Just because they are cute!

                                 Seeing these two together melts my heart. Love them to pieces!

We officially live in the zoo. 

             "Small boys become big men through the influence of big men who care about small boys"

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Thrifty love

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Thrifty love

I cannot believe what's out there

seriously get on thrifting ladies & gents!

espanol

I'm bilingual..
I really want Lucas to say that loud & proud
Knowing two languages hasn't always been easy on me
I still get my vowels confused
E sounds like Spanish i...it killed me
I want him to speak them both well and not be ashamed.
So many times as a kid I was ashamed of my parents.
Their lack of English really embarrassed me.
I didn't understand why they couldn't just speak it.
Why I always had to translate everything.
Sometimes to my advantage.
 I took advantage of their trust and lied if I was in trouble
"Nope that paper said I'm a great student Ma"
It isn't easy learning a new language..I know. 
My parent's try, hard!
They go out of their way to speak with my husband.
I'm no longer ashamed. I'm extremely proud.
They are pretty great grandparents that are helping me
They are the ones that will make sure Spanish makes it's way into Lucas' brain
He's a sponge, He will know Spanish if its the last thing I teach him.
He will love me for it when he's older.

10 months

(excuse the lack of dad pics, he very rarely like taking them

and excuse my gross face)

I don't think he could get any cuter

He is absolutely amazing

He is trying cruise more efficiently 

He knows Si(yes) &No

He will shake head or nod!

He loves toys that are very noisy

Specially when ma wants to sleep

He is nursing still

He loves to blow raspberries 

He love to eat Ice

(Is that weird)

He loves dancing 

He loves his Ma & Pop.

American me.

It's true 
I wasn't born here
I came here around 8-9 ish..bla blah blah!


Damn it I've been kinda American for a while now!
Don't get me wrong I'm very proud of my roots
My nationality will forever be Mexican
but I've understood that this is my homeland
This is were I hope to get old
to raise my children & one day retire
I want to own a home, buy health insurance
maybe a little life insurance
Hope to stay out of debt 
& travel all around this beautiful country
and maybe exit and get to return
I learned the language, started celebrating American holidays
Married my sweet "mutt"


I was here on 9.11.01
It changed my life
It made me proud to be an American
Even if it's not on paper
It is true in my heart.

nursing

Nursing has been the greatest adventure of my life

here are 5 reasons to love breastfeeding

& 5 to dislike it a tiny bit ..just a tiny bit

5 lovely reasons to love it

..

1. Cost effective...yes folks it's FREE! I've spent about $50 or less feeding Lucas. The $50 have been spent on bag for storage & nursing bras. Not going to lie, the money being saved was a great incentive for me to try and breastfeed. Of course apart from all the good it provides it saves us a buck or two :D

2. Bonding.... Following birth which I got an Epi then failed, then spent 3 hours trying to push my posterior baby out I was exhausted and worried I didn't have energy to "bond" I was kinda obsessed with whether  we would bond immediately or not. Placing him on my breast and seeing him suckling immediately was amazing. The bond we share is crazy!


3.Effortless..Meaning in the way that it's readily available. I can nurse him walking, sitting, talking basically doing any activity since it's hands free. Yea sure I still have to hold him but on a good day I can eat a burger and have him lay there with his sweet head on my lap nursing away.


4.No bottle cleaning... this one rules!! i hate cleaning these. I stayed at home w/L for 5 awesome months and avoided these for those 5 glorious months.


5.Breast is best..Knowing that you are giving your child the best food on the planet. Nothing can compare to mama's milk in my opinion.


now there are some pesky little thing about bf


1.Ouch.. yes it uncomfortable, at first I promise. I started dreading it because i knew my nipples were gonna take a beating. It does get better and then your never in pain again..that is until biting begins...ha 


2.It's you 100% of the time.. my hubs slept, i didn't. Enough bonding time i need to take a walk.


3.Biting..L bit me more when he didn't have any teeth than now. I think he's getting the fact that teeth are for chewing and not for compromising our food source.


4.Engorgement..ahh it's very uncomfortable too, If your away from your babe too long you will have a let down. you will be begging your dh to suck all the milk out please..


5.public opinion..everyone knows the best time to stop.

safe

Is it possible that my child makes me feel very safe?

probably more safe than my parents ever made me feel

I just feel so at peace now

I was a wreck while I was pregnant

I once had a anxiety attack while going to the o.b's

I was driving and I had to pull over and gather myself

I've always been kinda antsy

I think maybe a little OCD

but when L is around

there is no time to be a little crazy

I have to protect him, take care of him

So I feel safe

I know it doesn't make sence but I just do.

Last night i felt uneasy, like it's too good to be true

I started thinking of my extended family

how any day now I'd be hit with horrible news

News of an accident, someone sick, or a death.

