Friday, October 31, 2008

Have a safe Halloween

I hope everyone has a safe and fun halloween. We are taking the kids around our neighborhood for some candy which we (the parents) will probably end up eating. Haha. We will update pictures later of the kids.

Benavides family

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Everyone is healthy

The beginning of this week have been filled with appointments like usual. On Monday we had an appointment for Nathanael to get his 15 month check up and he received 3 shots. One of those shots was the flu vaccination which was needed since he did not receive one last year because he was too small. He is officially 19 pounds and 29 inches long. He has finally got on the one percentile of the growth chart for his weight and the fifth percentile with length. He is still on the small side. Because of his size the doctor wanted to make sure he was not anemic so we had to have blood drawn from his tiny arm the same day which was not a very fun process but an hour later the doctor's office called and told me that his lab work showed everything to be perfectly healthy which was music to my ears. Since he only received his first flu shot we have to take him in about a month to get the second shot. I went ahead and scheduled Isaiah to get his on the same day so that should be fun.

Tuesday I had an appointment because my original was pushed back a few days. I went in and for some reason they were really busy so I didn't get the full physical done but she took my blood pressure, gave me my flue shot, and I got to hear the baby's heartbeat for a slight second. Sometimes it is a challenge to hear the baby's heartbeat at 12 weeks but my midwife found it for a little while and I got to see that the heart rate was at 154 which is very good. My midwife said that next time it shouldn't be that hard to find the heartbeat. I am just relieved that we found it because for some reason this pregnancy has not seemed real for me except for the pain in the beginning and the nauseousness I have. I have not been able to eat much and because of this I have lost 4 pounds. The weight loss had my midwife asking questions of course but she assured me that all of my symptoms are signs of a healthy pregnancy. I told her I am sure I will put the weight back on near the end. It may be next month who knows with Thanksgiving rolling around. The weight loss did cause my husband to have a little concern because I have never lost that much weight with the other pregnancies in a month but I didn't gain that much weight either. My first pregnancy weight gain was 20 pounds and the the second one was 11 pounds. I am eating, I promise. I am hungry every few hours and I am showing so I am not that worried. Like I said the holidays are coming around so I know I will probably gain weight. Plus once the snow starts coming which should be soon we tend to eat more anyway because there is nothing else to do. Haha.

Other than that everyone is healthy. Alex should be getting his flu shot pretty soon and Isaiah will be early December so we should all be good. I am glad to report that everyone is healthy because this is the time for sickness to go around. Please pray for all of us to take precautions as much as possible to stay healthy.

Aleida

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Blessed

I am so blessed and it makes me cry. Yesterday, my wonderful husband took the day off to celebrate my birthday. I was so excited because we were going to be able to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time yesterday but then they call and say they have to reschedule me because there were two women who were in active labor. I later told Alex that today was a good day to be born if my appointment was going to get cancelled. Needless to say I was disappointed but we went and had breakfast and then cruised the little town of Brunswick. Later in the afternoon we went to Portland so we can go to the mall and I can get dinner from Olive Garden. As the day ended I thanked my husband for taking the day off work and for taking me out of the house because it was something not only I enjoyed but the boys enjoyed it as well. Today we got to go on another outing because the power was shut off on base (which is where I live) all day so we went to different thrift shops and looked around. The power finally turned on around 4:30ish so my husband made dinner and we had a candlelit dinner while the kids were finishing up their naps and after we were done eating they woke up and they had dinner. As I type this message I hear the giggles of my man and little men and it warms my heart. This weekend has been filled with much needed rest and I am so grateful to be blessed beyond measure.

Aleida

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Sick

Why does it seem like every weekend something new happens? We enjoyed a wonderful weekend last weekend but this weekend Aleida and the boys have sick with sore throats, coughs, fevers, and ear aches. Everybody has different symptoms but it is still hard to deal with 3 out of 4 people being sick. Please pray that this will pass soon and not become too serious. Hope everyone else is enjoying this weekend.

Benavides Family

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Long Weekends

Oh how I enjoy long weekends. After venting because the weekend before I didn't get to spend much time with my husband the Lord still blesses me beyond what I deserve. Alex had the following Monday and Tuesday off and then went to work on Wednesday, Thursday, and half of Friday and was off again until Tuesday because of the Columbus Day holiday. Friday was spent running errands and getting things we would need for a long weekend. We were excited about Saturday because we had already made plans with the Hurt family to spend a little time with them on Saturday. We really hadn't spent time with this family for about 7 or 8 months because Mr. Hurt was deployed in Africa somewhere. Anyways I made plans with the Mrs. because don't we always make the plans for our families? Haha. I am totally kidding but this was something our husbands wanted us to do so we said wouldn't it be fun to go to a pumpkin patch and there should be hay rides drawn by horses that the family would enjoy. Of course I thought this sounds like so much fun and I was pumped. Later I told Alex what we would be doing and he was like yay what a way to spend a Saturday. He was not very enthusiastic in case you didn't notice but he was willing to make me happy. So Saturday rolls around and we got to the farm and of course Isaiah is having the time of his life because he is surrounded by another family and they have five kids so he took off with the "big" kids. Alex and I stayed behind with Nathanael and we placed Nathanael in this area that was surrounded by huge pumpkins in comparison to his size. Watching him trying to climb these pumpkins was so hilarious. After a while Isaiah decided to join us because of course he wants to show us that he can climb these pumpkins too and he decided to join his brother and play with him for a little while. He cracked us up because we were lifting some of these pumpkins trying to figure out which ones we wanted to take home with us so he tried to show us how strong he was and he tried lifting them too but he took a break after a while and gave me a smile. After we got all the pumpkins in the wagon he pulled the wagon for me and we parked it in the corner so we can go apple picking. Of course this has to be one of the last weekends to go apple picking because nearly all of the trees were empty but we found a few trees in the back and picked a few apples. We ran to our wagon and put the apples away just in time to catch the "hay" ride. It really wasn't a hay ride but we all sat in this carriage and the horses took us around the land. Isaiah had so much fun and was so happy to be doing something like this on this beautiful day. After all was said and done Alex admitted that he enjoyed this experience very much and said next year we have to come sooner. I was so excited to see our family bond in this way. Our friends got a lot of good pictures and I took more but this was all I could upload now because I don't have much space on my camera. The rest of the weekend was filled with fun as well because on Sunday we spend the afternoon at the park at church and then we let Isaiah ride his bike around our driveway. Monday was a rainy day which was perfect because we just rested at home. I am so glad that we got to do this as a family and especially since there are not very much weekends left for us to do things like this. Before we know it the snow will be here and we probably won't be outside very much. It is hard to believe that it is already Thursday and another weekend should be here soon but sometimes I like to reflect on the past.
Aleida

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Work Weekends

I am going to vent a little. I try to look forward to the weekends because that is when I get to spend the most time with my husband but it is so frustrating that every other weekend he has to work. I know I shouldn't complain because he is given the following Monday and Tuesday off but this weekend I am just frustrated because I feel like I really haven't gotten to see him this past month and I really was just hoping for down time this weekend. I will get to spend time with him tomorrow and the next day so that makes me happy but I wish it wouldn't bother me so much now.

Aleida