tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54664552012-02-16T11:25:38.731-05:00this is how i spent my days.Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.comBlogger4781100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-17972159325385292462012-01-08T20:00:00.000-05:002012-01-08T20:00:00.714-05:00

I am exercising again! I know that I'm so on again, off again about this, but who isn't? However, this is a commitment for the long haul because unlike the other tries, this has a financial investment. Yes, my husband and I have a membership to the local gym. This wasn't necessarily a New Year's resolution. We've been trying to join the gym since October. However, we got the membership

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Write about Christmas now? Sure, it might be seven days into the new year, however, every mother of two small children knows that time to write a blog post doesn't always come when you want it to! Christmas, this year, was unusual for our family. Every year, since I was ONE, we've gone down to spend Christmas with my Uncle and Aunt and cousins in Batavia, New York. I think that we only

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-89194442442938011982011-12-14T10:31:00.001-05:002012-01-07T01:58:44.822-05:00

Funny parenting memory... We were in bookstore and had bought Sofia an Eyewitness Anatomy book. There were real photos of kids with little faded in areas with illustrations of veins, organs, and bones. We thought it would be good for her to visualize what was on the inside, and under her skin. Right after my mother purchased it for her, excited, she snatched it from her hand, took it over to

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Sofia finally goes to school. My husband and I have been waiting a long time for her to go. Because she is such a social kid, we figured she could benefit from hanging out with kids her own age, and from some structure in her day – but we held out until Junior Kindergarten. We enjoyed the summer and kept reminding Sofia about the awesome time that she was going to have when she started going

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-52912889812250401282011-06-21T22:42:00.003-04:002011-06-22T00:08:19.123-04:00

Today, we took Sofia to the kindergarten open house at her school. The picture is us en route. My first born! Going to school! Sofia has been really excited about going to school for, honestly, about a year.The open house was great. They allowed the kids to just go around and have a good experience in the classroom for about 45 minutes; water station, sand box, toy area, painting, crafts... Sofia

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I need a holiday.Let me tell you, this working-mom-with-two-kids thing is really, really hard work. The work-family balance is hard to strike with one kid. With two, yes, it's definitely harder. But I think that I'm getting better. Part of that is realizing and admitting to myself that I have limits. I am definitely a person that loves to throw myself into whatever I get involved in. Heart and

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-14422766606772533202011-05-15T18:25:00.005-04:002011-05-15T18:34:57.699-04:00

I do not know much about Indian food. The times that I've had it, I've enjoyed it, but all the spices are definitely not something I am really familiar with. At dinner one night I was bemoaning the fact that I am so sick of eating basmati rice. We used to eat jasmine rice like good Chinese people, but because of my husband's and my mother's blood sugar issues, we switched to basmati. They're

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I've been absent for some time. But that always happens around Easter. Especially the Easters that my husband is involved in writing and directing some crazy production at church. Those Easters...they swallow our family whole.This year's was awesome. Obviously, I am biased considering my husband's role in the whole shabang, but I do consider myself someone who is actually harder on those closest

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Tonight, once the kids were in bed, I asked Mom if hubby and I could just duck out and have a short date night together. I was desperate to get out of the house all day, but Joaquin had gotten his shots this morning and we have a soft rule that if our children had received a vaccine that day, that we had to make sure that child gets good rest that day. So, although the weather was wonderful, we

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-57000046639738995532011-03-30T22:00:00.003-04:002011-03-30T22:32:42.036-04:00

Tomorrow marks the end of my first week back at work from maternity leave. I was bracing myself for a much worse week, honestly. I was anticipating a lot of meltdowns and tantrums...maybe some from my kids too. I've been able to get up way before them for all three days. Joaquin wakes first at around 8; Sofia wakes a whole hour later. I've been getting up somewhere around 6:30/45, and it gives me

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-42198234656538909052011-03-25T00:27:00.001-04:002011-03-25T00:27:00.885-04:00

Joaquin, you're one? Really? How come you didn't warn me?!

