Baby Fingers

Here is the missing picture. When I scanned Little Gabriel's pictures I accidentally forgot to add this one. You can see his little hand really close to his face. We really wanted him to look at us, but he didn't. I guess he is already trying to rebel against his authority figures ;0)

Its a BOY!!!

Little Gabriel's bootty, the rest you can guess ;0)

Same here!(This pictures is how
we knew that he was a boy)

Oh Boy!

It is a boy! A 14 oz. little boy! We had our ultrasound done June 2nd and we were surprised to find out it wasn't a girl. I thought mothers were supposed to have intuition or something... I was so sure it was a girl-I hadn't even looked at boy clothes! But I am so excited to have a boy. And Gabe is ecstatic; he couldn't be happier. We are going to name him Gabriel (middle name still to be decided). I think it feels a little more real for both of us, though it's still very surreal.
I love these ultrasound pictures. I love the first one - he has such a cute little bum! And his arm and leg pictures are so cool. We are so happy he seems to be healthy and strong!

20 Weeks and Kicking!

I am halfway through and it has flown by! I have felt the baby kick a little over the last few weeks! Multiple times I have felt the baby kick and then Gabe has tried to feel it kick and nothing! But today I sat down for a little bit, had a peanut butter sandwich, and pretty soon I felt a couple kicks. I grabbed Gabe's hand to feel and he pushed in my uterus a little bit. After about 10 seconds there was a really big kick and he felt it! We were so excited! He thought maybe I had faked it somehow for him, but little Baby Warrior was kicking for his dad! And it's only going to get better!

18 weeks

I have reached the point where I now look pregnant, not just like I've suddenly gained 10 pounds. It seems like all of a sudden it happened; I went from having a pooch in my stomach one day to having a round, full tummy. I have dreamed of this point all of my life. Sort of... for some reason I have been enthralled with pregnancy since I was little. When my sister and I were little our favorite dress-up was shoving pillows under our shirts and pretending we were pregnant. We have both dressed up as pregnant women for Halloweens and I was looking at some pictures today and for the circus my class put on in kindergarten I was not just any clown, but I was a pregnant clown! We loved the jean maternity jumper my mom had from the eighties and always looked forward to the day when we got to wear it. And now the time is come! I am loving the adventure so far and can't wait to be able to hold our little "IT" as Gabe calls 'it'.

( Sorry for not posting a picture with the blog entry, we forgot our camera's battery at Lindsay's. But thanks to Cyndi for letting us use hers)

Guerreros

After our visit to Disneyland a couple of weeks ago ( You know, where I distracted Minnie and ruined someone's "Make-a-Wish" moment) we also took the opportunity to get together with some of my extended family from my Dad's side, the Guerrero family. Since we moved to Utah I have only seen my grandma and one of my aunts. As far as the rest of my family goes, it has been almost eleven years. During our visit I also met some of my cousins that have been born since we moved from Mexico.


This is my grandma Anna and my sister Melisa. My grandma has been sick for the last year or so and we really wanted to see her again. She is really cool and not like your conventional grandma. There are just too many stories and I guess it would be hard to explain, but she is great!


My uncle Gerardo (on the right) was kind enough to let us stay at his house during our visit. He also made "pozole" and it was delicious. I think I gained a few pounds, but they were totally worth it.


Only four of my uncles and one of my aunts , with their families, were able to make it. My dad comes from a family of 13 siblings, so this visit would have been really interesting if all of them and their families would have made it. On the picture above my dad is the one wearing the BYU t-shirt with my grandma and my uncle Edgardo.


Since my dad's family is really numerous, and my dad is one of the older siblings, I am close in age with one of my uncles. My uncle Roberto (above) is about 6 years older then me. He is one of the uncles that I was able to spend more time with when I was younger. Also my aunt Maribel, who was not there, happened to be close to our age and spent a lot of time with my sisters and I in Mexico. She now lives in Washington DC.


