you + me = US: December 2010

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Welcome Little Mia!

Mia Isabella was born via cesearean section on December 20th, 2010 @ 1:15 p.m. She weighed 9 lbs. 5 oz. and had a headful of dark black hair. Within the recent minutes, hours, and days, she has completely taken over our hearts. Welcome to the world, little one!

Here are some pictures telling the story of her arrival:

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Status Update

Okay, seriously, I'm done.

Monday, December 13, 2010

December, So Far

Some fun things have been happening this month. I figure I'd better blog about them while I have the free time, if you know what I mean. We built a super sweet gingerbread house! Alfonso and Ben had a marshmallow snowman building contest. Very fun.

Ben graduated from the D.A.R.E program. We are proud of him and all that he learned. Here he is pictured with a total babe. . . I mean, the keynote speaker, Heather Anderson a.k.a. Miss Utah 2007. And yes, he has this picture in his locker.

On Sunday, Carrie and Nick blessed their baby in their home. It was so special.

It was great to spend some time with family. And I just have to say, that my nephew, Riley is a total stud. Isn't he cute???

Here's Delynn with baby Natalee on her special day.

I just need to take a moment to say that Alfonso is THE MOST patient man I've ever known!

Okay, this was seriously cool. Alfonso and I had just finished our chinese food and opened up our fortunes together. We laughed so hard.

"Short stranger", eh? I think they might be on to something.

Friday, December 10, 2010

My New Neice

I got to hold her the day she was born! Then I got sick for a week with this crazy virus that's going around, and each of the boys got it too. Finally two weeks after her birthday, I was able to hold her again. Isn't she beautiful? Her name is Natalee Rochelle!

I can tell already that we are going to be good friends. Welcome to the world little one!

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

9 Months - How I feel - Complete With Visual Aids

My ability to grip items can be summed up in one word, non-existant. I drop everything and when I muster the willpower to pick it up off the floor, I do it with the grace of a dwarf on stilts.

I have the alluring waistline of Homer Simpson.

When walking, I have the unmistakeable teetering gait of E.T. or Yoda, yet sadly with none of the superpowers.

Weight gain, swelling, and hormones have turned me into a bear. Hornery, lazy, and huge.

And to top it all off, I have accumulated the recall ability and razor sharp wit of an ostrich.

That's how I feel, no complaints, just statin' the facts. :) Yay for pregnancy!!!

About Us

Our blended family is many years and obstacles in the making. We two were raised in separate countries, different cultures and upbringings. For each of us, God's blessed broken road weaved through marraige, the birth of a child (or two) and a painful divorce, in the end, leaving a himless her and a herless him. We met on a blind date in 2008 and haven't been able to stay away from each other since. Married for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake Temple, we and our four children are determined to BE a forever family. This blog is an account of our daily lives, our ups and downs, and our journey to become "one."

Kids Say The Darndest Things

11/29/11 Me: "Will, what do you want the person you marry to be like?" Will: "Hot and sexy." Room fills with shock & stifled laughter. Me: "Will. . . what does it mean to be hot?" Will: "That you just came out of the desert."

11/28/11 When it's time for oracion/prayer, Mia oftentimes will fold her arms and talk quietly while the prayer is said. At the end we say "amen." She loudly says, "BOB!"

11/26/11 Alfonso swatted at the pesky fly once again. "It's taunting me." He said. Will exclaims, "It's taunting you??" Mutters to self, "I hate taunting flies."

11/10/11 Will walked in the door and when he saw his friend Annie sitting on the couch said, "I knew this day had something special in it." "What?" Annie asked. "You! I knew you were coming over. You make today special."

11/10/11 In the car, Annie (a girl I'm tending) said, "Jesus is so lucky! He gets to be born on Christmas, huh!"

09-09-11 Alfonso and I went on a date for our anniversary and left the kids with family. After we picked up the kids, Will politely asked, "Were there a lot of people at the anniversary?"

09-08-11 At the breakfast table, I was telling the kids that tomorrow would be Alfonso and my anniversary. Will lowered his head and said, "I'm glad I don't have to see that."

09-07-11 At a restaurant, we were all joking back and forth and Will said, "You gotta be pushing my leg!"

08-20-11 At our moving sale, my 3-year-old neice, Nicole held up a shiny quarter and said, "Look, I have a quenny."

08-20-11 5 minutes later, Nicole was whining. Her Mom, D.D. said, "I'm not going to talk to you until you use a big girl voice." Nicole gave her a mean look and said, "But you just talked to me."

08-19-11 Will, sitting at the table kept singing, "Can't you see, I love my pancreas, look at me, I love my pancreas." Over and over. Thank you, Wierd Al.

08-19-11 Quite proud of himself and giggling a little, Spencer announced, "Faster than a speeding two-year-old, able to leap a towering pile of laundry, it's SUPERMOM!!!"

04-29-11 We had just finished a large meal at Chick's Cafe when Spencer leaned back in his chair and energetcally patted his stomach saying, "Now I know what Santa feels like."

04-28-11 Will was helping me pull our huge new stroller out of its box. His job was to pull the box down as I held the stroller up off the ground. It wouldn't budge. He paused and said, "Wait, should I go drink some milk, to make my muscles stronger?"

you + me = US