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-36780765078921051332011-03-17T01:23:00.001-04:002011-03-17T01:26:24.451-04:00

A wallpaper for you, if you please. One size // 1920 x 1200

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-25032742638341135192011-03-11T16:59:00.011-05:002011-03-12T01:00:50.697-05:00

In the next couple of weeks my second born will be turning one. The year really has gone by so fast. I feel like I say that so much, but it's true. It's probably because there are many days and nights that bleed into each other since being a mother means being on call all of the time. I have been a mother of two children for almost a year now, and I can't tell you how many times they have pushed

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-8467235245005894392011-03-06T23:15:00.003-05:002011-03-06T23:21:58.416-05:00

ne thing that I'm really looking forward to is designing a lot more. My maternity leave is up at the end of this month and it's really hard to believe that a whole year has passed me by. Again. My latest baby is nearly 365 days old. I look at him and think, really? Anyway, I'm getting ready to be back at work and since I'm itching to get back, I've started designing some websites for a couple of

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-64517224945946311712011-03-01T16:00:00.003-05:002011-03-01T16:10:26.780-05:00

I'm so really happy right now.February 23 came and went and I completely forgot that I was supposed to register Sofia for school. COMPLETELY FORGOT, despite the fact that we were looking forward to it for the last two months or something. Fortunately, for the internet, I looked up the info for what to do now and it was fine, and totally normal and that I was to call and arrange an appointment to

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-62784754970103939642011-02-24T22:02:00.001-05:002011-02-24T22:03:53.021-05:00

Who I am practicing to next!

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-10468983536176651952011-02-16T15:12:00.005-05:002011-02-16T15:56:29.986-05:00

I am a mom. I work a little bit (currently on maternity leave). I'm a supportive wife (read: my husband drags me into his involvements and commitments ;-) ). Life gets really busy... and so, sometimes the the biggest question of the day is:WHAT TO HAVE FOR DINNER? I am always searching for easy, quick, delicious, healthy dinner recipes. And on the weekends, I'm looking for exciting, new, fancy

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Thinking about love today naturally brought my pessimistic self to think about the time when I felt unloved. I must have been in my final year of high school or early years in college where I was in transition: my friends were a year or two ahead of me, so we were drifting apart mostly due to distance and different routines. Nothing catastrophic happened. Just life. Now, this is not to say that

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-61371278465949480972011-02-14T06:22:00.001-05:002011-02-14T06:22:00.756-05:00

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Today, Sofia and I prepared some hearts for mailing. She was excited when I brought home the Valentine's Day stickers and bugged me all day to make the hearts with her. However, this always seems to be the pattern: she is excited to do the activity until she actually starts and realizes that her mother is a relentless taskmaster. I say to her:No, don't put too many of those stickers there. You

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-77063605609397969132011-02-06T03:49:00.004-05:002011-02-06T04:03:36.759-05:00

Dolls. Dresses. Pink. Princesses. Dress up. Nail polish.Lipstick.No, crazy people. I did not GIVE her lipstick. I did not PUT lipstick on her.That is, my friends, Crayola marker. Thank the Lord, it's washable. Even Especially when forbidden, she will FIND a way to imitate grown ladies. You've gotta admit, she did a decent job.And even picked a decent shade.

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-5652970275067829252011-02-04T00:46:00.002-05:002011-02-04T00:58:19.554-05:00

I know, I know... I'm one of those crazy people that likes winter. I'm not so crazy that I would want it every single day of the year, but I do enjoy my four seasons and when winter comes around, I watch for the snowflake icon to appear on the Weather Network's report. Now, since I had my first baby, I've been looking forward to taking her out into the snow. This year is particularly awesome '

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-13050203282956512342011-01-30T17:54:00.003-05:002011-01-30T17:58:16.246-05:00

It's moments like these that affirm that our decision to purchase a house together with my parents, to live together, was the best decision I could have possibly made for my children. I guess my parents benefit, too. :)