I hate that scared in my gut feeling so I got into bed.

L was there next to dad, I lay next to him

I placed his little fist and inhaled his sweet scent

suddenly all is well

and the world isn't a harsh reality..at least for now

Goodwill

Ok, so I'm the unofficial, unpaid Goodwill spokesperson.
Have you been lately?
Here's a secret! Target donates a ton of stuff to them.
So you can get basically new stuff that didn't sell
at amazing mouth dropping prices!
I'm kinda addicted to thrifting.
 I love knowing that I payed almost nothing
for something beautiful. 


Even if it's not new from target I will buy it
but c'mon getting something new and cheap is amazing right?!

2 months and change

Until 1st bday!
I can't say I'm not extremely excited
but at the same time it's so bittersweet.
Were has the time gone?
I had just brought home my brand new "Rainbow" babe
and now he's turning one soon.
We're trowing a big, fun, colorful bash in his honor
Yes, I know he won't remember
but hell that's what pictures are for

Happy Monday all!

Adventure BOY!

"In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors." William Blake

Have a great weekend

Ma's day off

Today we woke up at 5:30 ish after night of nursing

I was exhausted!

I ate breakfast in front of the T.V. 

I took the day off

From EC, BLW, & anything else

I didn't clean or cook.

I just chilled.

Well I did do Ec but just early in the morning

this is usually the worst comes out of him : D

We went thrifting and hung out w/ gma Lucy

Came home and stayed in our diaper.

We went out again.

Ate purred food (Ella's kitchen)

Spinach, Apples & rutavega.

He did still breastfeed, don't go nut folks

Had an awesome day, but back to supermom tomorrow

Even superheroes need a day of just chill

Us getting ready to leave

gma & Lucas paying the lovely lady at goodwill

He crawled to the door, I had my hands busy

My new find..4.99

He takes bf brakes

Target...the MECCA

I'm feeding him, Left to his own devices he would have showered in this

So yummy gotta admit it..& organic

love (tmi)

These last months have flown by.

Lately I've felt closer to my husband than ever.

I truly love him. Even if he rarely allows me to take pics of him.

Update on transitioning back to crib.

NOT happening.

So we've had to be creative with our "fun".

We usually go on the floor or the couch.

We used to move L to his crib but that only got us an hour or so.

Needless to say spontaneity is not our thing.

But we need to keep the romanticism alive.

I don't think it should be all up to the husband.

I look forward to many years of crazy nights.

Maybe one day we shall have our bed all to ourselves 

For now we'll share it w/ our crazy boy.

Easter

FUN!

Mama made eggs for L.

No they are not dye free :(

i had to do with what i had

I'm a procrastinator mama!

So I had to feed him in church but I wore a sucky dress

We were forced to go to the car to undo my dress.

I need to shop smarter.

He didn't mind being out of church, neither did I

we had a great time,

Lucas is a very lucky and Loved child.

He got tons of presents! 

I didn't even know the Easter bunny gave presents

I have to figure out our traditions

Hope you had a great Easter.

9 month Check up update

(old pic)

My chunkers turned 9 whole months on 3.29

We took him to the doc's on Monday

He's 22.4lbs

28in long

All around awesome!

He had one shot and didn't cry at all

the toofers are still making their way through.

We love him to pieces.

Everyday he seizes to amaze me

Lately he's been mimicing us alot

Going to have to watch what I say & do more

He's also gotten himself into a lot of trouble

therefore pointing out the areas we need to baby proof

TGIF!

It's Good Friday.

The older L gets the more I question what I will teach him about religion.

I want him to believe in something

He also got baptised into Catholicism

Also a question of my own.

What the hell does bunnies, eggs & god have to do with Easter? 

How do I answer this for him when I don't even know.

Have a great holiday!

They are here! ..sorta

The teefers have arrived!!! I can see the top tooth & I can feel it too. Leave it up to L to get those top ones first. I think the norm is to get the bottoms first. Anyway I'm such a sentimental sappy mom. I know in the next couple of days I will have teeth to look at, even though they are showing they aren't actually here. I took a couple of pics of L last days with his toothless grin. He is such a happy baby. I have been implementing some no biting techniques. I read a post from Medela, and it's true he was biting because he was bored. He just wanted to play. He had begun biting down with his gums and pulling away, kinda painful. I say no firmly and put him down. Also now if I see him starting to get bored I'll just wait until he's actually hungry, except at night. Ma dictates night time. Well sometimes. Let the next part of breastfeeding begin :)

Happiness

Happy baby, happy mama. It seems that all the pain from teething has finally gone away. I have my little happy boy back!. I also can see the roots of a tooth. Finally!. He is growing up way too quick I tell you. I have less than 3 months until we reach the age of one. He's already crawling up a storm. He wants it all and tries to climb it all.
Happy Monday all.