Camp trip

Yesterday, Jenny and I decided to go on a little car-camping trip with Mario. We drove to Pecos, NM, and followed one of the forest roads up the mountain. Here's approximately where we went: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=35.746721,+-105.650883&num=1&t=p&sll=35.631086,-106.003983&sspn=0.006295,0.006295&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=35.746861,-105.647535&spn=0.021177,0.041628&z=15&iwloc=A

It's been raining a lot lately due to the New Mexico monsoon season so it was pretty hard to find dry wood for our fire. After a prayer by Jenny, thankfully we were finally able to get a nice fire going. We roasted polish sausages, made hot cocoa and Jiffy Pop popcorn.

Here's Mario hiking with his hiking stick.

We had a fun time on our little camping trip. We finally took our Land Rover off road and drove through some deep mud. We probably would've gotten stuck if it wasn't for the great off road capabilities of the truck!

Our biggest surprise ever...

Jared, Mario and I are over the moon

because

we are expecting Baby Hobbs #2!!!

This was a big surprise for all of us. Here is how it went:

Jenny: (crying) Jared, I think I'm dying. I feel like I'm going to die. I thought I was getting better but now I feel worse than ever in my life.

Jared: Call Dr. Sawyer and tell her that you are getting worse.

Jenny: ok.

Later on we went to Target... I saw my friend Emily there and I told her how I was feeling.

Emily: I think you might be pregnant.

Jenny: Shut up...I don't think so, but I will buy a test.

We got home and this is what I saw:

I thought this might be a mistake, probably the thyroid hormone replacement are messing up the pregnancy test. My doctor told me that because of my slow metabolism, thanks to not having a thyroid, my chances to get pregnant were not good. Besides, for me to get pregnant with Mario, it took me three months, and I was healthy and younger.

The next day I went to the general doctor and I took a pregnancy test. While I was waiting for the result, Mario decided to poop his diaper and clothes. The doctor's office didn't have a changing table and I had left the wipes in the car. I was overwhelmed.

Doctor: Mrs Hobbs, you are not pregnant.....you are super pregnant!

Me: Are you sure? ( tears falling from me eyes)... how can this have happened?(...Yes, I know how people get pregnant).

I got in the car, called Jared and told him the wonderful news. After I talked to Jared, I called my friend and ask her to recommend me a good ob-gyn (after my experience with Mario, I won't go with a midwife... ever). My friend gave me the number of her doctor, but told me that it was really hard to get in, apparently he is the best in Santa Fe. To my good luck, I got in. Two days later, Jared, Mario and I had our first ob-gyn visit. We payed everything for the birth on the first visit. We are going to be so ready for this pregnancy, we won't be naive like in the previous pregnancy... We are categorized as a high risk because of my health history. I feel safe this time around, I'm still trying to get over the shock of being pregnant, I wasn't expecting it at all.

My right arm is all bruised, I have had so many blood tests for the endocrinologist and the Ob-Gyn, but it is better this way so I won't pass the Grave's disease to my baby. I also got a higher dose of thyroid hormone, now I take 137mg everyday. The good thing in my opinion is that every month I will get to see our baby in the ultrasound, because they need to monitor me really closely...so hurray! I will get to see my baby every month!

My mom, dad and sister were so happy. My mom is already planning to be here for at least two months to help me with Mario, that is so nice. The only down part of this pregnancy is that I have morning sickness, heart burn, and I feel like I am going to faint all the time, what is the big deal? Well, I have never felt this way with a pregnancy, besides the complications I had with Mario in the last trimester. I really don't mind having another boy (I already have a ton of clothes for him) and I like the idea to be the only girl in my house. I just want this pregnancy to go smooth and to be painless. Yes, I am pro drugs: happy mom, happy baby!

Mario is kissing my belly everyday and saying: Hi baby! He is so excited, and we are so excited for our new baby... I'm glad that I'm not dying, I'm just pregnant... Let's see how well we can handle this... Jared wanted to wait until we had the baby to show him to his parents and tell them: "hey, look we have a baby." but that would have been a little selfish from us.

The baby will be born in February!

Dentist and Swimming Classes.

Mario went to his first dentist appointment ever!!

He was so good; he got some fluoride on his teeth and he showed the dentist how he brushes his teeth.

I got a new tooth brush!

I enrolled Mario in swimming classes for toddlers, but I misread when the class was going to start. I thought that the class was starting this past Monday, but no, the class starts in July. I got Mario all excited and later I had to tell him of my awful mistake. He didn't cry or anything and because he behaved so well, I took him back to swim in the public session.

Best buds!

My cute parents came to visit us.

Hi everyone.

Before starting this post, I want to share this picture of me and MY CURLY HAIR. I have said before that I have curly hair and that is where Mario gets it from, including the color. I colored my hair black because I like it but my hair color is brown. So there it is!

So, I want to share some pictures of my parents. They were here in Santa Fe for a few days and we had a blast. We went to church and my mom got me that pretty pink dress.

The last Sunday in May was Mother's Day in the Dominican Republic, I was lucky enough to have my mom here, so I took her to a really nice restaurant on the plaza, she loved it.

We also got the sod for our backyard. It looks awesome.

Mario enjoyed the grass and the water too much. He asked me to take off his clothes and he ran naked in the backyard. Too cute.

Another highlight of the trip was that my dad took us out twice a day to eat at any restaurant of my choice :)

Bamboo Asian Cuisine and The Pantry.

We also took Mario to Castle Park. He is such a good child.

My mom loves the chocolate covered strawberries from Señor Murphy.

Those two are so much fun to go shopping with.

We also went and visited Bandelier National Monument. It was a great experience.

Inside one of the houses.

Taos

We ate at Michael's Kitchen in Taos. Great place to eat, and the service was excellent.

(Can you see Mario stealing a fry from Jared's plate?)

Rio Grande Gorge bridge

My parents invited us to dinner at a Spanish restaurant here in Santa Fe called El Farol.

Mediterranean food is great.

Tapas Españolas.

Paella.

I had a great time with them.

One funny thing is that Mario calls my parents by their first name. He is already missing my parents a lot. After dropping my parents off at the airport, Mario got home and looked for them in every room of the house. He was so sad, poor baby.