Induction

I went to the dr on Thursday and she decided, with lots of help from me, to induce me on Monday. I will call the hospital in the morning and they will let me know exactly when to go in. Please pray for me as I give birth. We will keep everyone posted about my progress and of course to post pictures.

Happy Birthday Salena!!!

My kid's aunt. My brother's wife. My nephews's mother.

And my SISTER!!!

Salena, You play so many roles in life. And thankfully one of them includes being my sister. I'm not sure what to say other than I'm blessed to have you in life. I look forward to your texts everyday. I love our facebook chat time. I love how understanding and supportive you are. I love how we can be there for each other even though we live so far apart. I thank God that He joined us as sisters. I love you very much. :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR SALENA,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!

Blogging

I'm not sure where to begin. Lately I have had no want, need, or desire to blog. Almost everyone who reads this blog is also on facebook and so I find it so much easier and faster to upload pictures to there. However, the past couple of days I have wanted to get back into blogging. I'm setting a goal to try to update at least once a week and we'll see if I get the fire again that I once had for blogging. Since my late post we have been quite busy. We hosted Thanksgiving at our house and we blessed to have Gabe's family come to enjoy the holiday. Here is a little update on us: Gabe has been working like crazy! We miss having him around but we know that as soon as Christmas is over his schedule will be back to normal. As for me, my belly is growing everyday. I have about 12 weeks left and am so excited to meet my new son! Ella is getting so big. Some of her favorite things to do are riding her bike, watching Princess movies, and going to Disneyland. Noah is getting more independent everyday. He wants to everything himself. He knows that he has a voice in this family and he likes to use it. He is talking more and more and even talking in phrases. As of my last doctors appointment, the baby's growth is on track and at this point we do not believe that he has growth restriction like Noah did. But because Ella and Noah were so small my doctor still wants to watch him closely just to be sure that he is doing ok. He moves around all day long! We are all looking forward to Christmas, this will be our last as a family of four.

Happy 4th Birthday Abram!!!

This year I was blessed to be able to spend two full weeks with Abram. Abram is a very special person and I don't think he will ever know how much I appreciate the person he is. He isn't like anyone else I know. He makes me one proud Auntie!!!

Happy Birthday Abram!!!

I am so sorry we won't be at your party. We really really want to be there. I hope you have an awesome day! WE LOVE YOU, Uncle Gabe, Auntie Samantha, Ella, and Noah

I had an ultrasound today...

and found out that we are having another...

BOY!!!

Cruise to Cabo

We boarded our cruise in San Diego harbor. We got settled in and headed out to explore the ship. We had a fabulous dinner and met some great people. When we woke up on Friday morning, we saw sunshine and thought we would have great day. We went to the spa and got couples massages. It was amazing!!! We went to lunch and could barely finish our lunch because the boat was rocking and thrashing all over the place.Apparently, our ship was going right through tropical storm Olaf. Next thing I know Gabe is really sick and the sun is gone, it's raining with wind gusts up to 50 mph. Thankfully we when we woke up on Saturday the sun was shining again and we were in Cabo San Lucas!!! We spend the day shopping, eating, and touring the peninsula. We went back to our ship and swam and laid by the pool. But within hours the storm was back with a vengence. Needless to say the rest of the cruise was spent inside the ship trying to keep for being sick.

Boarding the ship

Our room

Us in San Diego harbor
Me sporting my sea bands in my formal dressGetting off the ship and heading to CaboOur ship and CaboUs at lunch in Cabo

This is the very tip of the Baja California peninsula
This formation is called lion's head

Fish swimming we were on a glass bottom boat
This formation is said to be the exact shape of the Baja California peninsula

This is called Window to the Pacific

Gabe in front of the arch
Us in front of the arch
This is a colony of sea lions

Me in front of the arch

Cabo San Lucas :)
Our shipGabe on the water slide

Us relaxing by the pool

Us :)Another toe shot just for Salena :)

At dinner

Us again :)

Happy Birthday Gabe!!!

On his birthday last year I posted 27 reasons why I love him and this year I'm going to give you 28, and hopefully I can come up with 28 new ones!!! Here goes:

1. He loves me more than anything in the world.

2. He gave me soon-to-be 3 beautiful children.

3. He always gets up to get me whatever I need/ want.

4. He loves to cook me dinner almost all the time!!

5. He reminds me of how important it is for us to be alone.

6. He loves to be alone with me.

7. He listens to my day no matter how terrible it may have been.

8. He knows how important it is for me to get some alone time.

9. He loves to send me to the nail/hair salon.

10. He puts up with my facebook/blogging addiction.

11. He loves to give me and the kids new life experiences.

12. He always helps me with whatever I need.

13. He always let me choose where we are going to eat.

14. He lets me have control of the remote.

15. He loves to pack us all up and go to Disneyland for no apparent reason.

16. He tells me how beautiful, even though I don't feel like it, I am even while I'm pregnant.

17. He knows the right things to say to make me feel better.

18. He irons all my clothes for me.

19. He appreciates all the work for our kids and house.

20. He loves to spoil me with gifts that I don't deserve.

21. He clips my toenails for me because I hate doing it myself.

22. He encourages me.

23. He watched really bad reality tv with me.

24. He changes poop diapers.

25. He appreciates my OCD.

26. He always goes late at night to get me a treat.

27. He works so incredibly hard to provide for our family.

28. Most importantly, he has made my life worth living!!!

Happy Birthday Babe!!!

I LOVE YOU!