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Just wanted to let ya'll know that I have re-directed my blog to another domain. This will be my last post here, you can now follow my blog at: www.maggiegarza.com Please continue to visit and comment my blog there. Thanks everybody! I'll leave you all with this super cute picture of my baby girl :)

My first Vlog!

As explained in the video below, I have just not had the time or ability to type blogs anymore, so I decided to do my very first video blog! I am really nervous, so if you are going to comment (which I really would appreciate), please, be nice!! :) Have an awesome day everyone!

And the Chosen One is...

Tio Nando!! Yup, Abner and I decided that the best person to be Kaylee's padrino is her Tio Nando. We had actually made the decision way before Kaylee was even born, but made it official tonight with this picture frame that we created for him. Nando, you are a great person, and we know you will be a great influence and example for Kaylee. You have always taken care of me as your baby/twin sister and I know you will do a great job with Kaylee as well. You have really done well for yourself, you are graduated, a new job, things are looking great for you! We know and trust that you will always be there for Kaylee as you were always there for us, and we know that you will help us lead her to God's path. Thanks for being who you are and thanks for accepting this responsibilty and giving Kaylee the greatest Padrino ever! We love you very much :)

First trip to the ER

We had our first real scare with Kaylee this morning...you see, since late morning Thursday, she has not done poopy :) We tried giving her milicon, manzanilla, sticking a thermometer in her bottom, nothing worked! Now, she's not fussy or crying and she's eating regularly so we weren't overly concerned. However, being that today was Sunday, 3 days without poopy can't be good, especially for a tiny baby, I thought. So I called the only clinic that is open and asked if they would see a baby or if I had to take her to a pediatrician. She asked for Kaylee's symptoms and said that I should "take her to the ER right now! It could be an obstruction and that's very dangerous, take her to the ER now!" So natuarally, I cried a little as I hung up the phone and told Abner we had to take our 44 day old baby to the hospital :( Well, we arrived, and as I looked around I thanked God that Kaylee didn't look as sick as the other people that were in there waiting! Anywho, they attended us fairly quickly, considering the amount of people there. They took some X-Rays and the Dr tried to stimulate her bottom again, but they found nothing wrong with her! Praise God! Dr. said she had gas and there was no "stool buildup" in her tummy, so she was fine. So, I'm releaved and thankful that they didn't find anything, but I'm quite puzzled. I can't help but wonder what is going on inside her little tummy and how come there's no poopy coming out! Oh well, it's all in God's hands, and I will do as the Dr. said and not worry unless she starts being fussy or runs a fever. As long as she still eating and sleeping good, which she is, I will not worry :) Here are some pictures of us in the ER this morning, Happy Sunday!

My Perfect Day!

I never thought someone could be as close to perfect as my husband. I can not say he is perfect, b/c only God is perfect, but he sure is the next closest thing, that's for sure! Why, you may ask? Well, let me tell you about my very best 1st Mother's Day, all made possible by my honey, Abner E. Garza :) It all started Saturday evening as I walked downstairs and was surprised to find a beautiful bouquet of flowers sitting on my kitchen counter with an envelope that said: To the most wonderful mom, Happy 1st Mother's Day. Inside this envelope was a gift certificate for a mani/pedi :) Sunday morning (the real mother's day), he made a delicious breakfast of waffles, eggs and hashbrowns, all my favorites! And ladies, not only did he cook breakfast all by himself, he also cleaned up and washed the dishes, all by himself!! He made sure I was happy and content all day and that I was having the best Mother's day ever :) Thanks babe for everything you did and do for me and Kaylee, you are an amazing husband and father, we are so lucky to have you and we love you very very very much! I hope all the mother's out there had a great a day as I did, b/c we sure do deserve it! Here is a picture of our perfect little family yesterday.

Porn??

