Family Up-date

Since Marcos came home life has been a little crazy! The first week he came he was trying to get his job back    which wasn't easy because the state of Utah is out of money until October 1st so no hiring can be done until after that date! So our prayers were answered and he is back to work now at Camp Williams. Then Shortly after Marcos came home Yasmin started 1st Grade. So fare she loves it and her teach is great! She comes home very tired now but loves having 3 recess'!  And last week Kenadie started pre-school! She loves it but doesn't understand that she only goes twice a week. She thinks because Yasmin goes everyday then she should too! This picture is of her first day going to school!

And last but not least our soon to be new little princess seems to be doing great! At our last doctors appointment we had another ultra sound everything looked good. She is getting so big and already starting to show her little personality. The girls are so excited to meet her and Kenadie has a little song that she sings to her every night! I am sure she will come home to 2 very excited big sisters!!! 

Life's twists!!

Life has been a little crazy lately and I can't say I understand it all but I never understand the way the military does things. The day Marcos left SLC and went back to Washington was a hard day thinking we weren't  going to see him until Christmas time. That night after Marcos got back to Washington and he didn't call me at his normal time I was wondering what was going on. He then called me around midnight and explained that the budget for their mission had been cut so they had to cut men from going with them to Iraq. Marcos' job was working with supply with 2 other men. They were one of the first to get cut due to their jobs. They gave them two choices they could go with another unit to Afghanistan but with that they could not be sure what job they would have and most likely they would be trained on the job. Or the second option was they could come home knowing they they are still up to be deployed when the next MI (military intelligence) is deployed. So as we talked about options we decided that this happened for a reason and that for our family now it would be best that he come instead of having a dangerous job on the front lines. I waited to tell the girls knowing that with the military they change their minds so much. When Marcos was at the airport last Thursday early in the morning I broke down and told the girls after Yasmin woke up crying because she missed her dad so much. So we made a little sign and they girls colored it for him. It has been so nice to have him back home. It is a little adjustment for all of us again and i am sure for my parents. We have talked about still renting out our house and build another now they are so much cheaper then later try to tell it but Marcos is still waiting on a job to start and I don't want to move again at least until  the baby is born. I know that things happen for a reason I guess we are trying to figure that out and see where are next move should be!

The half way mark!

    It seems with each baby the time goes by faster! I can't believe I am at the half way mark! Somethings I hoped would get better in the second trimester is my skin for one and feel 10 times better being the second. I don't remember have this many break outs with my other pregnancies. I feel like I am back in high school again and nothing I use seems to help. Being pregnant with Yasmin I never got my energy back but with Kenadie I had so much energy. So with this one I had hope to be more on the energetic side. Well it's nice to hope right!! I did feel good for a few weeks then I hit the 5 month mark and my blood pressure tends to drop. Some day I feel great and others it is hard to get moving! 

Last Thursday I went in for the 20 week ultra sound and the cute technion was having a hard time getting all the pictures she needed to.  She was sitting breach and seemed to be happy sitting on my bladder! So next month we have to go back for another ultra sound to finish getting all the pictures of her. One thing he did think would be good idea was for us to go to Primary Children's and do a fetal echo on her heart! Marcos had a little sister born with a heart problem and died 9 days later due to it and with little Kenadie's heart defect he felt it would be a good idea just to double check it. He told me he would like no surprises this time around and I have to agree! 

Our weekend with Daddy

Our trip to Seattle Washington went south fast! On Thursday we went to the airport with hopes to fly  to spend the weekend with Marcos. We have traveled many times standby and know that if we can't get a direct flight we can usually get their by going through another city.  On Thursday full flights turned in to canceled flights. Little did I know that on Wednesday flights were canceled due to the weather and on top of that the outdoor expo had many from Washington heading home the same day! As we went from gate to gate to wait not being able to get on and finding out that SLC and LAX are about the only 2 cities that take flights to Washington. We hoping to stick it out till the 6 pm flight that looked better but the 4 pm flight was canceled and My hope were shattered. As I called Marcos in tears telling him the soonest we would be getting a flight would be Tuesday which would be too late for him and his weekend pass. He told me he would call me back and when he called they gave him a pass to come home to SLC. On Friday he was able to hop on a flight and got home around 1:00pm. We were so excited to see him again. He even helped me do the laundry before we had to take him back to the airport on Monday. We took the girls to the park and I wanted to try that new Incredible Pizza in Draper. We had a coupon and the girls had so much fun. Then on Saturday my parents took us to lunch at Ruby River and after that we took the girls to the dollar theater and saw Shrek. We had such a great weekend and to top off the weekend we were able to get our money back from our Hotel and form the car rental!!  

