fALL fuN ~

Fall is a beautiful time in Wisconsin. Here are some pictures of a mysterious Gypsy that was handing out fortunes at her Halloween School Dance lately. She had a lot of fun with her friends. She came up with a lot of different fortunes. Her favorite one was "at the strike of midnight a Hobo will spit at you".... What a strange Gypsy.

The cold is coming and yesterday we enjoyed a little time at the Fon du Lac lake front and Emili played near the lighthouse and on the jungle gym. Auntie was there too having fun with her as well. It was a perfect time for one of Emili's fav's... hot chocolate. The sunset was gorgeous.

PicTuReS-fOtoS

Mountains in Mexico
more mountains

Emili's Angel Food cake- compliments of Grandpa at her birthday party at Grandma's


View from when we went mountain climbing in Mexico- Las grutas de Garcia

three tonguing after a Popsicle
My Aunt Mary and Baby Zachary
Emili in the carwash-check out the window
Juan and I in Mexico- getting ready to go out dancing
Sleepy Emili-faking it...sweet dreams...

Emili last summer at the farm.
Not the most flattering picture of me...
Belly shot
Do you know this cute little one... Check out those chocolate eyes---no wonder she is spoiled!
Beautiful fall colors........

Leaving Mexico---

This bridge is famous in Monterrey, Mexico
More mountains
View from the plane---all clouds..

Taking pictures lately. I am going through my computer and trying to delete old pictures. Here are some new ones that I took from this weekend and a couple of old ones. I am getting bigger and starting to get tired again, going through the 3rd trimester. It is hard to believe that in less than 12 weeks the new addition will be here. Sorry for not blogging lately- tired and busy

sChooL PiCtuRe~

Here she is Emili Cruz 2008. 8 years old. This is Emili's school picture. If you would like a actual picture of her, please let me know and I will print one out for you. I ordered several wallet size photos, but that is it. If you would like a big picture, please let me know.

CoMiNg BacK~ ReGrEsaNdO

Well she's back. Emili 's Auntie came back on Thursday and was missed. The twin mother has returned. Emili was having a hard time without her for two weeks. I was told that I am not "cool" enough. I know exactly what Emili is talking about because I feel that same way about my Aunt Mary. When I was little I always awaited her arrival from Japan. She lived there and would come back every summer to spend some time with the family. I always waited for her to come home to tell me about something new and cool... and of course to bring something new and cool. I still remember all of the cool things she would bring us back. Life is funny sometimes. Most days I can't remember what I ate for lunch, but I can remember that I got a kind of candy tooth brush with candy tooth paste from her when I was about 11. I thought it was the coolest thing because I had never seen anything like it before.

So Friday night my Aunt Mary delivered again. Being the cool Aunt that she is... we had a pj party at my grandparents Farm in Neosho, WI. It was really a nice time to spend with my Grandparents and my "cool Aunt Mary". Even now I am almost 30 and she still takes time to spend with me. I don't think that Emili will be disappointed with her Auntie when she is 30 too. My Aunt is going to be my birthing coach again with this baby. She was with Emili too. It is nice to know that your Auntie is always going to be there.

I guess when you are a mother you just assume that your children love you unconditionally. I know that Emili loves me. It is just in a different-- Not cool "Auntie" way of loving. So I know that my mom understands too that it is just a different kind of bond.

We had a big weekend. We went to Discovery World in Milwaukee yesterday and then we went to the Mineshaft in Hartford for dinner and played in the game room. Today is a good day for "flopping" as we refer to it in my house.. Laying around. There wasn't much of that done today however though. I was going through baby clothes and putting things away and laundry and cleaning and Auntie and Emil decided to go for a bike ride. We went through the garage and winterized it too. Even the snow blower got started up!!! Yep a bike ride in good old Wisconsin October weather. Rainy and not even 50 degrees!!! Yikes. They came home chilled too the bone and soaking wet, but apparently it was worth it.

no Me QuEdA de OtRo~ HaY qUe EcharLe GaNaS veRdad?

