1. Ever been given a ring?
Yes.

2. Longest Relationship?
My current one: 9 1/2 years

3. Last gift you received:
How sad, I can’t remember!

4. How many times have you dropped your cell?
About 5.

5. Last time you worked out?
Before I got pregnant I hadn’t worked out in a month.

6. Thing(s) you spend a lot of money on?
Gas and bills!

7. Last food you ate
Beef & chicken fajitas with beans and rice.

8. First thing you notice about the opposite sex?
Eyes then hands.

9. ONE favorite song:
Still the One – Shania Twain

10. Where do you live?
Hot south Texas.

11. High school you attend(ed):
God, which one didn’t I attend? McHi, Mission, OSM Mission

12. Cell phone:
SPH i-500

13. Favorite mall store(s):
JC Penny, Rave (or Lola, whatever), Melrose, Wet Seal, Rainbow, etc.

14. Longest Job held:
10 months. Really.

15. Do you own a pair of dice?
Yes.

16. Do you prank call people?
No

17. Last wedding attended?
I can’t remember that either…Cat and Annie’s back in 1999?

18. Have you ever had your heart broken?
Yup. *hiss*

19. Last time you attended church:
When Matthew got Baptized…like 5 months ago.

20. Favorite fast food restaurant?
Taco Bell or Long John Silver’s

21. Biggest lie you have heard?
Recently? The age someone supposedly lost their virginity LOL.

23. Where’s your favorite place to eat with friends?
Taco Bell! Or House of China.

24. Can you cook?
Oh yeah.

25. What car do you drive?
2006 Chevy Equinox or 1998 Nissan Sentra

26. Best kisser?
My hubs.

27. Last time you cried?
This morning! Stupid husband :(.

28. Most disliked food:
Liver. Ew.

29. Thing you like most about yourself
My personality :D.

30. Thing you dislike most about yourself:
My moody/bitchy tendencies.

31. Longest shift you have worked at a job?
That would have to be during my Old Navy days. I think like, 12 hours or so.

33. Favorite Movie?
There’s so many…off the top of my head: Bruce Almighty

34. Can you sing?
I ustacould.

35. Last concert attended?
Never been to one *hangs head*.

36. Last kiss?
Last night from the hubby. I still haven’t forgiven him for this morning, so no kiss for him.

37. Last movie rented?
Elizabethtown, which we’ve yet to watch.

38. Thing you never leave home without?
My cellphone and bag.

39. Favorite vacation spot?
So far, San Fransisco and Monterrey Bay.

40. Do you like Chinese food?
Oh God yes.

41. What size is your bed?
Full.

42. Is your room clean?
Not since remodeling started…

43. Laptop or Desktop:
Desktop. Wish I had a laptop :(.

44. Favorite comedian?
Jorge Lopez and Carlos Mencia.

46. What do you sleep in?
Usually a big t-shirt and comfy shorts. I sometimes go shortless since my tummy’s getting bigger and I hate to feel “squished”.

47. Who sleeps with you every night?
My hubby.

48. Do long distance relationships work?
Did for me for a year and a half. But it was tough.

49. How many times have you been pulled over by the police?
Once and got a warning.

50. Pancakes or French Toast?
French Toast. With strawberries.

51. How do you like your coffee?
Sweet and warm, not scalding.

52. How do you like your eggs?
Scrambled, not runny. 2nd favorite, over easy with Doritos. What?

53. Do you believe in astrology?
*shrug*

54. Last person you talked to on the phone?
Mary.

55. Last person on your missed call list?
Some 249 number I don’t recognize.

56. What was the last text message you received?
“Sorry it’s Jessica M”

57. Mcdonalds or Burger King?
Burger King.

58. Number of pillows?
Two. One for my legs.

59. What are you hearing right now?
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory…

61. What kind of jelly do you like on your PB & J sandwich?
Strawberry or apple.

62. Can you play pool?
Sometimes I’m REALLY good, sometimes I suck :(.

64. Favorite ice cream?
Chocolate chip cookie dough.

65. Do you like maps?
Um, what?

66. Tell me a random fact about yourself?
I like to eat gum. Shh, don’t tell my kids.

67. Ever play spin the bottle?
Yup.

68. Ever attend a theme party?
No.

69. What is your favorite season
Winter. If you can call it that in south Texas.

70. Last time you laughed at something stupid?
Just a few minutes ago when Mario and I were looking at Ebaum’s World.

71. What time did you wake up this morning?
10:45. I love Sundays.

72. Best thing about winter?
Snuggling and hot chocolate.

73. Last time a cop gave you a ticket?
Haven’t gotten one. *crosses fingers*

75. Name of your first pet?
That I can remember? Morris, my orange tabby cat and Chata, a German Shepard (sp?).

76. Do you think pirates are cool or overrated?
I like how they talk…?

77. What are you doing this weekend?
We went to a Quincenera, other than that, nothing productive :(.

79. What is the third letter of your name?
J

80. How old are your pets?
Turtles are about 2 years old, Lizard is who knows, cats vary from 7 years to 8 months, dog is also 8 months. Gerbil is 2 1/2 years.

