Last Friday Dan, Rebecca and I woke up at 5am in order to get to my ultrasound and OB-GYN appointment - the first one starting at 9am in our old town since I still have my "future-former" (weeeird term, i know) insurance until the end of October. We'll be starting a new one this november so I think it will take a while until I choose a doctor and get through the hospital check in process. Taking these into consideration I decided it would be best if I had my ultrasound and routine appt still with my old doctor and insurance!
The timing was perfect (18 weeks) for the ultrasound and the next big happenings - diabetes testing and Rhgram shot - are only at 28 weeks so I'll have a considerable time to set things in order! So no biggie to drive 3:30h each way. Right??? We had our favorite kolaches for breakfast and everything worked out GREAT! We didn't get into any traffic jam and at the hospital everything went super fast, not the usual at all!!
At the ultrasound we found out we are expecting a BOY (sorry for the title spoiler =p). It was nice to know we will have both worlds - boy and girl - but any gender would have been awesome! We weren't hoping for a boy or a girl specifically, really! And since we don't plan on stopping at baby number 2, it was no biggie that we were expecting a boy this time! But again, we were SUPER happy and excited when we found out about our little guy! But also a lit bit worried. Dan and I both think it's hard to be a Man (with capital M) in this world and we think it takes much responsability, prayer and effort on us, his parent! But God trusted in us, so we'll try to do our best!
For sure, there is a lot of responsabilities on raising a girl as well, it is just that by Dan's own experience as a man and for what I've seen and not seen (since I'm a woman) it kinda worries us a little bit! Well, I was more worried before, actually, now I'm confident we'll give our best and God will take care of the rest!! =)
And for now, we are still thinking and deciding on a name, I'll give you some names that we like, but we are not making a pool here. I would NOT like people telling me "I prefer x, y or z"! Let us, please decide it freely! So, it has to be a name similar in both languages - portuguese and english - so unfortunately we don't have many options. What we have is: Lucas (or Lucca), Jonathan (or Jonas, Jonah but I already know 2 babies with these names...), Joel, Thomas, David. We also have Daniel and Gabriel that would work but unless we have 6 or more boys we are not going to use them! Or maybe we will, idk. Well, so it's going to be any of these names. Probably....
Well and for the rest, we went to the beach this last Sunday after Mass! It was a very last minute decision - after we realized the weather was perfect for it - and we forgot to take our cameras with us.... a total bummer.... But we are planning on going there again!! It's so close to where we live!! Rebecca loved loved loved the beach: sand, sun, sea and beach toys!! She was in heaven and so were we! Nothing makes us parents happier than to make our kids happy!!
xx
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Monday, October 15, 2012
Weekend - first times!
I think I'll start a section in this blog about our weekends! Not that they are full of activities, because usually they're not! But I will blog about the simple things! The ones that make life special in an unique way! The title will feature the word Weekend and a few words that specifically describe it better! It's supposed to be a short post with pictures!
So this one was a weekend of first times! First October with a little child living in a house in the US mean just one thing: Pumpkin Patch! or "Halloween" but we didn't get there yet! So Pumpkin Patch it is:
But instead of picking a pumpkin like we thought we would, we bought baby carrots and radishes seeds which we already planted and arugula that was already growing in a pot so we just transfered it to our garden! The sensation of having our own garden is so sweet! So this is also a first time for us!
Some pictures of food as I love food!!
Natural strawberry juice! I freeze strawberries that we won't eat before they get rotten and then put them in the blender with cold water and some sugar! Amazing! Rebecca loved it too and asked for seconds!
It also was a first time that Dan and I competed in the kitchen to see who has the better oven potatoes recipe! It was a tie! His potatoes had better taste since they were cooked in the same pan as the chicken but mine had better tenderness and texture! The chicken was goooood, btw!
And for the rest of the weekend we went to Sunday Mass at 9am. On Sunday afternoon we took Rebecca to the playground in our neighborhood!
We watched "There will be Dragons" (very good movie!) on Saturday and "The Avengers" for the first time on Sunday. Also a good movie! We had brazilian style hot dogs on Friday night, brazilian cheese bread for breakfast on Saturday and homemade pizza on sat night!
A good weekend with Dan and Rebecca!! As usual!!
So this one was a weekend of first times! First October with a little child living in a house in the US mean just one thing: Pumpkin Patch! or "Halloween" but we didn't get there yet! So Pumpkin Patch it is:
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| mommy is the happiest to be there! |
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| it was a small pumpkin patch but very sweet! |
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| feeding the fishes! Rebecca proved it too ew... |
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| watching the colourful fishes! |
Some pictures of food as I love food!!