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-62515261240269626492011-01-30T17:02:00.003-05:002011-01-30T17:49:27.086-05:00

Our church is doing a three-year series called, The God Book. Our pastor basically laid out a three-year plan where we will be covering every, single book of the Bible -- even the "boring" ones. So I started the church project with the assigned book, "Leviticus", which lays out all the instructions for the sacrificial offerings of the Jewish people. God is very specific about how to do everything

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-20141745432009323182011-01-22T15:12:00.002-05:002011-01-22T15:25:17.234-05:00

Just look at that arm.I want that arm...well, okay, maybe not. Just my arm's version of that arm. I've done the Nike Training Club workouts four times now. Today, I did a new one since the first one I did I can complete the whole thing now -- to keep pushing myself. Today's was brutal. And I am still doing the beginner's level stuff. To think that I am at the bottom of the fitness totem pole!

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-38118616209312442292011-01-22T15:02:00.005-05:002011-01-22T15:10:50.617-05:00

Joaquin must have been only a month old or so. I left him in Sofia's room, with Sofia, for only a moment, while I grabbed something from the bathroom. I hurried back since, at this point, I really didn't trust my two year old with the newborn. And I should have trusted my instincts. When I got back, to my horror, I found Sofia sitting on top of Joaquin, bouncing up and down. I immediately picked

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-26100865976834281682011-01-22T14:46:00.002-05:002011-01-22T14:55:32.254-05:00

I am so excited. I have been looking for my journal that my friend Gabbie gave me for a few months now. Well, actually since the summertime. It's my 'takeaway' journal – my regular journal is about the size of a first century bible. It's been great on trips (our trip to Germany 2010 is in it), and any other time I knew I would want to write something but didn't want to lug the regular one on my

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-73218258468347908282011-01-12T01:02:00.002-05:002011-01-12T01:10:49.654-05:00

My mom turned 60 today. She is the most generous, kind, selfless, hard-working woman I know. I am so blessed to be raised by her and have her as an example to strive for in raising my own kids. Happy birthday, Mom. I love you very, very much.

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-59106941188601606542011-01-06T15:21:00.003-05:002011-01-06T15:37:03.399-05:00

I was browsing for apps last night on my iPod for no reason other than to procrastinate going to bed (my other New Year's resolution...ha!). iTunes had "New Year, New You" featured area and that's where I found the "NikeWomen Training Club" app. I downloaded it, since it was free, to check it out. And it seriously is set up to be amazing. It has 90+ different workouts to get lean, strong, to

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Well, hello blog.I've been away a long time. It has been a very busy but very lovely holiday season. This year, I decided that I would attempt to make all our gifts to our family. Hence, my absence from my blog. I wasn't quite successful in making them all, but did manage to make them for all of my husband's family. I ended up making seven pairs of slippers and two hats. Seven pairs of slippers

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-8295958171611854722010-11-15T12:56:00.005-05:002010-11-15T13:00:56.349-05:00

Sofia is really, really looking forward to going to school. While she is very strong willed, she isn't that independent in some respects. Like, she still wants me to take her to the bathroom at home, wants me to build her Lego with her, put on her socks, etc. Mealtimes is exceptionally challenging. We have friends whose son has been feeding himself before he turned two. So, to try to convince her

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-4869982676462938922010-11-13T09:01:00.001-05:002010-11-13T09:01:43.308-05:00

one of my favourite things my mother taught me: what good is it if you're so smart but no one likes you. :)

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-51188649685864599062010-10-31T14:36:00.006-04:002010-10-31T15:02:45.976-04:00

My eldest has been sick over the last few days – since Wednesday night. This is probably the first time she has had a full blown sickness since she was born. She's two months shy of three years old, so I'm counting my blessings. This one was particularly bad because she was so congested. She'd ask me to stay while she napped which was just torture because I'd listen to all the mucus in her chest

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-43420660625465723972010-10-26T11:22:00.011-04:002010-10-26T11:38:29.982-04:00

