WOW!

Time flies! It´s hard to believe I haven´t updated for four months already! Anyway, life has been busy- a short list of things that I have done in the time I haven´t written... Gotten mono, got told that my summer class that I was supposed to take to be able to get my minor in Latin American Studies was canceled, felt bummed about that for a while, got done being sick, went on vacation with my husband to New York with my brother and his wife, went to Niagara Falls, missed my kids like crazy, got home, spent tons of time with my unemployed husband and loved every minute of it, then he got a job the day before I started my student teaching... Now i am student teaching, still being the Primary President, pretending to keep some type of order to my house, and am trying to sell it as we have decided that we are going to move to Chile in December instead of February......... I have been so busy, but extremely happy...
The kids are getting big, Daniel just barely missed the cut off for kindergarten this year, but it´s okay, as we want him to start in Chile so he doesn´t feel confused about the differences in schools between here and there. He loves riding his bike and playing outside, and especially playing computer games with his daddy...
Alin is a story in and of herself! She is so strong-willed, and such a tomboy! It is a fight to get her to let me brush her hair, I´m thinking that when we get to Chile she can just chop it, so she doesn´t have to deal with it. She is Daniel´s shadow, and thinks that she should be able to do everything that he does. It is tiring, but I´m told that is how 3 year olds work!
Baby-makes-three, as my mother calls him, is getting so big! He is in the 90th percentile for his height, and the 45th for his weight, which is HUGE for us! He is such a sweet little guy, and is walking all over the place. He doesn´t have any words yet, but is getting there. I love my little Gabriel! It´s funny, he really looks like he should be part of my parent´s family, which is not exactly the case for the other two, they look more like my husband. Mom was commenting that when we get to Chile he will stand out quite a bit, but at the same time he´ll be big enough to stand up for himself!
Marcelo has made quite a bit more furniture, we are trying to sell it as we are not going to take anything with us, it´s way too expensive! We would love to make a couple thousand dollars off what he has done, and will just have to see what happens. He also started work again a few weeks ago, with a different company, and so far they adore him, it seems. I am glad, because he is a very good worker, and i like it when he is appreciated for his ability.
Anyway, that is all for now, as I have to translate it and then I´m off to bed!

!Cómo vuela el tiempo! Han sido mas de cuatro meses desde la última vez que escribí, y ha pasado mucho! Una lista breve de cosas que he hecho desde que escribí-- contraje mononucleosis, supe que habían cencellado mi clase que tenía que tomar en el verano para recibir mi mención en estudios latinoamericanos, sentí mal por ello un rato, sané del mono, fui de vacaciones a Nueva York con mi esposo querido y mi hermanoy su esposa, fui a las Cataratas de Niagara, extrañé a mis bebes como nunca antes, llegé a la casa, pasé un montón de tiempo con mi esposo quien estaba sin trabajo y me encantó cada minuto, y después él encontró un trabajo el día anteds de que yo empecé a hacer la práctica. Ahora estoy haciendo la práctica, sigo como presidenta de la primaria, intentendando de mantener alguna semejanza de orden a mi casita para poder tratar de venderla lo antes posible, ya que hemos decidido que vamos a mudarnos a Chile en deciembre en vez de febrero..... He estado tan ocupada, pero extremadamente feliz.
Los niños han estado creciendo como la mala hierba, Daniel no entró en el kinder por ser demasiado joven por unos cuantos días. Igual nos complace eso, porque así va a poder ingresar enChilesin confusiones en cuanto a las diferencias de las escuelas que hay entre aca y alla. Le encanta andar en su bici y jugar afuera, y aun mas pasar tiempo jugando juegos de video con su papá.
Alin es un cuento aparte! Ella tiene un caracter muy fuerte, y quiere ser igual a su hermano mayor. Es una pelea para que me deja tocarle el pelo para peinarla, y estoy pensando que al llegar a Chile voy a cortarselo, para no tener las broncas. Ella es la sombra misma de Daniel,y cree que debe poder hacer todo lo que él hace. Es cansadora, pero me han contado que asi son los niños de 3 añitos.
Con-el-bebe-son-tres, como lo llama mi madre, esta tan grande! Ya esta mas alto que el 90% de los niños de su edad, y mas gordo del 45%, lo cual es gigante para nosotros! Es tan tiernucho, y camina por todos lados. Aun no habla, pero ya pronto va a empezar. Me encanta mi bebe! Es raro, él parece mucho más a los de mi família, lo cual noe s asi con los otros dos, quienes se parecen mucho mas a mi esposo. Mi mamá estaba commentando que al llegar a Chile él va a sobresalir por su tamaño y blancura, pero por lo menos va a ser bastante grande como para poder defenderse!
Marcelo ha hecho muchos muebles mas, los cuales estamos tratando de vender siendo que no vamos a llevar nada con nosotros por el costo. Nos encantaría ganar unos cuantitos miles de dolares más con las cosas que ha hecho, pero veremos que pasa. Ël también empezó a trabajar hace unas semanitas atras con otra compañia de pintura, y hasta ahora le adoran. Me alegra, porque él es muy buen trabajador, y me gusta cuando lo aprecian por sus habilidades...
Bueno, eso es todo por ahora, asi que creo que me voy a acostar!

