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Monica, The Athlete
Monica is not just a hot wife, great mom, iron chef and aspiring major leaguer.. Well, sort of:
Seanna’s Perfect Gift to Daddy
What can be better than my beloved baby, my little lady Seanna calling me “Papa” over and over… And then me discovering her hilarious secret!
Love at first sight
It has taken me a while to write this blog first and foremost because I now have a lot less time on my hands. But I did want to write about this wonderful experience called motherhood and how it has changed my life forever.
October 27, 2009
After being all day at the hospital, anxiously and nervously waiting for the baby to be born, I thought that I had mentally prepared myself for her birth but boy was I wrong. I had prepared myself for the physical aspect of it, which I might add was a bit nerve wrecking also, I found myself shivering uncontrollably and praying to God that everything went well with the labor. When the time came to start pushing at 9pm, I could feel her presence more and more. I asked God for the strength to continue to push, and to help her wriggle her way to us and to help her come out without any complications. After 48 long minutes of pushing, she came out, a beautiful 7 pound 12 ounce baby girl. Even though we had been uncertain about her name before, there was no question that her name was Seanna. Seanna means God is gracious, which is exactly what He is, we could feel His presence throughout the whole pregnancy, during the long day and during the final labor stages. He kept us both safe, and continued to protect and keep our baby safe. We thank God for watching over us always, especially during that delicate time.
Seanna was immediately placed on my stomach by Dr. Hersh. That beautiful baby girl was mine, ours, our love child that God had blessed us with. I started crying uncontrollably out of happiness. I couldn’t believe she was finally here, finally in my arms. She was perfect in every way. I held her and didn’t want to let her go until they took her away to clean up. All that hunger, work and pain was worth being able to hold her in my arms.
This year has been adventurous I may say. A year ago, we were anticipating her arrival at my baby shower, and here we are with Seanna at almost 10 months and she is the most beautiful precious thing in the world to us. Its amazing watching her grow and learn new things every day. Watching as she developes her own personality and character. Thank God she is a healthy baby J I might add that we LOVE how chubby she is, I am enjoying each roll J
The first three months we spent together, during the day, it was just her and I. I would stare at her, sing to her, and talk to my curious little companion. She would very often move her lips trying to mimic what I was saying. When daddy came home, it would be my chance to sleep a bit, I love sharing my moments with her…but I did miss my sleep…those were days that I would not get more then 2 hours of sleep at a time. Even though she really wasn’t a feisty baby, both Seanna and I were getting used to each other and making our daily cycle work. It was a little rough for me, but I think I learned a lot, at least I hope so for the next baby.
Seanna is going places…
And so it begins… Her trip into this world.. and eventually out of my arms… out of these arms that long to hold her and carry her for life… My Seanna.. my sweet Seanna Sofia.. my love, you are growing up too fast.
Today my little lady, my little sweetheart, started to crawl. And with this, she filled our hearts with aspirations for the places she will be going, of the heights she’ll climb, with us and on her own. We are happy, elated actually and at the same time aware of that tiny seed of bittersweet sadness that was planted in our hearts and deep in the back of our minds… Bittersweet because our little lady is growing up and there’s nothing we can do about it. Soon she’ll be walking, riding her bicycle, going to school and then off to college and into the world… and then one day, one day I’ll be walking her down the aisle. And perhaps during the reception I’ll be talking about how I remember when she had just started crawling..
Oh my love, my sweet daughter, I pray so much for you. I pray that God grants us the wisdom to raise you in manner that is pleasing in His eyes. That we may teach you strength of character. That we may teach you strong moral values. And that when tested, because it will come, that you remember us, that you remember that we love you and have the highest of hopes for you. My sweet Seanna, in you lies the purpose of our lives, the love that we have poured out of us and into you so that you may have all that we didn’t, live as we wished we had, fly higher and walk farther than we had dared imagine for ourselves. And may your little feet walk the path of a woman that honors God. That is my wish for you. Oh my sweet child, may God give you grace in front of all, bless you abundantly and when the darkness comes in your path, may He light a lamp at your feet and guide you. Remember that He is in control. May you, my love child, may you always walk with Him regardless of where you travel…
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PS – I always thought that babies would take one little step one day and the another step the next, gradually being able to crawl. Well, apparently that’s not the case. Just yesterday I was trying to have her crawl and she wouldn’t. Then she saw Victor, my little 11 month old nephew crawling and kaboom! She started crawling a marathon today!
A letter to my wife in preparation for the World Cup.
My beloved wife,
This month, don’t forget that I love you. I will be back next month, once the World Cup is over. I may make daily trips to you during dinner. You are always welcome to visit me, I’ll be on the sofa, but please don’t walk in front of the TV. Oh, and bring beer and chips, that’s always a plus.
Your husband,
Alexxx
PS – If the baby wakes up because I’m screaming “GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!” it’s because she wants to celebrate, not because I’m loud.
2009 Year in Review
What a great year! Worthy of being in VH1′s “Best Year Ever” episode. I got promoted at work, bathed in 9 different beaches, become closer with my family, closer with friends, and received the gift of creating life: my little lady, Seanna Sofia.
She’s so beautiful. So adorable. So gentle. Tender and sweet. Just like the flesh that made her and carried her in her womb. I love how she smiles in her sleep, how she opens her mouth wide and closes her eyes when she yawns, how she makes sounds like a kitten when she cries — But I’m getting ahead of myself.