81. What color is your backpack?
Pink.

82. Are you sick?
Getting over a cold, thank God.

83. Do you go to school?
Not anymore.

84. Is the bathroom open?
*looks* No.

85. Are you on a laptop?
Nope.

86. Are you watching MTV?
No.

87. Are you smiling?
Nope.

88. Do you have on eyeliner?
Nope. I’m at home, don’t need it.

89. Are emo boys gay?
I don’t think so?

90. Are you blonde?
No.

91. Do you have a myspace?
Dur.

93. Best memory of high school?
All the times my friends and I went out and when I met Mario <3. 94. what is your favorite name?
Alathia :).

95. What color is your bathing suit?
One’s maroon, one’s red/orange.

96. Does your school start in August?
For my kids, yes.

97. Did you go on vacation last month?
No, unfortunately.

98. Have you ever been on a cruise?
No. Don’t think I’d want to. Too much water.

99. Do you have a sister?
Not that I know of.

100. Are you upstairs?
Don’t have another floor.

A GIRL!!!

As I assumed I didn’t sleep very well last night. I kept having these mini-dreams where I was getting an ultrasound done and everytime the doctor was about to tell me what the baby was I had to get up to go pee O_o. I woke up half an hour earlier than I set my alarm and practically waited at the edge of the bed to shake Mario awake so we could leave.

They took us in right away and took my vitals. Blood pressure was good, weight was the same (125.2), urine was normal. Have a slight cold (yuck) but other than that I’m good. They took us in to the sono room and Dr. C got started right away. He took measurements of the baby’s head and torso and she’s measuring at 15 weeks 1 day, so that bumps my due date to January 30th instead of 28th. I didn’t see how many beats per minute the heart was beating at but Dr. C said it was great. We asked if he could possibly tell what the baby was and he looked around until he saw her little legs. He said, “Ah ha! There! You’re having a….girl! I’m almost positive. See those two little lines?”

The sucky thing was he wasn’t recording at that time for some reason so we didn’t get a picture of her little “peach”, but we did get two of her face.

Mario affectionately reffered to her as “The Punisher” LOL.

I can’t tell you how happy I am! I feel like I’m floating. When Dr. C told us tears immediately started flowing out. I look at Mario and he had a goofy grin on his face. I started calling everyone as soon as we got home. I still need to make more calls. Mary, the ladies at Mary’s office and Yadira squealed with happiness :P.

Now I can get all those little dresses I’ve been drawn to at every store that has clothing in it. Now I have someone to pass my collections on to! Now my family will feel complete :).

First, a very Happy Birthday and 4th Anniversary to Mayra!!

The First Thursday we went to wasn’t at the Civic Center. I found out it was in the City Hall parking lot. How I mixed those two up I have no idea.

It was pretty cool. There was a Sound Off and everything. The boys behaved wonderfully the first half of the time there, then when they started complaining we whipped out the Gameboys and they were angels again.

That’s one of the trucks that belongs to the company Mario works for.

Mario got paid Friday so the first thing we did was cash his check and then had lunch at Long John Silvers. I could go for some LJS right now *drool*. The boys ate almost all their food and I’d been craving a crabby patty so I got one of those along with my meal (are they just called crab patties? I can’t help thing of Spongebob.)

They also had these cool little hats and I had the boys take pictures. As you can see, Eenan had been crying before so he’s got a shiny tear at the corner of his eye and tear spots on his shirt.

We took the boys clothes shopping after lunch. The crowds weren’t so bad for being tax-free weekend. We usually don’t go during the tax-free days to avoid the crowds, but we had no choice this time as we both wanted to choose the kids’ clothes. I realized that day that Gap now sucks. They wouldn’t let me just exchange Eenan’s polo shirt. I didn’t have the receipt (Yadira forgot to give it to me), but they’ve exchanged his clothes before and now they have this stupid policy where they send you a check-by-mail and you won’t get it for weeks. Idiots.

Anyway we got them 3 screen-print T’s and some cargo pants at JCPenny. The shirts were buy one get one for $1–love when they have sales like that. We were looking for some cargo shorts since it’s hot over here till around November but most stores only had “Fall” clothes. We checked a few other stores, like the Children’s Place and nothing. The kids were getting antsy so Mario got them some cotton candy while I changed our payment date at JC Penny for a later time (since all our bills accumulate at the beginning of the month and we have the biggest payment–the car). We went to Old Navy next, where we found them a pair of painters shorts each. Then we went to Walmart for their socks and undies but we need to get Jaylen’s undies since they never have his size. I got a maternity blouse for myself. It’s one of those airy tunics; brown with light brown/teal beads around the collar.

