I'm back...... Sorry it took so long....

Gabe Smiling.......

towards the end!!!! He makes my day so much better when i wake up to his smiles!!!

My Big Boy

Here is a quick video of Gabe talking!!!!!!

Opposites Attract !!!

So I walked in my kitchen today and I seen Chopper (boxer) and Colby (cat) all cuddled up together. Colby really thinks she is a dog but I have never seen Chopper actually holding her and cuddling with her. I mean she does not hang out with the other cats but still it was to funny!!

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Daddy and Gabe

Gabe loves sleeping with his daddy, & I just think it is too cute so I have to take pictures every time I see it. It almost makes me want to cry. It looks so sweet ! !

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First Smile : )

Today Gabriel got up and as I was playing with him he looked right at me and smiled !! I thought he did it unknowingly but then I started talking to him again and he smiled at me again. Fidel thought it was so cute but a little jealous too. I did not get a chance to get a picture of it but I will be sure to keep my camera handy!!! ( It was not his actual first smile he smiles alot while he is sleeping but the first of him acutally looking at me ).

This is just a little picture i took today !!

Jordan's .......

So Fidel and I were in the store today and I found this Jordan onesie, hat, and bootie set. It instantly reminded him of his brother back home so we had to buy it. Unfortuanatly the onsie is a little bit big . But here are a few pictures.

Belly Button & First Bath !!

Aww Gabe has a bell button now !!! I am so glad too. I was so scared of the imbilical cord and was scared everytime I cleaned it I was going to hurt him!

We gave Gabe his first bath!! He did not like it so much this time.

Happy Birthday Gabriel Fidel Ayala !!

I got induced at midnight August 3, 2009. They told me just to rest until 7 a.m. when they was suppose to start pitocin ( to induce labor) I did not make it that far. They hooked me up to the monitors and gave me siatec to soften my cervix. Dr. Mehta said that it would not put me into labor but a 6 a.m. i woke up in the worst pain ever. I was having contraction after contraction. The minute one stopped the next one started. I did not even have time to catch my breath . I was 1 cm dialated . I got some pain medication but it did not work very well. By 7:30 i was 3 cm dialated and i asked for the epidural. By the time i got it, it was around 8:30 they had to try 3 times before they got it in the right spot but i swear that the epidural did not work either . They checked me after i got the epidural and i was 6 cm dialated. At around 9:30 I was having the urge to push so bad and they in the worst pain ever they told me i could not push yet i was 9 cm then and still had a little bit of cervix still left. Finally about 15 minutes later I was having the urge to push so bad they called the Dr. and I started to push he was out about 30 minutes later. That was the worst but most worth it pain i have ever been in . He was born at 10:13 a.m. 8 lbs 9 oz. , 20 1/2 inches long, and healthy. When they sat him on my chest he still wasn't cying so i just looked at him and said " Gabriel please cry so I know you are ok. " and he started to cry. It was amazing . Fidel cut the embilical cord. We got our first family photo. My mom was in the delivery room with me and fidel. I could tell that really meant alot to her and I was glad to have her there. Even though she said it killed her to see her child in so much pain she wanted to cry and was getting mad at the nurses cause they would not give me the epidural they kept telling me I had to wait. After Dr. Mehta was done with everything he had to do he leaned over to me and kissed me on the cheek and said " Congrats, you did a great job. " My mom thought it was the sweetest thing in the world she has never seen a Dr. do that before. I truely do have the best Dr. I would suggest him to anyone. and O I got out of bed and walked & got in the shower an hour after I had him!! That was awesome too!! David came to see us after I had him and stayed there all day long with us. That really meant alot to me to. He has been very supportive through all of it. Brandon came after he got off work.They released Gabe and I 24 hours after time of delivery, because me and Gabe did so well. I love my small little family so much !!! My family is complete. I got alot of phone calls in the hospital and thank you everyone. my sister got in yesterday and was so excited to see Gabe as soon as she seen him she started to cry !! It really meant alot to me to have her here cause i really felt like she was disappointed in me for getting pregnant. And you know us she has been a big part of my life she had to be my sister, best friend, supporter, & mom all in one. So she was a person I never wanted to disappoint. I was not always the best for her but everyone makes mistakes and learn from them. I love you all !! Hope you enjoy the slide show !!!

Dr apt

So I went in for my regular visit yesterday !! Here lately every time I go in I have been having high blood pressure so they have been watching me really good!! It was 140/90 so they sent me over to labor and delivery to get a stress test done to make sure the baby was not in destress and they ordered a 24 hour urine collection on me to make sure i did not have protein in my urine. Me and Fidel soent the night their I got release today and i had such a small amount of protein in my urine he decided not to take the baby yet !! However he does not think i am going to go to my due date he is planning on inducing me on August 3 !! So he put me on blood pressure medicine to see if he could get it to go down!! he says i either am developing preclampsia or gestational hypertension (which basicly means high blood pressure due to pregnancy )

Fidel's Birthday

Happy Birthday Baby!! We did not do too much but we had a little cookout and you can believe I stayed in the house.

Florida humidity, Fourth of July, Pregnant Women as Big as a House = Miserable !!

