4 of Us

School day and a new family member!

2011-10-11T17:03:00.000-07:00

Hey guys!

So, lately we`ve been quite busy, at work and at home.
I told when Rebecca went to school for the first time, but a couple weeks ago she had a Literary and Artistic Event, and we went there to see the Army`s Band and her "works". I don't need to tell you that we were silly in front of those ~~scribbles~~ Pieces of Art!

She made a Rooster from the print of her hand!

And today she had a Party, cause tomorrow here in Brazil is Children's Day! So She had to go to school dressed in a costume and take a snack that she and her friends would share. She enjoys school, but I can't name one day that she stayed there without crying! But I know she likes it, cause later she has fun and get along with her friends (now she is here playing with her little sink she got from us and singing a song that she invented that she says her little friend's name: Fernandaaa! Fernandaaa!). We just get so happy to see she can sing entire songs and count until ten!

So here's a picture of her dressed as a doll!

We also had Sarah's presentation at church!

Sarah is now four months old and absolutely beautiful! She laughs and makes the sweet little baby sounds, and she adores her sister!

People say she looks like me, I don't know... LOL

I'm so happy. We have a beautiful family and friends, we are going through some hard times, but Jesus is our strength, so we have no worries.

And now, to rap this up, this is the new family member

Can you guess his name?
Yes, we have no creativity, but actually Rebecca chose the name so decided to stick to it. So this is Marley!
He looooves Rebecca and Sarah, he just can't stand to see Sarah crying he wants to comfort her, so funny!

Welcome to family, Marley!

Sarah's video

2011-09-28T18:00:00.000-07:00

This is little Sarah, 4 months old, giggling for the very first time!!!

What? Where? Who... me?

2011-09-19T04:53:00.000-07:00

Hello everybody!
Sorry we've been away for so long, but life is so unexpected and we had some trouble that made us sad and we didn't want to blog our sad humor... But here we are again!

With so much to share!
Today is Thomas' Birthday!
Yay!!
I'm crazy about B-days. Ask anyone who knows me, I count down the days to my B-day and I make everybody around me crazy.
But I Loooove birthdays.

So Happy Birthday, my darling!

I love you so much, thank you for everything.

Now, every February you'll be my valentine.

Just for the record...

yesterday I said: Rebecca, tomorrow is daddy's Birthday! We are going to sing "Happy Birthday" to him!

She: And to Rebecca????

In Portuguese?

2011-08-09T06:21:00.000-07:00

Hello everybody!
I was not gonna announce this until everything was ready, but I'm letting u know in advance so you don't think I'm lazy and don't post any more things here because I don't want to. (ooooooh no!)

We are putting together a new version of the 4 of Us.

I don't know if you guys know, but we own an English School in Brazil, and we have a lot of beloved friends abroad, so that's why we write in English on our blog. And if you don't understand, how about learning the language?

But we've been having some complaints from people who can't understand our blog, that's why I present you the 4 of Us in Portuguese!
It's juts the same blog as this one, I'm working on translating the old posts there so it's not updated yet, but it'll be soon.
Check it out and please, if you come here a lot, be our follower and leave a comment with your opinion and/or suggestion.

Thanks!!!

Beautiful Sarah

2011-07-30T14:43:00.000-07:00

I already said I`m obsessed with my daughters.

But tell, wouldn`t you be, if you had such gorgeous kid like mine? LOL

I Love them so much!

Rebecca at the playground!

2011-07-23T16:56:00.000-07:00

As I said Rebecca`s been having a hard time spending her energy around the house with this oh-so-cold winter, and as a consequence, she`s been having a hard time sleeping at night.

So when we saw a slight sign of sun in the sky we ran with her to the park.

She played a lot, she was really tired after that and we had a good night sleep.

This one is my favorite!

School!

2011-07-16T07:54:00.000-07:00

I have some news!

Rebecca is going to school on August 1st!

I`m very excited and so is she! She`s very active and she`s not wasting all of her energy at home, so she doesn`t sleep at night, she goes to bed at 1am or later every day, and because she can`t be low all the family has to stay awake with her, and I noticed we`re very rude to each other when we`re lacking sleep. So it`s been bad to everybody (including our neighbors who very subtly and politely told me they can hear Rebecca at 1am).

