"I know it sucks"

Words straight from the mouth of my midwife.....
Yep. I have been having the worst back and side pain for like a week. Mom kept telling me to schedule an appointment and be seen and I kept saying no because they would just send me home and tell me its normal which is what they've been telling me about every complaint I have.
Well yesterday was my breaking point...
Or better yet, my mom's. She had had enough and called my doctor for me and they told her to bring me in.
They checked my urine which had white blood cells so I have some kind of infection (we have to wait for the lab) Probably a UTI or a Kidney infection.
They sent me to the lab to take my blood to check my gallbladder.
I had an ultrasound to make sure my uterus didn't rupture and that I don't have gall stones or kidney stones. (No rupture, no stones at all)
And yet I still walked out of the office not knowing what is causing all this pain.....
Go figure.
When my mom asked if there was anything else I could take other than Tylenol for the pain the midwife gave a few options. I said whatever you think is best that won't harm the baby.
She gave me percocet.
I asked when I would have the test results to maybe explain the pain and she told me to come back thursday (my original appt) and we would discuss anything they have. And then she added, "I know it sucks."
haha you have no idea.

On a happier note. Baby girl is perfectly fine. I'm just the reject with the pain that doesn't make sense. She is already in position and enjoying her warm stay (even though I'm not.) She is 5lbs and DEFINITELY still a girl according to the tech. :) good thing

I have 30 days til my due date but I doubt I make it that far.
Can't believe Christmas is 4 days away. Although I am not excited about it at all since I won't have Berto.
Matty is just as cute as he always is.
He is obsessed with all things Santa and he says it SO cute. But of course when we took him to the mall to see Santa he was scared to death of him and didn't want anything to do with him. Our Santa picture this year has mommy and Matty in it.... I wish I could photoshop myself out..... Wishful thinking. Til next time :)

Having one of "those" days...

I've been here in AZ for just over a week. I've had many meltdowns (usually just around my mom) over missing my hubby. I never thought it would be this hard to be away from him. I figured I'd be okay because I would surround myself with my family and friends....
Well I fail.
My mom has to work so I can't always be with her (even though she is who I want to be around the most) and my brother is always sleeping....
as for the rest of my family? They apparently don't even care that I am in town. Haven't seen one of them or heard from one of them since I've been here. (with the exception of kinsey seeing that she is in college and can't be here)
Same with my so called friends. The only friend who seems to care that I am here is Shawna, who by the way lives in South Carolina but is coming to visit her family here in AZ. She has been asking me when we can get together and actually wants to see me.
Seriously, DON'T call yourself a good friend if you never go out of your way to be a friend to someone. Just saying...

Today's meltdown:
Mom is working so I can't be with her.
Brother has been asleep ALL day. It's 3:35 PM people!
Missing hubby tremendously.
Back is KILLING me.

I just want my hubby.
Simple as that.

Poor Matty has been watching me cry all day and bringing me all the things that comfort him trying to make me feel better.  Blankeys, toy story toys, and cars. He keeps bringing tissues and wiping tears from my face. Seriously the sweetest thing ever but he's 2 and he shouldn't be wiping my tears.
I bet I would feel 10 times better if my back didn't hurt so badly but I have no one to make it better and I can't reach.
This month can't go by fast enough.

Merry Christmas

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Love, 

Roberto, Julie, Matthew, & Baby Girl

Sorry the picture is so small. I can't make it any bigger without it being all blurry. :(

Almost ready...

If you read my blog regularly you might remember me mentioning how unprepared I was feeling for this baby. ..
If not now you know I was feeling unprepared.
Moving on...
We FINALLY bought our car seat and stroller and the "bassinet." I am in LOVE with both.
This little girl will be rolling in style and very comfortable. :)
What a relief to have just these 2 items!

Now all we have left are warm clothes, burp cloths, bottles, and socks to buy. You know the little things.

I am SO ready but I still hope she stays in til January.
I was telling my mom how awesome it would be for her to come on my Grandma Lois's birthday. Then she could share Grandma Lois's birthday and her middle name would be shared with Grandma Lorraine.
January 11.
Its a good date....
we'll see.

