Farmers Market

Hopefully everyone is doing well. As for us, not much has been going on. We've just been hanging out and Jon has been doing major house adjustments to prepare for our little Brianna Isabella or vice versa. He's done such an AWESOME job and there's not enough words to express how grateful I am for him. Maddie had her toddler bed taken out of her room and now she has a nice comfy full-size bed. She has the best bed in the house. We bought the baby's crib a few weeks ago and Jon is so anxious to put it up. Other than that, not much has been going on. Maddie is still continuing to learn/spell more 3-letter words and of course, her intelligence is beyond an average 2 year old. She is such a smart cookie. We are so proud of her. She is constantly telling us how she can't wait for her baby sister to come followed by a list of events that are occurring the day her sister is born. I posted some pictures of Madison at the Farmers market. Our main attraction is the carousel, kettle corn and the fire truck. Above, Madison and her best buddy, Max are waiting for the carousel to start.

Her all-time favorite moment: pretending to drive the fire truck. Her new theory is being that she is out growing naps, she is old enough to drive daddy's car. We didn't expect to hear those words for another 13-14 years.


Overall, my bump is very huge but we're all doing well. I feel great and we're all getting more excited and anxious as the time of our baby arrival is approaching.

Busy, Busy, Busy!!!!

These past few weeks have quite busy for The Lujan Family. We had visitors 2 weeks in a row, a baby shower, and last week we hung out with my sister in-laws who were visiting from Utah and Jon's aunts: Letta and Janette. We also went down south for my grandparents 59th wedding anniversary party. I just want to say Thank you to aunt Letta for taking me to have a surprise pedicure. I've never had one before because I'm a little weirded out about having someone touch my feet. But after this, I surely will not have a problem going back. Not only did I have my toes done but I got a foot and back massage. It was WONDERFUL!!!!!!! Finally, a weekend of rest. But we've had so much fun with everyone and being able to visit with family. Aside from our busy schedule, Maddie has been learning how to spell 3 letter words. Her favorite words right now are: mom, dad, cat, dog, pig and cow. She can spell them on her own and can recognize them in books or her flashcards. She is growing up too fast on us and of course, I'm sad but yet I'm beyond proud of her. Madison is such an amazing and smart little girl. I just love her to pieces!!! She's getting very anxious for the arrival of her sister and more so because we've been going through hundreds of boxes of her old clothes and getting ready to work on her nursery. Although Maddie had a ton of clothes that she only wore about twice and maybe not even that, our new baby doesn't need anything except a few minor things. But since I have a shopping fetish, I can't help myself. Maddie and I have been shopping like crazy and of course, she's been getting new stuff, too. It feels so weird to be shopping for 2 kids. We've even shopped for diapers already because I'm trying to get a head start. We're excited about getting the nursery started. Her room is going to be sage green, pink and a touch of chocolate brown. Jon picked out her bedding and I love it. We'll post pictures when this nursery project is all said and done.
Below are a few pictures that were taken in the last few weeks.

My little smiley face.

Lisa, Ruthann, Angela and Maddie. Thanks again Angela for staying with us. It was nice to have you and you surely made Maddie's day. We miss you! Also, thank you for the awesome baby blanket and the matching burp cloths you made for our new little one. We always enjoy all the homemade goodies. They're the best!!!

Maddie and her Nana (my mom) before leaving to Pappo and Abuelita's surprise party.

My little brother Joseph who looked handsome and sharp.

Here's our funny family portrait. Maddie didn't want to leave the dance floor for the picture so she decided to act like a stinker.
This picture came out blurry but she was shaking her groove thing out there. She loves to sing and dance. I'm a little bummed because I didn't get any pictures of my grandparents or other relatives. During the first hour of our arrival, Maddie slipped and fell outside which resulted in a really bad bloody nose. By the looks of it, we were sure she had a broken nose or would end up with some type of damage. Thank goodness she was alright and just had a minor scrape on her nose. Since we had to leave to get her cleaned up, we missed dinner, speeches that were said for my grandparents and family pictures. But is was nice to visit with everyone.