I am not kidding a couple weeks ago she slept at 6am!

So yesterday we began a quest for the perfect school. Rebecca was in love with all of them, I think it was because of the playground and coincidentally yesterday was circus day so the schools were decorated. She cried a lot when she had to leave.

We decided for a nice school where my friend`s gorgeous daughter who is the same age as Rebecca goes to. Rebecca will have Art classes, Christian study, Tale time, Music... among others. Mommy is so excited and Daddy is in agony, he doesn't want her to go, and all he thinks is that after this step the next one is her marriage.

Oh and mommy is at gym now, to lose all my weight, but you don't wanna know about me...

Bye mommy... I'm going to school!

Cookies (again!)

2011-07-06T15:43:00.000-07:00

Hi Guys!

Today I did some sugar cookies!
I wanted to try something I saw on the internet, so check it out!

Nice huh? Looks like a lollipop but it`s a cookie on a stick!

Why would anyone make a food that looks like something very different from what it is? I don`t know, but I did... I`m weird.

I`ve already posted the Cookies` recipe, but now I did a tutorial of how it`s done. And if you leave a comment I "may" send you some cookies! ;)

mix up the butter and the sugar, then add the eggs.

add the vanilla extract and mix.

the sifted flour and the butter mix. I mix them up by hand.

After that you have to let the dough sit for 30 minutes and add your coloring. mix it up by hand too.


stack the two colors together and roll out like a snake. Now preten there's a pic here of the snake dough and after that just twist it.						.

And here is Rebecca making a lollipop-cookie herself.


This is the final result. Cute right?

Cookies! Yay....

2011-06-30T12:19:00.000-07:00

I just absolutely love chocolate chip cookies. Too bad I'm not sharing that recipe here today, but I'm sharing a Cookie Recipe here.... SUGAR COOKIES! Yes, the ones Americans leave for Santa on Christmas eve.... They are absolutely delicious and I've never tasted before, because here in Brazil there are no such thing as these cookies, but I found the best Baking Site and she has the best cookies and they are art! Truly! I adapted the recipe to what we have here in Brazil so it's awesome and easy, and this recipe is for a looot of cookies.
Now in the winter it's a great snack with a cup of hot chocolate! hmmmm

Sugar Cookie Recipe
(in portuguese cause if you want in English you can find it at I Am Baker)

1 xícara de manteiga sem sal
2 xícaras de açúcar
2 ovos inteiros
2 gemas de ovos
4 colheres de sopa de extrato de baunilha
4 copos de farinha de trigo
1 colher de chá de sal
1 colher de chá de fermento

In a mixer, beat butter and sugar until well combined. Add 2 eggs and 2 eggs yolks and mix until combined. Add vanilla extract and mix.
In a separate bowl, sift together flour, salt and baking powder (it's important to sift them together because it's easier to mix it all together later), Slowly add flour to butter mixture. It's hard to mix, so you can use the mixer, mine can't handle the task without burning up, so I mix it myself.
Amanda, from I am baker, says if you over-mix this dough it'll get tough so just mix it until it's combined.
Let the dough rest, wrapped up, in the fridge for at least one hour.
Then you can roll out the dough and cut. If you have a Cookie Cutter it's much much easier and more fun! I don't have it (poor me) so I use a glass, or sometimes Rebecca's toys that have a nice shape. Yes, I wash them before using on the dough! It's a soft dough, don't worry, it's a lil hard to work with it at first but you get there, you can always add more flour if the dough it's too sticky. After you bake them for 10 minutes ONLY. the cookies will be really light, you don't have to wait until it's brown, otherwise they won't be tasty. The cookies come out of the oven a little soft still, but after the cool out they get hard and ready to eat!

I really wanna make some more and I'll do a tutorial of how it's done and how you can decorate them. It's really gorgeous!
And I'll put the frosting recipe (adapted too) here!

Blessings....

To sum up....

2011-06-20T19:41:00.000-07:00

Hi guys!
So the last day Thomas was away was hard! I got sick! Really sick, fever, headache, sore body, cold, cold cold. My mom said it was because I`m irresponsible and don`t take care of myself now that I`m recovering from Sarah`s birth. Anywho, I drank a lot of hot tea, a lot of pain killers and rested, and I got better. Right after Thomas arrived I started to get better, so probably I just missed him a lot!

