Pregnancy Photos - Fotos de la Embarazada!

We have been taking pictures every 4 weeks to try to document "the transformation" that is occuring. I didn't think that it would be fair to track my growth and not Esteban's - so we have pictures of us both:) I think his stomach can still outstretch mine right now (how do guys do that?) but I am certain that mine will win out in the end!

Hemos estado tomando fotos cada 4 semanas para documentar "la transformación" que nos esta pasando. No pensé que era justo de seguir sólo cómo estaba creciendo yo entonces ya tenemos fotos de Esteban también! Creo que su estomago está más grande que el mío ahorita (¿cómo hacen eso los hombres?) pero estoy segura que mi panza va a ganar al final!

April 18th: 12 week ultrasound - el ultrasonido de 12 semanas!

(Click here or the image to see the videos)

We were so excited to go and see the baby again! It's amazing how much the little bean had changed in just 6 weeks. At our first ultrasound we could see the heartbeat but in this ultrasound we could see the little face, legs, arms in addition to hearing the heartbeat. Wonderful! The baby was very active and actually jumped a few times during the ultrasound. The technician told us that the movement/jumping was in part due to the formation of the nervous system:) This is probably a good time to mention the nicknames that have been bestowed upon this little child by friends/family - Crazy Uncle Neil has dubbed the baby Ponce de Lezama (or "Ponce" for short) which has stuck. Of course his other suggestions have been Cheeto, Zorro and Bob. He is nuts! Angela from work provided our girl nickname Ana (pronounced Ah-Nah) Bahama Lezama:)



Estuvimos muy emocionados para ir a ver el "chamaco" de nuevo! Fue muy impresionante de ver que tanto había cambiado el bebé en sólo 6 semanas. En nuestro primer ultrasonido pudimos escuchar el palpitar de corazón pero en este ultrasonido pudimos ver la carita, piernas, brazos además de escuchar su corazón. ¡Qué emoción! El bebé fue muy activo y saltó unas veces durante el ultrasonido. La enfermera nos dijo que el movimiento fue en parte por la formación del sistema nervioso que se había formado en el frijolito! :) También para contarles tenemos unos sobrenombres que han estado arreglado al bebe por familia y amigos. El Loco Uncle Neil ha dado el nombre de Ponce de Lezama ("Ponce de corto") que es el nombre que usamos. Pero tambien Neil sujerio Cheeto, Zorro y Bob. Loco! Una amiga del trabajo sujerio Ana Bahama Lezama por el sobre nombre si es niña ;)

April 2007: Telling the Grandparents

Esteban and I went to visit mom for her birthday. We thought that it would be fun to tell Mom and Dad our baby news by giving them picture frames to open at the same time that said "Grandma" / "Grandpa" "+Me". We waited 12 weeks to tell them (the longest ever) but it was worth it to be with them in person!

March 2007: Souvenir from the Mexican Wedding - Un recuerdito de la boda mexicana

It looks like we brought a little something something back from Mexico when we went for Mara's wedding. Here's the first photo of our baby! Oooh Tabasco, land of fertility! The picture was taken after seven weeks and luckily everything was and is going just fine.

Al parecer nos trajimos un recuerdito de México cuando fuimos a la boda de Mara. Aquí está la primera foto de nuestro bebe o beba. Aaaay Tabasco, tierra de fertilidad! La foto la tomaraon a las siete semanas y gracias a Dios todo iba y va muy bien.

Estamos Esperando - We're expecting

Red Rocks - March 2007

Mom and Dad came to visit us in early March. They had never been to Red Rocks Amphitheater, so we spent a Sunday afternoon on the trails around the theater - and of course checking out the theater itself. This visit to Red Rocks was awesome. We had never seen it with snow, especially in March... we have been getting some crazy weather since last December.



Maybe sometime we will take Mom and Dad to Red Rocks for a concert! It is a Colorado "must do" item:)

La Boda de Mara y Raúl

El día del ensallo para la ceremonia por la iglesia Mara estaba super emosionada, tenía una sonrisa de oreja a oreja y me dio mucho gusto estar presente y compartir esos momentos con ella. Mírenle la sonrisa a esa chamaca.


