just a quick update

I have not blogged in forever so I probably do not have anyone following my blog anymore.

But just in case! No baby yet! I am having a boy. I have only 28 days left and I am still at work.. grouchy and tired! It hurts to walk.
But... i am unable to take leave because my Dr. says I have no problems, as far as sickness and stuff like that. Thank God! And I really like my Dr! I have been seeing him for 5 years and I would never see anyone else. While I am on leave I plan on getting a computer and then everyone can formally meet me and my family. Well in Photos.
By the way if anyone from Alabama reads this... WAR EAGLE!!

Blanket Amnesty?

What is blanket amnesty? I was looking at foxnews and it said that the Obama Administration is looking to possibly do a blanket amnesty. I hope so. I was reading the comments and people can be so stupid and mean.
Anyway, everything is going good with my pregnancy except that I am not really much bigger. I have been thinking of names and I really like the name Julian. I think that it is cute. I wonder if daddy edgar would like it. I have not told him yet. He was kind of wanting a girl, but now he is glad that we are having a boy. 2 sons. How cute. He talked to his mom the other day and she said for us to let Edgar and Elisa go over there for a while, but I can not do that. Days turn in to weeks and weeks to months. They are my kids and I would like to take care of them. Plus, my son would not understand why I left him and I do not want to ruin the trust that we have with each other. He would feel like I abandoned him. He does not understand that I would go back and get him. If he was to get sick or something I would be so far away and I would not be able to get to him. I don't understand and have never understood how women can come over here and leave their kids in Mexico or where ever for years and years. I could not do that. I lived with my grandmother when I was growing up, but that was best for me. And thank God I did. My granny is my #1, she is my mom.
I do not have a good relationship with my mom and I am not sad or let down about it really. I do not want to sound ugly, but she does not care anything about me and my kids. She does, however, care to criticize the Hispanic race. I can't stand when people make a comment about something and then say, 'oh, i don't mean you'
Yeah the hell right. You mean everyone and I am one of them! I am proud of it too. I am even thinking about dual citizenship for my boys! Does anyone know anything about that?

Well, more later!

Good News...I think

I do not keep up with politics too much, but I went to foxnews website today to see what was going on and I saw 'Obama Administration to file suit over Arizona Immigration law' I was like OMG, I can not believe it. To me it seemed like a way of the President and his staff taking up for the immigrants and they agree that this is the wrong way to handle it. It makes me have hope that they are going to reform immigration in some way and it could really help people. I was looking back to 2000 (I think) and there was some kind of LIFE act that they put in place. I think that was nice and he would not even have to leave the US to adjust status. I think that leaving the US, not knowing what is going to happen is the hardest part. Because once you are in Mexico, you are there.

Well I guess I will have to look and see what is going on. I am happy for the people in Arizona. Regardless of other stuff they have the human right to be happy and not feel like animals in cages.

PS- If anyone has any negative or racist comments keep them off my blog =) Post them elsewhere or start your own blog! Thanks in advance.

Here's to you Arizona!! =)

I am having a.....

BOY!!!!
Yep, we are having another baby boy. I went for my ultrasound on Tuesday and they told us. We are happy! We has only been thinking of girl names and so we are going to have to start thinking of boy names now. I am now 21 weeks pregnant. More than half way through. Yayyy! I am not big at all though. Maybe he is going to be a small baby.