Only if your a new mommy! :) My good friend Jenny surprised me with this awesome little book called, Porn for New Moms...it's absolutely adorable! Thanks Jen for being so wonderful and for this awesome book that made me crack up as I know it made others crack up too as they read this blog! Any new mom would definitely appreciate this book, and every new daddy could really learn some good pointers! The inside of this book has pictures of very "sexy" men holding babies quoting things that only new mommys would appreciate; things such as: "So, tell me again, what was the consistency of the poop?" and "Ok, you can hold him for a minute, but I want him right back!" and my favorite one: " No, no! Sit down! I'll do the dishes. After nine and a half months of pregnancy, 26 hours of labor and 18 stitches, you don't have to do a darn thing around here!" This book, along with the pictures and quotes would make any mom feel good, hence the title, Porn for new moms. :)

Miracle Grow??

As I was unloading pictures from my cameras, I came across some very cute ones of Kaylee that I must share with everybody. Our baby girl is growing sooo big! She measured 21 inches yesterday, she was 17 when she was born. We haven't weighed her yet to see how much she's gained, but I'm sure she's gaining pretty good! As I took Kaylee in for a visit at our work, everyone was amazed at how much she had grown. Abner's boss asked if I was slipping miracle grow into her bottle, lol. I thought it was funny, it sure does seem that way I said!
These were taken last saturday, so they're fairly recent. She is totally changing everyday though, so I will continue to post pictures so those of you who are far can see how she grows :) I also had to include a picture of Kaylee with her cousin Aimee Mae b/c it's so stinken adorable how excited she is to be carrying "baby kakee," as she calls her.

Ups and Downs

Well...needless to say, Stregthening Families was pretty much a complete disaster last night. We were so un-prepared and un-organized...I felt bad for the families we had there. Oh well, hopefully we'll learn from our mistakes, and well, the bright side is, it can't get much worse than it did last night, which means it can only get better! Good news is that Abner and Kaylee did fabulous together while I was gone, it's good to know that I can fully rely and trust in Abner to watch her while I'm gone :)

On another note...I seriously think I'm going a bit loopy...I'm blaming it on my "sleeping" habits. It's not so much that I'm not getting enough sleep, b/c I think I'm getting plenty, it's just all the interuptions while I'm sleeping that are having the affect on me. I wake up in the nights not knowing where I am or if I had fed Kaylee or not, I also wake up looking for her in our bed, when she's crying in her bassinet...the worst thing is that I don't remember doing these things in the morning when I wake up! I think I'm just over-stressing and over-thinking things too much. I pray that things will only get better! This is definately helping me make the decision of waiting a LONG time before having another!! :) Please keep us in your prayers.

Stregthening Families

Well...tonight is the first night that I will be facilitating a strengthening families course. I'm actually pretty nervous, I don't know what it will be like or how many kids I'll have...what if they don't like me??!! What if I can't get there, it's in Connell and I have no idea how to get to this school...What if I don't do good at teaching these kids about all these important things b/c I'm worrying too much about Kaylee and Daddy at home all by themselves...can he handle it?!? Ahh...so many questions, so many concerns...I have faith though, faith in my Lord, everything will be great!! I will get there just fine, I will do an amazing job at helping these youth make the right decisions in life and I will come home to find Kaylee and Daddy well fed and doing just dandy...I hope... :) I will blog about it tomorrow and let ya'll know how it went...pray for me!!

P.S...On a side note...I scrubbed my shower so clean today, I'm so proud of myself...and a little loopy from all that clorox :)

Bored??? Nah...entertained!!

What in the world do I do at home all day long, you may ask? Simple...I get up at 10 (you have to understand that I'm constantly waking up during the night), I feed and tend to all of Kaylee's needs, check my email, facebook, myspace and my blog, and by this time, Kaylee needs to be fed and changed again! Well anyways, today, I thought I would try out the photo booth on the iMac since Kaylee was in my arms and awake, came up with some pretty good ones, check them out! I better get going now though, my hand on Kaylee's bottom has suddenly become warm after some crazy rumbling noises! Time for another diaper change!!! Maybe I should really consider cloth diapers!

First Sunday

I want to start by saying that Thanks to God, Abner is feeling much better!! Thanks for all who prayed in his favor :) My big girl is growing up...last night she slept 5 hours without waking up to eat!! Finally after 5 hours I got up and woke her up myself, b/c I felt bad. I know, I know, I should have just let her sleep, but she's sooo tiny...she needs to eat!! I must say...she is becoming quite the chunky monkey! I'm pretty sure she's weighing in at about 7 pounds now...in just 3 weeks, that's amazing!! Praise God for that :) Two sundays ago was her first time to church, and I just have to post a picture, she looked so darn cute in her sunday dress.

