Happy Easter/Feliz Pascoa!!!

Happy St. Patricks Day but most importantly Happy "Enzo lives in the US" day!

Today marks the 3 year anniversary of Enzo packing his bags (actually it was only one bag and it wasn't even filled) and leaving behind everything that was familiar to him from his entire life.  It is a special day but it is also a reminder to us both of everything that is still found in Brazil.  

Growing up, I never thought I would get married.  Honestly, I was a strange child.  I never played with baby dolls with the hope that one day I would be a mommy and I for sure never thought  would ever meet someone who I would want to spend the rest of my life with.  I think I was perfectly content with dating and never settling down.  Thank goodness God had other plans.  With this being said, not only did I meet someone, I actually met someone who was willing to give up everything in his life just to be with me.  This definitely makes our love worth something.  

In a way, March 17th is a bigger holiday for us than any Valentine's day or anniversary.  It is the day my groom swam a deep ocean just to be with me.

Here is a toast to 3 years of being together and here is another toast to the previous 3 years before March 17, 2006 of fighting all odds.  

Evelyn's One Week Photo Shoot

A friend from high school has a great photography company (www.ninemusesphotography.com). She came over and did an incredible job with capturing our little Evie's beauty! She was also there for the birth of Evie. We haven't gotten the labor and delivery pictures yet but I probably won't post most of those! They might be a bit too graphic for our rate G blog! We got a sneak peak of those last week and they were amazing. Poor Jessica (my friend who is the photographer) was possibly traumatized due to my epidural not working. I don't know if she will ever want to do live birth photography again!

Uma amiga do segundo grau é fotógrafa (http://www.ninemusesphotography.com). Ela veio visitar e fez um ótimo trabalho ao fotografar a beleza da nossa Evie. Ela também estava no nascimento da Evie. Ainda não recebemos as fotos do parto, mas acho que não vamos postar muitas dessas fotos de qualquer maneira. Elas podem ser um pouco "fortes" para o nosso blog de "classificação livre"! A nossa amiga (Jessica Patterson) nos mostrou algumas dessas fotos semana passada e elas ficaram fantásticas. Coitada da Jessica (nossa amiga que fotografou tudo), ela deve ter ficado traumatizada depois que a anestesia não funcionou. Eu tenho minhas dúvidas se ela vai querer fotografar partos depois dessa... ;)

Maternity Leave

I love being at home with my new baby. She is perfect. Chores and such don't get done because all I want to do it hold her. Enzo is the same way. Luckily, he works from home. Sometimes during his meetings he holds her in one arm and the phone on the other. Tonight we went to Blockbuster to rent a movie. When we got home we decided not to watch the movie and just sit and watch her instead. It is much better than any movie. I wish maternity leave could last forever. Unfortunately, it won't and eventually I will have to immerse myself back into the world of teaching. We have a great church family who keeps supplying us with food so I don't even have to cook....I just hold my baby. Thank God for times like these. I know it won't last forever but we are trying to savor every moment. This is better than any vacation could ever be.

Evelyn at the Hospital - February 27, 2009

Evie Waking Up - Evie Acordando

Evie's Belly Button and her First Booger

Today we took Evie to the pediatrician for the first time.

Her belly button fell off there (at only 4 days old) and as a plus: when we got home we saw her first booger...

;)

Greencard, again!! :)

I got a letter from USCIS in the mail today congratulating me that I got my unconditional permanent resident card (valid for 10 years). Now I want to start looking for info on the US citizenship test/process so I can know exactly when to apply so I can become an American ("I will be proud to be an American!). That would also help having my mom here to help with the baby.


God is amazing: in the same week I get my sweet Evie, I also get a document that will allow me to stay here with her. :)