Sorry for the smudgy quality. My lens was dirty and I didn’t know till after I took all the pics.

We went to Jorge and Maggie’s that night. Eenan finally went with us. Jaylen’s nose bled from both his nostrils. It freaks me out when he gets nose bleeds. Mario says he was the same way when he was little though and still occassionally gets nose bleeds when his nose is too dry. We stayed there till 11:30pm just talking about different things. We were supposed to order pizzas but I guess everyone forgot. On the way home we ordered from Whataburger and ate at 12 midnight O_o.

I had bills to pay so I appointed John to go with me while Mom watched the boys. I deposited money at the bank, then went to Ross to hopefully find some maternity clothes. The crowds were much worse on Saturday since all the people from Mexico were here shopping. I’d still rather fight the crowds to find nice, inexpensive maternity clothes though. I can’t justify spending $20-$30 a blouse at those big maternity stores.

After browsing through the one rack of Small clothes I ended up with 3 blouses and 1 pair of black cargo pants. I wanted more, but I had a budget so I didn’t spend any more. They have such cute Halloween stuff and so many nice bed sheets and comforters. I got some dinosaur sheets for Jaylen’s twin bed (whenever we get it) and a Pirates of the Caribbean Spy book for the boys to share.

Again, dirty lens=crappy pictures. Plus, my futon’s black and that’s where I hung the shirts for the pictures.

We went to JC Penny next, where I searched for parking for half an hour and couldn’t find anything. When I decided to stalk a couple who was coming out of the mall to take their parking space, this little skinny asshole stole my space! And he WAVED while doing it! I so wanted to get off my car and ring his pencil-neck or key his car, but decided I’d be the bigger person and move on. I ended up parking right in front of the door and told John to stay there in case a cop told him anything.

I paid our two bills there and then took our rings to get cleaned. Mario’s had to be resized and needed a diamond replaced. Total time for all this? 8 weeks! I have to be without my rings for 8 weeks. It’s Wednesday and my finger still feels naked :(.

We went to Walmart afterwards and got a few groceries and the house-cleaning necessities. On the way home I paid for our storage bill and thank God we were done.

The next day Mary treated us to the movies. We watched The Ant Bully. It was really cute. I told John when I got home that if I didn’t know any better that movie was made about him. He tortured ants most of his childhood.

We had a party to go to next. The decorations were so nice and the centerpieces were delicious–literally. It was a fruit bouquet and it was so good.

There’s my mom-in-law in the background, heh.

To make a long story short–I hated that party. They had this man entertaining the kids with games and all he spoke was Spanish and VERY broken English, so my boys didn’t understand a thing. They were so frustrated. They even tricked the parents into going over there and playing the games. There I am, pregnant, and I had to sit and pop balloons that the kids were bringing me so they could win a prize. And of course the bigger kids won instead. Mary finally ended up sneaking over to the prize table and “got them” some cute wooden boxes with crayons in them LOL.

It was also a sad weekend for some of our pets. We decided on Sunday that we definitely were giving Louie away. We’d decided last week that we’d give him another week to potty train and he refused. We woke up Sunday morning to find the kitchen and living room floors covered in poop and pee. That was it. It’s too unhealthy for me and the kids to be cleaning up poop all the time, so we called Yadira up and she found him a new owner right away.

And, since Choco Kitty had her kittens, my father-in-law and I had decided he was taking her and her babies to the ranch. We don’t have money to spay her right now, so instead Big Mario took her somewhere where they need lots of cats. The ranch has tons of mice, so they’ll do well there.

Mario had been on a lottery ticket kick and after losing $22 (yup, he spent THAT MUCH), he won $14 then $50 and then $12. He could make a living out of that. Kidding.

We went to a get together for Mario’s dad’s side of the family. Betty and Vanessa are pregnant as well and Vanessa’s having two boys! Betty’s hasn’t let itself be seen yet, but I’m pretty sure she’s hoping for a girl since she has two boys as well. It was nice seeing everyone.

As for the remodeling, they already threw on the texture and are ready to paint. We’ll be getting the paint this weekend. The huge 8 foot shelf I had with my 80s things on it and the kids’ books and movies has been emptied into bins. I’m PRAYING that they get those closets ready soon. I have the boys new school clothes hanging on the back of the couch since there’s no where else to put them and it looks so messy :(.

Today, I have to make some more calls to share the big news and later on we’re going to the movies. Fun, fun :).