Madrid Family Update

So we have been pretty busy lately. Two weekends ago we traveled to Dallas for a "family and friends" baby shower hosted by Gabriels mother and sister-in-law Michelle. We had a great weekend with the family and enjoyed getting to see everyone. You can see all the pictures on www.themadrids.com.




My parents were able to join us and brought some adorable "surfer baby" items for the nursery. I'm sure baby Madrid will love them! Annette and her mom, Yvonne, were also there - despite some food poisening adventures. Chrys, Mike, Oliver and Jordan joined us...Oliver is so cute! We had lots of family and Dallas friends! We played some hilarious games...including "sculpting" a baby (or something) our of playdo and identifying different diaper smells. Yuck! You can see from the picture below...Gabe was so excited!











This past weekend we took on a few more challenges that need to be completed before baby Madrid gets here. We had Ricardo start working on the nursery wall and french doors. It is now week two but things are getting done slowly and surely. He's such a patient worker! Take a look at the blurry camera phone picture....you'll notice ALL THREE CATS sitting in the middle of the construction zone. Every day when the workers leave they try to regain their territory. They are such a mess!



Gabriel has been hard at work on the backyard. He cleared out (and hauled) over 100 tiles to a donation center...then cleaned everything off (yucky poopoo) and leveled it out for some St. Augustine grass. We got everything done, but ran out of grass...so that is a "to be continued" project for next weekend.

I think that's about it. Baby Madrid is doing great. He's already a little gymnast! We are all anxiously awaiting...only 49 days (or less) to go!

Later - Bethany

Getting ready for a big weekend!

So we officially have 8 weeks left...we had calculated 10 but hopefully the doctor is correct. It seems way too close! Still so much to do.

Last weekend Gabe and I both had flu symptoms and spent all weekend trying to rest. We did get out of bed enough to get the guest bathroom completed. It looks great!

So we made a little discovery. Gabe starts snoring and I always yell at him at night to try to get him to stop...like that's going to work! Well I guess the dogs can't stand it either. When we were sick Gabe slept downstairs and apparantley Bailey decided he wanted his quiet room back...so he started barking everytime Gabe would start snoring or breathing hard. YOU GO BAILEY! Finally I'm not the only one that it annoys!

This week has been the strangest weather...which I guess in normal for Houston. We have been spoiled with beautiful, 70ish weather with clear days every day. Well a few days this week we had the usual Houston hurricane rain. We had a doctor's checkup Wednesday afternoon and spent a few hours in traffic thanks to flooded street.


Tonight we take off for a few days in Dallas. We have a family friends baby shower at Gabe's families house Saturday afternoon. Can't wait to see everyone! And Amanda, Gabe's aspiring neice that is an aspiring photographer - is going to take some belly pics this weekend. Fun stuff huh!

Too much work!

I thought this picture was cute (not so clear but oh well). Gabe has been getting lots of calls from work in the evenings and last night he decided to steal the babies rocker for a bit!

Neighborhood Parade & Exxon Retirement Party

Yesterday we took the Bentley and Bailey to our neighborhood "WOW" (Washingston on Washington) parade...right down the street. Since we live in a "developing" neighborhood in a historic part of Houston the WOW group was created for preservation and to encourage neighborhood growth. The neighborhood has really changed since we moved in two years ago, but there are still Taqueria's on both side of us :)

The dogs were pretty cursious about the whole parade thing. They couldn't sit still long enough to figure out what was going on. As soon as the firetruck came Bailey jumped into Gabe's lap like a scared kid. It was hilarious. Even though he is more then twice Bentley's size he is has such a scaredy cat personality at times. Oh and notice the long hair...he's going for the shaggy dog look this spring. Unfortunately it hides his beautiful blue eyes!

Our local Houston "Art Cars" were of course a main feature. In any other city they would be considered junk but in Houston they are Art! There is actually an annual Art Car parade which brings out a lot of weirdos in town. It is neat to see everyone's creativity on display.

Bentley thought the lady with the iguana was pretty cool, but he would still rather meet and great all of the people. He's definitely a people dog

Last night we went to a fancy Exxon retirement party for one of Gabe's coworkers. We enjoyed a nice evening with friends and had WAY too much steak. We both highly recommend Pappa's Steakhouse for any special occasion. There was a photographer there who took several pictures of my "baby tummy" so I will post those as soon as we have them. This one was pretty decent....

Until then...take care!

Bethany