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moving

on a second attempt to keep a more updated blog... I am moving to Tumblr.
It just seems easier for me to do brief posts.

so come and follow me at:
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Skype is awesome!!

I'm pretty sure that if you are in the blog world you know also about Skype.

I have been using skype for over 5 years now, and all I can say is that I love it (Yes, I know I sound like a Skype sales rep right now hahaha).


But seriously, I think Skype is the only reason why I am able to live so far away from home and stay connected with family and friends. We skype on regular basis with family and I even set up a Skype in number with a mexican area code.


A couple of weeks ago my mother-in-law and my auntie came to visit from Mexico. It was the first time meeting Fernando, and we didn't know how Fernando was going to react to them.


And guess what??? He saw them for the first time, he was a little bit confused to see then in real life and not in the computer, but he totally recognized them!!!! He let grandma hold him and kiss him right away!!! He was happy to see grandma!!


So all I have to say... Thank you Skype! For keeping families together!

And here is the proof

So happy to see grandma finally meeting her first grandkid, and seen his son after more than 3 years!!

LIFE IS AWESOME

Tears coming out

after 5 attempts to start this post the right way and almost gave up... here it goes

I am going to ramble and write what is in my mind

Life has been so good lately. Like I said on my 30th birthday post, I feel so complete. Things are falling into place, I have a beautiful family, I have an awesome marriage, we are healthy, we are so blessed.
But then, we get bad news. Bad things happening to good people, to friends and family back home. So I start wondering why?? I know God won't put you through situations that you can't endure, but it makes me sad and it brings tears to my eyes

Mi Mexico lindo y querido, is officially fighting a war, a drug war. Innocent people is suffering, they get caught in the middle. Sad but true.

In the last couple of months two of my cousins were kidnapped. One luckely was what it's call "express kidnapping"where all they want is to empty your bank account by taking you several times to the ATM, and then they just drop you off somewhere.
The other one, is a different story. He is alive, but I can tell you he will be mark for life after what happened to him. He had to move to a different city, he had to start from 0 again :(

Then last week, a mutual friend of Cesar and I got kidnapped too. They got into her home (she was at home with her baby girl), drugged her with something, put her on her vehicle, took her outside the city, brutally hit her and tortured her. They phoned her husband to ask for a ransom, and after they got the money, they drop her off, on the highway. 20 min outside the city. She tried to get help, to get a car to stop to give her a ride. Nobody wanted to pick her up! People is so afraid of what is going on that you don't trust anybody. Finally somebody that was in the search party found her and took her to the hospital.


All I can say is that tears come to my eyes everytime I get these news
All i can think is that our family is there, and I pray the Lord He protects them everyday
All I can think is that it breaks my heart to know that my hometown is not a safe place anymore
and it is so hard to be thankfull about having a perfect life, while I know back at home people is suffering

Please pray for Mexico, for our province, and for our hometown. For our family and friends back there, and for all the innocent people fighthing this war

Swinging- 9 months!

Fernando turned 9 months old a couple of weeks ago. Wow where did my little baby go!!
Just realizing that he has been into this world just about the same time he spent in my belly.

We have been having so much fun with him now that summer is here and we are getting some nice weather.
We take long walks to the park, go for a picnic, have sunday lunch out in the patio. Just loving the fact that we can take Fernando out with a SINGLE layer of clothes, open toe shoes and some of his skin exposed hahahaha! He is actually getting "morenito" (darker skin). Now he looks more mexican, hahaha.

We went for his first swing ride to the park. And I don't really know how to describe the adventure hehehe. We decided to ride our bikes to the park, so Fernando was in his bike trailer with the helmet on. He had wore the helmet before, but for some reason this time he decided that he did NOT want to wear it. So after having to stop every block to adjust his helmet, we got to the park with a baby having a huge meltdown. Obviously when he sat him on the swing he wasn't happy at the beginning but eventually he enjoyed it.

excuse the mess but...

my blog is under reno! hahahaha

I really need to fix the way it looks

hopefully it will be done soon!

WELCOME TO THE 30'S

3 years ago I saw my hubby taking a plane to Canada. He was on his way to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to start on a new job. He left the on a plane the day of my birthday :(


We went to Monterrey City airport to drop him off, and I came home to celebrate what it would be my last birthday at my parents'

It was a sweet and sour birthday for me.

Then I moved to Canada 3 months after Cesar came here. We went for a walk down the river. Sat at this bench, and start dreaming and planning our new life and what we were expecting of the new adventure in Saskatoon.

and 3 years later I look at this photo and all I can think is that I am so happy we made the decision of moving here.



