iheartmateo.: UPDATE on everything..

I’m such a bad blogger. I’ve completely forgot about my blog. A LOT has happened since I last blogged. Here are just a few things…

OATMEAL: I’ve become ADDICTED to the new oatmeal they have at MC. DONALDS. I’m a HUGE fan of Jamba Juice && their oatmeal (sooo goooooood). But when you’re pregnant && not always looking your best, you settle for Mc. Donald’s oatmeal. Jamba Juice should really consider getting a drive thru. Haha. Anyway, the new oatmeal + freshly squeezed orange juice have been my breakfast for two weeks straight. I la la la loveeeeeeeee it!

STOLLER JOGGER: Last weekend, my mom & I went to babies r us && I purchased a jogger stroller/stroller jogger (whichever comes first, lol) && I am SUPER excited to use it when my little one gets here. As soon as Mateo is old enough to go for a stroll, I plan on power walking/running to get back into shape. My husband & I put it together (I supervised, hahah) && we discovered it came with speakers! How cool is that?! I can connect my ipod/iphone to it.

SUMMER TRIP: My family invited Tony & I out for dinner on Sunday. While we were there, we finally had time to discuss our plans for this summer. My grandparents (dad’s parents) will be celebrating their 50^th year anniversary in June && we are all planning to go to Mazatlan. Just thinking about this trip gets me super excited. Two summers ago Tony wasn’t allowed to go with us because my dad said “we weren’t MARRIED”..wa wa wa. Well, now we are =)..&& with a baby too. Mateo will be about four months old. My family out there will get to meet both of them. We plan on purchasing our tickets & booking our hotel once our little one arrives. We need to make sure our little one is healthy before making any traveling arrangements. Mateo is our first priority. And if everything goes as planned, we will be leaving June 23^rd. YAY!!!

Mateo’s great grandpa: Last Monday, god decided to take a good man. My husband’s grandfather passed away just a week after being hospitalized. Even though it was very hard for my husband & his family to let go, they were extremely blessed to have had him in their lives as long as they did. Papa Jose was 90 years old && he was the sweetest little old man. He wasn’t little by the way, he was 6’2. I got the privilege to meet him and have many conversations with him. Just two months ago, he told me “I really hope I get to meet the baby”. I told him he was silly for saying that and of course he was going to meet him. Only god knows why he decided to take him before Mateo’s arrival. The night of his death, my husband and were laying in bed and I told him how weird life can be sometimes. My great grandma died TEN days before I was born && now Mateo’s great grandfather dies days before he is born.

FALSE ALARM: I really hate false alarms. I get super excited && I start picturing the moment I’ve been anxiously waiting for. On our drive to the cemetery on Friday, I started getting contractions. At first they were 7-8 minutes apart. Once we got off and the ceremony started, they started getting really strong, and were only 5-6 minutes apart. I held my husband’s hand and every time I would get one, I would squeeze it really hard. Haha. Once the contractions went on for 25 minutes, we finally decided to head home since we were about a 30 minutes away from Downey. We planned it all out, get home, change to comfy cloths, grab Mateo’s car seat, hospital bags, stop by Jamba juice (haha, that was my idea) & head straight to Kaiser. BUT....once we got in the car, the contractions started coming every 10-15 minutes. By the time we got home, they were GONE. Wa wa waaaaaaaaaaaa! Since everyone has been telling me to WALK && that will do it, my husband had the brilliant idea to buy me new running shoes (my other running shoes don’t fit) and hit the park. So, we did. We walked UPHILL, DOWNHILL, and even went up and down some stairs && NOTHING, NADA!!! I’ve come to accept that Mateo will come when he is ready. Mama & Papa might be ready but he isn’t. Not just yet. We’ll have to wait && see when this little one decides to make his appearance. But till then, I’ll be eating my butt off. Hahaha, I only gained ONE pound in two weeks. & yes, that’s a good thing when you’re 28 weeks pregnant.

&& last but not least, today's one of my BEST FRINEDS birthday. Miss SILVIA MORENO<3.. Don't know what i'd do without this crazy little diva. She was the first person I met when I started St. Matthias. If you don't already know the story of how we met, here youuu go.

It was the first day of summer school. I was put in private school because I was "BAD" according to my parents. I didn't want anything to do with this "ALL GIRLS school". I refused to put their uniform on the first day of class. As I'm waiting for the teacher to open the door, this SUPER BUBBLY, curly hair girl comes towards me. She stands right in front of me and says "HI, I'M SILVIA, DO YOU WANT TO BE MY FRIEND"?. hahaha. && from that day on, we've been friends.

Happy 23rd birthday Silvia.

I love youuu <3