Christmas to Valentine's

The past few months have been busy for Pancho and myself.

In December we were back in Orlando for almost three weeks.  It was a really good vacation for us.  It was great to see family and friends and to relax.  I was so happy to be home that I didn't notice the morning sickness quite so much and Pancho hadn't taken time off of work in almost a year, so it was good for him to be able to spend his time focusing on other things, like tennis.  Overall, it was a really great trip and we loved spending the time with family and friends.

Family that were home for Christmas

We came back to Puebla Jan. 11, and on Jan. 20 we decided to move!  We found a house really quickly and signed Feb. 1.  We've been pretty busy the last couple weeks and time has flown by quickly.  When we moved to Mexico, our apartment was completely furnished, there were very few things we needed to buy.  It had couches and beds to dinner plate and cooking utensils.  The house that we moved into had nothing, so we have had to purchase everything in a pretty limited amount of time.  Pancho did a great job in finding things online and we were able to get some good deals, but it was a fair amount of work.  But we're really happy in a house.  We feel so much more relaxed and comfortable.  Living in the apartment was a good for the time, but it's nice to feel in your own place.  And here are some things that we won't take for granted after our apartment experience:

-Having hot water on windy days (our hot water heater would go out if it was just a little bit windy)
-Not being dependent on neighbors for running water (the building shared a water tank, and if payment was late, the whole building had to wait for water)
-Not having to bring groceries up four flights of stairs
-Having a dryer on rainy days
-Being able to have more than one person in the kitchen at a time.
-Not hearing dogs barking only a few feet away

The list could go on, but those are the things we're grateful for on almost a daily basis.

We are also excited about the house because of our growing family.  We found out a few weeks ago the our baby is a boy!  It has been fun making plans in the house as to where the baby things will go and being able to include a baby in the plans.  Everything has been going well.  He's quite the squirmer.  I've been feeling him moving around a lot for about a month and a half now and have been able to pick up things that I do that either wake him up or surprise him, like cracking my knuckles- he always squirms if I do that- or positions he's not comfortable in, like if I'm on my back.  It's been fun and Pancho has been able to feel him moving around as well.

That's about it for now, we're just excited for what the future holds in store for us!

Our little man's 3D profile at 20 weeks

Me at 23 weeks