Ortiz Family

Captain America!!!!

2012-01-16T14:16:00.000-08:00

Wow it has been a while, but hey here is a picture of the the cutest super hero ever!

Mardi Gras

2011-03-16T12:01:00.001-07:00

This is how we finished mardi gras day. "Superman" asleep, outside, with the truck floats rolling by!
Aaron was really into Mardi Gras this year. He likes to throw the beads at me and say "MARDI GRAS! "

Daniel loved the bands

Isn't he so cute! I love this kiddo

Mardi Gras was a lot of fun. We went the Saturday before and Fat Tuesday. Aaron loved it! Daniel love it! I have to admit, i am getting a little mardi gras-out. I say next year we go on vacation.

Be My Valentine

2011-02-22T05:11:00.001-08:00

The boys really enjoyed valentines day this year. I got bags of candy and goodies and they both enjoyed. Napoleon and I had a wonderful event date planned for the Saturday before Valentines. Napoleon made reservations two weeks in advance to Commanders Palace for Jazz Brunch. Too bad I got deathly sick the Friday evening before. Just our luck, you know we haven't had a good Valentines together since we got Married! It seems like something always happens. Oh well, I sat on the couch sick sick sick just trying to imagine what it would be like to be going out. In my head it was a wonderful date. On Valentines we just gave each other candy, then Napoleon gets out is phone and calls me, i look around and find my new i-phone. That was pretty cool. I just got him a big reese's peanut butter cup heart shaped candy. He is such a great guy!

Enjoying the suckers

That is a cute Boy!

All the Valentine gifts!

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!

Halloween

2010-11-09T12:58:00.000-08:00

We loved Halloween!

Love Superman aka. Poopermanman and Ducky!

The Boys

2010-10-21T12:14:00.000-07:00

The boys. I love these boys. Daniel is now almost 7 months old. I can't believe it. Aaron is 2. Time is flying by. We have been pretty mellow lately. I mean as mellow as it can get with a husband working and going to school and having a pretty time consuming calling. Lets not forget about me and my calling and just the fact that I have to get myself ready in the morning with 2 little guys. But really pretty mellow. I have enjoyed my time with these little guys. I just wanted to share some pics. oh the love

Aaron always with the big smile

Dapper Dan with his hair 'fixed'

this is the face is always makes. he is always playing with his two bottom teeth

before he got his hair 'fixed'. this is how it always looks...a mess.

Everyone enjoy those baby blue eyes.

Comments I get the most from people when they see Daniel.

1. "She is a beautiful baby girl" (this one always makes me laugh. most of the time i don't correct them. I mean, its not like I am going to see them again)

2. "Look at those eyes"

3. " Wow, I love his skin coloring, where is it from? not from you. you are really white"

My Birthday

2010-09-26T13:01:00.001-07:00

My Birthday was September 2nd. I was really happy because it was good weather and no storms. you see my birthday is usually a during a storm. I was born during a Hurricane. Hurricane Alicia. That is how I got my name.

My birthday started off with beignets! Aaron sure did enjoy them.

We tagged along with the ortiz crew to Oak Alley Plantation

Then the Court of Two Sisters the Next Day

I love the guy that makes to eggs. You could be in line telling your buddy next to you what you are going to get in your eggs. He will over hear you and already start making what you want in them

That evening we went to my parents house for Ribs. Which is pretty much my favorite food.

We ended the birthday bash with my favorite cake. Doberge Cake, half chocolate half lemon, from Ambrosia bakery in Baton Rouge. If you haven't had it, you got to try it. YUM YUM!

I had a great birthday. 27 is going to be a good year!

Shelley's Visit

2010-09-26T12:43:00.000-07:00

My Sister-in-law Shelley was in town, i think it was the beginning of August. Anyway i should post more so I remember more. Anyway. It was a really good visit. The three new cousins were able to just lay around and look at each other. I think they will do more exciting things as they grow up.

My Parents holding the three babies.

All the cousins that were came. We missed the other cousins in California.

Here they are in birth order. Daniel, born in March. Eden, born in May. Blane, born in July.

It was nice having a girl baby around. We are not used to it.

The Momma's and their babies.

Cousins are so much fun. I love that we all had babies at the same time. I know I loved having my cousin's around. I hope these babies can be friends forever.

JULY

2010-07-18T13:38:00.000-07:00

The summer is flying by. I feel like it will be Christmas before we know it. Our little Daniel is growing up so fast, i guess i shouldn't call him little. At his 3 month appt. he was 16.5 lbs. Which is in the 95th precentile. Chunk a Munk! I love it.

He is so cute. He really recogonizes faces and smiles and coos all day.

This past Saturday we didn't know what to do so we decided to go for a ride on the street car. We got on at St. Charles and rode to Camelia's Grill for some Freezes then back to our car. The boys enjoyed themselves. Daniel is striking a "superman" pose here.

Aaron kept calling it a Choo Choo

Any takers???

