by 7:45am with a 45 min drive to the Marinarium. We got there and went aboard our boat and we had a photographer with us for the first half of the excursion which was good b/c we forgot to get an underwater camara.

Enjoying the boat ride

We rode on the glass bottom boat for a while and got out in the middle of the Carribean then got our snorkling gear and jumped in! We were snorkling and saw LOTS of fish of different varieties. It was gorgeous! I really wish I had a camara. Then we got to swim in the sting ray/nurse shark caged area ...it was kinda scary at first...especially being in there with the sharks, but they were very calm and didn't really swim up to you...just kinda swam in there with you. We took a pic with a HUGE sting ray too!!!

After that we had to snorkel back to the boat. then on the boat they had a DJ and some dancing and then they made a special Dominican drink (forgot what it was called) with and without alcohol (there were kids on board too) then brought us to natural pool which was only about 4 ft deep. Here we got to get off the boat again and dance to Bob Marley, get drinks from the "floating bar" and just hang out. It was GREAT!!! afterward we had to unfortunatly go back home...but it was a FANTASTIC excursion!!!

We got back and our day wasn't done! We ate at the World Cafe as soon as we got back and went to our room to take a nap. At 330 I had a manicure done and David went to work out. Afterwards we got ready for our romantic dinner on the beach. We dressed up and headed down around 620ish. Here are some pics of us dressed up...we clean up well don't you think?

The dinner on the beach was a 4 course meal! David had to drink Chardonney by himself because I had OJ!! It was beautiful !!!

Our dessert...

The next night we had a "Moonlight Massage" and had yummy treats afterwards. Here are some pictures below:

Friday and Saturday we were had absolutely NO PLANS! It was weird for me because I am so used to having a schedule or something planned out...but not this time. This was VACATION...when you have nothing to think about except for whether you want to go to the beach or pool and where you want to eat...it was a great time for us to just relax and we even watched A Walk to Remember (which I have been trying to get David to watch for years now!!!) Here are a couple more pics of our last days:

I LOVE mangos!!!

David shooting the air rifle...

our jacuzzi on our balcony

last sunset...

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Honeymoon/Babymoon Part I

2009-06-12T18:34:00.000-07:00

Ok...I finally had time to sit down and do this and I will try to keep it from being boring!!
Sunday night (May 24th) Joston dropped us off at SFO to start our vacation...we had some problems at the counter b/c of my passport. I thought they wouldn't let me on the flight, but luckily they fixed it for us when I told them it was our honeymoon that is why my last names were different!!!

It was a very long redeye flight usually I'm pretty good with red-eye flights, but being pregnant I was WAY uncomfortable! We got to Miami for 3 hour layover where it was raining and then left Miami to go to La Romana. We get there and we have to pay $10 for a "tourist card" which we paid for and then gave back after you leave the airport...crazy how they just get money from you! Our van was there to bring us to the Dreams Resort and I was a little worried about drive, but it wasn't too bad. We got to the resort and they told us to check in at the Preferred Club because we got upgraded! Everywhere they go they say "Welcome Home!"

Me in front of the Preferred Club

We get shown to our room and unpack our stuff. We decide to order room service b/c we are soooo tired and SUPER hungry and then we look around the beach area and come back to the room to relax . Here are some pics of what the beach and pool at the resort looked like.

A bed on the beach...

Flamingos

David by the pool and swim-up bar

Another view of the beach

Then we got some champagne and chocolate strawberries too for it being our "honeymoon". we went to the resort store to get some chips and david needed shaving cream....it was sooo expensive! took a nap that ended up lasting most of the night!!! woke up at 10;30PM and was hungry again...went to the Trattoria and got pizza. Went back to the room and went back to sleep.

We thought we wouldn't be tired the next day with all the sleep we got...BUT I woke up at 10:30am!!! I didn't mean to sleep in that long! We got ready had some continental breakfast at the preferred club and went to lounge on the beach. We were able to get a bed on the beach and read our books and played in the water. The water was sooo warm...probably around 80 degrees! After lunch we decided to go lounge by the pool and go swimming in the pool. While we were there some of the resort staff came by with their pet Iguana. We took some pic with the the big green iguana but when we went to go get our pictures they had accidently got deleted =(

Our view from our lounge chairs

Every day we have housekeeping come in the morning and then later in the evening for turn down service. Each night they bring us a new schedule of what is going on at the resort for the next day.That day at 4:30pm we saw a circus on the beach:

It was kareoke this night...but we missed it =( We watched Journey to the Center of the Earth and then headed to the beach for a couples bonfire to end the night.

Our bonfire...

