Baby Lujan Update

Our family is looking forward to the next 6 months and by the time you know it, our special little someone will be here. What a true blessing for us. I got a new due date: July 25, 2009. That was my exact, original due date with Madison who happened to come on July 9. Our doctor was wondering how me managed that. We also got a cute baby bump going on, which is EXCITING! This pregnancy is a lot different than my first one. With Maddie, I was just tired but this time around, I'm more tired (I think because I chase a 2 year old around) and I was slightly feeling nausea for a few days. But overall, things are great! I'm one of them women who enjoy being pregnant and if we're blessed, we're going to do this one more time. Jon and I agree that 3 is a good number. Pregnancy is a a lot easier when you have an AWESOME husband who is loving, caring, compassionate/ sensitive to all your needs,...etc. Jon is very helpful and I truly appreciate him very much!Madison loves the bump and she and Jon are constantly rubbing and talking to my stomach. It's really cute. Everytime she touches my tummy, she always says it warm and it's very chuncky. She's so funny.

Maddie has been such an angel with helping me such as picking up all her toys without me having to tell her a hundred times. That's a big step for Maddie since she truly believes she's the BOSS! She's doing excellent with her potty training. I would say she's 98% complete and she's pretty good at telling us in public when she has to go to the potty. She hasn't had an accident yet. We are very proud of her. She has a little problem going #2 sometimes but she's gotten alot better. Grandma Ruthann said she'll take her to the L.A. Zoo if she goes #2 all the time. So far, Miss Maddie is holding her end of the bargain. Next week we get to hear the baby's heartbeat, which will be Maddie's first visit with us to the doctor's office. When we had our ultrasound last month, Jon took our camcorder and was able to get our first video of Baby Lujan. Maddie loves to watch the video and we think she'll enjoy hearing the baby's heartbeat. Jon and I want to keep her included in as much as possible. One week she refers to the baby as her sister and the next week her brother. She is the most sweetest little girl I know. We just LOVE her more than words can describe.We are looking forward to finding out the sex of the baby in March. This is such an exciting time for all of us and we're looking forward to the arrival our new bundle of joy.

Better Late Than Never

Madison and Aunt Angela made really cute ginger bread houses. They both did a great job. Once again, Madison licked all the candies before sticking them on her house.

A night before Christmas Eve, Madison got her special visit from Santa Clause. She looks scared in this picture but if you could have seen her a few minutes prior, she was bouncing off the walls. When she opened the door, she yelled: "It's you again"! and then ran all over the living room saying: "Oh my gosh, Santa's in my house"! It was a classic and not to mention PRICELESS!!!!
For some reason, when we downloaded the video, there was no volume so hopefully we'll be able to show it to you all on our next post.
It was nice that Madison got to spend time with Uncle Joe and Aunt Angela. In fact, they were her babysitters for a few days. Although she gives Angela the cold shoulder and favors Joe, Maddie had such a fun time with them and misses them a lot! Thanks guys for taking such good care of our sweetheart.
I love this picture. Sorry Joe, I hope you don't mind me putting this hilarious picture of you eating Maddie's play food that Angela made her. This was Madison's personal request.

Maddie with her favorite cousin, Lexi.

Opening a ton of gifts on Christmas.

The day after Christmas was spent with Auntie Maxine and Oscar Meyer. We ate a delicious dinner and opened more gifts.
Here's my gorgeous husband, not to mention the proudest Raider fan, with his gifts from Auntie. I love this guy!!!!
We hope you all had nice and safe holidays. We went down south on Christmas Eve and spent a few days there. It was nice to spend the holidays with our families. Maddie got a ton of gifts, which are very appreciated. She got an equal amount of both toys and clothes, which included a my size Barbie from Papa Lujan(Thanks for all the other gifts, Calvin), a puppet, books, game boards, an awesome strand of lights with cool decorations that Angela made (which look cool in her room), movies, CDs, ....etc. Two of the things that Jon and I got her was an Elmo Restaurant and an Easel. She loves them both. She is a great cook. We ended up bringing 3 of my brothers back with us to Hanford for a week and got to spend New Years with them. We had great holidays but yet exhausting at the same time.