His shirt says "Adorable little boy seeking precious little girl. Must love nap and own her own stroller. Crawlers welcome. "

The boys together. Daniel really can't do the bumbo thing yet.

The cousins! Aaron loves them. My dad took them for a ride in his new truck. This is the day my sister had her 3rd little boy.

And here he is. Blane Ryan Nelson. I love this little boy already. Daniel looks like he is telling him "don't worry you will chunk up soon"

Blane is probably the best part of July. We are so excited to have him here.

The three boys. Myron, Blane, and Ethan

(can someone get a girl around here)

Daniel's Blessing

2010-06-07T07:38:00.000-07:00

Friends and Family who came for the blessing.

All the men who where in the circle to bless Daniel

The Ortiz, Throckmorton, and Nelson crew

Me and my boys. I am out numbered, but love it.

Aaron, Ethan, and Myron

(they all went to nursery together after, sorry to all those working in there, i heard they were a mess together. They love being together.

Oh i just have to say, Daniel was so super cute. He wore the same blessing outfit that Aaron wore, but Daniel is so big that the buttons kept snapping open. Poor baby. It was a beautiful day. I love baby blessings, it brings such a good spirit. I love Daniel so much. I love all the men who helped with the blessing. I hope that Daniel grows up to be great like them.

Aaron's Birthday

2010-06-07T07:30:00.000-07:00

Elmo was the theme of the party

We went to Chevy's for dinner on his actual birthday. It was lots of fun!

Aaron turned 2 on May 21. We had a party with family and friends. It was so much fun, hot outside, but fun. Thanks to all who came and made it such a great day.

My life

2010-05-14T12:37:00.000-07:00

I feel like this sometimes. Sometimes I wish I could be this cute while crying.

This is a cute kid!

This Momma duck definitely made my life a little more interesting the other day. While setting in our patio area I saw this little webbed feet from under our fence. I opened up the gate and saw this momma duck and her 8 ducklings. I thought they were cute, so I took a picture. I thought to myself, "why would there be a duck over here, the water is not over here". Well, I took my pic and went on with my day. Later on while taking out the trash I saw the momma duck, she was quacking like crazy. I walked up and said, "Where are your babies" then I saw where she was standing, right over a water drain. I looked down and saw the ducklings. I ran inside and called Jefferson parish animal shelter asking them who I needed to call. They transferred me to like 3 different people. Finally someone got my name and number and said that his guy was on lunch and he would be there in 1 hour. This was around 4:55 p.m. I was worried that someone would hit the momma duck so I went outside to see her. When I got there some other worried neighbors noticed what was going on. I told them who I had called, but they didn't want to wait. They opened the drain (by this time I had Napoleon out helping) and started scooping out the ducklings. They finally got them all out, but we waited for the "rescue" guy, but he never showed up, I tried to call him back, but it was after five and the office was closed. We decided to just walk them back to the canal. And "phew" they are safe again" So my advice from this story, don't call Jeff parish about stuff, you could get it done quicker all by yourself!

The family after our mother's day brunch Saturday morning

For Tia Le Le, thanks for the cool shirt.

Sweet Aaron, he loves "reading" to his baby brother.

You got to love this boy!

What's Going On

2010-04-19T10:16:00.001-07:00

Aaron reading a book to Daniel

We went to Mississippi on Friday. I love going there. It makes me want a yard sooo bad! I have a slab of concrete in the back...it isn't the same.

Aaron got to play with all of his cousins. They fished for almost 3 hours. They were smelling pretty fishy after that

Daniel got to meet his great maw maw Dorothy

Aaron got to ride on the 4wheeler. He loved it and cried when he had to get off.

OK

2010-04-02T12:33:00.001-07:00

ok...so now it is time for the labor and delivery story. Why do we women love to hear and tell these stories.

Anyway. I went to my Doc appointment at 8:30 on Monday morning. She said I was 5cm and just walk on over to labor and delivery. Which I was happy to do, this week was a perfect week to have him. Napoleon was not busy at work and he had Friday off anyway and he had no classes because of spring break.

After making my way to my room I called and let everyone know that today was the day. The nurse came in, hook my up to an IV and everyone started to arrive. My Doc came in at 12:00 to break my water. After my water broke, they prepped me for my epidural...this is when things did not go so well.

After he placed everything, I turned around to lie down and got a massive headache . I looked at him and said, "my head hurts real bad". I look of fear came across his face. He told me that sometimes this happens and it is called a spinal headache. When he went in something wrong happened and anyway it was awful. I felt so bad for him, because I know he felt so bad. But believe me, I felt worse. I could not even talk because the pain was so bad.

So they tried to make me comfortable and giving me pain meds and stuff. He finally made the decision to go back and try again. But when I sat up, the pain was so bad I could not have it done. They lied me back down. Then all of a sudden, every nurse on duty came in me room and surrounded me. (not a good feeling) Then they started to yell at each other to start doing stuff, unplugging me, and looking for the babies heart beat(which they could not find), freaking out over my blood pressure, and rushing me to the O.R. The whole time they were touching my stomach. They said I was having a "Titanic Contraction" which means it was a massive contraction that had been strong for a good 15 mins.