La cena despues del ensallo fue en la casa de Nora y Jonathan y fue taquiza. La famimila muy contenta de estar con mara y raúl y formar parte de su gran amor. Al final de la noche todos les deseamos buenos deseos a los novios antes de la boda y la pachanga.


Aquí nos estabamos tomando unos fotos después de que la novia y las damas de compañía estaban listas para la cereminia. A mi me toco manejar el Jaguar y pasear a la novia antes de llevarla al estudio.

Esa noche fue una de las noches más memorables de mi vida, porque me tocó presenciar la felicidad de mi hermana Mara con mi cuñado Raúl frente a Dios, así como sus familiares y amigos. La fiesta estuvo increible y me hacen falta palabras para describirla... hasta las 5 de la mañana, qué cosa mamita!! eso sí fue un fiestón!! ¡Viva los novios!

Febrero 2007 - Visita a México (antes de la boda)

Llegamos a México y fuimos a Comalcalco para ver a mis abuelos. Mi abuelita estaba contenta de vernos y nosotros de verla a ella. Siempre es bueno regresar a la casa de los abuelos para refrescar los buenos recuerdos...

Pero después de recordar tanto nos dio hambre y pues decidimos ir a Angle's para comernos unas tortas y unos chocomilks, ¡uuuuuuummm rico rico!

Blizzard - December 2006

You all heard about the Blizzard in Denver, but wait to see this picture to believe it! Jill had to go work that day and I stayed home. Luckily she left before it got worst! Snow was blowing so hard that I had to wear my skiing goggles (plus I wanted to look cool) to shovel the drive way for Jill to get in and that was quite the work out but at the end I was king of the hill!

By next day everything was covered and we had to shovel all over again... well our neighbors helped a little with their snowblowers. Good! Because we were ready to have fun. check out the videos.

Denver Museum of Nature & Science - November 2006

My uncle Marcos came to Colorado Springs for a conference and he brought along my aunt Nieves and my little cousin Nievecita. We went to the Engineer It at the Museum and it was really fun! Nievecita and I built a rocket and it made it all the way to the moon! I was so proud!

MSU Tailgating and Football game - November

We had so much fun at the tail-gating (we always do) that we can't wait for next year! Are you kidding what's not to like about tequila sunrises and "spiced" hot apple cider at 7:00am!! And of course the free food and beanbag game!

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Halloween 2007

Well, a little late to post these pictures but at least you get a chance to see them. These are the customs we got to wear and yes, we both went to work.

What up yo! This is Jilly-o...


and welcome to my crib! Word!


These are my homeys!

Getting ready for FIFA World Cup 2008

Christmas Lights - November 26th

This are our Christmas lights. They don't look like Clark Griswold's house on Christmas Vacation (w/Chevy Chase) but I am proud of them because it's my first time putting the lights up. It took me forever and I almost developed a phobia for heights. I bought a full cart of lights and accessories from Tarh-shay (Target). Of course I didn't use all of them and returned those that were not used (alot), I just didn't want to get back to the store just for that 2 ft spot that with missing lights.

Jill wanted the icicle lights and I wanted color, so I got both and put some in the house and some in the three. Maybe next year I'll get some more all I know is that expectations are high as Dad raised the bar really high.

Girl's Weekend - Boulder

The sisters head on up the mountain!


Fondue Fun! It was quite the birthday celebration for Rachel, Ellen and Laura!


Dinner at Casa Lezama...


Boulder was the chosen location for this year's "girl's weekend"! I was very excited to hear that my Aunt Rachel, Aunt Diana, cousin Ellen, cousin Laura and Mom would be coming for a visit. We did all kinds of fun "girly" things: went to the Spa, went for Fondue (Esteban can't handle waiting for bites of meat to cook - but I love it!), went hiking in Chataqua and of course went shopping! Boulder will never be the same!!