We are in AZ now. We got here on Wednesday. It is the most difficult thing I have had to do to leave my hubby and take Matthew away from him for the next 4 to 6 weeks. I feel so bad. My emotions are a roller coaster. EVERYTHING makes me cry but the worst is when Matty asks for his daddy. It breaks my heart.
I know we are on the down hill stretch and I am almost done. It is really nice to spend the time with my family but I wish Berto could be here with me.
34 weeks down and only 6 to go.
Bring it on.

I should be.....

SLEEPING!!

Gosh darn it!
It's 12:30am and I am WIDE awake! What is up with my body?? Oh ya I'm pregnant.... still can I catch a break?
Just one night of uninterrupted sleep?
What interrupts me?
Oh more like what doesn't...
IF I am lucky enough to fall asleep, one or more of the following things happen to me.

• Heartburn.... Holy cow I have never known heartburn to be so brutal. I take Zantac twice a day and 750mg tablets of Tums (2). Doesn't help much, just takes the edge off.
• Indigestion... which in turn gives me heartburn if I didn't already have it.
• Charlie horse in my foot. It's the kind where if I just let it happen it would go away a lot faster but I know how bad its gonna hurt so I try to continually flex my foot in hopes it'll go away like that.
• My neck gets stiff from only being able to sleep on the right side of my body. (Heartburn on back and indigestion on left) Which in turn gives me heartburn.
• My lovely child. He unfortunately has night terrors and just plain stirs in the night and I hear him over the monitor so it wakes me up. (This doesn't bother me as much as the rest.)
• Worry. I'll have a weird dream or a dream about how unprepared for this baby we are and then I can't get back to sleep which in turn triggers heartburn. Another reason I worry, leaving Berto for a whole month and a half. I wish I could take him with me. I know this is the best decision but I still wish he could be there with me. My biggest fear is that he'll miss the birth. That's just not a moment you can take back or re-live. I can't think about it too much or I get really sad. I know its for the best that I go back to AZ.

Tonight my problems are:
1. HEARTBURN
2. Indigesiton
3. Headache
4. Charlie horse in my left foot
5. Sore neck
So lets see, I hit 4 of 6 from the list above.
Seriously, its sad. I sound like a reject from a Pepto Bismol commercial.

We are in week 33 and couldn't be more excited to be done.
Mom flies in on Tuesday and we drive back to AZ on Wednesday. So, 3 days.

Call me crazy, I don't care.
Now I look forward to a fun Christmas with Matthew since Berto will be here in CA and then January 1.
Why January1?
Because once that date hits I'm gonna do everything I can to have this baby! I just need to make it to the 1st because Berto will have vacation time to take! Hopefully there is enough room and I don't pop before then. ;)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Love, The Serrano Family

Roberto, Julie, Matthew, and Baby Girl

Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. We spent ours with my Grandma. We left Tustin the night before to try and avoid the traffic into LA. Boy, that was a good idea! The traffic Wednesday night was T-E-R-R-I-B-L-E! It took us over 2 hours to get to Grandma's! Glad we decided not to do it ON Thanksgiving. We would have spent the whole day in traffic.

Other than me not getting any sleep at all while we were there (noisy neighbor) we had a lot of fun! Matty sure enjoyed Great Grandma! :)

It was different not spending the holiday with my mom. First time in 24 years! 

Since I am lame I only got one picture from the whole day and of course its of Matthew. He LOVED Grandma's potatoes, candied yams, and oh man he went wild for her whipped cream!!!!

Licked the plate clean and entertained all of us!

I made the apple pie for Thanksgiving. (I don't even like apple pie but the hubby is obsessed and it was the only thing Grandma said I had to bring) I think it turned out pretty. No idea how it tasted though. ;)

All in all Thanksgiving was a lot of fun. Wish we could have stayed a little longer but unfortunately Berto had to work the next day. We did take advantage of Black Friday but not til much later in the day. We did our traditional ten o'clock drive by of best buy to see how many crazy people were already lined up at the door. I have to say AZ has far worse lines!!
We waited until the next morning around 9ish before we made our way to the stores. The only thing we bought was 2 pillows at Target. Decorative pillows that are  normally $20 a piece were 2 for $10. I couldn't pass!
Later that night when Berto got off work he found Harry Potter 8 disc set on Amazon for half the price so it was only $40!  And he bought a game.

