Los cumpleaneros!

Trying to get a smile out of Sofia

Fotos!

Sofia va a ser bailarina!

Baby Sofia waking up!

Baby Sofia eating her arm

My baby looks like Mr. Magoo!

Sofia's Baby Blessing

Bath time!

Mas fotos de Sofia

Black and White Pictures Taken by Tara

Algunas fotos!!

More American Idol

American Idol Concert

Wow! I am actually writing something on my blog. It is a miracle! I'm doing this for my friend Julie so that she can have a taste of the American Idol Concert even though she can't go. Te quiero mucho Julita! First off is Ramiele! Now her video! Sorry everything is so little and fuzzy. We were far away!I'm going to try posting this and see if it even works. Then I will upload more later. I just realized that it is almost time for my dr appointment. I am dreading the pelvic exam, what if it's today?? Ahhhh!!!!

I've been waiting since 1:30 pm for this video to upload and it is now 7:30 and I give up!!

Ana, did you eat a gallon of ice cream or is that a baby in your belly?

The day has finally arrived!! I can finally say I am PREGNANT!!! Yaaaayyyyyy!!!!!This all happened on Saturday morning, November 17th, 2007. A day that will live in infamy! I peed on the first stick and started to cry because I just couldn't believe it. Then I peed on the second stick for confirmation and I still couldn't believe it and then I was sobbing. So I went upstairs and told my mom and Chiquis and they thought someone had died because I was crying so much!

Then we started taking pictures of everything and getting ready to go to Anna Michelle's wedding. I felt like I was in limbo because without a blood test to confirm it, it didn't really seem real.

Then my dad and abuelita came over to look at the preg tests and we were all so happy and excited! Here is my due date ticker for an expected July 29 delivery. Woo hoo!!!!

The big news!!!

"The Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California is delighted to report that you have achieved a passing score on the July 2007 administration of the California Bar Examination administration of the California Bar Examination. Congratulations; you may justly be proud of your achievement."
They even have fancy wording on the passing letter! Sheesh! Well we are justly proud!! We found out at 6:00 p.m. on Friday Nov 16th and what a relief it was! I knew all along he would do it! He is the smartest of the bunch. :) It reminds me of how tough and crazy those three days of tests were in Sacramento. It seemed so far away at the time but now it seems to have passed quickly. Thanks for everyone's prayers and support!

My recent culinary delights

This picture is of a Strawberry Cream Cake I made for my grandmother's birthday. I had bought a huge case of luscious strawberries weeks before and when it came time to make the cake I found that many of the strawberries had gone bad. Very bad. So I had to gingerly pick out the edible ones and throw away about half of the case. It was soooo sad. Especially because strawberries are so expensive!

This picture is Chicken with Goat Cheese and Basil accompanied by Couscous with toasted pine nuts. Perhaps the most delicious thing I have ever created!! Thank you Barefoot Contessa!! It is very easy and quite impressive. If anyone would like me to post this recipe on the blog let me know please. That is if anyone is reading anymore . . . (I feel sheepish, baaaahh)

This is me with my culinary art. Enjoy!

The two week wait is horrible!

Today is Wednesday and I am supposed to test on Saturday. It is still so far away! And J gets his bar results on Friday. I really hope it is good news all around. I am so horribly impatient. And everyone is pregnant all around me! Ay!

Updates

It has been a very long time since I've posted and I am very sorry! My reservoir of guilt is already enormous and I love to add on to it! J is feeling a little better at the job but basically still hates it. He is excited about the job he applied for because they sent him a letter requesting transcripts for his nomination to go forward. That is exciting! My class is going well, most of them are hard workers and there are a few that are so dependable that it makes it easy to love them. Flamenco dancing is really fun. The girl in my class, Natalie, is really nice and just dropped the "three months pregnant" bomb on me two weeks ago. We went on a double date with husbands to a dinner/show with flamenco music and dancing. It was so expensive and the dancing ended up being pretty mediocre. But we had fun and got to know each other better. Her husband loves to hunt and has lots of African animals mounted on his walls. On his most recent hunt in Africa he brought home a zebra. J feels that killing a zebra is like killing a horse except a more special rare horse. Pobre zebrita! The highlight of the night was when the sexy 50 something drunk lady started dancing her heart out on the stage. They asked for volunteers to come up and dance and this lady when wild, stomping her feet and whooshing her dress around in a passionate fashion. It was very very funny. We just stared for a little while, then we started clapping and cheering. I love to clap really loud, it makes me laugh for some reason. So there we were clapping cleverly while sexy lady danced daringly!

I'm watching a lot of T.V. I won't comment on this, whether good or bad, I'll just present the facts.

Monday: Dancing with the Stars (I love Julianne and Helio), Chuck, Heroes (Peter is suddenly very good looking!).

Tuesday: Dancing with the Stars, The Biggest Loser, and House (today he chooses new interns!)

Wednesday: Pushing Daisies (I'm really excited about this one!) and Bionic Woman (which I haven't seen yet, I'm still deciding whether to watch or not)

Thursday: This night is reserved for one special show - THE OFFICE! (I expected more JAM from the first episode of the season but ni modo)

Friday: Ghost Whisperer (I can't believe that I watch it either) and Moonlight (new show about a vampire private investigator!) YAY!

What next? Health insurance problems, infertility dilemmas, our entire future hanging in the balance . . .

One Semester of Spanish Spanish Love Song

This is exactly what goes on in a beginning Spanish college class!

Tombola!

I have recently discovered Marisol!! I love her! And I love this song! The video is fantastic and you can watch the whole Tombola movie on Youtube. Plus she has a ton of movies more to watch :)

Watch Justin and I do the Charleston!!

Star in Your Own JibJab! It's Free!It is hysterical!! Turn the volume up to hear the music!