Braelyn Ellenberger

Braelyn is finally here. She's amazing, and her sisters are so in love with her.

She was born on December 28Th at 6:49 p.m. She weighed 7lbs. 9 oz. and was 19 in. long.

She is so beautiful, and I feel lucky and very blessed to have my 3 little girls.

Prego Update

Went to the doctors yesterday, and he told me now I'm 4 cm and still 50% effaced. Braelyn's head is definitely as low as it can get, and he said she's ready to come any day now. Well he said that last week too.....and nothing yet. Been having some contractions here and there but nothing serious.
So I guess I'm going to stop thinking about it, and then maybe she'll make her appearance. If she doesn't come soon, we already scheduled an induction on the 28Th of December at 10 a.m.
So I'll keep everyone posted on what happens.

Snow In Vegas?

Believe it or not, it was snowing in Vegas. It snowed enough to make a nice thin blanket of snow on the ground. ( But now that I looked outside again, the thin blanket of snow is getting thicker)

IT'S GLORIOUS!!lol

Arianna immediately wanted to go outside and play, so I bundled both of them up, and off we went.

This is when the snow got thicker.

Update on pregnancy

I had a doctors appointment on Tuesday. Surprisingly he said that I am 3cm dilated and 50% effaced. I'm due to go in the hospital on the 30Th, but Dr. V doesn't think I'll make it until then.
I was so excited to hear the news, now I'm hoping he's right. I got home and starting cleaning like crazy and getting things organized for when Braelyn gets here.

I go back next Tuesday, so we'll see what he says.

Christmas Tag

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping Paper.

2. Real tree or Artificial? We have a family tradition, that we go cut down our tree every year. Love the smell, not so much the mess, but once a year won't hurt.

3. When do you put up the tree? A week after Thanksgiving

4. When do you take the tree down? After New Years

5. Do you like eggnog? Not really

6. Favorite gift received as a child? A bike. It was red with an extra seat in the back for anybody.

7. Hardest person to buy for? Chris' grandma

8. Easiest person to buy for? The girls

9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes, we got it a couple of years ago.

10. Best Christmas gift you ever received? Had many.

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Don't know?

12. Favorite Christmas Movie (s)? Christmas Vacation

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Now

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Nah

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? My mom's tamales

16. Lights on the tree? Yes, we usually get an 11-12 ft. tree. need tons of light

17. Favorite Christmas song? Feliz Navidad,lol. Nah.....all of them.

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Christmas Eve at my parents this year, and Christmas Day at my house.

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Rudolph. (Thanks Kara for most of these.)

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Angel
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21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Some Christmas Eve, and some Christmas morning.

22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Too many people in the stores

23. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Have to agree with Kara.....Ham.

24. What do you want for Christmas this year? A double jogging stroller, work out gear, new nike's,a new ipod, and clothes for when I lose the baby weight.

Christmas Decorating

Thanksgiving went great, and so today we decided to start Christmas decorating. The inside of my house is full of Christmas Decorations (which you can't really tell on the pictures,) but I decided to put garland on my three rails that I have in my house. One by my formal living room, the other up my stairs, and the other one where my den is.

I've also been trying to start a little village, so each year I've been adding little things here and there.

Chris decorated the outside of the house. The girls loved it , and can't wait for Santa to come.Trash day is tomorrow , so don't mind the trash outside our house :<)

She Can Spell Her Name

Arianna has been practicing her abc's everyday, and so far has been doing great. Today she surprised me by spelling her name twice. I was so proud of my big girl that I had to blog about it. She was so excited and said she was ready to start pre-school in January, and that she was going to teach all the kids their abc's and spanish. She's a little smart cookie.

I Know....

I know...I know... It's not December yet, but I'm totally ready for Christmas. I was going to put a Thanksgiving background, but couldn't help myself, so I picked a Christmas one. Looking forward to Thanksgiving, specially the food, but I am very thankful for all the blessing I've received.