I was looking for good deals on newborn clothes but I didn't really find any! Last year we scored a TON of clothes for Matthew so I figured we could do it again for the new baby. We didn't find a single thing!
Great Grandma crocheted a really cute pink blanket for baby girl. I was very excited  because everything Grandma makes is special and beautiful!
(Mom, everything you make is special and beautiful too. I'm waiting to see what you've done or are doing.... since Matty has about 8 blankets cause you went crazy when he was born!)

I have been making progress on my cross stitch.

This is the top left corner of the project. It's a tree if you can't tell. It's getting there ever so slowly. The stitches are SO small, but I am determined to finish at least ONE of these cross stitch projects I start.

I am 32 weeks and 4 days. Officially 8 months along.
I leave a week from tomorrow to head back to AZ.
I'm getting nervous/anxious. Not sure how I feel about leaving the hubby for over a month and its a little scary to think in a little less than a month and a half we will have 2 children!!

I really need to get the ball rolling on getting ready for this baby. I am SO behind.
Well that's all.
Til next time



Oh and because Matty is a goofball.....

Thanksgiving Eve

I just wanted to post about how excited I am that Thanksgiving is tomorrow!!!! Meaning that today is Thanksgiving Eve!!
We are heading over to Grandma's house as soon as Berto gets off work and staying the night there and celebrating the day with her tomorrow!

Now if only my stomach weren't being smashed to the size of a pea so that I could eat as much yummy food as I wanted.......

I guess we can't have everything.

Can you believe?

Seriously, can you believe that we have lived in California for a little over 6 weeks and none of us have stepped foot on the beach or touched the water?? Huntington/Newport  Beach is literally 11 miles from us. That's it.

We are lame.
Well more like I am lame. My big pregnant self doesn't want to get out of the car and hike to the beach. (It's not even much of a hike. It's more of a walk, on flat sand..... don't judge me.)
Oh and the one day we actually were serious about going to the beach and sitting in the sand? It's cloudy and freezing.... FAIL.
We'll go eventually......

Things have been a little better for me.
At least I feel a little bit better. Lets hope it lasts.
I had another meltdown, thanks to my mom.... geez. She always says stuff that makes me feel all mushy and then I loose it. But in the end I do feel better.
My body still doesn't like being pregnant. It HATES it and doesn't mind letting me know. I haven't felt so down though like I was feeling.
I finally found a remedy for my constant heartburn. One, 150mg Zantac tablet EVERY 12 hours or BAD things happen.
I guess the worst thing I am dealing with, other than being uncomfortable, is insomnia. I can't sleep at night no matter how hard I try or how tired I am. It is SO frustrating. I have never had trouble sleeping until now. And its not even because I'm uncomfortable, I just literally can't fall asleep!! I am really missing my sleep....

I got myself a hobby to keep myself occupied and help take my mind off the fact that I'm huge and uncomfortable. I started another cross stitch. I am determined to finish this one.... its DISNEY. I hoped that it would be motivation since I love Disney.

 It's really pretty :)


Matty is being a typical 2 year old. Have I mentioned that I am SO ready to be past the terrible twos? Ugh. IT REALLY IS TERRIBLE! (Or maybe it feels 100 times worse since I'm so preganant)
He does have his sweet moments though. He is very very attached to daddy right now. It's gonna make leaving next month really difficult.
His new thing is pancakes. Only he calls them cakie. haha it really does sound funny. He loves to point out trains. We always say "choo choo" but he prefers to say "eh eh." I don't get how he pronounces some MOST of his words. He knows exactly what we're talking about or what we're asking him for or what he wants but he doesn't say it at all or he pronounces the word really weird...
For example:
Shoe/foot/drink/sock? He says pumba.    ??? I always correct him but he is stubborn and just continues to say it his way. And all of these things are pumba. I don't get it.... they don't even sound alike.
Thank you? He says something that sounds like Tank eye.
But he always says it when he's supposed to.

I don't know. Hopefully he'll start speaking correctly. Haha.
He LOVES Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. I'm thinking Christmas will be Mickey themed this year.

He's quite the little stinker.

