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So we are having so much fun here in Carlisle PA... It is such a charming place! I wrote all about it on my new blog! www.stephanieortega.com/blog ...Love ya!

New Pics Of Harley!!

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Have a Fabulous week!!!

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http://stephanieortega.com/blog/... I'm not yet sure how that blog's existence affects this blog...hm?

A New Season

Something that I have always been excited for was to be able to spend some quality time watching sports with my son. It was really cool that he was born just in time for the start of the new baseball season so I told Stephanie that me and Harley would be watching the Braves' home opener together! We got our Braves watching gear on and we were ready!

Unfortunately the Cardinals game went over so by the time the tv station switched over to the Braves game, we were already down 3-0 in the first inning!!! I was a bit scared that Harley's first experience with the Braves would not be a good one but he didn't seem so concerned.

It was a great game and the Braves won 16-5! It was everything I imagined it would be and I'm so grateful to have a son that can't complain about having to watch sports with me yet! Finally when it was all done we were tired from all our rooting for the Braves.

Fin.

Harley... Just Perfect.

I never realized how much I would love being a mom. Harley is just the most perfect thing I ever met. It's fun to do everything with him!!!I love holding him and watching him do anything. I think he is so cute no matter what he's doing, even crying!!! What do you think?

HARLEY has Arrived!

It had been a very busy week full of great things! Isaac and Isabella were married Tuesday and their wedding was just beau- tiful!!! Israel's family had a bunch of great relatives in town that we got to spend time with and We got to party at Is and Is's reception on Friday night! We have just been livin' it up! ...This may have been the coolest weekend of my life... (tied with the one when I married Israel!) Israel and I were so happy and surprised when Harley decided to come early! Israel and I spent a few hours after Isaac's reception finishing some midterms, spending time with the Ortegas and eating Menudo. FUN! We got home and I told Israel that I thought my water broke... we thought about it a bit and decided to see how I was feeling after a bit of sleep. Well Saturday morning we woke up and I thought we really should go into the hospital... so we packed up and went to the hospital. They admitted me and the doctor started me on some inducing drugs. I began having contractions real close together. When they were happening about every minute the baby's heart rate was dropping a lot with each one, the nurses and doctors started worrying that something was wrong and they had us sign permission forms to have the baby cesarean. The doctor decided to give us a chance to have him naturally, but if after a certain amount of time it wasn't happening ...then c-section was the way... Luckily it went well, He was born naturally, and when Harley came his umbilical cord was around his neck. They got it off and he was fine! He is so small and sweet! He was born at 10:21 am and weighed 7lbs 8oz he was 21 inches long. He is just so CUTE!!!! he looks so much like Israel it's crazy! We spent a couple days in the hospital and we got home today with our perfect baby boy! It's fun to have him and get to just hold him! I love watching Israel and him together! Israel is a proud papa! I am so grateful for Harley, We are so happy to have him!

Tuesday, Saturday, Happy Days!

So I had a really great week in February! I turned 27 on Tuesday, My future sister in law came in from Brazil, and We had a baby Shower/Bar-B-Q on Saturday. Israel is SO wonderful and just spoiled me rotten on my Birthday!!! He woke me up and gave me a new little camera.... I so wanted one of those! He took me to breakfast at one of my favorite places... The Waffle House. Israel first took me to the waffle house... we have many times returned and I am so used to the place now that I no longer ask for a stack of pancakes! After that he took me shopping and got me a beautiful Purse and Some sun glasses... Love them! My parents were wonderful and took us all out to my favorite Viet- namese restaurant ... YUMMY! Saturday was also a very eventful day! IT rained a bit... so pretty! We went to the airport around noon to meet Isabella... Isaac's fiance. She is so sweet and Isaac just looked happy and relieved that she is finally here!!! We later had so much fun seeing all of our great friends and family at our Shower Bar-B-Q. It was so nice of everyone to come and celebrate our upcoming baby!!! YA... intense and fun week. I also had lunch with some of my great friends... we went to get Thrifty Ice cream together afterwards and spent lots of time just talking. I love these girls!!!... So February was SO MUCH FUN!!!

Valentines Day...

My husband is so roman-tic!!! For Valentines Evening he kicked me out of the house... and stayed home making a beautiful dinner! We ate lobster on Garlic mashed potatoes with grilled corn on the cob. MMM MM!!! So yummy! He got me flowers and Chocolate. He is so thoughtful! (What else could a prego girl want more than chocolates?) I love it! He is so sweet and I just had to tell everyone that I have such an amazing spouse! It was a wonderful Valentines Day! The dinner was so yummy I just had to photograph it!!!

The First Post of a New Month, Year and Decade.

Well one would probably think that a post of this magnitude (Being the first of the new month Year, Decade) would be full of Excitement and wonder... well it is not. It is as normal a post as most! Israel and I have had loads of fun during this break from ASU. We went caroling on a hay ride and we saw many of the fun new movies that came out at the end of 2009. I enjoyed decorating the house for the holidays and Israel has been loving the cooler weather! Israel and some of our MEN relations went shooting one day and had lots of fun doing that! Israel and I had a really GREAT Christmas day, we spent time with both our families and we both enjoyed the time with them!!! We went on a Trip to Midway, UT with my family to hang together in the cold and snow! This Christmas was the first in four years that my entire family was together for the Holidays. It was a big deal SO we went all together up to my parents house in Utah. Israel and I both have physical restrictions that have kept us from participating in Snowboarding and that stunk, but we have made the best of things. We went and saw Christmas lights at (both the Mesa and the Salt Lake Temples...) SO Beautiful... I think the day we went to SLC was one of the coldest of our trip! We played games and went shopping together we all went sledding and some people went snowboarding. We also helped Jeff and Tori move into their new apartment by BYU. We ate good food the whole trip!! It was fun to see what each couple made for the Dinner and Breakfast that they were in charge of! YUMMY! The trip was pretty relaxed and lots of fun! It was especially fun to spend time all together talking and playing with the "grandchildren". Kids are a blast! The Trip was fun and the Entire vacation has been Good! It ends on Tuesday. School starts again and life gets more complicated! BOth Israel and I have such AWESOME families! I will miss some of them and luckily we live by many of them... so we can hang out often!