I thought getting married was a huge step in life, but let me tell you, there's nothing bigger than finding out you're going to become a parent!! I can remember the day I found out we were expecting Vincent like it was yesterday.
It was August 16, 2002, see I even remember the date!! I was filled with complete utter shock, but felt happy, excited and blessed as well. I was a mix of emotions you could say! Anthony and I were both thrilled to start our new venture in life.
Vincent Anthony was born on May 3, 2003 at 7:19pm, after 43 hours of labor, at Sutter Davis Hospital. He weighed 8lbs and was 21 1/2 inches long. There are absolutely no words to explain how I felt when I held my son for the first time, as a first time mom. It was a scary, complicated pregnancy and delivery. I was deeply thankful that both Vincent and myself made it through healthy and safe.
When Vincent was 16 months old, we decided it was time for our family to grow!
Isabella Danielle was born on July 7, 2005 at 10:39 pm, at UC Davis Med Center. She weighed a whopping 10lbs 7.4ozs!! She was 22 inches long. I know, BIG baby!! We were all shocked as we were completely unaware at how big she was going to be. Her delivery was another scary one and for a few minutes, I thought I was going to lose my baby =( Thankfully the doctors and nurses went fast to work and after what felt like an eternity, my little Bella was breathing and crying. I have never loved the sound of crying so much before that moment. Despite her time without breathing/oxygen, Bella was a (very) healthy baby.
Two just wasn't enough, so in July 2007, we decided it was time to once again "expand".
Gianna Olivia was born on April 16, 2008 at 8:18am at UC Davis Med Center. I seem to not be able to have easy peasy pregnancies and Gianna wasn't about to let me down! I started having pre-term contractions/labor at 28-29 weeks. I was in and out of the hospital, on meds, constantly getting shots (to stop contractions) and had to get fetal monitoring done twice every week up until Gianna was born. Despite all that, she was born on her due date due to my being induced. Labor only lasted about 3 hours....I finally had an easy one! She came flying out! =P She weighed 8lbs 6 ozs and was 20 inches long.
Anthony and I have been blessed with three beautiful, happy and healthy babies. Sometimes I have to pinch myself just because I can't believe I have made it to where I am. I come across some people who think I'm so young, at 28, to have three kids, but I wouldn't change anything. My kids are my life and I would be lost without them!
Parenthood is most definetly an adventure. It has lots of ups and downs, but in the end, when the day is over, every second is so worth it!
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
Our Wedding Day
We were married on June 23, 2001...seems just like yesterday!! The whole day was a big adventure, but we all made it through alive! LOL Our ceremony was held at The Shields Grove Gazebo on the campus of the University of California, Davis. Our reception was held at The Davis Senior Center.
My day started out by my being woken up to the song "Going to the Chapel". Thanks Mom! My dad's cousin Danny was going around, with tears in his eyes, saying that he couldn't believe my mom was playing that song for me without crying. Anyone that really knows me knows that I'm a stickler when it comes to time. I like to have things planned out and stick to my plan. Well, times that by 100 and that's how I was on my wedding day, so imagine my thoughts and feelings when my uncle's wife was 30 minutes late to do my hair. That completely threw off my schedule, but I was later to find out that that wouldn't matter.
