Important to all women...

This is kind of personal, but useful, helpful, important information
When I went to my 6 week check up I was called about a week later and told that I had an abnormal pap smear. I was like okay. I did not think anything of it and then the nurse told me all about a procedure that my Dr. wanted to do called a Colposcopy (no not a colonoscopy) and take a biopsy. So I went to do that and I have a really good Dr. so he was able to tell that it was not cervical cancer. He told me that I was very lucky because I was 1 step away from cervical cancer. He told me that I needed to have a LEEP done. (This is a procedure that the Dr. shaves off the cancerous cells. It is no where as bad as what it sounds) I went to have the LEEP and then I went for my follow up appointment 4 months later and I had no signs. I have a very very good Dr. who I knew when I was a child going to his church. (he is not old, he is only in his late 30's early 40's) He is a very good Dr and a Christian man. He told me to keep going to my appointments no matter what, he was not worried about the financial part. The important part of this is I am only 26 years old and he told me that I was a step away from cervical cancer. So all my gal pals out there and every other woman who reads this spread the word! Anyone could get this, anyone could have this same problem and not even know. I believe my baby saved my life, I would not have went to the Dr. (OB/Gyn) if I had not been pregnant. He is my little life saver. I would have had cancer and who knows what before I went to the Dr. I had no signs, no problems, no reason to think that I had this. Everyone spread the word to your sisters, mothers, aunts, cousins, daughters, friends, grandmothers- to everyone. To me this is like a silent killer. I found out that a girl I know passed away in May from this. She had it so bad that it spread to uterus and intestines and she died. She was only 25! She had a 1 or 2 year old son and that is when she found out that she had cervical cancer. I am lucky to have caught this in time because I need to be here for my babies to take care of them and see them grow and go to Kindergarten, graduate from college, get married and to make me a grandmother. Please everyone pay attention and see about yourselves. This is really important.

Baby Edgar is 1!!!!

I can not believe that 1 year ago today I was in great pain at the hospital. I am posting this at 5:20pm (my time) and if I remember right my Dr. came in at about 5:45pm and I was crying really bad. They had me sitting up in the bed (to help the baby come down) and so the epidural was not working well. I was hurting!! My Dr. told the nurse to lay my bed down and not even 5 minutes later I was okay. Baby Edgar made his appearance at 8:37pm and it was the most joyous hour in my life. They had to help him out, my Dr. has to use the vaccuum a little to help him out. He weighed in at 8 pounds and 12 ounces and 21 inches long. Big Baby. So his head was really coned and Daddy Edgar was like oh my. I said don't worry when they bring him to us later he will have a perfect little head. (and he did) Although Daddy Edgar did not get to see him because it was midnight when they brought him to my room. He had to be suctioned out really good and checked out because in the last 45 minutes his heart rate went up to around 200 or 210 beat per minute. My Dr. was a little worried and he said that I was going to have to hurry and have him. He was born 30 minutes later. Daddy Edgar stayed with me the whole time! He only left the night I had him because he had to go to work early the next morning.
So today on Baby Edgars 1st birthday I went to Wal mart and got him a small cake. He just put his hands in it and then he tried to give it to his daddy. We are having his birthday party on January 9th. I am still trying to plan it. We live in an apartment and we do not have enough room. So I am going to say a little prayer at 8:37pm thanking God for my baby. Thanking him that he is healthy and he has had a wonderful 1st year!
I am going to post something else in a little while that I think is very important to all women.
It is what happened when I went to my 6 week check up.

Getting ready for Christmas

Last night we went to my granny's house and made Christmas sugar cookies. Well actually Elisa made everything. My granny bought some of that pull apart sugar cookie dough and Elisa decorated them with red and green sprinkles. She did it all by herself. Granny put them in the oven and took them out of course. I took some pictures and if I ever get a computer I will post some. But she had fun and then she had fun eating some. She wore an apron the whole time. She was so cute.
I need to go Christmas shopping, I have a few things that I need to pick up. I am taking the kids to see Santa Claus again this weekend at Bass Pro shop so I will have a picture of them with Santa. They were charging 17 dollars for 2 pictures. That is unreal. We want to go look at Christmas lights also.
Well what is everyone going to do for Christmas?

