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