We got so many gifts from the Americans (THANK YOU SO MUCH!), and he had so many things to tell me so we slept at 4 or 5am... so during the weekend we were pretty tired, but the good thing is I`m in a good mood again, so happy! Last night we built a tent in the play room to play with Rebecca and eat some american candies!

This shirt is a gift Sarah got!

Rebecca loved the chocolates!

Rebecca`s tent!

And today, Monday, we had a very nice day! We took the children to McDonald`s, we played a lot with Rebecca, Sarah got better from her colic, I baked a cake (So good and this one is beautiful!).

But then we got some bad news. I can`t really tell u what it is, but let me ask you all, remember about our relatives during your prayers, if you have some time, please pray for them. Thomas had to travel in a rush tonight to try to solve some of this problem, so please pray for his trip and for the person he`s going to help.

God knows.
Blessings!

Days 5 and 6

2011-06-17T08:07:00.000-07:00

Just so u know, I don't really remember what we did!

But yesterday I cleaned. And cleaned...

And today Thomas' coming home!
Yay!

We had a lot of fun these days and I worked hard!
But I realized almost every post since Sarah was born I mentioned how hard it is to have two babies at home....
So today I'm gonna tell you how fun and excited it is!

I just love to wake up in the morning and see those two little faces, sleeping like angels...
I love how Rebecca can say almost anything now.
I love how Sarah's been wanting to sleep with me rocking her, she needs me!
I love when Rebecca ask me to play with her.
I also love how Rebecca is a little jealous and tries to pull Sarah's hair, but right after I tell her not to do it she kisses her little sister.
I love knowing I won't ever be alone, alone... I will always have my daughters to count on.
I love how much they need me.
I love when Rebecca says she loves me and her little sister.
I love I now have an excuse to the mess in my house. I just didn't have time to clean today!
I love bathing them. One is so big and I can bite her belly, and the other one is so small I'm afraid to drop her. But both of them love bathing.

Of course there are much more, but I have no time (Lol).

Blessings!

Days 3 and 4

2011-06-14T18:29:00.000-07:00

Yeah... hmmmm... here I am trying to remember what we did yesterday! Really, I`m so stressed and tired lately I feel like I can`t remember the hour before. But let me try...

We had a nice day, I went to school and to the bank and the supermarket with my mother-in-law and Rebecca stayed at my mom`s. She just loves to stay there. She played a lot, but a mistake was done! She took a nap at 7pm! I asked my father to pick Rebecca up for me at my mom and he did it and brought her back home. He and his wife and kid stayed a while we had a nice time. Just so you know, meanwhile Sarah was pretty much sleeping. All day.
They left and guess what??? Yes, Rebecca slept. At 1am. Being a mom is not easy!!!

Day 4

Rebecca woke up at 11am (by Rebecca I mean, Rebecca, Sarah and mommy), althou Sarah woke up several time during the night and morning cause she was hungry and she had colics, and to change her diapers... We had lunch and stayed home.
I danced with Sarah and Rebecca.
I played with Rebecca, sitting on the floor and holding Sarah at the same time.
I laughed a lot today.
We ate a lot.
She took shower, then Sarah took a shower then mommy took a shower while Sarah was crying and Rebecca was making a mess in the entire room, and I screamed at her to stop tossing all the clothes on the floor.
We watched Tv.
We played outside.
Grandpa Beto came here in the evening with his wife Lucia and they brought gifts for Sarah and Rebecca.
After they left I cleaned up a little bit.
Oh and I didn`t let Rebecca sleep today. At all. I wanted her to sleep early, so she had dinner and slept at 9ish. Great!
I order a whole pizza for me, because i didn`t feel like cooking at 10pm and I had no bread to make a sandwich, so I ate half of it. And now I`m writing here!

I realized that I really don`t know what day is today...
I most of the times, don`t know what time it is...
I brush my teeth when I can, but I try to do it more than once everyday.
I take showers everyday, but they are fast.
I don`t clean. At all.
Please don`t judge me. It`s really hard with 2 babies, and now Sarah wants to stay in the living room or where me and Rebecca are, cause she needs to hear we are around. And she reaaaaally likes to stay on my lap.
I`m soooo looking forward to daddy coming home! I just miss him.