I tried to go outside to at least watch the Fireworks but lasted about 5 minutes !! Sorry Fidel !!! I love you !!

Brandon's Birthday

Ok so I was not goin to blog about this but it was too funny not too!! So if you don't know we are definetly Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana) HATERS!! LOL Don't get me wrong I like her music as Miley Cyrus but hate her voice when she talks and hate going anywhere and everywhere and seeing her face on anything and everything!! She has her own toothpaste !! Ugh !! WE ARE HATERS, I KNOW!!!! So David decides to get Brandon a Miley Cyrus card for his birthday and pretend like she wrote in it !!! haha It was so funny !! Cause now David messes with Brandon and tell everyone that He is in her FAN CLUB and she sent it to him !!! haha So here is a few pics of it!!!

HAHA DREAMIN' CHILLIN' STRUTTIN' STYLIN' ROCKIN' STARRIN' FLASHIN' SMILES!

Baby Shower && Brandon's Graduation!!!

It has been a crazy month . It started with going to visit Nate Jess and Breezy !! It ended with Brandon's Graduation, Family coming in town, and a Baby Shower (which would have not happend without Jess ) Thank you so much !! It has been a great and busy month and I am continuing to only get FATTER !!! UGH I HATED THAT PART BUT THE WORST IS NOT OVER !! Here is a Slide Show of some of the perks!

Let's Play Catch Up!!!!!

I have been horrible about blogging here lately!! SORRY !! Now it is time to tell you why!! well the beginning of May we went to Palm Coast to visit my brother, sister-in-law, and niece Brianna. When we were there my sister-in-law suprised Fidel with a 3-D Ultrasound which was absoultly amazing!!!!

As well as took some beautiful pregnancy pictures of Me and Fee!!

Now we are back home !!

I had a dr. appointment today and everything is normal other than the fact they think i am 2 weeks further along so they are measureing me at 32 weeks!!

which would move me too the end of july beginning of august!!!

shhhs....

So Brandon graduated and was an amazing event!!!

We are so very proud of him!!!! We had a family baby shower and it was great!!

I really thank Jessie for throwing it all together at the last minute!!!

Thank you so much!!! Our gifts were...............

• Mom - a homemade babyblanket, first aid kit for baby, and clothes, &bibs!!
• Jessie & Nate- only the most amazing stroller and carseat combo I have ever seen !!
• Synamon & Justin- A Huge Basket Full of Baby Randoms
• Carl & Crystal- Beautiful Brown Blanket
• Lisa- Diaper Bag and Cute Little Baseball Outfit
• Jessie & Nate- bottles, baby toys & I love mommy and I love hippos outfits !!
• Tim & Heather- Baby randoms, teething rings pacifiers, diaper genie
• Ms. Kennedy- Bassinet
• Mom & Steve- the cutest Bouncer

..............and alot of other baby randoms!!!

i will post pics of the graduation and baby shower as soon as i get them uploaded !!!

We had a blast and am sad to see everyone go!!!

oooooo mom also made the cutest cakes for the baby shower and was so proud of them !!! THANKS MOM!!!!

I LOVE AND MISS YOU GUYS ALREADY !!!

GRANDMA, GRANDPA, AUNTS & UNCLE IN CALIFORNIA WE LOVE AND MISS YOU GUYS TOO AND WISH YOU COULD HAVE BEEN THERE WE WILL SEE YOU GUYS VERY SOON ONLY A FEW MORE MONTHS TIL

GABRIEL FIDEL AYALA ARRIVES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Breezy's Bravery && Such

So most of you know that my niece Brianna has Cystic Fibrosis. Well next week my sister, brother, and sister in law is putting on a wonderful benefit for Cystic Fibrosis!! Which is going to have the great artist Ric Standridge and a music performance by Angie Aparo. 30% of all the proceeds are going the the cystic fibrosis foundation. It is going to be a great event and wish i could be there but i am actually going to visit them the day after. So Fidel & I are super excited about that. When we go visit them we are going to go and register for the baby shower and Jessie is going to take some pregnancy pics of Fee & I , and we are just going to have a great time seeing The Famous Brianna "Breezy" Shiflett, and of course it is always a great time seeing Nate and Jessie we haven't seen them since Thanksgiving !! I can't wait. I think we may have decided on a middle name we are thinking it might be James (thanks Nate for your suggestion) It is the name of my Late Grandfather James Henderson who was only the best man in the whole world. It is still up in the air but it is the winner so far. On another note Gabriel has been kicking the crap out of me all the time now. I remember not being able to wait to feel something it is aggervating but also in a strange way the most amazing thing i have ever felt. It is the feeling of love everytime I feel him move. && almost comforting to know that he is still in there. I miss you all and know I have been horrible about updating this blog in the last 3 weeks. I will put up new belly pics in a few days because it definetly is growing everyday.

Also in a few weeks there will be a cystic fibrosis walk so I wanted to share this amazing little video that Jessie put together about Breezy. It is great and even can make you a little teary eyed!!


Breezy's Bravery Great Strides 2009 from Innovative Eyes on Vimeo.



