The latest haircut

Because of this, I've been banned from giving anymore haircuts. We've been taking Joaquin to a kid's salon lately, but since Dan managed a decent cut a while back and we want to save some dinero, he gave it another try the other night.

Of course I had to document the whole event...

The first cut...




Ummm....Mama is getting worried.


Time to turn on the tv to distract him...and when did my baby get so HUGE?


He's cooperating...


...and then getting annoyed.


Not even a cookie was helping at this point.


The final results...




Not too bad...but I think we're going to let the pro's give it a shot next time. We've been having to "touch it up" every day since...

ouch.

This morning as I was getting dressed to go to playgroup I heard a loud crash and thud from the living room and then a "OH SHIT!" from Dan and then screams from Joaquin. I ran out in a panic looking for blood, thank goodness there was none. Dan had Joaquin in his arms while he screamed in pain.

My heart stopped as I saw white chunks of something spilling out of his mouth which I thought they were his teeth. Turns out he was spitting out pieces of the string cheese I had just given him. I still didn't know what had happened so I pulled him to me and sat down on the couch searching his body for injuries and pleading to Dan to tell me what happened.

Joaquin was watching Sesame Street and went to lean against our end table. His eyes were on the tv and not on the table so he was standing a bit too far from the table. His arm missed the table, but his head didn't.

I thought he had hit his forhead, but didn't see much. He was still screaming and I was panicked so I offered him some mama milk. It's been over two weeks since we last nursed, but I just wanted him to be OK. At first he refused and I continued to search his body for bumps or blood. He slowly started to calm down and leaned against me. Dan, from the other side of the room said "Ohhh, look at his ear."

The table caught the top of his ear. It was turning blue and swelling quickly. We tried to ice it but he refused. He refused arnica too but finally asked for milk. I was happy to have something to comfort him.

After about 40 minutes of cuddling and me searching for signs of a concussion he was up and ready to go to playgroup. He's been fine ever since. He's just got a fat ear and scared the shit out of his parents. This was one of our first BIG ouches that we've had to deal with and it wasn't fun. I'm not looking forward to what is sure to come!

22 Weeks!

Ahh, over two weeks later and we are all nearly human again. Please oh please, let that be the last cold of the season...I just can't handle another one this year!

There have been so many things I've wanted to blog about over the past weeks, but have not made my way over this neck of the internets and they have since floated out of my mind to die with the rest of my forgotten possible blog posts.

So, now here I am at 22 weeks. I've done some serious *popping* lately. I thought I looked pretty pregnant a month ago, but just this past week I had quite a few people at work just barely noticing. It was pretty awesome, they wanted to ask sooo bad if I was pregnant, but didn't want to be rude and kept stumbling over their words. I could have helped them out of their misery and simply told them, that yes I was in fact pregnant...but what fun is that?



Since we've been feeling better this past week, I'm back to walking as much as possible. On Thursday, Joaquin and I went for a bit of a hike. It ended up being over an hour and a half of walking and Joaquin totally rocked it. It was a bit cold, but still beautiful...











I have a whole week off for Spring Break...the week is already pretty packed with events, but I'm looking forward to the change of pace. After I go back I think it's only 45 working days left...Summer break just can't some soon enough!

A house full of sickos.

I swear, at least one of us in this house has been sick ever since Thanksgiving. What is up with this season? It seems like everybody is sick!

At least before we were all taking turns.

At the current moment all three of us are sick. Actually I should say four. I heard Bella snoring last night so I'm assuming she's a bit stuffed up as well.

This last wave started with Joaquin and an ear infection. The second that passed Dan got a cold that I'm thinking has turned into a sinus infection. His snores are monstrous. They have gotten so bad, that I had taken to the couch in the middle of the night to get some sleep. I guess he felt bad, because for the past few days he is now just starting out on the couch.

Then Joaquin suddenly started with a runny & stuffy nose...again. The poor kid, he's been hit the hardest this season. He had a hard time sleeping through the snot, so things were pretty rough for a couple of nights there. Then the coughing started yesterday, but good thing he downed like three spoonfuls of honey and got some decent sleep.