Talk about scary stuff. I really didn't know what was going on until I got in the O.R. then I said "holy crap, they want this baby out of me FAST" My doctor came in with sweat running down her face.

They were afraid my placenta was detaching from my uterus.

By then they had shot me with some meds to stop my contractions. They all felt me stomach and the contraction had let up. They checked the baby and me and said we were stable. Then my Doc gave me the choice to go with a C-Section or go back to the room and have the baby vaginally. But keep in mind that I could have to be rushed back and do a C-section if it happened again. I felt I could wait and see.

I went back to my room. Got a blessing and strong medicine for my headaches and rested. My epidural meds wore off at one point so they gave me more. Just in the nick of time too. Not long after that I felt the need to push. Daniel came really fast and was perfect.

Daniel came at 5:22 p.m.

He was 7lbs. 10 oz.

20 inches

Gorgeous

The next day they gave me a "blood patch". Have you ever heard of it. They go back into the epidural site, take blood from you arm and inject it into you spine. It is supposed to go up in your spine and patch up everything. Which was a life saver.
I started getting headaches again when I got home. so my doc has me on meds and MOUNTAIN DEW. Isn't that funny. I rarely drink caffeine, so this is so weird to me. If they do not clear up, I have to do another blood patch.

But other than that, the recovery has been really great. I have to say, things are much smoother this time around. I am not so nervous and nursing is going great. I am really enjoying the baby and watching Aaron with him. I feel so blessed.

I'M IN LOVE

2010-04-01T17:54:00.001-07:00

again....this time with a little baby boy named Daniel Richard Ortiz

March 29, 2010

5:22 p.m.

7 lbs. 10.7 oz

20 inches

After his first bath. I love when they smell so good.

The boys. Aaron does love him. But when he is done with him, he is done. It will be fun to see them grow together.

Pictures Pictures

2010-03-22T16:01:00.000-07:00

I had to post some of our pictures.

I am now 38 weeks pregnant and just waiting for a baby to come. We all thought he would be here by now. I am 3 cm and have been for 2 1/2 weeks. So, I guess he is just a big tease. We are getting more and more excited and also more and more exhausted just thinking about a newborn and an almost 2 year old. Well enjoy the pics.

2010-03-20T11:00:00.000-07:00

He loves his Elmo LIVE...we love that it has an off button

Cousin love

showing off "muscles"

2010-03-20T10:53:00.000-07:00

At the Aquarium

AHHHHH....at Cabellas

2010-03-20T10:45:00.000-07:00

Aaron loves his drums

At Cabella's with MoMo,PoPo, Myron and Ethan

Aaron eating breakfast and reading the paper

making the laundry basket into a cozy bed

WHO DAT!!!!

2010-02-02T14:12:00.001-08:00

I am super excited for Sunday!!!! Geaux Saints!!!!

BORED!!!!!!!

2009-12-11T17:08:00.000-08:00

Bored doesn't even begin the way i feel! I am so super bored. I should be super busy finishing my Christmas shopping, decorating my house, baking sweet goodies. Sadly, this baby boy has other plans. I am having preterm contractions, but not preterm labor. So I have been on bed rest for like a week now and still have to stay on it until Wednesday.Then I will go back to the doctor and she will tell me if I stay on or get off bed rest. I am just taking it week by week. Man, I need to pick up a hobby!

2009-11-17T19:11:00.000-08:00

We are super excited to announce that we will be having a baby BOY joining our family in April! I am now 20 weeks and doing great. It was so much fun going to get the ultrasound we were kinda feeling it was going to be a girl, but just a couple days before I had this really weird dream, all you prego people out there know about the crazy dreams you have, that it was going to be a boy. When we found out Aaron's sex it was really hard to see because he kept hiding, but not this boy. I actually started pointing to the screen and saying OH UH UH! He wanted us to know right away he was a boy. I am really happy about it, Aaron was born in May and this one will be in April so I have no need to buy more clothes are things like that. Pretty awesome for the second time around. Aaron is growing up so much and is a joy to have around. He doesn't know what is going on, I think he will be great. I hope these boys will be close.

So sorry for not posting lately, but my hubby was in peurto rico for work and got his bag stolen. With MY camera in it. uhhhhhh.... and also our computer is dead. So the only time I use the computer is when he brings his work one home.

Kerri and Kyle Throckmorton

2009-09-21T15:40:00.000-07:00

they are the cutest couple

at the reception, it was awesome!!!

can you tell it was a carnival theme?!?!? precious!

one of the many booths at the reception

what a fun trip! Before we left Napoleon and I were looking for things that would be fun to do in Arizona, we had no idea that all you have to do is hang out with the Payne Family, that is Kerri's family. They were so much fun to be with and definitely know how to throw a party. With 9 children and 24 grandchildren they know how to entertain.

