My cutie

My big boy! He looks so much older than he is to me! This was tonight at dinner when he was thoroughly enjoying his banana shake I made him. Normally I give it to him with a lid on it, but today I let him go wild and he was rockin the mustache.

Curtains

I just took these pics so you could see my final product. Oh and these are the finished paintings that Lucas did. I think I am going to try and convince Brian to make some frames for them when he gets the time...they seem too plain on the wall as is.

Sewing,...impossible

Well I made matching curtains for both of the boy bedrooms upstairs. This my friends was no easy task! Anytime I layed the fabric down to pin either my furry friend would take a nap on it or my little Lucas would put on Brian's flip flops and walk all over it!! They turned out pretty good in spite of what they endured. However pretty disappointing when I hung them up I noticed that one of them is not even along the bottom. No doubt things shifting when I was trying to pin! Anyway, I will take some more pics of Lucas's room so you guys can see what they turned out like!

Strawberries

Well after having such an impressive garden last year, I couldn't go a year without having anything at all. So, we went to home depot and bought a Topsy Turvy Strawberry Planter! Our plants were already a little more mature so we already have a few little strawberries! Lucas loves to water them everyday and look for the berries. The only thing is he doesn't like to eat them very much so he doesn't say strawberries, but because of his love for blueberries and I guess he figures one berry is just like the next, so he calls them "blue" for blueberries. I will let you know how they do so you can all get cool plant hangers! I think that we will buy more plants for the other holes, but I haven't quite decided yet.

My little artist

Well I have been thinking about this since Lucas was a baby but finally got around to doing it. We made some paintings to hang on Lucas's wall!! I painted the canvas a solid color since he obviously wasn't going to fill the entire thing and then let him go at it. He had a lot of fun varying between brushes, fingers, and shoes. Yes shoes. He stepped in the paint and then stepped on the canvas. As you can see he also sat in the paint, that is what it looked like after I got the majority off that would just wipe off with a paper towel. Anyway, he really likes them and when I went to put them up on the wall he told me to get them off because he wanted to hold them and look at them. So we will see when they actually make it up on the wall. Oh and silly me, I bought letters to spell his name out in blocks and as I was painting them I noticed I bought a G instead of a C! I really should pay more attention while shopping, especially since it is now blue, the store I am sure would not return it!

I love good weather

My little chocoholic climbed up on the table (which is the counter height size), found the rest of Brian's Easter bunny, and devoured it in seconds! To think that he hadn't really had candy until my sweet mother and Brian polluted him at Christmas. Now, he can't get enough of it.

This was a few days ago. There was a really nice sunny day and Brian got the hose out. Luckily, it turned against him!! Since Lucas was just a few months old he has been teaching Lucas how to spray Gus and think it was hilarious. Suddenly it wasn't so funny when he was the target. I however must say it was hilarious! Brian I love you, but sometimes you deserve what you get when you teach Lucas how to be so sneaky!

Oh and yes, you can't see it very well in the pics but my belly is enormous!! I mean in comparison to what it will be it is still small, but I think I was still A LOT smaller 21 weeks with Lucas. Anyone have any name suggestions? (that sound good in Portuguese)

This was yesterday at the zoo. I told Brian if he wanted to go out riding this weekend we had to do something fun with Lucas since he has been missing out the last few weekends since Brian has had to work.

Lucas had way more fun this time than last time we went. He was especially interested in the big cats this time. They wouldn't stop moving so I didn't get good pictures of most of them. The other exhibit he was really getting in to was the Rhinos. He kept on telling the one closest to the gate to "Sit" with a very stern face and waving pointer finger. I am excited to keep on going back often to the zoo because of all the zoo babies and the 2 female zebras are due to have their babies really soon!

My big boy!

I know it sounds so small in the grand scheme of things, but a mothers pride over what her child does has no limit to how large or small the task. Yesterday Lucas went down the slide all by himself!!

He has been going down the slide for a long time but he always needed help sitting down at the top of the slide before going down. If I wouldn't help him he would just start walking down the slide, and if I weren't there to catch him I am pretty sure he would have really gotten hurt a few times. But yesterday he walked straight up to the smaller slide and sat down and slide all alone! (seriously, no coaxing from me) Then today we just got back from the playground again where he even dared go down the really big swirly slide alone! I love being a mom, it is the most rewarding thing ever.