Natural strawberry juice! I freeze strawberries that we won't eat before they get rotten and then put them in the blender with cold water and some sugar! Amazing! Rebecca loved it too and asked for seconds!
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| natural strawberry juice! |
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| radishes!! |
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| Dan's potatoes were the round ones and mine were the finger ones! |
And for the rest of the weekend we went to Sunday Mass at 9am. On Sunday afternoon we took Rebecca to the playground in our neighborhood!
We watched "There will be Dragons" (very good movie!) on Saturday and "The Avengers" for the first time on Sunday. Also a good movie! We had brazilian style hot dogs on Friday night, brazilian cheese bread for breakfast on Saturday and homemade pizza on sat night!
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| One flower from our garden to Our Lady! |
A good weekend with Dan and Rebecca!! As usual!!
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Rough morning
There are some days that simply start all wrong! Today was one of them! I had a rough morning with Rebecca. The kind of morning that she would start whining for anything, really! And then you get impatient and everything gets worse!
And you just don't understand what started this roller coaster. What did go wrong first that you could just have avoided it? And I usually don't have an answer. BUT, I knew that my impatience was making her behaviour worst. Lately, I've been noticing how Rebecca is so sentitive to all things around her.
For example, when we just moved to this new house, Dan and I were a bit stressed and not treating each other that well. And it just hit me that Rebecca could feel what was going on between us and would react to it being cranky, fussy, etc. On the day Dan and I started to behave better, she also cooperated. And it just makes all the sense, because I could remember when I was a kid it would be similar in our home! It was an amazing rediscovery, and may I say it, just in time!
But today I couldn't think of what was wrong. Dan and I were more than ok besides being only 7am, she had slept well, for what it seemed. Maybe she was having cramps for something she've eaten yesterday, but her morning stool made me disregard this option. She ate her breakfast fairly well, so i ran out of possible explanations. I tried to let her play in the yard, got some crayons and paper, put some relaxing music on the laptop, but everything I tried was useless.
But like I said, my impatience wasn't helping and I was already feeling bad by my own behaviour. I started praying a few Hail Marys to myself while I finished the dishes and decided I would try to change today's fate SOMEHOW. Since yesterday she had watched way too much tv because I was too tired to do anything else with her, I've decided that today we would watch much less tv so I started playing with her toys in her bedroom and she followed me. We're pratically parallel playing while we listened to lullabies.
And suddenly she was all better. Then it was time to leave for the 10:30am wed mass, which it turned out to be 10am mass, thus we missed it! So I decided to go to HEB to do some groceries since we were already in the car. We got home around 11:30 and it was time for her lunch! She was all peaceful. And impressively she ate all the meat sauce with pasta I handed her! Didn't expect her to enjoy it!
All in all, a morning full of learning! Now she is taking a nap! Hopefully we'll have a good afternoon.
And you just don't understand what started this roller coaster. What did go wrong first that you could just have avoided it? And I usually don't have an answer. BUT, I knew that my impatience was making her behaviour worst. Lately, I've been noticing how Rebecca is so sentitive to all things around her.
For example, when we just moved to this new house, Dan and I were a bit stressed and not treating each other that well. And it just hit me that Rebecca could feel what was going on between us and would react to it being cranky, fussy, etc. On the day Dan and I started to behave better, she also cooperated. And it just makes all the sense, because I could remember when I was a kid it would be similar in our home! It was an amazing rediscovery, and may I say it, just in time!
But today I couldn't think of what was wrong. Dan and I were more than ok besides being only 7am, she had slept well, for what it seemed. Maybe she was having cramps for something she've eaten yesterday, but her morning stool made me disregard this option. She ate her breakfast fairly well, so i ran out of possible explanations. I tried to let her play in the yard, got some crayons and paper, put some relaxing music on the laptop, but everything I tried was useless.
But like I said, my impatience wasn't helping and I was already feeling bad by my own behaviour. I started praying a few Hail Marys to myself while I finished the dishes and decided I would try to change today's fate SOMEHOW. Since yesterday she had watched way too much tv because I was too tired to do anything else with her, I've decided that today we would watch much less tv so I started playing with her toys in her bedroom and she followed me. We're pratically parallel playing while we listened to lullabies.
And suddenly she was all better. Then it was time to leave for the 10:30am wed mass, which it turned out to be 10am mass, thus we missed it! So I decided to go to HEB to do some groceries since we were already in the car. We got home around 11:30 and it was time for her lunch! She was all peaceful. And impressively she ate all the meat sauce with pasta I handed her! Didn't expect her to enjoy it!
All in all, a morning full of learning! Now she is taking a nap! Hopefully we'll have a good afternoon.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Feliz!