This 30th birthday was very special for me for many reasons and that is why I decided to celebrate it for a few days! hehehe


1. they say 30's is the best decade, and I am starting to believe it! I feel at the best stage of my life. Accomplished quite a few things that I wanted to be at this age, and there still many things to accomplish but I feel that I keep getting closer to them!
2. I have shared half of my birthdays with my husband!!! Yes, it is official, I have spent half of my life with him. One of the best things in our relationship is the fact that we grew up together. We went from being teenages to adults!
3. 3rd year since the Canada adventure started! And we finally got to the point we wanted to be when moved to Canada. Celebrating this year as a Canadian Permanent resident!
4. and now we are 3! I have a cute little family now.


So, thank you everybody that joined the celebration. Thanks for the good wishes, love, hugs, presents, surprises, company, etc. Oh and thanks my hubby for cooking amazing appetizers for the party!

So far... my favorite birthday

baby gourmet

two weeks ago Fer had an appointment with the pediatrician and the nutritionist ! and it went super good. He slowed down his growing rate, he lost weight, and they both said he is a very healthy happy baby.
We had an awesome chat with the nutritionist about how now you can feed EVERYTHING (except honey) to babies older than 6 months! Oh my! she opened a whole world to us! hehehe
In Mexico, babies usually eat everything at 6 months, and we do not have a high percentage of allergies. As a matter of fact, you never see the "Nuts free" anywhere.
Can you imagine daddy's face when he got the good news????? yup yup. huge smile and eyes wide opened!

Guess what happened next?? Well Daddy ran to the supermarket and got all sort of herbs, meats, veggies, etc. and the gourmet baby food started!

I just love seen our little guy eating all kind of meals, and he actually enjoys it.

Here is some of his favore meals so far:
Minestrone soup
Fish with mint, garlic and herbs
lentils with all kind of veggies
lemongrass rice and beef

We are trying to expose him to as many ingredients as we can. Hoping to avoid having a fuzzy eater. I know, kids at some point become fuzzy eater, but hey, it's good to dream once in a while. hahaha

I think my hubby should start a gourmet baby food business, hehehe

I'm in love with Britax!

Our little Fernando outgrew the bucket car seat when he was 4 months old. So we had
to do infant car shopping a little bit earlier than what we planned.
I was totally clueless about what to look for in an infant car seat. My plan was to get a cute seat, with some design, hahaha.

Thankfully I remembered that my friend Carissa mentioned to me once that I should buy a Britax car seat. She said they are a little bit pricey, but totally worth it.
So off we go, we start hunting down the seat, hoping for it to be on sale one day... and voila... one lucky day I found it at baby R Us with a 30% off!
Right from the first day we loved it! Easy to install, easy to fit the straps, and our baby looks pretty comfortable in it.

Then a few months later, we got a second car, so back to the car seat hunting.

Pretending to be smart and experienced enough with car seats, we went to several stores searching for options. We decided that we didn't need another Britax since this one will get used way less.

What a difference to go car seat shopping when you know what you need to look for.
I am not an expert at all, but here are some my recommendations:
1. check the latch connectors, way easier to install a car seat that have them
2. check Harness Adjuster Strap. Some have a very complicated system to adjust the straps and to release them.
3. check the Recline Adjuster. There are car seats that you will have to remove it from the car to adjust the angle, which sucks.

ok, back to where I was.

So we bought a Safety First. That according to us was decent enough! Well, guess what??? We didn't like it


We returned it... and today the hubby is going to get another britax, hahaha

"The Muffin Dance" lol

One day, a few weeks ago, I had a brilliant idea! I locked my hubby out of the car! And the only way I was going to let him in, was if he danced the "Muffin Dance". Check the original muffin dance

It was hilarious! I couldn't stop laughing! I love that the hubby is always willing to have fun and he never gets mad at me when I decide to play jokes on him!

So after making him dance, we started a trend! He already got me a couple of times, and so I did! hehehe

Here are his first dancing muffin, and my latest one. Enjoy





I love my life!

If you plan to marry someone... marry a chef!

Sorry, but this post I am totally going to brag about my awesome husband! Just because he deserves it!

The past couple of weeks, were crazy! The three of us got a really bad case of stomach flu, then I was in the transition of my two part-time jobs to my new full time job. So for a week I was trying to recover from a whole week of crazy sickness, work 3 jobs, and have a life. But my awesome husband/chef/lover/best friend saved me from insanity.