So let me start with the first day, January 1, 2009. Man, what a party! What a crazy youth-spirited reckless night! What loss of control, what disregard for the norm of society. It was fun. To be careless one last time. To sing along songs, out loud; to dance like a high schooler, raising a glass of champagne to love and life, and bring in the new year one last time without second thoughts, toasting along friends and my beloved Monica. Aniceto and Jose, Primo Productions, you are to blame for such madness. And that was it. No more partying like a rockstar. We felt that it was not for us anymore.
As far as getting the new year started, Bianca, Monica and I went snowboarding and man it was about 75% torture and 25% fun. We ended up on the ground so many times that I felt I had bursted an instestine. We hit the ground so hard so many times that even though we had gotten the “All Day” pass until 10PM, by 5PM we couldn’t get up anymore. When we fell, it took us a good 5 minutes of just laying there, motionless, groaning, gathering strength to get back up. The problem was that when we went, even though it was cold, it wasn’t snowing. Instead of snow, there was ice on the slopes. It was basically trying to snowboard on frozen concrete. Looking back, I don’t think it was the determination to master the bunny slope that kept us there, it was plain masochism. This was just plain painful. I wish we could have made it to the regular “grown up” slope though, but we’ll shamefully admit that the Bunny Slope punished us so bad we got scared. After we left, Bianca looked like she had gotten in bar brawl, Monica looked like she had married a wifebeater, and I, well, I still looked good.
In February, we visited our good friends Yazmine and JP in Puerto Rico. We really enjoyed our stay with them and got to visit different parts of the island. I had many times seen the sun at sunset, but never actually sat down to contemplate it and enjoy it. When we visited Dorado, we did exactly that. And it was beautiful. It was an orange reddish circle with a soothing glow, slowly being swallowed by the dark sea and the endless dance of the waves. I wrote about this beautiful experience here. We also got to visit hidden coastlines and experience Puerto Rico underwater; we went Scuba diving in La Parguera, a diving spot where you can supposedly spot whale sharks during their migration. Unfortunately, we were a day late. The guides said they had seen a 40 foot whale shark the day before. What a disappointment 
Puerto Rico was a lot of fun and its waters hold a special place in our heart since that’s where Seanna’s nickname “Sirena” came from. I was going to write about our scuba diving experience but didn’t get to it because Monica surprised me with the news that she was with child. I won’t be able to finish the second half of our Puerto Rico experience, but below are some videos and pictures we took of our dive trip. Although it was nice and full of corals, we were disappointed that there were very little fish. Weird.
Video of Scuba diving. From getting into the water, diving to bottom, seeing the “wall of corals”, to getting back on boat:
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Who has it better, Mom or Dads?
So through a simple Status Update on Facebook by a friend, Fatima, a furious, heated conversation was unleashed. Who has it better, moms or dads? Men and women alike rallied on both sides, battlelines were drawn, emotions ran high, tensions rose comparable to the Cold War days. Below are my thoughts based on my experience.
In terms of difficulty, I will say that women have it 65% vs dad’s 40%, yes it totals to 105% because, well, 35% for the dad is just too little, but 50% just seems unfair to the mom.
Yes, the woman will experience some changes, morning sickness and an expanding belly. However, what most people who haven’t gone through a pregnancy don’t know is that during first trimester the woman will have an “enhanced” look to her, sure, there will be some morning sickness, but it’s a tradeoff as it is offset by bigger boobs and booty (we latin men have an appreciation for good round booty that seems to keep growing). Not all women experience bad morning sickness. So as far as the first trimester goes, we’ll say that the dad has the advantage with 65% because he gets a hotter wife with no side effects on his end; the wife gets 35% because of the enhanced looks with side effects.
Now the 2nd trimester: This trimester is awesome and it’s also the easiest! The morning sickness if gone. Then the wife is starting to show a belly. You find out the sex of the baby. Everyone is excited and congratulating left and right. Generally people wait until the 2nd trimester to let the general population know about the pregnancy. Consider this the “honeymoon” stage. So, I have to give the advantage to the dad 60% vs 40% mom because of the slight weight gain.
The third trimester: This is the tougher part of the pregnancy. The baby moves and you can see it! You’ll see an elbow, or a leg sticking out of the belly. It gives dad and mom a “glimpse” into their little one’s behavior. However, this is a 70 % disadvantage for the mom because she can’t sleep how she wants to and is awakened by the baby’s kicks, which in turns causes a 30% disadvantage to the dad as he is also awakened by mom trying to get comfortable. This is the stage that the mom is getting bigger (she’s hungry all the time), her back hurts, her feet hurt, extremities get swollen (can’t wear wedding ring) and by the last month of pregnancy, she waddles around like a penguin. Mom doesn’t feel as attractive — but this is a huge flaw. Any men will tell you that when his wife is pregnant, that alone, for some innate reason, some natural process, some inalienable truth, is a turn on. Don’t ask why or how it happens, it’s one of those things that just do, like the migration of birds. Knowing that your beloved is carrying your child, your seed, your lineage, your generation; that you will only get to see her like that maybe only once, maybe twice, maybe three or fives times in your life, that is a turn on. Besides, that’s the stage when she glows, literally, take pictures, you’ll see what I am saying. This is the stage when she’s most radiant, more beautiful in a profound way. Yet, she doesn’t see it and this is the part when intimacy becomes tougher. So before you give the dad 0% credit, know that he is more than likely sex starved and is walking on tip toes in case the wife has one of those emotional tantrums hot pregnant women have been known for.
Monica's Pregnant Glow
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