tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53876687164382018872023-11-16T09:17:25.105-08:00Nayeli FaithNayeli was diagnosed with severe Left Congential Diaphragmatic Hernia (LCDH) during her 18 week ultrasound, on June 4, 2008. We created this blog to keep family and friends updated, and to raise overall awareness of CDH.
During my pregnancy I always read this verse
Psalm 121:1-2 I lift up my eyes to the hills where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.Liz and Shanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259533868125774997noreply@blogger.comBlogger232125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387668716438201887.post-87628123308950489212013-12-03T15:17:00.001-08:002013-12-03T15:17:20.480-08:005 year photo shoot and 2 1/2 Twins at OneTrueMedia.comFamily photo shoot from October with both of our parents. <br /><br /><div><embed src="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_view_player?p=128f128a76498f0aaa9b068"quality="high" scale="noscale" width="408" height="382" wmode="transparent" name="FLVPlayer" salign="LT" flashvars="&p=128f128a76498f0aaa9b068&skin_id=701&host=http://www.onetruemedia.com" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><div style="margin:0px;font:12px/13px verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;padding-bottom:15px;width:408px;text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.onetruemedia.com/landing?&utm_source=emplay&utm_medium=txt5" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;">Make a video - it's fun, easy and free!<br/><span style="text-decoration:underline;">www.onetruemedia.com</span></a></div></div>Liz and Shanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259533868125774997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387668716438201887.post-62897263302881081262013-12-03T15:02:00.001-08:002013-12-03T15:08:13.860-08:00Nayeli Faith Foundation Fundraiser The Nayeli Faith Foundation had it's third annual Bingo Fundraiser on October 12, 2013. It was a success!<br />
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It raised $3,299.00 and this will help CDH families that need food, gas, lodging and more. The NFF has been busy assiting families and taking phone calls. Most recently a family from Nicaragua called for support. The NFF is all on a volunteer basis. We know how it feels when you first find out about being diagnosed with CDH and knew that we needed to help others. When we were turned away from the the Ronald McDonald house because we didn't meet the strict 50 mile requierement we felt something in us to help those that would be in the same shoes. The NFF helps families that are diagnosed with CDH, NICU, readmittance and CDH clinic. <br />
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Here are some pictures from the event. To learn more about NFF please visit nayelifaithfoundation.com and LIKE NFF on FB. Thank you! <br />
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Harding Martial Arts for donating the space for FREE!<br />
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Little Exlporers Mobile Petting zoo in San Leandro for donating their time to bring the animals for the children to enjoy.<br />
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Drakes Brewery in San Leandro for the Beer. <br />
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Domino's in Danville for the 15 pizzas donated to the event.<br />
Domino's in San Ramon, Mountain Mike's pizza Danville<br />
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Starbucks in San Ramon (next to Petco) for the donated coffee for event <br />
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Thank you to all who attended in supporting the cause to help CDH families. <br />
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Thank you to the High School Key clubbers who donated their time and volunteer. <br />
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Thank you to our good friends Doug, Cidy, Ken and Paul. We couldn't have done it with out you!<br />
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To all who donated gifts, services and gift certificates to the event for the Bingo Prizes, Raffle prizes and silent auction prizes. <br />
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2 passes Gilroy Gardens<span class="text_exposed_hide">...</span><span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> 4 Disneyland park hopper tickets<br /> 4 The Jungle passes <br /> 4 Lindsay Museum<br /> Golden State Warriors signed autograph Andrew Bogut<br /> Piatti's Brunch for two<br /> Games Unlimted $25 giftcard<br /> Cheesecake factory SF $50 WC $25<br /> Yogurt Shack $25 gift card<br /> 49er Football only 1,000 made in 2012<br /> Forbes Mill Steak House $500 gift certificate dinner for (4) paired dinner <br /> 4 Oakland zoo passes with parking<br /> Sweet Street $20 gift card<br /> Pete's Brass Rail and Car wash lunch for 2 (2)gift certificates<br /> GR Doodlebug $20 gift certificate and $20 monkey plush<br /> Jewels in Disguise $68 value watch<br /> Flame Broiler (2) $25 Certificates<br /> Tamber Bey vineyard tasting for 8 <br /> Rockin Jump 10 passes<br /> 2 Great America Passes<br /> Sideboard $20 gift card<br /> Edge Gymnastics one FREE camp<br /> Boomers 8 passes for mini golf<br /> Hopyard (2) $25 gift cards<br /> Athens Burgers (2) $25 gift cards<br /> Peet's Coffee Alamo (2) gift certificates for 12 months 1lb of coffee<br /> Alamo Pizza (3) $10 gift cards<br /> Wine Steward gift card for two flights<br /> Bridges Golf gift certificate for four with cart<br /> Big O Tires Gift Certificate <br /> Katy's Corner Gift certificate for 2 for lunch or breakfast<br /> Brass Door Gift certifcate $35<br /> Peet's Coffee Danville girft certificate for 12 months 1lb of coffee<br /> Starbucks Coffee and gift basket<br /> Old Town Bakery 8 inch cake and 12 cookies<br /> Pump it up Free guest with paid guest<br /> San Jose Sharks Puck signed by Niemi<br /> My Gym one free membership and 4 week class<br /> Next Step Dance Studio Free <br /> Paragon restaurant $100 Gift certificate<br /> Mt. View Calistoga one night stay <br /> 2 passes SF Aquarium <br /> Richards $100 Gift Card<br /> Lunardi's Gift cards for food for event<br /> Nob Hill Gift card for food for event<br /> Best western Hotel $150 gift card <br /> 4 passes Lawrence Lab museum<br /> Frankie Johnnie and Luigi $30 gift card for pizza of choice<br /> SF Giants Photo and sign<br /> Nannies and Tutors Gift card $119<br /> See Jane Run $25 gifct card<br /> Eric James Photography $350 gift certificate <br /> Tower Grille (2) $15 gift certificate<br /> Round Hill Country Club Golf for four with cart<br /> Essence Skin facial <br /> 4 passes Dublin or Belmont Iceland Rinks<br /> Studio Grow Gift Card $25<br /> Luna Loca 2 combo meals<br /> 2 Raider tickets vs Pittsburgh Steelers October 2th</span><br />
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My parents came to visit the weekend before Nayeli started school. I was so happy to see them and the kids had fun with them as usual. My parents know how to spoil us by cooking and cleaning. They are awesome! <br />
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As the first day of school approached I tried to prepare myself the best I could. I took the kids to a cute amusement park. I was brave enough to go by myself since Shane had to work OT. They listened and had fun. The night before her first day of school I bursted out crying. Shane as always was there to comfort me and be supportive. What what I do without him. I would be lost! He told me he had the day off so he would be there with me as we dropped her off. It was a big day! We took Eli, Eliana and Molly. The only one missing was Twinkie. Gosh how I miss that dog. Nayeli was very excited! I don't know if it was because she had new clothes or just because she was going to school. When we got there she was all smiles then she said she didn't see any of her friends. I told her she was going into Transitional Kindergarten and her friends were going into Kindergarten. When we picked her up she said she had fun and was ready for Kindergarten. She is so smart and funny!<br />
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She looks forward to going to school and never complains. Which means her teacher is a great one for keeping her happy and inerested. We are so proud of her! <br />
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Here are a few pictures of her first day. What a great milestone! <br />
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Nayeli's TK teacher. <br />
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Nayeli's first day of school was only for ONE hour so we took her to Chuck E Cheese as first day tradition. She loved it! </div>
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It's hard to believe that Nayeli will be starting Transitional Kindergarten this year. She is right on the cut off date to start Kindergarten until the following year. I had a hard time thinking of her going off to school but it's one of the big milestones she is going to go through I know I will be sobbing so I will have visine ready. Shane took one week of vaction in July and we took turns taking her places while the twins napped in the afternoon. We took her ice skating, chuck e cheese, a museum for wildlife animals that they rehabilitate, mini golf and bowling. We spoiled her with ice cream and slurpees! She loved every minute and we can see she appreciated the alone time she got with each of us. We plan on doing this more often with her. <br />
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She had her first dance recital in May. We didn't think she was going to dance because of what happened a few weeks earlier in the semester. Her regular dance teacher moved and had a fill in teacher who was great. Unfortunetly Nayeli didn't think much of her and said she didn't want to dance anymore. We were sad and didn't want to force her so we gave her a few oppurtunities to try but she just sat in class and refused to participate. I had already invested in her costume and tickets. Now what? I asked her what would have her dance again. She said if we got her a new Rapunzel dress she would do it. She drives a hard bargain. Well I was the sucker that fell for it and I was looking online for a Rapunzel dress. I think she realized the night of the recital that it was so much fun to dance and she insisted that I sign her up again. It's always on her terms. She wants to try hip hop in the fall. <br />
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In May Nayeli stayed with my parents for the first time LA for 6 days with out us. She was excited tto go and I was sad to see her leave. I fought the tears and waited to cry until she left. Then I bursted out and cried. It's hard to let go but I have to get used the idea our baby is growing up. She had the best time with Grandma and Grandpa. She asked to go to Chuck E Cheese everyday. She got her wish! She turned down the Zoo, pony rides, aquarium and Disneyland to go to Chuck E Cheese. I was shocked that she would turn down Disneyland. My mom said that the staff at Chuck E Cheese loved her so much that they kept giving her prizes for no tickets. Aha! That was it! Smart girl! She knows where to go for the perks. <br />
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I missed her so much while she was away. I sat in her room a couple of nights and cried a few times. It's hard to give her one on one time but I promised myself I would do more of it when she got back. When she came back home she cried and hugged me so tight and said she missed our house. <br />
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We play alot more games, color, puzzles or just watch tv and cuddle while the twins nap. It's nice to have that time. We appreciate it more. We went to a childrens play and she enjoyed it so much she asked if she can be in a play. She is signed up for a performing class and is singing and dancing. <br />
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Everyday we are so grateful for her health and her being here with us. She complains about tummy aches alot but then it goes awaay. We have asked the UCSF surgeons about this and they said not to worry. <br />
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As I was putting her to bed one night she asked to see baby pictures. We took the album of her when she was 4 months through 6 months. I have so many pictures! When I was putting it away she started to cry. I asked her what was wrong and she said "I want to be a baby". This isn't the first time she has cried saying this but this time she sounded so heartbrocken. I held her and said that if she were a baby she couldn't eat pizza, go to Disneyland, Chuck E Cheese etc. She was still sad and was crying. I held her and rocked her and sang to her. She was still sad. I was getting sad at this point because I can see she was sad and hurt. We gave each other a kiss goodnight and I started to pray. I look over and she was fast asleep. I thank God for comforting her. She has never fallen asleep while we are praying. I kissed her and walked out. I started to have a few tears come down. Yes I know I am crying alot lately. I think she is as scared as I am that time is flying by! <br />
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I ran my first marathon for the Nayeli Faith Foundation. I can't believe I ran 26.2 miles. Having three kids it was hard time to find time to train. All I can say is that it was worth the pain and I will do it again. Nayeli made me laugh once when she said "You can do it mommy"! "Go run 40 miles". I am thankful for my wonderful husband who was supportive and Nayeli who reminded me why I was running. This is us at the finish line with our medals. What a great day it was!! <br />
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I am thanful for our miracle! I volunteer my time to the Nayeli Faith Foundation so we can give hope, support, and help to the CDH families at UCSF. Along with the foundation I also volunteer as the President for the MOMS Club I am a member of and Kiwanis which I have been a member for over 11 years. I am one busy mommy and love the challenges my children throw at me each day. They are teaching me to be their mommy and I couldn't ask for a better boss. <br />
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Oh how I wish they would be babies again so I can cherish each one of them individually. Time doesn't stand still it just keeps flying. I stop and stare at each of them and study each little thing about them. Their hands, faces, expressions, temper tantrums. They are a wonderful gift from GOD and we are forever thankful. <br />
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Liz and Shanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259533868125774997noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387668716438201887.post-29408265347986492302013-04-08T22:33:00.001-07:002013-04-08T22:34:02.028-07:00Nayeli Faith Foundation Tshirts! The Nayeli Faith Foundation has tshirts! By buying a tshirt you will be helping CDH families and CDH research at UCSF. Tshirts are $20. Please mail your check to Nayeli Faith Foundation PO BOX 3192, Danville Ca. 94526. Upon receiving your check we will mail your tshirts. Thank you! <br />
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Liz and Shanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259533868125774997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387668716438201887.post-79901195794751625502013-04-08T22:27:00.002-07:002013-04-08T22:27:44.923-07:00Twins 2 years! Nayeli almost 4 1/2 at OneTrueMedia.com<div><embed src="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_view_player?p=12187f109e1dec6f57fc74a"quality="high" scale="noscale" width="408" height="382" wmode="transparent" name="FLVPlayer" salign="LT" flashvars="&p=12187f109e1dec6f57fc74a&skin_id=1702&host=http://www.onetruemedia.com" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><div style="margin:0px;font:12px/13px verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;padding-bottom:15px;width:408px;text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.onetruemedia.com/landing?&utm_source=emplay&utm_medium=txt5" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;">Make a video - it's fun, easy and free!<br/><span style="text-decoration:underline;">www.onetruemedia.com</span></a></div></div>Liz and Shanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259533868125774997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387668716438201887.post-1026785277533808732013-02-21T22:21:00.001-08:002013-02-22T20:51:57.683-08:00It's been a whileI started this in December 2012 and we are now in February 2013. So much to write I don't know where to begin. I have tried to update the blog several times. I always get one sentence done and then I got interupted by one of the three waking up from naps or waking up at night. I gave up! I finally wanted to start updating and then the BLOG website decides to change it's format and I can't figure out how to update video or pictures. I am just glad I was able to put this video on. So here is the longest update ever. Get your cup of coffee ready or glass of wine and get comfortable because it's a long one. <br />
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I stopped pumping in October 2012. I can't believe I actually was BF the twins exclusively until they started solids. After they started solids they still had 5 bottles of BM a day. That required for me to pump every two hours so I wouldn't have to supplement. I had help that would come a 4 hours a day in the evening to help me with washing bottles, dinner, bathing and putting them to bed. Once I stopped pumping I didn't need help anymore. Which was great! <br />
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I resigned from my job as Animal Control Officer July 2011. I was very sad making the decision but I don't regret it. The last two years have gone so fast and all three of our children have changed so much. I got to see the twins firsts: rolling over, crawling, walking, first word, talking, figting and more! I am so grateful that I was able to become a SAHM. With that sacrifice came alot of more sacrifices. Shane had to work more OT and it was hard to keep up with bills. We were forced to foreclose on our house that we lived in after 7 years. It was auctioned off the court steps. We tried to work something out with the bank but they didn't help. We were shocked later to find out that the house sold for a price alot less than what we were trying to work out with the bank. That is why I don't like CHASE. I sometimes wonder why they give away to charities but won't help homeowners keep their homes. It was their fault in the first place to give us a loan like they did and our fault for excepting it. Lesson learned! We found a nice rental house for that we were excited to move into but then as we were moving all of our furniture the house turned out to have mold. We were in a rush to try to find something else and did within two days. We had to move out of two places because half of our furniture was still in the rental house. God always has a way in helping us through friends. We had friends help us move in two days. I had tears in my eyes when I saw everyone come and help. I couldn't do much because I was busy with the twins and Nayeli. My parents came to help me pack and that is all I could do. We are settled in our new place and signed a three year lease. We know God always has a plan for us. <br />
