Better run to catch up!

I feel like everyone has being sick, we miss Claudia a whole lot more than we expected; we are trying to get back in track with our lives!


Let me try to catch up with everything that has happened since I last wrote in here.

12/24- Saturday - Christmas Eve was a very nice time even thou we got the news that Tia Connie had passed away that morning! We cancel with most of our friends but still we had a good group of people! ~ Dan & I, Benjamin, Claudia, & Steve, Tim, Beth Ann & Jonathan, Mike, Andrea, Tati & Perry, Monica, John Paul, Priscilla & Jeff stopped by, as well as The Ponds.

We had Mike G. dressed up as Santa and the kids, I believe really enjoyed! Specially Logan & Monica! We all exchanged just a few little gifts and played games after all.

Everyone left about 3 Pm but still we didn’t get any sleep until later that morning because Benjamin was having a hard time, Sunday we found out at the Dr.’s office that he had a ear infection! I would much rather take him daily to the Chiro and let his body get over it but with the holidays, funeral and the wedding coming up we thought he needed some help faster.

12/25 – Sunday – Christmas! We went to house in the afternoon. I meet Steve’s kids for the first time ~ they seem to be alright. That night Mike and Andrea took Claudia with them and did a huge favor of taking her to the airport, because Monday morning Benjamin wasn’t feeling good yet. I already cried hours, I miss her.

12/26 – Monday ~ I basically got the house organized, Nicole (King) came by to watch Benjamin and Michele helped me a lots too. Very nice (and Mercy work as well) My house had never being in such a bad shape like that day and Tuesday after the funeral everyone was coming over. Mara came by and brought us some goodies and stayed with Benjamin so I got a nice, big and long much needed shower! Nicole, (Eddie’s Nicole) was looooooots of help! Oh dear! I don’t think we went to bed until around 3PM and next morning we were up at 7 to get ready for the church! Amy also brought us a pumpkin roll (mmm)!

12/27 – Tuesday – The Funeral day ~ After the funeral almost everyone came over and there was a TON of food, they stayed for a while and after all we went to Kohl’s with Nicole to get her shoes for the wedding! Later that day I started to feel so sick, I got a bad bad bad FLU and only God knows how sick I felt!

Much better today 12/30 – I’m back to work, even thou I wasn’t supposed to work today, but after taking so many days off, nothing more fair! Elan has to help Lilly with the kids and Kip is sick so I left Benjamin at Nicole’s (the Brazilian one) house for the day.

Everything seems to be fine in , I talked to mom yesterday and they are all counting the days until Claudia goes back home. And we can’t wait until we go down there again.

I’ll stop here for now; (lots to do and always needing to rest) Thanking God for all the blessings and protection we get daily and don’t even know…

Oh x-mas tree, oh x-mas tree

Benjamin was really sick, kept me busy and preoccupied. Feels like he is doing better now… We got some homeopathic medicine yesterday and it has helped some!

Claudia is sick as well, and I’m not 100%! I hope at least Claudia is better before she travels, or I’ll be worried!
Marie’s Husby got a bad flu; Talked to Daniela and her & the kids are also having a hard time! The winter it’s only starting! =oP

I helped Priscilla with her x-mas tree for a little while yesterday! We were all the way to the top of the ladder and still wasn’t enough to reach the top! I think I helped a little since I’m taller, it was fun! We also had lunch together yesterday @ Ruby Tuesday (Claudia too) and went shopping for a minute!

Dan had a broken tooth so he had to go to the dentist… and I’ll be going right after New Year!

Benjamin got another tooth as well and that was a hard one! He is DEFENELY walking, for a long distance, no hands or anything! Last night he even tried turning to a different direction and that is almost working!

Dan and I talked about having another baby and I’m not sure I/ ready! Benjamin is so dependable still but at the same time I know how much he loves other kids! ~ Hard subject!
He stayed at Nicole’s house the other day for a trial, lots of fever, lots of crying but I think he’ll get used to it with time. Next week he’ll stay at Daniela for a couple of days and at Nicole in Tuesday! I think I was a little hard on him since he had never seeing her before!

Hey, good news! I’ll have a couple days off that I wasn’t expecting which is a good thing! Life goes on and I have to fight over this black cloud that keeps on following me around!

We got all the kids gifts for x-mas, there’s only one more that I need to take care of! This can be very stressful! Now I really don’t want to stress out Saturday, whatever happens happens! We’ll all be happy! =)

Tati, Perry and Monica should be in Cinci by now.

Benjamin is 10 mos. today! =)

I crack myself up when I go back and read what I wrote! There’s sooo many typos and misspelling!  *LOL*  If anything else you can probably get a few laughs with this blog!

I know Dan wants to be able to read what I write but I really should blog in Portuguese heh.