(Please look past the dang binky. I fully planned on having it gone by now but with me being pregnant and us moving out of state it didn't feel like the best idea to take away what comforts him.)
I'm pretty much just slacking.  I also SWORE I would NOT have 2 kids in diapers but alas I fail. I haven't even started potty training yet. I have lots of goals to accomplish once this baby gets here.
Speaking of baby girl.
I am 31 weeks. Almost 8 months.
She moves like crazy. Mostly at night and mostly on my right side.
I feel super unprepared for her arrival. (Good thing I have roughly 9 weeks)
We have like 10 outfits and thats it. haha.
By the time I was this pregnant with Matty he had an entire wardrobe, his stroller/carseat, bassinet, bottles, burp rags, toys... you name it we had it. I don't know why we are so behind. You think we would be MORE prepared since this is the second baby..... but nope we aren't. Can you believe it?
I did find the stroller I want, and I bought my diaper bag.
I pick up outfits here and there but we haven't done the major haul of preparing for baby. I guess I may end up doing that with my mom while I'm in AZ. Who knows.

Well that's our life right now.
We are all looking forward to Thanksgiving with Grandma :)
Less than a week!
Til next time.

Daylight Savings/ Pregnancy rants...

Since we now live in a state that practices daylight savings, we are now experiencing it...
It's..... WEIRD!
Not only is it extremely stressful having to hope your alarm clock goes off an hour earlier than its use to, our days are so. stinking. long!!
It's been almost a week since the time change. I'm getting use to it other than at night when I think its like 8pm and then I look at the clock and ha its 5!!
I really like it on Berto's days off because it feels like we have more time with him :)

*****

Sorry for the lack of interesting blog posts. I have no life. I am a lazy, big, tired, pregnant mess. Yep that pretty much sums it up.

I am 30 weeks and 1 day. So, 9 weeks, 6 days to go (hopefully a little sooner.)

All I ask is that little baby girl stays in until AT LEAST January 1. After that she can come as soon as she wants. (Berto has no time off until the 1st of the year and I really don't want a December baby. Christmas and Birthday in the same month always gets combined and I have NEVER liked that.)

I may or may not have had a couple of pregnancy meltdowns in the last 2 weeks. Poor Berto, I feel bad that he has to deal with me.

A little less than 2 weeks until Thanksgiving and about 3 and a half until I leave for AZ to finish out this pregnancy.

Oh and for those of you who think I'm dumb or crazy for returning to AZ to have a baby....

I DON'T CARE what you think.

You are not the pregnant one.

You don't know what I am going through or how I feel.

You don't get to decide whats best for me and the baby.

You really don't matter in this decision.

Sorry for the rant but I am so sick of the reactions and looks I get from people when they find out I am going back to AZ to have my baby. I am comfortable in AZ. I grew up there, I know the healthcare system there, I LOVE my OB, and I LOVE the hospital I am delivering at. END of story. So I just don't really care what people think. You go through what I've been through and then tell me how easy and comforting it is to find an OB you like and a hospital you like it a span of 3 months in a new state. No thank you.

As much as I love it here in Cali, I am not loving the stares I get from people like they have never seen a pregnant woman before. In AZ, you go to the store other women smile at you and ask, when are you due? What are you having? You know those types of questions. Here, in Cali, you go anywhere and EVERYONE looks at you like you have a disease and they've never seen it before. I hate it. I have started giving the stink eye back to some people. Ask Berto, he sees the stares I get. Its terrible. My favorite was a couple weeks ago, we were at a mall just walking around and this lady, who clearly is NOT pregnant but extremely overweight, looks at me up and down and judges me like she's trying to tell if I am pregnant or if having a basketball shaped stomach is the "new thing." I CLEARLY look pregnant. I feel like a whale and like I'm fat but I know that I look pregnant and not fat. OH or my other favorite? The ladies who are carrying or have a newborn-6month old with them and they stare at me like they have no idea what is wrong with me. Um.... hello? It obviously hasn't been that long since you were in my situation......

People are just plain stupid. I can't wait to just be done and have my baby and feel better about myself. 

Like I said before,

I AM NEVER DOINGTHISAGAIN!

2 is my limit. 

Anywho, its like 8am and I have been up since 6ish.

I think it makes for an interesting rant but thats about it. Hopefully some of you found my pregnant sorrows entertaining. If not, too bad for you.

Til next time.

