dAmN CoRN----

Gael and Pops! Emi and Gael. look how much we have changed since the corn last year...

Cerro de la silla.

Monterrey at night.

Emili, Megan and Eddie.

Spikey hair!

Gael and his cousin in Mexico.

All Twilighted out!

View from front door, Monterrey, Mexico.

Beautiful Baby!

Swingin' away!

Gael and his Daddy on a bench in Monterrey, Mexico.

Gael enjoying some blanket!

Juan walking on the bridge to recieve his permanant residency.

bridge from juarez mexico to el paso- the border

Yep-So i wrote about it last year and I am writing about it again. Damn corn is high...that means...school starts, changes happen...weird weather, people get older, things happen, time passes and in a little while we will be waiting for the damn corn to get high again...grrrrrrrrrr.

Lots of changes since the corn last year... I think that we have adjusted well. Gael was born. Megan moved to Florida. Emili lost LOTS of weight! We moved. Went to Mexico. We had some family vacations. Juan got his permanent residency. Juan moved back in with us. Juan got a job, bought a car. Gael got teeth, learned to crawl and stand up. Emili lost teeth, grew 4 shoe sizes, shed more than 30 lbs, grew 2 feet, learned more Spanish. Emili is turning 9 and started 3 grade this week. Emili made it into 4th level at swim lessons and is becoming a beautiful young woman. I lost about 70 lbs!! Lots of change. .... We are adjusting well.

Here are some pics from last years corn to now. Hope that next years corn brings many changes again.........

LiFe iS gOoD....PuRa ViDa

We are back from Mexico and still busy. I was looking forward to coming back from Mexico and relaxing, but oh well... life is good. Here is some of what we have been doing..

Emili hung out by grandmas and had a great time while we were in Juarez and Monterrey Mexico. She had a great time and of course got spoiled rotten by her grandparents. She has been having fun at daycare since we got back. She has gone everywhere imaginable and done lots of fun things. She went to the Milwaukee Museum and the Windhover Center and learned how to make robots. She has also been adjusting very well to having 11/2 men ( one very little one) in the house now. She is looking forward to cave exploring and going to the planetarium. Lots of fun to be had.

Gael is loving having his Daddy around and according to Emili "is spoiled rotten." He has been having a lot of trouble with ear infections and has had his 6th one recently. Not sleeping...He is having surgery on Tues to put tubes in his ears and hopefully control them somewhat. He is almost crawling and can get around pretty good. He got two teeth last week and has now decided that he is too good for baby food. More to come on how the surgery goes.

Juan received his permanent residency and we got the card in the mail this week. Ya!! It was all worth it. He started work last Friday already and looking forward to his first real paycheck... wait till he sees how much GOOD OLD UNCLE SAM takes..Lol.

Me on the other hand is good, even though i was a victim of identity fraud this week... long story... working hard enjoying life.... loving it.

EsTamOs EN mEXiCo- weRe IN mExiCo

here are some picss...been busy since we got here..will try to post more pics later...sorry 2 busy 2 blog..besos...

Ya NoS vAmOS---

Well I was just reading my last post about waiting until June when things calm down and I should have know that we were going to be busy. So much for an uneventful June--- run, run, run-- We haven't had a chance to enjoy the pool yet, but we are looking forward to that. Gael and I are going to Mexico on June 26th and I am looking forward to having fun and trying to relax a little bit. We will see.. Emili is going to be staying back here in the States with my mom and Aunt Mary. She is looking forward to lots of fun with Grandma and Aunt Mary. She is excited as Wed was her last day of school. She has been having lots of fun since school has been over. Last night, her friend stayed over. Gael is getting big and rolling and rolling. Last weekend was the city wide rummage in Lomira and we got lots of good buys and Sunday we visited some friends in Milwaukee on the Lakefront. This weekend we are off to Madison and then to the Dells to a waterpark. Lots to do...so little time.

WhAt a MoNth!!!

I have done a lot of things recently. I moved. Gael was sick. Emili had her spring concert, had to do an oral presentation with a diorama and entered Quad Graphics annual poster contest. We went up to Wisconsin Dells and had a great time. We went to my cousin Ashley's wedding. I am still not all the way unpacked and it is a month later... Then next week I am closing up shop (getting my tubes tied)! This weekend we are off to the Dells again for my Aunt's 50th birthday!! Gone all weekend again. Eventually I will get unpacked!!! Looking forward to the month of June with very little planned and the opening of the Lomira Pool. Emili is going to be taking swim lessons at daycare this year, but is ready to go to the Lomira Pool after I get done with work. We live pretty close to the pool now, so it is in walking distance now. Lots of fun to be had in June. Hasta luego!!

~BuSy BusY~ OcUpAdA

My apologies for not blogging lately, but I have been really busy. We are moving next week and between working full time and the kids, it is hard to find time to blog. The kids are getting bigger and Emili seems to be adjusting well to being a big sister. Gael is adjusting well to daycare and his surroundings. We are moving to a smaller place here in Lomira, close to the pool. Emili's spring concert is on the 15th of this month and she is looking forward to it. The Easter bunny was good to both kids. Emili got a big basket of sugar free candy and toys. We went to Wisconsin Dells for Easter weekend and had a good time. Last weekend we went to Milwaukee to visit my girlfriends and we went to my brother, Clay's house too to celebrate his birthday. Gael has his 4month checkup tomorrow. Hard to believe 4 months have gone by.

FiNdiNg TiMe~EnCoNtRaNdo TieMpO

Finding time to blog seems to be getting harder and harder lately. So here goes. This is what is going on with us lately. I have returned to work and have been back now for 2 weeks. It is like I never left. Work is work I guess. If not they would call it have fun time right? I do appreciate the fact that I have a very flexible job and can see my kids durning the day. We have established a routine for the most part and finding time to myself seems to be a challenge lately. Gael and Emili are adjusting well.

Emili is off this week for spring break and having lots of fun. She is back with my mom on Mondays after school and seems to be enjoying herself. I think Grandma missed her as well! They have been doing lots of fun crafty crap that I hate doing and Emili isn't afraid of missing every second with Gael anymore. She actually wanted to stay overnight at her place the other night. She is struggling right now with pre-diabetes and we are going to see a specialist at CHOW. She is also on a very strict diabetic diet... NO CARBS... since we are eating different now, I have lost 3 pounds already. She is slimming down as well. She has a friend over tonight and they are playing and plan on staying up LATE... we will see.

Gael is adjusting well to daycare. He is on a schedule and eats only twice a day at daycare. I am fortunate enough to be able to go and nurse him when he is hungry. It works out really nice. Emili gets to visit him during the day as well. Here are some pics of them. Well gotta get going someone is waking up again......