No, it was not Victoria that was born (yet… though I am 37 weeks now). Our new Bosch dishwasher FINALLY arrived!! It has been installed and as I’m writing this it’s running through it’s first wash cycle. I can barely hear it. And it’s soooo beautiful! :D

 

It’s been exactly 15 days since I bought it. Long overdue! It was supposed to be delivered and installed on Tuesday March 30, but as luck would have it the order fell through the cracks and after I was on top of things for days, finally got things done the right way, emergency order and all. It pays to be such a pain in the butt and stay on top of things (most of the times…though it’s never worked with Sears – where we got our fridge, that’s a whole other story…I hate Sears!). After all the inconveniences (there were several, sigh), Lowes came through and offered me a 10% discount on the already $100 discounted price I had originally paid for the dishwasher. That, plus they told me that now the order also qualified for a free installation/haul away rebate (savings of $109). So all in all, we saved $280 on a pretty darn nice dishwasher. I’ll take this 15 day delay with all it’s inconveniences anytime for that kind of savings! Well, maybe not anytime, but I’m good this time. ;) And yes, I’m still remaining a loyal Lowes junky, even with this little incident (which is a first for me).

 

I am so thrilled to have a working dishwasher, and even more such a fine looking one. No more hand washing (such a waste of time!), no more disposables, no more use and reuse 1 glass/day kinda thing, lol… Did I mention how quiet it is??!! It’s FABULOUS in every sense of the word!  Below is a pic of our beauty (never mind the bright light down the middle caused by the flash).

It’s been a wonderful laid back Easter weekend for us. The weather has been nice overall, well in the 70s and sunny (though it rained quite a bit yesterday) and we’ve enjoyed some wonderful family time. 

 

Today we went to mass in the morning, and I can’t help but smile about how beautiful it was. The choir of old folks is just heavenly (@ 11:30 am mass), and I just can’t imagine attending any other mass that didn’t include their angelic singing. It makes for such a wonderful and heartfelt spiritual experience, it can be very moving and is truly inspirational. Simply divine.

 

After mass we ended up eating at Wendy’s and though it may not sound like the ideal place for an Easter lunch, the food was good and most importantly we spent a wonderful time together. I should mention how excellent dessert was… a large chocolate frosty which the three of us shared --ok, 3.5 counting Victoria who’s still in my belly. ;) After that we came back home and decided to set up the tripod and take a family pic. It was quite the ordeal. We were cutting into Nico’s naptime and he was just not cooperating.

 

After all the kicking and crying and begging to be let down to run on the grass, we finally got a semi decent shot. It’s not perfect, but I guess perfection is something you need to learn to let go of once you have kids. We’re lucky we have any picture at all, with how things were going. So here’s the top two pics…

 

 

We gave up after several tries… and while Nico napped we took some pics of this house’s lovebirds. That would be my husband and I, lol. ;)  Here’s a couple of nice shots… yayyy, we finally have some pics of just the two of us!

 

 

I’ve been neglecting my blog much more than I’d like, but I’ve been so busy doing a gazillion things lately, including building another blog (details later). Here's a pic from April 1 of Nico and I enjoying the 75+ deg weather in our back yard.


March was full of new things and adventures: the creation of this blog; welcoming Spring and warm weather-- finally leaving our ‘state of hibernation’ for the enjoyment of activities out of the house (we sooo needed this!); joining the local MOMS Club (which has been awesome, and btw I can’t believe I waited so long to do this); and have been in full force nesting mode for the arrival of Victoria, within the next 4 weeks! omg!! I’m 36 weeks… here's a pic of me with my 36 wk belly:


Time flies! I can barely believe a quarter of the year is already gone, and soon Victoria will be with us.

Exciting times ahead, and more dirty diapers…tons more, lol. Yesterday I had my 36 wk appt with my ObGyn. I was surprised to hear I was measuring 33 cm at 36 wks. I guess it's "le petite princess Victoria" in my belly, haha, perhaps she'll be smaller than Nico when she's born (he was 7 lbs 5 oz), and about my height when she's an adult. Dr said there was no concern, and also said my cervix is intact as I have not started dilating yet. What a relief! It’s good to hear from the Dr. that Victoria is still nice and cozy in my belly and won’t be coming out just yet. Indeed, he confirmed I still have time to run around like a headless chicken… nesting, nesting, nesting… LOL. I have a To Do list of like 1000 things to do at the house before Victoria’s arrival. No room for resting this last month, and oddly enough I’m so energized, though right now my feet, ankles and legs are pretty sore and swollen. Somehow I’m hopeful the darn list of things will be completely crossed out before baby arrives, but then there are times I’m not so sure, haha. What’s with psycho nesting mode us pregnant women go through in month #9?? I find it kind of funny after thinking about it… especially after Julio asked me today what the heck I was doing standing on the kitchen counters cleaning the cabinets top to bottom in my 9th mth. I realized it was a crazy idea, but I guess I have a bit of nesting OCD, and those things needed to be cleaned, even if Victoria will never notice, haha. I’m sticking to that.

Oh, I should mention I bought the new dishwasher, but of course luck would not be on our side and something happened with the order (placed 9 days ago), so who knows when they’ll deliver and install it. I hope it’s soon, cause I’m damn tired of hand washing dishes, et all. That’s about it for now, I hope to keep posting things here as we roll with Spring… busy times, and it’s definitely crunch time!! tick tock tick tock…