Better late then never!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Things have been pretty crazy around our house and we were looking forward to some r&r for Thanksgiving week...alas it was not meant to be.
The week before Thanksgiving was pretty crazy. We had travertine tile installed in our downstairs entrance and of course I picked the most beautiful, but intricate pattern. So what was supposed to take 2 days is just now being finished this morning. More importantly, as we went to get the tile the radiator hose in our new, used Range Rover blew out. So a few days later and with our wallets much lighter we finally left for Dallas.
About halfway to Dallas around 10pm our SUV suddenly shrank to a low rider....literally....the dashboard lit up and instructions for us to not go over 35mph started flashing. So...Gabe and I...and the dogs...stopped at a picnic stop to try to decide what to do. We were 150 miles from H
ouston and 150 miles from Dallas...the only cities with a Land Rover dealership. After 2 hours on the phone with his parents a AAA tow truck finally arrived to come to our rescue. Gabe's dad, Tino and Tino Jr. drove down from Dallas to pick us up with the dogs. Needless to say we were ALL more then greatful when we finally arrived in Dallas at 3am!
The next day we tried to sleep in but baby Madrid likes to wake up early...and so does mommy now. So I was up at 7am and poor Gabriel got up to. We spent all day with Gabriel's family cooking and going between houses (his parents live next to his older brother). We had a late Thanksgiving dinner and enjoyed some family and friends time on the patio. Gabe's brother-in-law's parents came over to take pictures and we got a great one with the dogs. For once they actually just sat there! Too bad we had to leave the 3 cats and bird at home :) They aren't too keen on taking pictures anyways.
Gabe didn't sleep that night for fear the Land Rover dealership wouldn't be open...but luckily they were at 7am on Friday. While everyone was out hitting the malls we were at home waiting for a diagnosis. Luckily it wasn't too bad. Our truck has electronic air suspension and evidentally the computer driver went out. Something that could not have been foreseen but we didn't much appreciate being stuck in the wilderness either.
So we're now back in Houston counting down the days until Christmas. I have bought 1 present for Gabe and that's it. Luckily Houston is a great shopping city :) Yesterday I had 2 job interviews for a management position with my current company, BMC. They went great and I have an interview with the Director sometime this week. Exciting stuff!
As for baby Madrid....Gabriel discovered a few weeks ago from one of his books that the baby is now urinating. So everytime my tummy hurts we say the baby is peeing :) Nice huh. My tummy is slowly growing but not too much yet. Everything was great at our last checkup and we will hopefully find out if it's a boy or girl at our next appointment, Dec 15th. We can't wait!
Take care,
Bethany
The week before Thanksgiving was pretty crazy. We had travertine tile installed in our downstairs entrance and of course I picked the most beautiful, but intricate pattern. So what was supposed to take 2 days is just now being finished this morning. More importantly, as we went to get the tile the radiator hose in our new, used Range Rover blew out. So a few days later and with our wallets much lighter we finally left for Dallas.About halfway to Dallas around 10pm our SUV suddenly shrank to a low rider....literally....the dashboard lit up and instructions for us to not go over 35mph started flashing. So...Gabe and I...and the dogs...stopped at a picnic stop to try to decide what to do. We were 150 miles from H
ouston and 150 miles from Dallas...the only cities with a Land Rover dealership. After 2 hours on the phone with his parents a AAA tow truck finally arrived to come to our rescue. Gabe's dad, Tino and Tino Jr. drove down from Dallas to pick us up with the dogs. Needless to say we were ALL more then greatful when we finally arrived in Dallas at 3am!The next day we tried to sleep in but baby Madrid likes to wake up early...and so does mommy now. So I was up at 7am and poor Gabriel got up to. We spent all day with Gabriel's family cooking and going between houses (his parents live next to his older brother). We had a late Thanksgiving dinner and enjoyed some family and friends time on the patio. Gabe's brother-in-law's parents came over to take pictures and we got a great one with the dogs. For once they actually just sat there! Too bad we had to leave the 3 cats and bird at home :) They aren't too keen on taking pictures anyways.
Gabe didn't sleep that night for fear the Land Rover dealership wouldn't be open...but luckily they were at 7am on Friday. While everyone was out hitting the malls we were at home waiting for a diagnosis. Luckily it wasn't too bad. Our truck has electronic air suspension and evidentally the computer driver went out. Something that could not have been foreseen but we didn't much appreciate being stuck in the wilderness either.
So we're now back in Houston counting down the days until Christmas. I have bought 1 present for Gabe and that's it. Luckily Houston is a great shopping city :) Yesterday I had 2 job interviews for a management position with my current company, BMC. They went great and I have an interview with the Director sometime this week. Exciting stuff!
As for baby Madrid....Gabriel discovered a few weeks ago from one of his books that the baby is now urinating. So everytime my tummy hurts we say the baby is peeing :) Nice huh. My tummy is slowly growing but not too much yet. Everything was great at our last checkup and we will hopefully find out if it's a boy or girl at our next appointment, Dec 15th. We can't wait!
Take care,
Bethany
posted by BethanyJoy at 11/28/2006 05:39:00 AM
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