Hey Daddy, check it out how much I`ve grown!

Rebecca speaking

2011-06-13T12:04:00.000-07:00

I just LOOOVE hearing her say: AMARELO!

Day 2

2011-06-13T07:53:00.000-07:00

Hi!
So I don't have the time to do a post as big as Day 1, but Day 2 was nice.
My mom and brothers came over to have lunch with me and the gals, and they spent the whole day here. So Rebecca had a lot of fun with her uncles outside.
My brother was able to throw our boomerang and stuck it on a tree.
I made lunch.
My mom helped me with the kiddos.
It was great.

But then they left.

And Rebecca took a nap at 6:30pm to 7:30pm... She woke up and didn't want me to feed Sarah. She wanted to stay on my lap. She went to sleep at 1:00am. I'm so tired!

To make things worse, I called Thomas in the middle of the mess and we couldn't talk, and he's been really busy he doesn't answer my texts. And I understand. But it's making me needy! Lol (Did I tell u that on Day 1 was our Anniversary? And he was away! And on Day 2 was Valentines? And he was away.... so sad!)

But, on the other hand I had large doses of this...

Sarah, holding her blanket.

(Oh, and I forgot to tell... Sarah is a little colicky = mommy's not sleeping!)

And this...

My babies are beautiful. I think I'll enroll them in some kind of pageant!

Blessings!

Home Alone - Day 1

2011-06-11T18:25:00.000-07:00

Hey guys!
I`ve been very busy, cause as you may all know, I now have 2 babies at home! This is great and also very hard!

Just to make things better Thomas travelled yesterday, to meet a group of amazing people that came from USA to do missionary work here in Brazil. They come every year and this year I couldn`t go with Thomas because of the girls. He`s gonna be away for a whole week! A whole week alone with the kids, I still feel some pain from the labor and it`s hard now that Rebecca is jealous.

Well, so you can believe me I`ll let u know how my day was today.

