Bella Bday!!!

Bella is now 5 years old!!! June 20 was her birthday and we had qiute the weekend!!! On Wednesday night Grandma Cordova(as she calls her other wise known as my mom) and cousin Mia came to visit. On Thursday we all drove down to San Antonio. We went swimming the first night and had a blast. Elena learned how to jump in from the side of the swim pool!!! She is still quite the WILD ONE!!! On Friday we went to Sea World and though it was a VERY HOT and HUMID 105 degrees we had a great time. We had front row seats at the Shamu show and somehow still avoided getting splashed! I also had a very big suprise for Bella.....dinner with Shamu!!! We were able to have dinner right next to the Killer Whale tanks and interact with the trainers and see a few tricks and learn a few things about them!!! I think she was suprised, excited and a lil overwhelmed not to mention tired and hot!!!! On Friday night Gma took all the kids swimming while I stayed in bed with a headache and waiting for Toms call. On Saturday we went down to the Riverwalk and the Alamo. We ate lunch at a great Mexican food place and went on the boat ride tour around the river!!!! Its one of Bellas favorite things to do when we go to San Antonio!!!! It was a GREAT weekned!!! Next up......getting ready for Kindergarten!!!!

Pics of Tom

Here are a few pics of Tom...he is doing good!!!!

FINALLY....

FOR WHATEVER REASON 2 NIGHTS AGO LULU FOUND A BLANKET ON THE FLOOR AND DECIDED SHE WAS SLEEPING THERE FOR THE NIGHT- AND SHE DID- SHE SLEPT THE WHOLE NIGHT ON THE FLOOR WELL ON THIS BLANKET ON THE FLOOR! THAT GAVE ME AN IDEA.....SHE DOESNT LIKE TO SLEEP IN THE KENNEL BUT WHAT ABOUT A DOG BED! YESTERDAY RENAE AND I WENT TO IKEA (BEST STORE EVER) AND I FOUND A REALLY CUTE DOG BED FOR $20.....SO I GOT THAT AND A COUPLE OF REALLY CUTE DOG BLANKETS TO GO ON IT. WELL I BROUGHT IT HOME AND TRIED TO GET HER AND ZEPPELIN TO LAY ON IT WITH NO LUCK....I WAS A LIL DISAPPOINTED BUT FIGURED ID TRY AGAIN AT BEDTIME......BEDTIME AROUND HERE LAST NIGHT WAS A NIGHTMARE! SCREAMING AND CRYING AND ALOT OF "I MISS MY DADDY"-FROM THE KIDS NOT THE DOGS! LOL!!! WHEN ALL WAS SAID AND DONE...I GOT INTO BED AND USUALLY THE PUPPIES WILL COME AND CRY AT THE BEDSIDE FOR ME TO LIFT THEM UP BUT LAST NIGHT-NOTHING! I LOOKED OVER AND THEY WERE BOTH SNUGGLED IN THE DOG BED TOGETHER AND STAYED THERE THE WHOLE NIGHT TIL THE GIRLS WOKE THEM UP THIS MORNING!!! THE SAD PART IS I DIDNT GET A PICTURE CAUSE THE CAMERA WAS IN THE OTHER ROOM AND HAD I GOT UP THEY WOULD HAVE TOO AND AT THAT POINT I WAS WAY TOO RELIEVED TO GET OUT OF BED AND RISK THAT SO NO PIC BUT A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT OF SLEEP....NOW IF I COULD ONLY GET THE GIRLS BACK TO THEIR BED!!!! TOM-EVEN WHEN THAT HAPPENS I STILL WANT A KING SIZE BED AND IKEA HAD SOME REALLY GREAT ONES FOR A GREAT PRICE~JUST A LIL INFO FOR YOU!!!!

PUPS

HERE ARE SOME RECENT PICS OF NAUGHTY LIL LULU AND NAUGHTY LIL ZEPPELIN!!

my lil beauties

Bella LOVES to have her pic taken and cooperates very well!!!!

Len does NOT like to have her pic taken and does not cooperate!

This is why we havent had a professional pic done since Elena was 3 mos old!!!