She's brown!

Yesterday, Kaylee and I joined Abner in his dentist appointment, and I just have to share a comment from one of the assistants. Let me start by saying, she was a very, very, very nice girl, who is expecting her second baby in about 8 weeks. She began talking to us as if we were her best friend, she just couldn't get enough of Kaylee. Anyways, the first thing to come out of her mouth was..."she's soooo cute....she's brown!" LMBO...she of course, very quickly apologized and said, it's not a bad thing, my daughter's brown too (she was a caucasian gal). I, of course, didn't mind at all, that she said my baby was "brown," I personally thought it was actually pretty funny and couldn't stop laughing with her! Anyways, Kaylee seems to be doing better and sleeping better at nights, praise the Lord!! Abner took another day off from work today for being sick :( Poor guy...we have him "quarantined" from us so he doesn't get us sick. We miss him and want him to get better already, so please keep him in your prayers! Sorry, no picture today, I'm on abner's laptop, and there are no picutres on here to upload, maybe tomorrow!

Update

I must start this post by apologizing to all my faithful viewers for not updating as often. You see, the problem is not that I'm super, overwhelmingly busy with Kaylee, the truth of the matter is that my laptop crashed, and Abner has been working on recovering it. Yea, we have a brand new iMac, but Abner spends most of his free time on it and I hadn't yet figured out how to upload pictures to it. So, Abner's back at work, and now I know how to do pictures...so no excuses, right?!

Anyways, last friday we took Kaylee to her first check up, and she is doing just fabulous! She had already gained a pound, weighing 5lbs 6 oz. The Dr. was astonished and even had to weigh her twice to double check. Abner went back to work on Monday, so now it's just Mommy and Kaylee!! Which was going fabulous, until yesterday, something seems to be wrong, and I can't figure out what it is. I'm assuming it's colics, and so I'm trying to treat that with gas relief drops, sometimes it seems to work, and sometimes it doesnt....so I'm not sure. I think she's just liking to be carried b/c she fusses only when I put her down! She doesn't seem to be sleeping very well the last two nights, so it's been tough. Especially b/c Abner is coming down with something, so he is forbidden to be around her. I give props to all those single moms who do it alone! It sure is tough. I am constantly asking the Lord to give me patience and strength to keep going...sometimes I just break down and cry, but still, I can't complain. I would rather not sleep a day for the rest of my life and have her by my side, than not have her at all!
Well, I could make this a really long post, with so many updates, but it looks as if Kaylee is falling asleep, which means that's my cue to also lay down for a nap! I need to take advantage every chance I get, since I don't get much rest at night! Please continue to pray for the three of us and our health and for lots and lots and LOTS of patience and strength but most of all LOVE!

Announcing Kaylee Elise

As I mentioned earlier, we got a brand new iMac the day our Kaylee was born. Abner has been playing around on it since the second we got home from the hospital, b/c of this, I wanted to give hims his first "project" he could work on with this awesome new machine. I ever so kindly asked him if he would create Kaylee's announcement cards and he ever so kindly accepted. Well, he did such a great job I wanted to post them up for everybody to see!! Thanks hun for being so good at this stuff, love you! :)

In awe...

I am so overly blessed and full of joy to be holding my daughter in my hands as I one-hnadidly type this blog. I am running on about three hours of sleep but that doesn't matter to me...how can I sleep when I can sit here and stare at this amazing creation of God all day long.Words can truly not describe the excitement and flow of emotions that are flowing through us right now. I'm sure when teenager years begin to approach we will quickly forget this awesome feeling but for now we are embracing every waking moment and just trying to take it all in. We had our first outing yesterday at only 5 days old but I will have to post about it later b/c doody calls!! No really....diaper doody!! Ahhh...even a dirty diaper is so cute!!!! :)

garzacreations strikes again!!

At just 4 days old, Kaylee had her very first photo shoot. Now, I'm not only saying this because she is my daughter, but these pictures are absolutely amazing!! Some of the best baby pictures I have ever seen. Martha, once again, out did herself, for sure! Here are a couple and you check the rest of them out on their website: http://garzacreations.com/maggieblog/

Kaylee's Hospital Picture!

