A trip to Massachusetts

Andrew and I went to Massachusetts last month.  It was awesome!

Last time we were in Boston Andrew didn’t take me to Boston downtown and ever since I’ve been giving him a hard time for it =D I am so happy we went downtown right after we got there! We went with Cameron, Brooke, Alexander and Melany.  We had a blast! I really enjoyed it! I can’t believe how “alive” this city is… nothing compared to Salt Lake City downtown!

Nobody knew I was pregnant, luckily I wasn’t really showing my baby bump.  Walking through downtown got tiring at times because it was so hot but either way I enjoyed it.

We went to this place that served different kinds of desserts and they were very tasty! We bought several and shared.

For lunch, we went to Regina Pizzeria and we ate a pizza.  

It was so delicious, Alexander got his own lunch of course because he wasn’t as cool  =D We enjoyed some of this while eating our lunch:

My siblings, nice, nephew and husband got wet :)

We also went and enjoyed Boston's Wharf! I can't find one picture of it right now but this is how it looks (this pic is from wikipedia)

 

Caught in action!

haha... Alexander x'D

That weekend, we went to Martha’s Vineyard, it is an island located south of Cape Code.  The town is very very small, I am sure everyone knows each other! We had to take a ferry in order to get there.  I don’t usually get sick on ferries but this time Andrew and I were extra careful and took Dramamine with us just in case I get “morning sickness.” Luckily, I was just fine on the ferry, it was only 45 minutes to get there anyway.  

This town is full of gingerbread houses:

Silly bro and sis in law :-P

We also went to the beach and enjoyed jumping off a bridge.  Not me of course, first of all I don't know how to swim and second of all... I am pregnant!

Other pictures we took while sight seeing... these pictures were taken by Luisa and Sheri :)

I don't know why this one came out blurry when I posted it on the blog.  Oh well, but before taking this picture someone said, "OK, now touch the bum of the person to you left!" All the sudden I feel 2 hands in each of my butt cheeks.  I  was like, "JEEZ ANDREW!!!" but then I found out that the other mysterious hand was Cameron's.  Love you Cammy!! =D

Pictures of little bebecito o bebecita :)

Hi there little one!!! 

So, just a few days ago we went to get "THE" ultrasound.  For the past few days I have been worried that I haven't been feeling those "butterflies" you are supposed to get at 18 weeks but I am so thankful the doctor put those doubts aside and put me at ease.  He said that not all mothers feel their little ones at 18 weeks and that I should wait just a bit more and I will feel my baby kicking!! While doing the ultrasound, I saw this little baby moving a lot, he even put one foot up (scroll down for picture).  Baby moved a lot, moved his/her little arms back and forth.  We saw almost every single of of the organs, even baby's little bladder and kidneys! 

Doctor said baby is OK, brain is OK, everything else is just fine and healthy.  Ohhh, I love this baby so much, I can't believe I am going to be a mother.  Sometimes I dream with this baby and even though I am able to see him/her I can't figure out if it is a boy or a girl! haha! :) 

 

And here is mommy and baby :)

featuring my sis Estela in the background =D

Hello daddy!

Baby relaxing in mamma's womb

I forgot to mention that as soon as we arrived, Andrew told the doctor to please not tell us the gender of the baby.  We had brought an empty envelope with a blank piece of paper.  We asked the doctor to write the gender of the baby once the ultrasound was over.
After seeing our baby for over 30 minutes I asked the doctor if the gender could be determined.  She looked at me like saying, "oh yeah."
She said, I am going to write it now and seal the envelope.  We still have that envelope home and haven't opened it yet.  I think we are not going to hold it any longer and will open the envelope one of these days!! =D

A two line answer

By now you probably know that Andrew and I are expecting a baby.  We have known this since June! I came from work and I tried a pregnancy test just for fun and saw the 2 lines! (If you don't know how the pregnancy test works, it is 2 lines = pregnant and 1 line = not pregnant).  Anyway, I thought the 2 lines meant not pregnant so, I was OK with it.  However, I read once more and I found out I was pregnant.  I could not believe it! I really could not.  I didn't really "FEEL" pregnant.  I didn't even know how a pregnant woman felt. I took a picture of the pregnancy test and I sent it to Andrew right away with a note: I LOVE YOU! Half an hour later I called him because he had not responded and I asked him, "what do you think about the picture I sent?" Then he said, "what picture?" I told him to put me on hold while he checked that out.  When he came back to the phone he was SO EXCITED! he was laughing in awe and excitement!

So, I didn't know how far along I was, so... we decided to wait a week to call the doctor and set up an appointment.  I started to get this pain on my low right abdomen; sometimes it was really sharp! I looked it up on google and found that it could be an ectopic pregnancy which scared me.  I told Andrew this and he said not to worry about it but all I did was worry and worry.  After a few days I bled just a little bit and I was scared out of my wits!!!! I started crying and Andrew called the doctor.  We went to the doctor for an ultrasound and the baby was doing JUST FINE! The doctor said that the pain is normal and that I shouldn't worry about it at all.  I was only 7 weeks and was so happy to see my baby was in my uterus and this was the very first time we heard our baby's heart.  This was simply one of the best moments in our lives... to know that we had our little baby in there... and it had a heart! It was incredible.

