We're Down to the Wire

The wedding is 10 days away people!

Ta-daaa!!!!!  Yes.  Finally I have a ring!  Oh and he has his too...  Princess cut, .14k, (who ever said size matters was smoking crack because my ring is gorgeous mmk?), tension set.  The wedding band has 11 princess cut diamonds that total .25k.  His band is awesome as well.  I can't remember what the name of the stuff is that it's made out of but it's dark gray and it's uber strong and won't scratch (I'm a thinker.  I knew he would need something durable cause he works construction.)  The ring salesman said it's one of the most durable rings available and it's a fairly new thing.  They just came up with it a few years ago and it was like a couple thousand bucks a ring, but now it's only a couple hundred (Score!)  I'm a cheap ass if you didn't notice.  He wanted to get me a bigger ring.  It was nice but it was like $500 more than this one and I'm pretty sure I like this one better anyways.

We've picked out his tux and paid for it, today I paid the rest of my dress and picked it up and it's in the spare bedroom at my grandma's (because he's a peeker.)  We've got everything figured out for the centerpieces. . . . .um.....there's more we've taken care of, but I'm kind of being rushed right now and I can't think straight when people are rushing me *ahem*.

Look at my baby!  She used to scream when I put her on her stomach but she likes it better now and she's getting pretty close to rolling over.

This is her and her buddy Rylee Kae.  Rylee was born a month and ten days before Isabel and was a whopping 10 POUNDS!!!  She kept pulling on Isabel's shirt and Isabel didn't really appreciate it.....I can't wait till these two are bigger, it's gonna be adorable.  And at the same time it will be like hell on legs, but whatever haha.  Well, I can't think of what else I was gonna say because, like I said, someone is rushing me, so peace out until next time.

26 Days Until the Wedding!

Sooo I don't really know what to blog about. . . . . I'm sure there's things going on, I'm just completely drawing a blank right now.  I guess I'll post some pictures.

It's September.  That means it's hunting season and my dad and my little brother are gone a lot.  Sooo Cangrejo feeds the horses for them.  This was one Sunday morning.  I had woken up in the middle of the night with a fever so I slept in and when I woke up Cangrejo and Isabel were missing.  I went outside to find Cangrejo taking care of the dogs and horses and Isabel was lying on her blanket.....in a wheelbarrow hahaha.

I was making silly noises and faces at her when she made this face.  The sad thing is that I make this face at people when I think they're being stupid, or ridiculous, or annoying.  Like mother like daughter I guess lol.

I LOVE this outfit!  I saw it at the store and it was only 9 bucks!  So I showed it to Cangrejo and he hated it, but I talked him into buying it anyways :)

I caved and bought her a Bumbo.  This thing was $40.  However, I'm thinking it's going to be worth it.  She likes to sit up by herself but if I prop her up in a chair or on the couch she tends to tip over, and whenever we sit down to eat and leave her in her swing she gets really upset.  This way I can just put her on the table with us and she likes to sit and watch us eat and of course chew on her hands.

I had a denim jumper when I was little, and I grew to hate it.  I swore I would never make anyone wear a denim jumper much less my own daughter.  Well. . . . .

How freakin beautiful is this?!  People always talk about how seeing their baby or child smile or laugh is like heartwarming or whatever and it makes them tear up.  I used to think okay that's reeeaalllly cheesy.  Now?  I have turned into one of those people.

Look!  See this?!  That's right!  My baby is HOLDING A TOY!  She HOLDS THINGS!  Okay not for very long and usually she just takes it straight to her mouth and gums stuff to death.  But still.

So FINALLY I'm working at this 'Mexican' restaurant and Cangrejo has more work than he did a month ago so for the first time in more than a month we got to have a MUCH NEEDED night out together :)  My mom watched Isabel and we went to see Machete.  It was freakin AWESOME!  There were a couple parts that were a little gross. . . . .well really gross, because there was blood and. . . . .intestines. . . . .but other than that it was AWESOME!  I guess if I was a movie critic, it might be a disservice to society to encourage people to expose themselves to such cinema, because as far as great movies go, this one probably isn't going down in history, to say the least, but that's why I'm not a critic.  I loved this movie.  If I described it, it would probably only appeal to like, 14-year-old boys and other people that like guts and a naked Lindsay Lohan, but.....it was awesome.  Also, if you're kind of 'stick it to the man' when it comes to immigration laws and you like to fight for the underdog, the end of this movie is kind of like what all of us would secretly like to do, but we won't, because there's no way we would ever win that war lol.  