When I started dating him. I was too young to think about how our married life was going to be if one day I decided to married him. Never crossed my mind if he was a guy that would help me with the house chores, if he was willing to help me taking care of the kids, if he was going to be the kind of guy that prefers to hang out with his wife than with his friends.

Then... after like 12 years dating we got married. And 3 months after we were moving to Canada. I have to confess, that it was until them, that I started wondering how living together was going to be. Because even when we have been together for so long, being husband and wife wasn't going to be the same as being boyfriend and girlfriend.

And guess what??? That first year that everybody hates, because of all the adjusting of being together. Well, thank goodness we didn't experience that.

I have the best husband. The one that it's not afraid to help in the house. The one that will actually push me to go out with friends instead of staying home, the one that cooks for me, and even send me to work with lunch. The one that I can leave alone with our kid for hours and he won't phone me every 10 minutes not knowing what to do with the baby.

A few weeks ago we switched roles. I am not a full time worker, and he is a staying home dad. Yes, he is the kind of man that was actually looking forward to stay home with his kid! And you know what??? He is AMAZING! He takes Fernando for walks, run errants with him, cooks supper for us, he sends me to work with lunch, and it is just lovely to see him bonding with his kid!

So my conclusion after 3 years of marriage is: If you are going to marry somebody, he better be a chef! He is manly enough that he won't think that cooking is for girls! hahaha. Just saying

7 months/ 7 meses

last 10th of the month Fernando turned 7 months old!

It was a sunny and warm day. It was the first time that it was warm enough to trow some blankets on the grass and take some sunshine :) Fernando loved the time sunbathing and after that he was exhausted and took a 2 hour nap! Yay for sunshine!

As you can tell in the photos, we have a big baby. He is wearing size 12 months (sometimes 12-18 months). Last week we had an appointment with the Pediatrician because my family doctor kept getting concern about his size. I always felt that there was nothing wrong with my little one, and it was nice to hear the Pediatrician said the same. She told us there is nothing to worry about, he just happens to be a big baby, and lately his growing rate has slowed down considerably :)

At 7 months he is:

• sitting up by himself
• chewing fruit and veggies in his baby mash thingy
• he fights us for toys, hahaha
• having some kind of "conversation" with us
• going to the nursery at church and playing with the other babies (so so cute)
• hugging us
• reaching arms when he wants to be hold
• he wakes up and play on his own for like half an hour in the mornings
• eating a huge variety of baby food. So far there has no been a single thing that he doesn't like. Broccoli, peas, asparagus, squash, beans, etc.

On the not so exciting part... this month was the first time that he got sick :(

Mommy had the awesome idea to feed him casserole jarred baby food (he only had home made baby food). And it was a huge huge disaster! Poor boy! Vomiting, diarrhea and fever for a whole day.

Lesson learned!

Well now, here I leave you with some pics that I snapped

Enjoy

Peace of Mind

It has been a long journey... and to be honest I can't complain, but I have to confess that it has been stressful at times.

After almost 3 years, things are finally falling in place. Everything seems to getting to the point that we always thought we were going to get after a few months living in Canada.

And you know what? IT FEELS SO GOOD!

I feel at a stage in my life where I feel so complete, so happy, so in love with my life, so in peace!

One more time, I am amazed at God's perfect timing! During the last couple of years, I learned to be patient, to wait, to trust my heart in Him.

Oh I could go long with the detailed list of the things that had happened in the last few months that helped to get to this point. But I won't get you bored with all that.

Love you all! Thank you for being part of our lives and thank you for always been there for us in this journey

I know you hate to see me cry

One day You will set all things right

When my world is shaking, heaven stands
When my heart is breaking
I never leave your hands

Willing to adapt

March 16th was our 3rd wedding anniversary :) and all it keep coming to my mind is that our willingness to adapt is the key to our happy marriage, a happy life and it helps us to get closer to our dreams.

I grew up in a super steady environment. My life up to when I went to college had no complications at all.
I lived since I was 6 in the same house, same city, always spent Christmas in Tampico with all our relatives, every summer I would spend it at my grandma's. We lived a very comfortable life, no finances worries, no health problems, etc.
Yup, I had a spoiled childhood.

My husband grew up in a very different way. His parents moved a lot, he changed schools, his parents switched careers a few times, they had a different plan on what to do every Christmas, etc.

Even when we come from very different backgrounds, and we were raised in a very different way, we get along so good.
I think we are a weird combination, because most of the time we deal with things in our own way, but we always agree with each other. Don't know if I am making my self clear, hehehe

Oh well, the point is that since I moved to Texas, and then moved to Canada, I get this question from people back home: How do you do it? How can you be far away from home?