As of yesterday, I started feeling it. By the end of they day I was officially sick. I'm trying all sorts of herbal/home remedies and will be getting some chicken soup for lunch. I really hope we all heal soon. I simply can't deal when we're all sick. But I'm not too hopeful, Dan has been sick for a couple of weeks now, I think this is going to be a long one.

Can we all please move on to Spring and away from the Winter colds please?

More real by the day

A bit ago, we started telling Joaquin there was a baby in my belly, he always shook his head and pointed to himself while saying "baby". He made it very clear that he was the baby and there will be no other babies taking his place.

So since we found out it was a girl, I've started calling her "baby girl" and Joaquin "baby boy". That way he still gets to be a baby and nobody is replacing him. He's really taken to the idea.

We went on a picnic Sunday and I brought the camera. When we got home as I was uploading them, he saw this one, pointed to the screen and while smiling said "baby girl". It was the most adorable thing ever.



This morning as I was getting ready he kept bumping his head against my belly. I asked him to be careful with baby girl, so he reached over and rubbed it. Then I asked him, "Where is baby girl?" He answered "Baby girl is in your belly!". "And where is baby boy?" "Right here!"

Made this mama heart just melt.

Here's a few more from our picnic...







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Joaquin is going to have a baby....

SISTER!!!!

We woke up sooo early this morning, dragged ourselves out of the house and made it to the office a little before 7am. My mom also came to hang out with Joaquin in the waiting room because we knew that it would be way too hard for him to sit in the Ultrasound room with us.

We went through all the usual pictures and shots and our baby was looking very healthy. The heart looked great, pumping away! We saw two legs, two arms and two little hands and feet!

The tech kept trying to get a certain angle of the heart, but the baby just wouldn't cooperate, so she asked me to get up and see if the baby would move. No luck, so she asked us since we're waiting, if we wanted to know the gender. I said, "It's a boy." She replied with "Oh really? Did someone already tell you this?" "No, I just think it's a boy." "Oh, because I'm pretty sure it's a girl!"

I didn't believe her, Dan said "I knew it!" I kept asking her if she was sure and repeated "Really?" over and over again as I started to cry. "Really, it's a girl, look..." and she showed us the telltale 3 lines that everybody speaks of.
She then asked me if I wasn't happy about it since I was crying and I had to explain to her, "No, it's just that it's too perfect...a boy and a girl! I didn't want to set myself up for disappointment, so I just figured it was going to be a boy."

So, it's not a boy, but a healthy, stubborn little girl. The tech finally got the shot she needed of the heart and a profile. That's her little hand she kept sticking in her mouth.



We met my mom and Joaquin outside and my mom also cried when we told her the news and said that we must go shopping right away! We told Joaquin too, but he was really only concerned with the huevo and pancakes we were about to go get. It's OK, he's still going to be an incredible big brother!

Dan called his mom while we were at breakfast and her reaction was just so awesome, "I knew it was going to be a girl only because there can never be another Joaquin." They're pretty cool grandparents. We're lucky we have the parents we do.

Now the fun of deciding on a name begins. That we will keep a surprise until she is born...gotta leave something a mystery!!!

7am Monday

We have our BIG ultrasound at 7am on Monday morning. I am so excited, I cannot wait! Everything has been looking really good, so fingers crossed, it continues to go that way. We really cannot handle anymore drama in our lives right now so this baby better be healthy!

Everybody keeps asking me, "What do you want?" I really don't know how to answer that question. Of course I want a sweet healthy baby, but I have a sneaking suspicion they're trying to find out if I want a girl or a boy.

Honestly, I'm pretty torn on this! It would be wonderful to have one of each, and I would seriously go crazy over all the fun girly girl stuff! But it would also be great for Joaquin to have a little brother to play with, and we would seriously save a boatload of money since we have plenty of clothes!

All the silly gender prediction tests and games point to a girl and that is what I swore I would have even before I got pregnant. But lately, I'm kind of leaning towards a boy. Oh, who knows! But if baby cooperates, we'll find out Monday morning!

So, let's hear it, what's your guess. Here's the last belly pic I'll take before Monday at 18 weeks.



What does it look like to you? Hm, maybe I'll even give a prize to the ones who are right...

yep a big ol' hug from me, how can you resist?