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I was a member of a MOMS Club before moving and I was really going to miss all the club had to offer for SAHM. I quickly looked up the new chapter for the place we moved into and found the local chapter. The club was low on members and was close in disbanding. I stepped in became the President. I love it! The first couple of months were hard because I had no idea what I was doing. I recruited 10 new members and have the club back on track. All the members are nice and I see having long lasting friendships with all of them. The club helps and support moms who have chosen to stay at home and raise their children. I am so happy there is a club like this because we all understand and support each other. <br />
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I am currently training for the SF marathon in June. I am running the full marthon which is 26.2 miles. I am running with my husband and doing it for Nayeli Faith Foundation. I am up to running 8 miles and I am determined to finish it the full marthon in June. I have 6 hours to complete it so if I have to crawl I will. It will be an emotional run because I am raising fund for families affected by the same birth defect as Nayeli at UCSF. I clearly remember how I felt when the Ronald Mcdonald turned us down in staying at there place because we lived ONE mile too close. We were scheduled to go in within one week from the day they told us this. I was a mess! We were so grateful when God answered our prayers and our friends mother had an empty apartment she was going to allow us to stay in. It was 5 minutes away from the hospital. We were grateful we had a place to shower and lay our heads down for the night. We were by Nayeli's bedside everyday from 7am-11pm. Knowing we are helping other CDH families with food, gas, lodging etc. Is why we started the non profit foundation. That is why on June 16th will be a day I will never forget. Shane is supportive and told me he will be by my side and run it with me. I know he is a faster runner so for him to be there with me is great. This will be his 5th marathon and 4 marathon raising funds for the NFF. UCSF has been very grateful with the research donations the NFF has donated and helping CDH families. <br />
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I look at Nayeli everyday and when she is having a temper tantrum or pushing my buttons. I just pray and thank GOD for her being able to scream and have those wonderful temper tantrums. We are always grateful for our miracle. She has been sick with a few colds this past winter but has been very good about getting over them. When she does get sick and cough alot she tends to throw up or gag. In October 2012 she had to have a cat scan to check her GI because of her having issues with her hiatel hernia. It turned out to be ok and we just have to keep monitoring her. She also has an unbilical hernia. The Doctors at UCSF are always surprised on how well she is doing. They have mentioned that when the hiatel hernia does become an issue surgery might have to be done. We are hoping it will never come to that. <br />
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She has been nicer to her siblings. She finally said she doesn't want them to go back to the hospital. She does tell me she would like to go back inside of me and be baby again. I miss the alone time she and I once had but it also makes me sad I can't give them all the attention they individually need. It's so hard but I pray each day. I enrolled Nayeli in tranisitional kindergarten and I am sad and happy about it. I just hope I don't change my mind and pull her out like I did preschool. She told me she doesn't want to go to school and wants to stay home with me and the kids and help me. She is sweet! She has become more helpful and always comes up to me and says "hug". I can't remember when she started to say "I love you" the last two years are a blur. I hope I wrote it down on my journal because I love hearing those words. She is taking ballet and enjoys to dance and sing. My mom bought her a wind up porcelain doll that has the song "tommorow" by annie on it. I sang that to her when I was pregnant with her and by her bedside. Amazing how these last four years have gone by. <br />
On Nayeli's birthday we had to say goodbye to our beloved Twinkie. He started to have heart problems in 2011 and needed daily medication for that. It turned out the medication he was taking for his heart made his kidneys start failing and that is what took him from us. He left footprints in my heart. He was always by my side when I was pregnant with Nayeli and he was my boppy pillow when I would breast feed her. He would be there when Shane worked long hours and cuddled and slept with me when I would fall asleep on the couch. If I would sit down he would immediately come and sit next to me. He looked at me and had the most expressive eyes. If I was crying he wouldn't leave my side, if i was upset and mad he would find a way to make me laugh. I swear this dog understood me. I miss him dearly! The kids will always remember him because they see pictures of him all over the house. There will never be another Twinkie. <br />
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Enjoy this video of our photo shoot from October 2012. Nayeli turned 4 the day before the shoot and the twins were 19 months. <br />
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Liz and Shanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259533868125774997noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387668716438201887.post-60001233756391061302012-07-28T22:29:00.001-07:002012-07-28T22:29:58.281-07:00Eliana and Eli ONE year photosHaving twins and a 3 1/2 year old makes it really hard to update anything on our blog. Here is a video of the pictures that were taken four months ago when Eli and Eliana turned ONE. Yes ONE! I can't believe it! Time Flies! <br />
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Sometimes too expressive when she says "Leave me alone man" or "No timeout". I do love that she started to tell me "I love you mommy" yesterday and I was in awwww with it. She hugs me more often. I will be doing something and she will come and give me a hug. My girl is so sweet! <br /><br />Three years ago I was nervous about delivering her. I didn't know what was going to happen. It was the most terrifying and exciting time of my life. I look back and it still feels like it was just yesterday that I was sitting by her bedside praying to God to have mercy on my baby. I am thankful for the gift he has given us. She is my miracle baby and we are so blessed to have her in our lives. <br /><br />We went to the UCSF CDH reunion last night and she had a blast dressing up as Snow White we left the twins at home with our babystitter. It was nice just spending time with Nayeli. It was great seeing the Doctors and we presented them with a $2,000 check from the Nayeli Faith Fondation. We went to the UCSF NICU reunion today. We took Eli and Eliana and they all had a great time. They were all so tired on the way home they took a one hour nap on the way home. <br /><br />We took Nayeli out for dinner for her Birthday and had the twins stay home with our babysitter. I feel bad that I had to leave them two nights in a row but they are in a strict schedule for bedtime I don't want cranky babies out for her special day. We then stopped at Toys R Us and picked out her gifts. She is so happy with the gift we picked out for her. It's her own digital camera! She kept taking pictures and didn't want to put it down. We also got her a Disney pillow to sleep at night and another Disney chair for her to read books in our room while I am pumping or just wants to hangout. She has a total of three comfy chairs! 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We were so proud of her we took a picture. <br />Nayeli has become my litlle helper. she grabs the babies toys, diapers and bottles for me when I ask her for it. She has been enjoying playing with them alot more. She doesn't like to share her toys with them and will say "that's mine" if it's one of her old baby toys. I have had to watch all three by myself a few times all day and night because Shane has been working alot of OT. I do have help that comes but she is not always available. It's a challenge to bathe and put them all to bed but I am proud to say that I can do it! I have also taken them for walks and the park by myelf and have taken the dogs too. I just do it! <br /><br />We took Nayeli to UCSF for the CDH clinic and everything went well. We were so happy to hear that the hiatel hernia and unbilical hernia are no longer a concern. She amazes us on how much she loves all the Doctors. <br /><br />She has grown up so much these past few months. She likes to sing Twinkle Little star. Her favorite TV show is Dora, Olivia and Curious George. She likes to wear dresses and will change at least two times in one day. The other day she said to me "call grandma Toria I need money" I asked why she needed money. She said "for my wallet". She is funny! She loves to get attention from us and when she wants something and I am busy feeding the babies she will say "he is not hungry" or "put bottle down". When my hired help comes I take Nayeli out and spend one on one time with her. I am so glad I can do that with her. She loves when I sing "hush little baby" and "Itsy Spider". We are trying really hard to get her potty trained. There are days that she will tell us she has to go potty and then there are days she will just go in her pull up. My dad came to help me for a week while Shane was away for work. Nayeli has a bond with him from the time he was here while I was in the hospital. I was so grateful for his help. He looked exhausted when it was time for him to go home.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGb3A6_aMs3tbns6NLJ1BY_oBHWqJ5ed2W5WVMmrIkkrXkwjDkmbDugoGZgOIpCQ9mn0xEYfJt91PjzyEKIsE69_6yKeJEieuPx_SjXV8GrGyOt33_fcg_T7jcvesPjETzokUdiD05B9g/s1600/IMG_6570.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGb3A6_aMs3tbns6NLJ1BY_oBHWqJ5ed2W5WVMmrIkkrXkwjDkmbDugoGZgOIpCQ9mn0xEYfJt91PjzyEKIsE69_6yKeJEieuPx_SjXV8GrGyOt33_fcg_T7jcvesPjETzokUdiD05B9g/s320/IMG_6570.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656150584604031730" /></a><br />I can't believe Eliana and Eli are 6 months and Nayeli will be three next month. Time is flying by! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBzdgPxnRtTCquPSBLKeiu1K0R6CjGjkuIU3UsY708sXOOraNUeohq48RRhyKVMWxTWQv8v2NJuMcDs9olrjwP8qw0n45_kMpXJnkNuyVFj28So0B4xIkw8t6wjlJHr9HcBhCfFxMVwM8/s1600/IMG_6563.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBzdgPxnRtTCquPSBLKeiu1K0R6CjGjkuIU3UsY708sXOOraNUeohq48RRhyKVMWxTWQv8v2NJuMcDs9olrjwP8qw0n45_kMpXJnkNuyVFj28So0B4xIkw8t6wjlJHr9HcBhCfFxMVwM8/s320/IMG_6563.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656150574345998642" /></a><br />I was offered to go back to work PT two days a week. I accepted the offer and was supposed to go back at the end July. As the day approached I noticed I was getting very sad and Shane noticed I was getting moody. Shane said he would like me to be a SAHM and it would be up to me if I wanted to go back. I had a tough time deciding. I love my job but I love my children alot more. I think I made the right decision. It's hard to keep up with two babies and a toddler. Every little thing they do each day is so amazing. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0nifRo015jwNPIQL35xpwKqsrd1ws_Vw8mIiN2nsp9HXCB7bBhvEdvC9alLHQBDTC5kqh01YwRkdaQzluu1cpPevKDlTCLq1byMfnsFx6vMkBJUdcGXhomf7xKaT3_v2oo1_H70q6In8/s1600/IMG_6706.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0nifRo015jwNPIQL35xpwKqsrd1ws_Vw8mIiN2nsp9HXCB7bBhvEdvC9alLHQBDTC5kqh01YwRkdaQzluu1cpPevKDlTCLq1byMfnsFx6vMkBJUdcGXhomf7xKaT3_v2oo1_H70q6In8/s320/IMG_6706.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656875908236595954" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG16rQEZ6i6MgJvWfpnzDyNiROr_WCM0Rkgnb1bTOvTX-RBS8Iuh-mWy8rmKFq3Ew9af_gfzZ2yMfWsR3Npg9LPvqic87D3nCVNDV9IBQW6PLsoX0AdFk24qrqaXOG9CpWXaHnkt_V9YY/s1600/IMG_6702.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG16rQEZ6i6MgJvWfpnzDyNiROr_WCM0Rkgnb1bTOvTX-RBS8Iuh-mWy8rmKFq3Ew9af_gfzZ2yMfWsR3Npg9LPvqic87D3nCVNDV9IBQW6PLsoX0AdFk24qrqaXOG9CpWXaHnkt_V9YY/s320/IMG_6702.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656872516832212962" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO9Vv2z8_YVyEf1VRvv00k6bPdA7fxmbyqxMFKyZJ5g8QTSi96Oy4iU-qWD-RT2T1fqJbhNoAjiNwIp5BprAWtv4zWfr1dQYOTZrF7QenbTc3k6yDTaN_IXOzeBQkxQpfQ7QmQ_cAdXgg/s1600/IMG_6638.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO9Vv2z8_YVyEf1VRvv00k6bPdA7fxmbyqxMFKyZJ5g8QTSi96Oy4iU-qWD-RT2T1fqJbhNoAjiNwIp5BprAWtv4zWfr1dQYOTZrF7QenbTc3k6yDTaN_IXOzeBQkxQpfQ7QmQ_cAdXgg/s320/IMG_6638.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656872505541529362" /></a><br />First time eating solids. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtRDRQepe857PaTa9IKK_az9kwaqWzAXsorx2T-ZBI1BUJHCfXhzoPj7IvXJ9aN1hVpW3NoMyvDlepnFZvVEhjG2l7sUpbo3aIU7-uRNAN-yekwwMZ30hdD1WeaC4LdNHwDrG-WZ89Oco/s1600/IMG_6625.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtRDRQepe857PaTa9IKK_az9kwaqWzAXsorx2T-ZBI1BUJHCfXhzoPj7IvXJ9aN1hVpW3NoMyvDlepnFZvVEhjG2l7sUpbo3aIU7-uRNAN-yekwwMZ30hdD1WeaC4LdNHwDrG-WZ89Oco/s320/IMG_6625.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656872502660023874" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSfA4TVcHrxjWcZLO0FYR0c6w_iYq0AegIvMYaqOtD7FboEHpF92zj0SgZ2hVDwISajoVn-0IZFcJWm47STojA6P2d8dyByL4IXxu1wht_5UmvKt18s_GBsUiRH84y0xCOZhp46dMvGbQ/s1600/IMG_6623.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSfA4TVcHrxjWcZLO0FYR0c6w_iYq0AegIvMYaqOtD7FboEHpF92zj0SgZ2hVDwISajoVn-0IZFcJWm47STojA6P2d8dyByL4IXxu1wht_5UmvKt18s_GBsUiRH84y0xCOZhp46dMvGbQ/s320/IMG_6623.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656872495282152530" /></a><br />First time watching TV. I put the sign language DVD on and they love it. They only watch it once a week for 10 minutes. It will be a challenge to keep them from watching TV while Nayeli is. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcgu8XpAQEZHTXW08_1FlNSgUFpsysHprt93yIIp32cnXTBH-_3524KpbY2fk9w6YtNC30EuIbINv_c50YiKuvOLrymo5I_D605ZlN6m0pbAuiNkMkHbf-pJR6YJDUByQArxAlLcHkzsY/s1600/IMG_6580.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcgu8XpAQEZHTXW08_1FlNSgUFpsysHprt93yIIp32cnXTBH-_3524KpbY2fk9w6YtNC30EuIbINv_c50YiKuvOLrymo5I_D605ZlN6m0pbAuiNkMkHbf-pJR6YJDUByQArxAlLcHkzsY/s320/IMG_6580.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656150592080241010" /></a><br />Twinkie got sick two weeks ago. He ended up staying over night at the hospital in the oxygen tank. He had labored breathing. The Dr. told me that he has heart disease and will have to be on medication for the rest of his life. He is doing better. Here is a picture of him with Molly with their halloween costumes. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ODfC-X-_RWLjbUCwq7jqec3xpXJyau8YxpnILyixNVlJ-IUBkt_VK2ensc1f1qhXeqFyevOQIDd2HBim1uqMa5Z12PWY9J1eaXQHgnQB2hrl_Nxgh5nJ1be0Y5K_7-6Y-2EwK8JVT5Y/s1600/IMG_6651.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ODfC-X-_RWLjbUCwq7jqec3xpXJyau8YxpnILyixNVlJ-IUBkt_VK2ensc1f1qhXeqFyevOQIDd2HBim1uqMa5Z12PWY9J1eaXQHgnQB2hrl_Nxgh5nJ1be0Y5K_7-6Y-2EwK8JVT5Y/s320/IMG_6651.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656153703677397618" /></a><br />Eliana started to roll over about two weeks ago and this week she started to roll from back to tummy. She is mastering it from watching Eli. She also has started to push her self up with her arms. She gets frustrated sometimes from getting tired. She has two front teeth growing in and loves to chew on her hands and toes. She has a great appetite and sleeps well for naps during the day. She slept through the night once this week and usually wakes up once or twice. She has started to show less interest in her swing now that she has more freedom to move around on the floor. So we will be packing up the swings soon. I am sad but know that it's just one of the many miletsones she has accomplished. She has an incredilbe smile that makes you say awww each time. She likes to squeal and will let out a little scream every now and then from being so excited. She loves her bath time every night and loves to kick the water. She is a true pisces! I am having her practice sitting up with propping her with pillows she loves it. She will pull her self up with anything that she can grab on to. She loves when I sing "You are my sunshine" to her. She makes me so happy and I am so glad I am with her everyday to see her go through all her milestones wich is priceless. <br /><br />Eli is full energetic little boy. He loves attention and will make sure that he gets it. He will smile and giggle at you. He has mastered rolling around to get to one destination the other. He has two front teeth and loves to chew on his fingers, toes and Elianas feet. He gets a little rough sometimes while on the floor for play time with Eliana and will pull her hair. He was a terrible napper during the day but this past week he has surprised us and has been sleeping twice a day in his pak n play in our room. He was waking up 3-5 times a night he has narrowed it down to 2 times a night. He likes to come and sleep with me and loves to snuggle up to me. He loves to scream and is babbling alot. He also is starting to gurgle with little spit bubbles. I remember Nayeli doing the same thing. He loves his bath time and likes to kick the water too. He absolutely loves when I sing him songs any song he isn't picky. He loves being tickled especially on his belly and feet. He is trying to sit up but still falls sideways if I let go. He is so strong he pushes himself up with his arms and looks around to see whats going on around him. He loves watching Nayeli dance and laughs when she runs past him. He has a contagious laugh and you cant help but to kiss and hug him each time he smiles.<br /><br />So sad summer is over! We had alot of fun going to the park, pool and taking a drive to LA for two weeks to visit my parents. Shane played in a hockey tournament and he also ran the SF marathon. He had eleven runners run with him to raise money for the Nayeli Faith Foundation. I am so proud of him. I hope I can run with him next year. Shane's parents came to visit for two weeks in June. We were so grateful for Grandpa Jim who grilled the best BBQ and for Grandma Darlene making some nice dinners. We always are sad to see them leave. It's hard to live so far from family. We are grateful we have great friends. I have met wonderful friends at church at my bible studies on Wednsedays. I guess it is true angels are disguised as friends. God is always watching after us. <br /><br />I remember someone telling me that the first year will be a blur with the twins. Yes, they were right! I have to write things down in my journal otherwise I will forget what happened a week ago. I am soaking all of my children in everyday. I love them all so much! I am so grateful to GOD for giving us all three. Each one has their different personality. They make us very happy! Nayeli got her wish when I asked her last year. Do you want a brother or sister? She said "brother sisiter"Liz and Shanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259533868125774997noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387668716438201887.post-62852769502207786362011-08-12T14:46:00.000-07:002011-08-12T14:50:59.879-07:005 months!Eli and Eliana are 5 months today. Time is not slowing down. I will eventually try to update the blog soon. Here is a video of our photo shoot a few weeks ago.