My answer is always: I am willing to adapt. I like to get into new things, and for that you usually will have to let go some stuff and welcome some new things.
I noticed, that the more I decide to get involve into my new life, the better I feel. It took me a while to realized about that, and it took me a lot of effort, but happy with the results
I won't lie, once in a while I get homesick, I miss home, I miss family, I miss just the smell of my country, its colors, its folklore... that will always be in me. But I am also embracing a new culture, and I enjoy the chances to mix a little bit of the two of them.

Same happens with relationships. As a wife, as a sister, as a daughter, as a mother, as a friend, as a co-worker... when you come into a new environment, you need to be willing to adapt, willing to get to know that person more and figure a way to get along with them.

I love that I have shared half of my life with my husband. We grew up together, we went from high school sweethearts to a family. We keep learning together, we keep getting to know each other, we keep conquering each other's heart.

A mi amor,

Te amo corazon y estos 3 años han sido maravillosos... Gracias por ser un esposo maravilloso

"If you don’t adapt and change you get left behind, a willingness to change and adapt shows that you have an open and flexible mind, a willingness to learn and to apply that knowledge." Anonymous

6 months/6 meses

HALF A YEAR! Already??? Are you kidding me???

Yes, today our little Fernando is turning 6 months old!!!

It has been a half year full of new experiences and everyday learning!

What can I say? God decided to spoiled me with a very good baby.

• At six months our little monkey hasn't been sick (Thank God for not having to run to the emergency room with a baby)
• No diaper rash! This little guy has an amazing skin that seems not to suffer the use of diapers :)
• Holding his sippy cup and drinking water! Yay! I have heard that there are a lot of babies that when you introduce them to water they hate it! Well, that is not the case here! He loves water.
• He has double his weight, hahaha maybe a little bit more than double! Oh I love Mi bebe pachonsito (My fluffy baby)
• Still sleeping through the night, and even better: he can go to sleep without a suckie!
• Can sit up for a moment on his own
• Not hating the tummy time any more
• Has 3 teeth!

This 6 months have been a huge lecture for me. I am enjoying that our family has one more member, and I love that our marriage got even stronger!

I honestly thought that our marriage was gonna suffer a little bit with all the time that you have to dedicate to the baby, but it turned out to be the opposite. With my awesome husband and teamwork this home is working perfect! I couldn't ask for more

This coming week we have a doctor's appointment! I am so excited to start feeding him some solids! This is going to be fun!

We will have to keep an eye on daddy when he prepares baby's food. Daddy will want to make a gourmet baby food, hahaha

So for the weekend I have one mission! Get gear up to start preparing baby food next week!

And here are some pictures I snap of him today... you know me... hahaha

Enjoy

100 things that makes me Happy- part 2

And here we go with the second part of the list, no particular order.

Hope you enjoy it.

11. Going out for coffee (you all know what a caffeine addict I am). Nothing better that a good coffee with friends or with the hubby to relax.

12. Waffles for lunch!

13. Play Cranium. Haven't played since I moved from Texas :(

14. Going out with friends

15. Margaritas. Yes, the Mexican in me makes me crave for frappe lime margaritas
16. Swimming, and if it is in the ocean even better.

17. Ride my bike

18. High heels. You have no idea how sexy they make me feel. Winter please go away, I miss wearing my hight heels.

19. Carving sculptures. There is something in the whole process of converting a block into something beautiful that makes me very very happy.

20. Sand on my feet. Oh yeah just walking by the ocean and feel the grainy sand puts a smile on my face.

Happy weekend everybody

and remember...

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
- Robert Brault

A day with the Mexicans

I went back to work a few weeks ago, and I feel we have got into a nice routine.

Since I am working just for 4 hours a day, 4 days a week, it is not stressful at all.

Fer usually wakes up around 7 am, so we all do the same, hahaha.

I change his diaper, take him into our bed and we play with him for a bit.

Then is feeding time, follow by wiping his face and get him all cute and clean to go over Carissa's.

Then is time for mami to get ready. A quick shower (while Fernando is happily playing in his crib), some quick breakfast, and put on some decent clothes, hahaha.

I drop off Fernando around 9:30ish, and off to work.

Then at 2 I get off work and go and pick up my little guy. I usually spend like an hour at Carissa's. We have coffee or tea, chat about daily stuff, then some design topic is a must, and then time for me and Nando (I love when Beckett says it) to go home.

