Hubby update....

Hubby was in a lot of pain today. We were trying to get him with an orthopedic doctor, but in the place I wanted him to go it was full... I called my OB to see if he could get him a space, and he said that he thinks that he should go to an internist doctor, and wait for a referral... He thinks that the internist will decide if he needs to go to an orthopedic doctor OR maybe to a neurological surgeon because his problem is from a nerve. So, we took his advice and he went to the Dr. he recommend us. He wasnt very happy with the dr. per se, but...

The best things about having all girls

Every now and then, I get comments about not having a boy, and even though I know I wanted to have my Sebastian, every time I think about how lucky I am about having all girls. Here is a list of things that pay off about having all girls:* You will never be peed in the face during diaper changing...* You get to do each other's hair...* You wont have to worry about having pets with scales or shells...* You can forget about Snips and snails, and puppy-dogs' tails...* They can all share a room and decorate it all sassy...* You will get to do tons...

Now is hubby's turn...

Today was hubby's turn to get sick... He had a problem back in 1997 during a swimming competition, and got a pinched nerve... He was taking physical therapy back in the states, but stopped taking them long time ago. Sometimes the pain is strong, but today was unbearable. He wasnt able to move without feeling an horrible pain, and we ran to the ER...They made an X-Ray and it shows his back is all swollen, and they sent him home with some meds for the pain, and a referral to go to an orthopedic doctor tomorrow. The pain didnt go away at all,...

My new look!

I finally sat down and did the 3 column blog. It is funny how I was postponing it because I didnt want to lose my blog links and having to add them again.... Then, suddenly, I went to check my blog roll and it was ALL GONE!!!!!!!!!!!Thankfully, I made myself a "follower" of all the blogs that were accepted by the gadget (private blogs and from some other blogging sites are not supported), so I was able to recuperate those. Sadly, there are one that are lost, that I have no idea how I will recuperate them...PLEASE, if you know I read your blog,...

The divorce of my parents

My parents marriage lasted around the same time of marriage that I have now... My brother was 4.5 years old and I was 2.5. Growing up I was pretty much used to it, because it happened when I was so little that I hardly suffered from it. Then, my dad remarried, and had my two half brothers. His wife has always been great to us, and it always cracks me up when she tell stories about how jelaous I was with my dad when they got married. They say (which I cant remember) that I used to kick her out of his side, and was always sitting in the middle...

Are we safe???

The last hour is making me wonder how safe are we in this house?? We live almost in the outsides of the city, and there is still lots of places that doesnt have any kind of construction... Right next to us there is a lot that looks like a Forrest in a Harry Potter movie.Hubby went downstairs to close the backyard door and here is the visitor that he found:Cute, eh?Hubby took this picture after he shot it with almost a whole can of Raid, and started...

Mimi's 16 Months Old stats...

Mimi went for her check up a few days ago, but with all the things about Gaby and Mia's sickness, I didnt want Mimi to share a post so here is her very own post.... Here are the numbers:* 19.5 pounds (with diaper AND cloth)... Which I will count as 19 pounds, if not less... But let's leave it at 19 pounds even. This means that she is in less than 3rd percentile for her age.* 29.5 inches tall (no shoes), which puts her on 11th percentile for her...

Thirty Days of Happiness

DAY ONE (Sept. 23, 2008)1.. Im thankful that I married the man that I married. Im thankful that we made it back to each other after five years of not seeing each other and that we were able to see that we were meant for each other. We could have our differences but I wouldnt have it any other way. He makes my life complete as much cheesy that may sound.DAY TWO (Sept. 24, 2008)2.. Im thankful that even though we were not "socially" ready at that moment, we got pregnant with Gabriela, and Im thankful that she was born "healthy" regardless the time...

30 Days of Happiness - INTRO

One mom (Tara) who’s daughter is very close in age with Mimi, started a post called 30 Days of Happiness. The idea is to keep a journal for 30 days and on the first day white down one thing that she is thankful for. On the second day, two more things, on the third day, three more things, and so on and on. I felt in love with the idea as soon as I saw it and she told me it was Ok for me to join her! So, I will start today and at the end I will have 465 reasons. Every day, I will edit the post, and I will post one, two, three and so on reasons (depending...

Gaby´s Follow up

Gaby had her follow up check up today. She still has some mild wheezing, but still there. The ped is not worried anymore, but she prescribed her some meds but stopped the nebulizations for now. She asked me to keep an eye on her and to keep her updated. The last time she saw Gaby we talked about two concerns that I had about Gaby: One: Gaby's feet look each other instead of facing forward (cant believe it took us so long to get on this... Gaby's old ped assured us that was going to solve by itself, and it kinda did by the time she was 2.......

