That was a pretty darn good weekend.

This weekend was like a make-up for Mother's Day.  See, for my second official Mother's Day, my stomach pulled one of its fun little surprises and wanted me to lose a few pounds.  I was sick and couldn't eat.  And not to ruin the spirit of Mother's Day and to take advantage of the offer to get my favorite pizza - we attempted to go out to lunch.  Needless to say, it didn't stay down.
Feeling much better now, Saturday was an unspoken make-up.  At least it was for me.  Dave could probably say that it was just another day at home, but to get the whole day with him helping me out and cooking for me, was heaven.
He made a glorious serving of french toast for myself and Amaya.  Amaya was even an angel by pooping in the potty for the first time right after breakfast!  (I guess that double the fiber bread I've been buying really does work).
We relaxed with the computer and just basically did nothing.  And when it came time for dinner, he cooked again, making one of my favorites (there are many) - chicken picatta.  I love the lemon butter sauce.  Its a bit heavy, but soooo good once in a while.  And Saturday night, we took a quick walk down to our park to check out the movie they were putting on - The Tooth Fairy, starring The Rock.  We didn't stay long, nor were we planning on it - we just wanted to see what the turn out was.
And then on Sunday, one of my closest friends returned to her home after being away for 4 months.  We got to hang out and go out to dinner!  Its fun to have her back, since being close to my friends is one of the reasons we moved from Chandler out to QC.

Since we went out to dinner and ordered something cheesy, we are currently discussing getting our butts in gear and starting the post-pregnancy workout plan.  I need others to keep me accountable.  Not necessarily with the working out part, once I'm working out, I feel that I deserve to eat whatever I want - that's where I fail.  Eating - I love many types of food, and a lot of them aren't good for me.  So, believe it or not, I'm excited to get on the bandwagon.  And having the help of friends who live close by, will hopefully only enable my success.

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Well, Now what?

So, its been a looooong time since last adding to this.  Since then, we bought a house, moved and had a baby.   I am seriously going to start adding to this thing more often, pinky swear.

So our new baby is hitting the 8 week mark tomorrow, and he is starting to smile and attempt vocalization. I'm not saying he's brilliant or anything, but I swear he is already talking to me.  Gabe was big at birth, just like Amaya, weighing in at officially 9 lbs  .06 oz.  However, he didn't look much like his sister until about a week ago when the cheeks came in.  That's right, he got Amaya's chub.  I love it... Seems like we will have another little chunker on our hands.  Here is a picture of Amaya at 6 months for reference.

I love just looking at her hands!  

Gabe resembles Amaya in a way which looks nothing like her.  Similar features, but different colors so to speak.  He has reddish hair and blue eyes and my pale skin.  Amaya looks more like Dave with his dashing darker countenance.  This is a pic right after he was born.  We never got a great picture of all of us at the hospital - it was past Amaya's bedtime and we know she wasn't sure what was going on.


Anyways, life for us has changed quite a bit and as we head indoors for the hot summer season, we look forward to spending a lot of time together as a family.  We do not get to do a lot of that during the school year with Dave being so busy trying to keep up with 20 something students, parents and school officials.

Also, I am hoping with the summer season, I will get to finish some projects in the works and start new ones.   There is a long list of hopefuls.  I really really want to finish painting the kitchen - I was bummed the other day when I attempted this and realized with our current ladder and my short arms, I couldn't reach the corners behind the cabinets.  So, I wasn't going to start the process and then leave patches of white behind where it was obvious I couldn't reach - maybe Dave's long arms could do it someday - or maybe we can get a taller ladder...

Amaya's room still needs to get her pretty coat of purple paint up.  I picked a Ben Moore color called porcelain.  It looks nothing like the swatch - its way more lavender.  I figured it was a more mature grey/purple that Amaya could grow into as she gets older.

Also, after much deliberation, I 'm going to be moving Gabe's room back to the office.  I just think the garage door is way too loud and grinding.  It may not be an issue later, but now with Dave leaving so early in the am (when school starts back up in August) and the sleep patterns of an infant, I think its for the best.  I'm going to miss the view from our computer though, it looks right over our backyard and across the wash.
There is way more to this list, and I will post (pinky swear) as I get 'er done.   But this week has already been a success, so to speak - I painted the downstairs bathroom!  Granted its the same color as the upstairs guest bathroom - but its a step in getting rid of this ugly pale grey semi-gloss paint throughout the house.  I painted it Urban Mist by Behr.  It looks really blue in the tiny space, but I'm going to dull it down with silver accessories and light-medium grey artwork.

Everything in this house looks so much brighter once its on the walls.  Once I showed Dave, he was like, this is going to take some getting used to.  It looks great upstairs with lots of natural light, but in the tiny cave of a bathroom, its really really blue - not so grey and calming.  

And I guess I can consider today a success, because I finished a blog post!  Haha!  Someday this may become natural... 

Tomorrow, I get to take Gabe's official 8 week photo!  Even though he won't be 2 months until the 18th - he turns 8 weeks on Fri the 13th!