First Weekend of Summer

Finally after 9 months of School we can say School is out for the Summer. Yes we go back Mid August but we get to enjoy our family time now. We have decided that every weekend we are planning something special as family time. This weekend was a sweet little picnic up in the Rocky Mountains called Lake Manitou. We packed up our sandwiches, sodas, and chips, and drove up to spend our day up there. We got there around 11 and stayed until 2. Hiking around the lake and just enjoyed the natural beauty of our wonderful state. I complain about no family. I complain about never seeing Ro but knowing we live here is worth it. I completely love my state.

It's A.....

Baby! We were burdened by the fear of an ectopic. Then Worried about viability. Yesterday was our 7 week sonagram to check growth at 11. The doctor  took me back into the room at 10:50. Ro was not there. He was supposed to be there at 10:45. The doctor sent me to the bathroom and then I changed for the ultrasound. Ro was not answering his phone at all. I had a feeling from the beginning that he would miss the appointment.At 10:57 we started the sono. The doctor had the monitor turned away from me. She told me she was checking the ovaries, tubes and all that fun stuff.

Next thing I know she turns the tube towards me and I see a beautiful sight. I see flickering. That is my childs tiny heartbeat. It is already beating at 153 bpm. My husband missed it. He missed the whole thing. We chatted for a bit and I would start my regular ultrasounds at 9 weeks. Our new baby will be arriving around 1-8-2014. I am so love with this child already.

I am getting teary typing this up. I will update tomorrow about my big girl. Life with My Ro's is getting interesting. I cannot wait to see where this Ride takes me.

Baby Ro to Be

My "Baby" finished 1st Grade

Kindergarten was a rough year for us. Rowen was very immature and honestly we did not know how he would perform in first grade. I pushed refused retainment and thankfully his teacher was absolutely wonderful. She saw through his immaturity and he turned into the student I knew he could be. Today was his last day as a first grader. I grabbed my camera to get his pictures and I held it together. I was fine until I got home and found a letter from his teacher. I broke down into tears. My baby is growing up so fast.

Rowen, I am so proud of who you are becoming. Keep following your dreams darling. With great teachers and me as your mommy you will go far. You are going to be a big brother soon and trust me, you will rock at it. You will always be my baby. Mommy loves you! 

Rowen with Mrs. R

Our wonderful crossing guard

This lady loves her job and I love her.

My Big Second Grader!

Making Room for My Fourth Ro

I know I am not even out of my first trimester but right now is yard sale time! I have my cradle from when I was born made in 1979. I have a few outfits but honestly we are starting from scratch. I saw a yardsale sign today and something told me to go walking over there. I walked over eagerly and saw a sweet little baby section. I looked at the prices and gasped. It was all for $10!

I got a pack n play. It will be great for when baby is older and needs a nap. I got an exersaucer. I got a bath tub. I got 2 sleepers and a kick and play piano. We are slowly but surely getting ready for babe.

Rowen is going to be in second grade next year! My goodness how time flies.

Roana, is going to be going to college this summer. Crazy but she is ahead and needs to stay ahead.

I am a very blessed woman. Ro is working overtime but he is doing it so our family can grow and be comfortable. I may not have this year going the way I planned but I am happy to say I am happy the way God is taking me.

33 and Pregnant

I will cherish every moment I have with my sweet baby. I am enjoying every moment of pregnancy but I swear I do not remember pregnancy being this hard with my first two! I feel crampy, irritable. I go from hungry to nauseous and happy to sad. Oh the joys of hormones. Every cramp scares the bejezzus out of me. I fear for my sweet pea. I love so deeply this sweet human being. I cannot wait until Weds to see it again. I never dreamed of having 3 babies but now that it is here I want this child more then anything. Please pray for my sweet child.  I dream of holding him or her in January!

Well us Ro's got quite the surprise

Deep down I have always wanted 3 children. I tried to convince myself that the time is not right. I told myself this world is too insane. Heck I even have an IUD so I will not conceive until I take it out. Well I am here to say when someone else has a plan you cannot change the plan.

On April 29th I took a pregnancy test. I was going to just take this test to get my period to start. It works every other month. Imagine my shock when I saw this....yes it took 12 to convince me!

God has other plans for me. The doctor got me in right away and told me my IUD had failed. She saw a nice thick lining but no baby yet.

Finally the following week I went in and saw this....