In the middle of all the good news there is something kind of sad going on.
Daddy is really home sick. He wants to go to Mexico so bad, but he knows that we would not be comfortable over there and does not want to be separated from us. It makes me feel really sad for him and it makes me feel even sadder that this wonderful country can not give these people a chance. (I do not say these people in a negative way) I know that he is only here because of me and the kids, and if he had his way he would have been long gone. It makes me feel caught in the middle. I know that every time he talks to his mom she asks when are you coming and I know that does not help at all either. The thing is he only wants to go and visit. I guess I am a little insecure also. I know that he loves me, but I worry that if he goes he will meet someone else. I know I should not be like that, but all these people have told me all these horror stories about how the girls over there will basically throw themselves at him because they think that he has money and stuff. I don't know what to do nor what to think.
I personally do not want to live with his mother either. I love her to death, but I do not know how it would be living with her. I have some friends here and their mother in laws live with them and it is like they take over the kids and everything else. I am not for that. I carried them for 9 months and I would like to have a say in their lives. I do not mind sharing, but please do not try and take my spot and think that you can do it better than me.
He is going to try and hold out until his Visa appointment next year.
Maybe he is having a home sick day or few days. I hope, because I am not ready to give everything up just yet to go to Mexico. I will not have my baby in Mexico. Not being mean or anything, but he lives in the middle of no where! Nothing is there and I don't think it would be in the best interest of the kids. I have told him and told him I would go, but not to live in the middle of no where. I need to live where I can still work and provide for my kids. They have to be my main concern. I have to decide for them, they can not decide for themselves. I have to keep my family together. If only he lived in somewhat of a city- not in the middle of NOWHERE.

14 year old shot on border..please read and share with others =(

Has everyone seen the story about the 14 year old who was shot by the US border patrol? How sad. He was a kid and for throwing rocks at authority from his side of the freakin' fence he should be disciplined not killed. Poor mother of this niño, because that it was he was a little boy. I can not imagine how she felt. I have a son who may hang with the "wrong" crowd one day (I pray not, but you can only teach your kids not make their decisions) and he may paint a wall or throw a rock or do something like that, and yes he would deserve punishment, but no one has the right to kill a kid that is not even armed with anything, but a stone. How sad. This is really heavy on my heart. Pure prejudice.. pure hatred. They do not need unqualified people like this working on the border. They need to be trained when to pull the trigger and when not to pull it. I hope that border agent will never have peace in his heart.
Pray for the family.

Update

I can not believe I have not posted in so long.
Everything is going good. I am 19 weeks pregnant and I am going to find out what I am having next Monday! I hope it is a girl, but as long as the baby is healthy I am fine. If anyone has any Spanish name ideas please feel free to leave them! For boys and girls. I have a few, but I know I could run in to some different things. I want something really Spanish.
See what you all can come up with..... =)

Happy Mothers Day

Happy Mothers Day to all the mothers out there! I have to call my mother in law tomorrow since Mothers Day in Mexico is on May 10th. So when is Fathers Day in Mexico? June 10th??? I hope everyone has an extra special day today. As soon as I get off of work I will be off to see my Granny who is cooking ham, scalloped corn, potato salad and pecan pie and those Hawaiian dinner rolls! I am really hungry.
Oh yeah pregnancy update... I am almost 4 months and I am still sick a lot of the time. I have to eat right when I am hungry because if I wait and the urge to eat has slacked I will get sick. Yesterday, Edgar was going to let me sleep late, but I got hungry and I got up and went straight to the fridge and started making a roast beef sandwich. He was like what are you doing? I said I am hungry, like right now and I have to eat. He was like oookay. I think that he thought I was playing the last time when we had to go to the Chinese place super fast. And I can not eat anything it has to be something I really want. I will be glad when this part is over.
Another thing I can't do without getting a sick feeling.. is brush my teeth.
I have to do this 3 times a day and I dread it. I don't know why, but I have always been like that when I was pregnant, but it never lasted this long. It's not the tooth paste it is the actual toothbrush in my mouth that makes me gag and makes me sick. Maybe I need a small kids size tooth brush. I am going to try that.
Anyone out there have strange things happen while they were pregnant?
A friend of mine said that she would get sick when she washed her hair.
Man, this is weird.

Happy Mothers Day!

