6 months and more

Philip had his 6 Month check up and shots on the 25th of March. He was a trooper with the shots. Cried but he did so well being happy during the day. He weighs 17.4 lbs and is 28 inch long! He is in the 90th percentile! That means only 10% of babies are bigger than him at this age. And the doctor said he is very advanced for his age. Awesome I have a super smart baby! The only bad thing is we found he has another ear infection. :( But this time I never would have known because he doesn't have a temp or screaming when sleeping. So he started on antibiotics. I hate giving them to him because I have to put him in a headlock. Ugh! Then I found out I also had an ear infection! Couldn't believe it! So I also was on antibiotics for awhile. But now we both are better. Thank goodness! He has been doing so well sleeping in his crib. Sometimes ha sleeps through the night and sometimes he wakes up but I really don't care because he is sleeping in his crib! We finally have news for my husband getting here. He has his embassy interview on the 23rd of April and the hopefully he will be here the 3rd or 4th of May! Yay! We are so excited! Well today is my birthday and I've turned 33! Can't believe it! Great start to the day was that Philip didn't wake up at night at slept in till 8! What a great present!

4 months

Philip had his 4 month check up and he is doing great! 14 lbs and 25 inches long. Can't believe how big he is getting. He does have some excema poor kid with the mixed skin. Just wish his dad was here but we will be together soon!

2 months

Well my son is now passed the two month mark. Can't believe how fast he is growing. At his two month check up he weighed 12 lbs 7 oz and was 23 1/4 inches long. He is so big! He is almost rolling over when on his stomach and he can sit up if he is in an inclined position. He coos and talks all the time and loves to be around other kids. He started sleeping through the night which mommy loves. Not even getting up to eat. Everyone asks me what I do and I have to say, nothing. I haven't done a thing. He is just the cutest baby ever and I love him so much! I am very thankful to have him in my life. My husband has been approved in the first step now we are on to the second part. It's just a lot of money but we are doing the best we can. Hopefully he will be here before Philip is 6 weeks old. I love being a mommy.

I love my baby!!

I absolutely LOVE my baby!!! He is the best baby ever!! Yes sometimes he wants to feed every hour or doesnt sleep through the night "normally" but I love him. He hardly ever cries and when he does its during the day and he is just so darn cute. I just wish Daddy was here to enjoy him as much as I do but I know he will be soon!

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Overdue

I am very frustrated with baby #1. Not knowing how having a baby is supposed to be has made things so difficult. Couldn't Heavenly Father implanted in us an inherent knowledge of how it is supposed to be? It might have made things easier. So now I am a week overdue and will be induced on Thursday. I've been to the hospital 3 times thinking "this is it!" only to be sent back. How annoying. I am worried that I will get there to be induced and nothing will progress and I will have to have a c-section. That is one reason I am not having my baby in Guatemala because 90% of the babies born are born by c-section and I don't want to be cut open! I've never had surgery in my life and I don't want to start now. I just hope it all works out and he is born naturally. Also this prolonging has brought people out of the woodwork asking me everyday "is he born yet?" I just want to be left alone. I don't want to answer that question a gazillion times, yes I know "over-exaggeration", but come on people. I want him here just as much as you. But I can't force the hospital to give me the potocin or to pull him out. Everyone actually has been telling me not to be induced because it is bad for the baby. Please people.... I am very grateful to my mom who has been there for me through this. I wish my husband was here to but that is another long post about how slow our government is and really I don't even want to go there. Another issue where everyone knows more than me. Again people: everyone is different! Ugh! I've never received more unsolicited comments or advice in my life. So here I am ready to have this baby and bring him into this wonderful world to gain a body and teach him all that I know and I must wait. Only a few more days!! I pray!!

Good-bye Chapis!