My friend, Chris has a series on his blog called "Epic Fail". I have been thinking about doing series too, and I think that I'll start posting my favourite parenting memories. There are so many moments while being with my children that are so ridiculously funny. Hopefully they're not just funny to me only... But I may also post some moments that have meant so much to me. The stuff that really put

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-26256634906837045882010-10-20T13:53:00.003-04:002010-10-20T13:57:29.102-04:00

Here is another spread from the Picaboo photobook that I am preparing that covers our recent holiday to Germany. So far it has been really fun. I am at page 20/21. The software, however, is a bit slow and limited. Like, I can't choose what typeface I want and the typefaces that they do provide don't allow for accented letters. HELLOOOOO. There are going to be other languages people want to type

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-56737012998926912062010-10-19T22:29:00.007-04:002010-10-20T00:28:41.438-04:00

I have been wanting to put a photobook together for a while now. Ever since Blurb books were advertising on Flickr a while back (uh, maybe 2008?). Me, being a little bit high-performance, I have been procrastinating on this little dream of mine: What look should I go with? I don't have enough photos that are good enough! etc., have really made it nearly impossible. Especially if I'm gonna pay for

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-53390469811135516632010-10-18T20:18:00.004-04:002010-10-18T20:38:38.014-04:00

Today, we took the kids to a pumpkin patch up in Richmond Hill. We chose three pumpkins that we'd make into jack-o-lanterns, and brought them home. After dinner tonight, Gonzo and I made sketches as to what we would carve into these pumpkins...and promptly stopped -- remembering what happened with the Ikea train set. My husband spent so much time designing a train track that would utilize every

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-72517421238868173702010-10-16T00:26:00.009-04:002010-10-16T08:47:45.280-04:00

I recently went to Germany for one week with my husband. When I'd tell people about our plans I was countered often with, "You're not taking your kids are you?" I pause and think to myself...why not?I definitely knew what I was up against. The timezone adjustment was going to be tough. Germany is six hours ahead. When it is six in the evening where we live, it is 12 midnight over there. We

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-42096535152392729512010-09-17T23:26:00.005-04:002010-09-17T23:49:24.390-04:00

Today, our little family went down to pick up a "tradesies" that my hubby was getting for editing some footage for a promotional video. The video was for a little company called CBE (short for Clothing Brand Experiment). The funny thing about the way things can work today is that you can collaborate with people you totally would never need to meet to complete a project together. 1. Elly (designer

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-65377852088270705072010-09-14T19:45:00.001-04:002010-09-14T19:46:42.437-04:00

Oh man, watching this for the first time gave me a ridiculous amount of shivers. Such a lovely technique. What doesn't hurt is the really cool music too. Enjoy!

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My hubby and I are always excited when it comes time to get new prescription glasses. We get an allowance from our group benefits and so it's like free shopping! So, I was just doing a little shopping online and found a online store called, "Contacts and Specs". They carry a lot of brands that I have never heard of, which is always fun. Here are a few of my picks -- which are unfortunately

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-39442487087846647792010-08-10T15:44:00.002-04:002010-08-11T13:20:53.074-04:00

Today, G and I made his first visit to a naturopathic doctor. I don't know many people who are under the care of this kind of doctor so I looked for one online that could care for his post-colitis needs. I managed to find one quite easily, located downtown. We left early to make sure we were on time for our 10 am appointment.I got it in my mind to try sending him to a naturopathic doctor because

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-68198645585650822312010-07-07T05:29:00.005-04:002010-07-07T06:02:28.335-04:00

Ugh. I am totally going to regret this. 5:30 am, can't sleep due to children waking me once too many times and figured I'd might as well as get something out of this. Hopefully I can make Sofia take a nap today and konk out also at that time.Joaquin update: 3 months on the 25th of June. He's doing well... 15 pounds and 13 ounces. Gonzalo's boss said that his daughter is 16 pounds, and she's 10

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-74756602982232727052010-05-30T00:58:00.005-04:002010-05-30T01:51:18.256-04:00