I miss everyone

Even though I do not get to post much I still read everyone's blogs. Now since I can not read them as much I feel like I am missing out. I just wanted to let everyone know I am still here and I still try to read everyone's blogs, but some it will not let me log on because they have the word sex in their blog. AHEM. You know who you are. =) =) I am just kidding.. your blog is my favorite and it is the one I log onto 1st. And if you do not know who you are..... Gringa-n-Mexico, your blog is the 1st blog I ever read and it is the 1st blog I tried to log onto today, but I couldn't. If I knew how to send you a best blogger award I would, but I don't know how so I can't, but your blog is MY favorite. Just wanted to let you know!
I like everyone else's too, but this blogger is a good writer, she should think about writing a book about her adventures in Mexico!
Hope to talk with everyone later.

Arizona law---- that's crazy!

Oh my gosh, I was looking at the new Arizona law and that is crazy! I mean if someone looks Hispanic, they can ask them for papers! My son is 15 months and he looks completely Mexican, are they going to ask him for papers (or ask me for papers?) They are going to ask the wrong person and they are going to end up going to court. It looks like that it would be racial profiling or a form of discrimination. I hope that other states do not follow this ignorant example of how to correct a problem. I understand that they need to do something about their problems, but this is out of the world crazy! This seems so weird that we are now living in a country where you are going to be questioned and put on trial just because of the color of your skin. Wow. Am I over reacting or is this just unrealistic?

I should be ashamed

I should be ashamed of myself because it has been almost a month since i have posted anything. I just have not had much time. I am working during the day until June and it is hard to get on the computer long enough to post.
We are all doing good! I am loving the married life. It does not seem so different though. I mean I have a new name and I feel closer, but not so different. I guess because we have been living together anyway for a while.
Sorry to post so short, but someone could be watching me.

Back from Mexico

I have been back from Mexico since the 17th, but I am no longer able to access the internet from work. So where am I posting today, you ask? I am at the internet cafe in Kmart. I only have 30 minutes so I am going to make all this short. I went to Mexico and made it back safe. The airplane was not as bad as I thought. Going up was better than coming down. His family is great! It is a very different life over there and I do not know if I could honestly get used to living there unless I HAD to- of course I would. I love Edgar and I would not want to be away from him.
Everything went good. The food was good. His mom, dad, sisters, and other family members that I met were all really nice. It is really rural Mexico. I mean they have a school and a clinic and pharmacy and a small store, but the closest place to actually have everything is about an hour and a half away. I miss getting to read everyone's post and I hope soon I will be able to read them all again and catch up on everything that I have missed out on in the past 3 weeks!

Well I am married!! We got married on Tuesday the 23rd. It was nice, I will post some pics as soon as I can. But, I am oficially married! Yayyyy!!!
I was smiling through the whole thing! Dreams do come true! I say that because I have been through a lot with daddy edgar. There was a time when we were not even living together and when I think back to that I am like aww man look how far we have come since then. I love him so much and I am happy to be married. I could tell that he was happy too. He smiled throughout the whole thing also.

Well I am going to end this post now and I hope I will be able to catch up really soon!

1st pregnant post

Well, if I had not taken the test before now, I would absolutely know I was pregnant now! According to the web sites I am 5 weeks pregnant. But you know they go by the 1st day of your last cycle, so realistically I feel like I am about 3 weeks pregnant. And I am feeling it! I think I am anyway. My baby has been sick with diarrhea and he has a diaper rash from it(any advice on what to do for this? I am tired of fighting the rash- I am willing to try home remedies) Daddy Edgar was also sick last night and the night before with a fever of 102. Elisa is not sick! Thank goodness! I am feeling very very nauseated. I feel like I need to lay down and shut my eyes and take some of the phenegan for nausea. Why don't I take the phenegan.. I am at work and if I take it I will fall asleep. That is why I do not like to take it at all because it makes me sleep a lot. And if you do not get the sleep out, it feels like you have been drinking all night and woke up still drunk (not that I would know that feeling...)
I am not a drunk, but we have had our nights of fun. few and far between because I am not the type to leave my kids with a baby sitter much unless it is my granny or my aunt and they are older so they can only do it about 1 or 2 times a months. Hey 2 a piece that would be every weekend, no just kidding I am not the type that likes to go out especially when I only get 2 days off from work. I especially do not like going out when I am pregnant . I am kind of lazy when I am not at work when I am pregnant. I do what I have to do and what I need to do, but nothing more. I will be glad when this nauseated feeling goes away. I wish I knew what it was that was making me sick.. whether it is the 24 hour bug or the 9 month bug.