ALOT of Change of Plans

So after ALOT of thinking...I decided that going to NM and CO this summer was not going to happen! I am SOOOOO tired with this baby its prob not safe for me to be driving anyway!!! lol! I was really hoping to see all of you and celebrate Bellas 5th bday out there but instead we will be here and we will prob be spending it in San Antonio at Sea World!!! On another note...Im SUPER confused! I KNOW that I felt the baby move the other night BUT today at the dr I was told that there was no way cause Im prob only about 8 weeks or so along. It started when the midwife I saw couldnt get a heartbeat with the doppler so she got the ultra sound machine and to check for a heart beat and told me that i dont look like and my uterus doesnt feel like 13 weeks along. She was thinking about 8 or so but sent me to set up for an Ultra Sound...well they cant get me in til June 16th...so basically I will go almost the next month not knowing when this baby is due and even more bothersome when Tom will be coming home for RR ! On a better note...we will be scheduling a c-sec with this one and they will do that at 39 weeks....so no waiting till 41 weeks to have a baby like I did with the girls!!!!! YAY!!! I better quit making any sorts of plans with anything cause they never work out like I think they are going to! Its quite frustrating!!!

SO EXCITING!!!

SO FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST NIGHT I FELT THE BABY MOVE. THE GIRLS AND I WERE LAYING IN BED AND ELENA LAYED HER HEAD ON MY TUMMY AND THE BABY STARTED MOVING. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ME AND MY BODY REACTING TO HER BUT I MOVED HER HEAD UP AND SURE ENOUGH IT WAS THIS LIL ONE MOVING AROUND. ITS BEEN PRETTY EXCITING WITH BOTH LENA AND THIS ONE TO RECOGNIZE AND FEEL THE BABY MOVING SO EARLY. I WAS ABOUT THIS FAR WITH LENA TOO AND I WAS ABOUT 20 WEEKS WITH BELLA. IT WAS REALLY NICE THAT TOM WAS ABLE TO CALL TODAY SO THAT I COULD SHARE THIS GREAT NEWS WITH HIM! I WAS SUPER EXCITED THAT TOM AND I WERE ABLE TO SEE EACH OTHER OVER THE WEB CAMERAS TODAY!!! HE LOOKED SO GOOD! THE GIRLS WERE OVER THE MOON THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE DADDY AND WAVE BACK AND FORTH TO HIM! I THINK IT HELPED US ALL ALOT BUT ALSO MADE ME REALLY MISS HIM. HE IS SUCH A GOOD MAN AND LOVES ME SO MUCH AND ACCEPTS ME FOR WHO I AM...FLAWS AND ALL. I ALWAYS DREAMED OF AS A KID, A TEENAGER AND ESP AS A YOUNG ADULT OF MARRYING SOMEONE WHO ADORED ME AND I FOUND HIM. HE IS MORE THAN A PRINCE CHARMING CAUSE HE IS NO FAIRY TALE...HE IS THE REAL DEAL AND I LOVE HIM SOOOOOO MUCH!!! I HATE THAT IT ALWAYS TAKES BEING APART FOR US TO REALIZE HOW MUCH WE REALLY MEAN TO EACH OTHER BUT NONE THE LESS WE GROW SO MUCH BOTH TOGETHER AND INDIVIDUALLY WHEN WE ARE APART. BELLA STARTED COUNSELING THIS WEEK AND IT WAS A GREAT SESSION! I REALLY THINK SHE IS GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THIS AS ARE LENA AND I. ALSO THIS WEEK I HAD TO GO TO THE ER....I HAD A KIDNEY STONE! I FELT LIKE I WAS BEING STABBED IN THE BACK REPEATEDLY...I THINK IT FINALLY PASSED! MY MOM WAS ALSO ABLE TO COME OUT THIS WEEK AND HELP ME WITH THE GIRLS. SHE AND I HAVE HAD MANY A PROBLEMS BUT IT WAS A GREAT VISIT WITH HER AND I WAS A LIL SAD TO SEE HER GO. BUT WE WILL BE IN DENVER IN ABOUT 10 DAYS! THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO WAS ABLE TO HELP ME THIS WEEK ESP WITH THE WHOLE ER THING! IM SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE DEPENDABLE FRIENDS WHILE TOM IS GONE!!!! I KNOW HE REALLY APPRECIATES IT TOO!!!!