This was back in august but it never got published. So because its been awhile since I´ve blogged I haven´t told anyone the sad news in my family. About a month ago my boyfriend and I had to put down my dog Chapis. He had run out of the house and down the street straight into an oncoming car. We tried to chase him down but this time he was too fast for us. He was hit and it looked like maybe just a broken leg. The vet came and took him back to the office and looked him over and told us we had two choices. He said he could work on him but it was most likely he wouldn´t walk again. It look like his pelvis, back and obviously his leg were broken. Our other choice was to put him down. He was very hard but we didnt feel it was fair to have him there not being able to walk and we decided to put him down. We buried him in an area close to where my boyfriends parents live. It was very hard for my boyfriend. Recently my boyfriends cousin gave us a kitten that we named Alekay because he looks like Alex from the movie Madagascar and so now we are happy with our two cats. We never will forget our cute but troublesome dog and we know he is happy in doggy heaven. We love you Chapis!!

Pregnancy Week 29/30

So the pregnancy is much better now! Although life seems to get in the way of the happiness. My husband and I decided I should go ahead of him back to the states as it would be easier for him to come.....not happening that way. I haven't been able to find a job thanks to the belly and my honesty, I hate lying even to get a job. And that makes it hard to get the money together to get my hubby here which I need so much! I miss him so much and I hope that all will be pulled together and he will be here before the baby is born...September 12th. For those that don't know we are having a boy, Philip Armando Gonzalez. We are super excited and I always wanted a boy first! Yay! Sp hopefully I get a job soon and then I will be able to send his papers and get him here asap.

Troublesome Pregnancy

Well this pregnancy has not been sugar and spice and all thats nice. First month was horrible naseau and basically no eating. Second month was a little more calm. But now I´ve started the third month with diarrea and fainting at work. Not at all what I expected. So I´m hoping it seriously gets better and I start to enjoy being pregnant like everyone says I should. On a high note I did hear the heartbeat and the baby is just fine. Which is good.

I´m Pregnant!

Super excited abou this news! I am pregnant! A lot sooner than I thought but happy all the same. I´m about 11 weeks along and going strong. Started off with horrible, horrible nausea and vomiting but now it´s just every so often, not constant. had my first ultrasound and everything is on track. The baby seemed as though it was waving to us. Loved it!

I am a christian!

Recent news of a pastor saying that mormons arent Christians has really upset me. I seriously thought that we were getting to a point that people of other faiths were accepting us. Are people still that closed minded? I believe in Christ. The Christ of the bible. That is another thing that people are writing articles stating that we believe in a Jesus Christ not of the bible. What?! Are you serious?! I believe that Jesus Christ is the literal son of our Heavenly Father. He came to the earth mortal because he mother is mortal but also a God because his father is a God. Because of these two points he was able to withstand the pain of the atonement in Gethsemane and sacrifice himself by dying on the cross on Calgary. I believe that Jesus Christ was resurrected three days after he died and lives today going about the Father´s work. He taught us to love one another regardless of race, sex, age or any other obstacle we as humans place in our way. I am amazed at the people that say that THEY are Christians hurting others through ignorance. That is not what Jesus Christ taught, and continues to teach through scripture. I believe in Christ! He is my King! I pray to my Heavenly Father in His name. Don´t tell me I´m not a Christian!

Promises

So i promised to be better at updates but since i dont have a computer that has been hard. I will have my future father-in-laws computer for awhile so i will be able to update more frequently. So i will be adding some new features to the blog...wedding stuff and changing the background. close...my dog just disconnected the power and i thought i would have to write all this again. So my family is growing. I now have a cute kitty named snowball that we mostly call "gato" that is cat in spanish. and of course my crazy dog chapis. school is closely moving into the 4th quarter and that means we soon will be done. i am honestly excited for that. even though i love teaching i am burnt out since we didnt have our middle of the year vacations. ill try and have some pictures up soon.

A year is too long!!