Estamos felizes aqui!! Felizes porque já disse que estamos morando em uma aconchegante casinha em uma cidadezinha maravilhosa cheia de pinheiros e muitas outras árvores!! E também porque agora passou todo o stress da mudança e as coisas que tinhámos para ajeitar e comprar. Agora é só esperar a conta no cartão de crédito, rs!
Mas brincadeiras a parte, estamos perfeitamente instalados, com exceção de eu ainda ter uma pilha gigante de roupas para passar! Não consegui colocar isso em dia ainda, e como podem perceber continuarei protelando isso pois até decidi que escrever no blog é mais importante que passar roupa, rs!
Mas a casa já está bem limpa, bem do nosso jeito, papéis no lugar, miudezas no lugar (uhul!!), grama cortada (duas vezes, já), serviços em dia, etc! Tivémos que comprar várias coisas assim que mudamos como uma geladeira, forninho elétrico, uma nova torradeira, cortador de grama e mais algumas coisas de jardinagem, antena, novo router de internet já que mudamos o provedor, bicicleta (depois eu explico!) e cadeado, vassouras, rodos e mais panos, e mais uma mesinha de desenhar para a Rebecca e um carrinho de brinquedo (muito importantes, hehe!!).
Fora isso tivémos pessoas na casa várias vezes para ligar o gás (fogão e água quente são a gás nessa casa e o resto é elétrico), consertar o ar condicionada que foi responsável por nos dar uma conta de $45 dólares em apenas 6 dias em que esteve ligado ininterruptamente do lado de fora enquanto que dentro de casa estava desligado; e por dois dias veio gente aqui verificar umas manchas de infiltração no teto e pintá-las. O bom é que como estamos alugando a casa, e os donos da casa são bem responsáveis, eles estão arcando com todos os gastos, e são bem expeditos quando precisamos de algo! Então está sendo bem tranquilo!
Agora vou falar um pouco da nossa rotina! O Dani trabalha no medical center de Houston (que emprega 60 mil pessoas!!!), então todo dia ele vai de bike até o "Park and Ride" da minha cidade (aqui a cidade é bem provida de seguras ciclovias!) para dali pegar o ônibus até downtown Houston. O ônibus é super confortável e realmente esse serviço é muito utilizado pelos moradores daqui. A maioria vai com o próprio carro até esse Park and Ride, e deixa o carro estacionado e pega o ônibus. Não paga para estacionar o carro e os ônibus usam a via mais rápida da estrada destinada a quem está com mais três pessoas no carro.
Bem, depois do ônibus, ele pega um trem (urbano) até chegar no trabalho mas esse segundo trecho está incluso no ticket que usa para o ônibus porque aqui funciona de você pagar apenas o trecho mais longo se você tem que trocar de veículo dentre duas horas! E pronto! Ao todo (bike+ônibus+trem) são 1h15min, nada mal! O Dani ainda está resolvendo umas coisas de check-in no trabalho, mas já já ele tem uma carteirinha que deixa ele usar a academia do trab e ele pretende chegar um pouco mais cedo para usá-la todo dia antes do trabalho!
Ele leva comida de casa para o almoço! Até agora ele tem adorado o que eu tenho preparado! haha, quem diria que ele gosta mesmo é de comida caseira e simples! Estou ganhando uns pontinhos aqui, hehe! Eu preparo a janta dele na noite anterior. Ainda não consegui aproveitar a comida da janta para sobrar para o almoço dele, então até agora não teve comida repetida! Mas não tem sido muito trabalhoso fazer assim e ele tem gostado bastante! E o fato de ele ficar o dia inteiro fora de casa, até que está ajudando! O nosso tempo junto tem mais qualidade agora!
E eu aqui em casa, vou na missa todo dia às 8:30am com a Rebecca, dai as vezes já passo no mercado. Caso não, já volto pra casa, limpo alguma coisa (varro a casa pelo menos duas vezes ao dia), cozinho, cuido dela, rezo um pouco. Depois do almoço ela dorme e é meu tempo livre que tenho usado para passar roupa, ou dormir, ou procrastinar (shame on me)! Depois procuro entreter a Rebecca. Descobri no final da semana passada que minha vila (bairro) tem o próprio parquinho e piscina (igual de clube!). Então quero levar ela no parquinho pelo menos quatro vezes por semana! Dai depois já tenho que fazer janta e deixar tudo arrumado para o Dani, incluindo dar banho na Rebs!