Day 1
11:30pm - Thomas left while the girls were asleep.
5:50am - Rebecca woke up crying and wanting to go to the TV room to watch TV, which means I had to go and stay there with her, and it was freezing cold!
7:00am - She wanted to play in her play room, I convinced her to go to bed again and read a story book there. She slept again right after we laid down.
7:20am - Sarah woke up and I had to nurse her.
8:00am - I slept a little bit.
8:50am - Rebecca woke up, I changed her diaper, soon Sarah woke up, I chaged her diaper too. Then I had to feed her again (Sarah), just after she was fed she pooped. I changed her diaper again!
9:30am - Rebecca hah pooped all over her diaper and her pants, so I put her on the bath and then I went to take a shower with her while Sarah was waking up, I took shower and Sarah was hungry again! She was already crying when I left the bathroom, so I rushed and left Rebecca in the shower for almost 20 min while I was feeding Sarah (that's the reason why our electricty bill is so expensive!)
11:30am - The morning passed in a blur, consisting of me feeding Rebecca some iogurt and some crackers, just when she was calm Sarah was crying, and believe me this is something very weird cause she's very calm and she almost never cries! At 11:30am I pourred some yesterday's coffee in a cup, warmed up in the microwave, added some milk and made me a 3-days-ago bread with cheese in the grill. I sat down to have my poor breakfast and Rebecca came asking for bread, with fingers all covered with dirt from outside, I left my breakfast (already cold) sitting on the counter to wash her hands, and gave her a piece of my only bread, she ate some and wanted the whole bread. I gave. She destroyed the bread, took out the cheese, tossed on the floor and asked coffee, I let her have some, then I picked up the bread and the cheese from the floor and the pieces and ... guess what?? Yes I ate! I was starving!
12:30pm - Meanwhile I just swept the bedrooms' floor, then I gave Rebecca some lunch, Sarah who was in the stroller started to cry, cause she was hungry too. So Rebecca had lunch with her little sister crying all the time.
1:30pm - My mother-in-law came to take me to the supermarket cause (poor girl) I was having 3-days-old bread, so I HAD to go to the supermarket! And I wasn't ready... so she looked after Rebecca for me.
3:00pm - I was back from the supermarket covered in a milk-shake I got for Rebecca, and I put everything on the kitchen adn Sarah on her crib, cause she was sleeping, Rebecca laid down on the couch to watch the same episode of Barney for the 7th time today.
3:50pm - Rebecca was asleep, so I thought it would be better to bath Sarah while she was sleeping, because she always wants to kick Sarah when I'm bathing and clothing her. I bathed the little baby and when I was putting her clothes on Rebecca woke up crying her eyes out, while Sarah was starving. So while I was nursing Sarah Rebecca kept asking me to take her on my lap too, and crying. At first I was calm, then I started crying too, cause I was feeling so bad my baby girl wanted me and I couldn't take her in my arms. So I cried with her and I prayed, and I calmed down...
4:30pm - Me and Rebecca played a looot, and she watched TV laying on my lap. Then she was calm I decided to finish cleaning the house, so while I wasn't paying attention Rebecca put her hands and arms on the bucket with cooold water, and she lost balance and hit her lip on the bucket and cut it. I've never seen my babies bleed so I was a little scared, but it wasn't a big deal.
5:30pm - Rebecca and I put the garbage out, and there was a beautiful sunset, so went to get the camera, but when I came back it was already over.
7:40pm - My mom and her cousin came over to see the girls and bring Sarah a present and Rebecca won some candies. I was giving Rebecca dinner, when I realized I hadn't ate since the lousy breakfast! So I ate an apple. =/
8:00pm - I had to nurse Sarah.
9:00pm - They left, Rebecca laid down on the couch with her bottle to watch Barney and I took Sarah, who may be having some colics, and I was rocking Sarah a bit. Rebecca slept and so did Sarah. I put Sarah on the crib and left Rebecca on the couch while I write this, until she is really asleep and I can take her to bed.
10:22pm - Now, I'm missing my husband like crazy and he just texted me, but I need to talk to him, cause he's the one who doesn't let me go nuts! anyway, I'll take Rebecca to bed and now, I'll eat.

I'm not sure if I'm able to survive this week alone without going crazy, but I'll make sure you'll know everything.

Miss u, Tom. Specially when Rebecca wakes up in the middle of the night.

Barbara

Who is that baby sleeping on my bed?

2011-06-06T15:49:00.000-07:00

My life is hectic lately, but I like it!
So Sarah was born, June 1st, at 3:49am in the middle of the night, in a very, very cold winter night! I didn't do a C-section, as planned (and as I wanted) but God is always one step ahead of us, and it was perfect. Well, I might be exaggerating a little bit, cause nobody would say she had a perfect labor (it hurts!). But at least it was quick, quick after a 6 days having contractions. And now I'm safe and sound taking care of my two babies.

I have o lot of these lately!

My heart was broken on the first two days I was home, because I wanted to do the same as I did when Sarah wasn't here yet, play with Rebecca and take her in my arms, but I couldn't so I cryed. A lot. And I realized Rebecca was fine, and she still loves me endlessly and Sarah doesn't understand anything yet, so now we are trying to make Rebecca comfortable with the arrival of this new baby. She's a little jealous but we can handle it. She already loves her little sister, she stops at her bedroom door calling: Sarah! Sarah! when Sarah's asleep in the crib. She wants Sarah to sit with her on the floor and on her chairs to play, she wants to kiss Sarah every ten minutes... And she gets desperate if Sarah cries! So cute!
And we are enjoying! Every minute of it!

Love,
Barbara

I really did not know that...

2011-06-02T19:30:00.000-07:00

Last few days I have learned a lot. Things that I really did not know, I will list some of them

1- I did not know that I could be a father, house keeper and worker at the same time
2- I did not know that put Rebecca to sleep is not an impossible mission
3- I did not know that take care of a baby can make you really tired
4- I did not know that I can change pooped diapers
5- I did not know that wake up with my daughter staring me was a scary thing - in a good way
6- I did not know that feed Rebecca takes time and you have to be patient

For those and lots of things my wife does every day, I want to thank her and say that I love her a lot! I cant wait to have herand Sarah home. (yes they are still at the hospital)

Sarah - Edited with pictures

2011-06-01T09:45:00.000-07:00

So after 38 weeks of waiting Sarah is finally with us, well she already was, but in Barbara's belly, now we can hold her and see her little pretty face. She is blonde, according to her mother, blue eyes (actually I could not see, I was told) she is 48cm and 2.870kg... big. I will probably post some pictures of her here later on after asking her mom authorization. Well, come back later to see the pictures!