Happy Birthday to the Sweetest Little BoyS!!

Two years ago, a perfect dark hair and blue eyed baby boy was born! He is my nephew and the most gorgeous little boy alive. He was born at 2:10am after a really difficult delivery. The mom was in labor for over 12 hours, 2 and a half hours of pushing, and they had to use the vacum four times to take him out!!!! He spent a bit in the NICU mostly for observation, and was nursing like a champ!! He was 7 pounds, 8 ounces and 19 inches long!He was born...

Introducing.... Sassy!

We finally set a name for the dog. My dear friend Susan suggested it, and we all love it (Thanks Sis!)... Even Mimi can say it. We are still unsure of what to do with her as nobody is looking for a large dog, but in the meantime, we cant keep calling her: "la perra" (the female dog)...Why Sassy? Even though I know what it means, I google the meaning of it and I learned about lots of meanings that it has... That's when I knew she really is Sassy!*...

One good, one down!

If you have more than one child, chances are that you will ended up with the others sick too. Of course, you dont expect this to happen when you are dealing with Ashtma, but oh well, it happened to us! I noticed that Gaby wasn't breathing right last night, but I blamed it to being TOO HOT. This morning at around 11am I got a call from preschool side. One of those calls with bad news that I hate so much. It was the Principal to let me know that Gaby was having fast deep breathing. I asked her to check is she had wheezing, and she had....

One day at preschool

Yesterday I gave the camera to the preschool's secretary to take some pictures of the girls, and she took tons. Of course, I wont post them all, but here are some...Gaby on recess playing with the sand:Gaby with some of her friends:Mia is feeling better today... The actually told me that she didnt cough at all and that she was breathing just fine... After I picked her up she was coughing a bit but just because Gaby was being rough with her and she...

Kick Ass Blogger Award!

My very first award, and I love it. Thanks Sara for it! Here it is:Now, the rules:* Choose 5 bloggers that you feel are "Kick Ass Bloggers"* Let 'em know in your post or via email, twitter or blog comments that they've received an award* Share the love and link back to both the person who awarded you and back to Mammadawg, the inventor of this award.* Hop on back to the Kick Ass Blogger Club HQ to sign Mr. Linky then pass it on!Here are some Kick...

Mia on Day 9...

Mia has been sick for 9 days already... It is just too much!! She had a better night and she slept most of it. She was looking way better and she loved being back to school. Her teachers didnt let her be too active, but she was very happy.I was trying to get a nebulizer, because I needed to go home... Im really enjoying the time Im spending with my grandfather while at my mom's house, but I NEED to be home. One of my uncles told me that he was going...

Mia on Day 8...

Mia is doing better today, but still trying hard to breathe. Nebulizations were pretty hard today, and she cried more than the other days... She kept crying: Ya! (whichs means something like: Done! or Stop!)... I guess she is just sick of it. I do remember how uncomfortable I was when I was being nebulized during Mimi's pregnancy (or was it Mia's?), and I dont want to be in her shoes.I missed work today, and I hate that. I had a big day today, and...

Trying to cope...

That was some night! Mia didnt stopped coughing for hours... She was tired and sleepy, but the coughing was just too much, so she only wanted to snooze a bit on top of me while being rocked. After the nebulization of 6am things calmed down a bit, and by 7am she felt sleep. We both managed to sleep until a bit before 10am (which means 2 hours and something of sleep). She was way better but was still short of breath... I called the ped as promised and she asked me to take her in. A few hours in the ER, and she decided to let us go... The main...

Asthma?

Mia is getting worse by the minute and we are all really worried (including her pediatrician). She had her follow check up today and the ped wanted hospitalize her UNLESS we had a nebulizer available that we could use several times a day for the next hours... There is one at my mom's house because of my grandfather, so she gave us the option to nebulize her 4 more times every 6 hours. If she was not better by the last one of those four (which will be at 6am tomorrow), she would need to be hospitalized. She has all the symptoms of asthma, but...

Random updates

- Mia and Mimi are still very sick. I just hope they get better over the weekend. Mia is worst than Mimi and I just hope it doesnt get out of control. Mimi only has a cold, but Mia's wheezing is getting worse, and we are really worried. - "The" dog is still here. It breaks my heart to look for another home for her as Gaby is acting like the happiest girl in the world. She didnt behaved good in school today, but she has listened to everything we have said to her since we got home, and is acting really mature around "the dog". It really amazes...