Baby Bump

Finally, here is my baby bump at 25 weeks. I'm a lot bigger with this baby girl. I was smaller than this when I gave birth to my little Madison. I've lost 14 lbs and barely gained 3 lbs back. During the first 4 months of my pregnancy with Maddie, I lost 18 lbs but then during the last 4 1/2, I gained all 18 back. I'm thinking I'm going to break even again- we'll see.

Maddie and Jon love to rub my belly and our little one moves wherever their hands move. She is a mover and a shaker. She is constantly moving all over the place.


After months of trying to find a name for our newest addition, I think we finally came up with one. We always knew Madison would be a Madison but this time around was challenging. So a few weeks ago, Jon came up with Brianna and I really like Isabella. Maddie is somewhat over Emma which was starting to grow on me. So now our battle is over whose name will be the first name and which is going to be the middle name. Awwwww!

We've done some shopping and Madison has been so excited because we buy the clothes and blankets that she picks out. We bought her bedding and we're going to start her nursery, which is going to be lady bugs, flowers and butterflies, in the next month or so. I can't believe she is going to be here in a few short months. It doesn't feel like I've been pregnant for 6 months. We're so anxious for her arrival and to see how Madison is going to react towards her.

Happy Easter

We hope you all had a very nice Easter. Our day was very nice and relaxing. My best-friend came to visit us for the weekend and we had such a great time. We've had quite a few visitors within the last month. My sister, brothers and mom paid me a surprise visit on my birthday a month ago and Auntie came to visit us a week ago. We had such a great time with everyone and of course, it's always hard to say good bye. This was the first Easter I spent without my family but our day turned out to be nice and quite. I thought Maddie would have a boring time hunting for eggs by herself but she didn't seem to mind. She had a very fun time hunting for all those eggs. We just want to say Thank you to everyone who got Maddie an Easter basket. We really appreciate everything. She got a new garden bag for all her new garden tools, books, bubbles, hair bows, money for her piggy bank, yo-yo, frisbees and of course, candy!!!!! Also, our new baby received 2 baskets filled with onsies, bibs, a blanket, shoes and socks. It was fun to see tiny clothes again.



Madison coloring Easter eggs. After a few, she lost interest and I ended up finishing the project.
On Saturday, we went to an Easter egg hunt at Maga and Grandpa's house. Maddie is a good egg hunter but once she discovered there was candy inside the eggs, it was all over.

After a long egg hunt, Maddie and Daddy took a breather.

On Sunday morning, Jon and I hid her basket so when she woke up, the hunt was on.

After her bath on Sunday night, we did one last egg hunt in the house.

These Sesame Street toy figurines came inside some large. She was so excited that Elmo was hiding inside her eggs. Finally, we got to sit down, put our feet up and just relax. We had such a great day and it was beyond fun watching Madison egg hunt and enjoy herself. Hope you all had a fun day.

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Once again, I'm on the late train. I've been meaning to post some pictures from our visit to the aquarium but with everyday duties and keeping up with my sweet, precious, loving, bossy, throwing tantrum daughter, I tend to forget a lot of things. I'm actually describing her behavior in a polite manner. Awwww, the joys of parenthood. We had a great time at the aquarium minus the few tantrums. We really enjoyed taking a walk afterwards on Cannery Row. I went a little picture crazy but I promised my sister. This is one of my favorite pictures of Maddie. I can never catch her in the moment without looking in the camera.

Jon and Maddie did a little rock climbing and ended up on this wall where you can get a good view of the ocean.

Another one of my favorite pictures of my 2 favorite people. Jon and Madison took some beautiful pictures down by the beach. I couldn't go down too far because I was afraid of slipping but I was able to get close enough to take good pictures.

This was one of their awesome fish exhibits. Maddie kept covering her head while laughing because she thought the fish were going to get her pony tails.
Here's our family shot including by baby bump. It was nice how all the doors let outside to view the ocean.

Maddie loved this exhibit because she got to play with different kinds of starfish.

Thank you Grandma for taking us to the Aquarium. They were visiting the penguins but their favorite exhibit were the Sea Otters.

Here she is sitting in front of some fish tank that was in the Sting Ray exhibit.

It's a,...........