Pues hace mucho tiempo que no he escrito nada. No se que pasa, ultimadamente me ha dado "flojertis". Quizas es mi embarazo, quizas es por trabajar tanto...quien sabe. No he querido escribir nada. Entonces hay que echarle ganas en lo que hago verdad? Solamente vivimos una sola vida y hay que aprovecharla. Este fin de sem pasada me la pase a todo dar. Mi hermana se fue a la Florida de vacaciones para dos semanas, asi que tenia que aprovechar el fin de semana para mi y Emili. Solamente me quede aqui limpiando y Emili se la paso jugando con sus amiguillas en vecindario. Estoy tratando de elistar cosas para el bebe porque solamente me faltan 3 meses hasta que me alivie. No puedo creer que solamente me faltan 3 meses. Ya me siento super panzona y quizas por eso es que tengo flojeritis. Quizas estoy preperando para el invierno tambien. Ni quiero pensar en remover la nieve y el frillazo que se va hacer. El ano pasado me lo pase, limpie, limpie nieve y este ano al menos voy a tener la excusa de no hacerlo por la panza y despues por el recien nacido. A ver si mi hermana se anime a ayudarme otro vez este ano. Ya decidi que voy a echarle mas ganas en las cosas que hago diario. Ya no voy a ver tanta tele y voy a aprovechar mas el tiempo que paso con mi Emilita. A ver si me siento asi en 3 meses cuando mero voy a aliviarme. Ya veremos..como ya escribi. Pues no nos queda de otro mas que echarle ganas. Hasta la proxima. Echale ganas.

HaPpy b-dAy to Emi J~~~ SaPo veRde a mi neNa

Emili turned 8. She did it. Overall she had a great birthday. We did 2 traditions that we always do (see last years post). We made treat bags for all of the kids in her class and I stopped in on my lunch hour to hand deliver a surprise and the treats. The traditional birthday song "Las Mananitas was also sung early around 6 am... We went out to eat.... Auntie spoiled her...She opened all of her cards and presents... smeared cake... laughed a lot. She had a wonderful day. A special thanks to everyone who took the time to make her day special.

I had some flashbacks of my pregnancy with Emili as well on her birthday. It was the hardest day of my life, but will always be remembered as one of the greatest. What a wonderful gift birthdays are for mothers.... they are a constant reminder of our struggles and our greatest achievement of all. So to all the mothers out there...KUDOS.. !!

AnoThEr yeAr~~

Well, the corn is high and it is time to get back to the grind. Emili started her first day of second grade on Tues. I guess when you are little you don't mind the corn getting high. In fact this little guy is loving it. Check out the corn cob in his mouth. Yesterday we went to Beaver Dam, WI to visit some of my old friends. My friend Lisa has been my friend for about 12 years now and we still find time between our schedules to see each other. Here is her little guy Marcos. What a cutie...

I am getting bigger and it is getting harder to get around. This is not the most flattering picture, but it is the only one I liked of me in my pj's. Tonight for example we Emili and Auntie and I decided to go shopping at the mall... all that walking around isn't really that fun anymore. Then we went to Wal-Mart to pick up some odds and ends. Auntie and Emili went off on their own way (with my purse and my cell and the cart).. So there the hunt began trying to find them. They were trying to find me and I them.... we finally found each other after about an hour at the service desk. I was standing in line ready to page them...

One of the things purchased was a hot pink guitar that Emili HAD to have for her 8th birthday which is on Friday, but Auntie always gives in before. Auntie wanted to have her picture taken "rockin' out". Here she is just having fun.

Here is a picture of Emili and Marcos, my friend Lisa's other little guy. They were having fun playing yesterday. Emili is adjusting well to second grade. She really likes her teacher and was excited. It is always hard for her to adjust the first week. By Friday night, she was exhausted when I got home from work and laid down at 5pm and didn't wake up until 7pm. She needed a power nap. Tomorrow starts another busy week!!! Hasta la proxima semana! Till next week !!!