Mother's Day ... Día de la Madre

Last night I got my Mother's Day gift from my husband- my kids! I have been sick for the past 4 days, and they had stayed the night at my mom's house Friday night so that I could rest and not have them bothering me while he wasn't home during the day on Saturday. So when he brought them home to me at almost 9pm last night, it was wonderful! It's amazing how much they seem to grow overnight, Gabriel isn't such a baby anymore! It really made me realize how much I love my kids and being a mother- there are days that I think they are going to drive me bonkers, but I really do love them.

Anoche mi esposo me dió mi regalo del día de la madre-- mis hijos! He estado enferma por los ultimos cuatro días, y ellos se habían quedado en la casa de mi mama el viernes por la noche para que yo pudiera descansar y no tenerles molestandome cuando Marcelo no estuviera durante el día sabado. Así que cuando él me los trajó a casa a casi las 9 anoche, fue tan rico. Me asombra cuanto parecen crecer en una noche, el Gabriel ya no es tan bebe! Me hizo dar cuenta cuanto les amo a mis hijos a el ser madre- hay dias en que creo que me van a volver loca, pero los amo tanto de verdad.

Time flies when you are... busy?

I just realized that I have not updated in almost two months, and that is totally against my goal! I have been so busy with living life that I haven't made time to blog about it... Life is going really okay for us, nothing too exciting is going on right now- I have three weeks left of school for the semester, and then a quick three week summer course, and then a BREAK! I am so ready for a break!
Interesting things are happening around here, the economy is not cooperating with our plans to take enough money with us to Chile to start the business that we have been thinking about, however we are still going to go. We are thinking that if I can't get a job at an online high school as soon as I graduate, I will take a little time in Chile and teach English in an institute there. I just hope things work out as we want them to...
I am too tired to think anymore, so I am going to go to bed... I will write more another day...

Update... Actualización...

Let's see, life has been BUSY! I haven't blogged for more than a month, and it just doesn't seem like it is going to slow down any minute soon, so this is going to be short and sweet.
Things going on here- Marcelo still doesn't have work, he has kept the house impeccable, but that is not what he would rather be doing! He is going stir crazy, which he is remedying by making rustic furniture, like this...

We cut down the dead maple tree from my parent's front yard and are using the wood to make fun rustic furniture, with the hopes of selling it. He is really enjoying it, which is great!

I am still plugging away at school, seems like I am never completely ready for class with all of the reading done and everything, life just gets too busy! I am so glad that I will be done next semester, I need a break!
The Primary is going well, I think. Marcelo is a teacher in the Primary, and he mentioned to me the other day that all of the other sisters that are in charge manage to keep the kids quiet and still look happy, but that I am so concerned about reverence that I don't even smile--- I'll have to work on that!

Daniel is just good, he has been growing so fast, and I think that he has his numbers down mostly, now we need to work on his ABC's... He is adorable though.

Alin is completely potty-trained now, and she LOVES wearing big girl panties. She is so fun to have, we are always entertained...

Gabriel has decided to wean himself. He quit breastfeeding about a week ago, and has only relapsed once, when I practically forced him to eat because I needed it. He doesn't crawl yet, but he does scoot along on his fanny, and is getting pretty quick!


Bueno, la vida por aca ha sido tan ocupada que no he tenido tiempo para escribir. Aun no tengo tiempo, pero me voy a hacer un minutito para dejarles saber que estamos por lo menos vivos...
A ver... Lo que esta pasando por aca... Bueno, Marcelo todavia esta sin trabajo, lo cual le tiene volviendo loco por estar en la casa tanto,y la casa nunca ha estado tan limpio! No es lo que quiere estar haciendo, asi que por lo menos ahora esta trabajando en unos muebles rusticos para vender. Cortamos el arbol muerto del patio de mis padres, y con el está construyendo.

