New Baby in the casa

There is no birth control better than having to live with a brand new baby. The crying all night and day. Watching the tired parents walk around like zombies for the first week looking so helpless. Watching the pregnancy for the whole nine months and how miserable she looks in the last couple weeks. Listening to how much it hurt. But then again watching your 20 year old niece have her first baby boy while you have not even had one kid kind of makes you think about things. In the last two years there has been 5 new babies within the family on both mine and javi's side. Sometime we think about how much we spoil our new nieces and nephews and why we aren't spoiling our own. Of course it is always nice to be able to spoil and play with them and then hand them over when they start crying,  get cranky or when they leave a lovely present in their pants for you. I'm just saying!!

Well last weekend we had Lupitas baby shower, cutting it close of course because she was ten days away from her due date. Early that morning she was saying how uncomfortable she was and not feeling to good. That night she went home looking miserable. The next morning we got a call that she was in the hospital and going to be having the baby that day. She had been there since 5 in the morning and we arrived there around 11. No one was able to go in the room to see her, not even her husband. ( This kind of freaked me out because I always thought that if and when we were going to have a kid I wanted to be here so that I would not have to be away from Javi and not have to travel with a brand new baby). It turns out the baby was born at 11am, we were not told until 1:30 and we would not be able to see her until 4pm wow. A lot of waiting without any updates, kind of sucks for everyone involved but when we talked to her later she said she was fine by herself and did not mind not having everyone there. Hu, who would of thought?

Clothes line from baby shower

Lupita and my suegra

Opening presents, all the cute little clothes.

My thres Leches cake

Front of baby cake made by yours truly

Shot of the back of the cake

New baby on his first day here in the world.

Looks so cute and innocent sleeping (quietly lol)

March: Monthly Questions

I know I am getting to this questionnaire a little late this month, but hey better late than never. Can't wait to hear everyone's answers. Have Fun!!

1. What are three things that really annoy you about your "better half"

A. The way he eats sometimes. Especially with bones from chicken or fish.
B. He is so picky about clothes and what matches
C. He will ask me the same question over and over no matter how many times I answer.

2. Who was your first crush. Did they ever find out how you felt?

   I remember having my first crush in elementary school a little Mexican boy named Ivan. He was one grade older, I remember a few of us following him around and annoying him.

3. Tea or Coffee?     Um both
    Lime or Lemon?    Lime
    Mayonnaise or crema?    Mayonnaise
    Jack or Cheddar?     Pepper jack
    Drama or comedy?    comedy
   
4. Who made the first move in the relationship?

      I asked him some questions about himself and if he had any plans for the weekend. He asked me if I wanted to go to the beach. I initiated the conversation but he says he made the first move.

5. What is a funny quirk you have?

    I have to eat things in pairs. I don't know why but it is kind of weird.

6. If you could change one physical part of you what would it be?

     I think my nose it is kind of big and sometimes bugs me.

7. Who was the last person you talked to on the phone? English or Spanish?
      My mom, English of course.

8. Do you believe everything happens for a reason?

      I do believe this. I may not like what is happening at a particular moment but when I replay things later I always think things play out a certain way for a reason.

9. Five words that describe your immediate family.
( My mom, dad and brother)
    Creative
    Smart
    Caring
    Supportive
    Trustworthy
   
10. Wedding or Elope?   Elope
     Beach or snow?      Beach
     Fruits or Veggies     Fruits
     Chicken or Beef     Chicken
     Cake or Pie            Pie
    
  

What we thought was the final day. Day 3.

      On our third day in Pv we decided to head out early and spend a few hours in Guayabitos before the long journey home. After getting all packed up from that lovely hotel (not) it took us about an hour to get to Guayabitos. It was a really pretty day and not too many people out. We had an ice chest with us full of food that lasted us the whole trip, (just to save money on spending) and we finished off our supplies. The water was a little cold, but really calm and my suegros were able to get all the way in the water and relax a little. Even my niece was in the water for a little while, (you know the fuchi one) then went back to her chair until we decided to leave.

Denise after getting her hair done.

My cunada y Denise.

Had to get a pix of this. Thought it was too funny.

Fish and shrimp on a stick with chili y limon.