O one more thing this month is packed with fun times and is going to be a very busy month my little brother Brandon graduates, I have the baby shower & all my family coming in town, breezy's walk (i wish i could walk in but living in florida in may and pregnant i dont know if i could make it lol)) I CAN'T WAIT FOR IT ALL AND WILL BE SURE TO BLOG ABOUT IT ALL !!!

<3 IT'S A ............... BOY !!!!!!! <3

OUR DR APT. WAS AMAZING!!! We went to the ultrasound and was there for about an hour and a half!!! haha We def had no problem finding out it was a boy!!! That was the only picture he was wanting to give the tech. Haha We are so excited about our Lil Prince. as well as the rest of you. You all know it is Fidel's family's first time to be Grandparents or Aunt and Uncles well for my family they have experienced that but it is going to be the First LIL BOY!! The first GRANDSON OR NEPHEW!! (Imagin that i dont have to carry our name on so of course i would get the BOY!! ) SO I GUESS HE IS ALREADY PREPARING FOR HIS BIG ARRIVAL!! ok ok back to the ultrasound he was sitting so low the tech said she felt sorry for me cause he is sitting right on my cervix and bladder the tech took a pic just so i could show you all.



Anyways I will only post the best pics i have or this post would be super long!!!! I am healthy and so is the baby. I have only gained 6 pounds so far 3 of it was in the last month!! SHhhheeesssshhh !! AND THE DR. SAID THAT IT IS NORMAL TO GAIN ABOUT A POUND A WEEK UNTIL I DELIVER!! O NO


OK I HAVE BEEN TELLING EVERYONE THAT THE BABY NEVER STOPS MOVING!! WELL SHE TOOK A VIDEO JUST SO I CAN SHOW YOU !!! HE IS VERY ACTIVE.

GABRIEL __________ AYALA
GIVE US YOU OPINION ON MIDDLE NAMES!!!!

20 WEEK FACTS:

YEAH I AM HALF WAY THERE!!! GIVE OR TAKE A FEW WEEKS!!!


Your baby weighs about 10 1/2 ounces now. He's also around 6 1/2 inches long from head to bottom and about 10 inches from head to heel — the length of a banana. (For the first 20 weeks, when a baby's legs are curled up against his torso and hard to measure, measurements are taken from the top of his head to his bottom — the "crown to rump" measurement. After 20 weeks, he's measured from head to toe.)

He's swallowing more these days, which is good practice for his digestive system. He's also producing meconium, a black, sticky by-product of digestion. This gooey substance will accumulate in his bowels, and you'll see it in his first soiled diaper (some babies pass meconium in the womb or during delivery).

Congratulations! You've hit the halfway mark in your pregnancy. The top of your uterus is about level with your belly button, and you've likely gained around 10 pounds.

------> I HAVE ONLY GAINED 3 SO FAR !!! YEAH ME !!! THE BABY IS JUST GOING INTO THE FAT I ALREADY HAD!!!!

Expect to gain another pound or so each week from now on.

New Belly Pics 19 weeks 5 days

Ok so I think that it just might be time to take the belly ring out !!! Hope u like them I feel like I am getting hugh!!! Fidel thinks it is cute when i wear his shirts and my tummy hangs out the bottom!

What's New!!!!!!!

So far I have started to feel great!! (knock on wood) I have even started to feel some major movements from the baby!! I can even distinguish actual kicks!! It sometimes takes my breath cause I don't know it is coming and just puts me in shock. I love it!! We will find out the sex of the baby on April 3 that is 11 days away!! YEAH WE CAN'T WAIT!! ((I know the rest of you are just as anxious)) I promise we will make the calls one by one as soon as we get out of the appt!!

Fidel is absouletly my everything right now!! I love him more and more everyday!! He makes this whole pregnancy worth it so far and is just a amazing supporter i have really seen him grow up in these last few months. I can't wait for everyone to see it for themselves. I really just can't give him enough credit.
Now I will share a little story.....

Fidel and I were in the shoe store the other day .
If anyone knows Fidel he loves shoe and his Nike Air Forces.
Well I told him I wanted to go look at the baby shoes and so we went we got over to the section and i showed him a far of Nike Air Forces just like the ones he had on his feet for infants and some Jordans and bless his heart he got teary eyed. I thought it was so cute. Needless to say I am sure our baby will be in them shoes.
haha

I just thought i would share that story with you cause it made me smile. I asked him why he got teary eyed and he said because he got happy !!! Aww

19 week facts:

Your baby's sensory development is exploding! Her brain is designating specialized areas for smell, taste, hearing, vision, and touch. Some research suggests that she may be able to hear your voice now, so don't be shy about reading aloud, talking to her, or singing a happy tune if the mood strikes you.

Your baby weighs about 8 1/2 ounces and measures 6 inches, head to bottom — about the size of a large heirloom tomato. Her arms and legs are in the right proportions to each other and the rest of her body now. Her kidneys continue to make urine and the hair on her scalp is sprouting. A waxy protective coating called the vernix caseosa is forming on her skin to prevent it from pickling in the amniotic fluid.