This year has been a good, good year. A LOT of change happened. I think that is probably the thing that marked my life the most: change. I experienced a lot of new things and got to do a lot of new things so it was pretty exciting. Of course, difficult at times, but I'm a sucker for suffering.This year I was a working mom for the first time. Work has been very kind to me. I didn't go back to full

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-74766696411471967292010-05-27T23:59:00.000-04:002010-05-28T00:20:53.176-04:00

With all of this being outside-ness, Sofia is really getting a mighty fine tan. Yes, I am jealous. Today, I exclaim to her, rhetorically... [ME] Sofia, you are so dark! What colour are you going to be at the end of the summer?![SOFIA] BLACK!...well, I guess...

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-53644777251705541412010-05-27T23:35:00.005-04:002010-05-28T00:06:04.512-04:00

Since this early heat wave hit, I have pulled out the kiddie pool that I bought for Sofia about a month ago. I'd like to think that this will get her ready for big pool time. I fill it up in the morning with the hose from the garden and so that by after lunch, it's not super freezing. This, however, also builds ridiculous anticipation for a two year old. Yesterday, Sofia had finished her lunch

Kathy Jimenezhttps://profiles.google.com/103612688502131874922noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466455.post-27750331171511890912010-05-25T21:42:00.008-04:002010-05-25T23:14:43.142-04:00

Joaquín turned two months old today. I find myself comparing Joaquín at this stage to where Sofia was at unintentionally. I keep trying to think if Sofia was this heavy, or if Sofia was awake yet, etc. But really, I don't really remember. I just can't help it.It has been a challenging couple of weeks with Joaquín. He has been more awake during the day, and I just figured that it was a

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We moved Joaquín into the nursery!It's funny, doing this the second time around. I vividly remember the guilty feeling I had moving Sofia into the nursery. I really didn't want to, but I had read that babies start forming sleeping habits at six weeks, and I KNEW that I didn't want a 12 year old still sharing my bed. Especially if I want to have at least three kids. So, off to the nursery Sofia

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Joaquín is now a month and a half exactly. It has been a good month and a half. He is sleeping a little bit longer at night - five hour stretches regularly. He is gaining waaaaay too fast. He is outpacing the strengthening of my arms. Sofia gained at a good rate where my arms would get stronger at the same pace. But with Joaquín, after five minutes, I've gotta either pass him off, or put him down

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And there it went: the first month with Joaquín. And yes, it definitely went by fast. I certainly could not have asked for a better first month. Joaquín certainly has his fussy times and tough times in the middle of the night, but that is certainly to be expected. However, for the most part, he just slept the first month away. Some days, I don't think that I saw his eyes open at all!Since his

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joaquin awake, originally uploaded by kathy photo.Joaquín turned two weeks old yesterday. Gonz said, that's all? He was convinced that he was already three weeks. Well, I guess when you're up at all times of the night, each day can feel a lot longer – or, you lose track of days passing. I have no idea what date it is any day. Today we took Joaquín to the doctor's for his two week appointment. I

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We often ask Sofia to recount her day to her grandparents. Here is today's outcome.[me] Hey, Sofia! What did you have at McDonald's today?[Sofia] I had E-I-E-I-O.

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Joaquín Hugo, originally uploaded by kathy photo.He is finally here. FINALLY!Joaquín arrived on March 25, 2010 at 12:56 pm, at 7 pounds and 10 ounces. His due date was March 27, so he arrived two days early. I managed to wrap up work without going into labour and leaving work unprepared. I left lots of instructions and notes for my replacement and so felt good going into my one week of vacation

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Tonight I was hoping that I'd go into labour. It's a little more tricky this time: last time, I just had myself to worry about - but this time, if I go into labour, depending on who is with me at the time, who is going to take care of Sofia? Most times it'll be okay. Gwa-Kong and Gwa-Ma are around most of the time. But what if I go into labour tomorrow morning? It's just me and Sofia. I guess