Ok, here we go:

The first picture - 2 or 3 minutes after she was born.

Getting ready for hr first bath

After the bath, getting dressed.

Well, when they get home I will sure post more about her!
See you guys!

Reasons why I love my husband...

2011-05-30T17:56:00.000-07:00

So there are some things I've learned from my Mother-in-law, who is a woman that I admire a lot and she's so connected to the Holy Spirit, it awes me!

And one of them, she taught me but I've learned also by experience, she told me I should not speak bad of my husband, no matter what. And that's a way of praise the authority he's in my life.

"When I saw you I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew."
Shakespeare

So here are some reasons why I love him so much...

1) He took me to Christ and for that I'm always thankful.
2) He's the most beautiful man I know. Inside and outside.
3) My husband is the best father in the world! He takes care of his daughters just the way God planned him to.
4) He's always thinking about a way of making our lives better, worrying about me and the girls all the time.
5) He's very generous to everybody and he can't stand watching people in need without doing anything.
6) He's crazy about his daughters.
7) He always trys to please me (even thou he's a little lazy).
8) My husband, Thomas, is very funny, even if only I laugh at his jokes sometimes.
9) He supports all my crazy ideas, and I come up with a new every 4 or 5 days.
10) He's a wonderful husband!
11) He wakes up in the middle of the night to pray for me or the girls, when is necessary.
12) He always does what I want, maybe after complaining a little, but I usually get my way.
13) He chose ME! Can u believe this?
14) He's a wonderful handy man! He can can fixes almost anything, and if he doesn't he won't give up after trying a lot, and he'll be very frustated!
15) He thinks a lot about our future and he has everything planned.
16) He loves being a father! And I love that he's the father of my children.

I love you, Thomas.
Barbara

(The idea of posting this was copied from I am Mommy blog!)

Play Room

2011-05-29T08:25:00.000-07:00

So we have this room in our house, a small one, actually our house it is not big, but we used to have the TV, couch, desk computer, book... well there we used to stay most of the time, watching TV and playing with Rebecca, so I decided to transform in a Real Play Room for Rebecca, so check this out

So, this is the room after I moved the couch and started with the EVA play mat, you can see that Rebecca is there, she thought she was helping me...

After finishing with the mat, moved another couch in and started bringing Rebecca`s toys

After all done, Rebecca, Puppie and Barbara playing in the new Play Room, Rebecca just loved the place!

Almost there...

2011-05-28T06:32:00.000-07:00

So, in the last few days I`ve been terribly busy, resting, as the doctor ordered.

And it may sound awesome, but it isn`t cause I can`t be alone, in case I start losing blood again, or my water brokes or my contractions become stronger... Yes, just so you know I lost blood, a good quantity, and I`m having contractions! But we need to wait until next week for Sarah to be born, cause she`ll be more ready then. I wish she could be born 3 days ago when I got the first symptoms.

But that`s ok. I did everything I needed to do when I realized she was coming! I changed the crib to my room, I set up Sarah`s bag (and Rebecca`s, cause she needs to stay with the grammas during the day), I finished Sarah`s frame to take to the hospital and cleaned the house so Thomas and Rebecca could just have fun....
But I didn`t go to the hospital... Actually I did, but they sent me home. Now, here I`m, alone (but with the phone on hand, just in case), while Thomas` working and Rebecca`s at her Granny`s (cause I can`t do any kind of effort), trying to hold Sarah until Monday, at least, cause that`s when my Doctor`s back to town!

Just imagine trying to sleep and waking up every 20 to 15 minutes feeling terrible cramps. Yes, that`s my life in the last days!
Back thank God, He`s taking care of me and my babies, and He knows everything so I trust in Him.

Rebecca had a lot of fun in Sarah`s crib!