A ver, yo estoy aun en la escuela, trabajando como mejor puedo, parece que nunca estoy completamente lista para mis clases, pero igual lo estoy haciendo! Me hace tan feliz saber que voy a terminar el proximo semestre, ya necesito un descanso!
En la Primaria todo va bien, creo. Marcelo esta alla conmigo pero como maestro, y me ha dicho que las demas hermanas pueden mentener a los niños reverentes y sonreir aun, pero que yo siempre tengo cara de chupa limon... Algo en que mejorar...

Daniel esta bien, creciendo tanto, y creo que ya sabe bien sus numeros, ahora tenemos que practicar su abcdario. él es adorable...

Alin ya no usa pañales, y le encanta usar los calzones de niña grande. Ella es tan divertida, siempre nos entretiene bastante.

Gabriel ha decidido que ya no quiere tomar pecho. Como una semana atras lo dejo, y solamente ha tomado una vez, y eso porque yo le obligué, porque yo lo necesitaba. No gatea aun, pero se mueve por el piso sentado, y ya esta bastante rapido...


Lo siento si hay falta de ortografia, tengo que ir a acostar a los monos, y estoy escribiendo lo mas rapido que pueda... bueno, les amamos!

Mas de nada...

Bueno, no tengo nada que decir realmente, estoy plantada aca delante del computador por el simple hecho de que no me quiero acostar todavia y no tengo nada que quiero hacer. Estaba hablando con mi querido esposo el otro dia de que cuando nos vamos a Chile a vivir voy a tener que encontrar algun hobby, porque si no me voy a volver loca. Deberia estar haciendo tarea o durmiendo, pero, no tengo ganas. He estado mirando los blogs de mis amigas, y me da tanto gusto saber que tengo amigas tan buenas, y que tenemos algunas de las mismas quejas de la vida, junto a las mismas alegrias al vivir... Tambien debo estar ecribiendo mis memorias de mi abuelita que fallecio hace un mes, porque mi prima va a hacer un libro para recordarla...
Creo que voy a acostarme no mas....

Nothing to say...

I was noticing that I really don't have anything to say, life is just moving along, as it always does... School started this week, I have three classes, a workshop,100 observation hours, and an internship, with a total of 14 credits, which I am excited about, as it is the least amount of credits I have had so far in my college life. It is really weird to think that I have been at school off and on for ten years already... I'm so close to being done, though!
The kids are doing awesome, I think that Alin will be able to speak better Spanish than Daniel will, as she copies everything that we say all the time. When she does, she has awesome pronunciation, which isn't exactly true for him. But they both do their numbers in both languages, which is cool to me.
We had some friends over the other night for dinner, which my dear sweet husband made and was fabulous, and we sat around talking and watching movies and listening to music until 4:30 am. It was amazingly fun, our friends are from Mexico and Argentina, and it was almost like being at home in Chile.
Marcelo is still home, work has been so amazingly slow, he has been off for a whole month now- but the wonderful thing about it is that the house is tons cleaner-- he would be an awesome house husband!
As we were talking to our friends the other night, they were telling us about something that they had been told by some Jewish people about the way to get ahead in their lives financially. It was interesting, because they mentioned that no one should ever have all of their businesses be related, or at all dependent on each other. We have been thinking of what else we are going to be doing in Chile, besides me working as a teacher via internet, and were thinking of maybe starting a mini-market, or any one of many other ideas...
I have probably rambled enough right now, without saying anything that is really important to others! Anyway, life is good, just plain good....

Remembering... Recordando...

So, it has been three years and two days since Daniel was hospitalized for his ruptured appendix, and I was thinking about it last night after I made him go to bed and he was up playing with his sister in their room until after midnight. It really made me thankful for modern medicine, and for the doctor that was willing to be woken up at 2 am and that had enough faith in himself to open up my little boy without knowing what the problem was and find it out. I feel so blessed that we still have him with us, and that he is such a healthy little boy. He is so inquisitive, so full of life, so helpful when he wants to be... I just love him!