Kyle and Kerri look so great together. I know they will be happy. It was so weird to see my lil' bro get married. I still picture him as a lil' boy playing dinosaurs. He is such a great guy and Kerri is a great girl. They will be awesome together.

Labor Day

2009-09-10T13:59:00.000-07:00

My little monkey

At the Aquarium

We had a really good Labor Day. We went to the Aquarium, made hamburgers for dinner, had friends over for swimming and pina coladas. It was a good day.

I have to mention that Aaron is getting so big. I love his little personality and love watching it blossom. Some things he has been doing lately...

Stomps his foot when he hears music
Claps when the music is over
everything and anything becomes drumsticks
He gives me 'besos', especially after napoleon gives me besos
Loves being outside
Sits in his wagon and looks through books
Loves his family and cries everytime someone he loves walks out the door

I love my boy.

What do mormon boys do for a Bachelor party?!?!

2009-08-26T10:28:00.000-07:00

This.... They make the groom to be dress up like a Mexican

Eat at W.O.W

Wear Goofy Mustaches

Go to the Saints Pre-Season Game

Finish off the night with some Beignets!

Looks like the guys had a good time. congrats to Luis on his marriage.(i will post about that later)

Aaron's Big Day

2009-08-25T18:49:00.000-07:00

So Aaron got tubes in his ears two Friday's ago. Things went really well. I thought he would cry when they took him away, but he didn't. I thought he would be a pain when we got home, but he wasn't. He was actually a great patient and too cute in surgery outfit. He was so funny when he finally came to, he kept shaking his hand trying to make the IV come off. So we are happy we did it. The doctor said he had "jelly like fluid in behind his ear drum". Poor baby. After surgery with Momo

good spirits

gotta call and tell everyone

this was before they came and got him. He just watched cartoons and was a great boy.

White Linen Night

2009-08-03T10:33:00.000-07:00

So we went to white linen night. We haven't been since we were first married, which was in '06. I do have to say that festivals were much more enjoyable then. There were less people going and you could see and do everything. NOT ANYMORE!!! Everything that we go to is sooo packed. But we did enjoy ourselves.

We ate at pi, like the mathematical symbol of pi. Which was a pizza place.

Everyone was looking super classy in all white. If you haven't experienced it before, you have to go next year.

Blue SnoBall

2009-07-29T11:54:00.000-07:00

He cracks me up

I got him his own blue snoball today. He had so much fun with it. Yes, there is dirt on his face too. I let him do whatever he wanted, even drop the spoon pick it back up and keep on going.

Maybe next time I won't get blue.

Florida on the 4th

2009-07-08T09:29:00.000-07:00

waiting for the firework show! which was really great!

Aaron with his daddy. He loved the beach.

We had a lot of fun this 4th of July. We went to my grandparents house in Pensacola. They live 2omins from the beach and they have pool at their house. We had a blast with Leanne's kids too. It was just nice to be together as a family.

Swamp Tour

2009-06-08T13:36:00.000-07:00

We have been doing so much lately. I think it has to do with Napoleon having his siblings in town. It has been a lot of fun. Cristina has been down with her boyfriend Rich and we all went on a swamp tour in Breaux Bridge, LA. It was really beautiful and fun to be with family.

Here we are at 'Mulates' restaurant right after the tour. They had live Cajun music and some pretty good Cajun dancers. Aaron dance right along with them.

what a view!

Aaron has really started to LOVE his abuleo. I mean he just walks in a room and Aaron arms go up to him or he will just whine until he gets him.

what's a swamp tour without some alligators

the three of us in green. and no i did not plan this, it just happened.

1st Birthday

2009-05-25T15:28:00.000-07:00

Aaron loved eating his cake.

We had a great time. sorry the pictures are not in order. Thanks to everyone for making this day so special.

Happy Birthday Aaron!

2009-05-21T12:37:00.000-07:00

I can't believe I was doing THIS a YEAR ago today!

And this is what I did today with my little man

This was his first visit to the New Orleans Zoo. He really loved seeing all the other kids running around. He loved the animals too. He would crack up if he saw them move or make noise.

Way too much fun!

I had so much fun with Aaron I love him so much. Happy Birthday Aaron!

BIRTHDAY BOY

2009-05-06T12:46:00.001-07:00

Happy 27th Birthday Napoleon!!!!

Aaron adores his daddy and his awesome guitar hero skills

Napoleon would probably keep a stache if I would let him

He loves snoballs and mixed all the flavors from sal's together in one HUGE SNOBALL

He is super cute

He takes me to wonderful places, this is in Honduras

These were just a few of the things I love about Napoleon. Happy Birthday!!

Easter Weekend

2009-04-13T12:24:00.000-07:00

We had a really great Easter weekend. This is what happened.....

Friday...

My parents came down and we went to the French Quarter. Did a little shopping at the French Market and got our grub on at Central Grocery. Yummy Muffulettas!