My hair was finally done and it looked awesome! Next was make-up, my aunt had been waiting for my hair to be done with so she could start on my face. Once that was done, I headed off to my room, at my parents house. I was in there, with my dress hanging from a hook in the ceiling when my little twin cousins came in with orange Popsicles. I scared them off with my screams! My dress was saved! LOL
For some reason, everyone decided to hang out at my parents while I got ready, well, that wasn't going to fly, so my mom kicked everyone out. All that was left was myself, my mom, my aunt and my uncle's wife (yes she's my aunt, but I'm not going into that). It was time for my dress to be put on. My aunt helped me and boy was that hard work! We took up the whole family room, good thing I already had my shoes on too! After that I looked at the clock and realized it was almost time to go. I headed to the living room and peeked out the curtains, which led me to ask my mom just how we were getting to the ceremony. She responds by saying in the suburban to which I replied with "Ok, that would work...if the suburban was HERE!" She screamed out "What?!?!" I then told her that there were infact absolutely NO cars at the house! Seems that when she kicked everyone out, my dad left as well and no one thought about MY ride to my own wedding!! We started calling people, but of course being that it was a wedding, everyone had their phones turned off. Finally, my brother had borrowed a friend's cell to call and say that they forgot the stereo and music for the ceremony and could I bring it with me. I started yelling into the phone that I would if I had a freaken ride! I hung up out of anger and frustration. My mom came running and grabbed the phone to call back in case they had left the phone on. She got through and told whoever she talked to to have my dad come get us. My brother got a ride to pick up the stereo and music, by this time I'm standing in the living room with my arms crossed. Can you picture it? LOL I demanded to know where my dad was and my brother told me he was on his way. During this time, my mom went on to say how she was late for her wedding, and what were people going to do, it's not like they could start the wedding without me....20 minutes go by and my dad finally gets there. He was greeted by screams! I asked him what took so long and he said he had to stop and get gas. Imagine my reaction! ;)
So, I finally made it to my own wedding and the ceremony started 40 minutes late!! Yeah, my schedule went right out the window. It was a beautiful ceremony officiated by my dad's cousin's husband. He is a commissioner in Southern California, it was a civil ceremony, but he added that personal touch and even included scriptures from the bible and prayer. Afterwards, we were whisked off by horse and carriage to our reception.
A good time was had by all at the reception. The highlight of the night was when Anthony got the garter stuck in his teeth!! Oh, it was hilarious!! I wish I had pics of that...I'm sure I do somewhere...
We danced our first dance to "It's Your Love" by Tim McGraw. I danced with my dad to "Butterfly Kisses". We had a total of 11 toasts given by family and friends. The night included lots of dancing, we did the money dance, garter and bouquet toss, cake and so much more!
Our wedding day was all that I had hoped for, well except the whole running late issue ;P It was a day I wish I could live over and over again.
My day started out by my being woken up to the song "Going to the Chapel". Thanks Mom! My dad's cousin Danny was going around, with tears in his eyes, saying that he couldn't believe my mom was playing that song for me without crying. Anyone that really knows me knows that I'm a stickler when it comes to time. I like to have things planned out and stick to my plan. Well, times that by 100 and that's how I was on my wedding day, so imagine my thoughts and feelings when my uncle's wife was 30 minutes late to do my hair. That completely threw off my schedule, but I was later to find out that that wouldn't matter.
My hair was finally done and it looked awesome! Next was make-up, my aunt had been waiting for my hair to be done with so she could start on my face. Once that was done, I headed off to my room, at my parents house. I was in there, with my dress hanging from a hook in the ceiling when my little twin cousins came in with orange Popsicles. I scared them off with my screams! My dress was saved! LOL
For some reason, everyone decided to hang out at my parents while I got ready, well, that wasn't going to fly, so my mom kicked everyone out. All that was left was myself, my mom, my aunt and my uncle's wife (yes she's my aunt, but I'm not going into that). It was time for my dress to be put on. My aunt helped me and boy was that hard work! We took up the whole family room, good thing I already had my shoes on too! After that I looked at the clock and realized it was almost time to go. I headed to the living room and peeked out the curtains, which led me to ask my mom just how we were getting to the ceremony. She responds by saying in the suburban to which I replied with "Ok, that would work...if the suburban was HERE!" She screamed out "What?!?!" I then told her that there were infact absolutely NO cars at the house! Seems that when she kicked everyone out, my dad left as well and no one thought about MY ride to my own wedding!! We started calling people, but of course being that it was a wedding, everyone had their phones turned off. Finally, my brother had borrowed a friend's cell to call and say that they forgot the stereo and music for the ceremony and could I bring it with me. I started yelling into the phone that I would if I had a freaken ride! I hung up out of anger and frustration. My mom came running and grabbed the phone to call back in case they had left the phone on. She got through and told whoever she talked to to have my dad come get us. My brother got a ride to pick up the stereo and music, by this time I'm standing in the living room with my arms crossed. Can you picture it? LOL I demanded to know where my dad was and my brother told me he was on his way. During this time, my mom went on to say how she was late for her wedding, and what were people going to do, it's not like they could start the wedding without me....20 minutes go by and my dad finally gets there. He was greeted by screams! I asked him what took so long and he said he had to stop and get gas. Imagine my reaction! ;)
So, I finally made it to my own wedding and the ceremony started 40 minutes late!! Yeah, my schedule went right out the window. It was a beautiful ceremony officiated by my dad's cousin's husband. He is a commissioner in Southern California, it was a civil ceremony, but he added that personal touch and even included scriptures from the bible and prayer. Afterwards, we were whisked off by horse and carriage to our reception.