Less than a week and I will be on the plane. I am really getting excited, but I just want us all to be feeling better.
I found out my baby can take a piece of checked luggage and a carry on item plus a personal item. His personal item is going to be his umbrella stroller and his carry on is going to be his diaper bag.
I am not as nervous as I was. Edgar's mom said that she is very happy that we are coming and that she is glad to meet us. That made me feel happy.

Oh by the way.. we were unable to get married yesterday because Daddy Edgar has been sick and we did not feel like getting up on Thursday morning to do anything! I am not going to say exactly when we are going because when I tell someone a day for some reason we always have something come up. We are going before I go to Mexico though.

I need some email addresses for a free T-shirt

For real and you all can get one too! It is a T shirt that that says Immigration Reform for America or something like that. I posted on that yesterday and now today when I check my email, there is that offer. I have to send it to 5 people and they will give me my T-shirt! Cool huh?
Well only 1 week and 1 day until I go to Mexico- I am really getting excited now! Wow... I can not believe all this time has passed.
Oh yeah and I have been reading the website a lot. I came across something that said that I could take a bag for my baby- not a carry one, but a real bag. He gets one since we are flying international. I am going to start packing on Saturday, because I am working next week and my next day off will be the day that I am leaving. I think that Saturday is going to be a busy day for me. I went to a consignment sale and got some summer clothes for my kids. I am going to wash them tomorrow and get them all ready. I already picked out his outfit that he is going to be wearing when he meets his abuela for the 1st time.. I hope that he jumps into her arms the 1st time he sees her! Although my sister-in-law is coming to the airport to pick me up. She is excited too! Edgar is the 1st grandson, nephew and all that! I know they must be so excited to meet him.. finally after waiting what seems like forever.
Well if anyone wants to share their email so we can all have matching shirts.. go ahead! Thanks