I'm not a big fish person, but everyone else liked them.

I am glad we were able to spend one last day on the beach. It was really relaxing and I think prepared us for what was coming next. Before leaving this cute little town we stopped at a couple shops and picked up some last minute souvenirs. We payed our first payment on the toll roads and about an hour later after heading through all the mountain terrains we were back on some what flat land when the blazer just shut down. Luckily it was still moving and Javi got us far enough off to the side of the road to be out of the way of traffic. We specifically took the toll roads in case something happened to us on the road.

So we are thinking its ok we will call the number on the pamphlet and get a tow truck. So we call and they say they will call back and tell us how far away one is.

Side not : ( The phone services here really suck. Javi has to put money on his phone about every two weeks and rarely makes calls because it costs so much. He had put 50 pesos before we left and with the first call all our money was gone.)

 So about twenty minutes later a nice man stops by and makes another call for us. A tow truck comes by but it is not the one from the toll roads. He informs us we are on about 15 miles of road that is not apart of the toll road. WTH Now What? He nicely offers to take us to the next toll booth which is about 5 miles away for free or we could wait for the tow truck which will never come. Javi agrees and  he parks us on the side of the road in front of the booth. The federal police are here and tell us that we have to push the car through the toll and pay before we could get the real tow truck  to take us some where for free.

Me being the only girl that knows how to drive had to maneuver the car while all the guys and federal police push the car through the pay booth. After we pay and get through the real tow truck finally comes and drops us off at the next town.

My handsome and trusty driver.

View from the top of the tow truck. That's right we were all in the car that was on top of the freakin tow truck. I never in my life thought I would be taking a ride like this and not just once but twice in one day.

Well after we got dropped off this is the sign I saw. The only hotel in town and where we would be spending the night. Fun Stuff right? Well I am glad to say that the place was much nicer than you would think from the looks of this sign. The people were nice, we had hot water, and a bed to sleep in, what more could we ask for right. We made it through the night and Javi was up bright and early the next morning to try and get us home quick. The mechanic took his time getting there and fixing things. We did not end up leaving until around 1230 and we were home about 330 Monday afternoon.

It was a short but very long weekend. It was one I am sure we will not soon forget, but I have to say we had a lot of laughs and a lot of first's here in Mexico. We made it home safely and made some great memories and that's all that really matters.

Vacation = The good, The bad, and The ugly. Day 2

After the chaotic first day we decided to sleep in and take our time getting to the beach. The day before Javi asked someone where we could find nicer beaches without rocks, so we moved farther south and found a calmer beach with softer sand. There were a lot of tourist's on the beach here but we found a table to rent and camped out for a couple hours.

It was good for the baby and Javis mom to have the table, they did not like to be

out in the sun so long, unlike me I just kept putting lotion on and baking. That's Javi's niece there on the left, she pretty much stayed in that spot the whole day, I was kind of wondering why she even came. She did not want to get in the water or walk around with us, she did not even like the malecon. I don't know if it was out of her comfort zone or if it was because she was with family. It might have been a whole different trip for her if she was there with her boyfriend and friends, but either way we did not let her "footchi face" as Javi calls it bother us.

This day was much more laid back for us, a few hours of swimming, boogie boarding, and eating.

Javi and I tried teaching his nephew how to use the board but he was having trouble getting

the hang of it. Needless to say Javi used it most of the time.

Love this pix of my suegros. They almost never show affection with each other, so to

see them holding hands and walking down the beach together was cute.

Pretty view of the beach.

Me n javi next to some rocks at the end of the beach.

Yummy fruit. Love mango's and they were cut in such cute shapes.

Family shot, notice niece not with us.

We had to get a shot of Eduardo buried. LOL.

Love this

Don't really like this shot. I could stand to lose about 15 more 1bs for a bikini.

Nice view of the Mariachi band.

Later that night we went back to the Malecon and picked up a few souvenirs for the family. Glad to say that we had at least one day of rest and relaxation on this trip.

They are both smiling its a miracle. It took about ten tries to get this shot.

Family with almost all smiles.

Me n Eduardo on a ladder / Statue.

My fav pic of this little one that day.

More to come......