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painted nails, originally uploaded by kathy photo.Well, technically, I am on vacation. I am taking up my left over vacation until this baby comes and then I will be on maternity leave officially. Unfortunately, Sofia is sick so I couldn't do much on the first day of my mat leave that would drag her all over the city on these few newborn-less days that I will have, but that's alright. It was a

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What a relief. I managed to finish up my work week without going into labour. And it was a nice last day too. I managed to finish most of my work yesterday and so everything I did today was just to tie up the little things. I never wrote so many instructions and memos and lists and charts and things that I hope help draw the big picture with some details to help that person understand what it is

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I am here on the eve of leaving my workplace for a year. I am a bit excited. I am a bit sad. I am ALL anticipation. What I am so excited about is being able to be one thing: a mom. First and foremost. As crazy as it can still be - a toddler and a newborn together... I am looking forward to a year without due dates and deadlines (except to get my children (!) into scheduled doctor's appointments).

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In this final work week before I go on one week vacation (that is, if the baby doesn't have plans to come out early), and then on maternity leave I have got three days left. I got a mail drop completed today, a chunk of the Easter program completed, and all my routine work for Monday done.Today we moved Sofia into her new room to vacate her old one so we can revert it back into the nursery. She

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It's funny... I was at church this morning, which is not the service that we usually attend. We usually attend the Saturday night service due to hubby's schedule although most of the friends I grew up with are all at Sunday morning. Anyway, so I see a good chunk of them and all of them were convinced that I was WAY past my due date. And we figured it was because I had posted on FB that I was

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And tonight I play with my new iPod touch! I am looking forward to this little piece of equipment enriching my soon-to-be maternity leave life. The best part: it was free. Thanks Airmiles!

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terremoto 27 febrero Originally uploaded by todosnuestrosmuertos I have been really looking forward today. I haven't seen my sister Christine since December 27. It's the longest I have been away from her -- so today was a big day on the calendar.But today became a big day for another reason. As we were eating breakfast, my mother-in-law calls and tells us that there has been a massive

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Today turned out to be a super-fun day. It was one of those days that everything came together easily although there were one thousand moving parts. And the fact that I had been up since 4 am (okay, okay, I ran out of steam before I left for work and ended up taking a one hour nap before leaving...which then, again, made me late for work). One fun thing I did today was shoot a video with my

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It is so weird. I have totally read and heard lots of stories about this: the strange behaviour of the first born when the arrival of the second born is imminent. Over the last few weeks, Sofia has started to wake up in the middle of the night INSISTING that she wants to sleep in our bed. Sometimes up to three and five times a night. Last night - four. In fact, it started at 4 am, and I'm usually

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On this gorgeous sunny Saturday, in the morning, my father, Sofia and I decided that we'd go and hang out. We went to see if we could pick up something that my mother requested, and upon failing that (sold out all over the city), we ended up at the Walmart. We were there early enough that it didn't totally tick me off - and I like Walmart for the same reason why I love Winners... it's so random.

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Today, at the store, Gonzalo and I went to buy a box of cookies. When we rounded the corner and Sofia saw the entire aisle stocked with various cookies, she said, "Oh goodness!"

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I finally went to Chile. After many attempts derailed by various reasons (not enough money, having a baby when family was going to go down, bad timing etc.), I finally got to meet the country and family behind my husband. We had an amazing time. Honestly, it was hard to get the finances together to make the trip happen, but I knew it was a trip that we just could not miss, especially now that

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Warning: Nerdy Post AheadI would just like to say I really love timers. Especially programmable timers. I love the automation. I love setting it and leaving it. I love being able to deal with something, walking away, and when it is time for it work, it just DOES. The Oven TimerBefore we bought a house, we grew up with whatever stove was in the rental. In my parents' apartment, their stove is

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Last night we celebrated with 17 members of our family Sofia's second birthday. I cannot believe that two years have gone by already. It really is true when they say that life goes by even faster with children. We had a really nice time together last night. I made a ton of food - with good help from Christine and Gabbie. Gabbie helped me with some of the side dish prep and Christine made TWO