Who goes to the French Quarter without Beignets??? Not us! Aaron loved them.

My parents ended up staying all day. We went to dinner at Slice then ended our evening at Plum Street Sno balls! I would recommend any cream flavored snoball. Oh and on a side note, my eye looks awful because my sweet Aaron had pink eye and being the compassionate, loving, adoring mother that I am. I took care of him and got it myself. I am just trying to make myself feel better for not being as cautions as I should have been. (I actually have it in both eyes now)

Saturday...

Napoleon and his mom ran in the Crescent City Classic. They said it was really fun. I wish I would have got into shape to run it with them.

Easter Sunday...

The Easter Bunny brought this awesome car to Grandma and Grandpa Ortiz's house. Aaron was in love with it. He is getting so big. He can can on and off all by himself. I love is outfit.

The Ortiz Family

I don't know if I think this it just because I am Aaron's mother, but dang that is one good looking kid!

ADORABLE AARON

So we had an awesome weekend. I loved having Napoleon home every night. He had spring break so after work he got to come home and be with the family. School is almost out for the semester, but we all know that the last weeks are usually the busiest. I guess I can endure it. I am so proud of him for being such a good student, but yet keeping his family happy. Ok enough with he mushy stuff.

I just wanted to say that I love Easter. I love this time to think about Christ. I know that he lives. We sang that hymn in church yesterday, "I know that my Redeemer lives". What a beautiful message... He lives!

Our Family Pics

2009-03-03T08:19:00.001-08:00

Just a few of our family pics. I love them!! Aimee did such a wonderful job.

This is my favorite Pic. Aaron with the blocks.

What a cute smile

Aaron was teething at the time. Can you tell??? He spent most of the time with his mouth like this.

Fun Stuff

2009-03-03T08:00:00.000-08:00

Some of my Favorite Pics of Aaron. He is really into eating. He loves this mesh thing filled with food. He cries and cries when I have to take it away. Even if it is just to fill it up with more food.

This is what happens if I leave the wipes on the ground. I knew something was up when it got really quite. I look over and Aaron had taken out all of the wipes and was sucking on the. Gross!

This is Aaron after I took the wipes away. He has really become a "baby". Crying when he doesn't get his way.

We have been really busy lately. Napoleon is going to school at night on Tuesdays and Thursdays. He also goes to mutual on Wednesdays, so needless to say, I look forward to the weekends!!! Actually I down right love them. Too bad he is going to Puerto Rico this weekend. Boo Whoo!!!

Well Aaron is growing up so fast. My sister keeps reminding me that he will be 1 in 2 1/2 months. Man does time fly. I am already thinking of birthday ideas. He is so much fun to have around.

This is Aaron getting his first haircut. I wanted to try to wait, but it was getting too long! My mom a.k.a. momo cut it. He was really good. Very curious about what she was doing. He is such a handsome boy

BABY TEETH

2009-01-22T13:36:00.000-08:00

Soooo Aaron has been driving me crazy. He wakes up about twice a night. Not just moving around awake, like crying awake. I go and try to comfort him. He falls back asleep in my arms and then I put him in his crib and BAM! He starts crying again. So what does a tired mom do. I put him in bed with me and he falls fast asleep. CRAZY! I really don't want a baby in bed with me. I never sleep and I don't want it to continue. What do I do???

Oh and Aaron is 8 months and he hasn't shown any signs of teeth. I decided to feel his gums. Yep. His first tooth is coming up. Could this be the reason for the clingy baby? Any suggestion on what to do?

I can't belive he is 8 months old. Some things he has been doing lately.

- he crawls on all fours
- pulls up on EVERYTHING
- says "dada" and "mama"
- blows raspberries
- gets shy and hides his face
- laughs at animals and other babies
- makes sound like an indian "AWAWAWAW" when you put your hand over his mouth

Christmas Pics

2009-01-20T12:30:00.000-08:00

Like every year we went to Liberty, Ms for Christmas day. Everything was like normal. We ate, had Pirates gift exchange, talked. What was different was the ride home. My brother Kyle calls it "A Christmas Miracle" (if you watch the office you will get that). My dad was driving us all home. Everything was going great, then BAMMMM. What the heck?!?! A turkey flew into our van! yes flew right into the side of the van. It was so freaky. I thought we hit a huge truck. that is how loud it was. Well we couldn't just keep going. we had to turn around and see the turkey. Then of course we had to take pictures. While we were taking pictures some guys in a truck with a trailer hooked on the back with four wheelers. (it looked like they had just been hunting)Pull over and were admiring our turkey. Then the man asked, "can we take that turkey off your hands?" His son was holding the turkey, wide-eyed and mouth open. The turkey was huge!!!! Of course we gave it to them. It was "A Christmas Miracle". Fun times in Mississippi

Disney World

2009-01-20T12:17:00.000-08:00

Aaron is such a ham for the camera
Daddy and son watching the parade

We stood in line for an hour to get this picture...and my eyes are closed!!!