It is official we are going to have another Ro come January! I never imagined I would have 3 children but now that I saw that ultrasound I cannot imagine my life without him or her. Follow this page closly. Things are going to get very interesting here come January when I have a 7th grader, a 2nd grader and a newborn. I look forward to posting again and watching my babies grow as a family of 5. Welcome to my new Reality. Life with My 4 Ro's!

How I chose to honor my mother

On September 10, 2004 my mom passed away in a car accident. In 2003 my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. She had a large lump and portion of her breast removed because of it. In 2004 right before she passed on she had another lump biopsied and was possibly getting a total mastectomy. She died on a hospital operating table from problems with her heart before cancer could consume her. Big Ro's work sponsors a team every year at the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Ro's friend who is like a sister to us asked us to join the team. Ro and I finally got the funds and paid our registration. I had exactly 1 week to reach my goal of $100. It was like pulling teeth but finally on Saturday my friends and family came through and I reached it. I was very proud and excited to do something I set my mind to. This morning we woke up at 5:45. Opening Ceremonies started at 7:15 so we wanted to beat the crowd. We walked around the tents and even stopped at the refreshment tent for a bagel some chocolate milk and a bottle of water. Then Ro called our coordinator so we could figure out where our team was meeting. We finally found our team and sprayed our hair pink and glittery! We also took our team photo and talked then lined up at the starting line. We followed the runners. We had originally planned on doing the family 1k run but when we saw our group in the 5k we decided why not and joined right in. The announcer was chatting and commenting on costumes and then we heard "Okay guys, it is a beautiful day for a walk through Garden of the God's lets get going in ten!" We heard the countdown and then the screech of the bullhorn. We were off! The first 1.5 miles were all uphill! The temperature was perfect and the spirit surrounding us was absolutely amazing. I cannot explain it but the whole time I had goosebumps and felt a presence all around us. At about 1.75 miles Rowen got really winded. We were walking next to a group of survivors wearing bright pink shirts. A woman who would be around my mothers age turned to my son and grabbed his hand. She told him "Hey there little man, I am so proud of you. You will get to go to school tomorrow and say you walked 3 miles around Garden of the Gods." She walked with him and I in a straight line for 1 mile. Then she let us go. I made sure I told him we were doing this for people like her who had fought cancer and was winning. I told him we were fighting for a cure. I told him that she was the reason and we could do this for her. I never even caught her name but that woman made a huge impact on me. The last .25 miles was the toughest. The poor boy was so winded that he was almost to tears. I kept telling him how proud I was of him. I told him he was a big boy and that not many kids got this far. He just looked up and smiled at me with that toothless grin of his. Then as we approached the finish line a big beautiful yellow butterfly flew above my head. My mom loved butterfly's. I noticed a few when I felt my lowest today. I honestly think it was her way of saying "I am here with you. Thank you. Please push forward for me." I never imagined my family would be doing a 1k, let alone a 5k. But what can I say? This experience was nothing like anything I have experienced before. It was a time of being positive. A time of hope. A time where we all stood united with no differences for just one cause. Breast cancer runs in my genes. I know now not to fear it. With all those pink shirts I know I can fight and survive if I ever get diagnosed. I honestly can say I cannot wait until next year. I will make my goal $200 next year and I guarantee I will reach it. God works in mysterious ways. This is his way of bringing me comfort for a few days before the anniversary of my beautiful mothers death. I am truly blessed to have experience this and I look forward to Racing for the Cure every year until I am no longer able to take another step.

Our First Race For the Cure

Rogelio and I have had family members who have had breast cancer. This cause is very close to our hearts. We will be racing on September 9th with our family in support of finding a cure. If you have any extra funds I ask you to find it in you to donate towards our personal journey. Thank you for any consideration.

http://www.info-komen.org/site/TR/RacefortheCure/General?px=13371539&pg=personal&fr_id=2574

Our Halloween Costume...it's Never to Early!

I know, I know, school has not even started for most of my blogging friends but since the last holiday we really got to celebrate was the Fourth of July the kids start asking me about what they will be for Halloween! This year I really wanted my son to be a superhero. We have done Eeyore, Devil, Joker, Transformer, and Mario. Most of those were homemade costumes. But finally we are into buying costumes. I hate dealing with the stores. So I have this wonderful opportunity to order one from a Wholesale Costume Club.