<br /><div><embed src="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_view_player?p=ed5f0666a7b8a0386dd695" quality="high" scale="noscale" width="408" height="382" wmode="transparent" name="FLVPlayer" salign="LT" flashvars="&p=ed5f0666a7b8a0386dd695&skin_id=1702&host=http://www.onetruemedia.com" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><div style="margin:0px;font:12px/13px verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;padding-bottom:15px;width:408px;text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.onetruemedia.com/landing?&utm_source=emplay&utm_medium=txt5" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;">Make a video - it's fun, easy and free!<br/><span style="text-decoration:underline;">www.onetruemedia.com</span></a></div></div>Liz and Shanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259533868125774997noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387668716438201887.post-57492521713338544762011-05-11T15:19:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:24:49.367-07:00Eliana Hope and Eli Luc Photos!<div><embed src="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_view_player?p=ded557ad94fa704d6cbb76" quality="high" scale="noscale" width="408" height="382" wmode="transparent" name="FLVPlayer" salign="LT" flashvars="&p=ded557ad94fa704d6cbb76&skin_id=1702&host=http://www.onetruemedia.com" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><div style="margin:0px;font:12px/13px verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;padding-bottom:15px;width:408px;text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.onetruemedia.com/landing?&utm_source=emplay&utm_medium=txt2" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;">Photo and video editing at <span style="text-decoration:underline;">www.OneTrueMedia.com</span></a></div></div>Liz and Shanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259533868125774997noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387668716438201887.post-54293901134493124822011-05-03T09:18:00.003-07:002011-05-03T09:34:25.171-07:00Nayeli has a new brother and sister<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEm8QxQVD_Vz94RvCu7_pQZy7ruRyO8vgZfaTTW2rZqSg4bXiD4CRfN_kzaGCQ9q-Y9rQp6kUR5ydiLIDchQmTPE0h1xWuJdyW83RB3nFIOZ74VI8Jj5sApFjIk3n3G8u5pyLKegSbzJ0/s1600/IMG_5140.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEm8QxQVD_Vz94RvCu7_pQZy7ruRyO8vgZfaTTW2rZqSg4bXiD4CRfN_kzaGCQ9q-Y9rQp6kUR5ydiLIDchQmTPE0h1xWuJdyW83RB3nFIOZ74VI8Jj5sApFjIk3n3G8u5pyLKegSbzJ0/s320/IMG_5140.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592499873714424626" /></a> March 12th<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1pyJi-JQAAxbocpssj6aDczM672e8IF3OLheQh8iThXDgrjaCcHDkUt-9oCCqsAXcVWVCrKoI4JudNAfd7DgRn1ok-fsTgSCffbDhraQlhVlavH0YsP1DAy0Asn3TYKXqGYyB8eSOgI0/s1600/IMG_5160.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1pyJi-JQAAxbocpssj6aDczM672e8IF3OLheQh8iThXDgrjaCcHDkUt-9oCCqsAXcVWVCrKoI4JudNAfd7DgRn1ok-fsTgSCffbDhraQlhVlavH0YsP1DAy0Asn3TYKXqGYyB8eSOgI0/s320/IMG_5160.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592499891835176034" /></a>Eliana Hope born at 5:10pm 6 lbs 11 oz 19 inches long<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvswzYGBzLBVOV0T8Tcxz1FUhjamon1Wy4rcXg7oN7W0H3wlmuplpAxIxdZ52mcrLPbO7oyS6vdbXjC0zVMQGI7xXC2v44zB1OCfVq0Byb9L-8wobgPWaLmGzsbeB-nm4DrtexSGt2OrA/s1600/IMG_5158.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvswzYGBzLBVOV0T8Tcxz1FUhjamon1Wy4rcXg7oN7W0H3wlmuplpAxIxdZ52mcrLPbO7oyS6vdbXjC0zVMQGI7xXC2v44zB1OCfVq0Byb9L-8wobgPWaLmGzsbeB-nm4DrtexSGt2OrA/s320/IMG_5158.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592499883497235986" /></a>Eli Luc born at 5:11pm 6 lbs 9 oz 19 3/4 inches long<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIp6n9qB5oNJ7bgEzL1oldUr87l69iAU-bJkcdV1eLHAoXWSwUF7quR6fcKqFXs33K_V8p-bqyvvz81CWqkUcK1yhyphenhyphenQTXu38MjYsgD_FnJodydZEgznq3kYMc__O9tcvh-Pr49Ba5RA8/s1600/IMG_5159.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIp6n9qB5oNJ7bgEzL1oldUr87l69iAU-bJkcdV1eLHAoXWSwUF7quR6fcKqFXs33K_V8p-bqyvvz81CWqkUcK1yhyphenhyphenQTXu38MjYsgD_FnJodydZEgznq3kYMc__O9tcvh-Pr49Ba5RA8/s320/IMG_5159.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592499885864593842" /></a><br />On Thursday, March 10th one of the Doctors came to tell me that it's ok to go outside in the patio for 20 minutes once a day in a wheelchair. I was so excited! I waited to go outside until Friday with Nayeli and Shane during their daily lunch visit. I had a few tears from just being able to go outside and breath fresh air. So much you take for granted such simple things when you are healthy. I had a nice time sitting in the sun. Witihin 15 minutes I told Shane I wasn't feeling very well sitting any longer so he took me back to my room. I had friends coming to see me after Shane and Nayeli. I almost told them to cancel because I wasn't feeling very well. For the rest of the day I felt very sore and lots of pressure on my pelvic area. I remember one of the nurses tellimg me not to move around or do much when there is a full moon or when there is a change in the barometric pressure. That day there was an earthquake in Japan which caused a tsunami in Northern Cali. They made it sound so bad but when it finally hit it caused little damamge. I didn't put it together until the next morning when I woke up and went to the bathroom and saw blood for the 8th time. I called the nurses and they called the Dr. on duty. She told me that she planned on monitoring me and would come back. She came back in and told me that they were going to move me into Labor and Delivery room and I would have a csection today. I heard her say I would not get breakfast. I was so hungry I quickly got the cupcakes my friend brought for me earlier in the week for my bday. I stuffed my face with three and dranke 16 oz. of water. I knew by doing this they would have to wait on doing the csection. <br /><br />I called Shane and told him what they were going to do. We quickly called my parents and they got everything ready and drove from L.A. We called a couple of our friends to see if they could watch Nayeli in case it became an emergency csection and Shane would have to come in right away. The Doctor told me the surgery would be after 4pm. My parents weren't going to arrive until 7pm so we had Aunt Sherrie and our friend Sonya watch Nayeli. We are so thankful they were there for us. <br /><br />I tried to take a nap but I just couldn't I was so nervous all day. I cried a few times and kept praying. One of the Doctors came and told me how serious the surgery was going to be. He explained that the placenta is on the back and would have a hard time getting to it. I would be loosing alot of blood. I would probably need a blood transfusion. I prayed that the surgery would go well and Eliana and Eli would arrive healthy and I wouldn't need a blood transfusion. Shane brought Nayeli to see me one last time in the morning. She came up to me in bed. She lifted my gown and said "babies". Out of all the times she came to visit me she never did that until then. I guess she knew they were on there way. She would always kiss and rub my belly and say "babies" I thought to myself this will be the last time she will be the only child. Next time I see her she will have a brother and sister. How great! <br /><br />Shane arrived at 4pm and got his scrubs on. The nurse came in and said it's time. I got out of bed and put a head net on. They took me into the surgery room in a wheelchair. The surgery room was bright white and so cold. They did a spinal tap on me and I thought that was more painful than when I got the epidural when I had Nayeli. It took the Dr. a couple of tries. The surgery didn't take too long. Shane was able to take pictures as they were coming out. I think they are to graphic to put on here. I heard Eliana cry first and I just bursted into tears. I saw her as they were weighing her and checking her. Then Eli came out is was a chorus with both of them crying. Eliana weighed 6 lbs. 9oz 19 inches long and Eli weighed 6 lbs. 11 oz. 19 3/4 inches long. Shane and I were laughing and I was crying so happy I couldn't stop crying. We have been through so much to finally have had a normal pregnancy and deliver semi normal. GOD IS GREAT! <br /><br />They took me into the recovery room. Things startedto go bad and my blood pressure went low. Everyone rushed in Shane looked so concerned. I almost passed out a few times. The walls and ceiling felt like they were caving in on me. It was horrible! I was in the recovery room until 11pm. I was so anxious to see Eliana and Eli. They finally took me to my room and I finally was able to hold them and cuddle them in my room. I cried again! They are so precious! Shane and I had a rough a first night. I think Shane had a harder time with the sleep deprivation at the hospital than I did. I was exhausted but I had this burst of energy come and go. My parents and Nayeli came in to visit us. I was so curious to see what Nayeli would do when she finally got to meet Eli and Eliana. She did great! She came to visit every day until I left the hospital. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9mgtWy9gqcwjEiR4Ss_nZ7jHj2YIi06HHqLiMuBazRWrbeUzXQutrHv2mbj5oNUK5HbEAT0y2Dl6W5KDRhkGHLnNTK6eIvMGKnwBVhyphenhyphen0j9m7Hp9Ax3t5DioV3H1RhQf61kolqj3gWrZo/s1600/IMG_5576.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9mgtWy9gqcwjEiR4Ss_nZ7jHj2YIi06HHqLiMuBazRWrbeUzXQutrHv2mbj5oNUK5HbEAT0y2Dl6W5KDRhkGHLnNTK6eIvMGKnwBVhyphenhyphen0j9m7Hp9Ax3t5DioV3H1RhQf61kolqj3gWrZo/s320/IMG_5576.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594883842380109762" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS4srvd9l34b1gyj5bLAC3QgQ2ukrRWhnVo753uRfU7QLsLG3waoj1PNVSQUCvdS1wnUVo1zyb7QxFG-eLr7_etXq4t7J91DB6o8AskZ3Ejfbl_0p8iIMsxJwwl56-sm5qm1J41CS9Rfs/s1600/IMG_5568.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS4srvd9l34b1gyj5bLAC3QgQ2ukrRWhnVo753uRfU7QLsLG3waoj1PNVSQUCvdS1wnUVo1zyb7QxFG-eLr7_etXq4t7J91DB6o8AskZ3Ejfbl_0p8iIMsxJwwl56-sm5qm1J41CS9Rfs/s320/IMG_5568.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594882280557169714" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgngIg-IrW7jDmKBljwE8qCIPBH9zcbbtUrU97nAGQmAHsTuKQFX6d05VGnHWf146xHRgZOICEJk8uLrJ_XQCWO7wnNb8NBn7IMVwJytJhf6-HZfqj0WkTLnnbnJaR48i3zOYQPYf1TqUg/s1600/IMG_5557.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgngIg-IrW7jDmKBljwE8qCIPBH9zcbbtUrU97nAGQmAHsTuKQFX6d05VGnHWf146xHRgZOICEJk8uLrJ_XQCWO7wnNb8NBn7IMVwJytJhf6-HZfqj0WkTLnnbnJaR48i3zOYQPYf1TqUg/s320/IMG_5557.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594882274662995938" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXOyJ2MkCAK1QZ-Ag2VsXt8Ax12PzfSDIgjKkbednpKi2LYvH-Zil62IP_XIH02Ic5kpiMHT24jbpisyBuzw3C6zdggcYRXuwWJypYUF8I4zbi-f77HNq_0Y1nunYjIdl_goz7OlfohDo/s1600/IMG_5562.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXOyJ2MkCAK1QZ-Ag2VsXt8Ax12PzfSDIgjKkbednpKi2LYvH-Zil62IP_XIH02Ic5kpiMHT24jbpisyBuzw3C6zdggcYRXuwWJypYUF8I4zbi-f77HNq_0Y1nunYjIdl_goz7OlfohDo/s320/IMG_5562.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594882270087945410" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigROjmMvgvVWoNPlvDR-rsM5kMtPi8Me2_W0X7tcPl8k_rYVc-qvC9RiazkTlrUlbUxGhmqU7ECoYolMrKwk_u7vdvdCix5iX7U9z6ao8ceRDUMo6iD0lLAO93AcxO3YjDuSHoLxX-n20/s1600/IMG_5561.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigROjmMvgvVWoNPlvDR-rsM5kMtPi8Me2_W0X7tcPl8k_rYVc-qvC9RiazkTlrUlbUxGhmqU7ECoYolMrKwk_u7vdvdCix5iX7U9z6ao8ceRDUMo6iD0lLAO93AcxO3YjDuSHoLxX-n20/s320/IMG_5561.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594882267415739874" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggfGgChdw6wRU7gXEmesy-GreaYiUDXBH9s1NxMjV3E9_Rkl9ZENQhlBoESOz9B9IVM6Ee-QHGtCo4lLMFTRBLQ7PizEFxo5HIXnUFDv2LFkuSqH1oO_XgQVX9DO8W0CjmKenzTHdP6Gg/s1600/IMG_5630.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggfGgChdw6wRU7gXEmesy-GreaYiUDXBH9s1NxMjV3E9_Rkl9ZENQhlBoESOz9B9IVM6Ee-QHGtCo4lLMFTRBLQ7PizEFxo5HIXnUFDv2LFkuSqH1oO_XgQVX9DO8W0CjmKenzTHdP6Gg/s320/IMG_5630.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596319627430474930" /></a>My parents stayed with us for a one week and were so helpful. My mom cooked dinners and put them in the freezer for us. It was great having extra helpful hands with the babies and Nayeli. I was sad to see them go. The first week was very hard for us. The past few weeks have gotten easier. We are starting to have a routine. We put the babies to sleep by 8pm and Nayeli by 830pm. It's a little hard to do the evening routine starting with dinner time up to bedtime. We decided to hire help so I have it when Shane goes back to work. So far she has been a wonderful help to me. <br /><br />Eli and Eliana smiled for the first time a this past week. Eli loves to do it more often. I have yet to see a smile from Eliana. Shane said she smiled for him. They are so different from each other. Eli loves to be carried and held and Eliana is very content on her swing or bouncy seat. Eli grunts when he eats. <br /><br />We are cherishing everyday because we see it's going by fast. I read in one of my twin books that it's like we are sailing in the high seas and we have to learn to tie the knots on direct the boat soon we will be able to have a smooth sailing. I hope thats soon. They take cat naps during the day at home but if we drive to their Dr. appt or take a short drive they will sleep for 2 hours or more. I am just glad we are keeping them on the same schedule and it continues to work. Consistency pays off! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlaxDOEoTcbIu990_0wO3EduOXP9ltkWSxDu88ltguWqyUKvGTE5AgR4zLetuYxTSL4N7we19IpHYQhkzriMWM_7xYQmS4Tcy2sfBa6wJkkrFq0_DRFHmERbkDoL3A4beuyCOwA4j7YFk/s1600/IMG_5700.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlaxDOEoTcbIu990_0wO3EduOXP9ltkWSxDu88ltguWqyUKvGTE5AgR4zLetuYxTSL4N7we19IpHYQhkzriMWM_7xYQmS4Tcy2sfBa6wJkkrFq0_DRFHmERbkDoL3A4beuyCOwA4j7YFk/s320/IMG_5700.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599947444242182242" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHw5EWL0ILsJ1M-VDxRdrjjWBQBAkOSghBOO5jNjMIehZswfQaTyStIaKx7wd-h5lIYpYTpySr4LZ9gSprURqW1_cZ9b43gxa2ghvvRfkCfd-5d00YrooKy2UoXR6ouN6myonzcyuCy8g/s1600/IMG_5697.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHw5EWL0ILsJ1M-VDxRdrjjWBQBAkOSghBOO5jNjMIehZswfQaTyStIaKx7wd-h5lIYpYTpySr4LZ9gSprURqW1_cZ9b43gxa2ghvvRfkCfd-5d00YrooKy2UoXR6ouN6myonzcyuCy8g/s320/IMG_5697.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599947433149380578" /></a>Eli's first SMILE! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4F4_pAqC-Ya1-zonGzNORltgQH6V7KTJhjmExrJ7cu8HQBrF_sbmANQ8fwrjrupdooooMnMN68tv5EghipwA53_CKiUPhoSPxGGClnqpIlpNzOw4DEXnnY-9BzXa_Aa-oOSiwZtjkBc/s1600/IMG_5690.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4F4_pAqC-Ya1-zonGzNORltgQH6V7KTJhjmExrJ7cu8HQBrF_sbmANQ8fwrjrupdooooMnMN68tv5EghipwA53_CKiUPhoSPxGGClnqpIlpNzOw4DEXnnY-9BzXa_Aa-oOSiwZtjkBc/s320/IMG_5690.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599947427675794178" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGdCoxSAqwFYmlMEPLJ_xBlleMIA8c9TTy5-7Oxi9mJMcDxwrharP5pOLDaNpcs3KBEixZwPifPIQVUnldu1ghiC5xau0-k8R0IhfciHLZc1EvWzPDrH5gSAa5L8TziWAdO2VgLL9qlo/s1600/IMG_5664.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGdCoxSAqwFYmlMEPLJ_xBlleMIA8c9TTy5-7Oxi9mJMcDxwrharP5pOLDaNpcs3KBEixZwPifPIQVUnldu1ghiC5xau0-k8R0IhfciHLZc1EvWzPDrH5gSAa5L8TziWAdO2VgLL9qlo/s320/IMG_5664.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599947422900292514" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggIXje2CAjd-CrQEGwXq6Xwnup-9yYQplSBHHbhPVm4VnfIz5fZml4StL0g1Qgl_jm55aGIlD3SBHPaEu_u2qPKj-Gxbi0tBE4Fh1MzMgFtYAuCe-_gsZNmVoc6FjI71d49BjiUY24qvg/s1600/IMG_5658.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggIXje2CAjd-CrQEGwXq6Xwnup-9yYQplSBHHbhPVm4VnfIz5fZml4StL0g1Qgl_jm55aGIlD3SBHPaEu_u2qPKj-Gxbi0tBE4Fh1MzMgFtYAuCe-_gsZNmVoc6FjI71d49BjiUY24qvg/s320/IMG_5658.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599947412811780034" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzZqlOrQ1IHokUQCD6wsvE9r3qivXUaak32_ExPGhZy3silMNEBslzfZDaPknZT_mbfXoBetIjKH1wG9ni8y9SwkftCWjwQDkUYO4NncgUhqQCcIEMYB-fAFQSMcLQ93XIvZRlV0qoEwA/s1600/IMG_5721.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzZqlOrQ1IHokUQCD6wsvE9r3qivXUaak32_ExPGhZy3silMNEBslzfZDaPknZT_mbfXoBetIjKH1wG9ni8y9SwkftCWjwQDkUYO4NncgUhqQCcIEMYB-fAFQSMcLQ93XIvZRlV0qoEwA/s320/IMG_5721.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601526027926232034" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbXPlZlO6k7VoaaliWucmp-rVk3dryNWyWKGC1i7blkp0VhEra-Ne3mfbd0J2lHxYaK5ix9QNvNvuGSFkA-cz1sFQcOo4Nk6WjRMrWecO9enftqciNvy1n-ZXvIoNAKYTVhaYm3pR5qNs/s1600/IMG_5717.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 275px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbXPlZlO6k7VoaaliWucmp-rVk3dryNWyWKGC1i7blkp0VhEra-Ne3mfbd0J2lHxYaK5ix9QNvNvuGSFkA-cz1sFQcOo4Nk6WjRMrWecO9enftqciNvy1n-ZXvIoNAKYTVhaYm3pR5qNs/s320/IMG_5717.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601526023219980386" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcBTGi2uyzG0YO9A-hsEGIExLf3WxvWv2jIJVMSu738Hu7QOQRIk2VqAqNe58k6VPMUIaWTeVzkqswJ9MPFCgZALtU25PMf3r_7kTOiamlReftmP8dZ7jpMzxSKp5-TzewekgGPnIr9WU/s1600/IMG_5710.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcBTGi2uyzG0YO9A-hsEGIExLf3WxvWv2jIJVMSu738Hu7QOQRIk2VqAqNe58k6VPMUIaWTeVzkqswJ9MPFCgZALtU25PMf3r_7kTOiamlReftmP8dZ7jpMzxSKp5-TzewekgGPnIr9WU/s320/IMG_5710.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601526018434727874" /></a><br />Nayeli has been wonderful with Eli and Eliana. She was so excited to visit me each day at the hospital and would say "babies" each time she grabbed my belly. We were all wondering what she would do when she would see them. She was excited and wanted to hold them. It was wonderful watching her hold them. It was funny that she didn't want to hold them once they would start to cry. She has a funny look on her face when they do. Once we brought them home I thought her enthusiastic would go away. She is wonderful with them. The minute they start to cry she will say "babies" crying", when the their binkie falls out of their mouths she is quick to try to put it back in. When she sees us diaper changing them she will grab a diaper and the diaper rash creme for us. We always praise her and tell her she is a wonderful helper and a great big sister. The funny things she does is when the babies cry sometimes she will say "oh dear" and will also say "shhhh". When the babies are sleeping she will say "shhhh babies sleeping". She enjoys having her picture taken and will strike a pose. She used to cry and scream before the babies were here. She likes to see her picture after it has been taken. Everyday is an exciting day in the house. There are milestones with each one of them it's hard to keep up. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA7i0veMV3uF0yFFse-8KyZZcXxTHt6odhseDfzwi9DlyYNR8t_sPcp01pPEjE50tbdnLO3yVQ7Pf5NwG5lULp41V0sRI9r6orG-OwDBUtI8-RCN098HCIXaufytPluKa_X_SUZuN5FwA/s1600/IMG_5689.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA7i0veMV3uF0yFFse-8KyZZcXxTHt6odhseDfzwi9DlyYNR8t_sPcp01pPEjE50tbdnLO3yVQ7Pf5NwG5lULp41V0sRI9r6orG-OwDBUtI8-RCN098HCIXaufytPluKa_X_SUZuN5FwA/s320/IMG_5689.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601526013029788770" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwFSPFmDpxIF_YO3wfozURRjunQDi_0FhGRRCmtJp9C4IzAuQswpz8x6YeK6yNWPzUx9DY532U29KCc9_jMwrHNj3aGZh7o4DVhCIbCvpMqy_LkXD_W0zu5ygSwA7XPf1G0Q-D3EMr7Iw/s1600/IMG_5684.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwFSPFmDpxIF_YO3wfozURRjunQDi_0FhGRRCmtJp9C4IzAuQswpz8x6YeK6yNWPzUx9DY532U29KCc9_jMwrHNj3aGZh7o4DVhCIbCvpMqy_LkXD_W0zu5ygSwA7XPf1G0Q-D3EMr7Iw/s320/IMG_5684.