Wow--- where did the time go?

As I am laying in bed and trying hard to fall asleep and being quite unsuccessful about it, my mind began to wander. More than the usual... LOL! After finally talking to Darlene the other day and catching up a bit, I realized how much we have grown up. How things never seem to be what you expect them to be.

Ok, so out of all my close friends not only am I the first to have a baby but the only one who is married. So I almost feel like I don't have someone who can relate to me in this point in my life. I am convinced that everyone is just waiting for me to get the hang of all the difficult stuff so I can walk them through it when their time approaches. For example, Ms. D... I am so excited about your new fabulous relationship. No one knows long distance whirl-wind better than Omar and I. I look back on how quite a few people said we were nuts for getting engaged just after 3 months and married less than a year later. (** FOR D: So my advice to you my dearest and old friend; please PLEASE PLEASE do not listen to all the negative comments. A regular relationship is tough enough as it is... a long distance one needs that much more devotion. As for moving to where he lives, boy oh boy can I give you advise on that one as well. Yeah yeah Omi and I are both from Miami (in the same zip code for crying out loud!) but following him around while he was playing was not that easy of a decision. The best one I could have ever made though.**)

Ok, that last little paragraph had quite a bit of rambling going on all over the place. But to know me is to love me, and to love me is to know that ADHD is my middle name!

I was bored the other evening and looking through old pictures. I am talking about high school and BBO (before both Omar) pictures. It is so crazy how quickly time seems to just dart by. I remember moving out and getting my own place as if it just happened last week (it was 2004!). Four years ago more or less (I know it was July) Eileen, Cristy, the twins Elaine and Eileen and myself were in NYC partying and shopping with no regard for responsibility. How much fun was that? I remember how easy it was to just get up and go as I pleased. Looking back I do not know how I managed to function. Working, going to school, partying daily--- that is right, my fridge was stocked with (sugar free) redbull. Oh and hello.. check out this throw back .... why is Rose not in this picture by the way?
Look at me how thin and tanned I was... ha ha ha. Well and you know different color hair, contacts... whoa- was anything about me real? Awww I miss the green wall!!!

I wanted to take this little moment to say: I am so proud of all of us. Two out of four of us have a Masters degree, Anabel is almost done with hers. Oh and everyone will be delighted to hear that Omar and I have decided what I should do with my degree. I am going to frame it!!! HA HA HA HA...

Updates- Updates- Updates

Not too much news to update on, but there are a few things here and there. Today little O had a doctor's appointment which went very well. He is at the level he should be at with his reflexes and growth/ weight. Ok, so perhaps he is a bit heavier than most but you know... he WAS born big. He is already measuring 23 3/4 inches and is weighing 11.7 lbs. His head, although still in the curve (thank goodness) is at the higher end of the curve (16 1/2 inches). So to put it simple he is big, fat, and has a big head! It seems like in just six weeks he has grown so much and is already so alert. His little footsie pjs are almost not fitting him, the toes are getting too tight. Tummy time is such an event at the Falcon home, more for mommy than for baby but an event none the less. He is beginning to hug/ hold on while he is being carried too, which is the absolute best and cutest! Since the womb I have read to him, but I just recently started to introducing some new books and Baby Einstein DVDs (which he is hypnotized by). Oh, and before I forget here is a picture of the cutest newborn in Miami using the fabulous bouncer the Antelos got him. Just click on the actual pic Liani so you can see it larger. Also, Tia Cameron don't feel discriminated against, he has been using the little picnic blanket tummy time thing you got him too (it is just not pictured). And of course, adding on to my "to do" list I am currently trying to get everything in order to have Omar baptized. Which is more of a task than I imagined it would be. I am still waiting for his birth certificate to come in, which I cannot set a date with the church without it. I am hoping that it comes in asap and I am able to have him baptized in September the latest. Which of course, is not just getting him baptized and that's it. You know how us Cubans are, there has to be some sort of celebration afterward. So I have to make sure both God parents have their needed documentation in order, set a date and hope and pray that I am able to get the location for the luncheon. Oh, and of course invitations, food, some sort of center piece, etc!!! Did I mention I am a new mom? LOL!!!!

If planning the baby's baptism was the only thing I had to get done it would not be such a huge ordeal. I still have to get out the baby's birth announcement out.. I am hoping to get that done before his first birth day (LMAO!). I am being optimistic that tomorrow I will be able to get the address labels completed and have them out before week end. I am kicking myself for thinking it would be such a cute idea to make the announcements myself.. ughh!

I am proud to say that Omar is going back to school. Well, back to school on paper... but it is virtual college. And realistically I will be doing most of the work which I don't mind at all. It will keep my brain active and not turning into jam from all the Baby Einstein singing monkeys puppets. He is also going to start his first responder class as well to become an EMT. The fire department will be accepting applications soon, and the family is working hard to get Omi into the department. One step closer to operation: LIFE. Omar was also fortunate enough to receive a letter of intent to hire for the county at Sunset High School, plus he will be coaching at Killian High School again this upcoming baseball season. He is really liking coaching high school ball, it allows him to stay involved in the game without all the b/s politics to some degree. We are also looking into starting a baseball academy, but that is still in the brain storming phase... so we're not sure if/ how it will work out with the crappy economy right now.

