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.

Closed deal!

We have a car!!!
The deal is closed and we got the loan. We are very excited. We finally get to drive a four door car with an automatic engine. Erin is finally able to drive and to drop me at school when needed. That makes me very happy. Anyway, just wanted to share with everyone.

Our New Used Car...Maybe

2006 Nissan Sentra. 1.8 L Sport

This could very possibly be our "New Used" Car. We are waiting for our loan to go through, so cross your fingers for us. Erin and I really liked it. It supposedly gets 27 mpg city and 34 highway (We sure hope so) and it still has a warranty. It is not the coolest, but it sure beats driving our crashed Mustang or the "Big Old Van".

This is how our 1997' Mustang looked after the accident. We really miss her, she has been part of the family for the longest time. I had this car before I met Erin, so the Mustang was there for all of our dates and travels. She took us to Long Beach and to Erin's first visit to Disneyland. She also took us to Arcata two times and twice to Washington State, first to Seattle and then to Spokane. She has been to Las Vegas back and forth many times. I guess I see where the 178,000 miles went. She treated us well and never broke down on us. She really took care of us. She will be missed.

This is where we got hit first, it does not look as bad as the front...weird


And here is the van that we drove for a while. It is so sweet. It has mood lights inside, and a couch that folds into a bed. If it wasn't like a hundred years old it would be even better. I guess back in 1990 it was very hip and cool. It has a great pink interior with matching curtains and hook ups for TV and a VCR! It was fun driving it around BYU and around our neighborhood. I will surely miss the looks that some people around the neighborhood gave us.

Car Shopping (Used Car Shopping:)

We need a new post! I will follow up with some pictures but for right now it'll be just text. We have been car shopping this weekend. We found one we really like: an '06 Honda Accord with 30,000 miles for $13,9995. But we have decided we are going to take a little more time and do some more searching. We will probably have this car for the next 5+ years and at least 2 kids probably, maybe even 3. That's a good deal, but I think we can find an even better one. I am really excited to get a new car, and so is Gabe. He has been looking hard and doing a lot of research.
We were going to drive Gabe's high school car, a 1989 Dodge Colt, but after we got it working and registered, as we were driving it home, it sounded like it was about to die. So much for that idea! But we will post pictures of our little Colt and Mustang. They are sitting outside our house on the street.