We were only there for a couple of days, but it was great seeing my family. It was a whole other experience for Erin also, since most of the conversations were in Spanish. But my family loved her. They kept telling me how pretty she was and that she could've done better for herself. I do agree that she could have, but I am glad she didn't ;0) My cousins and Roberto spoke English, but for the most part, it was a Spanish speaking visit. Good job Erin!



We are planning on going back next year, and hopefully will be able to have the whole family there. That will be very so great and we are so looking forward to it.


PS: No family gathering is complete without an ice cream truck. This guy had such variety that it was chaotic trying to choose just the right delicious treat.

Mimi's assumption

This is a random picture that I took at Disney while getting ready to take one for my sister Mely and her husband Jeremy. I have no idea who those people are, but I just wanted to take a test shot. The funny thing is that everyone is looking at the real camera, but not MIMI. She totally assumed that I was their camera man. I guess I might look like I am part of their family! Ha! :0)

(Mimi is Minnie's name in Spanish, I bet the worker inside the suit spoke Spanish)

Disneyland

Where your dreams come true. Last week Erin and I left for California to visit Disneyland and California Adventures. We decided to have this be our celebration for our a 1 1/2 year anniversary (good excuse) and our new baby that should be here in October. So, we planned on being there for 3 days. It was a blast! Last April we bought year passes and they expired on April 27th, so we wanted to make the best of them. We have visited the parks in the past. We have done pretty much everything at Disney, but there were some shows that we had not seen since we concentrated the previous times on the big rides. So this was our trip to achieve 100% completion. And we did!!!

Some of our personal favorites are: Soaring over California, Screamin, Splash Mountain, Pirates of the Caribbean and its a small world. But we truly enjoyed all of them.

Since we decided to go to California, my side of the family ( The Guerreros) decided to get together in Palm Springs with my dad's family and my Grandma. This turned out to be a wonderful trip. My Dad, Mely and Jeremy joined us for the last two days at Disney. It was Jeremy's first time visiting Disneyland and California Adventures, so we were pretty excited to show him around.Erin and I were super exhausted by the time we left Disneyland. We felt that we did everything we wanted to do and ate at the places that we wanted to eat. It was FANTASMIC!

And YES!!! We had IN-N-OUT! It was delish!

THE GUERREROS ARE HAVING A BABY!!!

So we finally decided to make it official. We are having a baby! Erin is in her second trimester and everything seems to be going well with the baby. We had the opportunity to hear the baby's heart beat this past week. It was a really great experience. It still does not seem real, but we just can't wait to have our baby.

We have been waiting for the first trimester to go by before telling everyone. According to our calculations our new baby should be arriving around October 18, 2008.

We don't really care if it's a boy or a girl, although we both think that our first might be a girl. We have no evidence that this would be the case, but it is really fun thinking about it. I think it would be easier to have a boy first, and then a little girl, but then again, I have never had a baby so I have no idea.

Above are two pictures of us when we were babies. Erin and I have been wondering who the baby will look like, and how dark or light she or he will be. I guess time will say, but we are pretty sure that we'll have a brown baby... or so Erin hopes :)

Saving $$$ Online

If you buy from Amazon, Target or any other online store you should check CouponCabin.com. There is a search bar in the website where you put the store or website that you are looking to buy from, if there are any current discounts or coupons it would find them for you.
I got this website form Beth, and have passed it on to some of my friends and coworkers. I have mentioned it to some, but today my boss told me that he purchased a lot of things from Amazon.com and saved about $80. Anyway, I just wanted to post it and share it. I have not purchased anything using their coupons, so I don't assume any responsabilty. Hope anyone out there could benefit from this.
Here are other websites that I have used in the past and often look to see if there are any good deals.
http://www.woot.com/ They sell one item a day until it runs out. Sometimes excellent deals.
http://www.midnightbox.com/Same concept as the one above, mostly electronics and computer related items
http://bargainjack.com Now, this one looks at the current sales and deals in the internet. You can pretty much find anything from flash drives to bedding and kitchen supplies.
http://www.retailmenot.com Type your web address and see what discounts you can get.
Alright, if anyone out there finds any of these websites usefull, or purchases something let me know.