Lots of news today, I haven’t stopped here for a while!

* Benjamin repeats everything we say – I still can figure it out if that’s good or back - J

* Stephanie had Autumn! She was 6#s & some ounces – Lots of hair it’s what I heard!

* I got a raise! Isn’t that awesome? And a nice x-mas bonus!

 * We are like 99.9% sure Dan will get Em’s position – AWESOME! Dan is such a smart guy and good employee, I’m happy for him – I hope this is what he wants to do!

*We got reservations to the Hotel what mean we’ll be attending Melissa’s Wedding!

* I think we found a nice, easy accesses (haha this sounds funny) and reliable baby-sitter. This coming Tuesday will be our first day – Let see how that works out!

* Claudia got this AWESOME opportunity! She is going to Aspen – Colorado and Disney World for 15 days with this Brazilian family! – Yes she’ll be working, babysitting their kids but they are also paying her reeeeeeeeally good and getting a separate bedroom and paying her meals! Also they are flying her to Miami to meet with them! What a blessing! I hope she has lots of fun! It’s going to be unforgettable – I bet!

* Frances, Steve and his kids will be able to make it for x-mas! 
* Patty won’t have surgery! I’m not so sure this is good news, but I believe that God knows what is best for her! She’s being fighting this cancer for 3 years and I do believe she is going to win!

This week I have a ton of things to do – there’s so much going on! =oP Eye Dr, Dentist, Chiropractor, Benji’s Dr. Claudia and I were out and about, we had a lot of fun yesterday – At least I think so, we just spent all day together and I enjoyed a bunch – it’ll only make harder when she leaves!

And I don’t know what it up to this but lately God has given me a little more power on my ”self-control” on the eating subject! ~I hope and pray it keeps that way, because I feel good about it, not hungry!

No inspiration to write here today

I’m almost done with Christmas cards – Finally! They should be going in the mail soon…

I’m getting more and more nervous about Claudia leaving – Benjamin is now so so attached to her as well – he TOTALLY knows her; and if that wasn’t enough Mara is also leaving me ~ No comments!

I can’t wait for Tati to get here so I won’t feel so lonely!

Stephanie went in labor today – I’m not sure how things are coming along but I’m sure it’s well or we would have heard something. I think she may have her baby by now.

Getting ready for Christmas Eve now will be more stressful because I’ll be working WAY more then what I would desire! Patty may be having surgery too and it’ll be between Marie and I to cover both offices ~ I’m nervous!

Good thing - it was a close game but the Bengals won last Sunday. We had lots of snow last Thursday; I even got to go home earlier! J

Dan went to work last Saturday night at the HC and when he got back home he woke me up about 3 am with a gift…. This beautiful dress, so pretty! I was so surprised! It’s gorgeous, I can’t believe he got it so right this time! My dad wouldn’t buy something that beautiful for my mom after almost 30 years of marriage!

I feel for Dan with his problems at work – lots of decisions to make and just so much over his shoulder, I feel so helpless…  

I think I’m way too down; I need to do something for myself!
Benjamin has got another tooth and it’s like a Parrot now, everything you say he tries to repeat LOL ~ it’s so funny!

He got a x-mas gift and so cute, I tried to show him that if he opened that was a toy in there and he takes that paper off, looks at the box for a few seconds, turns around and go play with something else! Too cute!!

Snow ~ Bad internet connection ~ Drama, drama, drama…

It’s snowing out there, pretty good, maybe an inch or so ~ it got the roads pretty covered!

Today is being so stressful – I already woke up in the middle of this massive discussion about kids being sick, this and that. Everyone with their own dramas, anxieties and everyone were bad mouthing each other. Somehow I can understand both sides and at the same time I don’t… I mean of course everyone wants to defend their own, but Oh my word – people can be mean! It scares me…

But I truly felt bad for Claudia this morning – poor girl working so hard to try to save up a few dollars and ended up in the middle of such a hard situation! ~ I better be good friends to all of them! LOL!

Anyways… we went to visit Roma yesterday and it wasn’t so bad, we all had a good time and Benjamin really liked her. He’s being so hard on us since we got back – He’s got too spoiled, I need to work on him… Even his walking got worst because all he wants is to be held!

Mom said since now she knows Dan it is way harder to be far away – she really misses him – and all of us. She’ll be seeing Claudia soon, but that is something that I can’t think about it yet – I’ll have too much time to suffer so I better not start early.

The internet sucks today here at work so I better post this soon before I have a “Cannot find server” again (rrrr).

What is it out there that I can’t see it!

Oh God, please open my eyes!!