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601526011238547138" /></a>Nayeli is doing well with potty training. We had to put her in pull ups because she was having too many accidents and with two newborns around it becomes hectic cleaning her up each time. My mom did a great job in starting her on potty training. She will still pee once in a while but usually will tell us when she has to go. She has been great when we are out. We have a little portable potty in the car just in case there is no restroom near by. Plus I actually like it better than the public restroom. We usually hold her straight up with out touching the toilets it's a great workout LOL. She still poops in her pull up and hasn't told us when she has to go. I am hoping that will happen soon. She will tell us after she has <br />gone in them. <br /><br />We have tried to take turns in having alone time with Nayeli. She loves it and enjoys it. She is enrolled in her music class and gymnastics and will soon start swimming. She has gone from 3 word sentences to 4. Yesterday she said "Daddy put on shirt" our little girl is growing up. She loves to wear dresses and her tutu's which she has plenty of. She will say "princess dress" when she wants to wear them. Lately she likes to pick out what she is wearing for the day. Sometimes she is unhappy when I tell her she can't wear her skirt in 50 degree weather because it's too cold. She will have a tantrum. Or she will want to wear her dress over her pj's or wear her pj's for the day. She makes me laugh when she does this but it's sometimes hard to deal with too. <br /><br />We thank God for our three miracles and feel so blessed to have them in our lives. God is great!Liz and Shanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259533868125774997noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387668716438201887.post-14232887799924293432011-03-09T15:53:00.000-08:002011-04-03T11:19:21.370-07:003 weeks in Hospital!I had an ultrasound on the 4th. It was my last u/s before Eli and Eliana arrive. I am glad Nayeli, Shane and my dad were there. They told me that Eliana weighs 6lbs 9oz give or take 15oz and Eli weighs 6lbs 12 oz give or take 15oz. Eliana is breech and Eli is faced down. I am having pep talks with Eliana so she turns. I don't want another csection its all up to her. <br /><br />My dad has been flying back and forth from LA to help watch Nayeli while Shane goes to work. At first Nayeli gave him a hard time for dinner, bath time and bedtime. She would say "I don't want it" when she didn't want to eat what my dad my for dinner. I told my dad to ask her what she wanted and she would respond "chicken dinasours". She ate chicken dinasours for 1 week. My dad and Nayeli had so much bonding time that she made it easier for my dad after the first week and they have a bond that is so precious. So grateful for my dads help. My mom will be here to help us when I go into labor. I wish they lived closer.<br /><br />Being away from Nayeli and Shane has been difficult. I appreciate Shane bringing Nayeli to visit me everyday for lunch. She has grown so much in just these past few weeks. When it's time to go she will say "come on mommy let's go" and when she says bye to me she will kiss me on the cheeck, give me a two kisses on the belly and say "ok bye". Watching them leave is sometimes hard and I sit and cry especially when I see them walk by from my window view. <br /><br />I celebrated my birthday in the hospital on the 7th. Shane and Nayeli came to visit me and brought me Mcdonalds. I was craving a Big Mac and I got it! Shane has been great about bringing Nayeli to visit me everyday for lunch. On the weekends sometimes he brings her twice a day. She is doing great and not giving grandpa a hard time anymore. I can't believe I will be in the hospital three weeks tommorow. I feel like I have missed so much with Nayeli. I know its a big sacrifice being in the hospital and I am doing it for Eliana and Eli. I don't want them to end up in the NICU. I only have one more week. <br /><br />On Saturday the 5th at 2am I started to bleed and I had a clot the size of an orange come out. I already knew why it was happening. Earlier on Friday afternoon I got upset regarding a nurse talking with me about a procedure. After she left within an hour I threw up 5 consecutives times. I was so stressed over our conversation. I was coughing a lot because I threw up and I felt a lot of pressure on my pelvis shortly after. I went to bed and sure enough I let out a clot as soon as I coughed. I was so upset for allowing this nurse to get to me this way. I was so afraid they were going to do an emergency csection that day. The worst part was Shane wasn't answering his phone. I called him and texted him. I texted him after they observed the babies on the monitor for over an hour and told him everything was fine. He didn't call me back until 6am I also left him a message what was going on. I am just glad nothing happened otherwise he would've missed everything. I thought for sure my high risk Dr would've come to see me on Monday morning to talk to me about what happened. <br /><br />My high risk Dr came to talk to me and Shane on Tuesday. He talked about having an amnio and the benefits. He said that if the babies lungs are mature he can deliver them but if they are not then he would wait another week and procede with the csection. He said if I wait there is a 1% to 2% that I could bleed again and I would have to have an emergency csection if the bleeding was heavy. He also said if I do bleed again I would have to have a csection. I decided to wait. <br /><br />All the nurses have been very nice to me and some even take the time to talk to me when I am feeling lonely. Which is great since I sometimes go days without visitors other than Shane and Nayeli. The daily routine is breakfast at 730am, medications at 830am, NST at 9am, shower at 10am, soap opera at 11am, lunch with Shane and Nayeli at 12pm, medication at 1pm, nap at 2pm, vitals at 4pm, dinner at 6pm, NST at 8pm, bedtime 10pm. I have to pee every hour so sleeping longer than that is not happening. No one comes in until 630am to take my vitals which is great! I have had my hairstylist come and give me a haircut and it's amazing what a haircut can do. I feel great! <br /><br />It's been very hard to be in a small room for a couple of weeks during this time I have taken this time to rest and meditate with my pregnancy CD's and have caught up on reading alot of books. I have also prayed alot and have asked God to help me find strength throught all of this. When I have felt very down and sad I immediatley get visitors or phone calls. It's almost as God is working through my friends to give me strength. I am grateful for such amazing friends and appreciate all they have done for us. One of the projects I was able to finish was two photo albums from pictures from the summer of 2009. I get up almost every hour to pee I am half asleep and manage to go back to sleep right away. The other night I heard a drilling. I have a white noise machine that I had Shane bring to me since I kept hearing all the newborn babies crying all through out the night. I actually heard the drilling over the machine. I got up with my tank top and underwear and looked out my door. I saw a hosptial worker buffing/waxing the hosptial floors at 3am. Who does this? I couldn't believe my eyes. I just stared at him and then went back in my room. I was in shock and almost felt like saying something but I was too tired. <br /><br />It's been getting more difficult to move around. I either lay down on my left or right side. I favor the left because when I lay on my right I feel a stab on my lower ab. I feel Eli move alot more than Eliana it's been like that through out my entire pregnancy. Eli gets more hiccups too. I can't believe they will be here soon. We are so excited! <br /><br />There is no WiFi in the hospital so trying to update the blog from my cell phone has been very hard. I am not able to load up any pictures.Liz and Shanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259533868125774997noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387668716438201887.post-35617775153354929142011-03-02T08:03:00.000-08:002011-03-03T15:00:02.365-08:00Eliana Hope and Eli Luc<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPSUXHbIRfDPPdf6QT7B-Pkm_g0s-SQacwl1lbKmc847hTTIgdjD-wkRoPea84yfHuRh1OJrrlGosBhSrKc0c3rH45g8Hq1_SNDFoeb19hVW6Q-xrm-AT_aO9T-dclWoz13mqtOy6mojk/s1600/IMG_5089.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPSUXHbIRfDPPdf6QT7B-Pkm_g0s-SQacwl1lbKmc847hTTIgdjD-wkRoPea84yfHuRh1OJrrlGosBhSrKc0c3rH45g8Hq1_SNDFoeb19hVW6Q-xrm-AT_aO9T-dclWoz13mqtOy6mojk/s320/IMG_5089.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579972393844819794" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1943Nfm1H0GDrpSByLMcJYyIZ53U8zMyBPfJUDC4z71I6ecB8CeIPVHQpaxO0yAfbc1iJWzPtbHiHQCgXjtjLAgIIb5F87HyQVaXsaREroUhUve5COt9OP16AABqes6luu9c7thlkbvo/s1600/IMG_5088.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1943Nfm1H0GDrpSByLMcJYyIZ53U8zMyBPfJUDC4z71I6ecB8CeIPVHQpaxO0yAfbc1iJWzPtbHiHQCgXjtjLAgIIb5F87HyQVaXsaREroUhUve5COt9OP16AABqes6luu9c7thlkbvo/s320/IMG_5088.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579972389979533762" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimnVhJJWnGFL5K8o0b1VzCV9qmKMDPdzRLM-9Ht_KdQFhDnrfSQm9HP0F56evUaMIBi1CBZ-L9mFlkE_eJIPhHqIrUVLEClnLKcthR9JcWTYV_QxWOIazWn6bzfdw15P7E-MQKaTGNaVA/s1600/IMG_5086.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimnVhJJWnGFL5K8o0b1VzCV9qmKMDPdzRLM-9Ht_KdQFhDnrfSQm9HP0F56evUaMIBi1CBZ-L9mFlkE_eJIPhHqIrUVLEClnLKcthR9JcWTYV_QxWOIazWn6bzfdw15P7E-MQKaTGNaVA/s320/IMG_5086.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579972386064476802" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQOl2mm5UnaQP3IIEsxPUGWvTadqNkuzgVeEFOWkLhqdA6ynF_3QYFj1qfwwv0F8Hfq4AWZQ9WKNZS9BY2FwpQb3N1kJ8upFXHNFmEFlfnOYyHYLNLDHBnZN0ensNGgyEu7edFWVobns/s1600/IMG_5080.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQOl2mm5UnaQP3IIEsxPUGWvTadqNkuzgVeEFOWkLhqdA6ynF_3QYFj1qfwwv0F8Hfq4AWZQ9WKNZS9BY2FwpQb3N1kJ8upFXHNFmEFlfnOYyHYLNLDHBnZN0ensNGgyEu7edFWVobns/s320/IMG_5080.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579972375761254642" /></a><br />On Thursday February 17th I started to bleed again. Shane cam home from work and took me to the hospital. I am so glad my dad was home because it was 1030pm and I would've felt bad if we had to take Nayeli with us. The Dr examined me and said I would have to stay over night. They took me to a double room and there was another patient there. I didn't sleep at all that night because I was still fighting my cough/cold. The nurses kept waking me up because they we're monitoring the babies and me. I was exhausted Friday morning. I was so glad to see that the other patient was going home. Maybe now I can get some rest. The Dr told me that they are going to hold me for another night and my high risk Dr is going to call me. I was hoping that once I spoke with him he would tell me I would be able to go home. My high risk Dr called me and said for the safety of the babies and myself that I should stay until babies are born. It could be 1 to 3 weeks. He said since it is the 6th incident he said it would be best for the babies and me. I was really sad with the news. I am going to be away from Nayeli and Shane everyday. I was in tears. I started to pray and I realize its the best for the babies and me. <br /><br />I am 36 weeks this week and the Dr thinks I will be able to make it to 38 weeks woith no porblems. I haven't had anymore bleeding and I hardly have any contractions. Bedrest is making a difference. We are very thankful that my dad has been helping us out. He stayed for two weeks went home last Friday and came back this past Monday. Nayeli was taking advantage of him and not cooperating at all. They are doing a lot better and my dad has finally figured Nayeli out. I am so glad and happy they are having this bonding time together and makiang memories. My mom is working and the plan is as soon as I have my csection she will come up to take care of Nayeli.<br /><br />My high risk Dr told me that he has me on the calender for a scheduled csecxtion on March 17th. I will be exactly 38 weeks. He asked me if I would be ok if he did an amnio on the 37th week to see if babies are ready to come out then. Shane and I are not agreeable to that and don't understand why take a chance for infection or hurting the babies when there is only one more week after that. After everything we have been through with our last three pregnancies we don't want to take any risks. The babies haven't turned Dr said if they do I can have a Vbac but if they don't then it will be a csection. I would love to deliver vaginaly but if I don't then I am just thankful for all that God has given us. <br /><br />The names we chose for our babies are "Eliana Hope" for our baby girl and "Eli Luc" for our baby boy. We chose Eliana because it is in the baby book with Nayeli being the sister name. When we picked Nayeli I thought if she had a sister Eliana would be the perfect sister name. It also means God has answered which is how we feel. Shane and I had a tough time with our baby boy's name. I wanted Noah and Shane thought it was a soft name. He liked Eli and I did toobut still wanted Noah. We finally agreed and we are happy with choice. We chose Luc as the middle name. In October of 2007 I had to end my pregnancy at 14 weeks because of our baby having anomolies that were not going to allow him to survive out of utero. When we got the pathology report back we found out we were having a boy. I had a dream prior to that he was a boy. We decided to name him Luc. We hope that Eli will one day be honored to carry his brother's legacy in his middle name. We thank God for giving us this beautiful blessing of having twins and for the miracle. We praise him for all that he has given us.Liz and Shanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259533868125774997noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387668716438201887.post-82608630722639294932011-02-17T13:41:00.001-08:002011-02-17T13:42:13.921-08:00My 2nd Home is Labor & Delivery!Here we go again! On February 9th I went to Labor and Delivery for the 4th time. Everytime I go in it's for the same reason BLEEDING. I actually anticipated it this time because I strained myself with Nayeli the night before. Nayeli had been very uncooperative with me the last previous nights and I was afraid this was going to happpen because I used my ab strength with her to bring her upstairs. I woke up the next day bleeding. I called Labor and Delivery and they told me to come in. I went to Labor and Delivery for the 4th time they checked me for a few hours and examined me and everything was fine and they sent me home. <br /><br />Our good friend who is Nayeli's godmama came over to help me that night to bring her upstairs and give her a bath. I layed down and kept out of sight so she wouldn't cry. I hear her cry a little bit and kept saying "Mommy do it" several times. When I told her to thank her Godmamma for giving her a bath and she was leaving she quickly got up and stopped crying. She gave her a hug and grabbed a book for me to read to her. I was going to have a friend come over and help me again but I was able to bribe her in going upstairs without her getting upset. <br /><br />I started having a weird tickle cough on Friday night and woke up sick on Saturday morning. Shane was sick too. We both had fevers over the weekend and were both coughing. We were being very careful around Nayeli and she didn't show any signs she was getting sick until Monday. I slept all day on Saturday while Shane took care of Nayeli. Shane took a nap while Nayeli took a nap and he let me keep sleeping after she woke up. <br /><br />I was feeling terrible and kept coughing all through Saturday night. I thoght I peed on myself so I went to go pee and I had blood all over me. I peed and a big 2x2 piece of clot looking thing came out. I freaked out! I called Labor and Delivery and the nurse told me just to observe the bleeding for the next 2 hours. I was concerned since each time they have told me to come in. The nurse said since I am now 34 weeks they let me go into labor without stopping it. I called back within in 30 minutes and told her I went to the bathroom again and I was still bleeding clots. She said for me to come in. <br /><br />I was exhausted since I hardly had any sleep and was coughing non stop. The Dr. examined me and told me my cervix was closed at a 2 and I was dialating at a 1. He said they are going to keep me overnight to observe me for any laboring. He also said I might need a csection if I do. I was freaking out because the worst thing is going into labor when you are sick. I also couldn't stop thinking if I do go into labor I wont be able to hold the babies because I am sick and so is Shane. It brought back memories of Nayeli. I lost it and cried. I then prayed and said I am grateful and thankful for having these two babies and if this is the plan I will go with it. I have always wanted to have a vaginal birth but if that is not in Gods plans then I will go with whatever the plan is as long as the babies and I are healthy. They did a level 2 ultrasound and wanted to make sure babies were ok. I arrived at 630am without eating because I ran out of the house. They told me I was not going to be able to eat for a while until they made sure I wasn't going into labor. I was thirsty and coughing non stop. I was miserable!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHHQlKh2DJlPto36a1YOxQXjMKJplCko_GwTDgRRlZVG-EwQievVJ7WnT2pKhxgfTDhNN5aaiQ4qs6itB8reSRJj-QKlLOOhpwq6bNGxsZPm-CGMwZNpBds74Mh3mKQR2Z4WpSytwp4ko/s1600/2011-02-13_07.00.53.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHHQlKh2DJlPto36a1YOxQXjMKJplCko_GwTDgRRlZVG-EwQievVJ7WnT2pKhxgfTDhNN5aaiQ4qs6itB8reSRJj-QKlLOOhpwq6bNGxsZPm-CGMwZNpBds74Mh3mKQR2Z4WpSytwp4ko/s320/2011-02-13_07.00.53.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574763740411392882" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-HcRTWza-CfJuxfDKUCik1hYxChL-nQBFqYKsnvd97KIhwVSACGP7RJy4cn4kp4CD11gUJDpVc2eELOhxYMMQr0PBRrcoZrVxv37wssWQ_ZTkrCibqO7e9cPa_LUk7eVZPxIyhpIx_8Q/s1600/2011-02-13_07.03.51.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-HcRTWza-CfJuxfDKUCik1hYxChL-nQBFqYKsnvd97KIhwVSACGP7RJy4cn4kp4CD11gUJDpVc2eELOhxYMMQr0PBRrcoZrVxv37wssWQ_ZTkrCibqO7e9cPa_LUk7eVZPxIyhpIx_8Q/s320/2011-02-13_07.03.51.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574763745904564722" /></a><br />They gave me something for my cough and made me fall asleep. I took a nap and woke up with a dry throat. I was told by 1pm I can eat. I was so hungry and thirsty. I started feeling very hot and they checked I was running a fever of 101. I was praying I would get better. Shane and Nayeli came to visit me in the afternoon. I was sad that I couldn't hug her or kiss her because I didn't want her to get sick. As they were leavig she said "Mommy let's go". The Dr came in to talk to me and said she called my high risk Dr. at home and he agreed in keeping me overnight for observation. The Dr. told me that if things were looking ok I might be able to go home the next day. Staying in the hospital with monitors attached to your belly and the nurses checking you every minute was not a very restful night especially with me being sick. I also had to get up to pee every 2 hours. <br /><br />The next morning I was exhausted from just being in the hospital. I was hoping they would tell me I was going to be able to go home. My high risk Dr. came in and I was happy to see him. He told me that the babies look great and I am not contracting going into Labor so I should be able to go home by early afternoon. He also told me I will have to take it easy for the next few weeks so the babies stay in a little longer. He told me I would have to start having NST's once a week to check the babies. I was so happy to be going home. <br /><br />Shane and I had my dad fly in from LA so he could help us with Nayeli. It's been great having him around. He has been a great help to us. He has been playing with Nayeli, feeding her, changing her, giving her a bath and putting her to bed. He has cooked dinner for us and checks on me to see if I need anythng. He also has been walking Twinkie and Molly which I feel so bad I haven't been giving them any attention. I am staying away from both my dad and Nayeli since I am still sick and coughing. I hope this cough goes away soon. My side hurts so much from coughing and blowing my nose. This past Tuesday I had an appt to see my high risk Dr. and to also have an NST. The NST brought back so many memories of when I had to get it done with Nayeli. The Dr. checked me and the babies on the U/S. Everything looks great! He checked my cervix and he said it's closed and is 4 in length. I asked him why they said 2 the other day. He explained U/S and feeling it is different so when can feel one way but the U/S will show another. He also told me the bleeding might have been caused because the Placenta is very close to the cervix and that could cause an irritation. He told me it's not dangerous at this time. I am praying that the these two little ones stay inside a while longer or at least until I am healthy. <br /><br />Nayeli has been coughing since Monday and it gets worse at night. So far she has been eating and playing and shows no sign of this cough slowing her down. She covers her mouth with her arm and my dad has been careful around her. The last thing I want is for him to get sick and go home on Friday and give it to my mom. He is going to fly up again on Monday and stay thru Friday every week until I go into Labor then my mom will come up since she has to continue to work right now. <br /><br />We went to our friends super bowl party and had fun. Nayeli enjoyed playing with other kids. She loves to give hugs. We are trying to get out more during the cold/flu season but it scares us too. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9DIotEwO0-FjUvW7gcI3qqAqa0ilctumbm4HeQLHssmgolMwPj2a7S8FUVF-MntXQT4AlpjxVcsG7BohpJCgHWEEVI-C1u7qPHmoxdNUz18Aszv_0u6Fr4CgekopXcOwXZExxRJlaT3o/s1600/IMG_5030.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9DIotEwO0-FjUvW7gcI3qqAqa0ilctumbm4HeQLHssmgolMwPj2a7S8FUVF-MntXQT4AlpjxVcsG7BohpJCgHWEEVI-C1u7qPHmoxdNUz18Aszv_0u6Fr4CgekopXcOwXZExxRJlaT3o/s320/IMG_5030.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574740071216708130" /></a>Shane and Nayeli went to their first father daughter dance. I had a few tears of joy as I watched them. I remember being pregnant with Nayeli and wondering if this day would ever happen. It did and we are so grateful to GOD for our miracle.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8IrRywvuQ-Si71UP5fPid3RONeNHfGsx1xHYMe1NdUAxx6k97mILMXp-y5Cj63lolsD-qYha-ptOkrNluoOwXHVba-1lct3XKfmUhqDDU5gmySW0a9apcOq-wsslcRDXphyhqx8WLeo/s1600/IMG_5032.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8IrRywvuQ-Si71UP5fPid3RONeNHfGsx1xHYMe1NdUAxx6k97mILMXp-y5Cj63lolsD-qYha-ptOkrNluoOwXHVba-1lct3XKfmUhqDDU5gmySW0a9apcOq-wsslcRDXphyhqx8WLeo/s320/IMG_5032.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574740073045582034" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUBNRemqAB4BCojDe2PgrYqhiU3NNzXLCYDHZ5wOJHs79vri6c1WhQM8-oOiDaXEhT_X8A1v46LhwGU1lJoak9nBmJ-lFtTv-w53yLbAQAOgrc3n3vEqtm8d0Pq9UUemOtK3-Fo_swrQE/s1600/IMG_5035.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUBNRemqAB4BCojDe2PgrYqhiU3NNzXLCYDHZ5wOJHs79vri6c1WhQM8-oOiDaXEhT_X8A1v46LhwGU1lJoak9nBmJ-lFtTv-w53yLbAQAOgrc3n3vEqtm8d0Pq9UUemOtK3-Fo_swrQE/s320/IMG_5035.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574740083680040754" /></a>Liz and Shanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259533868125774997noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387668716438201887.post-17459260312763940792011-02-08T13:59:00.001-08:002011-02-08T14:06:10.185-08:003rd time in Labor and Delivery!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEm-bz-yijiOiJNpWxRKuWrO9uS1jglDv5nISefI3EjjZJdpLT0yRgmaGHKY7Kre5FeDxm8W-wkX0d3YN46C2n3Mbq9gOPXGG74y_ji7Wjrqu3-xLYW_oyesYJfan9n13wtH0Coc3E-jQ/s1600/IMG_4907.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEm-bz-yijiOiJNpWxRKuWrO9uS1jglDv5nISefI3EjjZJdpLT0yRgmaGHKY7Kre5FeDxm8W-wkX0d3YN46C2n3Mbq9gOPXGG74y_ji7Wjrqu3-xLYW_oyesYJfan9n13wtH0Coc3E-jQ/s320/IMG_4907.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568592469728324642" /></a><br />Nayeli went to one of her friends TuTu Birthday party a few weeks ago. She had so much fun being around other kids and eating pizza! We think it's great when she tells us she wants to see kids. She will just come and tell us out of the blue when she is playing. We recently went to our friends house for dinner and as we were leaving we were giving each other hugs and kisses. Nayeli gave our friends seven year old a hug and he was great about it. When it came time to give their 5 year old a hug he ran away. Nayeli ran after him saying "Come back" and chased him. We laughed so hard. She was determined not to leave until she got her hug. She finally got her hug from him. We all couldn't stop laughing. <br /><br />We took Nayeli to the petting farm and she loves watching but is still scared in feeding the cows. It was a nice day to hang out and have a picnic afterwards. I love these momments. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEbKzN6bHFWtxdVDV-dfn2TA2pvmTd64lw7g2AgP3mWM9h2508aytEFKG986kU_3q6reDWjfSeYOCzX6SBzHNRZNXtJlHuvwwBVbN3WLLh2WNoxJ_AbPwEri7vIZlSLcgqj4f0xCzeLUY/s1600/IMG_4942.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEbKzN6bHFWtxdVDV-dfn2TA2pvmTd64lw7g2AgP3mWM9h2508aytEFKG986kU_3q6reDWjfSeYOCzX6SBzHNRZNXtJlHuvwwBVbN3WLLh2WNoxJ_AbPwEri7vIZlSLcgqj4f0xCzeLUY/s320/IMG_4942.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568595579011090562" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8dqxBkvU_j7Ak22aj1GcLxvjlg7DwGB5Z2lr_vRxk7FJSlL0UpexU2_3g-TuV0P2dZ3mVHMzeYID7yYzcxuyfonslrfsp8O1HzD1A8SRK7HZoVKdf7zcmOp8s7mSi1eupgvMc2YqMqUw/s1600/IMG_4943.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8dqxBkvU_j7Ak22aj1GcLxvjlg7DwGB5Z2lr_vRxk7FJSlL0UpexU2_3g-TuV0P2dZ3mVHMzeYID7yYzcxuyfonslrfsp8O1HzD1A8SRK7HZoVKdf7zcmOp8s7mSi1eupgvMc2YqMqUw/s320/IMG_4943.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568595580326067682" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3nxWVukIjzOdJRnpUHSvWn23lYcWe2_PZb1uC7t9w16TFGa8HxsVkQsjH4smoVNmSqBBKPhrEUqPrHhjW6VYuVqB8ZdioCk_wc-oBoh6fc9NIm3KP58u494cKcv6duSlCf7F2csaWZs8/s1600/IMG_4933.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3nxWVukIjzOdJRnpUHSvWn23lYcWe2_PZb1uC7t9w16TFGa8HxsVkQsjH4smoVNmSqBBKPhrEUqPrHhjW6VYuVqB8ZdioCk_wc-oBoh6fc9NIm3KP58u494cKcv6duSlCf7F2csaWZs8/s320/IMG_4933.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568592470800661266" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1HXFppjE2maGhzWuD1Po8bvDrs9lhr-G4E-z_epoF8uZdt0aNY7zl1wBjqzboIjYwGsvrneWFoBelMHUWkhKBoBEqi4trDag9eT75orJVFMElIUlQ8Y8RQBAMuunG4v4cQF68eUPTs1I/s1600/IMG_4936.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1HXFppjE2maGhzWuD1Po8bvDrs9lhr-G4E-z_epoF8uZdt0aNY7zl1wBjqzboIjYwGsvrneWFoBelMHUWkhKBoBEqi4trDag9eT75orJVFMElIUlQ8Y8RQBAMuunG4v4cQF68eUPTs1I/s320/IMG_4936.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568592478352376114" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZyfQ3nBrNz7L8UQhTulHoQ0COWZybaX-Xq8pku2YEq8Pm_gLo4lOStfGylLzkdn4J7MCGoEWYuN68N7VoITtt-IF-JtLs6JpgZbcRnY2PTYUNDHsd3YI1qIxZ0-KMVfKh52SOddYuI7g/s1600/IMG_4947.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZyfQ3nBrNz7L8UQhTulHoQ0COWZybaX-Xq8pku2YEq8Pm_gLo4lOStfGylLzkdn4J7MCGoEWYuN68N7VoITtt-IF-JtLs6JpgZbcRnY2PTYUNDHsd3YI1qIxZ0-KMVfKh52SOddYuI7g/s320/IMG_4947.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568592482321977426" /></a>The last couple of nights have been challenging because she is not cooperating with me when it's time to go to do her bedtime routine. I can't carry her up the stairs so I just let her have her temper tantrum for a moment and let her calm down. Well sometimes that takes 30 minutes. I just sit there and watch her. Usually asking her for a hug works in calming her down sometimes it doesn't. I have no idea why she is behaving this way. It reminds me of the witching hour when she was a baby. I feel sad sometimes because I feel like I am not doing alot of hands on with her. I miss carrying her I think she does too. Shane helps me when he is here since I can't bend over as much or pick her up anymore. It's hard when he is not here to help me and I have to do it by myself. The only way to make up for the attention I used to give her is to sit and play with her but usually she doesn't like to sit for too long. I noticed she can sit and play with her dolls for a while so I usually take those out and we have fun. It's great watching her interact with her dolls and how she takes thinks so seriously. She will give her dolls baths, put pretend lotion on or put pretend shampoo on. She is going to be a great little helper. <br /><br />I ended up in Labor and Delivery again. This is the third time and I hope it's the last time until I deliver. I was spotting blood on Sunday early morning the Jan 30th. I called the Prenatal Hotline and they told me to come in since I am pregnant with Twins. We called two of our friends that usually watch Nayeli but they weren't answering. We had no choice but to take Nayeli with us. I am glad they had a private room for us. They monitored the babies for a few hours and me to see if I was having contractions. No contractions. They did an u/s and other not so pleasant exams. Everything checked out fine. They released me and I went home. These babies are keeping us on our toes. We are so glad everything is going well and we thank God for it everyday. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiACmcp8Jl6d674zJ3u9b0K4nyEDEEJXciEZrd_1xS4ndIdt22aDERM9T1LB8MDkWr6oJIbuGNKvLOOap-zD_lt6CsWqN0XxUxHnk3287my6RlIADvkAwjA5nlnRKuS44we9rE9vEZhJ7g/s1600/labor+and+delivery+jan+30th.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiACmcp8Jl6d674zJ3u9b0K4nyEDEEJXciEZrd_1xS4ndIdt22aDERM9T1LB8MDkWr6oJIbuGNKvLOOap-zD_lt6CsWqN0XxUxHnk3287my6RlIADvkAwjA5nlnRKuS44we9rE9vEZhJ7g/s320/labor+and+delivery+jan+30th.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571442753040277458" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhinReM7urWiVOXcjzFxMUQ5uhUxc1evGjuy5aKvF4mC1Xg3iJXQBjzIqaCBvAOfxmue0sDfcPjMiI9JYU56VQzKF5hilgdhq5w0AWMTFWdgRwBCsItl7xrLnAjmEViRpklASYgwNkW7Yo/s1600/IMG_4949.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 277px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhinReM7urWiVOXcjzFxMUQ5uhUxc1evGjuy5aKvF4mC1Xg3iJXQBjzIqaCBvAOfxmue0sDfcPjMiI9JYU56VQzKF5hilgdhq5w0AWMTFWdgRwBCsItl7xrLnAjmEViRpklASYgwNkW7Yo/s320/IMG_4949.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568595589865423714" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimThL5eX9rOeERUwvuZC4b9qutTIZhvVM9eRnYhygP8-o4tz8xYcHdHTvvsZRJgeI6v30TA6mDn71bZqayZYzROECbHIXxcCyJf_mA0GRiAdehY7wr-6NG5FJvtrEPLjwPCJB4mnsfwoM/s1600/IMG_4948.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimThL5eX9rOeERUwvuZC4b9qutTIZhvVM9eRnYhygP8-o4tz8xYcHdHTvvsZRJgeI6v30TA6mDn71bZqayZYzROECbHIXxcCyJf_mA0GRiAdehY7wr-6NG5FJvtrEPLjwPCJB4mnsfwoM/s320/IMG_4948.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568595592896330338" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5xz5nywUXhMReanWoUY1N4WQV14Di1REnC7vz7P72WeKTlkW662g1OCeOXMFnLhva9z03Fo285CfyiNUqRLh-1q4HA4ibx0mDAT-APOV8BrKblHvBJTVaMZ0TJsVK6ObFZWmRzVUOTRw/s1600/IMG_4972.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5xz5nywUXhMReanWoUY1N4WQV14Di1REnC7vz7P72WeKTlkW662g1OCeOXMFnLhva9z03Fo285CfyiNUqRLh-1q4HA4ibx0mDAT-APOV8BrKblHvBJTVaMZ0TJsVK6ObFZWmRzVUOTRw/s320/IMG_4972.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568889365866503650" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtY7R93kFzH-pUA1zoPg-7psNZOBKZCQaWSMCioPMWDgha3dC0VROU7x49UzQdQFMFqE1O4bkKiXA1OmGoNspWe_R464qTE5SHWJ3a0NInafVzaEzxZSBu89amlKLkP7RROghfonTBg_w/s1600/IMG_4963.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtY7R93kFzH-pUA1zoPg-7psNZOBKZCQaWSMCioPMWDgha3dC0VROU7x49UzQdQFMFqE1O4bkKiXA1OmGoNspWe_R464qTE5SHWJ3a0NInafVzaEzxZSBu89amlKLkP7RROghfonTBg_w/s320/IMG_4963.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568889362967876338" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRXvY5H_QKCAZMTDUNMzN3iXmWQEq9gEDAVtyOfOlkQOd7LdDStkQ5qB4xy6XRrKJC5s8RUcPcRDFlubQ6uHTBXa8GJOZxzaSxL109ZGXx5uibY9NsXIACafzVrUl_se3SrFbERTCf9Is/s1600/IMG_4957.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRXvY5H_QKCAZMTDUNMzN3iXmWQEq9gEDAVtyOfOlkQOd7LdDStkQ5qB4xy6XRrKJC5s8RUcPcRDFlubQ6uHTBXa8GJOZxzaSxL109ZGXx5uibY9NsXIACafzVrUl_se3SrFbERTCf9Is/s320/IMG_4957.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568595599705122578" /></a><br />Here are some belly pics of me. I feel great! I just wish I could walk more and do more but they have me on limitaions. I am just glad I am not on bedrest. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr2ECVu-SCOxEBpozuW3eccW6X-mhAmegHpLDmN3sFLYxFcYxKnSir34PuLhutZ3qFNeBTcQCQcxv3jbZotxlDWD2s8Asfy3QFDp0Qm-ifnXmeqGWF6KguJCQW1Latz0DRlubkpQYDoz8/s1600/IMG_4981.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr2ECVu-SCOxEBpozuW3eccW6X-mhAmegHpLDmN3sFLYxFcYxKnSir34PuLhutZ3qFNeBTcQCQcxv3jbZotxlDWD2s8Asfy3QFDp0Qm-ifnXmeqGWF6KguJCQW1Latz0DRlubkpQYDoz8/s320/IMG_4981.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568889382752138898" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWXRjWQArxNcgQsD3ChJ-OhGlr_p8HoZcz3tOJDLWrN4nduGMiZ7JRJ4kNKclA8jvSQ2w4XwTnXPhOxOAv85yknjVEus9p_rb4L9QEWxfz8G6TZGO5l4mw4wWXAPOlSwmCg8GMDbEEvi8/s1600/IMG_4979.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWXRjWQArxNcgQsD3ChJ-OhGlr_p8HoZcz3tOJDLWrN4nduGMiZ7JRJ4kNKclA8jvSQ2w4XwTnXPhOxOAv85yknjVEus9p_rb4L9QEWxfz8G6TZGO5l4mw4wWXAPOlSwmCg8GMDbEEvi8/s320/IMG_4979.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568889375821851346" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidWlp_mqMrogXoQtuARcHOh1LuliQxG8WYe3LpDeLdtykSkvvEHc2iFhmprfSdys5P1_Owy9bkKF-tBIVevGW8aSYtFvpe7B4K0ZiKdZd41SS8Iv5jtxJgO7CumDaG3oInu82E56ynHXk/s1600/IMG_4978.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidWlp_mqMrogXoQtuARcHOh1LuliQxG8WYe3LpDeLdtykSkvvEHc2iFhmprfSdys5P1_Owy9bkKF-tBIVevGW8aSYtFvpe7B4K0ZiKdZd41SS8Iv5jtxJgO7CumDaG3oInu82E56ynHXk/s320/IMG_4978.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568889370293109650" /></a><br />We had our Coed baby shower last Saturday. It was great having all of our friends get together in one place. We had a fun seeing and visiting with everyone. We are so blessed to have such special friends in our lives. We realized we didn't take pictures of everyone which makes us sad. It just reminded us how fast time goes by when we are having so much fun! <br /><div><embed src="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_view_player?p=d56f6fd48f635522799536" quality="high" scale="noscale" width="394" height="375" wmode="transparent" name="FLVPlayer" salign="LT" flashvars="&p=d56f6fd48f635522799536&skin_id=1000&host=http://www.onetruemedia.com" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><div style="margin:0px;font:12px/13px verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;padding-bottom:15px;width:394px;text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.onetruemedia.com/landing?&utm_source=emplay&utm_medium=txt2" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;">Photo and video editing at <span style="text-decoration:underline;">www.OneTrueMedia.com</span></a></div></div>Liz and Shanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259533868125774997noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387668716438201887.post-46951456610640680132011-01-26T14:18:00.001-08:002011-01-26T14:18:55.977-08:00Vacation in LA and in Labor in Delivery<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiusMCYzuf6K7-mImDm4m3hkGDAeFjB2Umywwg06W6eMMamRUrQD9fhmydiXmIQ83rqXlGboP87UIfWlU9eexQJKmIvmjk3rZ9DNuioDEFAiYKIealAWONwsy0KaeGCYOBQl3U5tUW_5gc/s1600/IMG_4774.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiusMCYzuf6K7-mImDm4m3hkGDAeFjB2Umywwg06W6eMMamRUrQD9fhmydiXmIQ83rqXlGboP87UIfWlU9eexQJKmIvmjk3rZ9DNuioDEFAiYKIealAWONwsy0KaeGCYOBQl3U5tUW_5gc/s320/IMG_4774.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566367979766158178" /></a>I can't believe how I just don't have time to finish the blog. I always start and then never finish. I hope to be able to update sooner next time. <br /><br />We had a nice Christmas at home and enjoyed watching Nayeli open all her presents. We had the Loal News contact us regarding the Nayeli Faith Foundation and were interviewed. It was great talking about CDH and to raise awareness of this birth defect. It gave us a great oppurtunity to talk about our foundation. We had alot of friends contact us and tell how great it was to see us on the news. <br /><br />We planned a vacation to go to LA and visit my parents and have our babyshower down there to see our friends. We were so excited to go on our last vacation as a family of three. I guess I didn't realize that I was exerting myself getting everything ready for our trip. On December 30th I ended up in Labor in Delivery. I was about to give Nayeli a bath when I went to the bathroom I noticed I was bleeding. I FREAKED OUT! I cried and called the Prenatal Birth Watch Hotline. They told me I need to go in the hospital and get checked out. I called Shane at work and I sounded very upset. He came home and we had our friend come over and babysit. Nayeli must have known something was wrong because she was clinging to me and wouldn't let go. She would cry if our babysitter tried to play or talk to her. I have never seen her act this way. I was supposed to lay down until Shane got home but Nayeli was so upset she wanted me just to hold her. I finally got her to lay next to me until Shane got home. <br /><br />When we got to the hospital they immediately were looking to see if I was contracting and they checked the babies heartbeats. Then they did an ultrasound and lastly my least favorite they checked me with a specula to see where the bleeding was coming from. Everything was fine I had not bled since I got to the hospital and that was a great sign. The Doctor said it was ok to travel and go to LA. We stopped several times<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKkbysJGf-XW6EHaN76JDek2r-C0ESkL8gRGpScoYisQLBO5-0px6Mrgry3RHoVFPnrkSEEh9LokcfSeqqGOE69UkL8DMrj52yg_YV7mdMYykJodhjMYQgxGmVTS1GOAfiZa_PAj-BglY/s1600/IMG_4818.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKkbysJGf-XW6EHaN76JDek2r-C0ESkL8gRGpScoYisQLBO5-0px6Mrgry3RHoVFPnrkSEEh9LokcfSeqqGOE69UkL8DMrj52yg_YV7mdMYykJodhjMYQgxGmVTS1GOAfiZa_PAj-BglY/s320/IMG_4818.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566367983996812914" /></a>We had the best time visiting my parents. We took Nayeli to the Rose parade and she loved it! She got to go pony rides on Sunday and Thursday. We bought a new car on Monday. A Honda Odyssey mini van. At first I wasn't sure if I was going to like it now I love it! We took Nayeli to the snow for the first time on Wednesday. She took off her gloves and played with the snow with her bare hand. She didn't care her hand was freezing. She had the best time. I love those momments when we see her enjoy something so simple. She made three little snowmen with Daddy and Grandma. We went to the mall twice and I loved getting a scotter and ridding on that instead of walking. It was great! Nayeli enjoyed the rides too. On Thursday afternoon we went to have a 3D/4D ultrasound. We were a little disappointed because they couldn't get any pictures of our baby girl. The only pictures they got were our baby boy were profile ones. They asked us to come back on Saturday and we did. They captured a few profile pics of our baby girl and they refunded us some money back. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9vRM0OT28U_sxSg1NIrSeZwJ-zM3yJ0nY_oCMqYmTp24-mUprg8sEj8SXRA-Icldp8hzwbdHVQhCk2HloEZFeeYyBWLwXlI3gi-tE6t8eVVz2Gm6eAzVMJSZ09IhZ6yqiM_3nPFF27LA/s1600/IMG_4843.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9vRM0OT28U_sxSg1NIrSeZwJ-zM3yJ0nY_oCMqYmTp24-mUprg8sEj8SXRA-Icldp8hzwbdHVQhCk2HloEZFeeYyBWLwXlI3gi-tE6t8eVVz2Gm6eAzVMJSZ09IhZ6yqiM_3nPFF27LA/s320/IMG_4843.