So its been about one year since I posted. So much has happened and that is so bad on my part. So I am still in Guatemala but now in the city of Xela or aka Quetzaltenango. Loving it here more so because this is where I met my future husband. Yah I will post pics soon. So I am getting married in December in the temple being built here in Xela. Can´t wait! I am teaching 3rd grade at a school called Beehive School and I also teach in the University of Galileo....always English. So this is the short of it and I will try to get on and add pics and everything soon!!

BYU's bold move: Independence? - College Football - Rivals.com

BYU's bold move: Independence? - College Football - Rivals.com

The sad part is that I don´t understand the whole independent thing but I guess this could help them get a BSC bowl game which I really don´t care about because I´m a true blue and orange fan and will never change!! Go BRONCOS!!! On that note if they go back to the Mountain West I will scream...why are we going down when we need to go up???

Facebook

So I really love this site! It keeps me updated with everyone!! And today I realized that I have over 1,000 friends! The funny part is I do know all of them! It helps that I have lived in 4 states and 3 countries!!

Dejavu

Now who would have thought that my thirties would be anything like my twenties? I sure didn´t. But this being my first year in my thirties I am seeing too many similarities to when I turned 20. I guess every decade is just the same but I´m just older. Haha joke´s on me. So I recently moved to another part of guatemala called Xela. It´s colder during the night but hotter during the day. Not really hot, the sun is just really strong. This is where my best friend Mariela lives. And since nothing was working out in the Capital I prayed about it and decided to give Xela a chance. Still trying to find a job and wondering if I will. But I have faith that everything will work out. No worries for now. And the guy situation kind of sucks. Why can´t they be more sincere and honest? That is very frustrating. But I will try to continue on...as if my life depended on men..hahaha.

gLee!!!!!!!

So I am totally obsessed with gLee right now. I can say that I am a gLeek. I LOVE Jessie St. James/Jonathan Groff even though he is a bad guy...still haven´t 100% decided on that yet. What can I say he has a voice that could melt butter and curly hair I dream of. Even when I use hot rollers and loads of hairspray it does not look/stay like that. I have a habit now of only listening to gLee songs on my iPod on the way to school, home from school, in my room, spare time, watching TV(I know but it´s really during commercials), and while I sleep. I am OBSESSED! I love Sue and Brittney comments and I have even dreamt of being cast on the show as Rachel´s rival and how my first episode would be. It´s actually caused me to rethink my desire to be a Broadway musical star...yes I did have that dream back in high school. I have to watch in on the internet because I do not have cable in order to watch it on TV. But I´m just as happy being able to see it even a day late. What more can I say? I just love it!! My favorite song is Hello sung by Rachel/Lea and Jessie/Jonathan. And my iTunes says I´ve listened to it 47 times since I downloaded it a week ago. These two were also awesome in Spring Awakening as Wendla/Melchoir. Can´t wait for September 13 when I can buy the first season and relive it over and over again. Ahhhh. gLee!!!

Pictures

Well I thought I would post some pictures since I haven´t done that in awhile. I actually haven´t posted anything in awhile...ooppss!! A lot has happened...car accident, moved (again!), dated two boys (still on the second one and no we are not boyfriend/girlfriend yet), turned 30!!!!! and alot inbetween. So here are some pics for all of you.

Here I am with my sister Megan and bro Mike in Santa Monica, California.

Here I am with my cousin Stacia and her cute kids.

This my dear nieces Abby and Mkensie. I love them SO much!! Abby turned 5 this year and that is unbelievable!! And of course their darling mother, my sister Mariah.

Dinner with my Mom, Aunt Lori, Gramama and my cousin Marissa. My brother Matt was also there but since he took the picture I later took a picture with him. A wonderful two days in Boise during Christmas 2009.

Here I am with my Latina family, The Ramos family. Love them tons!!! This was January 2009.

Here I am with friends after the David Archuleta concert.

This is a good picture of my cute hair cut. I was going to a formal dance for church.

Here I am with Adriana in Antigua during semana santa. We went super early in the morning!!