A gift from above??

There is no need to know us very much to realize this is a busy house. We are as busy as can be, and I cant imagine new responsibilities on top of the ones we have...Today, a vendor from a corner (which is actually a very popular corner to sell pets) was trying to sell us a puppy. It was the cutest puppy, and it looked very healthy. Of course, WE CANT have a pet so we said no right away. The guy insisted and actually put the dog inside of the car.Gaby...

Myself Belts

I have been meaning to do this review since the longest, and here you have it...I was looking around for belts for my girls to use with their uniforms either in leather or canvas. I needed it to be black, brown or navy, and you guys have no idea how HARD it is to find those colors for toddlers girls!!!While I was googling for the belt I was bumped to Myselft Belts because they have a leather black belt for girls, and I felt in love with ALL the...

Home again, lots of rain!

Today I was in a better mood, and actually had a "fun" day. When we woke up this morning it was raining like crazy, Camila's fever was going up, and they were both coughing a lot, so I just told hubby to get Gaby ready and for both of them to leave to school, and I stood home with my two sick cuties.They slept until 9am (wow!) and I actually manage to do a lot of stuff plus to play with them... They were still miserable and very sensitive, so it was not easy to keep one away from the other (especially Mia away from Mimi), but it was Ok....I did...

Not a lovely day... (Updated)

Today was not a fun day at all!1- I got some downs at my work. Who knows who is reading, so I cant be specific... Let's just say I just had a bad work day.2- Amelia who has been sick since yesterday is getting worse... She has a bad cold.3- Camila now has fever, shortness of breath, wheezing, and had to be nebulized two times at the ER.4- The bill for car is HUGE.5- I had a disagreement with my landlord.6- We spent money in things that were not planned or expected (and I hate that).7- Gaby talked to her ex teacher over the phone (as she has been...

The baby to the ER

And no... The girls are fine... The baby that went to the Hospital is the one that has been sick for almost 2 weeks already, and was being left out.... We will get a cotization first thing on Monday, so let's hope for the best!Here is the baby while the ambulance was about to take him to the Hospital:As you can see, the weather is not that bad, and we are still not sure what will happend with Ike... I dont think it will do any harm to us, but only...

Mismatch Day

When we got home yesterday, there was no electricity AGAIN (man, I really cant wait for the Hurricane Season to be over so I can forget about this power situation), so we scape to my mom's house.The sky actually cleared out, and even though it wasnt sunny, it was not raining either... I got the girls ready for their Mismatch Day, even though we couldnt do much as we were at my mom's house... The girls were mismatch but I would have love to do something...

Raining and school

Even though the National Ministry of Education said that the schools should be closed today, the director kept the school open... I know she is just worried of all the days we will have to add at the end of the school year to make up for all the missing classes... As I missed the day yesterday, so I couldnt just not go today, especially since I have so much work to do... As I have nobody else to look after the schoo, they went with us, and they were the ONLY ones in preschool (well, there were 2 more kids of 2 other teachers), which means that...

Flowers at home

The National Ministry of Education canceled the classes again today, but our school didnt. As it was raining so much, and our car is still not fixed, I decided to stay home with the girls, and hubby went to work...We had a GREAT day at home... I had no power since early in the morning, so even though I had lots of work to do, I couldnt work at all... So, instead I spent the day playing with the girls and being silly with them... I also did some chores (actually a lot), but that didnt kept me from having lots of fun playing kitchen, blocks, dolls,...

After Gustav: Hannah, Ike & Josephine

Tropical Storm Hannah (which was a Hurricane but was downgraded to Storm) started hitting us since last night... It was very windy, and today has been raining a lot... Also, Hurricane Ike (category 4) is expected to hit us by the weekend, and then hit Florida by next week. Tropical Storm Josephine is also our way, and it will be devastating if Ike and Josephine "meet" at some point!!Please, if you pray, keep us in your prayers!(Updated on the 4t...

Gaby is upset...

... and we have no idea why.... Well, I may know why.The school has an agenda that they fill out everyday where they write how was the kid (among other things), and mostly everyday the teacher have wrote that Gaby was upset...I think that this is part of the adaptation process, and the fact that she doesnt know how to handle that she misses her old teacher and classmates, even though she likes the new ones. She keeps asking me that she wants to go to her old school to say hello, and Im not sure if that is a good idea, because I think it may make...