Okay I got off track.  The point is we had enough money to go to the movies AND Cangrejo bought me these awesome orange flowers after :)

The reason why I said 'Mexican' restaurant with the quotes, is because it's Mexican food I guess, but not reall authentic.  It's very Americanized.  I worked there about a year and a half ago for 8 months and then quit to focus on graduation. . . . . actually I quit because I was an idiot, but that's a whole other story.  Anyways they hired me back, lucky for me.  It's not a bad job, and I LOVE all the people that I work with.  They partly hired me because I know how to do some stuff that they have going on during the college football and basketball season, so I'm going to stick around until the end of all that, but I've REALLY got to find something with insurance.  

Friday we picked up our wedding invitations.  They're really cool, and I think they reflect us well...I'll try to take a picture of one and put it up, cause I"m ghetto like that and don't have a scanner.  Yesterday we HAND DELIVERED a bunch of them.  We still have a few to go.  The only ones that are getting mailed are the ones to my uncle's family in Idaho, 2 friends of my dad's, one in Idaho, one in Texas, and we're sending 4 to Cangri's aunt in California and she's going to take them to his other relatives.  It feels so much more official now!  Before it was gonna be like me, him, the baby, and our closest family at the wedding.  Now people have INVITATIONS.  Like a lot of people.  I dunno it just makes it seem more official.  Anyways.  That's all for now I guess sooo. Laterz.

Isabel Laughed!!!

Yeah!  That's right!  My baby girl laughed for the first time today!!!  Oh but guess what......I MISSED IT!  I was at work making fake Mexican food and Cangrejo got home from work and started talking to her AND SHE LAUGHED!!!!!  My mom told me when I got home.  I was kind of butt hurt.  And I let him know.  But he was so excited about it (and 7 hours later he's still excited) and it was so cute :)  So yeah, I'm still butt hurt that I missed my Isabel's first little giggle, but tomorrow it's just me and her until I go to work at 5 and gosh damn it I'M GONNA MAKE HER SMILE!

So I went to the doctor today.  (My 6 week appointment.  I was only 8 weeks late.)  I got that Mirena thing.  The one that's shaped like a T.  It hurt when he put it in cause it makes you cramp, but it wasn't too bad.  It's supposed to last 5 years, but I can have it taken out before then if we want.  I didn't really know that much about any other options but he told me about them and it seemed like the least annoying one because it doesn't release any hormones (because everyone knows I don't need any help with my mood swings.)  I was on the pill for a while when I was like 16 (yeah yeah I know 16)) and I freakin hated it cause it made me CRAZY.  Welllll, I'm going to bed.  So laterz.

August Update

So this post is a little late...On August 1st my nephew Gryffin got blessed so we went down to Clearfield for it.

This is the awesome face Isabel made on our way down.

Here's Gryffin :) He's such a cutie.

Isabel wasn't very happy but he was okay. . . . .

for a minute.  He was upset that she was upset.

Here's all my nephews and Isabel. In the back is Chay he's 10.  Then from left to right is Phoenix age 8 holding Gryffin, then Rafe he's 3.  Mason was 2 when this picture was taken but he turned 3 two days later and on the end holding Isabel is Stockton and he's 6.  

Here's Cangri and my mom holding Isabel and Gryffin, who, at the time, were both snoring away.

Okay his gloves and face mask were strictly for photo and future blackmail purposes.  He is fully capable of changing her diaper without all of the um 'equipment.'  She was extra stinky this time though.

Mason wanted his picture taken with his new Uncle Jose.  My mom asked him if he wanted a new uncle and he said "Ummm.....No." So my mom said "Well Jose is gonna be your new uncle, he's marrying Aunt Josie."  Mason's face lit up and he goes, "Jose?! Okay, I want new uncle."