Blessings!

A little of this, a little of that...

2011-05-26T08:02:00.000-07:00

So Tuesday evening I went to work to teach my lovely Kids and after I left the classroom, look what I found on my table....

From my beautiful husband... Just cause...

And do you remember my To-do-list? So, I did almost nothing of that, I just played with Rebecca and ate a lot.

That's why, yesterday morning, when I woke up I thought: "Oh why didn't I do it?". Yes, because I woke up with some labor symptoms, we rushed to the hospital, but it was a false alarm. I just have to rest now and wait, cause the best days for her to be born is from next week on.

So please, pray for me and mine. So that I have a good labor and Rebecca and Thomas can be OK without me for a couple of days!
And pray for Sarah, I hope she's ok and I can't wait to meet her!

Blessings!

Drive Thru Experience

2011-05-24T14:38:00.000-07:00

All Right, Saturday afternoon, we clock off from work and decide to go to some stores and see what we can get to Rebecca, a little treat, after walking a lot we found a store and they had the most expensive and stupid toys ever... and guess what? Yes, those are the ones the babies like most, so we bought her a little purple horse with long blond hair and some other stuff, she was happy. After shopping we wanted something to eat and "occasionally" a McDonald´s appeared right in front of us (they build it on strategic points, so you HAVE to stop...) so we got in line there were like 5 cars in front of us, and we were deciding what to get, Rebecca was running out of patient on the back seat... We ordered and were going to pay when I saw this new promotion "your order in 30secs or a free Big Mac". I was all excited because I have been in that line for more than 15 minutes the other day, so I was like "extra BigMac, awesome"... Rebecca was now screaming, I could not think about anything but the free BigMac, phone starts to ring, trying to reach my pocket to get the money to pay for the food, so Barbara answers the phone, Rebecca now is released from her baby chair, Barbara talking on the phone, I was getting what we ordered, guess what NO free BigMac, they made it on 20secs! now I have my hands full, Rebecca trying to climb the seat, Barbara on the phone and cars behind me, Rebecca saw the fries and kept asking "batata, batata, batata, batata... " I pulled over, Barbara opens the door, Rebecca tries to scape, lots of bags blocking Barbara's way to get out of the car and "capture" Rebecca... WOW! Now after calm Rebecca down, she ate Barbara's ice cream, she ate her hamburger and fries and drank all her coke... now you try to imagine the scene. You may ask: Are you guys ready for another baby? YES we are sooo ready!

Today I will...

2011-05-24T09:36:00.000-07:00

Today we already had an incident involving a Soap (I told you, Rebecca has a thing for soaps!), a hand covered with soap and an eye. Yes, it involved crying, almost ripping the eye off and a unsual calm mom rocking her side to side so she would calm down. And sleep.
So now I will NOT make any noise so that she sleeps a lot.

Blessings!

Obsession

2011-05-23T16:15:00.000-07:00

I honestly think I'm obessed with my kids. In a good way thou...

That's why I wanted to share this with you. It's a post I put on Facebook before I have a blog, and it expressed so beautifully how I feel about my girls that I wanted to revisit it!
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Today I had such a nice day with my baby!
Who's so beatiful,
who adores her mommy and daddy endlessly,
who answers "AMO" when asked if she loves us (and mommy asks her 200 times a day, just cause it's so good to hear she loves me!),
who looks at you and suddenly blow you a kiss,
who sleeps touching my ear,
who keeps saying "mom, mom, mom" when I'm arguing with her...
Omg, I love her so, and I can't wait to have another one like her at home!

Let me add,
who suddenly comes and kisses my big belly, knowing she's sharing some love with her little sister,
who is now so smart that gives me a kiss when I'm about to get mad at her,
who loves to bite soaps and then run away when I try to get it from her,
who wakes up and the first thing she does is to call her daddy,
who seems to know when we're down and becomes funnier,
who loves dogs and screams with joy when she sees them,

And Sarah...
who feels when her Big Sister is around and starts kicking,
who is now bigger than her Sister was when she was born (Sarah's already 50cm!)
who is so calm that makes mommy worried some times,
who is constantly poked by Rebecca
who is so much loved already by everybody!

Love you my babies!
Mommy