At least, here's a cute pic of Matty :)

Halloween, AZ trip, and other updates

I know, I know, I am totally slacking in updating my blog.
I don't even know what stops me half the time. Laziness probably.
Okay so I'll start with Halloween.
We planned on doing Halloween at my grandma's house. Figured we would pass out candy (IF there were any kids there) take Matty up the street to get his candy, and just hang out with grandma.
Berto got off at 3:45, got home around 4ish, we left about 4:30. Now grandma lives about 60 miles from us. No big deal.
Well everyone and their creepy friends were going the same direction we were. Holy TRAFFIC.
What normally takes us 45 minutes took us almost 2 hours. We planned on getting to Grandma's at 5:30 or 6..... We didn't get there til 7:15!!
Still glad we went though. I like spending time with Grandma. We were her only trick or treaters ;)
We didn't take Matty up the street as planned. We pretty much just hung out with Grandma and forced Matty into his Mickey Mouse costume for the fun of it. We're so nice.
It's probably better we didn't take Matty Trick or Treating because you know at this age they do the work so that the parents can eat the candy right? Well my Glucose test was the following Thursday so I'm glad I wasn't tempted with all the yummy Halloween candy.

Speaking of my Glucose test.
AZ trip.
We left Wednesday around 4ish. Got to AZ around 10:30pm.
Funny story:

A couple days before we were leaving for AZ I was browsing hotels to find a cheap one to stay in the 2 days we were going to be there. Nothing fancy. We weren't there for vacation. I found a Travelodge that was offering both days for under $100. I told Berto and his words to me were,
"Let me talk to my pillow." In other words, just wait, I'll find something better.
I just said okay and figured he would find something. HE NEVER LOOKED!!
By the time we were leaving my deal that I found was no longer being offered and we had no hotel. Berto says, "don't worry we'll just find one when we get there."
Ok, not a big deal, we do this a lot actually and he always finds a decent hotel for a good price.
OMG not this time!
He found a Travelodge (not the one I previously mentioned) I said sure. (It was 10:30 at night and I was annoyed and tired)
Well when we got there......... Berto had to ring a bell for the front desk person to open the door......
Once he saw that we were out of there.
Berto gets in the car.
ME: So?
B: Julie, I had to ring a bell just for the guy to ask me what I needed.
ME: K?
B: This place is ghetto. Like the kind of place you would take a hooker....
ME: OK well now what?

We drove up the street. Berto called countless places and nobody was worth the price they were asking. It was ridiculous. We stopped at a Walmart and picked a few things up and Berto found a Days Inn. We pulled into the parking lot. This one was in Tempe. As soon as we parked I looked at Berto and all I said,
"Really, this looks just as bad as the first place. You wouldn't take a hooker here?"
Berto just started laughing.

At this point it was like 11:45 and we were both exhausted and completely annoyed. He kept seeing an add or something for Red Roof Inn. I've never stayed at the hotel and neither had he so he calls to see how much their rooms are. Well at the same time he decides that he's just gonna ask the person who picks up if its a nice hotel.
This is pretty much how that conversation went. At least Berto's portion because thats all I could hear......
B: Hi, how much are you guys charging for a king bed room?
Ok thats a good price.
Let me ask you. If you didn't work there would you stay there? Would you consider it a nice hotel?

****

Berto goes on to explain the last 2 places we checked out and how they looked like places you would take a hooker. 

****

B: Would you take a hooker there?

Ok cool, now my wife is pregnant and she doesn't want to get bed bugs, so is it a clean hotel?

I'm not trying to be rude, I seriously want to know (he says as he is laughing hysterically)

****

At this point Berto is laughing so hard he can't even talk to the guy on the phone. The poor hotel guy probably thought Berto was pulling some prank phone call. It was so ridiculous. Really really funny but ridiculous.

Either way the guy was a good sport and he answered all Berto's ridiculous questions and we ended up driving over there. It was a really nice hotel for cheap AND they are pet friendly for free!!! We had to bring my cats so they don't die and we were just planning on sneaking them in since they are pretty much mess free but this way we didn't have to. It was a nice surprise.

So our AZ trip was all business. 

Thursday morning we got up and went to breakfast and then to my OB appt. We had our 3D ultrasound. Unfortunately, we didn't get any great pics of baby girl's face. She was wedged down in my pelvis with one of her arms covering half her face. The tech tried to get her to move but of course she is my child and she is stubborn. So she was shy about showing her face but not about her privates. She is definitely still a SHE! Ya! I'm more excited about that than seeing her face just because we want a girl so badly! haha. She is healthy. Measuring at 3 lbs and only 1 day ahead of schedule. 

