Friday, February 25, 2011

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!


Wednesday, February 23, 2011

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 :)





Saturday, February 19, 2011

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




Tuesday, February 15, 2011

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!










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Mixing the folklore of a Mexican background with the sweet world of the Canadian maple syrup! It can lead to an amazing combination :)

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