We need an immigration reform.... NOW

I am in kind of a not bad mood, but an aggravated mood today! I was thinking about us having to be separated after the Visa interview until we find out if he will be granted a waiver due to extreme hardship on me. I mean what if my extreme hardships are not good enough for them and they deny him and I am here in the U.S by myself without him for years! I can not stand to even think about it because it makes me hurt for myself, but even more for my kids and baby on the way because they would hurt too. They do not have a voice (they do, but I think everyone knows what I mean by no voice for them) so I have to be their voice. I have to talk for them and make sure they are heard. If my kids really knew what could happen they would be devastated. I want so much for someone to get an immigration reform going.. A REAL ONE. Not an agenda that keeps on getting moved to the end of the line. I think that all families need to be united if possible and as long as they are not trying to commit fraud.
I see all of my friends posts that live in Mexico and I think Man, they are brave women. I do not see myself living in Mexico for any amount of time. I guess I have always been independent and worked to take care of myself and I know that when I go to Mexico I will have to give that up because there will be no work for me where he lives. I worry about how will I take care of my kids, we are okay now here and we are not struggling. I have a good job and he has A JOB so we are doing okay. Every time he talks to his mom, she is like when are you coming? I want to see you. I know that is her only son and she has not seen him in 5 years. I know that it is his mom, but he already wants to go back, why make it worse by EVERY time you talk to him ask him when is he coming? He has kids now and we would probably not make it there and end up having to leave him behind. Is it worth it for him to leave us and be there so he can be sad and not see his kids? I can not go back and forth, too much money. I am going to have another baby. I know his mom probably does not understand the point that I would not be comfortable living in the middle of no where the rest of my life because her way of life is all she knows. Does she expect him to leave me, take the kids and not look back? Some times that is how I feel she thinks. Is that how they are? Does she think that we do not need to be together.. who knows she may not like me because she thinks it is my fault that he is here.. that I am keeping him here.
It is weird because I remember when I was with Elisa's dad (who is from Honduras) his mother was glad that he was here and making a family. She never asked him every time he called when he was going back because she knew that he would be going back to being poor and that is not what she wanted for him, she wanted him to be happy and he was. He was happy here with his daughter (and with me at one time)
I guess I am worried she is not going to like me and she is going to get mad when I do not leave my son there... I know she loves him, but hell why are all the people from Mexico here? To help their families because of the living conditions and lack of jobs and money- right? (the majority anyway) Why would I want to leave my baby over there for 3 or 4 months? If he gets sick what am I going to do from 3000 miles away?? If my baby is sick, he needs medicine not homemade tea or vapor rub. (no offense to anyone, but everyone has their beliefs and ways to raise their kids. My kids do not take meds unless needed and prescribed by the Dr. Example: I would not put vapor rub on my baby's chest if he was wheezing- I would take him to the Dr)
Am I wrong for being and thinking like this?
Well anyway the point of the post was an immigration reform and we need one so he and all others can go back and forth to visit family and also be in the US to be with their US kids and the spouses that they chose.
Can I get an AMEN in here??

(Please if I made anyone mad- don't stop reading my blog- I am not bashing Mexico. I just think I could not make it due to the area where he lives and that I would feel so secluded. If I was within 30 minutes from a City the size of Montgomery where I live I would be fine. If there was a school where I could teach English and get paid decent I would be fine. I can not see myself living with farm animals and no real stores within 2 hours distance...)

I am okay.

As you can see from the last post I was really worried about the flight. I still am a little worried, but I am hoping that everything is going to be okay! Well I am getting excited now! Less than 2 weeks and we will be there! I guess I have been wanting to meet his mom so bad that I can not believe it is really going to happen. I am excited to meet everyone and see how it is there. I am getting married on Thursday and I am excited about that also. We are not going to have a wedding, but it's okay. We may be able to have something later on.
I have a lot of cool things happening this month and well this year actually. I am going to Mexico next week. I am coming back on a Wednesday and I will be going that Thursday or Friday to get a mobile home. It's a start and later on in my life I would like to build a home. Right now we want something that is paid for, so we do not have to pay rent. That will be nice. Well also Elisa is going to get in the Pre K program, I did not know that Alabama had this in the public schools. So hopefully the list is not too long and she will be able to go by August. She is going to be 5 years old in November so she will not go to Kindergarten until next August. She is ready to go and sometimes I am ready for her to go. No, really she just gets bored at home and also I think that it would be good for her to be with other kids instead of trying to be momma to baby edgar. Then I will be having a baby this year. I decided that I want to wait it out, I have been induced before, but this time I would like to feel the excitement of going in to labor at a surprise time. I won't go for natural though! I am not even thinking about it. I am also getting my tubes tied. I am kind of sad about that, because there is a difference in not wanting to have any more kids and not being able to have anymore kids. I hope all goes well with my pregnancy. I am already thinking about baby names! I hope I have a girl, but either way I want a healthy baby- boy or girl. If I have a girl I want to name her Sofia Pilar, but that will probably change 10 times before I have her and then end up nothing close to it. I was going to name Elisa- Liliana and call her Lily, but that changed. There was a name that I really liked, but my granny said no way in this world are you going to name her that. I liked and still like the name...... Miroslavia and call her Lavy, I think it is Russian or something. Weird name? Now if I have a boy I want to name him Julian (that's my dentist name, but I am not naming him after my dentist) Ok for all my non spanish speaking friends it actually sounds like Hulian, but they will call him Julian all his life. I have a few other names, but for now I am stuck on Sofia and Julian or maybe Alex or Lily or Monica or Lucy or Juliette or Damian... okay see what I mean. Anyone have any ideas? I want something different. I like the name Sarita also- I like the way it would be pronounced in Spanish,not in English especially Southern English. Something like this.... Sureeda. (jejeje - no offense to anyone from the south- I am a southern girl too born and raised!)