After the OB, we went straight to the lab to do my Glucose test. YUCK! Fruit punch drinks are forever ruined for me. And that was the longest hour of my life. 

Once we were done there we went to the hotel for a short nap and then to my mommy's to visit. We had dinner and then went to see Berto's aunt and then back to the hotel.

It was a very LONG day. We decided were should leave around noon so that we got home at a decent hour since Berto had to work the next day. AND there was a weather advisory for a dust storm and I so didn't want to be on the I-10 in the middle of the desert while that was going on.....

We missed the dust storm only to hit a rain storm in California. haha oh well. I'd rather have rain than dust! I also got a call from my OB on the way home that my Glucose test was in and I don't have diabetes and my iron levels are normal!!!!!! YA!!!! You have no idea how happy I am about this!!!!!

I have to say that it was so backwards to me to visit AZ for a couple days and return to CA. I really miss my family but I am happy to be home. 

Although we came home and had to switch to daylight savings time.... THIS is weird people. I have never had to do this and it is really weird to have a 25 hour day basically. Today is the longest day ever. I'm not gonna lie, its a little frustrating.

We also came home to some COLD weather. In the 40's at night. The only thing I am missing is having a heater. We have these weird wall thermostats but they don't work that well when the room is already cold. Luckily we have a space heater which has saved my life the past 2 days because the apartment has been freezing cold! We have to figure out a way to regulate the temp in here before this baby comes!! haha I'll figure it out eventually.

Well other than that nothing new. 

I am 29 weeks and 2 days.

We'll be spending Thanksgiving with my Grandma this year (SO looking forward to her cooking, YUMMY).

And only about a month til I head back to AZ to settle in until the baby comes. I look forward to it because it means I am almost done with this pregnancy but I don't look forward to leaving Berto behind (since he obviously has to work). It's gonna be hard. We'll make it work.

Hopefully I'll be better at updating so we don't have novel posts like this one!

The Cow, 2 Smokers, and the Ghosts

Let me explain.....
These are our new neighbors. I have completely forgotten what its like to live in an apartment and to share walls and common space with others.  Normally, I'm a pretty laid back person when it comes to neighbors. We all live here so there are compromises to be made...... Well being pregnant there are certain things I don't and probably will never compromise on....
And so we begin......


1. THE COW
Okay so we've been here a total of 2 weeks and 4 days. ( yes, I had to look it up)
NEVER in my whole life have I seen someone that can trample the way our neighbor to the right does. For the first 2 weeks or so I seriously thought it was a couple of really big men coming up the stairs. I was wrong. IT'S A WOMAN!!!!!!!
She's overweight but not to the point where she has to walk like she weighs 500 lbs. BUT she does. She tramples so hard up and down the stairs that every time she goes up or down no matter where I am in my apartment I can feel it. The couch moves, the beds move, even the toilet moves.... Sometimes I have to wonder if we're having an earthquake.... No over exaggerating here. Ask Berto, even he couldn't believe it was one woman making all that happen. So we have nicknamed her THE COW. Call me mean, I don't care, you're not living next to it.....


2. SMOKER#1

The neighbor downstairs to the right. (The poor man lives underneath the cow....) This guy must go through 25 packs of cigarettes a day. No joke. Again normally I don't care what you do with your life. If you want to pollute your air and kill yourself be my guest, BUT, his 2 smoking places are his front door (right underneath Matty's bedroom window), and his back patio (right underneath our bedroom window).  Let me explain why this is an issue..... We do NOT have central A/C. We have a wall unit and thats it. Well we don't NEED central air because the weather here is so nice. Seriously its gorgeous. But, to enjoy such nice weather  we have to of course open the windows. Since our lovely smoke chain neighbor has to have a cigarette every 2 seconds I spend a lot of my day smelling smoke and then slamming windows shut hoping he'll get the hint that he smells like butt.  I don't think its working but I'm going to keep doing it. It's gross.  OH and he has a crazy psycho girlfriend/wife/daughter person that comes to visit with her ugly dog. She has THE filthiest mouth for a woman and is just in general a MEAN person. Ask my mom about her.... haha she got to witness the filthy, crazy mouth this woman has and the craziness of her.