Aaron loved the characters. He was grabbing their noses and laughing at them. He was sooo cute.

So I just went to Disney World for the first time!! I was so excited to go. Thanks to my inlaws for giving us such a great christmas present. I had tons of fun. I can't wait to take Aaron there when he gets older. It was a little hard with a nursing baby, but I made it work. I had a lot of help with me.

Merry Christmas

2008-12-16T07:56:00.000-08:00

I love Christmas. I love it even more having a little guy to share it with this year. I think next year will be even more fun as he gets older. We had our ward Christmas party and I dressed Aaron up as Santa. (I think he is the most adorable Santa). We had snow...can you believe it?!?! I loved looking out the window and seeing it become white, then more white, then completely white. Aaron took a quick picture, but we stayed inside most of the day.

We hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season. I know I am loving it. I am even looking forward to going to Disney World after Christmas. I have never been, I am super excited. Thanks to the in-laws for making it possible for us. We are soooo excited!!!

Sick Baby Boy

2008-11-20T19:48:00.000-08:00

I love his crying face... am i awful?
Pucker up

Sweet boy

I don't think he is quite old enough for those yet.

So we had our first night of NO sleep. We haven't had this happen since Aaron was a newborn. I really don't miss it. Our poor baby has had a cold for like three weeks now, but he has been a pretty happy baby. Well the other night, he just went crazy. Wanting to be held, crying, just being awful...ALL NIGHT. So, of course I called the doctors office as soon as it opened and made an appointment that morning. Good thing I did. He has an ear infection. I felt so bad for him. He is been on the antibiotic for 2 days now and he back to his fun loving self. Thank goodness.

AARON IS SO CUTE

2008-11-10T18:02:00.000-08:00

Yes Aaron is so cute. I have so much fun playing with him. I know I am an awful blogger. But i am trying to get better. I think that will be my new years resolution. As I say that I hear Napoleon's voice in my head saying, "Don't put off tomorrow what you can do today". I think that is his motto, not mine. I am for sure the procrastinator of the family.

Well anyway. Things have been pretty good around here. Napoleon has been working a lot lately. He has been going to Puerto Rico almost every month since September. Which hasn't been that hard on me. I miss him tons when he is gone, but I just go to my mom and dads house and hang out there. That way I am not home alone talking to a 5 1/2 month old baby that doesn't talk back.

I am excited for the holiday season that is now coming around. I will do better blogging. I promise.

Tagged

2008-10-11T12:41:00.000-07:00

ok this is for kate!!

A. Attached or single? Attached
B. Best friend? Napoleon
C. Cake or pie? Cake
D. Day of choice? Saturday is a special day!
E. Essential item? blow dryer and flat iron...can't leave the house without my hair fixed
F. Favorite color? pink
G. Gummy bears or worms? worms..they are fun to eat
H. Hometown? Prairieville, Louisiana. never moved. we always lived in the same house
I. Indulgence? ice cream sundaes
J. January or July? July. summer time is so much fun. vacations and swimming
K.
L. Life isn’t complete without? family. i love my family
M. Marriage date? December 30, 2006. We were married for one full day of 2006
N. Number of brothers & sisters? two brothers val 32 and kyle 21, and one sister leanne 26
O. Oranges or apples? oranges
P. Phobias? falling off of something
Q. Quotes? Dwight you ignorant slut...from the office
R. Reasons to smile? Seeing Aaron smile. He is so cute
S. Season of choice? Summer
T. Tag five peeps! Kirsten, Karlee, Catherine, Tiffany, Leanne
U. Unknown fact about me? when i was getting screened to find out if i should go into kindergarten they decided it would be best to put me in DK (developmental kindergarten) because i wasn't socially ready for Kindergarten. In other words i was really shy
V. Vegetable? cabbage
W. Worst habits? being indecisive
X. X-ray or ultrasound? ultrasound..i loved seeing Aaron inside my tummy. it was amazing
Y. Your favorite food? steak or ribs
Z. Zodiac sign? Virgo

Gustav Update

2008-09-07T09:53:00.000-07:00

Gustav was my first experience with evacuating. It really didn't go that bad. I left Friday afternoon with Aaron. We went to my parents house in Prairieville, La. Napoleon met up with us after work that day. It felt like a vacation for the weekend, but then the storm came and it was pretty scary. My parents big maple tree fell on top of their neighbors house. There are trees all over in there neighborhood. We heard a lot of cracking. After the storm we stayed pretty comfy, my parents have a generator so that was a awesome. Especially with having a little baby. (well he isn't that little, kinda chunky). Tuesday was my birthday i am now 25 years old. so yeah, my birthday plans were ruined, but i am kinda use to it now. I have celebrated many birthdays during storms. We are thankful to be home and to be together. Oh yeah, GO SAINTS!!! Today they play their first game!!!!!