We get home, relax a little bit, playtime with Fer, and then cook something for supper (while watching some mexican tv on the computer).

Papi gets home around 5:30 or 7:30 depending on which shift he is working. He usually plays with Fernando, or he plays some guitar to him :) (one of my favorite padre e hijo (dad-son) moments.

Around 8 is bath time, then last bottle of the day for Fernando, and bedtime.

That is pretty much what we do on weekdays. But this weekend Fernando has been doing a couple of new things that makes me smile when I see him doing it.

First, I noticed that he is paying more attention to cloth books, and I couldn't resist to snap a photo while he was "reading" :)

Then today, I decided to try one more time the sippy cup. Last time that I tried to teach him how to sip, he wasn't really into it. Today was a totally different story. On the second try he got it :)

And again, first thing that mami (mommy in Spanish) did was to grab the camera and snap a photo and why not some video, hahaha

and then the weekend starts! yay!

grandparents

I said no sad posts on my blog, but I just have to let it out.

Lately I have been feeling sad, and a little bit depressed.

It is a combination of too many factors, weather, professional grow, relatives, finances, and list can go on and on.

But at the end, there is just one thing that keeps bothering in my mind.

I knew it was something that was gonna happen at some point since we moved to Canada, but never thought it would be so hard.

When our little Fernando was born, it suddenly hit me. Our sweet baby has 4 grandparents that adores him and loves him to death, but they live 4,000 km away!!!!!

In fact, just 2 of his grandparents had have the chance to hold him :(

I never thought it would hurt me so much. I keep seeing Fernando growing, and he is going fast. And every time I see him doing something new, or every time that I realized that he is not that tinny baby anymore, there is just one thing that comes to my mind... We are not giving our parents the chance to be grandparents!! They can't kiss him, and hold him, and see that cute smile that I wake up to everyday! They can't smell him right after his bath, of feed him and see his expression when he sees the bottle. They can't rock him to sleep, or put him in bed and kiss him good night.

Fernando is the first and only grandkid on my family side and on Cesar's family side. Our parents were so excited when we told them that they were going to be grandpas and grandmas!

I feel aweful... I know our parents totally understand and support our decision to be in Canada. And they would never ever complain about the fact that Fernando is growing up so far away from them.

But it is the look in their faces when we do video calls on Skype that makes me sad. They see us playing with our little one, they see us make him jiggle, and all I can see in their eyes is "I want to hold my grandson so badly"

Looking back at time, I thought our plans were going to work out exactly how we had it in mind. Thought that I would have a full time job, and with me and my hubby working we would be able to save money to go twice a year (at least) to Mexico or to flight the family to Saskatoon. Well, that didn't happen.

Cesar hasn't been home since we moved to Canada (June 2008), I were home in February 2009... We really need to get there.

My heart is getting consumed... little by little. It is time to go back home

Oh well

Good thing you can't see me right now... tomorrow I will wake up with puffy eyes :.....(

ps. Thank God for adoptive family! Fernando has two sets of Canadian grandparents that adopted him :)

100 Things that makes me Happy- part 1

My friend Carissa @ The Fabulous Design Blog started her list of 100 things that makes her happy. She found this idea at Sofia's Journal.

When I saw it, it made me realize that I don't often pay attention to many things makes me happy. When I started my list, I noticed that mainly is the little things that makes me happy :)


1. My family
2. My little monkey's smile
3. A kiss and hug from my hubby
4. Dress up (the whole package: do my hair, put on makeup, accessories and a cute dress)
5. My hubby playing the guitar.



6. flowers
7. cute cupcakes
8. watermelon
9. dandelions
10. bright colors

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
- Robert Brault

5 months

Little Fernando just turned 5 months a few days ago!
Last night got on the computer and started looking through all the photos and videos we have of him. It made me cry!
Still can't believe the miracle that I have in my hands! How did he grow in my belly? How did we create him? There is only one answer. He is a miracle from the Heavens.
He is such a joy. And I know it is such a cliche, but our lives wouldn't be the same without him.

I have to confess that during the first months, I kept wondering if it was the right time to have a baby. I think it was all the lack of sleep, and all the inexperience that made me think that.

Now, I can affirm you it was the right time!

At 5 months he is now:

Rolling over

Sleeping through the night (he started doing that at around 4 months)

He has 2 teeth, and the third one is just about to pop out any day

He holds his bottle

He realized that he has feet!