3. SMOKER #2

Smoker # 2 is the neighbor that lives directly behind  us and downstairs. REALLY nice guy. He offered to help Berto move our stuff when it was raining outside because he had no help til later in the day but Berto said no thank you because he didn't want him out in the rain. He always stops Berto in the parking lot to talk to him. He 's really friendly. He's a little more respective than Smoker # 1. He has a patio with a side fence that leads out to the parking lot. He is nice enough to go out to the parking lot to have his cigarette. Unfortunately, we have a side window over the parking lot so again all the smoke flies up and into that window. AND he's a little crazy and gets up in the middle of the night to have a smoke (because it can't wait til morning?) so sometimes I smell it in the middle of the night too. So nasty. Apparently Californians have nothing better to be addicted to. I'd take caffeine, candy, and even alcohol over cigarettes. It's just so nasty!!!!
The other night Berto accidentally left his wallet in the car (BIG NO NO) so I sent him to go get it and he ran into smoker # 2 in the parking lot. He was down there talking to him for like 30 min. Berto comes back up to tell me that the guy told him the apartment downstairs is haunted.... Great.
Which brings me to:

4. THE GHOSTS

So according to smoker # 2 and one of the maintenance men the apartment directly below us is haunted. Smoker #2 told Berto that people hear banging and voices all the time but no one lives there. They literally use the unit for storage. He says that he always hears stuff during his middle of the night smoke breaks.  Whatever.
I don't believe in that stuff but I'm just going off what 2 people have said.

There you have it our 4 neighbors. I don't really like any of them but I'm stuck with them.

Funny things that have happened in the past week......

• Driving to drop our movie off at Blockbuster.... totally saw 2 blonde chicks lighting up and smoking their bong. Yep, smoking weed in the middle of a busy road.... I told Berto to stay away from them since to me and I'm pretty sure most of law enforcement that would be considered driving under the influence.
• Berto went to sit down in his chair at the table and his underwear got caught on a loose piece of wood on the chair. Ripped a hole in the butt cheek of his underwear. SO funny. I was in tears laughing because we even had the ripping sound and everything.  Probably had to be here for it to be funny to anyone else.
• Berto is also fed up with the cow next door so he purposely tramples up and down the stairs in hopes that it bugs her as much as in bugs us.  And its loud when he does it so I hope she can hear it.

Let's see what else has happened.....
My iphone bit the dust the other day. Completely died. Black screen of death. It was a sad day. I had no facebook, no games, no pinterest, no clock. Ya I really depend on my phone for everything. But Verizon sent me a new one and all is well.

Matty's new thing is to ask if I'm okay.
I still have morning sickness just like I did when I was pregnant with him. So in the morning when I'm in the bathroom he'll come in and say, "you okay?"
It really is so cute. He does it if someone coughs or chokes too.

We FINALLY bought a microwave last night!! Oh man life is so much easier with a microwave!!!

I am 27 weeks. Still feel like poo all the time. This baby is killing my hips!
We'll be spending Halloween at my grandma's house. And then we'll be heading to AZ that weekend for my OB appt. 3D ultrasound!! I can't wait to compare Matty's ultrasound to the new baby's!
Ok I've rambled long enough. Til next time

Aquarium of the Pacific

One of the best things about living in California is that there is so much you can do.  (If you're willing to drive) I saw a commercial for the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach and told Berto we should check it out.
So Friday we purchased our tickets online (they were $5 cheaper if you paid in advance) and made the 25 mile or so drive to Long Beach.
One funny thing about Berto is that he NEVER listens to me. Yes, in most cases it ends up being funny. There was a HUGE sign on the freeway that said, "Downtown/Aquarium" and pointed to stay left on the freeway. Well instead of following the sign like I told him to he decided the GPS lady was smarter and followed what she said, stay right.....
This lead us to the ports at Long Beach, you know where people go to catch their fabulous cruise ships, NOT to the aquarium. After about 20 minutes of us arguing about how he should have listened to me but NOOOOO he had to listen to the GPS lady we finally found the aquarium.


This aquarium was really cool. Berto even enjoyed it. I have a hard time finding fun activities for Berto. He's worse than a little kid sometimes. I wanted to go to the aquarium for Matty because he is obsessed with fish. He makes the cutest face.  I really want to get him a little fish tank for his room because I think he would just love it.

Here are pics from the day:

I asked him if he wanted to see the fishies and this is the face he made.

We had a lot of fun! Hopefully we'll have more adventures like this one for me to blog about!
Til next time!