I guess I’ll have time to stop by and write a few words since Patty didn’t like my idea for a “Manual” – oh well! Too bad! Ehheh

I’m counting down the days – in a bad way - Claudia will leave soon and I’m getting so desperate and lost. I already feel like a piece of me is gone. I know she has her life to take care of and I’m happy for her and her opportunities I just wish we could be closer… like body close speaking – because I know it doesn’t matter how far we are from each other we are still close but I’ll miss talking to her everyday and looking at her every morning…
The game is almost over and the Bengals are winning so far, they are so good this year – I’m so happy! Can you imagine if they make to the Super bowl? Dan will have a heart attack! Especially if he can’t go! He would sell the house or go bankrupt but would not miss the Bengals game in a super bowl! LOL
Benjamin is getting cuter and cuter (did I just make this word up? Cuter? Much more Cute? Hehehe) He is at Mara’s house today while Dan watches the game and I work, after all we’ll stop by for dinner… I can’t believe Mara is considering to move – I’m so sad about that, Claudia, Her… everyone is leaving me. It also would be so cool if Benjamin could stay with her…
I’m counting on Tati, I can watch Monica like 3 days a week and she’ll watch Benjamin! Because I don’t trust anyone else! It’s crazy, I know but I don’t! I don’t feel comfortable, I can’t concentrate if he is with someone that I don’t trust!
Tomorrow we are going to see Roma and that should be interesting hahah… she’s being asking for so long that I decided to agree.
By the way, if you are reading this blog you must be a friend, so I would like to let you know that on the 24^th, x-mas eve we’ll be having dinner at our place – for all those that can’t be with their families or those that just don’t want to see theirs! Very relaxing, no gifts, no dress up! This will be about fun and the true meaning of x-mas. Jesus was born and we’ll celebrate our lives with the ones we love and care about it. Family time, most of all! Please RSVP with me. Also I wouldn’t mind if you want to bring a dish because I’m not a very good cook! And besides I don’t want to cook all day long, I want to have fun too. Please bring the kids (I don’t think they would appreciate to stay by themselves anyways), pets and your favorite game. As well your toothbrush in case you decide to spend the night, after all the least thing everyone needs to smell is your bad breath on x-mas morning! =oP
A nice breakfast will be served @, whenever we get around it…
Tomorrow we should be putting our x-mas tree up and a few decorations… No gift like I said but I’ll wrap a few things to seat under the tree!
And this week hopefully I’ll get to my x-mas cards! =) Benjamin’s pictures are in and it’s about time to pop those cards in the mail anyways…
Also – I being having great ideas for a business, I wish I had a sponsor, or money, or whatever… I feel so up to doing something on my own! Always thinking ~ Still thinking!
I feel so ready! I wish someone would invest on me! I have so much to give! Maybe I should start doing it to my family – Dan and Benjamin. How knows, maybe that’s what God wants from me that’s why He haven’t opened other opportunities for me.
Still thinking!

Was it Thanksgiving or Haloween???

Ah =oP   We just got back from and a bunch of horrible news hit us:
1. Cindy Lucky wasn’t so Luck ~ she passed away, only 53 years old she was feeling some pain on her eyes and the Drs. Found 2 aneurisms on her brain, the first surgery was great and during the second one she had a stroke and other complications that caused her to be brain dead, so her family decided to turn off her life support!
2. Marie’s mom is at the hospital; she can’t breathe very well and has some sort of swollen on her body.
3. Patty hasn’t being feeling very well, even after the radiation what freaks me out.
4. Justin was stranggled by Benny’s Step Father while his mom was babysitting the kids so Beth and Benny could work. Thank God little Justin is fine, I feel so bad for that little boy, he is only 1 yr old and has being thru so much. As a result Beth is moving back to her mom’s house in Jersey and Benny may be going too. I have no words to describe what I felt when I heard this. ~ No comments!
Besides all that there are always other things, like Claudia is leaving very very soon and not talking about how much we are going to miss her, the mission of finding someone we trust to watch Benjamin while I work has started and it’s just very stressful.
But Benjamin is cutter everyday and he brings to much happiness to our lives that I only pray that God gives us health and wisdom to raise His little miracle!
I’m starting a new project Dan suggested what will give me plenty to do at work ~ So since I’m somewhat busy now I may not have too much time to stop by here,  blog (oh yeah, right! Hahaha). It’s being so dead and this is the only web site I can accesses from work so Dan talked about making a “Sales Assistant Manual”. I never had anything to guide me and I think it’s a pretty good idea. Besides it should be good for my “status” w/ the company.I’ll let you know how it turns out!
Have a great weekend!

I't official - my baby can walk

“Anything you can do Benjamin can do better…” Yes he can ! Yes he can!
He waves bye-bye, he took 5 steps in a row,  feeds himself, he does “so big” & clap his hands!