Us at the couple's bonfire on the beach

On Wednesday we woke up early and left at 8am to go to La Romana/Altos de chavon. The drive was about 1 hour again...but we had a tour guide on the bus that told us about Republica Dominica (that is how they say it). We learned some people do have cars, but most ride on motorcycles. They ride motorcycles because you don't need a license and there really isn't an age limit, no helmets are necessary and sometimes there are up to 3-4 people piled on one motorcycle! Its cheaper for them to buy...about $1000. How they drive is a little different too...you can pass anytime anywhere and no one gets mad! They consider the Hatians to be the "working class" because they are the ones that do the field work like harvest the sugar cane. They said they acutally live IN the sugar cane fields!!! They do have schools, but they only go to school from 9-1pm (4 hours) or 1-5pm. they split it into two parts b/c there is not enough schools for all the kids. The people in the towns only have about 18 hours of electricity a day so majority of the day is spent outside. We passed by a "hotel by the hour" which he called a "car wash" and said this was legal here. Also legal was drinking and driving and there was no age limit for drinking...

Motorcycle

Sugar Cane Fields

People selling stuff right on the street

In the town where school is.

We then went to a home where they made cigars. It was two ladies that worked on the cigars and that is it. Then we went to Altos de Chavon which was a school for artists. The town was made to look an old Italian village. This is where their ampitheater was which all the big stars performed at...Frank Sinatra and Shakira for example. We were able to explore there and we saw a church behind it that had a statue of Mother Mary and another of the Saint that protects Poland which was a present from Pope John Paul II. After this we got back on the bus and went to the river of Chavon and rode a riverboat and had lunch, it was very pretty! after the ride we went back home and rested and got ready for our couples massage at 6pm. Then had dinner at Seaside Grill which was yummy! steak and stuff! We went to sleep b/c we were going to have an early start again tomorrow for our excursion to the Marinarium!!

Cigar "Factory"

The Monica Lewinsky Cigar...Lol...

Altos de Chavon

The stage of the Ampitheater

The Ampitheater

Church at Altos de Chavon

David riding a Donkey...lol...

The riverboat we had lunch on

On the Riverboat

Chavon River

And here is a little video of our room:

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Little Survey....while I finish the honeymoon blog

2009-06-09T18:19:00.000-07:00

Here is a little survey I wanted to put up while I work on the honeymoon blog. Also TOMORROW WE FOUND OUT THE SEX OF THE BABY!! I'll keep you posted!!!

How far along? 21 weeks 6 days

Total weight gain/loss: 2 pounds

Maternity clothes? yes! I'm wearing a maternity dress for our Anniversary dinner tonight!

Stretch marks? Unfortunately yes...I think it runs in the family...

Sleep: Getting better...but still hard to get comfortable.

Best moment this week: I felt the baby move last week and now I feel it all the time!! Find out the sex will be the best moment of this week!

Movement: Yes...it feels like a bubble popping in my tummy

Food cravings: I still like mac and cheese. LOVE root beer...I like cucumbers too! Just a lot of stuff.

Gender: Tomorrow at 2pm!

Labor Signs: No

Belly Button in or out? In.

What I miss: Eating sushi and soft cheeses and medium rare meat!

What I am looking forward to: Finding out tomorrow if we are having a boy or girl!

Weekly Wisdom: You're not fat..you're pregnant =)

Milestones: Feeling the baby move and finding out the sex!

21 weeks belly pic

Our Honeymoon/Babymoon Plans

2009-05-26T18:21:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to say ¡Hola!

We are writing from Punta Cana, Dominican Republic!!! Just wanted to let everyone know we got here safely and had a great first day!! For those of you that don't know...we originally had decided in January to FINALLY go on our honeymoon this year.... then we found out in mid-February we were pregnant so now it has turned into a Honeymoon/Babymoon! We were scheduled to go to the Riviera Maya in Mexico, but then the whole SWINE FLU thing came about and we got LOTS of advice to NOT GO to Mexico...so after 3 hours at our travel agents a couple weeks ago we decided to go to a sister resort to the one we had originally planned to go to in Mexico...so here we are at Dreams in the Dominican Republic!!!

We actually arrived yesterday at 3pm...we had quite a ride from the airport to the resort...about an hour. We drove through the little towns and really saw the "real" Domican Republic. We arrived and were lucky enough to have gotten upgraded to a Preferred Member which basically means VIP for the whole vacation!!! Anyways that is the start of our vacation. Tomorrow we are going to Altos de Chavon a little town to explore and sight-see. When we get back we will head to the spa for a couple massage and facial. I will write more later....gonna go to the beach for a Couples Bonfire and then to bed for an early start tomorrow! ¡Buenas Noches!

(I promise to post pictures later...but you can see some on my facebook or myspace!)

How we announced...