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Okay, okay, so I went to the first rehearsal and it wasn't that bad. I actually played better than I thought I would. Now, I'm no where near able to play all the music perfectly, but at least I am not - 1) Lost, or worse,2) Irritating

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This year, back in August, my husband and I bought a house together with my parents. We just felt it was time to think about purchasing, and my father had - very casually - suggested the idea of buying a house together. This way we could stay in the neighbourhood that we have lived in our whole lives, and frankly, it's just too expensive to try and do anything else. And, after one night of

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Every night since Monday, after Sofia's bedtime (which seems to be 10:30 these days), I pull this thing out to...what my father calls... "slaughter some pigs." When Matt roped me into playing in the Christmas presentation at church, and I reluctantly said yes, I really, really, really knew that it was going to be a painful experience. Practicing, that is.Violin ain't nothing like playing piano.

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One of the ridiculous amounts of blogs that I follow is blogTO. (If you're a Torontonian and don't follow this blog, you must!).Anyway, I was excited when today's feature was "The Best Chinese Restaurants in Toronto".There are few there that I am definitely going to try out.

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[Kathy] Sofia! What did you have for dinner? *whispers, brocolli*[Sofia] Brah-coh-lli![Gonz] Sofia, do you know how to say brocolli in Spanish?[Sofia] YUCK![Gonz] ...yeah, probably.

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When we bought this house we inherited, among other things, a JUNGLE of a garden. The previous owners just *loved* flowers. Lots and lots of flowers. They'd just plant it anywhere. Half of our backyard was a massive tangled mess "English" garden. There are flowers under our pine tree. There are flowers under our bushes. Basically, if there was any open soil, no matter how small - it was an

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Matty's comment on my weird, blank blogpost inspired me to perhaps try to keep up my blog.Just got home from visiting my in-laws – my very wonderful add-on family. I was very happy to see my sister-in-law Maria who recently had surgery for gallbladder removal. There were some concerns for complications, and when you are in the midst of the situation, you feel like those small risks for

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After two days of straight packing boxes and moving, and two semi days of throwing things into any kind of container and moving, the Jimenez are finally out of their first apartment. I was too tired and ... I hate to admit ... stressed to even get sentimental about it. Gonz was like, "Honey, this is our last night here." I was like, "I don't care." However, after my mother and I brought the last

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We came back from a four-day vacation and forgot to remove any uneaten fruit from our kitchen console. One forgotten plum. One forgotten plum has reaped up a bunch of fruit flies, and for the last few days we've been clapping our hands in the air and smacking our cabinets trying to kill them.Funny thing is Sofia goes around copying us like it's some funny game.Yesterday we went over to Gonz's

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Because of the early closing of our new home, that meant that we were giving short notice to our rental landlords and THAT meant that we may be on the hook for an extra month of rent although we aren't occupying the apartment. That is, unless they find a renter in time - for the end of the August. (We wanted a month overlap anyway).We had a couple of people come by in a week to see the apartment.

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Today, as a staff, we said farewell to Pastor Jonathan. He has been with us since 2000 and led APC in the capacity of Director of Outreach and Toronto Community Churches. He has had a big influence on my life. At 21, a mere child, I came on to the staff full time with no real boss to report to, since I really serve all the ministries at the church, he became my big brother - my protector. He saw

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A major event in my life has now been taken care of: a wedding shower for my little sister and her fiancee, Matt. I have this problem of making everything into a production. I do not know how to do anything low-key although I think that I like laid back gatherings and just plain old hanging out. Well, I guess I do, but if I'm in charge of it, I have this habit of blowing the thing out of

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On Tuesday, June 30, we went shopping for houses for the first time. That night we saw four houses, the last one we fell in love with. On Wednesday we made up our offer. On Monday, July 6 we presented our offer in a multiple offer situation. After improving the offer once, ours was accepted. On Monday, July 13 (two days from now) we finalize the offer on our first home. We get the keys on July 31

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I have never juggled more major things in my life, all at one time. Professionally AND personally. The good thing is that I am not stressed. The bad thing is that I kinda don’t feel on top of all of them. I tend to be a one-project-at-a-time kind of girl. Especially if one of those projects happens to be house-hunting. Yes, I am looking to buy my first home. I did not realize how stinkin’

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Time is flying by and I don't even have time to catch it throw it in a blog. :-(

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This is crazy.