A day at the Spa - Relaxation Rocks!

The Fray at Red Rocks - September 30th

Our last concert for the summer was September 30^th. The night was perfect. The weather was at that point where you’re comfortable with or without a jacket… so, perfect! We went to see our local boys, The Fray! We saw them back in June in a smaller venue by the Pepsi Center called Citylights Pavilions. It was really nice to see them twice during the summer and compare how they perform in both big and small venues.

For the first concert, I went with crutches. The handy cap sticker was really nice because we parked really close and seats where nice. Jill was ready to tackle anybody that would get too close to me. It was really nice, more sort of personal.

Red Rocks was awesome too, I think they sold out. Before they started, they play a video about them being on the road. It was really cool. People sang along were some of the favorites songs will play on the background! Our seats were nice, we had a nice view to the stage and Denver.

How to Save a Life is their CD and if I had to choose my favorite three songs, those will be: How to Save a Life, Over My Head (Cable Car) and Look After You. Overall their CD is great but they’re awesome live and grateful of us, the fans!

Here’s a short clip of one song, my batteries were dying! :(

Red Rocks - September 17th

With a broken leg most of the summer I didn't do much other than watching the world cup and letting Jill take care of me. I know tough life, huh! When the Dr. finally gave me green light to go hike we went to Red Rocks for a short hike.

This picture (left, click on it) is one of five or six tries! (Sigh) Just thinking of it I get tired. I had the camera in a tripod and had to run all the way down in 10 secs to make it on time. With a recovering leg and a downhill rocky terrain it was... well, hard! Then I had to hike back up again to set up the camera... that times 5... So, yeah, I got tired. The leg survived but it was shaky afterwards and we had not started the hike yet. We made it! It was fun!! Love the place.

Colorado Rapids vs FC Dallas Playoffs 10/22

This was the last game for the Colorado Rapids at Invesco Field. It was the first playoff match against FC Dallas who beat the Rapids 2-1. They will play again in Dallas next weekend and hopefully the Rapids will make it to the finals. We had fun at the game even though it was suppose to snow, but luckily it didn't it was just cold.

Tickets were nice and courtesy of my company. Because of the saving I decided to buy a rapids jersey and a flag which were on sale… a really good sale! It may be because the rapids will have a new stadium in Commerce City just about 20 mins north Denver for next season and possible changing jerseys

The Rapids scored first and had many opportunities but unfortunately they didn’t scored again. The first goal from Dallas shouldn’t have counted as the ball was out of bounds during the play but thanks to the referee it did.

First Snow - Primera Nevada

Here's the house right after our first snow last Wednesday October 18th. It was crazy, because the morning was sunny and boom, at noon it started snowing for almost six hours. It all melted by next day in the afternoon! Yup, that's shinny Colorado!

Go Spartans!

After 10 months....the flag is finally flying proud in Colorado:) (Despite the fact that we have lost our last 4 football games!). Oh - and this was Esteban's first time using his new drill. It was quite the event. As he told me when we were walking out of Home Depot with his power tool, "I am now officially a man". Ah, men and their tools!!

ALL DONE - GO RIGHT THROUGH FOR MSU!

Chiles

Mis semillas de chile mashito están creciendo como locas y ya se convirtieron en plantitas que reverdean rebonito. Tengo cuatro macetitas de las cuales una parece un bosque... chequen dato.

Avalanche vs. Red Wings - 9/25/06

Esteban was given tickets to the pre-season Avs vs. Red Wings game....and they were in the Company Suite! It was so much fun - and Esteban especially enjoyed the free hot dogs and wings. A little bit too much - he was actually sick later. But when asked if he would do it all over again he replied" shua yeah"! Men are so crazy when it comes to free food - well at least my man is:)!


During the game a fight broke out between Bootland and May, pretty cool stuff...

The Avs came back to tie the game with 30 seconds left in the game! Because of this shot Esteban and I saw our first hockey shoot-out ever:)! And the Avs won!