Happy Birthday to Me!

My birthday was Monday and I decided to celebrate it at the Happiest Place on Earth. For 2009 they were giving free admission on your birthday and I decided to take advantage of it with my darling Squiggler. (She was free too!) I was a little nervous and first and explained to my two other girls why I wasn't taking them and they understood. (No extra $ after the holidays.) So I ventured out and arrived at Disney at around 8:30 am. We got a great parking space and walked to the park. We had our picture taken right away at the C with Mickey and C for Squiggler's name. Some nice people took the picture for me, but cut off part of the C. Oh well!

As luck would have it, my good friend, Mrs. Pooh was going to be at Disney on that day too and so we met up with her. We got into the park with no problem and they gave me a special pin that said "Happy Birthday". Wow that pin gets you lots of attention! I got sung to 3 times in the first 30 minutes of being in the park. For the rest of the day, everyone was so nice and kept telling me Happy Birthday! We got a silhouette of the Squiggler done right away and then headed to Small World. The Squiggler loved it!! She could not get enough of it and kept swaying her head to the music. We got to sit in the front because it was my birthday and then they gave the Squiggler a pin that said "1st Visit."

We then decide to go to Toon Town and see Mickey. Well with all the excitement the Squiggler fell asleep and so this is what our Mickey pix looks like. I love it!

We then had a great lunch thanks to my wonderful friend Mrs. Pooh and ate at the Carnation Cafe. We stayed to watch the Christmas Parade and Squiggler loved that too! I think she overall really loved Disney and I know she won't remember her 1st visit, but I will. We left the park at around 5 pm and came home to a lovely dinner with my girls and honey. The girls made me a cake and it was so scrumptious! My birthday falls between Christmas and New Years and usually gets lost. This was the 2nd most favorite birthday of my life! (The first being in 1996 when I married my husband in the church and had a church wedding.) Last year I had a "big" birthday, but since I had just had a baby there was no way to celebrate it. This year totally made up for that and it was pretty economical too. Thanks again Mrs. Pooh for a marvelous time. You gave me a present I will never forget! Also thanks to my hubby for letting me go and not trying to talk me out of this crazy idea!

Merry Christmas!

From our family to yours, we wish you the Merriest of Christmases! We had a wonderful Christmas Eve and started the evening by attending the Children's Mass at 5pm. This is the first year that my girls hadn't participated in 9 years! It was nice to sit and enjoy the mass and not worry about the Nativity play and what parts my girls had. Afterwards we went to celebrate with my Sister Cousins. The youngest of my Sister Cousins bought a big house in Valencia and invited everyone to come celebrate with them. It was great! There was so much good food and it was just awesome being surrounded with so many friends and family. There must have been at least 80 people there! The Squiggler was so happy to see my nephew there. (She's in love with him!) Today we spent the day just relaxing. The girls woke us up about 7:20am and we went to see what Santa brought them. He bought Weegie some perfume she wanted, Speedy Cheetah a movie and a promise of what she really wanted to arrive in a few weeks. (He had to special order it) The Squiggler got a musical table to keep her occupied. We had a wonderful day and just snacked on tamales all day. Speedy Cheetah stayed in her new jammies all day. For dinner we had mole and cookies for dessert. It was a glorious day. Celebrating the birth of our Lord Jesus and just being together. Tomorrow we are celebrating Christmas with my husbands family and that should be more great food and company! Merry Christmas to all and may the Good Lord bless you abundantly!

The Squiggler is 1!

Oh my! Where does the time go? Our little Squiggler is 1 years old today! Earlier I blogged about her birthstory, but now I want to write about her and all the things that she has learned this month. She has just grown by leaps and bounds this last year and I just can't believe how time flies! It's just like yesterday we brought her home from the hospital!

• Shew can crawl really fast and explore all over the house!
• She has 3 teeth all on the bottom, none on the top.
• She loves to dance and sways her little head to the music.
• She says Hi Dad!, mom, bow wow and baby really clearly.
• She loves to get my cell phone and puts it behind her head.
• She can stand and has even taken some steps, but has not started to walk on her own yet.
• She loves boys and loves to flirt.
• She loves to eat beans and rice!
• She got her first pair of real shoes and wants to take off in them.
• She loved wearing a princess crown for her birthday and did not try to take it off once.
• She loves to hang out with her sisters and just talks and talks to them.
• She loves to be outside.
• She loves our dog and doesn't watch much tv except the other day she wanted to see Beverly Hill Chihuahuas.