Lunch after daddy got off the plane

Some of the fun activities they had at the Incredible Pizza

We went to lunch with my parents at Ruby River and Kenadie loved the music

Before we took Marcos to the airport we took him out to lunch at Red Robin

At the airport waiting for daddy to get on the plane

Yasmin"s & Kenadie's Birthdays

July is always a fun time for our family but a busy one too! Since the girls birthday's are a week apart we always try to do something big for them both. With Marcos being gone and being pregnant I just didn't have the energy to throw a huge party! So I tooth the girls to Chuk E Cheese for their birthdays and then they both got a free build a bear coupon in the mail so I took them their to make a bear. Grandma and Grandpa also took them out to lunch. I was hoping that doing lots of fun little activities would help take their mind off not having a huge birthday party...WRONG! Since Yasmin's birthday she has cried because she just wanted a party! So next week we are going with some friends to Pirate Island in Orem. I have hear it's fun and cheaper then chuck E cheese.  I then Pray that the storm will calm!!!/

Julio en nuestro familia es tiempo de fiesta. Con las dos gorditas con su cumple una semana entre el otro y en la misma semana mi sobrino esta de cumple tambien. Como no tenia camera por el cumple de Kenadie por que Marcos lo llevo con el tuve que sacar fotos con mi telefono. Asi que despues es fue y compre una camera barata no mas para poder tener fotos de el cumple de Yasmin. Aca hay un lungar que se puede hacer se un oso y puedes vestirlo y ponerle vos. Antes que Marcos se fue el gravo un mensage para las dos y fuimos y hizimos un oso cada una. Por su cumple este lugar le dan uno gracias asi fuimos y las gorditas hizieron un oso.

Apple bee's for lunch? Los abuelos les llevaon a comer Y despues les cantaon feliz cumple!

Yasmin's Cake? La torta de Pipita!

Marcos' last day! / Ultima dia!!

Ok so it took Marcos forever to send me the airport pictures because they went out in the field for a week but here they are. His last day he wanted to go to Tucanos for a late lunch so went as our last family activity. Then he had to report at 7:00 pm at the Air National Guard airport next to the SLC airport.  His flight didn't leave that night till almost 12:00 am. It was so hard on the kids and Kenadie couldn't understand why she couldn't get on the airplane with daddy. We had lots of tears as you can imagine and Yasmin had a very hard time saying goodbye. But I am sure it will be even harder when we leave him in Washington after  our 3 day visit with.

Este son fotos del ultima dia que Marcos estuvo con nosotros en SLC. El quieria comer en un lugar se llama Tucanos. Es un lugar aca de SLC que hacen comida de Brazil. Despues tuvimos que llevar Marcos al Airpurto a las 7 de la tarde donde hablo el govanador de Utah y algunes otro hombres de Army.Y despues tuvimos tiempo juntos como familia hata como la 11 de la noche donde tuvieron que subir el avion. Mas que 300 tropas se fuieron con Marcos asi que tuvieron que usar 2 aviones. Y el avion se fue cera las 12 de la noche!

This is our Neighbor who left last week to Afghanistan

Este es nuestro vecino y amigo de nosotros que se fue la semana pasada a Afghanistan!  

The Governor of Utah/ El gavanador de Utah 

Because Marcos is still on Military leave with Skywest the military does a thank you day to those Employers who help out and support the troop so this lady works for Skywest got to go to Washington and meet Marcos and spend the day together to see and learn what his job will be! 

Este mujer vino del Trabajo de Marcos, Skywest ( linia de avion aca en U.S.) para tomar un dia con el y conocerle y aprender como es la vida militar. Este es el base en Washington parace que estan comiendo desyuno!

15 Weeks!!!

On Saturday I went to the fetal photo studio in the south town mall with my parents. Before we went in I called Marcos and asked him what he thought the baby was. He told me he was not really sure but he would be very surprised if it was a boy. As we went in the man that does the ultrasounds (for those who haven't been) he was an O.B. in Lithuanian and of course can't practice here so this is his company. So as we went back he said "let see if we can find a boy." As we started the ultrasound she had her legs crossed and we couldn't get her to open them. My mom then said "It's got to be a girl then"   As I moved around so we could get a good look, sure enough it's another girl.  At first I think I was in Shock then I remembered that last year when we started trying for baby number 3 I felt that if it was a another girl that would be perfect for Kenadie. After talking with other mom's that have girls with Turner Syndrome they have said that for some girls the teenage years can be the hardest. When other girls body's are changing and theirs aren't  it can be difficult. And Kenadie and Yasmin have become such great friends I pray that this little one will fit right in!