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566367992017532930" /></a>We were having a great week and I was resting and letting my mom and Shane do alot for me and taking care of Nayeli. I ended up in Labor Delivery on Saturday morning for brown discharge. This time they said they wanted to make sure it wasn't my plug. I was examined right away which was good because I didn't want to miss my babyshower. They said everything was fine and did the same procedure as before. They also told me it was ok to travel and I could go back home the next day. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAAZEYdhSUn4-qniX7p2qY7rMdeIQYjAXovmpGifNHKw06o9GJBbwll-AGsiSiBBnKxgP8a9LodsDqcyW9JqSBvQD6bSasq9-tOlfbSGDCBBV6mGrdKaZ1PjPl3OG48scpf9Z00CTFHFQ/s1600/IMG_4854.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAAZEYdhSUn4-qniX7p2qY7rMdeIQYjAXovmpGifNHKw06o9GJBbwll-AGsiSiBBnKxgP8a9LodsDqcyW9JqSBvQD6bSasq9-tOlfbSGDCBBV6mGrdKaZ1PjPl3OG48scpf9Z00CTFHFQ/s320/IMG_4854.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566367987423759346" /></a>We made it to our party and had a great time seeing our friends. Nayeli had a great time opening presents and receiving them as well. I am so glad our friends included her too. It was hard to say goodby to our friends and family. We plan on going back in June. We had a nice drive back home in our new car. I love that I was able to recline the seat all the way back. Nayeli loved it too because she now has a DVD player and loved watching Barney and Yo Gabba Gabba on the way home. <br /><br />I had an appt with my high risk Dr. on Wednesday the 12th and he said everything looks great. He told me the babies look great. I also had an appt with the sonographer on the 19th. She measured the babies. Baby girl weighs 3 lbs.5oz and baby boy weighs 4 lbs. 2oz. She didn't tell me the length. Both babies look great and she showed me the diaphragm. I can't help but to ask each time. <br /><br />Some of the precautions I am now supposed to take are I am not supposed to pick up Nayeli up as much. If I do it's usually during bedtime to rock her. I put a mini ladder next to her crib when it's time for bed. She climbs up on it with no problem and I am right there making sure she doesn't fall. I have lowered her highchair so she can climb on it instead of me picking her up. My high risk Dr. told me its ok to pick her up but to limit it. I usually only do it when she wants to be held at night. I rock her for a few minutes and I put her back in her crib. When I give her a bath each night she cooperates and sits on the side of the tub and slowly puts one foot in the tub at a time while holding on to me. <br /><br />She has been showing off her belly and saying "feel babies". She will come up to me and feel my belly and say "baby kicking". She laughs so hard when she sees the babies on the ultrasound. She will yell "BABIES".<br /><br />My parents came to visit on the 14th and were here for the weekend. They took care of Nayeli for an entire day while Shane and I went to a childbirth class. We are glad we took it again. It was different this time since the first time we had a planned induction. I had a Dr. appt today and he said that the babies are at 4 lbs. each and they are measuring 16 inches. We discussed birth plans. He said that if baby A is faced down and baby B is breach they can still do a V-Bac. If they are both breech then it would be a c-section. I am 31 weeks now so by the time I am 34 weeks he will have a better idea of what plan we are going to go with. I am not as scared as I was in delivering Nayeli. I am actually excited and looking forward to giving birth to twins. What a blessing God has given us. We are forever grateful! <br /><br />Nayeli sure knows what to say to cheer me up. Lately my hornmones have been getting to me and Nayeli will see me cry and say "stop crying mommy,it's ok". She is so sweet. Her vocabulary is taking off. She will ask me if I like something before she tries it. If she sees or hears something scary she will either cover her eyes and say "scary" or just come up to us for a hug for reassurance. When she hears something she will put her hand next to her ear and wait to see what the sound is. She loves to sing along with some of her favorite songs from her Yo Gabba CD or the other CDs she has. She gets very upset if she drops somethng or spills something. She is very vocal and will tell you what she wants and she hates to wait. We need to teach her patience. We enjoy playing with her. Shane usually is the one that can play with her more physical with her right now. I miss that! I usually will sit down with her and she will play with her tea set with me or just read books. I love watching her. She has been such a great big help lately. She will put her laundry away and knows where it goes. She will also put her dirty clothes in the hamper. She has had her terrible tantrums they are priceless. Sometimes it's hard keeping a serious face when she melts down like that. I will usually just say let's hug and that makes her calm down. I don't think she knows why she get so upset sometimes. Everything she does is priceless! <br /><br />Here is a video of our trip to LA.<br /><div><embed src="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_view_player?p=d2dbe448b4b61b57b4a3d8" quality="high" scale="noscale" width="408" height="382" wmode="transparent" name="FLVPlayer" salign="LT" flashvars="&p=d2dbe448b4b61b57b4a3d8&skin_id=1702&host=http://www.onetruemedia.com" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><div style="margin:0px;font:12px/13px verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;padding-bottom:15px;width:408px;text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.onetruemedia.com/landing?&utm_source=emplay&utm_medium=txt2" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;">Photo and video editing at <span style="text-decoration:underline;">www.OneTrueMedia.com</span></a></div></div>Liz and Shanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259533868125774997noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387668716438201887.post-39818037246269547722010-12-21T21:09:00.000-08:002010-12-24T11:48:30.206-08:00Two Parties are Tea Parties!<A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYH4LguhfnrBFZgJQljbRf6hZsZEnVNhE2kkvMDh6Vj8EeQgpQ3rnpUeYzczTpc4HeKgCE855sCxH7FbukClP5r0EkhIS_QcDAN13mLqwvdnzgO1qrm_99aMj4yB0vxTjeYyC9SkAu8kQ/s1600/IMG_4661.JPG"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554005114326738658 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYH4LguhfnrBFZgJQljbRf6hZsZEnVNhE2kkvMDh6Vj8EeQgpQ3rnpUeYzczTpc4HeKgCE855sCxH7FbukClP5r0EkhIS_QcDAN13mLqwvdnzgO1qrm_99aMj4yB0vxTjeYyC9SkAu8kQ/s320/IMG_4661.JPG" border=0></A> We have a little party animal. We went to three parties last weekend. We took Nayeli to all of them. We told her we are going to two parties and Nayeli kept saying "tea parties". The next day when we were going to the third party we said there will be kids there for you to play with she said "go see kids". I guess she really liked the third party because she is still asking to see kids as of today. She had fun at every single one. We never thought we would be a normal family. A year ago we avoided crowds and didn't go out and were on winter lockdown. This year is so different. We are still paranoid when we here someone coughing or sniffling we run the other way. We are just trying to enjoy going out as a family during the winter months. She tried ice skating a few weeks ago. She loved it!<A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUksbmiOgK9uEneFo-HJvTIRVG-e33nrwMcLbpE45K51xUhL1G0Y7UYwkVRxsgA4ah4JWm1yhZNF3xZbe0NasyhBpl1N7rM68AtbYU6nkBnznqqFrNXMIJb3KXZL3LtYchEQbf2zbO-2s/s1600/IMG_4645.JPG"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554008558688672018 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUksbmiOgK9uEneFo-HJvTIRVG-e33nrwMcLbpE45K51xUhL1G0Y7UYwkVRxsgA4ah4JWm1yhZNF3xZbe0NasyhBpl1N7rM68AtbYU6nkBnznqqFrNXMIJb3KXZL3LtYchEQbf2zbO-2s/s320/IMG_4645.JPG" border=0></A> Twinkie and Max! <A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6FmdUBaY3X8Qfz2ADU5efFieU-PpaZbZszkMnthdbTVC0p3L_G3TfO6_8OqeWXii_QxiSBpJo1MPQdHrrhUGyH8SG3NP5pH_OBHJTjoepHmthcjNvm07yjHeXkBZMfaNzFMGLVUs3vCI/s1600/IMG_4638.JPG"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554008555653305346 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6FmdUBaY3X8Qfz2ADU5efFieU-PpaZbZszkMnthdbTVC0p3L_G3TfO6_8OqeWXii_QxiSBpJo1MPQdHrrhUGyH8SG3NP5pH_OBHJTjoepHmthcjNvm07yjHeXkBZMfaNzFMGLVUs3vCI/s320/IMG_4638.JPG" border=0></A> I love this picture! This is how we look every night while we are watching Barney or Gabba before tubby time. I am trying to picture the twins and how I am going to juggle them in here too. I keep telling myself I can do it! I am also praying alot and asking God to help me.<A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGvvLUDIwiMI_8HJc77_37DSA_qAG9tIzo4QgAfEjUrO5snKtGkcXiOXLa1-LHnCx2BKeQpjjMFFLU51aKcFLOYgaxn8CLeneTerG1PDzm3vdlBu9XD5_auYInEluJYvsR1ARRxvb_HXc/s1600/IMG_4697.JPG"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554005145211695282 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGvvLUDIwiMI_8HJc77_37DSA_qAG9tIzo4QgAfEjUrO5snKtGkcXiOXLa1-LHnCx2BKeQpjjMFFLU51aKcFLOYgaxn8CLeneTerG1PDzm3vdlBu9XD5_auYInEluJYvsR1ARRxvb_HXc/s320/IMG_4697.JPG" border=0></A> We have a comedian in our hands. The other day when we were driving in the car Nayeli said "ewww fart" "roll down window". She farted and it was a stinky fart.Shane and I laughed so hard. She is so funny! She has the cutest little voice. I love hearing her talk. When she wakes up she will start yellling "Mommy" several times. Then it will be "Daddy". She hates getting dressed in the morning so we let her stay in her jammies when we have no where to go right away. She also hates diaper changes in the morning. Just today she has been saying she needs to go potty. So I think she is ready for potty training this weekend. I have been reading books that some potty trained children will regress after a sibling arrives. I am expexting that to happen and will know why if it does. She loves going on the computer and seeing pictures and blogs. She is very vocal on what she wants and what she dislikes. She is following simple instructions and she is a great little helper. I ask her to clean up or put toys away and she will do it and put things away and loves to do it. Since I am having a hard time bending over she is a great helper in getting things for me when I can't bend over. We are so happy that we can listen to other music other than hers in the car again. She will actually say musica and more if the volume is too low or we have a CD on and waiting for the next song. She loves to play with Twinkie and he seems to be ok with her doing things to him that Molly won't allow. She will dress him up, wrestle or hug him and put blankets on him. We got her a Yo Gabba Gabba music CD. She loves it! Here is a video of her dancing. She loves to dance and run around when she hears this CD. She has become more independent. She wants to do things herself and will say "I do it". I will look at her eveyday and it's truly amazing how fast she is growing up. She is so sweet and loves to cuddle. I hope that we will continue to have one on one time with her when the twins arrive because it's so important to me and I am sure it will be for her too. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWeNUzs9Uc7FzK2wgN_0J5Blf8MZC2V_pj6bR3oEaQ_-t166eo9W1VC_LP0G0fpDDgIj6WQkRQ498Lh3uIQBn32SDl4C1WvHZBe3kn1H3Mp1LNGRTFuBARdcKwxhhUsFEPL1XAVLcwJ8/s1600/IMG_4656.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWeNUzs9Uc7FzK2wgN_0J5Blf8MZC2V_pj6bR3oEaQ_-t166eo9W1VC_LP0G0fpDDgIj6WQkRQ498Lh3uIQBn32SDl4C1WvHZBe3kn1H3Mp1LNGRTFuBARdcKwxhhUsFEPL1XAVLcwJ8/s320/IMG_4656.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554322169145443570" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuBoaibG8_F0Tv0R-QiQ2ni2AcsQJFrlEMqRyOiuvcsOGmjlPKefC3jqqS2UJceoFZIVFNUfyVdZ0Xy4n4yd731wWzOoM7br9tMPArhcMJPmUf_YNgt8bdoKEx6bJjymjF6_z30mDROJQ/s1600/IMG_4653.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuBoaibG8_F0Tv0R-QiQ2ni2AcsQJFrlEMqRyOiuvcsOGmjlPKefC3jqqS2UJceoFZIVFNUfyVdZ0Xy4n4yd731wWzOoM7br9tMPArhcMJPmUf_YNgt8bdoKEx6bJjymjF6_z30mDROJQ/s320/IMG_4653.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554322162168193602" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAB4-H1UoG-BCIp1UIS8WJOrTQ-BJgEqWWhtnFqYbVstp1vUHPbz-YDuHf4bYsIquX152dZd9VI6OfnqDUqexWdDTCNrZfCb4ppomfd2eyc4pNiKkZTeLWYN2wSR-uAy9Wddefqa0muFo/s1600/IMG_4652.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAB4-H1UoG-BCIp1UIS8WJOrTQ-BJgEqWWhtnFqYbVstp1vUHPbz-YDuHf4bYsIquX152dZd9VI6OfnqDUqexWdDTCNrZfCb4ppomfd2eyc4pNiKkZTeLWYN2wSR-uAy9Wddefqa0muFo/s320/IMG_4652.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554322161132232114" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQE2AOxcZwiFtEkNlLVrM1oHRpB9gTFMi0e7Qvy_5KJUSXJJwXXNfFP4QNSC4DyUpiygoyGHYH5Y03tJ8B0a7_qlM8poHKWN928TPKG4ASp7cuwxQMXVzp7mM5hfPyaTvLZ4T-5shyphenhyphennew/s1600/IMG_4651.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQE2AOxcZwiFtEkNlLVrM1oHRpB9gTFMi0e7Qvy_5KJUSXJJwXXNfFP4QNSC4DyUpiygoyGHYH5Y03tJ8B0a7_qlM8poHKWN928TPKG4ASp7cuwxQMXVzp7mM5hfPyaTvLZ4T-5shyphenhyphennew/s320/IMG_4651.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554322156369844194" /></a>We took her to get a picture with Santa. She was serious the entire time and didn't smile once. When she was done she went straight to the ducks and was so happy she laughed non stop. She loves animals and will say each animal sound. We have video of that back during the summer but I will make a new one soon. She will go around and pretend she is a bear or lion and make a roaring sound and ask me if I am scared. I say yes I am so scared. She giggles and continues to do it. She will do something and ask if I like it or will ask Shane if he likes it. Sometimes we have to say no because it's something like pulling my hair or squeezing my breast. Not fun! Other times it will be her brushing my hair or putting a blankie on me. That I do like. We turned her car seat forward facing a few weeks ago and she loves it. She will say "careful mama" when I am driving or "come on people". She likes to say that when there is also hockey game on. She is a great Kings and Sabres fan.<br /><br />We decorated the tree last week and she had so much fun putting up ornaments. She received her first gift from her nanny who she calls "Nina". She wanted to open it but we told her she would have to wait until christmas. She has been really good and hasn't touched any of the gifts that we have wrapped.<A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXEQ7mMxEjAoqUtrZXPjJcfemOcFDPMXmqYrkjAYb0vEc0BfF2arjP4mCkYCopDyHTrl87wuB9tshg0FQ3c8nIv3zl8gXJ8pVUyofjntYEdkR74RNSp6tr2N3BjUPV_tw_osCZ7kxZP1E/s1600/IMG_4674.JPG"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554005119708275474 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXEQ7mMxEjAoqUtrZXPjJcfemOcFDPMXmqYrkjAYb0vEc0BfF2arjP4mCkYCopDyHTrl87wuB9tshg0FQ3c8nIv3zl8gXJ8pVUyofjntYEdkR74RNSp6tr2N3BjUPV_tw_osCZ7kxZP1E/s320/IMG_4674.JPG" border=0></A> <A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2fZADcuFW1d41g8odGh2JixNvmigMGqDhfnRclqZ1ZBziEMjNpO3ys3buhvL_CuzfULPSBHjgFsqtKC7PgLuTmDrzAZ2tZGQjNSHzzlG4_IH30s91oe_ouo88H1yuOax_T4UcpWgtxIQ/s1600/IMG_4687.JPG"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554005131893037570 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2fZADcuFW1d41g8odGh2JixNvmigMGqDhfnRclqZ1ZBziEMjNpO3ys3buhvL_CuzfULPSBHjgFsqtKC7PgLuTmDrzAZ2tZGQjNSHzzlG4_IH30s91oe_ouo88H1yuOax_T4UcpWgtxIQ/s320/IMG_4687.JPG" border=0></A> <A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinx3utRmYAi55_ve8nZEs58G_E5fhU0GIYMGI0BZxdQYQZYrwLxTAaQzQgVNgHmYlFxnVwOaLtOb6O0oPXd5Xiwfh4U9X5BTFUo7mZL0OIIef5QbkYUUXcFofNksBSlpQRwCHHl7YfOZk/s1600/IMG_4683.JPG"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554005122186271586 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinx3utRmYAi55_ve8nZEs58G_E5fhU0GIYMGI0BZxdQYQZYrwLxTAaQzQgVNgHmYlFxnVwOaLtOb6O0oPXd5Xiwfh4U9X5BTFUo7mZL0OIIef5QbkYUUXcFofNksBSlpQRwCHHl7YfOZk/s320/IMG_4683.JPG" border=0></A>I went to my high risk Dr. today. He said everthing looks great. He said it's ok for me to travel and to go to LA. I am so happy! He did have me go on a preterm birth watch. It's sounds scarieer than it sounds. I am 26 weeks this week and I have been put on preterm birth watch. Basically they are just monitoring me a little closer. I get a call from a nurse once a week on a Tuesday morning. They want me to lay down for one hour once a day and feel for contractions. I am just glad I am not on bed rest and things are looking great. Thank you GOD! <br /><br />My Dr. has to check my cervix each visit with this device not fun. Shane made him laugh during this picture. <A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAf6y0LTWF5mxJ_m7K2th2CUmnUdjxWiLnGaOuskVDkM7cSnbclbN4c3epJMMlNMJzFRzFj7ukHV_z-D_lO9UBREhNnZQjvxF_IuNc1IcNgiicD1GwI3Z_yJyUh_PdhQIhlMj6T7d0IFI/s1600/IMG_4608.JPG"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554008535276266706 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAf6y0LTWF5mxJ_m7K2th2CUmnUdjxWiLnGaOuskVDkM7cSnbclbN4c3epJMMlNMJzFRzFj7ukHV_z-D_lO9UBREhNnZQjvxF_IuNc1IcNgiicD1GwI3Z_yJyUh_PdhQIhlMj6T7d0IFI/s320/IMG_4608.JPG" border=0></A> Here is a picture of the twins heads <A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvflxWBe4yhCEWKSc5myZ-60IYOqeRlsrDRmiwzGns_DAaeIgzvCqjGotx8-LSpJZwCyzpUZl4aEB3wKzZt4GVH3BdYeQ85EEmXuCYio1whaNc6dJVq09mLsyIG_iIygZrPKx9c5JLOKI/s1600/IMG_4698.JPG"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554008532427048946 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvflxWBe4yhCEWKSc5myZ-60IYOqeRlsrDRmiwzGns_DAaeIgzvCqjGotx8-LSpJZwCyzpUZl4aEB3wKzZt4GVH3BdYeQ85EEmXuCYio1whaNc6dJVq09mLsyIG_iIygZrPKx9c5JLOKI/s320/IMG_4698.JPG" border=0></A>I made a short video of the funny and cute things she is doing. I wish I had a candid camera all of the time because she will sometimes stop doing something when she sees the camera. She will say "see it" and wants to see herself. <br /><div><embed src="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_view_player?p=cfee6c21c739380a5877ee" quality="high" scale="noscale" width="408" height="382" wmode="transparent" name="FLVPlayer" salign="LT" flashvars="&p=cfee6c21c739380a5877ee&skin_id=1702&host=http://www.onetruemedia.com" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><div style="margin:0px;font:12px/13px verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;padding-bottom:15px;width:408px;text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.onetruemedia.com/landing?&utm_source=emplay&utm_medium=txt4" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;">Make an on-line slideshow at <span style="text-decoration:underline;">www.OneTrueMedia.com</span></a></div></div>Liz and Shanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259533868125774997noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387668716438201887.post-18928274711837401212010-11-30T21:23:00.000-08:002010-12-02T21:40:53.275-08:002 year checkup and more!<A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_e1DG3TJ1wQdpRHgqWEzVgkVPRApvv0AMmqHP58C11AwU5FLjaPFA51B2QD5D0L8Lj82sh3Q2ijI_-n1AUQpV4629O74zwKr4U-lgwQiNFOARKV_9qz4WtvtT2QMVyKvPlyz4myBxcxE/s1600/IMG_4429.JPG"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545851263307823426 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_e1DG3TJ1wQdpRHgqWEzVgkVPRApvv0AMmqHP58C11AwU5FLjaPFA51B2QD5D0L8Lj82sh3Q2ijI_-n1AUQpV4629O74zwKr4U-lgwQiNFOARKV_9qz4WtvtT2QMVyKvPlyz4myBxcxE/s320/IMG_4429.JPG" border=0></A> I realized that I never posted Nayeli's 2 year check up that she had in late October. The check up went well she weighs 25.6 lbs and is 36 inches long. They had to measure her twice to be sure. She had her flu shot and didn't even cry. She is tough! Here she is giving her Dr. a stare like "what are you going to do with that?"