Tomorrow she goes to the doctors for her check up and shots. I will post her stats because I am so interested to see how much she weighs. She currently wears a size 3 1/2 shoe and can still fit in her 9 months clothes except for length 12 months looks better. We were so blessed and she got a lot of clothes for her birthday so we are set for the winter. Tomorrow I will try to post about her birthday party.

We love you so much Squiggler! You are such a blessing to us and mommy firmly believes that God sent you to us! Thank you God!

The Squiggler's Birth Story

One year ago today I went to my prenatal appointment with the head of OBGYN. I also had my non stress test that morning too. There were no signs of baby on the way and I was only 1 week away from my due date! The doctor said that we had to schedule me to be induced! I did not want to be induced! I wanted my Princess to come on her own! But it wasn’t up to me, it was what the doctor said was best for the baby. I was scared to say the least because I had heard so many horror stories about being induced. Doctor checked the appointments at the hospital and scheduled me to come in at 4:00pm Saturday, December 6, 2008. He said I could eat a light lunch, but not to eat anything after noon. I had wanted to go to my friend Almita’s daughter’s Quince Anos, but that was not going to be possible. I stopped by my work to tell everyone that Baby was going to be making her big arrival that weekend! I walked all around the school and got everything ready that I could think of for my sub. I went home and had a nice evening with my family and was worried about what to do with my girls. My mom had a party to go to on the night of the 6th and I wanted my husband with me. I asked my tio and tia to take care of them for me. It was just going to be my and my husband at the hospital. That night I stayed up later then my family, watching TV and writing thank you cards for baby shower gifts. I didn’t feel well so I decided to go lay down. It was about midnight. Well I couldn’t lie down because I was uncomfortable! I decided to use the restroom and it was then that I realized that I was in labor! I didn’t want to worry or wake anyone so I stayed up walking around and making sure my bag was packed for the hospital. I also started writing the times of my contractions and at first they were every 5 minutes apart, and then quickly they moved to 4 minutes and then 2! It was time to wake my husband! I woke him at about 1:00 am and then we woke my mom. We had no where to leave the girls and my mom wanted to go to the hospital with us. The girls wanted to go to so we decided that they would follow us there with my mom. My pains were getting very close together and so my husband and I headed for the hospital with my mom and girls on their way. I tried calling my comadre, but she didn’t answer her phone even though she said she would have it next to her bed. I tried calling my cousin Sister, but she didn’t answer either. I tried calling all the way to the hospital. My husband and I arrived at the hospital at around 1:30 and got checked in and into a room at about 2:00 am. By this time my mom and daughters were there and my cousin was on her way too! (She had been out and had just gotten home!) The nurses said that I was 7 cm dilated and we needed 3 to go! By this time the pain was getting pretty intense and I had to decide if I wanted an epidural or not! I had given birth twice before without one, but this time I wasn’t sure! I prayed for strength to do it again and it was too late for the epidural because I was already at 9cm. Things were happening quickly!! I felt the baby squiggle her way down into position and it was the weirdest feeling. One I hope I never forget. I felt like I was really aware of my body and even though I was scared because it had been almost 10 years since I had done this before, I knew I could do it! (Even though that is not what I told my family at the time!) With my husband and cousin at my side and my mom and girls in the room it was time to push and what seemed like an eternity but was more like 5 minutes….the Squiggler was born!! It was 3:50 in the morning and she came out mad!!! She had been taken from her nice warm cozy sleep and now she was cold and probably hungry. She weighed 7 lbs. 14 oz. (only 3 ounces more then her sisters) and had what looked like curly hair. All together her labor was less then 4 hours!! I love having babies!! I think she looked a lot like the Weegie when she was born, but now I think she looks like her sister Speedy Cheetah. She had an apgar score of 9/9 but her blood sugar was low and they wanted to give her a bottle of formula right away. Grandma fed her first bottle. This was probably a result of the gestational diabetes. I was tired, but so HAPPY that my baby was here and she was and is BEAUTIFUL! I know I say this all the time, but she is such a blessing to us! She brings so much joy into our hearts and we love her so much! I thank the Good Lord everyday for picking me to be her mother here on earth. How blessed am I that I have 3 beautiful and wonderful daughters! (That are all so different!) I had wanted to post this right before midnight, but she woke up and barely went back to sleep! More to come later!!!