Lil Ro and I looked through the costumes for quite a few minutes and finally we settled on this Batman costume. I placed the order on August 16th and we received it on August 24th! It came UPS and my son was beyond ecstatic when he saw the Costume Warehouse Envelope!

I patiently waited for my neighbor child to go home so we could start our modeling session. First of all I was very impressed that this is a Rubies Costume.  I know they make a good quality costume that is light but comfortable for your child. The costume is a retro batman look but honestly I did not want the Dark Knight look as the grey will reflect at night better then say black or dark blue!

My favorite things about this costume is that the bodysuit is One Piece! Also the belt is separate so I can tighten or loosen it to my son's liking. The mask and cape is attached together so you do not have to worry about losing them! I also love that the black cape is lined with a royal blue lining so you can open your wings and appear to take off! It is a very authentic looking Batman costume. The muscles are comical and make my boy look bigger then he is. I  He is absolutely in love with it so I cannot complain too much. It is for one night and it will make him feel invincible that evening.

The only negative thing I can say is that the sizing is a bit off. I ordered a size 7-10 but then the label says for kids ages 5-7. If I had known that I would have ordered a size up. However, since Halloween is less then 2 months away I know it will still fit him comfortably. Also the cuffs are a bit smaller then I anticipated. I will put in a couple of cans and try to stretch them out before his big Trick or Treat day! I honestly think this is a manufacture thing and not a company thing. Another thing I did not care for was there was only 1 Velcro at the top of the suit! But I can fix that with a safety pin or even additional Velcro.

The Wholesale Costume Club has incredible prices though! This costume is less then $30! They have this great feature where you can sign up to become a new member and you save even more money! I am definitely going to keep this site as a favorite to buy costumes and dress up clothes. They are good quality costumes with great prices and even faster shipping. It is rare to find a place like this and I hope to become a very frequent costumer of theirs! I am now looking at Rupunzel stuff there for my daughter. My son shall rise to be the greatest Batman ever thanks to this company! I know it's not even September but let's get our costume shopping done before all the good ones are taken!

A Special Event...Invite Only...The Wii U Experience Denver!

What an amazing day and an amazing event! Big Ro was invited to this event about 1 month ago. We figured what the heck and reserved a space for it. We are avid nintendo fans. Both of us have had the systems from the Original NES to the Current Wii. Some of our fondest memories are of our first nights together sitting in front of the Nintendo 64 playing Mario Party and laughing at the choices that could be made in the game. The event started at 11 am but we got there at 9:45. We were second in line until another person decided to check out a coffee shop next door. We whipped on our Mario gear and took our spots into the first of the line. The kids sat against the bare store front covered in curtains and played their 3ds'.

 The minutes counted down and we became anxious as the security guard opened the door and the staff said "Welcome to the Wii U experience." We checked in and got our lanyards and id cards. This event was by invite only and you had to RSVP. We walked into the waiting area and patiently waited for them to pull open the curtain. Finally at 11 they opened it up with a chant of Wii U...Wii U...welcome Denver.

 The kids, Ro and I ran to Super Mario U. We all three played and it was a very good game. You can have up to 5 players on one console and someone even helps you get through it. You can even play with other people online. The next game we went to experience was Luigis Mansion. This has to be one of my favorites. The person with the game pad actually plays as the ghost on the gamepad. You cannot see where he is at, you just feel the vibrations. I definitely want this game.

 Soon after Big Ro went to check out batman as I took the kids to play Sing. I honestly did not think I would care about it very much as it sounded like Karaoke at first. But when we stood up and started dancing as someone else jammed out it was a blast.

 We also played Just Dance 4. That one was really fun as one person could take the gamepad and become the puppetmaster picking every move you guys could make. I would recommend this one too. My favorite game of course was Wii Fit U. I broke a couple of records actually! You even get to use the same wii board so you do not have to buy another one. They had exclusive bottled waters and a trivia session at the end.

 Big Ro actually won the first question of the night to win a tin of star candy. I am dying to get this new system. I am hoping that Santa brings it to our family. Not very many people get to play a system before it even has an official launch date. I think however nintendo did a wonderful job getting the name and hype out there.

Wii U is definitely a different system that is going to bring a whole new level of gaming to people out there. The clarity of the system is absolutely beautiful. This was a wonderful Saturday event and well worth the cost of gas to get to it. I am eagerly announcing the release date and price so Santa can leave it under our tree!