Since then, it has been a LOOOOOOOOOOONG journey, believe me... specially for me.  The second and third month of my pregnancy were the worst.  I am so happy it's over.  I always felt nauseous, light-headed, dizzy, energy-less, tired and constantly vomiting.  Even brushing my teeth makes me feel sick (it still happens sometimes).  I lost my appetite as well; can you believe I didn't even want to go to Tucanos on my birthday? and we had that free meal birthday card!
We went to the doctor to get a prescription for my nausea and even with the medication I still felt sick and threw up.  There were days where I would come from work and just stay in bed for the rest of the day.  I am so grateful I have a loving and helping husband; he cooked and cleaned for so many weeks and still does whenever I feel sick and even when I'm not just to spoil me :)

From Provo to SLC!

I lived in Provo since 2005... such a long time! Even when I was getting my masters at the University of Utah, I still lived in Provo because Andrew was finishing off at BYU.  Well, we were both done last May and a great job opportunity came for both of us in Salt Lake.  We decided it made no sense to live in Provo anymore and we started to look for apartments in Salt Lake County.  We had no idea where to start! We just looked in KSL and Craigslist and some other webpages such as http://www.forrent.com/ .  We found a few good apartments and decided to check them out.  All of them looked good on the pictures but once we got saw them it was not worth it.  There even was one time that we made an appointment to see this particular apartment but once we hit the neighborhood I told Andrew, "let's turn around, I don't care how this apartment looks like, I dislike the neighborhood."  We didn't even know which neighborhoods were good and which were bad.  We looked everywhere for a period of a little less than 2 months and we were tired.  We were worried we didn't find anything and our contract was coming to an end.  Just days before our contract was over, Andrew said, "Ok, let's just go to an area that we like in Salt Lake--anything that looks good to us!-- and let's just stop and see whatever apartment complexes are on the way." So, we did it! We drove around good looking neighborhoods and stopped and see apartments that were available.  We found 2 that we really liked. On our way back home to Provo, we were deciding between these apartments.  We were debating either way, we were not completely satisfied with either but we decided we needed to compromise because we needed to move right away!  Andrew liked one apartment, I liked the other.  We didn't know what to do.

We were in Murray, there was a lot of traffic to get to the freeway.  The GPS said we needed to go straight but we decided to go left and maybe find another way to get to the freeway avoiding the traffic.  When we decided to be on the lane that goes left the traffic loosened up and we got stuck in the left lane. We were so mad, especially me.  Either way, we just waited and waited.  I think this was a blessing.

We turned left eventually and we saw an apartment complex.  We looked at each other and said, "nah, we are tired, plus, we already have 2 apartments we are deciding on." After a few seconds we said, "OK, this is THE LAST ONE!!"

I am so glad to took a look at that "last one." Don't you just get this feeling, "this IS my new home?"when you find that one apartment you are looking for? This is how Andrew and I felt.  We have been living in Salt Lake county since July 4th and are loving it!

Moving!

New Look!

Andrew left for an event and I had around 3 hours by myself. I was looking for things to do and then I thought about the blog and how bad I have been.  I started to write a post but then I thought maybe I could improve our blog's look a bit.  I ended up changing the whole thing! :) I hope you guys like it and I hope this makes me a better blogger. I hope I don't get bored of this new look because it took me such a long time to move things around, learn a bit of HTML, choose pictures and such.  It is not completely done; so, if you click on the first picture of the slideshow is going to take you to CNN! haha! I have been testing things... I will finalize it this weekend and make a post as well.
Have a fun weekend!

Danella's graduation

When I woke up I was kind of nervous for the events that were to follow.  Andrew went to work early in order to get the afternoon off to be with me.
I went to the U a bit early to get the cap and gown I had requested online weeks ago.  I wanted to actually just borrow it from someone else who had just graduated with her Bachelors but then Andrew told me I should just get my own.  I am so glad I did! When I opened the package a Master's gown is a bit different than those who receive a Bachelor's.  I was most excited for the hood.  Though, it took us a long time to figure out how it was supposed to be placed on my back.  I felt important! My uncle told me I looked like a judge :) I don't know about that... judges don't wear caps :)

There was an informal dinner at the Alumni Center at the U for the graduates and their families/friends.
I can't believe Grammy, Belinda and Melany came back to Utah for my graduation.  Especially Grammy!!! Even though she is 80 years old I think she feels she is 20 years old and wants to do everything :) I love her.  She is just so sweet and cute.
Anyway, they drove back from Idaho to Utah and we were together again with Tio Orlando, Aly, Wilo, Estela and Andrew.

Elvina and I 

We then took some pictures and then walked for a while until we found Libby Garner Hall.

I hope this video works...

Favorite part: Food time!!!

I am so happy we both did it! I am happy that when we are old, we can show our children their parents graduated from college! We have been married for almost 2 years and going to school at the same time; now we get to rest! We actually have time for ourselves instead of spending that time for homework.
I guess I can be called a Master but that sounds a bit too much for me.  I am happy that I can actually put "MPA" next to my name.  Fancy.
Thanks,
Danella Zuzunaga Morales, MPA

 =D