Not too much

I don't have too much to say today just posting some stuff. I am ready to be off on Wednesday. I was off on Friday and Saturday and I am already looking forward to my off day. I really just want to hang out at home with daddy edgar and the kids and watch TV. Maybe I am feeling slow today because it is raining. It seems like it has been raining since Saturday. It rained all day Saturday.
Baby will be 1 in 15 days!! I can not believe it. I still have not decided on the party thing yet. We were having a problem finding somewhere to have it, but I think that I have found somewhere. There will be no drinking- which is okay with me, I may have a margarita or 2 (or 3) when we go to eat or if we go to a dance or if we have friends over, but i am not a drinker- like an every day drinker. If we do it at this place then we will be able to do the DJ and I can get a clown. Hey I have to have someone to help entertain- I am not an entertainer and I am not a public speaker. We will have a piñata of course. (Does everyone like how I did that ñ- oooooh hooo little computer trick-- watch this ÑÑÑÑÑÑ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ñññññ- cool huh¿¿?)
Well that is about all for today!
Any party ideas??? Post away- what kind of food can i do for my American family and friends? What kind of games can i do? Any ideas, recipes, etc. feel free to leave it.
Thanks everybody!

Need some info

Okay so yesterday was Dec. 12th, dia de la virgen, I do not understand any of this. I am not catholic so I guess that is why is it really confusing to me. Daddy Edgar and his cousing tried their best to explain it to me , but I still did not get it. So is Guadalupe to them who we refer to as mother mary, the mother of Jesus? They told me yes, but how did her name go from mary to Guadalupe?? (I am not trying to be disrespectful, but I need to know. I am going to Mexico you know) I think they said that you pray to her for protecion- right? I have always watched on TV (Univision) this celebration, but I have never really understood the full meaning. So if someone would help me out please.
Anyway, we went to see Santa Claus last night at the mall and we had fun. I did not buy the pictures, they were 17 dollars for 2 3x5's Uhhhhh.. no way!
We rode the carousel. The kids had fun and Daddy Edgar did too. (Of course I had fun) Then we went to eat and went home. Boring Saturday night right? No not really when you have to work 40 - 50 hours a week it is nice just to be at home in your pj's. Well for me anyway.
I think that we are not going to Mexico until around March because he (we) still owe 3000 dollars on the truck and then there will be the money to pass it into Mexico. Does anyone know any good information on this, like what years can be passed and how much is it? I am kind of looking forward to going to Mexico with him, but then I have my fears. I am going to try and go for a week in February (if we decide to go later on during th year)
What are everyone's plans for Christmas? We usually go to my Mom's and then we will be spending th night with my grandmother. I am going to try to go to Church. They are having a Christmas Eve Service at 4:30pm, so I will go to that. I want my kids to know the real meaning of Christmas. I am teaching her about giving. We are sending Christmas cards to an orphanage in Mexico. There are 55 kids in this orphanage. If anyone would be interested the web address is www.casadeelizabeth.org
I will post soon. Hope to get some comments.