And here I am turing 30!!! It was a great day that ended with friends and burgers. Jorge, Rosi and Vinicio!! Later the family I live with, Vinicio´s family, got me a cake and we celebrated by blowing out 30 candles!!!

Say Anything

January 20, 2010
I love John Cusack! He plays such awesomely quirky guys and in “Say Anything” he plays a girl´s guy. Let me explain that. In this movie there is a role reversal. Instead of the girl chasing the guy and getting her heart broken it is the guy. Sometimes I wonder if what we saw truly happens. I mean on the girl´s end it´s all true. We cry over the guy and talk about it with our girlfriends and hope that things can change. But do the guys cry as well and have doubts? I haven´t been as persistent as him but maybe I could be. Maybe that is the trick. Show them you really want to be with them and “there” for them. Is that what they need? The girl was such a guy in this movie. Telling him that she loved him but wanting to end it. Made me laugh. And it was also her that brought them back together, even though it was because of a family tragedy. Well not so much a tragedy as a problem. All in all I just love John Cusack and all the characters he has ever played. Also the music is always great. Cameron Crowe really knew what he was doing in writing this movie. He always knew, in all his movies, how to get to the basic truth of whatever theme he is writing about. In the end Diane says “Nobody really thinks it will work” and Lloyd says “You just described every really great success story.” I think that is the truth of it all. We never know if it´s going to work, whatever we may be doing be it school, work, or relationships. But if we try hard and follow our gut feeling then it will end in a success. What a great movie that gives us insight into ourselves and the other gender and also into our personal endeavors.

Sydney White

January 19, 2010
I´ve watched this movie many, many times and loved it more each time but now I have a new found appreciation. It´s so wonderful to be doing this new blog thingy for me because I´m learning new things for myself in a fun way, especially since I love to watch movies. Tonight I watched “Sidney White” a modern day take on the old Snow White fairytale. It had all the normal fairytale elements like pretty girl meets charming “Prince” and evil witches and dorky sidekicks but this version had more, at least for me. It teaches a strong lesson about believing in yourself and being yourself. So many times in the course of our life we try to change who we are because of what others believe the best of us is. Well I have learned time and time again, and what this movie truly teaches us, that being ourselves is the best we can be, no matter what others think. Yah we all have our faults, our “ugly” parts, but that shouldn´t matter because when we are liked for who we are the best of us always comes out strong. Like a butterfly. It doesn´t start as the pretty insect that we see right before it dies, no, it starts as an ugly caterpillar. A creature that many people kill because they don´t know what it will grow up to be in a very short time. How would we feel if someone tried to squash us before we could blossom into the beautiful being that we can be with a little time, patience and hard work? Well, honestly, people do squash us, a lot. That is sad to say but so true. All my life I was pushed down, led to believe that I was not as pretty, smart, or likeable as others. Now that really does a number on a girl´s self-esteem. Heck I had the worst self-esteem because I believed what everyone told me. Even now there are some that can´t even see that it happened and think I have lots of issues. Well I do have issues that I work through everyday. Like I said it was a lifetime of hurt and it will take a lifetime to overcome but I am a long way from where I was 10 years ago. And a lot of that has to do with the message of this movie. I tried to always “fit in” with all the others. Soon I realized that it didn´t work and it didn´t work because I wasn´t like all the others. I couldn´t stop being me and that meant I could never “fit in” with all the rest. I´ve learned that I must continue to be me and through being me I will find true friends and maybe, hopefully, even somebody that will love me for who I am and want to share the rest of eternity with me. When we decide to be who we are and not what the others want us to be we also must make a choice to accept others for who they are. No one is perfect and we all have little quirks that drive each other crazy. But that makes it fun! We need that to keep life balanced. If we were all the same or liked each other 100% of the time life would be boring. Who loves drama? Well I don´t love it but I do think that it keeps life spicy, full of flavor. Hey, let´s be ourselves and accept each other! We may end up liking each other and being friends.