Kid Bathroom

Well these pics are mainly for my mom and Shan since I told them about it. I was so sick of Lucas having a plain adult looking bathroom so between sales at Kohls and Target I redid it! I love how colorful it is!!

Years of sorrow soon to end

Raquel will have to correct me if I am wrong, but I believe it was 3 years ago that this story starts. My sister and I went to the Brazilian consulate in Los Angeles to renew our passports when I got some startling news. Because my parents never took the time (in 18 years mind you) to register my birth with the Brazilian government I was no longer "Legally" a Brazilian. It was going to be this incredibly long process (with lots of lying and trickery) to get me my citizenship back.

On Monday my Dad went to the consulate to get his passport and I had him take all of my documents with him and see what the process would be again so we could get something started when they go to Brazil this summer. That is when he got the best news!! Within a month or two I can legally be a Brazilian again!!! WooHooo!! I can't wait to have that beautiful green passport again and get it for Lucas and the baby and then Brian will have to decide if he wants it or not.

Roseola

Seriously, what looks like the chicken pox, smells like the chicken pox, but doesn't turn into the chicken pox...Roseola. Apparently this virus that I had never heard of, is what Lucas got. It starts by your child having a simple fever and the symptoms that accompany a fever. Then, once the fever clears your beautiful little baby is suddenly covered in red spots, the next day - red bumps. You watch in horror as you think your little one has the dreaded Chicken Pox. The bumps start on the chest and back and then spread all over. Face, scalp, arms, legs, everywhere with bumps. All of which amount to absolutely nothing. The rash is harmless, doesn't itch, and scares the crap out of moms. Hopefully you never get this scare (although I would rather you get the scare than the actual chicken pox), but if you do - now you have been warned. Oh and according to the internet it typically only affects kids from 6 months to 2 years, and is very rare in children older than 4.

On a brighter note, we found out today that we are having....(ddddrrrrrrdddrrrr - drum role) A BOY! Of course I was relieved to hear that our little savings will stay in tact and not be drained on buying all sorts of girl things. We are excited about our new addition and all the fun times ahead.

Backyard Adventures

Well last night Brian got his wish. He found a Little Tikes H2 Hummer on Craigslist for $40! This has been an ongoing battle at our house because Brian wanted to go out and buy a brand new power wheel and I told him no way that Lucas was too little and to keep an eye on craigslist for one. Brian has been checking Craigslist everyday I think scouring the pages trying to find something that would be the perfect match, and last night he found it. So I guess it was an early Easter present or something...

Lucas loves it! He even learned to push the "gas" pedal all by himself already. The only problem is steering so we have to do that for him.

Oh and for those who haven't heard of Lucas's sick scare...I thought Lucas had CHICKEN POX this week!! On Friday he started getting red spots all over his body and on Saturday they were raised bumps. I called the on call Dr. from his clinic and she said that it was either Chicken Pox or Roseola and that I should know by Monday. So, I have been waiting all weekend to see if these "bumps" will blister and turn into the dreaded Chicken Pox (for which he has already been immunized). It is looking like it is probably just Roseola, but we aren't out of the woods yet.

Doctors

Today I went to meet my new Dr. for the first time this pregnancy. He seems to be a very nice good attentive Dr. The office was all very courteous and the nurse seemed very knowledgeable and nice - a welcome change from Southwest Womens Clinic. Although I loved Dr. Astle, I dreaded going to appointments for all the other people in the clinic. Unfortunately they didn't do an ultrasound :( but...I go back on Monday to get one!! So with any luck we will find out what our little baby is next week. If they can't see the sex, there is still hope. Dr. Hernandez said that they will do another ultrasound around 26 weeks to see how the baby is growing.

On a side note, I wish I was back home in a place that I know like the back of my hand. I was 15 minutes late for my appointment today because first we went to the wrong building, then we missed the parking lot we were supposed to enter in and with all 1 way streets it took us FOREVER to be able to turn around and find our way back. Maybe someday we will know this place, but with 810,000 people here, somehow I doubt that.