I've been really busy fall/winter cleaning, and getting the baby's room ready, or maybe it's just my "nesting" period.I don't know, I'm going nuts, organizing, cleaning, rearranging, doing all sorts of stuff. definitely paying for it though, my back is killing me. But I am getting really anxious to have Braelyn here, and get this pregnancy stuff done an over with, even though I'll miss my belly, my LAST belly:(

November is a really busy month for me. I have to do the baby's room, have thanksgiving with the family, and I'm hosting my sister-in-laws baby shower the weekend of Thanksgiving. Busy, busy, busy.......... I'll keep everyone updated on my progress.

Happy Halloween!

We took the girls to a Halloween Carnival that was going on down the street, Arianna loved it because they had tons of jumper houses she could jump in. They did some trunk-o-treat, and around 6 o'clock we decided to burn that taco stand and head home to do some real trick-or-treating.





Giana was a Bumble Bee, as you can see.







Arianna was Sleeping Beauty

Pumpkin Patch

On Sunday we took the girls to the so called "Pumpkin Patch." I guess it's just the best you can do when you live in Vegas. Arianna really enjoyed it, the 91 degree weather didn't bother her. Giana and I weren't having it , it was so hot, I started to get an awful headache. We just wanted to get home.

It's the last week of October and still high 80's almost 90. This is ridiculous. Ok...Ok...enough venting.

NYC

So a couple of years ago, we took a trip to NYC, it was amazing. We happened to be taking a walk in Soho, and George Clooney just happened to be filming a movie. I couldn't help but to approach him and ask him to take a picture with me. He said of course, gave me a kiss & a hug, and we snapped the picture. Now I had thought I lost this picture, but i was cleaning out my office and just happened to run into a cd I had burned with all my NYC pictures. So here it is. He looks even better in person.

ABC's

A= Age: 25
B= Bed size: Cali King
C= Chore(s) you hate: Doing Laundry
D= Dessert you love: Creme Brulee
E= Essential to start your day item: Coffee Cup
F= Favorite actor(s): Don't Have One
G= Gold or Silver: Silver
H= Height: 5' 8
I= Instruments you play: None
J= Job title: Mom & Wife
K= Kitchen color(s): Red
L= Living arrangements: 4bed/3 bath House in Las Vegas
M= My name is: Arisdelsy
N= Nicknames: Aris,Tusa,Duece
O= Overnight hospital stay: I've had 3
P= Pets: 1 red nose pit
Q= Favorite quote: Asi es la vi, como dijo el aleman
R= Right or left handed: Right
S= Siblings: 1 Soul Sista
T= Time you woke up today: 7:15 am
U= Unique about you: I can bend my thumb all the way back
V= Vegetable you love: Cauliflower
W= Worst habit: Eating sweets
X= X-Rays you've had: A couple
Y= Yummy food you make: Green Enchiladas, Stuffed Mannicotti, etc.
Z= Zodiac Sign: Virgo
Now you know my ABC's ~ I want to know yours

Second wind

After being at the beach all day and the girls taking a short nap, they got their second wind, and were ready to do it all over again.

Exhausted

After a long day at the beach, this is how the girls ended up....

Newport Beach

On our trip to Cali, we decided to take the girls to the beach, since they've never been, well Arianna has, but she was to young to remember. We took them to Newport and they loved it. It all started out with Arianna getting her feet in the water, and ended up getting her whole body soaked. Giana also love it, as soon as Chris got her feet in the water we couldn't get her out. They were both two little beach bums. Chris and Arianna then rode on the ferris wheel on the Newport Pier, and she loved it.

Disneyland, Here we come!

So we took the girls to Disneyland and we had a great time. Believe it or not we were there for 13 hours, and I practically left the "Happiest Place On Earth" crawling . Arianna had a smile from ear to ear the whole time, and could not believe her eyes. She met everybody you could think of, specially her favorite princess Sleeping Beauty, who blew her a kiss.She also got a hi 5 from Goofy, and a huge from Pluto, Mickey, and Minnie. My little girl was in heaven. She rode on all the rides you can think of, but her favorite was the space shuttle that flew round n' around.