Mendoza Family Happenings

1. My surgery is tomorrow so we will hope all goes well. Going in with a B chest and coming out with a small D. Woo hoo!!

2. Juan can play hockey again now that his groin has healed enough. He's excited about that.

3. The family braved black Friday and it wasn't as bad as last year. I'm almost done xmas shopping!

4. Thanksgiving at Grandma Rosa and Grandpa Don's house went great. The food was delicious and the company was very nice. I also got Dominik back that day. He looked so grown up.

5. Dominik got his 2nd haircut since he was born. The stylist accidentally cut her finger because he kept moving his head to see what she was doing.

6. Dominik finally decided to crawl on both hands and knees instead of just low crawling everywhere.

7. 2 days later Dominik decided crawling is for the birds and decided he would practice standing up so he can walk in the next couple months.




8. Dominik discovered that those wooden thingies in the bathroom are called drawers and they open and close really easily.




9. Dominik has had a big attitude for a little guy lately. I suspect it's because his gums hurt because more teeth are coming in. He also gets mad if you don't help him stand when he grabs onto your pant legs.

10. I just love my family so much! My boys are two peas in a pod (and quite a handful at times) and I'm thankful to have them in my life.

Guess I better get to my midterm in Sports Medicine so I don't have to worry about it when I'm drugged up on painkillers this week.

GOING WITHOUT

Well I'm without my little man until tomorrow. He went to Grandma Rosa's last night and they are keeping him until we go over there for Thanksgiving tomorrow. I'm sure he is having a great time, but it's just weird not having him home. It's so quiet. I still woke up last night around the time he usually wakes me up to eat, but this time I got to go right back to sleep. I'm still REALLY tired though because my Evanescence concert was last night so I didn't get to bed until 11 or so. It was a good show though and her voice is just as good in person as it is on CD which seems to be rare in the music business. Amy Lee sang all my favorite songs and the crowd was great. Standing next to Juan and me were an old couple (in their 70's) and they knew the words to most of the songs and seemed to be having a great time.
Since today is Thanksgiving Eve I am hoping we get released from work early. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you and if you're traveling, drive safe. I will post Dom pics tomorrow once I take some at Gram's house.

NOT SO GLAMOROUS

First off, here's the pics of Dominik that I said I would post, I'm just 1 night behind. Second, the not so glamorous title comes from my bowel problems. I think I may have gotten food poisoning from this mixed salad I bought at the grocery store. I woke up at 5 a.m with diarrhea and then continued to hit the john every 20 minutes thereafter for the next 5 hours. This is more than you all want to know, but I suspect the salad as that's the only thing I have eaten different than Juan and he is fine, plus I haven't eaten out at all lately and the gross part, there were tons of crushed up lettuce particles in the toilet after I did my business. I also had sharp stomach pains hitting me every few minutes and I have felt nauseous all day. Now that the day's almost over, I feel a lot better than this morning. I'm glad that didn't last long!
On another subject, I finally developed all the baby pics of Dom that I have taken since he was born. It was my main goal and now I can actually put them in his baby albums that have been collecting dust. Next up, wedding and honeymoon photos. Yep you heard me, it's been over a year since the big day and I still haven't developed them. I will do them next time I get paid.
Well, guess I will finish up my homework since I'm all alone here. Juan is at work and Dom went to bed at 6:15 because he wouldn't take naps today. I don't know why he thinks he doesn't need them because by 4:00 he's rubbing his eyes and getting cranky. Poor guy, he's good about them a few days and then goes back to refusing them. What a vicious cycle.

It's About Time!

Well, today is the day my orders for promotion go through. I'm so happy to be getting rid of this other rank and I'll finally get a raise! Right now I am officially off of Counterdrug orders, but I have to stay here another 2 weeks or so to get another guy trained up on my job. 1 of those weeks I will be gone though because of my surgery on the 26th. A little over a week until I wake up with a different body type, I'm excited.
Next week won't be too bad either as it's only a 3 day work week thanks to Thanksgiving. We plan on going to Juan's mom's house so that should be a good time with good food. He actually has that day off which suprised us both so we won't have to rush the visiting. Then the next day is the infamous black Friday. I'm going to check out the ads and see if there's something I absolutely must have, but I doubt it. I may just go to the mall with my mom though for the heck of it. We'll see what happens.
Oh, and I finally bought batteries today so I will post some pics of Dominik tonight. He started trying to stand a few days ago so he has had a couple of tumbles. He gets up to his knees and then gets stuck and fall over. He doesn't even really crawl correctly yet so I guess he's decided to skip that step and go straight for walking. He's so sweet! Well, I will finish up this post later when I have baby pics to add.

I'VE MADE MY DECISION

Let me start by apologizing to all the grandparents for the lack of Dominik pics. My batteries in the camera died and I haven't bought new ones yet, so I can't post any pics. He is doing great though and still has a cold, but he is still a happy guy through it all.
Now for the news. Many of you will probably think I'm crazy or shallow or retarded or all of the above, but I've made a decision concerning my body. I have decided to take the plunge and get breast augmentation surgery. It's something I have considered for years now even though many of you don't know this, and now I'm finally going to do something for ME. My body has never looked proportionate to me as I have a big, ghetto booty and a small chest. I think have boobs will make me look more rounded and I will finally get the opportunity to buy those cute sundresses that the big-chested girls wear around. I've been waiting for a chance to buy those cute outfits that pretty much require boobs or you have a lot of extra fabric just hanging out. Even if you all don't agree with my decision, I hope you'll at least support it. I think this is something that will make me happy and improve the way I feel about my body, especially after the effects of having a baby. (He is totally worth all the changes though by the way). For those of you planning on buying me an xmas gift, a Victoria Secret gift card would be awesome. If you don't plan on getting me anything, that's fine too. I'm happy!
Well, I figured I would announce this to all of you since it will be obvious that something about me is different the next time you see me. Love you all!