A good time was had by all at the reception. The highlight of the night was when Anthony got the garter stuck in his teeth!! Oh, it was hilarious!! I wish I had pics of that...I'm sure I do somewhere...
We danced our first dance to "It's Your Love" by Tim McGraw. I danced with my dad to "Butterfly Kisses". We had a total of 11 toasts given by family and friends. The night included lots of dancing, we did the money dance, garter and bouquet toss, cake and so much more!
Our wedding day was all that I had hoped for, well except the whole running late issue ;P It was a day I wish I could live over and over again.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Moving In Together & The Proposal
So, to continue our story here, I'll move on to the next step...living together.
After just 5 months of dating, we decided the timing was right for me to move in with Anthony. I'll spare the details of all that though =) We lived together in a duplex in Davis for a couple of months before getting an apartment in Sacramento. I know some of you may think, wow 5 months, that's fast, but hey, when you know, you know. We had been dating 8 months when Anthony popped the question.
It was August 26, 2000. We had gone to his parents in the Bay Area for an overnighter. Anthony was supposed to take me shopping, but then made plans to help his dad with something. So when he said we would just take a ride instead, since that's all we had time for, I was a bit upset with him! LOL We drove out to Canada Road and came up to the water temple. There was a wedding taking place there. Anthony noticed that I perked up at that and asked if I wanted to stop. Of course I said yes, so we parked and watched from up the hill. We were standing under a huge tree when Anthony had said that he had something for me. I had asked what it was and he said I needed to come get it from his pocket. Well, for those of you that know Anthony, know how sneaky he can be and don't forget his "bad manners" ;P So anyway, I went for it, but then backed up, running away saying "You're going to fart on me!" No joke, I really said that!!! LMAO So anyway, Anthony assured me he would do no such thing, so I went back and opened his pocket. I pulled out a bunch of kleenex and looked up at him. He rubbed his nose and said he had used the kleenex to blow his nose earlier. Just as I was getting disgusted, LOL, he told me he was kidding and for me to open up the kleenex. I did as I was told and came to find an engagement ring...along with the wedding band and a note that said "Marry me, beautiful". When I looked up, Anthony had gotten down on one knee and and asked me to marry him. As you all know, I said yes! To think, I thought he was just going to trick me and fart on me!! =P
To make the day even more special...when we went back to his parents, there on the front page of their city's newspaper, was a big picture of the water temple where Anthony had just proposed! As I'm sure you all can guess, I cut that baby out and saved it. It is now in our special album right along with the note he wrote. Talk about meant to be!
After just 5 months of dating, we decided the timing was right for me to move in with Anthony. I'll spare the details of all that though =) We lived together in a duplex in Davis for a couple of months before getting an apartment in Sacramento. I know some of you may think, wow 5 months, that's fast, but hey, when you know, you know. We had been dating 8 months when Anthony popped the question.