Freakin' out!¿¿⌐getting on a plane-oh my gosh!

Yes, I am freaking out! I am going to get on an airplane in exactly 2 weeks and 3 days! I have never been on an airplane and I really am just about to decide to forfeit the money I spent and take the bus. I am scared.. I mean scared not worried, but scared. I want to go and see my Dr. and see about getting something for my nerves. I am going to have to take a whole one just to GET ON the thing! (I have never taken anxiety medicine, but I know some people who have) If I have to sit there long enough while everyone is loading then I may be getting off and going back home.
To everyone who has ever flown, were you like this also? I am not worried about take off, I am worried about landing and mechanical problems and lightning! I am going on a continental expressjet. I am leaving Birmingham, Alabama going to Houston, Texas and then to Veracruz, Mexico-- yes i am finally doing it. I am taking the leap to go and see what all this mexico rancho living is about. Did I mention I am going on a Thurday and coming back on a Wednesday? Yeah, I don't think I can take big doses of the rancho at one time. Just a little to break myself in and then I will go back later on this year. (Hopefully by bus.)
Is flying really bad? Pleeeeasssse tell me.. what is it like going up and then down and what the hell is turbulence???
Has anyone been to any of these airports? Any tips for 1st time fliers- like ear popping and all that stuff?

Oh well I have sudden calming feelings come over me and then I get all worried and crazy like feeling.

2 good pieces of news for me:

1- I am getting married! I am getting married on Wednesday, March 3rd! We are getting married at the courthouse on that day and later when we go to Mexico we are going to have a small wedding in the church. He did not want to get married without his family and I don't blame him. My family is happy that I am getting married! What should I wear to the courthouse? I am not wearing a wedding dress. I will wear a dress, but not a long wedding dress with a tiara and veil and all that. Nope... not to the courthouse. We are going to have a small gathering afterwards at my favorite mexican restaurant! I thought I was never going to marry this man. We have only been together for 2 and a half years, but I know he is the one and I love him sooo much.

2- I am pregnant!!! I just found out Saturday! I took one of the digital tests and it said pregnant- I thought it was going to say not pregnant, but yeah it said I am. I took another last night and guess what??? I am still pregnant!
No we are not getting married because I am pregnant. We were going to get married the 10th of February, but we decided to wait until a very good friend of mine was going to be back in town and she got in town that 18th, but I was not ready. I still need to get my shoes and his shoes and belt. It is hard when you work all the time. But we are getting married on the 3rd of March!


I wonder what his mom is going to say about me being pregnant and Edgar being so little. He is 14 months, and he will be almost 2 when I have the baby. I think she wants me to leave them in Mexico for a while, but I can't! I just can't do it. I was thinking about it at one time, but that idea quickly became a no way. Not because I do not trust his mother, but because I do not know anything about where they live and if they get hurt or sick it is too far for me to get there quick!
I am going to promise to her that I am going to do my best to take the new baby to see her as soon as I can. I would like to go back in December. After I have the baby and before Christmas. I will have to get someone to go with me because I can only have 1 infant in my lap.
Well I am sure I will post before I get on the plane. Any helpful advise please be sure to leave it for me.
Oh and for the record the probability of crashing is 1 in 11 million!

Edgar can walk!!