As for myself, not too many things are new. I finally got myself a much needed mani/ pedi today. I had not even thought about my nails since the baby was born. But I am beginning to feel more ummm... I guess pretty. Not that I felt ugly, just hadn't really had the time to fix myself up to look "decent". I still have a lot of weight I want (NEED) to shed but I don't feel so huge. I had to go out and purchase some shorts, because I am in the in between stage of being too small for prego clothes- thank goodness- but still not fitting comfortably into my old clothes. Dieting is not really my thing, so I am trying so0o0o0o hard to just moderate my eating habits. It is some what working, but it is difficult. Especially since while I was pregnant I didn't eat everything I saw, but I really did not give myself any boundaries. Hmmm... I guess that is why I am in this situation now!!! Although I did not get to have my baby natural, I am currently the midwife for my poor little precious Coco. Yup, apparently as much as we thought we tried to keep Coco and Peanut apart... we failed. She is pregnant and due any day now. I am actually feeling terrible because I did not want her to have another litter so soon. Not sure if most of you remember but she had a litter in January of this year. They were beautiful puppies, but a lot of work. Problem is, that we have no clue when he got her pregnant... so not a clue as to when she is due. And honestly I don't even kind of remember when she was in heat.... never ending missions that is MY life. I am hoping that this time she only has like two puppies, so it is easier on her during birth and than while she is nursing.

Whoa... I had not noticed how terribly late or rather early it is. Guess I'll get to sleep and get in some hours before the next time my "moquito" wakes up. I'll leave you with a cute pic of Big and Little O.

My Dear Sarah...

I just wanted to take the time to dedicate this blog to Mrs. Sarah Schweiger of Seattle, WA. It is because of you that I started this blog. Now how special do you feel???

babies definitely are us

So far I am actually amazed at how often I have actually been writing on here. I am assuming that once the "new" wears off I will update on here less and less. And well to be honest, there is not much an update. Except my cousin Sofia is pregnant again-- YAY!!! More babies for the family. Its nuts, we have always been a huge familyon my father's side (eleven cousins). And now that we're all older and multiplying... its surreal. Lets do a quick run down of kids/ babies; Tommy (11), Leah (5), Kristy (4), Mia (4), Nicholas (3), Kaylie (2), Gabriel (1), Madison (1), Anthony (almost 1), Danny (10 mths), Dylan (6 mths), Alice (5 mths) and my little one (5 wks). And now with another cousin on the way... and hopefully Omar will have a brother/ sister on the way sooner than later, the family is just growing and growing. Its too funny how family gettys have gone from consisting of dominoes and beer--- to baby einstein and swings!!! Hilarious how we discuss the coolest clothes at baby gap, children's place, which formula gives less colic, how eco diapers have less leakage, etc. One of the best things is that they are all in the same age group some what. So it will be just like it was for us growing up.... aww I am feeling so nostalgic now.

Stretch marks are no fun

During my entire pregnancy I lathered myself up with Palmer's cocoa butter lotion and was beyond extremely cautious not to scratch my belly (regardless of how much it itched). All for the sake of avoiding those yucky souvenirs pregnancy leaves you with called stretch marks. I would lather up all over, legs, belly, boobs... you name it! Well let me be the first to inform y'all--- belly did not have a single mark until about the last week of pregnancy, big disappointment. Its not bad at all really, there are maybe 3 small marks near my belly button on just one side. I can't even manage to "scar" evenly. But of all the places, the place I was least concerned about --- my thighs now have stretch marks!! Of course, my fabulous husband assures me that they are tiny and I am making a bigger issue of it than it really is. I am convinced he says that just to make me feel better (lol). Luckily my c section scar is still tiny and I am content to say that surgical glue is the absolute BEST!
Speaking of post partum war scars... I am going to stop belly aching (ha ha ... I guess its almost literal) about my stretch marks. My pregnancy was not one of those I love being pregnant everything is peachy pregnancies, I puked my ENTIRE nine months. Don't get it confused, I was blessed to be pregnant more than you could ever imagine--- but it was not "fun". However truthfully it wasn't a "bad" pregnancy, no high blood pressure, back pains, leg aching.. none of that. I of course thought I had escaped all those wonderful things... WRONG!!! After having my beautiful bundle my hormones have gone all wacko. I have days that my weddings rings do not fit, they say its because high blood pressure makes you retain water. Yup, I have high blood pressure (boo). Lol, however get this the meds they have me taking for the blood pressure give me the most awful headaches that last for days, so I have to take some other Rx to make that go away. A diaretic to get the water out and helps my joints feel less sore (did I forget to mention my joints are killing me?). Liani and my other non- mommy friends, I know from hearing all these wonderful things you are just anxious to get pregnant now.. ha ha ha!!! But just think all that craziness is worth it when the end result is your greatest achievement
However on a super positive note... I am almost at my pre-prego weight!!! I just need twelve more pounds to go, which I have heard are the most difficult to loose. But the most spectacular Ob-GYN DR. Dimino (I recommend him to all) patted me on the back for already losing 30+ pounds in a month!!!! YAY ME!!!!

So I was thinking... why not?

I had been debating for a while if to start a blog or not. I considered the pros and cons, and figured there were more pros than cons (obviously). Omar and I have both myspace and facebook, but its more of an "us" thing... I really doubt Omar will be typing on here. There is a tiny bio thing in the profile section, but really anyone reading this should know all about that stuff. So I am not going to bother going into depth with that kind of thing, just updates and new pictures on here. That way I can keep all of you who are scattered around the US in touch with our lives. Enjoy!