Aaron's Blessing

2008-07-21T18:46:00.000-07:00

We had Aaron's Blessing Sunday, July 6th. It was very nice. My family came...Mom, Dad, Kyle, Leanne, Craig, Myron, and Ethan. Napoleon family came....Rhina, Napoleon, and Luis came also. We were missing some of our family members like my brother Val and his family and Cristina, who is in Peru. We missed having them. It was wonderful blessing Napoleon gave. Napoleon is wonderful and i love hime very much.I loved seeing all those wonderful men stand in the circle. Aaron has so many wonderful Uncles and Grandfathers. I am so thankful for Aaron, he is a joy to have. Aaron is Two Months old today!!!! I can't believe it! These past two months have gone by so fast, yet so slow. I don't know how to explain it. I am trying to enjoy this time with him. I love him!

June has come and gone!

2008-07-02T18:56:00.000-07:00

Don't you want to kiss those lips!

We went swimming in our pool and this is his little bitty swim suit! I love it!

June has been the fastest month. Our little one made one month and is growing so very much. Another exciting thing that has happened is that my lil' brudda returned home from his mission. It was exciting to see him and for him to see Aaron. Here are some pictures of little Aaron.

Aaron Napoleon Ortiz

2008-06-10T18:06:00.000-07:00

Aaron has been here for almost 3 weeks now. I am so happy to have him here. He is a joy to have around. Aaron was born on May 21st at 4:59p.m. He weighed 7lbs 3 oz. and was 20 inch long. He decided to come 2 weeks before his due date and I am not complaining about that. I acutally went to my doctor appointment that morning at 11 a.m. after she examined me she said i was 4 cm and to just walk on over to Labor and Delivery. I was really nervous and Napoleon was not with me. On my way over to Lavor and Delivery I called Napoleon at work. I called once and he didn't answer, so i called again. He finally answered. He said he was in a meeting and when he saw me calling the first time he just ignored it because he thought i was calling to tell him the appt. went fine. But when i called the second time he knew something was going on. He ran out the meeting and came to meet me. Back to me.. I had to fill out some paper work then i got in my room. When Napoleon showed up I was in bed just relaxing. I really didn't feel any contractions yet. My doctor came in broke my water and they hooked me up to my drip and then i started to feel contractions. After I got to 5 cm I got my epidural and was really relaxed. After that things started to move fast. I got to 7 cm then 15 minutes later the doctor came in and said I was +2 and needed to start pushing. After a few pushing sessions our little Aaron was here. So i was pretty happy with everything. I expected things to be different, but am very happy how everything turned out. Aaron is very sweet and is growing more and more everyday. At his 2 week appt he weighed 7lbs 12 oz and 21 inches. We are so happy to have him here and that he had a smooth delivery.

Introducing Aaron Napoleon Ortiz!

2008-06-10T17:20:00.000-07:00

oh geez!

2008-05-02T10:20:00.000-07:00

well things have been pretty crazy around here. We moved out of our apartment about 3 weeks ago and we moved in with the ortiz's third floor room. Which is nice. But it isn't our own. We moved in with them because we have been looking at places to buy that were bigger than our tiny one bedroom apartment. I do have to say that I loved living there. Well as we are living with the ortiz's we made an offer on a place and then we had to play the waiting game. Which made me a complete mess. Mostly because I am pregnant and really over emotional. I really wanted to be in our own place before the baby is born. Well anyway, it has happened. We bought our own place yesterday! So crazy, we own a home. It is a little scary, but it is what we wanted. I can't wait to move in. I think i will get out of moving boxes and heavy stuff because I am too pregnant to do that stuff. right?!?!

Oh and i wanted to say that we just celebrated Napoleon's Birthday. It was April 30th and he is 26 years old. We had a good day. His parents took us to breakfast, then napoleon went to work. After work we all went out to Tony Angellos to eat. It was fantastic. He is so laid back and easy to please. I gave him a dress shirt for work and i made him some coupons. I know that is a little cheesey, but he loved them. I mean LOVED them. He was laughing at all of them. I love him so much and so happy to be his wife. He really is my best friend.

Sorry no pictures. Our camera is somewhere between being upstairs in a box or in storage in a box. I guess we will find it.

I am feeling bigger!

2008-03-03T05:48:00.000-08:00

I am feeling a lot more pregnant these days. I can't complain to much, I have had a really good pregnancy. So here is an update. I am now 27 weeks! This little boy is kicking and he likes to tumble all around my tummy. I love to feel him move (most of the time) it just reminds me that he is there and he will be here soon. I really can't wait to see him.

A new year!!!