E é isso!!! Estamos adorando aqui!!! Tem esfriado esses dias e espero que o Outono realmente esteja vindo para ficar! O cheiro dos pinheiros quando faz frio é uma delícia!!! E a gravidez vai ótima! Acho q nessa última semana minhas náuseas começaram a melhorar mesmo!!! E o bebê tem mexido como um doidinho!!! É legal, hehe!! E desculpe-me novamente pelo post gigante!!!
xx
Mas brincadeiras a parte, estamos perfeitamente instalados, com exceção de eu ainda ter uma pilha gigante de roupas para passar! Não consegui colocar isso em dia ainda, e como podem perceber continuarei protelando isso pois até decidi que escrever no blog é mais importante que passar roupa, rs!
Mas a casa já está bem limpa, bem do nosso jeito, papéis no lugar, miudezas no lugar (uhul!!), grama cortada (duas vezes, já), serviços em dia, etc! Tivémos que comprar várias coisas assim que mudamos como uma geladeira, forninho elétrico, uma nova torradeira, cortador de grama e mais algumas coisas de jardinagem, antena, novo router de internet já que mudamos o provedor, bicicleta (depois eu explico!) e cadeado, vassouras, rodos e mais panos, e mais uma mesinha de desenhar para a Rebecca e um carrinho de brinquedo (muito importantes, hehe!!).
Fora isso tivémos pessoas na casa várias vezes para ligar o gás (fogão e água quente são a gás nessa casa e o resto é elétrico), consertar o ar condicionada que foi responsável por nos dar uma conta de $45 dólares em apenas 6 dias em que esteve ligado ininterruptamente do lado de fora enquanto que dentro de casa estava desligado; e por dois dias veio gente aqui verificar umas manchas de infiltração no teto e pintá-las. O bom é que como estamos alugando a casa, e os donos da casa são bem responsáveis, eles estão arcando com todos os gastos, e são bem expeditos quando precisamos de algo! Então está sendo bem tranquilo!
Agora vou falar um pouco da nossa rotina! O Dani trabalha no medical center de Houston (que emprega 60 mil pessoas!!!), então todo dia ele vai de bike até o "Park and Ride" da minha cidade (aqui a cidade é bem provida de seguras ciclovias!) para dali pegar o ônibus até downtown Houston. O ônibus é super confortável e realmente esse serviço é muito utilizado pelos moradores daqui. A maioria vai com o próprio carro até esse Park and Ride, e deixa o carro estacionado e pega o ônibus. Não paga para estacionar o carro e os ônibus usam a via mais rápida da estrada destinada a quem está com mais três pessoas no carro.
Bem, depois do ônibus, ele pega um trem (urbano) até chegar no trabalho mas esse segundo trecho está incluso no ticket que usa para o ônibus porque aqui funciona de você pagar apenas o trecho mais longo se você tem que trocar de veículo dentre duas horas! E pronto! Ao todo (bike+ônibus+trem) são 1h15min, nada mal! O Dani ainda está resolvendo umas coisas de check-in no trabalho, mas já já ele tem uma carteirinha que deixa ele usar a academia do trab e ele pretende chegar um pouco mais cedo para usá-la todo dia antes do trabalho!
Ele leva comida de casa para o almoço! Até agora ele tem adorado o que eu tenho preparado! haha, quem diria que ele gosta mesmo é de comida caseira e simples! Estou ganhando uns pontinhos aqui, hehe! Eu preparo a janta dele na noite anterior. Ainda não consegui aproveitar a comida da janta para sobrar para o almoço dele, então até agora não teve comida repetida! Mas não tem sido muito trabalhoso fazer assim e ele tem gostado bastante! E o fato de ele ficar o dia inteiro fora de casa, até que está ajudando! O nosso tempo junto tem mais qualidade agora!
E eu aqui em casa, vou na missa todo dia às 8:30am com a Rebecca, dai as vezes já passo no mercado. Caso não, já volto pra casa, limpo alguma coisa (varro a casa pelo menos duas vezes ao dia), cozinho, cuido dela, rezo um pouco. Depois do almoço ela dorme e é meu tempo livre que tenho usado para passar roupa, ou dormir, ou procrastinar (shame on me)! Depois procuro entreter a Rebecca. Descobri no final da semana passada que minha vila (bairro) tem o próprio parquinho e piscina (igual de clube!). Então quero levar ela no parquinho pelo menos quatro vezes por semana! Dai depois já tenho que fazer janta e deixar tudo arrumado para o Dani, incluindo dar banho na Rebs!
E é isso!!! Estamos adorando aqui!!! Tem esfriado esses dias e espero que o Outono realmente esteja vindo para ficar! O cheiro dos pinheiros quando faz frio é uma delícia!!! E a gravidez vai ótima! Acho q nessa última semana minhas náuseas começaram a melhorar mesmo!!! E o bebê tem mexido como um doidinho!!! É legal, hehe!! E desculpe-me novamente pelo post gigante!!!
xx
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