I can not believe it, he just got up and started walking. At first on Saturday (he was 1 year, 1 month and 1 day old on this day) he let go of his dad and took about 3 little steps and sat down. Then he crawled around for about 2 or 3 hours and he got up and walked to the couch. Not that far, but he did it. The lady that keeps them while I walk just called and said your son is walking really good now. She said that he brought his bottle to her. How cute. I can not wait until tomorrow morning (or tonight if he is awake) to watch him walk for a little while. If he will. Can't wait to post some pictures.. one day.
As for my trip to visit the family in Mexico I am going I just have to wait and get a good flight and oh yeah my passport, but I am going to do that next week. I am going to get the 2 week passport deal. My kids have theirs, but I do not have mine.
I am thinking about the whole leaving from Reynosa thing and if my friend can take me then yeah I will leave from Reynosa, but I decided I am not going to be catching taxis and buses with 2 kids (1 who like to talk to everyone and wander off to look at things and one who I am still going to have to carry) and not to mention the suitcases I am going to have to take.
Do they sell Gerber Graduates in Mexico? I am going to have to take my kids cereal and all the food they like because they are picky eaters. Well my daughter is, but my baby will eat anything. But someone (who is from Mexico) told me that I need to watch what I eat because the food is different since it is really fresh I may not get used to it really fast and may get sick to my stomach. Does anyone know what that means?

Vivaaerobus?? leaving from reynosa to veracruz..

Ok so everyone knows (or may know) that I have been wanting to go to Mexico to take the kids, check things out at the ranch and of course let abuela meet her 1st grandson! Well I have been looking for reasonable flights (realy hard) and they are all so expensive. I talked to a lady at Continental today and she said that the ticket for me and my daughter are only 198 a piece roundtrip, but the taxes and fees are alot! Yeah my baby is free, but he has to pay 66 dollars in taxes! Ok, so 1 ticket is 457.67 total, but the ticket part is really on 198.00 and the taxes are 259! That is alot. She said that it is because I am leaving the US and going to Mexico and then coming back to the US from Mexico, entry inspection fee, customs, and all that.
So somehow I came across vivaaerobus.com and I put in my info and leaving from Reynosa, Texas going to Veracruz, Mexico (roundtrip) is ... everyone ready?? 324.00 US dollars! I thought something was wrong with my computer. I had to look at it a long time before I finally realized that it was correct! Does anyone know anything about this airline company? As far as I understand they are strictly in Mexico and also in Las Vegas. So I am sure they have to be safe, you know approved to fly in and out of the US. This is amazing. I can not wait to tell edgar. I can not believe it!
Anyway, I was going to have to drive to Houston, Texas anyway so why not drive the extra 6 hours to McAllen and take a bus to Reynosa and from the bus station in Reynosa take a taxi to the airport. (I am scared about the taxi part- what do the trustworthy taxis look like?) Ok I need some help from some of you that know the area. (new mommy and sunshine... =) please)
Is there anywhere safe in McAllen that I can leave edgars truck? I do not want to take my jeep- it uses to much gas and I have been having a few problems with it. I need a place where I can leave it for about a week and when I come back it will be there and I will have all my tires and windows will still be intact. I would take it to the airport in Reynosa, but it is not in my name. Does that matter , what if he sent a notarized letter with me that I could take it to Mexico for a certain amount of time- would that work? New mommy (gringa-n-mex) I know you work at a hotel somewhere close to the border, do you think the owner would let me leave it there if I paid him if I can not find anywhere to leave it? When I get back I will stay at his hotel one night. (i will bring my own sheets though)
Even if I can, I do not really want to drive into Mexico because I do not know where I am going and I am scared of getting robbed or kidnapped by the cartel (or the police)
Any info. please. If anyone wants to email me they can at crystalita83@gmail.com
Thanks everyone! Viva aerobus!

What is a pulga?