Bueno, han sido tres años y dos días desde que Daniel fue hospitalizado porque le rupturó si apendice y estaba pensando acerca de eso ayer despues de que le hice acostar y él se quedo jugando con su hermana en su pieza hasta pasado la medianoche. Realmente me hizo agradecer la medicina moderna, y agradecerle al doctor quien estaba dispuesto a levantarse a las dos de la madrugada y que tenía bastante fe en si mismo que le abriría a mi hijo pequeño sin saber lo que era el problema y averiguarlo. Me siento tan bendedica que aún está con nostros , y que es un niñito tan sano. Es tan inquisitivo, tan lleno de vida, tan bueno para ayudar cuando quiere hacerlo... Lo amo tanto!

Potty Training!

Alin has decided finally that it is okay to learn to go potty in the potty... It is about time, if you ask me, because diapers are so expensive- but now I wonder if we will be spending that money on toilet paper, as she seems to go fifteen or twenty times a day! But, she started on Tuesday, and has had only one accident per day, so I guess we are doing well... And she stays dry at night... YAY!


Alin por fin ha decidido que está bien hacer sus necesidades en el baño... Ya es tiempo, si me pregunten, porque los pañales son tan re caros; aunque ahora me hace pensar que vamos a estar gastando ese dinero en papel higenico, porque parece que ella tiene que hacer unos quince o veinte veces al día. Pero, ella empezó el martes y solamente ha tenido un accidente cada día, asi que ya vamos bien... Y despierta seca en las mañanas... YAY!

A first tooth! El primer diente!

Gabriel's first tooth made it's way through! It's the bottom left front tooth, and I am just thrilled! (read partial sarcasm, as I am still breast feeding, and that means pain... partial elation, because that means that he is getting so big... which causes partial depression, as he is no longer my newborn...) Such mixed emotions, from something so tiny that it can barely be seen. And since Gabriel is my last baby for a long while, it makes me miss the little baby things.
I don't know how many people I mentioned this to, but after we move to Chile at the end of this year, we want to adopt two little Chilean kids- I don't say babies, because I am not sure how old our little ones will be, we hope to find siblings so that we can help a family not be broken up, so... After we adopt them and get things fairly established, then we want to have another one of our own, to kind of round out the mix, then we will be done.
I was thinking the other night about that, and it means that I will only get to be pregnant one more time... I say "get to be" because even though I whine and moan, I still love being pregnant and knowing that there is someone growing inside of me. And I think that I have fairly easy pregnancies, besides being nauseaus the whole time, and throwing up blood and all that junk--- but my labors usually last less then 5 hours when they get going, so it's been a blessing. Wow, I just digressed from the tooth! Oops!

Ayer le salió el primer dientecito al Gabriel. Es el de abajo, lado izquierdo, y estoy emocionada! Bueno, la verdad, lo digo un poco sarcastico, porque significa que me va a morder siendo que aún le estoy dando pecho, pero a la vez me da alegría, porque significa que está tan grande ya, lo cual tambien me da depresion, porque ya no es mi bebé chico. Son sentimientos tan encontrados, asi que no sé cómo me siento de verdad...
Dijé muchas otras cosas en ingles, pero creo que los voy a traducir otro día, los niños están peleando y deben estar dormidos, asi que les voy a hacer dormir...

I LIVED! Sobreviví!

Well, the first day of Primary was interesting, we didn't really get around to much of Sharing time, because I was so busy introducing the kids to their teachers, and explaining why some of the kids that were not in their classes before are now, and how this whole thing is going to work... It seemed to go okay, we started to learn our first song for the program in Spanish... It was interesting, because the gal that does the music is just learning Spanish, so she asked if the kids could translate the words to the song for her, and they really did okay. Marcelo was totally nervous because he is the 10-11 year old teacher, and he wasn't sure that he could do it in English, but he fell in love with his class and is really excited to teach them... Whew!

Bueno, el primer día de la Primaria fue interesante, realmente no llegamos a hacer mucho durante el tiempo para compartir porque estaba yo tan ocupada presentandoles los maestros a los jovenes y explicandoles porque algunas personas que antes no estaban en sus clases ahora si estan, y como va a funcionar esta cuestion. Me pareció ir bien, empezamos a aprender la primera cancion que tenemos que hacen en el prgrama sacramental en español... Fue interesante porque la hermana que hace la musica está recien aprendiendo español, asi que ella les preguntó a los niños si podían traducirle la letra, y realmente lo hicieron buen. Marcelo estaba muy nervioso antes de la clase, porque él es el maestro de los jovenes de 10-11 años, y no estaba seguro que lo podía hacer en ingles, pero le encantó su clase y él está muy animado para ser el maestro ahora. Yay!