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I had first heard about the Swine Flu from my father in-law a couple of weeks back. Crazy to think that I hadn’t heard it myself from news or the internet - especially with how big it’s getting. I have been following the statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. I am particularly interested because I am planning on visiting some family in New Jersey in the very near

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Okay, I can't even really remember where I found out about this, but do you know that "The White House" has its own Flickr photostream? I think that President Obama is brilliant for leveraging all of these social networking thingies to bring the public closer to the political action because involvement will often follow interest. It's working against that whole outta sight, outta mind thing.

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This monthly installment of “Sofia’s life” is coming 14 days late. Easter had eaten our lives whole and it took two weeks to kinda recover. I am looking forward to my day off tomorrow. Sofia turned 16 months on Good Friday. She missed Good Friday service due to the exporting of videos which had encountered some technical difficulties. We would have left it for another time except that it was for

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Back on Thursday, I got to work and found a big box waiting for me at my mail slot. I hadn't ordered anything for work so it could only mean one thing! The DSLR is back from repair! I have been taking lots of pictures since then and getting reacquainted with the oh-too-many controls on this baby. One thing that I have started to do is only shooting in RAW - as per my sister, the professional,'s

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I'm always pushing spring. In past years, it's been about wearing sandals in March. Now that I'm a mom, I realize that is ridiculous. Now, I celebrate a little more sanely by taking my baby to play in the park.

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I love photography and I wish I was a better photographer, and I'm looking forward to when Christine's old Canon 20D comes back from repairs. We have this share-thing, where I get to have it on loan, and she'll take it to her wedding gigs as a back up in case her main one fails. When it's back, I'm going invest in a 50mm lens, which Christine tells me, I'm gonna love. I was excited to find out

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I did start to write a post on March 22 to report on how awesome a visit to meet up with my high school friend and get a tour of the AGO was. But then my work-life took over again. Easter prep is taking over my life. See, the thing is, I work at a church, right? So, of course, I’ll be doing lots of Easter preparation. I am also a wife, right? I love to help my husband with whatever he is involved

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I am very excited! Tomorrow I, and my little family will be going down to the Art Gallery of Ontario to meet up with a friend of mine from high school whom I have not seen since high school! She found me on Facebook (my primary reason for why I love Facebook so much) back in the fall and now we’re going to meet up. She currently works at the AGO and offered to give us a tour of the newly

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I do not know where the days go. I guess it just got a whole bunch busier now that my husband is finally back at work after a medical leave of about two and half months. In case you don’t know, he was off due to a back problem that we discovered that is chronic. Since going back to work it has bugged him on and off, but for the most part, we are thankful that it is under control. The best part is

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This last couple of weeks has really been marked with development in understanding everything I say. And the best part is, everything I say in CHINESE. (But also English, lest her father be left out of the whole equation). It’s been a lot of fun to see how she is leaving baby-ness behind...although a little sad too. Sofia has finally decided that she’d join the rest of the world and try walking.

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All week long my husband has been busy with the Easter presentation for our church. They’re working on something pretty big this year and so it’s pretty exciting, but also stressful. Further, my husband dragged another woman’s husband into this whole ordeal. He planned with my husband, and built two of the Easter sets ... and will be building a few more. My husband is very excited about having

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The ultimate milestone happened today! I was at home working, and Gonzo is still home due to back problems, so everyone was home to witness it. Gonz was lying on the floor playing with Sofia. Sofia was sitting on her little toy car. Gonz calls Sofia to come to him for something. She stands up and walks over. WALKS OVER! Fortunately Gonz called me in time for me to turn around and see her do it.

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