living up North!

As many of you know, Jason and I decided to move to Illinois a few months ago. October 23, 2008 we packed up and took a road trip! It was so much fun. We started from Tampa and drove to Orlando to spend a few days with my family. We had lots of fun, eating tons of food including my favorite Pupusas! Then we made a stop in Tallahassee to spend time with our friends David and Stefani. We then stopped in Tennessee to visit Deedee and Jay. We stayed overnight at both places and had fun seeing old friends. After Tennessee it was off to our final destination- a small suburb outside Chicago. We have been here ever since. We are staying with Jason's parents for now. It has been fun being around family. We have experienced fall- the changing of the leaves. And now we are experiencing winter- a white blanket covering everything.
During this time Jason quit his marketing job and has been hired by Chase bank as a personal banker. The past couple of weeks he has been taking the train to downtown Chicago to study and prepare for his Series 6 brokers license. He is really enjoying learning about finances and savings.
As for me, I am now 38 weeks pregnant. Sofia is still cooking. As of last week, I was 1/2 cm dilated and 50% effaced. It's starting to become real. This baby is coming! In the next couple of weeks we will have a little girl in our arms! It's so exciting. I am now going to the doctor's every week. Sofia moves so much. The movements are so big now, my belly moves around and warps! We can't wait to see little Sofia's face!

life update...

I guess I can start by apologizing to all who have been waiting for updates. Life has been busy and crazy. So much change inthe last few months. So here is the update...

I will start with the pregnancy. Things are going GREAT!! Everyone was right, we are expecting a baby GIRL!!! Jay and I have definitely begun to picturing life with our little princesa! I am currently about 32 weeks pregnant and the due date is still December 29. All the check ups have been great, all her measurements are within the normal ranges, and the ultrasounds have been so amazing. Its so much fun watching her move around and feeling her move around. She is so active. Within the last couple weeks she has begun the hiccups! It's such a funny feeling. She gets them almost everyday, actually she has them right now! We are so excited to meet her. We have pretty much decided on her name, maybe 95% sure of her name... It is Sofia Arianah Winters.
Sofia- meaning Wisdom
Arianah- meaning Holy one
Jay loves to feel my belly and loves to talk to our daughter. It has been so much fun being pregnant. its hard to imagine not being pregnant, BUT I'm so excited to se our beautiful princesa!

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Hi everyone! So the Pregnancy is going great. For the past couple of weeks, I have been feeling strange little wiggles in my tummy. The doctor said it's the baby, but I have been unsure until this week. A few days ago, I think Tuesday, I knew, without a question that my little one was moving, or having a party!! It started with little wiggles, worm like, then it was full out wiggles. It was so exciting, it actually tickled a little bit! I just started laughing. It's so great to feel my baby move, it reassures me that he/she is in there and OK. He/She, that is the question. August 13 is the date for the long awaited sonogram. Jay and I are so excited. Most people are guessing it's a girl. In fact my whole family except maybe 1 person says it's a girl. I really have no idea, but I have had a few dreams of it being a boy. I guess we will soon find out this mystery! Boy or girl, we are all waiting for baby with open arms, love and sooo much excitement. I can't believe God has allowed me to experience such an amazing miracle! Thank you LORD! The next Blog will reveal the sex of our baby!!!!!

just life today...

It's been over a month, I'm bad at this blog thing. Well, a lot has happened in the last month. I am now 15 weeks pregnant, done with my first trimester, yey! My belly has definitely grown. I now have to wear maternity clothes! As for my work scrubs, not very many choices in the maternity department, maybe nurses aren't suppose to be working while pregnant. I mean I get patients that cough in my face all day. One day I had a patient and while assessing them, they decide to say "oh, by the way I have shingles!" Just because we are nurses doesn't mean we are immune to all of the diseases in the world, honestly!
Well, I guess I can talk about how work is going. I am in CIU at Pepin Heart Hospital. It is crazy! I am learning so much, but have sooo much to learn. I get overwhelmed because it seems as if I will never get it. In nursing it is so important to almost be perfect. Make sure you give the rights meds, right amount and to the right person. You can't forget anything, or your patients will go off on you as is your weren't human. People can be nasty. I have definitely seen how ugly people can get. My internship is great though, I still have about 7 weeks left.
Jason has been working hard. He is currently taking one summer class and working full time. We are adjusting to eachother's crazy schedules and trying to balance time together. We are getting more and more excited to become parents and see our little blessing. KNowing that there is a child inside of me is the most amazing thing ever. My mind just can't even understand it! It's so awesome to know that only God can see the face of our child. That He is so intimate with our baby. He sees are the toes and finger, I read that this week baby can start making facial expressions. I bet God is making our baby smile this week! Wow, how amazing, Thank you LORD!!! I pray that our child's heart would be as sensitive to the voice of Christ when he/she come into this world as it is now...

We are Pregnant!!!

April 26, 2008 was the date I found out our life was going to change and become more exciting! I was a week late so I decided to take a home pregnancy test. It was positive. So I took another one. It was positive. I called Jay and asked him to come home form work and he came home- he just thought I missed him! I left the tests on the bathroom counter and when he got home he saw them. At first he thought it was a joke. It wasn't April fools he said, so his mind started racing. He then said.."really?!" and I just nodded my head and starting crying! The next day we went to Orlando and my sister made me take another one. It was positive. I made an appointment and on Monday morning i went to the doctors and took another urine test and got blood work done. This was actually the 5th urine test! They were all positive! We got a call on Wednesday from the docs office about the blood work and they said we are positively PREGNANT! Officially made it more real coming from the MD.
I am just now 10 weeks pregnant. Time is flying. Baby is growing and belly is growing. Its so amazing. I have been scared of the m word, but am trusting my Jesus to protect our baby. I have this picture of the hand of Christ holding our baby, and protecting it as it grows. I know that Christ is intimate with my baby and knows and sees my baby! This experience is so amazing! The due date we were given is December 29, 2008!

this is at 6 weeks- just a tiny dot in this pic



these are at almost 9 weeks! so much growth!

Graduate Nurse!

Well, it's been almost a month since i posted something. Since the last post I, Diana, graduated from nursing school! The past two years have been very difficult for me. My focus was school, school and school. No time to hang out with friends, no time for cooking weeks at a time because of tests, sorry Jay! It's almost like life was on hold. Well, school is over! (for now) Graduation was May 5, 2008. I still have to study for my state boards, which will be sometime this summer. I just signed up for my pass to let me test and that takes about a month. So I think the boards will be toward the end of the summer. I was hired as a Graduate Nurse at the hospital I currently work at. They have a GN internship that lasts 3 months. I was hired to work in the Heart Hospital in CIU as a cardiac nurse, which I never thought I would ever do! Cardiac was always so hard for me in school, but who knows I might really like it.
I have more news and more updates, but for today that's all.
Oh, Bella is doing much better at potty training, she still goes inside. Tomorrow is her first haircut!

Bella...

We got a puppy!! My (Diana) brother Daniel, surprised me with this adorable pup for graduation. Her name is Bella! She is a 10 week old Shih Tzu. We got her on Friday May 2nd. She is so cute. Potty training her is a little frustrating. She cries too much when she is in her crate and since we live in an apartment, we don't want to upset the neighbors , so we take her out, which I know we aren't suppose to do. I guess it is going to be a process....BUT she is so sweet and adorable!!

March 10, 2007 --Our Fairy Tale