It was August 26, 2000. We had gone to his parents in the Bay Area for an overnighter. Anthony was supposed to take me shopping, but then made plans to help his dad with something. So when he said we would just take a ride instead, since that's all we had time for, I was a bit upset with him! LOL We drove out to Canada Road and came up to the water temple. There was a wedding taking place there. Anthony noticed that I perked up at that and asked if I wanted to stop. Of course I said yes, so we parked and watched from up the hill. We were standing under a huge tree when Anthony had said that he had something for me. I had asked what it was and he said I needed to come get it from his pocket. Well, for those of you that know Anthony, know how sneaky he can be and don't forget his "bad manners" ;P So anyway, I went for it, but then backed up, running away saying "You're going to fart on me!" No joke, I really said that!!! LMAO So anyway, Anthony assured me he would do no such thing, so I went back and opened his pocket. I pulled out a bunch of kleenex and looked up at him. He rubbed his nose and said he had used the kleenex to blow his nose earlier. Just as I was getting disgusted, LOL, he told me he was kidding and for me to open up the kleenex. I did as I was told and came to find an engagement ring...along with the wedding band and a note that said "Marry me, beautiful". When I looked up, Anthony had gotten down on one knee and and asked me to marry him. As you all know, I said yes! To think, I thought he was just going to trick me and fart on me!! =P
To make the day even more special...when we went back to his parents, there on the front page of their city's newspaper, was a big picture of the water temple where Anthony had just proposed! As I'm sure you all can guess, I cut that baby out and saved it. It is now in our special album right along with the note he wrote. Talk about meant to be!
How We Met
Our story is sort of an interesting one, so here goes...
We originally met in October of 1999, while I was working at The Davis Athletic Club. Anthony came in to join the gym and I was the one that signed him up. He claims to have been flirting with me, but hey, I was there to work, not joke around or hook up with members there! =P So needless to say, nothing became of that. I did see him there at the gym when he went to work out, but never talked to him. Then a year and a half later, we randomly ran into each other at a Halloween party in Sacramento. We talked a little bit there at the party, but again, nothing became of that. It took a third "meeting" to get something going. At that time, Anthony was working for a medical office and I was working two jobs-one at the athletic club and another for a friend's company that provided transportation for little kids. So, anyways, I ended up at the building where Anthony worked and was getting out of the car just as he was walking up. We exchanged hello's, but didn't talk much as he was running late. A couple of days later, I ended up back there again as my co-worker's sister ran a coffee cart in the lobby of the medical building. My co-worker casually asked around about Anthony until she found out which office he worked in. She then walked into the office and asked the receptionist for him. I was really embarrassed and so was he when he walked up to the front and saw me there! We kept our conversation short and simple as we both had to get back to work. He ended up calling me two days later at work. We had our first date a couple of days after that. It was December 10, 1999 and the rest is history!!
Oh BTW, I spared you all the lil details! ;P
We originally met in October of 1999, while I was working at The Davis Athletic Club. Anthony came in to join the gym and I was the one that signed him up. He claims to have been flirting with me, but hey, I was there to work, not joke around or hook up with members there! =P So needless to say, nothing became of that. I did see him there at the gym when he went to work out, but never talked to him. Then a year and a half later, we randomly ran into each other at a Halloween party in Sacramento. We talked a little bit there at the party, but again, nothing became of that. It took a third "meeting" to get something going. At that time, Anthony was working for a medical office and I was working two jobs-one at the athletic club and another for a friend's company that provided transportation for little kids. So, anyways, I ended up at the building where Anthony worked and was getting out of the car just as he was walking up. We exchanged hello's, but didn't talk much as he was running late. A couple of days later, I ended up back there again as my co-worker's sister ran a coffee cart in the lobby of the medical building. My co-worker casually asked around about Anthony until she found out which office he worked in. She then walked into the office and asked the receptionist for him. I was really embarrassed and so was he when he walked up to the front and saw me there! We kept our conversation short and simple as we both had to get back to work. He ended up calling me two days later at work. We had our first date a couple of days after that. It was December 10, 1999 and the rest is history!!
Oh BTW, I spared you all the lil details! ;P
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