We always prop Isabel up on the kitchen counter when I'm cooking because she likes to watch.  She's really starting to like this little bear blankie thing :)  She's so stinkin cute ♥

Tadaaa!  My principe on a white horse!  Days that he doesn't have to work he gets really bored just sitting at the house so he rides our horses on the back roads by my house and once in a while mom watches Isabel so I can go too.

This was just last night after Isabel's bath time.  Her hair was sticking up so it looked just like his it was soo cute :)  Welllll there's the update for August.  I'm gonna try to post tomorrow too because Isabel will be 3 MONTHS OLD!!!  Crazy.

More Projects

So the other day I was looking through my laptop (I do all my blogging through my home computer because my laptop sucks monkeys) and I found a 'journal entry' in it dated October 10, 2009.  That was the day I found out I was prego!  And now I'm getting married on October 10, 2010.  Exactly one year from the day I found out I was going to have Isabel.  Crazy, huh?


So I'm taking on what feels like a billion projects right now.  The other day I went to the DI and I bought this totally hideous pink dresser for $15.  It's in the process of being transformed into something wonderful.  I'm planning on putting it in our kitchen or something and storing like linens and blankets and stuff like that in it.  I'll post pictures when it's done.  Also, from a previous post, remember that table my mom's uncle sold to us for $100?  Well, it has these hideous green cushions, which I am going to recover.  I picked out the material yesterday and it matches the paint that I'm using for the dresser.  Add those two projects to everything going on with the wedding and trying to find a job (which sucks, by the way) and with Isabel, I have pretty much no me time.  But that's okay, I need to keep busy.


Anyway, about this stupid job search: I've been looking for a job since Isabel was about 2 weeks old.  I bet I've filled out 15 applications and sent my resume to 10 different places.  I finally got an interview last week for a photographer position at a little studio.  I have no experience but they said they would train the right person, and they had two openings.  I did a group interview with 2 other ladies.  They said I would hear from them by Wednesday if I got the job.  Today is Thursday.  No phone call.  Damn it.  I sent my resume in last night for a receptionist position at a pediatric dentist office.  Crossing my fingers and checking my e-mail like every 30 minutes.  I NEED A JOB!

Making Plans

Soooo I'm planning a wedding.  And not just any wedding.  MY WEDDING.  I know what you're all thinking.  'Wow she's a fast mover.'  Not really.  I'm actually a very slow mover.  I started dating Cangrejo when Isai got sent to jail.  When I found out I was pregnant I broke up with him for really no good reason.  The date is set for October 10.  Yupp.  10.10.10.  Cool huh.  It was going to be 12.11.10. but we decided we can't afford a huge party with a baile and a comida like we wanted so we have less to plan so we can do it sooner!  We're planning on doing it in my back yard and just having a ceremony and a dinner for our family and our closest friends.  His grandparents are coming from El Salvador, which he is WAY excited about.  He hasn't seen them in like 3 years and they raised him so he misses them a lot.  If we have enough money we might drive to Vegas for a couple of days for a honeymoon but that's not set in stone yet.  Hopefully in about a year we can save up enough money to have a big party but for now this will be good enough for us.  I found the perfect dress but it was $1150 on sale for $850, but that was still pushing it.....shoving it really.  So me and mom looked in some little local shops and we found almost exactly the same dress for get this...$290!  Awesome!  And I can rent the veil and the slip and the corset bra!  Awesome times 10!

Anyways 2 of my totally awesome aunts offered to take our pictures for FREE.  So out of 346 pictures here are just a few of my favorites.

Haha children of the corn.

I think I like this one just cause I love my shoes even though you can't see them that well.

Aww how could I not love this picture?  The wind was even blowing through my hair!

Yeahhh, so I have no butt.

He looks so happy in this one :)

This one is my dad's favorite.  He says it really shows my personality haha

And of course we had to take some with Isabel :) ♥

My. Baby. Is. Adorable. The End.

Hahaha I know right?

SAY CHEESE!

I caught the elusive smile on camera!!!  Cangrejo was talking to her and making her smile.  It was awesome.  She smiles more for him than for anyone else, which is kind of irritating, but cute, so.....whatever.