Today, Jon, Madison and I found out the sex of our sweet baby who is scheduled to arrive on July 25. We cannot believe that time has flown by and the baby will be here in 4 months. We are beyond EXCITEMENT!!!! About 3 weeks ago, I had a stat ultrasound done because my doctor thought the baby was too big. I think I had a little influence on that because I was very determined that the baby is big. The size of my tummy now is the size I was with Maddie when I gave birth. But the baby is normal size and we're right on track. Since Jon was sick with the flu that day, Maddie and I went to my appointment. She behaved like an angel (surprisingly enough) and the staff were so nice to her. She got to sit on the bed with me and put jelly on my tummy. Both ultrasound techs were so amazed at the fact that she is only 2 1/2 because she was asking a ton of questions and was interested in what was going on. They were nice enough to hold her to the screen, point to all the baby body parts and took the time to explain things to her. I didn't think she would be that interested. Towards the end of the ultrasound, Maddie asked if she was going to have a brother or a sister. The tech looked real quick and said the baby was in a weird position but gave us a guess of the sex. I didn't think too much of it because it wasn't a sure answer. Overall, I was happy the baby was alright and Maddie walked out with a cute color book and crayons.


So, Jon and I decided to schedule another ultrasound, which was today. All I have to say is that our little one is very active. That's the first thing that comes out of our techs mouths. Maddie used to turn her back to us and fall asleep in the middle of all her ultrasounds. She definitely didn't want to be bothered and was very shy. After a while, the tech began to tell us that the baby is lying face down and is unable to tell us the sex but gives us her guess. So I began thinking that we have another Madison on our hands and we're not going to know until they're born. As she is telling us to come back in 3 weeks, the baby suddenly rolls over on it's back, opens their legs and our tech, Kara, announces that we're having, .................. A GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She is with no doubt a sweet little girl. Kara said there is no plumbing in between her legs and is 200% a girl. The guess I got 3 weeks ago was correct except that I was a little bummed then and told the techs they were lying. That was awful of me to say that. Then I began to think about the cute dresses with matching ballet shoes, bows, ruffled socks, tights,.... that I used to dress Maddie in and began to have a change of heart. I'm just glad that our baby is healthy. Jon was excited when I told him and even more so when we found out today. Maddie had no interest today because our appointment clashed with her nap time. For weeks Maddie has been calling her Emma (a name she said she thought about and chose all by herself) but we have a few other names in mind as well. This little girl is definitely a soccer player. I have been feeling her move for weeks but Jon and Madison were able to feel her kick earlier this week. Madison's expression was priceless. Her little eyes opened wide and the baby would kick wherever she put her hands. The baby moves like that for Jon, too. We're anxious to see what she's going to look like and we can't wait to meet her. Overall, we're all doing great. My bump is all baby and I feel awesome!!!!!
Since Maddie is the potty queen, Grandma Ruthann is rewarding her with a trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium tomorrow. She is so excited. Yippee!!!!

Happy Valentines Day

When our sweet little Valentine woke up in the morning, she had to follow the rose petals to her room to find her gift. She's at that fun age and had a good time finding her present.




A couple of things we got Madison were Tinkerbell walkie talkies, PJs, Madagascar 2, noise making farm animals and few other little things. She liked all her gifts and kept thanking Jon and I. For the record, we've watched Madagascar about 20 times-- Ahhhhhh!!!!

Thank you Grandma Ruthann for the cute Catepillar, a.k.a. "Cati" and candy.

.We had a nice Valentines Day. It was fun waking up early in the morning and making rose petal paths for both Jon and Madison. Maddie and I got Jon an IPOD and some candy. When we were at the checkout line purchasing the IPOD, Madison said she was going to ask Daddy to put Fergie music. I'm not sure why she likes her music because I don't really listen to her music. So the first thing Daddy did was download Fergie for his little princess. Jon bought me beautiful roses and is going to buy me a new BBQ grill so I'm real excited about that. We asked Maddie what/where she wanted to eat and she said pizza, shrimp, chicken and fries. So we ended up at Sizzler which was a good choice. I ate so much I couldn't move. We ended the night playing with Madison and watching a movie. I'm glad I was able to spend this day with the 2 special people I LOVE the MOST!!!! We also want to say Thank you to everyone who sent Maddie a Valentine.

* Auntie: Thanks for the stuffed dog and yummy candy.
* Papa Lujan: Thanks for the card and candy.
*Grammy Lujan: Thanks for the necklace and the Kitty beanie baby.