What in the world is a pulga and why does someone do it? Okay my daughter was eating candy and daddy said she needs a pulga to clean out all the veechos. I was like what is that? He said it is something you drink, i guess like a laxative and supposedly you use the bathroom all day long and all the veechos and bad stuff or whatever comes out. What is this really? A colon cleanser?? I am not giving my daughter a colon cleanser at 4 years old, she already looks too skinny to me. So daddy says I am going to pulga baby edgar when he is 18 months old, I was like we are not colon cleansing a 1 year old, he said yeah we are. Well I told him we were not going to because I am scared he will dehydrate, he said everyone needs to do it. I said not being mean or funny, but maybe in Mexico they do it because it is different over there as far as food and water and stuff like that. I am going to make sure he knows not to do that to the baby because I am scared to do that he is still too little. (and will be too little until he is 10 or 11 or older!) I could imagine taking him to the hospital for dehydration and them looking at me like I am stupid and calling the police and child services thinking that I was trying to dehydrate my baby. I have never had a pulga and I am healthy. I think your body naturally gets rid of some things and then later on in life if you feel the need to pulga- have at it, but I am not doing it. If anyone has any helpful info please let me know.

1st post of New Year

I hope everyone had a great New Year.. we did. Not too much going on just working and the usual. Well, we decided that we were not going to have a BIG party for baby edgar, we decided to just have it a chuckie cheese's. does everyone remember that place?? i am actually looking forward to going. we tried to plan something big, but it ended up like we were going to speand way too much and it was like it was more for the adults. so daddy said lets just do something where kids can have fun. i am glad he brought it up because i did not have the heart too. it is his 1st son's birthday and he wanted to celebrate it really big, which i did too, but i could not see myself spending more than 400 on a 1 year old's birthday party when he would probably be asleep half the time or ill because we would have to hold him most of the time. So off to Chuckie Cheese tomorrow, when i went in to pay i saw a few games that i want to play.
well, for everyone who has been following or reading, everyone knows that i have been trying to decide what to do about daddy wanting to go to mexico in february. I have been willing to go- even though i have no clue what i am getting myself into. some told me to take a trip down there, which i would have liked to, but no vacation, i still do not have my passport, etc. well he is not going (we are not going) in february. he is not sure of when he wants to go because of the turck. Thank heavens that the truck is 2002!!! i have never loved a truck so much in my life. A special thanks to all my blog friends who let me know the rules of taking a truck to mexico! we would have gotten all the way down there and been denied and then I would have been coming home alone because I am sure they would have made him go. Thanks!!!! I am not that excited about going to mexico because he lives on a ranch. a freind of mine, who lives across the hall, was with his cousin for a while and then they went to mexico to live on the ranch and she left and went to her house, which was in another part of mexico. she tells me all the time - es un rancho cristal, no hay nada! i am not thinking of how bad it could be because for some reason i have the picture of an american ranch in my mind. you know desert and then i think of the ranch in mexico being like a bunch of huts no power , no stores, cooking over an open fire, no schools, just a poor place. so daddy tells me things about it and his cousin does also. they say they have power, schools , pharmacies and little stores. no police and no banks. No police??? Is it dangerous?? who knows, but hopefully in feb. i will be taking a trip and then the 1st post that i do when i get back will be titled- "Not No..... but hell no"
No, real talk now. there has to be some compromise. i understand that he wants to see his family and he thinks that mexico is the best place in the world, but i am from here and i have been here my whole life. if it was a city i would already be there.
I don't understand what am i suppose to do all day?? what if i get sick or something. what if the kids get sick or something. how am i going to take care of them and myself? i won't be working because we will be in the middle of no where. i understand he is torn also. i am sure it was not on his agenda to come to the US and have a baby with an american, who would not really want to leave the comfort of the US.
Is anyone in immigration process? How is that, is it hard or just a long wait?
Not being nosey to anyone, but I know why some of you other american ladies went to mexico, but is anyone trying to go back? Just asking to maybe picture how long is the immigration process.
Okay a totally new subject, but important- how can i add cute stuff to my blog? it looks so boring to me. I know i need some pics, but other stuff too. thanks