2008-01-21T15:19:00.000-08:00

My top ten list of 2007

1. Going on our honeymoon!
2. Going to El Salvador for 3 weeks, pretending that we didn't have responsiblities.
3. Napoleon Graduating from UNO
4. Going to San Diego, then El Centro, then MexiCali
5. Our Nephew Ethan was born
6. Getting a new car.
7. Napoleon got a job at UNO
8. Finding out that we are having a baby
9. Getting our Wii
10. Getting Guitar Hero III to play on the Wii

Things we are looking forward to in 2008

1. Having a healthy baby BOY in June
2. Leaving work to take care of my baby

yeah, that's about all i can think about is having our baby boy. I am super excited. We found out we were having a boy on Jan. 6. The same day LSU won the National Championship. It was an amazing experience. My mom and napoleon came to the doctor visit. It was awesome, i had never seen an ultrasound before!! He was moving like crazy, playing with his feet, moving his mouth, putting his hands infront of his face. But the one thing he wouldn't do was show us that he was a boy. The lady didn't want to tell us he was a boy until she got the best shot, but after waiting for a while she finally said ok, its a boy...then as if she had finally announced what he was waiting for, he turned to the side, legs wide opened!!! We are for sure, without a doubt, having a boy. I am very excited and so is Napoleon.

Now only if we can decide what to name this boy!!!

What's going on with the Ortiz Family?

2007-11-27T16:24:00.000-08:00

Ok, so i know it has been forever since I have blogged. I don't even know what i have been so busy with that i don't have time to blog. But anyway, i need to get better. Here is my quick update on what has been going on in my lil' family.

1. The number one thing that has happened is that we are pregnant!!!! yeah!!!! My due date is June 4th. That seems so far away. Just a little story about how we found out. I pretty much knew i was pregnant. i think it was the icky feeling. So we bought a home pregnancy test. Napoleon was freaking out. He wanted me to wait a few days before i took it, just because he would not have to face it was real. But i did it anyway. I was so nervous i couldn't look at the results. Napoleon said he would look. So as cute as can be he runs.... i mean runs.... to get the results. He didn't have to say anything. I could tell by the look in face that it was positive. He was super excited and so was I. We are both really happy.

2. We have a new car. Well I have a new car. Napoleon and I have been looking at cars just because mine was so run down. But it wasn't until I was pregnant that Napoleon got super serious about getting one. So one day he was late coming home from work and i called him. He told me he was at the dealership talking the sales guy down on the price. Well he did a good job and i got the car I wanted. A Honda CR-V. it is really cute and just what we wanted. I will put up pictures later.

Well i thought there was more to tell. Maybe if I do this more often I won't miss anything important.

October Fun

2007-10-15T06:37:00.000-07:00

Can you believe it. I am in a book club. We just had our first meeting and it was tons of fun. We just read the book "The Five People You Meet in Heaven". I forgot how much fun reading can be. I am glad that the girls at church decided to do this. Lexi had the first meeting at her house and she had everything decorated so cute. I think she should be a party planner. It was fun to read, but it is even more fun to get to know the girls there. I still feel "new" in the ward, so it is great to meet people.

Another fun thing that has happened this october is that we went to the Circus. It was a lot of fun. we went the the Jordan family. They have a little 3 month old baby girl named, shelby. She didn't enjoy the circus, but oh well, we kinda liked it. I can't wait to have our own family and bring them to do fun things.

Heritage Night in the Spanish Ward

This are some of the kids from the spanish ward. They were really cute. It was fun to go and see all the different members of the church that are from all over the world. I love that my husband loves his heritage and that he is Salvadorian. i love it too. I hope that the spanish ward will continue with this tradition and we can bring our kids to participate.

My birthday

2007-10-02T08:35:00.000-07:00

It has been a month since by Birthday, but here our some pictures

This is right before Napoleon took me out to Ruth's Chris Steakhouse. It was so much fun and very good. Napoleon gave me a pair of diamond earrings for my birthday. I love him.
My family came down for my party. I love my nephew myron's face, he is helping me blow out the candles. Family and friends at my party

El Salvador

2007-09-25T16:53:00.000-07:00

Macaw Mountain in Honduras

Fire Tree

The sweetest grandparents ever.

We loved our trip to El Salvador and Honduras. It was wonderful to meet such wonderful people and to see such a beautiful part of the world. Napoleon and I went for three weeks!!! It was the longest vacation i have ever been on in my whole life. I will treasure it forever.

El Salvador

2007-09-25T16:30:00.000-07:00

Papusus are the best thing ever. This is our house girl making some. She is so nice.
Enjoying our Papusus with Abuletia and Papa Julio.
We saw this sign on the side of the road and i had to take a picture by it.
Fresh, just of the tree coconut
Napoleon's mom, Rhina and Me at the Copan Ruins
in Honduras

Honeymoon

2007-09-25T07:16:00.000-07:00

Our Honeymoon! This is New Years Eve in Mexico. It was a lot of fun. We had a dinner, entertainment, and we tried to stay awake for the clock to turn midnight. We were so tired, but we had a blast.

Napoleon and Me

2007-09-25T07:06:00.000-07:00

This is Napoleon and me right after he asked me to marry him. He was so sweet. He took me out to eat at Antoine's in the french quarter, then he asked me to go on a walk with him by the river. Of course I said yes. Then he asked me to marry him, and of course I said Yes!!!! This was on September 2, 2006 (my birthday)