<A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj72u-kkKGhPVfrOTqx5rPMO0iWK5jUzRl_Kx_m7BOWZtRplxoSrqyqC9lC4v60Q0Z_nmoKAhpwD7kIOfq4HVghHJwjPnEX7PlTvsZXWWZ_btBXkOfh6iPH1HfEcchvUOs0B8oxjejXZ3o/s1600/IMG_4416.JPG"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545851229693303010 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj72u-kkKGhPVfrOTqx5rPMO0iWK5jUzRl_Kx_m7BOWZtRplxoSrqyqC9lC4v60Q0Z_nmoKAhpwD7kIOfq4HVghHJwjPnEX7PlTvsZXWWZ_btBXkOfh6iPH1HfEcchvUOs0B8oxjejXZ3o/s320/IMG_4416.JPG" border=0></A> <A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDzG6XiXUKAWoxjlcyIRyzuO1hKMf9LGvxic_eClbV9BQHEjICeZUUgsyT_DMX_JbcqCEb3-NEGU99qAwt1ideyx0IwLR1ho5Uh4mSTghKANF9y52aJgmVG5hyphenhyphenm63Un3ob6VdIkA3Rwpk/s1600/IMG_4408.JPG"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545851217688762178 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDzG6XiXUKAWoxjlcyIRyzuO1hKMf9LGvxic_eClbV9BQHEjICeZUUgsyT_DMX_JbcqCEb3-NEGU99qAwt1ideyx0IwLR1ho5Uh4mSTghKANF9y52aJgmVG5hyphenhyphenm63Un3ob6VdIkA3Rwpk/s320/IMG_4408.JPG" border=0></A> She was so happy when she received a book from the Doctor<A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6U0mLlHs5BzhC0P09zuGrdgXG3QAyS_lSH16nxG-GstghGmUGS5tmRJa1I5wTxOdavTAXTVhXmkOWt1xxOJFRutd4ohHQf6UR-Q3fenX7lGq9SuJf9nWeahJtdeme3oZGnOjuHtW-pHE/s1600/IMG_4423.JPG"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545851247197334274 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6U0mLlHs5BzhC0P09zuGrdgXG3QAyS_lSH16nxG-GstghGmUGS5tmRJa1I5wTxOdavTAXTVhXmkOWt1xxOJFRutd4ohHQf6UR-Q3fenX7lGq9SuJf9nWeahJtdeme3oZGnOjuHtW-pHE/s320/IMG_4423.JPG" border=0></A>Three little monkeys! <A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0NmVHVcd0RxPoN-Jx2U1lOFS8dAQsc2wcYS-nNvrpNAsYJIhIQYiQjZgX-TWomTeh1EMZA6RK02Jv6p_z4-vDYC2CYaJpKFYQBIa4U5owWhT-Mvv3YFVVlJFpvy7jQKIK4HyJs_DOXxU/s1600/IMG_4397.JPG"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545851209401449138 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0NmVHVcd0RxPoN-Jx2U1lOFS8dAQsc2wcYS-nNvrpNAsYJIhIQYiQjZgX-TWomTeh1EMZA6RK02Jv6p_z4-vDYC2CYaJpKFYQBIa4U5owWhT-Mvv3YFVVlJFpvy7jQKIK4HyJs_DOXxU/s320/IMG_4397.JPG" border=0></A> My parents came to visit at the beggining of the month while Shane was in NY running the marathon for CDH research for UCSF. He raised over 3k. I am so proud of him for doing what he did. He now is addicted to marathons and is running his next in January. My parents were awesome! They cleaned the house, cooked dinners for me and spoiled me rotten. The greatest thing was Nayeli loved spending every minute with Granma and Granpa. Here is my mom and Nayeli having a tea party. Nayeli is so cute she told my mom to sit down and then tried pushing her chair in.<A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUcpAH26xrFPCgUJye7TDvYCGubil-YscaCXqqu5njXo4nrndNhZjYc90cqg83ColmWCpi5gAip7U6Gn6to7X-8vRq24xlk2C4_RyjrjUTqYJWFwbrA4jbUWT-31GIi8g5sTsozT32QMg/s1600/IMG_4491.JPG"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545949293145361906 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 261px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUcpAH26xrFPCgUJye7TDvYCGubil-YscaCXqqu5njXo4nrndNhZjYc90cqg83ColmWCpi5gAip7U6Gn6to7X-8vRq24xlk2C4_RyjrjUTqYJWFwbrA4jbUWT-31GIi8g5sTsozT32QMg/s320/IMG_4491.JPG" border=0></A>On the steam trains! My mom knitted this beautiful sweater for Nayeli. She loves it and wanted her hood on the entire time. She looks adorable!<A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTfniEgt_-QChehz25D1OH9NCUt28IJD0ZPA_fW29adcqJAYU-ndNItSJ6uPqpHExFMfZ1Vkl-0i4l4HTJfnlAvLwpcrlYZM4W4iIuJbqqePsiDIiz0EeVZUIGWyQdYfJ1dV5CkUHLLac/s1600/IMG_4500.JPG"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545949299312193170 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 255px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTfniEgt_-QChehz25D1OH9NCUt28IJD0ZPA_fW29adcqJAYU-ndNItSJ6uPqpHExFMfZ1Vkl-0i4l4HTJfnlAvLwpcrlYZM4W4iIuJbqqePsiDIiz0EeVZUIGWyQdYfJ1dV5CkUHLLac/s320/IMG_4500.JPG" border=0></A>Nayeli giving Grandpa a kiss and a hug.<A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy5awWMWqiGs2kc00WLpxfVyxWzLVctUyoC5YyCUbiAgTN-NnpBaR1N3DhbRd-_zBQVK0jOb4_gqka8XummdPBN19jMxlzurv7kEKkp9G8gUZLGCyfwOvl70zqlpjabPA15Z6iH5A2m3g/s1600/IMG_4513.JPG"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545950832058163154 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 229px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy5awWMWqiGs2kc00WLpxfVyxWzLVctUyoC5YyCUbiAgTN-NnpBaR1N3DhbRd-_zBQVK0jOb4_gqka8XummdPBN19jMxlzurv7kEKkp9G8gUZLGCyfwOvl70zqlpjabPA15Z6iH5A2m3g/s320/IMG_4513.JPG" border=0></A> Our little girl is so amazing she is talking, singing and dancing non stop. Her vocabulary has expanded so much it's hard to keep up with her new words. She calls a purse a pocket. She is always requesting Gabba and Barney. When something is on the way she will say "its coming". She loves looking out the window at the Garbage truck. She dances to anything that has a beat. She has empathy towards animals or her stuffed ones. When Twinkie and Molly decide to get her Teddy or doggie stuffed toys she gets upset and takes them away and immediately gives them a hug. She is putting sentences together more each day. She will say "Here it is", "a hold you" "go kings" "I bring it" "I got it" "Tutti (twinkie) get squirrel". She has a great memmory. If we are driving past a landmark she knows such as the Doctors office or the place she had her basketball classes during the summer she will call it out "Doctors" "Basketball". She tries to sing "Twinkle little star and ABC she makes up words if she doesn't know the rest of it. I will try to get it on video. She is funny when we film her. Sometimes she hates it and other times she doesn't care. <br /><br />Her bottom back molars started coming in at the beggining of the month. She would chew on her sleeves or her fingers. She had a slight fever twice. It also caused her to wake up a few times a night. We gave her tylenol a few times at night to relieve the discomfort. We also noticed she was very clingy and moody. She is back to her normal self. <br /><br />Fingerpainting on a rainy day<A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNfPCDLUp99wrIVJvqMo9taKhMslLv11V4GvqAtTSaSibNYKn9DtyaFwKwdVGsu0dLJFH0OpHr9v_lOBXsWyAVfjG57RPcFxDB81q_ju58XG65D-GfyDD_9fbv-U3QdUYb89p22-7ef4/s1600/IMG_4591.JPG"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545960898570934770 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNfPCDLUp99wrIVJvqMo9taKhMslLv11V4GvqAtTSaSibNYKn9DtyaFwKwdVGsu0dLJFH0OpHr9v_lOBXsWyAVfjG57RPcFxDB81q_ju58XG65D-GfyDD_9fbv-U3QdUYb89p22-7ef4/s320/IMG_4591.JPG" border=0></A><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUqjGq_caI-KS0tYBcjh9i8LYcPXSa8tzCr0hjjwTp9TYn2ppLedc3mBvWeHHtr4-Lqjg1G19OSjwgY-un4VZk6iWgrPHqoJTJ7_463ytZXRA6rVF25PNwfW13OZkUrO-Z0zNTFG33qpk/s1600/IMG_4582.JPG"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545960890620018034 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUqjGq_caI-KS0tYBcjh9i8LYcPXSa8tzCr0hjjwTp9TYn2ppLedc3mBvWeHHtr4-Lqjg1G19OSjwgY-un4VZk6iWgrPHqoJTJ7_463ytZXRA6rVF25PNwfW13OZkUrO-Z0zNTFG33qpk/s320/IMG_4582.JPG" border=0></A> She got a cough for the first time last Friday. She got over it fast. The first two nights she gagged and puked. We elevated her mattress, gave her honey, lots of fluids and got a humidifier for her room. Her cough was gone by Monday. We are so glad it didn't last and it wasn't serious. She has gotten back in the habbit of being rocked before bedtime. Our routine for bedtime is reading a book everynight and she drinks milk in her sippy cup. As soon as I put her in her crib she will say "hold you" and is standing up with her arms reaching out to me. If I am standing and holding her she will say "sit down". I am a sucker because I can't say NO. I don't rock her for a very long time just for a few minutes. Then I put her back in her crib give her a kiss and walk out. She falls asleep right away. She has only done this to Shane once. She also prefers I put her down for her nap or bedtime. She will sometimes cry when Shane takes her. I thought we were passed this phase. I guess its a mommy thing. I love this momment with her because I know it won't be for very long she will soon phase it out. <br /><br />My belly is geting big! It's sometimes hard to hold Nayeli on my lap. She will say back and wants me to sit back. I am but she thinks I am not. My belly sometimes bumps Nayeli's head because she will be standing right next to me. I am starting to have a hard time sleeping because my back and hips get sore from laying on my side. I don't remember being this sore with Nayeli. I am feeling more movement and it's great feeling it! Nayeli kisses my belly and will say "hi babies" she still wants me to open my belly so she can see them. We take her to the Dr. appts and she loves seeing the babies on the U/S. I bought a few books to help her understand about being a big sister and bringing a baby home in our case babies. I also bought a book about juggling twins. We are sure it will be a challenge we are ready and excited. <br /><br />I had a great time having dinner with a friend. We had to compare bellies. She is 33 weeks here and I am... well I look huge! <A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguMshZ8UbB82BZWy_Qh4wZQ8cwPaQWx_N8Xt06g1PWcrec9-dm-HiZOmHS7uwKhaJ9RWzyoJKJupvTm2jQEgXmCSiPOoysy_rxCTACNZ6x-qXiuCPb253aUaKBpiXcQBOPiWe8Z7oPMsc/s1600/IMG_4517.JPG"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545950836953254370 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguMshZ8UbB82BZWy_Qh4wZQ8cwPaQWx_N8Xt06g1PWcrec9-dm-HiZOmHS7uwKhaJ9RWzyoJKJupvTm2jQEgXmCSiPOoysy_rxCTACNZ6x-qXiuCPb253aUaKBpiXcQBOPiWe8Z7oPMsc/s320/IMG_4517.JPG" border=0></A>Nayeli is kissing my belly <A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXQieOqtBa5QEni8EghLaPLCIBFfc5vdsN8067JA4UKK48R8gdNlOitXrSCicHkvDhdzSSa6O-kPQhjhNafxSypBDItMO_ng7h83bE-n-xCyMUvwRxwkUDPctDY78RmHw41Fd7VgIcoM4/s1600/IMG_4598.JPG"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545960900723362818 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXQieOqtBa5QEni8EghLaPLCIBFfc5vdsN8067JA4UKK48R8gdNlOitXrSCicHkvDhdzSSa6O-kPQhjhNafxSypBDItMO_ng7h83bE-n-xCyMUvwRxwkUDPctDY78RmHw41Fd7VgIcoM4/s320/IMG_4598.JPG" border=0></A> We went to see Yo Gabba Gabba live. Nayeli loved the show. She hardly sat down and stood up danced the entire show. She was so excited she kept telling the people sitting in front of us Gabba, Gabba! It was great seeing her face light up when she was watching the show. After the show was over she said "see Barney"<A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPqxXOQ1Sa_bzrok006Wu7csFs7vxneL8HXuOm4uvrSn325XcnbzxNp32DLrXlQI5BUl1Cqhv5zjHQHj2wnzdf9XSaC5hWQuL29PGgpfz_s7XzdJnPVbhT4Vp5zJtyI9vsn4nhcxaaWQ4/s1600/IMG_4544.JPG"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545960909975729618 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPqxXOQ1Sa_bzrok006Wu7csFs7vxneL8HXuOm4uvrSn325XcnbzxNp32DLrXlQI5BUl1Cqhv5zjHQHj2wnzdf9XSaC5hWQuL29PGgpfz_s7XzdJnPVbhT4Vp5zJtyI9vsn4nhcxaaWQ4/s320/IMG_4544.JPG" border=0></A> <OBJECT class=BLOG_video_class id=BLOG_video-a39843da348b245f height=266 width=320 contentId="a39843da348b245f"></OBJECT><br />We had a nice Thanksgiving. Shane had to work that evening so we ate before he went to work. I was thankful I didn't have to cook. We are thankful everyday for Nayeli. We are thankful that God has chosen us to be parents of twins. We are excited and so happy! <A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5jWnbEAMeWV4e8NMekSdl6OuYndHGijawg7CY2mxFf5OLV4M7NlFSoS2cVVGj5i9otMUQTFUB85r_6XjRgM4BocuwF_ScO-eD1BoOoTtI1Und8uRUzaMHOKHf7ahOH_LCqM_rM7uMKQk/s1600/IMG_4580.JPG"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545960882725119202 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5jWnbEAMeWV4e8NMekSdl6OuYndHGijawg7CY2mxFf5OLV4M7NlFSoS2cVVGj5i9otMUQTFUB85r_6XjRgM4BocuwF_ScO-eD1BoOoTtI1Und8uRUzaMHOKHf7ahOH_LCqM_rM7uMKQk/s320/IMG_4580.JPG" border=0></A> Yesterday we took Nayeli in to have her hearing tested. The Doctor told us that she would have to have her ear wax build up removed before the test. She said it was alot of wax in the back of her ear that it would cause for a bad test. We had a Doctor see us right away. He told us if she cant hold her head still he would have to probably surgically remove it by anesthesia. I quicky got my cell phone and tried putting Barney or Gabba on. No service! So I tried the next thing. I put videos on I have saved on the phone. It worked she didn't move her head at all. The Doctor took out the ugliest piece of wax from her ear. It was the size of a finger nail. We were shocked! Off we went back to get her hearing tested. Nayeli did great and passed all of the tests with flying colors. She doesn't have to go back for another year. As a disclaimer we clean her ears regularly. The ear wax was build up so far back in her ear that it would probably would have never come out on it's own. We hope this doesn't happen again.<br /><br />We are going to try to start potting training in two weeks. I have been reading and getting helpful hints on what to do. I am torn between using Pullups during the day or just having her wear underwear and cleaning up the mess each time. During the night it would be a nighttime pullups. If you have any suggestions we would love to hear them. Thank you!Liz and Shanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259533868125774997noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387668716438201887.post-26561630081231693082010-10-29T21:29:00.001-07:002010-10-30T15:19:01.203-07:002 year photosWe had our 2 year photos taken a week ago. I decided to make a video since there was so many to post. <br /><div><embed src="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_view_player?p=c6bad71e8f723ab1ec555d" quality="high" scale="noscale" width="408" height="382" wmode="transparent" name="FLVPlayer" salign="LT" flashvars="&p=c6bad71e8f723ab1ec555d&skin_id=1702&host=http://www.onetruemedia.com" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><div style="margin:0px;font:12px/13px verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;padding-bottom:15px;width:408px;text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.onetruemedia.com/landing?&utm_source=emplay&utm_medium=txt3" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;">Make video montages at <span style="text-decoration:underline;">www.OneTrueMedia.com</span></a></div></div><br />I had my level 2 ultrasound today. I was so nervous about it I lost some sleep. Yesterday Nayeli distracted me by having her terrible twos meltdown. I think it was her way of helping me keep distracted on not think too much about today. It worked! <br />The sonographer took over 2 hours to examine the twins. I kept asking him questions but he said he is not allowed to share any information with us. I kept trying. When it was over I tried again and he said he didn't see anything wrong. The Dr. came in and said everything looks fine but she needs to check a few things. She took over an hour and concluded the twins look great and there is no CDH. I had tears of happiness. Thank you GOD! I am so glad to hear those words. We are continuing to pray that my pregnancy remains healthy.Liz and Shanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259533868125774997noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387668716438201887.post-17077847294241915202010-10-24T20:55:00.000-07:002010-10-25T21:41:36.584-07:00Nayeli Faith is 2<A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnlH6_i5oIUP3Bw-AjHLkK4P5WODA9WLruxA5WEAkqL2QcLKkP8qWXGM55j_rW56YHpjVHFg5J3mUp5ukC0PKjtg4HzBttKW2DLkuSKQzgggD1tFGFvGj5shTRX1p2y4J9w0cT28JAJ-A/s1600/IMG_4272.JPG"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532005829383207538 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnlH6_i5oIUP3Bw-AjHLkK4P5WODA9WLruxA5WEAkqL2QcLKkP8qWXGM55j_rW56YHpjVHFg5J3mUp5ukC0PKjtg4HzBttKW2DLkuSKQzgggD1tFGFvGj5shTRX1p2y4J9w0cT28JAJ-A/s320/IMG_4272.JPG" border=0></A><br />Nayeli turned 2 on the 22nd. We had her birthday party the week before. We are so glad we did because it rained this entire weekend. She had so much fun playing with her guests and meeting Strawberry shortcake. Her favorite was getting her face painted. When it was time for her nap she was out within a minute. We are so glad we got to see our friends we hadn't seen in a while it was a very special day. For her actual birthday we had a photo shoot with our photographer and took her to dinner to her favorite place Red Robin. They sang happy birthday to her and she ate a sundae.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9rY8ewp0i-IDgmaOtaOcniOYCKhDiO3HVnaBz62mqj6ao4LF5umtN465psiUl_1Jnbm6cDFVHkdD6h8u1MgxyRSPufBeg9VXwn9bRhmihZDk-X-tjKqQq4xuudbDYV7QLPMfRzArz54/s1600/IMG_4301.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9rY8ewp0i-IDgmaOtaOcniOYCKhDiO3HVnaBz62mqj6ao4LF5umtN465psiUl_1Jnbm6cDFVHkdD6h8u1MgxyRSPufBeg9VXwn9bRhmihZDk-X-tjKqQq4xuudbDYV7QLPMfRzArz54/s320/IMG_4301.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532205674687573186" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfwmNMCWcsNzHfs_C9UOsb8HG3NLy9isowrG39UHHnvWU9OB0fan_ONF7ep6FtNbykIg4SImtxqxSG6OyC7NRiT2nJN_dr7HrUjCN4fgePNKNYXw5cDqrZvZF3iop4DOV3iYq8ja7WjRE/s1600/IMG_4286.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfwmNMCWcsNzHfs_C9UOsb8HG3NLy9isowrG39UHHnvWU9OB0fan_ONF7ep6FtNbykIg4SImtxqxSG6OyC7NRiT2nJN_dr7HrUjCN4fgePNKNYXw5cDqrZvZF3iop4DOV3iYq8ja7WjRE/s320/IMG_4286.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532205666774176722" /></a>Opening presents after her nap the day of her birthday party.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4W4VT6ZehYLTcz8gIxQUkK-RvvR-LI5rma6cAzgznDH7je_zimyRev7OvtoMd5NcEUVT1C0YbrFgcu9rz5Mt_UEt45lZiOIdEf-EWTJu2dlTTzjA7SRGz9VnW_w7ryG1XzLLb5BbILSk/s1600/IMG_4321.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4W4VT6ZehYLTcz8gIxQUkK-RvvR-LI5rma6cAzgznDH7je_zimyRev7OvtoMd5NcEUVT1C0YbrFgcu9rz5Mt_UEt45lZiOIdEf-EWTJu2dlTTzjA7SRGz9VnW_w7ryG1XzLLb5BbILSk/s320/IMG_4321.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532206473391175586" /></a>Opening presents the morning of the 22nd.<A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkpq3_szqHjHbBBjYXJxFIfChvKNC7boIgkQTCn9fyYwuq2qYdBmxcjqtk1SWkZmWV2gn-2ioevUAq33eAJdce46g-xBnfjOQ4LhRkLDv8XWDpFv6tahxO_I_tMIZo8gSayQoxPACoFa4/s1600/IMG_4355.JPG"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532005834821857346 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkpq3_szqHjHbBBjYXJxFIfChvKNC7boIgkQTCn9fyYwuq2qYdBmxcjqtk1SWkZmWV2gn-2ioevUAq33eAJdce46g-xBnfjOQ4LhRkLDv8XWDpFv6tahxO_I_tMIZo8gSayQoxPACoFa4/s320/IMG_4355.JPG" border=0></A>She made a table and chair out of her boxes that her presents were in. I guess I know what to get her next. <A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwJHWpiGa9r2TCsEyLwbtgzhZvPVr7NKCOyxyDX7vbNMENaWbVwP3rS6n8htfB8F_hwibPiDUVdTU7iaqWs2baDx6_DPc7ZwA-7FZex54KHzw1LhS81gwrb2RQLBtvo2PtFgyfjyT_6WA/s1600/IMG_4365.JPG"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532005850500068914 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwJHWpiGa9r2TCsEyLwbtgzhZvPVr7NKCOyxyDX7vbNMENaWbVwP3rS6n8htfB8F_hwibPiDUVdTU7iaqWs2baDx6_DPc7ZwA-7FZex54KHzw1LhS81gwrb2RQLBtvo2PtFgyfjyT_6WA/s320/IMG_4365.JPG" border=0></A> Video of dinner at Red Robin<br /><OBJECT class=BLOG_video_class id=BLOG_video-1c7f3400a47572f3 height=266 width=320 contentId="1c7f3400a47572f3"></OBJECT><br />She is talking non stop. It's great that she is able to express what she wants and feels. Sometimes it's hard to figure out what she is trying to say but we tune in and after the third time she says something I understand. It's almost like a different language. I can see it in her face that she is so happy when I get it. She stopped breastfeeding at the end of Septemeber. She started by refusing BF during nap time then shortly it was bedtime. I was sad for a few days. I prepared myself ahead of time and new that day would come. I don't blame her since I was dry and nothing was coming out. She is very happy with getting milk in a sippy cup before nap and bedtime. It's great that she stopped and now I feel like I have a little more freedom for a short while before the twins get here. <br /><br />My parents came up at the beggining of the month. We held our first bingo fundraiser for the foundation and it was a successful event. We showed the guests a video of our story and educated them about CDH. Nayeli would yell her name when she would see herself it was so cute. Nayeli left with my parents and it was nice knowing I didn't have to go home and BF. The following week we made plans to go out with some of our good friends. It was great getting a babysitter and not having to BF and put her to bed. I really had a hard time leaving her before but it's easier now that I am not BF. I had a Dr. appt on the 22nd. It went well. I had been nervous up to that day because of what someone said to me two weeks before that. I am sure they never meant to hurt my feelings but it sure bothered me until my appt. The Doctor told me again that it looks like baby A is a girl and baby B is a boy. We saw them and they are so active and look great. My Level 2 ultrasound is next Friday so I am sure I will be nervous and anxious as it gets closer. I am praying for a good appt. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv64emHgPVkHy_mHUUpHweFsTBKoW_mUgof1yDcVe9ifQR5ORMVPCV8Tbt7G4wBWw-VXHpLYFSsIy6AmAjEtCECIBtSP_u4BKAB0kvpsf-nDugpzkfNQ7V3a28_3RTUxYjionstKfjCMI/s1600/IMG_4322.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv64emHgPVkHy_mHUUpHweFsTBKoW_mUgof1yDcVe9ifQR5ORMVPCV8Tbt7G4wBWw-VXHpLYFSsIy6AmAjEtCECIBtSP_u4BKAB0kvpsf-nDugpzkfNQ7V3a28_3RTUxYjionstKfjCMI/s320/IMG_4322.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532209485558826690" /></a>Our cat Max always likes to keep us on our toes. A week ago he woke up and looked disoriented. He was bumping into things and was walking all over Twinkie and Molly and couldn't see them. We took him in after a $700 bill it turns out he has high blood pressure which caused his retina detachment. They gave him medication and he is alot better. We don't know how much of his eyesight he got back but he is looking out the windows again. He now has a heart problem, kidney problem and high blood pressure. You would never know there was anything wrong with him. He is one strong cat. His vet bill adds on to our bills that we can not afford but are struggling to get by since the Dr. took me off of work and my short term disability got turned down. I am appealing it so I am praying it will get approved. God always takes care of us and we are healthy which all that matters to us. <br /><br />We went to UCSF ICN reunion yesterday. It was great seeing all the Doctors and nurses that helped Nayeli during her battle with CDH. We got so many ideas and input from them for our foundation. We hope to be able to accomplish all of it for them. Here are some pictures.<A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41KlcqZxw57B6P_zX_0W7wuqx4MP27GPbEBcNU_JBmHyxhlKLHDCnbygke-ZV1pF1hQR1pJw8uqxCqPPFdmGSHAfAhgutjmvXqQl3OBP3yYo4ybT-V2mU73aaIzRz-VKFLcLk8eq8STY/s1600/IMG_4382.JPG"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531836106646793602 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41KlcqZxw57B6P_zX_0W7wuqx4MP27GPbEBcNU_JBmHyxhlKLHDCnbygke-ZV1pF1hQR1pJw8uqxCqPPFdmGSHAfAhgutjmvXqQl3OBP3yYo4ybT-V2mU73aaIzRz-VKFLcLk8eq8STY/s320/IMG_4382.JPG" border=0></A><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaZLne5ALp91X_BpkEjJQLMmx-qcJl74Bf3W_s-JSEddS_Dddx6s4X3j_ZoItjShlRcj1Uuk-wEyjsJVDIGp9h92iFHDpP-YlZCFcr345qW42RXyFdbTlz2ESEmJvaZFg3JEWeF0bSeMs/s1600/IMG_4380.JPG"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531836101108243186 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaZLne5ALp91X_BpkEjJQLMmx-qcJl74Bf3W_s-JSEddS_Dddx6s4X3j_ZoItjShlRcj1Uuk-wEyjsJVDIGp9h92iFHDpP-YlZCFcr345qW42RXyFdbTlz2ESEmJvaZFg3JEWeF0bSeMs/s320/IMG_4380.JPG" border=0></A><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP7EEg1Ssi8IwHnpfQh4Tf4WpsErbfgiDh_BWqRqTBpU-Wug-xSqjTGLsTu040vWdir_thL7p6DcY2A22PvpWoJc9cOPYVU56z6WEI8RBOP8jYtrHahjANFo3i-ewFaD9F1dcMZIaKtWw/s1600/IMG_4378.JPG"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531836096794724514 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP7EEg1Ssi8IwHnpfQh4Tf4WpsErbfgiDh_BWqRqTBpU-Wug-xSqjTGLsTu040vWdir_thL7p6DcY2A22PvpWoJc9cOPYVU56z6WEI8RBOP8jYtrHahjANFo3i-ewFaD9F1dcMZIaKtWw/s320/IMG_4378.JPG" border=0></A><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtrldX_vzTpHcImO9MEVkEc2eZ7m4KmQkqiARCkH_CuOJFaMNvucoEioxc9xmEusTysIjTgq4YJ-O9nWrjMI592LyU7nYb1OsIFsRQ2kHc_9ltIThW40_nb2WGRbPXv_0RybRUqgIG2Pw/s1600/IMG_4377.JPG"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531836096307698242 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtrldX_vzTpHcImO9MEVkEc2eZ7m4KmQkqiARCkH_CuOJFaMNvucoEioxc9xmEusTysIjTgq4YJ-O9nWrjMI592LyU7nYb1OsIFsRQ2kHc_9ltIThW40_nb2WGRbPXv_0RybRUqgIG2Pw/s320/IMG_4377.JPG" border=0></A><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV2fcvfzlap8Bv5COiHLwo2vdA_7m7-wadfxfLKWL3eHCu8N6KJ1r2634nvwLUjMiw4NqRUT6ON1i2caocHyYvuq9N09FWfttG3dHkKOUuuSpgJq56jIMVGBq1XAJD0c1lkQozYrRe71c/s1600/IMG_4374.JPG"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531836087400672754 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV2fcvfzlap8Bv5COiHLwo2vdA_7m7-wadfxfLKWL3eHCu8N6KJ1r2634nvwLUjMiw4NqRUT6ON1i2caocHyYvuq9N09FWfttG3dHkKOUuuSpgJq56jIMVGBq1XAJD0c1lkQozYrRe71c/s320/IMG_4374.JPG" border=0></A>Liz and Shanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259533868125774997noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387668716438201887.post-62710200290132965262010-09-25T23:00:00.000-07:002010-09-25T23:05:03.174-07:00"Babies Open"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAmIDk8WQVAL4VxwCvEUmNtet5-bSIKYpS2BRfeyAotZtTrG1mltfC1NYYB6L7j3ect9CVT74qN2DinUTcaNGPAVt9mv_afJiJLtDUKw08SmR2zr468MsEruNqnNJnJFl9VI6-LAFSmQ8/s1600/IMG_3996.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAmIDk8WQVAL4VxwCvEUmNtet5-bSIKYpS2BRfeyAotZtTrG1mltfC1NYYB6L7j3ect9CVT74qN2DinUTcaNGPAVt9mv_afJiJLtDUKw08SmR2zr468MsEruNqnNJnJFl9VI6-LAFSmQ8/s320/IMG_3996.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521069820440864546" /></a><br />We are sad summer is over especially since we didn't have alot hot summer days. I guess today we got lucky and had a warm day. Looking back we had a great summer. We went to LA twice, Lake Tahoe, Colorado and Disneyland. Nayeli likes to travel. During the summer I had her enrolled in wee hoop a basketball class, gymnastics, swimming and kindermusik. She loved it all. For the fall I signed her up for Gymnastics, Kindermusik and the new sport Soccer. She thinks it's basketball and says "basetball". She loves all of her classes. Gymnastics and Soccer end at the end of October and Kindermusik goes through December. I can't believe we are actually going to take her into a room full of children during the cold/flu season. The instructor is really good about disinfecting everything and knows about Nayeli so I am not too worried. Nayeli was turned down for her RSV shot this season so she will only get her flu shot. A few weeks ago she kept coughing everytime she would take a nap or go to bed at night. She almost gagged a few times. It was scary to hear her when she would wake up cough and gag and then cry. She would immeidately fall asleep. When I spoke with the nurse at her Doctors office she said it was nasal drip and she was right. She had no fever and had a runny nose during the day. It lasted for 3-4 days. She showed us how her body can fight something. 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUM_WUJJc_XRsTNNumyRyx_A_9U-qQKXlzb_CAXMz_YDNeEXe3BJt0p1JULQPoLW_ToD9xeWRwRQyFweGZVrnFpnY-y9Tb1rB91O7W0fo3GILObs5-WuwAxFqjVcT51S3YEKL3vsof1o/s320/IMG_4105.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521093735508344098" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfmtaPchC8CnldIEHBqvUnva7zZ091GHpe0CdZJKj-X6xJGAezyHZNlkZkVaY7xlaOvscWOx5zBPce2CI8S7qd-3vdGI_J4z_33YQPqVME1EdB74HFZTsGecZ8wl_3J6qNmZFfio9j52c/s1600/IMG_4100.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 271px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfmtaPchC8CnldIEHBqvUnva7zZ091GHpe0CdZJKj-X6xJGAezyHZNlkZkVaY7xlaOvscWOx5zBPce2CI8S7qd-3vdGI_J4z_33YQPqVME1EdB74HFZTsGecZ8wl_3J6qNmZFfio9j52c/s320/IMG_4100.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521093729157699250" /></a><br />I am enjoying my time at home with Nayeli. We have so much fun. Every morning when she wakes up she says "wake up" or will yell "hey". She is full of energy and sometimes doesn't want to take a nap and will fight it until she is in her bed. Then she is out within 5 minutes. She loves playing with her toys by herself alot more. She will come and grab my hand and say "sit" if she wants me to play with her. If I leave she gets really unhappy. So I basically leave everything that needs to be done until her nap time. She will call Twinkie "TOOTIE" and loves Molly and says her name right. She is glued to Barney when we put the DVD in. She likes Mickey Mouse in the morning for 30 minutes. and Barney and Yo Gabba Gabba at night for 45 minutes. She is fascinated with stickers she puts them all over her body, on me, teddy or anything she can stick them on. She loves going to the park. It's funny to watch her because she just stops and stares at the big kids and wants to participate with their games. When it's time to leave she will say "bye guys" I don't know where she got that from. It's very cute! She says hi to everyone including people that ignore her. She keeps saying hi until they respond. It's funny because I do the same thing. <br /><br />One funny thing she did while we were driving in the car is she said "come on peoples lets go". I guess she is picking up on our vocabulary. She is such a fast learner. She will repeat everything you tell her. I have been trying to speak to her in spanish alot more. I think she understands. She loves her wooden puzzles and gets frustrated when she can't get it right. I am always right there telling her it's ok I will help you. My favorite thing I love is when she hears music and grabs my hand and wants to dance. She has this big grin on her face when you twirl her around. It makes me so happy to see her this way. She cracks me up when she grabs my belly and says "babies open". She wants everything opened so I guess my belly is included in this. She gives us so much laughter and happiness. We are grateful for her to be in our lives. I can't wait to see what she will do and teach the twins. <br /><br />I went for my NT ultrasound earlier this week. I was a nervous wreck before going. I had sleepless nights. We prayed everyday and kept faith in God. The appt went well and we were so happy. My mom came up from LA to watch Nayeli while we went to the appt. I was so glad she was here. On my way to pick her up I was alone in the car and I just bursted out crying. I had to release my emotions. I am thankful for the appt going well and I pray the Level 2 appt goes the same way. They weren't for sure on what the sex of baby A is possibly a girl but the sonographer said baby B is a boy and she said she is 90% on this. Please keep us in your prayers.<br /><br />* This note is for Sarah, Noah's mommy. Will you please email me nayelifaithfoundation@gmail.com thank you.Liz and Shanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259533868125774997noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387668716438201887.post-58280595054554677212010-09-03T15:21:00.000-07:002010-09-03T15:22:57.250-07:00We have TWO BELLY BEANS!It's taken me a week to try to finish this blog. I will sit down and start before Nayeli wakes up then I have to put it off until she is napping or asleep again. She is such an active little 22 month old. I love spending every momment with her. I find myself sometimes just staring at her while she is playing or looking at her book. We cherish every momment with her. We thank God for our blessings.
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<br />On August 20th we went in for our first ultrasound. I was nervous as the day approached. I am sure that will continue each time I have an appt. We took Nayeli with us. She was great the entire time. She looked at the screen and pointed to it. The NP said she would be checking for a heartbeat. We immediately saw one and it was a sigh of relief. I am holding my breath until NT ultrasound and Level 2 ultrasound are done. I asked NP if she could see my fibroid. I have a small one the size of a pinkie nail and it grew while I was pregnant with Nayeli so I was just curious if it was growing. She looked, started to smile, and said "oh wait you another heartbeat." The NP said you are having twins! I was laughing, she was serious. Shane and I were in shock. I am so excited! I now have to double worry. I have been praying everday for the twins. I worry about so many things. I drank chamomille tea thinking it was good for me later to find out it can cause miscarriage. I think I am going to stop reading the internet. I called the Doctors office. The nice NP we had on the 20th called me back and said to stop drinking any herbal tea. Herbal tea is like a drug and can cause problems. So I drank a total of 6 cups. I am freaking out! They won't see me until NT ultrasound on the 20th. Meanwhile I am wondering how the twins are doing til then.
<br />My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from Him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress, I will never be shaken. (Psalm 62:1-2)
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<br />I was put on short term disability at work because they don't have light desk duty for me. I was upset at first but realize what a blessing it is. I get to spend all this time with Nayeli and we are loving it. I also know God always has a plan and he knew I was having twins and knew I am at a high risk prenancy so took me off right away.
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<br />We decided to take a road trip to LA. This time we decided to go along the Pacific Coast Highway. It takes a little longer but the drive was worth it. Nayeli was so cooperative. We had Barney playing on a DVD the entire time so that helped. Thanks BARNEY! Our first stop was Big Sur. We ate dinner at River Inn. The patio had the best view of the river. It was such a nice place. The river was so calm and they had lounge chairs in the river so you can soak your feet while you relax. Nayeli loved playing with the rocks. We saw two whales and it was an incredible view. We finally made it to our destination, Cayucos. It was already night and couldn't really see the town. Nayeli fell right asleep, she was tired. I followed right after. Twinkie slept with us and Molly slept in her crate. We brought along a fan and used it as white noise. Nayeli slept right through my coughing. I had this annoying cough the entire trip. Shane and Nayeli were fine so I think I got it from stress. We packed up the car and we were on the road again. We stopped at Santa Barbara. I saw this taco place. It was the best tacos I have ever had. We notice Nayeli was getting tired. We thought she would fall asleep for the reamining of the drive. She only slept for 45 minutes. We were glad she did since the day befoe she didn't. When we arrived in LA the heat was on. It was hot! I was happy at first but then realized it was going to be in the 100's for the next 4 to 5 days. I guess my wishing for a warm summer finally came true.
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<br />Nayeli slept in a room separted from us. This was the first time we did this. We are glad we did. She slept longer and seened happy about her having her own room. We went to the beach, walked around Santa Monica, went shopping, and met with a few friends. I was really happy to be spending most of my time with my parents. It's always great to be with them. My mom spoiled us rotten almost every morning. She made huevos rancheros, chilaquiles and chorizo. She knows exactly what I need. The day before we were leaving the weather cooled off. We drove back home on Saturday morning and stayed at our favorite place in Cayucos again. This time they gave us a suite for the same price. It was great because we were able to put Nayeli to bed and Shane and I were able to stay up. We got dessert from accross the street and it was yummy!
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<br />Our little girl is growing up so fast. She is now saying
<br />*tak you(thank you)
<br />*please
<br />*hold it
<br />*take it
<br />*Amen
<br />She knows how to make the following animals sounds: horse, pig, elephant, lion, kitty, dog, bear, rooster and dolphin. We have a video of her doing this from the previous post. She loves music and dances when she hears her music CD which has all kid music. I have enrolled her in Kindermusik for the fall. I trust this class because the instructor knows of how we are and she also is very clean and disenfects everything. We are also brave enough to enroll her in gymnastics and wee hoop again for a month from September thru October. I am hoping it will be ok since it's right before cold/flu season. It's going to be hard to keep her under winter lockdown this year so we are going to try in getting her out more but being cautious. I think we will all go stir crazy if we don't.
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<br />I told her we are having a baby a few weeks ago. She amazes me because she has a great memory. I haven't said anything since then and she will say baby and hold my belly and say "Open" then she will kiss it. She just recently started to double kiss my belly. Then sometimes I laugh because she will say "baby" and start smacking my belly. Funny girl!
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<br />She is starting to voice her opinion if she is not happy. I stopped breastfeeding her in the morning two weeks ago. I am only doing it for nap time and at night. I will be dropping the nap time one soon. She is still asking for it in the morning and gets a little upset with me when I don't comply. It really hurts to do this to her but I am trying to do what is right while I am pregnant with the twins. I was told that I can start having contractions and that I should stop BF soon. I was hoping to go until she is 2 years old.
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<br />We are planning her 2 year birthday party. I still can't believe it. She is growing in a blink of an eye. I am just so happy that I get to spend all this time with her.
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<br />The Nayeli Faith Foundation is having it's first Bingo fundraiser on October 1st. We are excited and have alot of planning left to do since it's only a couple of weeks away. We hope it will be a great turnout and a fun event for everyone. Go to the "Nayeli Faith Foundation" website for more details on this event.
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<br />Shane is also doing great (minus some ankle issues) with his NYC Marathon training, which he is running to raise money for UCSF's CDH research program. He has run around 140 "training" miles so far in about 5 weeks time and plans to at least double that amount by race day. For more details or to donate to Shane's efforts, please go to the Nayeli Faith Foundation website. Thank You.
<br />A few weeks ago we took Nayeli to a wildlife rehablitation center. She met Ashley who is a oppossum I rescued in October 2010' from a garage that burned down. She is blind and lives there since she will not be able to return to the wild. So happy to see she is doing well.
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