Nick Hotel LOVE. A trip for the kids.

 We stayed at the nick hotel for two nights, another quick trip close to home.

But they kids LOVED it! they are still talking about it. We didn't expect much of it but it was actually quite nice, our room had two bedrooms, one bathroom and a kitchen/dinning/living room combination with a sleeper sofa. It fitted our needs perfectly.

The kids *mostly Angie* were specially happy about having their big brother Eddie come with us. He rode in his new bike from Miami to be with us for a couple of days.

Our first night we went our for dinner at the Rain Forest cafe. The food was delicious and quite pricey too.

Never the less it was nice treat for the family and we are glad to be blessed with such treat :) Thank you Lord!

 Handsome Gabriel. Gladly mom as nut as ever took some rain jackets for the kids, what do you know? it rain the whole night and the jackets came in very handy.

 

My nursing cover was a life saver! Daniel (2 years old) was too afraid of the Gorillas next to us, when I pull it our to breastfeed baby, who is in my matching AngelPack, he immediately hided under the cover too, he eventually fell a sleep on the booster chair and I found a way to make his head comfy with his fluffy Baby Star blanket. 

 

Here is daddy and baby after his long nap on daddy's chest.

What can I say, it was a really nice 3 days of fun and sharing. I was really nice that we went after school started again because the hotel wasn't crowded that way and we got to enjoy it more.

Making memories. Beach days.

While most kids started school on this day, we were blessed with a quick trip to the beach.

We took a not so short ride to Anna Maria Island and stayed there for a night. The kids loved the sand more than anything else. They loved the water too, but only if some one was holding on to them. The waves were a bit strong for us I guess. Never the less we really enjoyed our trip and love to do it again.

I enjoyed this beach a lot, I specially liked that it wasn't crowded and we didn't see much if any indecent exposure or show of affection. For me that is plus!

Here we are all ready to go out for dinner. I learned that tops will not look the same on empty breasts as they will on extremely full ones. the babies weren't eating much in the day, so I was looking like I just got a new set of implants. I didn't noticed that until I saw most of my pictures :(

This little guy was so cute and he even ate his first food, SAND! yep we found out he likes sand and had to keep a watchful eye on him to keep him from feasting on it.

My lovely Angie took this picture. Thank you mami!

I only wish we could have stayed longer, but we had to be back to feed our dogs the next day.

We hope to find a place that will let us bring them for our next trip.

Success at the restaurant today!

Around 5:00 pm I decided I rather take the kids out to eat and have a little family dinner date, it took about two hours to be ready but we managed getting us all out of the house at once. Went for Italian, at the restaurant we decided to go for a pizza, it was very good! Daniel (2) was quite calm, that is a rare case, I think the delicious toasted bread helped keep him in his booster seat quietly.
Baby Jeremiah was another story, he had fallen asleep at my breast before we left so he was determined to eat before we did, lol!  I managed to keep him calm until after I ate one slice of pizza after that there was no stopping him.
I realised I forgot my nursing cover at home, so I went into a small seating area to feed him, I had a high neck top so you could really see my breast if you walked by. After he nursed he was back to a happy baby and the kids and dad were almost done with dessert. wah! I managed to have a piece of a cannoli!

Angelica (7) and Gabriel (5) were very quiet and well seated. I think this was a very rewarding day! just being able to eat at a restaurant with four kids two of them being babies, feels like an acomplishment!

After that we hit target for some more school sales!

Thank you Lord for this wonderful day!

Today was wonderful!

We took our morning walk, without daddy this time, and so we had time to enjoy the trail.
We noticed the wild flowers and the magnolia trees full of flowers.
We saw a huge ant pile and a bunch of funny crazy ants that move really fast all over the place.
We saw a dead squirrel and armadillo that has been there for the last week.
We saw a peanut shell and we all stopped to take a closer look.
We saw the garbage truck and the recycling truck and a FedEx truck too.
We made it home took our showers ate breakfast and went on to school.

At school we started to use the drop box system again and we finished absolutely all of our work, hurray!

Today we harvest some goods from our garden and ate it for dinner.
We had zucchini, snow peas and green beans.
Daddy prepared them in a delicious way.

Today the kids went to bed on time and they didn’t fuss about it.
Not fussing about going to bed is a big deal around here.
Mom only had to read one book and give one massage so far.


And hoping that tomorrow school goes as well as today, this mommy is on her way to prepare each of the workbox.

Two hours later.

4:22 am
It's been two hours since the contractions started. I was able to take a 20-30 minutes nap, I think, and now I'm back to strong contractions.
I'm concentrating on seeing my baby drop down and my body opening up to receive him.

Trusting in the Lord that he will let this flow as his love flows through me.

This is the real deal.

Sunday 2:30 am.
Contractions keep coming. There is no way back now.
I'm trying to keep relax listening to some faith full messages online. I get stronger when I hear the word of God and I need to get stronger because I haven't done much metal preparation for this birth.
I'm so sleepy! yet I can't settle down and rest.

Oh Baby!

I'm still waiting for this baby, two days past his due date, which is nothing compared to my last two boys.
Tonight I have been feeling contractions come and go with no set pattern, yet more consistent than before, I lost my mucus plug last night and some more? tonight, still I will know is the real deal when the contractions actually move to my back... and I will be very surprised if this baby comes with no less than a week's delay, lol!

I can't wait to hold you in my arms my little one.

A new baby on the way!

Baby Jacob, or Jesus, or Emmanuel, or.... yeah we haven't even decided the name yet and we are already up on our due date.
Last night, or a few hours ago, I lost the mucus plug which should me that baby will be coming very soon, but because of my history with my boys I'm not holding my breath.
I still have much to do and do honestly wish for some extra time to get things done, but if is today I guess I'm manage without the perfectly organized house.

Waiting for you my little Angel.

Que no le has entregado al Senor.

Si no experimentas el poder de Dios en tu vida, examina donde NO estas cumpliendo con su volundad. El lo abarcarlo Todo y en perfecta union con El no falta NADA.

Cuando la tristeza o el dolor, el desempleo y las carencias diarias llegen a ti, a de ser el momento de examinar que es lo que no le has entregado al Senor y entregarselo a El, moverte dia con dia a una union mas profunda con el siguiendo sus ensenansa y cumpliendo con la voluntad de Dios. Solo asi podras vivir una vida al MAXIMO sin dolores ni tristesas porque podras vivir en plena confianza y union con El y al tenerlo a El nada falta, porque solo Dios vasta.

Dios te bendiga.

My new year resolution*** (Edited)

To please God with mind, body and soul.

Find 100 ways for a woman to be delight in God's presence.

1- By keeping him in my thoughts through the day.
2- Seeing him in my children.
3- Seeing him in my husband.
4- Thinking twice about my outfit before leaving the house. (So that I keep my body as his temple and not be the reason for temptation and luster to others)
5- To talk about him with my family everyday.
6- Take a momment everyday to talk with God in prayer exclusivily.
7- Help anyone God puts in our way to help.
8- Read his Holly Book.
9- Lead my family by example.
10-Be thankfull for the things he is doing that I don't know about.
11- Be patient in waiting to fruit
12- Fasting.