Party Time

My little baby Edagr will be 1 year old on the 29th of this month. This year has went by so fast and I hope that he stays little for a long time. This has been the most exciting year for all of us. Especially Elisa watching him grow from a little baby into a crawler who loves to try and get her crayons and likes to try and pull her hair. When he does she doesn't get mad at him she just laughs and laughs. They are so good together and I think about this when I am making my decision to go ahead and head south. I think of how would we share him and when he was not with me and Elisa, how would she deal with not being with him for long times at a time. I would have to let him be with his dad too (if i did not go) he has been a very good 1st time dad. I am really proud of him, he has done everything for our baby.
Well back to the title of the post... it is time to plan a party for baby. I guess in Mexico everything is different and it is done a lot bigger. So daddy is telling me all these things and I am like well okay let's do it. I went to a birthday party for a 1 year old and it was really big. DJ's, i thought that it was an adults party, but it was for her. Well anyway, I thought to myself and I have still been thinking to myself.. there is no way I am going to do that big of a party for a 1 year old. Well, now the tables have turned and I am the party planner... well the party planner assistant. I now think the bigger the better because I realize that it is a day to celebrate his life, celebrate his 1st year and he is so special to me, so we are going to do it big. I told daddy he can do the majority of the planning and I will throw in my ideas and most of the arranging, as far as where, getting out invitations and the americanized portion of the party. It is his 1st child and I want him to always remember baby's special day! So, his friends have already promised things like a pig- to make barbacoa- i really like this it is good. I like al pastor better, but either way and his cousin is going to buy a tres leche cake. Now for those who do not like fresh pig (i know it's pork- i like calling it pig though) there will be hotdogs and hamburgers. I am also getting an american cake from walmart (how much more american can you get than walmart?? jaja) I asked daddy, when the babies turn 1 and after you sing happy birthday do they let them put their hands in the cake? He said no, I said okay well here we do and so he will get to smack HIS american cake a few times. Hey it is his and he can smack it or take a big bite whatever he wants to do. Actually at walmart they give a small 2 layer cake that I will probably use as his personal cake.
As for the clothes, daddy says he needs to wear jeans, boots, and a cowboy hat.. aww how cute my baby is a vaquero. Daddy even wants a DJ. I hope we can find one.
I am not rich by no means, I am blessed with a good paying job, but not enough to do all this alone. I guess it is custom in mexico for people to volunteer stuff and they are volunteering stuff for this party. So if it was not for them it would not be as big. I will be posting bits and pieces about the upcoming party and if anyone has any ideas or suggestions please feel free to leave them. And I already know someone is going to say he is only 1 and is not even going to remember. well hey i know he is 1 and he is very special and i want everyone to come and help us celebrate his 1st year and to give their best wishes to him for his 2nd year and the rest of his precious life.
Oh yeah.. update on the trip to reynosa.. it has been postponed atleast until january.. work schedules and stuff. But we will be going probably the week after new years.

Going to Reynosa.... maybe

A friend of mine i work with called me up and said hey you want to go to mexico? i said yeah, but i was laughing. she said no for real. i said when? she said next week. she has a friend that can not go and they want her to take her daughter to reynosa so they can meet her and spend christmas with her. she is about 1 or 2 and she was born here and has not seen her grandparents and all her family in mexico. It is just a long drive. i live in alabama and so it would take us a while. my friend says 12 hours to get to the border, but it has taken me 10 or 11 to get to Houston. She is just finalizing with the family to see if they are sure about all this and then she is going to let me know. i kind of want to go, but i am a little scared. i don't want to get stuck in mexico or anything. i do not have my passport, but the kids do. i don't want to get accused of smuggling kids because my son does not look anything like me. i have his passport and everything, but i guess since i have never been by land i am really nervous. thinking about the cartel and all that. well, i guess i know i will be a nervous wreck when i do go with daddy edgar to mexico. Just to let everyone in on a little secret, i am hoping that he will change his mind and not want to go for a while. sometimes i believe if his mom was able to come on a tourist visa that he would be content. everyone has given me the advice that i have expected( as far as going to mexico) that i need to visit 1st. well i know i need to and that is why i am hoping that our date will change from january to about october, so i can go and visit in january or february.
I may have a situation that i will really need and want to stay in the US. i may be expecting. i had a scare a few months ago, but it was due to the pills i was taking. i have been taking them now for 4 months and so i am like how in the world can i be pregnant? i am going to take a test tomorrow and see what happens and then i am going to call my doctor by monday if i have not had any change in anything. i know if i am that will maybe make things hard with daddy edgar. he has his heart set on going the 1st of the year and i do not want him to feel obligated to stay. i will go with him, but only if we go with the plans that we will be living on the border and i will be able to continue working in Texas or whatever state is closest. i am not going to be able to live on the ranch, i need to be somewhere so i can make a quick trip to the border for some chinese food! i love snow crab and shrimp and pizza when i am pregnant, actually that sounds like what i want to eat now. i am on a diet, but i am waiting to take the diet pills until i find out for sure if i have company or not.