I've had some people question whether or not we have came home b/c I have not updated my blog since Sunday. Well YES!! We finally got to come home at noon yesterday, and we couldn't be happier to be home. Things have been going great here at home, my mom came to stay with us for a few days and she has been a huge help. Abner has been the most wonderful husband a gal could ever ask for, helping in any way he can. There are definitely some adjusting to be done, but we are heading towards it full forced and excited to be doing it. My sister in law came over and Kaylee's first photo shoot, the pictures turned out great, I'm so excited. I will post them up as soon as she sends them to me. They are to die for!!!! So Thank God we are all doing wonderful and we couldn't be any happier. We have our first appointment back in the hospital tomorrow, so I'll let you all know how that goes. Thanks again for your continued prayers, phone calls and visits. Also thanks for visiting my blog; according my google analytics, we had 69 visitors on Kaylee's birthday!!! :) Here is the website for Kaylee's hospital picture, take a look!
Kaylee Elise Garza Picture

First family photo

Just about 48 hours later, and we're still doing fabulous! Kaylee is out of NICU and came to share a room with Daddy and I yesterday around 1pm, we were very excited to have her with us, finally! She is maintaining her temperature very well and feeding very good also. My mom has been a huge help with us from helping me shower, to getting the essentials we didn't have time to go out and get. Friends and family have been texting, calling, commenting and visiting like crazy, which is very much appreciated; it's good to know people are still willing to help and really care about the well being of our family.
Abner has been the most amazing father, husband, friend, helper a woman could ever ask for!! He was the first and actually is the primary poopy pamper changer, for now anyways. It's still a bit difficult for me to be bent over changing her. He has not had any complains and does everything while singing, talking and playing with his baby girl. He has been absolutely perfect. He feeds and is at her every call, as well as mine. Thanks babe for being so wonderful, I LOVE YOU and DEFINATELY could not have done it without you. I'm so lucky to have you.
God willing, we will probably be going home today, if not today, definately tomorrow. It's nice being pampered hand and foot by hospital staff, but we are anxious to go home already! Anyways, just wanted to share a quick update and post our first family picture just minutes after she was born, that one of the Dr's in the OR so kindly volunteered to take :) P.S. see how awesome my God is...I'm sitting there, cut open, and I'm still smiling!!!!! Have I mentioned how much I LOVE MY GOD!!!

Hello World!!

I sit here in my hospital bed with the most gratitude I have ever felt towards my God and savior; it is to him, and him alone who goes all the victory of today's amazing events. Kaylee Elise Garza was born at 3:34 pm, weighing in at 4.6 lbs and 17 inches long. She is currently in the NICU but nothing to worry about, she's eating and doing amazingly well. As for me, I am also feeling very comfortable and pain free!! :) God is soooo amazing! Here is a picture of our beautiful baby girl. Her daddy and I are extremely proud and happy to be her parents and can't wait to go home and start our life together.

The waiting game!

So ok...I'm sitting here in my hospital bed all hooked up, and still I wanted to be sure to keep my faithful viewers up to date on the happenings of the delivery of Baby kaylee. We were sent here from the clinic yesterday due to low amniotic fluid levels. The Dr is concerned that the umbilical cord might be crushed due to low fluids, so they set me up on monitors yesterday at around 5:30pm. I had no pains or contractions, to my knowledge. I am exactly 36 weeks pregnant today, so baby is still a little early, but we have hope, faith and trust in God that she will be just fine :) At around 9:30 this morning they started adding pitocin to my IV to speedy up the contractions, now that there is room for Kaylee in NICU. It is now 11:15am and I am having frequent contractions, thank God no painful ones just yet! So here we sit and wait...I am a little frightened..ok, A LOT frightened, but I know that God is on our side and I pray that he gives me the strength I need to continue through this as well as to take my nervousness away!! and that he gives Kaylee all the strength she will need to fight this long battle! Also strength for Abner :) So thank you all for your prayers, calls, and texts, we will try t0 keep you as updated as possible! Please continue to pray for us :)