Starting to sit up a little bit

Hugging and cuddling

He tries to imitate sounds

He soothes himself to sleep (yup yup we put him in the crib with his teddy bear and blanket, and it just take a few minutes before he falls sleep on himself!!!)

He is a big boy, he weights 20 lbs

Love his smile in the mornings! That face expression that he makes when he sees me in the morning when he just woke up!
Love that now he is cuddling!
Love the smell of a fresh bathe baby!
Love to see my husband spending time with him!
Love to see the hubby playing the guitar to his son!
Love to see how everyday he learns something new!
Love how he fits perfect into our lives!

Couldn't ask for a better baby

Hate to see him growing so fast!

Long time no see you blog

I have to confess that I have been writing, but not posting on my blog. Maybe because I realized that every time that I started writing it ended up being a really sad post. I think it was the weather. This winter is killing me! I am a solar person! I need heat and sunlight to survive. Thank God this last week the weather got super nice, but I shouldn't get super excited since I know it won't last long :( Oh well..

Going back to the main point of this post.

A month ago today, we moved into a new apartment. Time flies.

We are now living on a two bedroom condo (Jodi's) and we are loving it. It is amazing how little things can make you feel at home and can make your life easier.

Let start with the joy that it is that our little Fernando has his own bedroom now. He has been sleeping in his own room since we moved here and I think he loves it. He goes to bed around 9 pm and usually sleeps through the night

Since Fernando has his own room, that give us the chance to do more stuff after he is in bed. Now we can go into our room without waking him up, we can watch movies in bed, read or just chat.

We also have way more space! It feels so good that everything has his own spot in the house now. Fernando's toys and stuff are in his room, I have a closet for myself (because dad and baby share a closet lol), more cabinet space in the kitchen, etc.

Quiet. Oh yes, since we are not living downtown anymore. It almost felt weird the first couple of days to wake up to a super quiet morning, on a very quiet building.

Also, loving to have a park just behind the building complex. We have been going for walks and we take Fernando for a sled ride when it is nice out.

Oh I also like the new neighborhood. So many advantages to live here. First, one of my best friends lives like 5 minutes away :), second I have grocery store, pharmacy, gas station, Tim Hortons, Starbucks and a mall super close. Third, another one of my best friends is moving just two blocks away from us! What else could I ask for!

This week we finally started hanging up the frames, now I just have to decide which photos I want to print for the frames.

Other than that, we are all unpacked and IT FEELS LIKE HOME!

Where is home...?

A little bit more than 2 years ago I got to Canada. It was a complete mixture of feelings. So excited to start our lives as a married couple, excited to see the snow for the very first time in my life, excited for getting to know a different culture, excited to start the new adventure. On the other hand, there were the not so exciting feelings. I was worried about the super cold weather, I was sad to be so far away from my family, I was depressed for not having a working visa, and I was worried about my mexican accent, I felt lonely

But somebody rescued me. One nice day I met two awesome ladies (Carissa and Jodi) that have become not only my best friends, but our adoptive family.

What it started as a simple translating job, ended as the perfect touch I needed to feel at home.

There are no words to thank them for all the love they give us.

This weekend Jodi is moving to Tanzania! The person who made me feel at home is leaving home. But as sad as this can be for me, I am so excited that she is able to experience this amazing opportunity!

She is going to be gone for 3 years. At first, I thought "well 3 years is nothing". Then I realized that we have been in Canada for a little bit over 2 years, and we have made a life here! It is amazing what you can accomplish in 2 years.

I never thought I would consider Saskatoon "my home" by now. I love and miss Mexico, but I love living in Canada. Sadly, on the last few months my country has become a little bit scary and dangerous to live in, all due to the drug war.

This makes me think how fortunate we are of raising our little guy here. Not having to worry about insecurity (yes Saskatoon people, you have no insecurity at all!!), education, etc. makes me very happy.

My dad told me right before I left Mexico, that life is about stages, and that you have to learn to enjoy each stage. To be a kid, to be an adult, to be a mom, to be a daughter, live at home, move out, have your family close, have your family far away, live in the warm weather, live in the cold weather, to be single, to be married. He was so right, you have to let go sometimes and you have to compromise if you want to be happy. I have learned that taking risks, follow your dreams, and to be spontaneous and not over thinking can lead to a very happy happy life.

A month ago, I read this quote and I fell in love with it: "Home is where our story begins"

So, Saskatoon is where our story begins... and I plan to keep adding to this story for a long time!

ps. Jodi I wish you the best in Africa! I am sure you will find somebody that will make you feel at home like you did with us!

Love you tons! and let the story begins!