2009-05-18T20:18:00.000-07:00

I hope everyone enjoyed the video on the parents! After we told our parents and immediate family we wanted to tell everyone else but I wanted to wait until atleast after our first appointment when I would be closer to 12 wks (and closer to the end of my 1st trimester). Since our newest addition to our family (baby Laci Claire) was born on Feb.17th we were going to have a welcome party for her. Beth said it would be okay for me to announce our pregnancy to the extended family then. So I decided I would use her kids...lol...I made them all shirts that said "I'm going to be a Big Cousin" and on the back it said "October 2009". Here is a picture of the front of their shirts:

Here is the back of the shirts:
It actually took everyone a while to figure out what this meant...lol...but after a while everyone did get it! Lolo (my grandfather) took a little bit longer than everyone else. After everyone had figured it out everyone was laughing and clapping and he just clapped along with everyone else not knowing what happened. Then Jacqueline found him in the other room and here is the video of him FINALLY figuring it out (probably about 8 minutes after):

It was funny...so now all of our family knew and it was time for all our friends to know. For the friends of ours that lived far away we called and told them the news. Everyone was sooo excited!!! For some of our closer friends we had another Welcome party for Laci and most of them were invited so we did the same thing with the kids and their shirts. We loved to see all of our family and friends reactions! Here is another video of us telling our college friends Sam, Ellery and Laurel at our church's crab feed. It's a little hard to hear b/c music is playing, but you can definitely see their reactions:

We also took Grandad(David's grandfather) out when day for lunch and a visit and we were able to tell him at his favorite restaurant Baker's Square. We had so much fun spreading our good news and feel very blessed that we have so many family and friends to share this blessing with!

I'll try and get some appointment updates next time and info about our Babymoon/Honeymoon that we have coming up!!!

How it all began...

2009-05-13T18:16:00.000-07:00

Ok so obviously....we all know how babies come to be. This is our story of how we found out we were pregnant! I actually didn't have any symptoms but was just having weird periods which I made an appointment to see a doctor for. Well the first weekend in February we had our friends Ny and Jr come up to (finally!) visit us! Lol...so I knew we may go out for some drinks and since my period was being really weird I decided to take a pregnancy test...just in case. We didn't have any at home and since we were at Beth's house I asked to borrow one of hers. She didn't want me taking it while we were at her house because she says she gets sad when it comes out negative. So we took it home and while we were getting ready for Ny and Jr to arrive we were cleaning up and David reminds me to take the test. So I go pee on the stick not thinking anything of it and it came out POSITIVE! Well it was a digital preg. test so it actually said PREGNANT. First thought in my mind was "What?!? This can't be right?" So I showed David, while I was shaking, and told him to go get four more pregnancy test......but of course I was overreacting and he came back with two more...I took them both and this is what we got:
I was in pretty much in a state of shock...it was a SURPRISE to us! So at 12:30am I called Beth to tell her and of course she was very excited!!! A little bit later Ny an Jr got to our house and I was still not quite myself. We decided to tell them by leaving the pregnancy tests in the bathroom they would be using. As we were giving them the tour of the house we open the door to the bathroom and... Ny just stared at them and didn't want to look. She knew I had played a trick on David before ( for April Fools Day I had Beth pee on a stick so it came out preg and gave it to David...lol...it was hilarious!!!) but I kept trying to tell her it was for real this time! So after a minute or so of going back and forth they knew what we did...WE ARE PREGNANT!!!!!!!!!

I wanted to take a blood test the next day but of course it was the weekend and it was closed...I had to wait until Monday, but I took the test and we got the call that night that it was official!!! After the shock and surprise had worn off we were soooooo excited!!! We are going to have a BABY!!!!! We wanted to wait little while until we told everyone...but we did want to tell our immediate family b/c we just couldn't keep it in! =) We told our sisters and brothers about a week before we told our parents. We decided to tell our parents on Valentine's Day since that was the closest holiday. Below is the video of both sets of parents on Valentine's Day. The first video is the Roses we gave them a card a put a picture of an early ultrasound I had done. We told them to meet us at Beth's that morning for breakfast because we had a little present for them! (little now but growing bigger everyday!) The next is the Berrys, we gave them a picture frame that said "I love Grandpa" with the ultrasound in it and a bib that said "Grandma's Sunshine". Hope you enjoy their reactions as much as we did!!!

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Just getting started...

2009-04-30T11:07:00.000-07:00

Here we go...today I just started our new blog!! I have no clue what I'm doing but hopefully I will learn as I go along. I'm going to start posting my "pregnancy journey" on here for all our friends and family far and near! But for now...we are headed to a fun-filled weekend of Disneyland and friends so until we get back...Ciao!