Our weekend and Super Bowl XLV

We finally were able to get out of the house on Saturday and we ventured out to the grocery store first. I was absolutely amazed and scared by how bare the shelves were. We did not find any milk or eggs there, but that's okay as we were doing okay on both. Plus, Ipolito is allergic to eggs and Jose doesn't like them. We let Ipolito take a nap after that since he was falling asleep "driving" his car at the grocery store. Afterwards, we ventured out to eat at Hoffbrau with our nephew, Bubba (he's 25) and then went to get Jose's keg and Target. All in all a boring Saturday spent running errands, but it felt good to just be out of the house after four days of house arrest! On the sad sad we did spend quite a bit of money running those errands! :(

Enjoying some cuddle time with Mommy! He is also saying, "cheese"

On Sunday we did our usual morning routine of going to Church (praying the entire time Ipolito stays good - since we both refuse to sit in the baby room) and lunch with my parents. Then Jose took me driving around Sundance Square in Ft. Worth. I really wanted to get in the thick of things with the Super Bowl being in town. Unfortunately I had planned to do this on Friday but was unable to due to the weather. It was amazing seeing all of the people! I really wanted to get out and walk around but we thought it wasn't such a good idea since Ipolito had been sleepy.  Next we went by Cowboy Stadium to see how close we could get. I must say we got pretty close before we decided to get bail.  Parking at a restaurant (that wasn't even close to the stadium) was $100. I was floored. Then we saw how much it was at Six Flags and again I was floored!  Ipolito got mad when we made our U-turn and told Jose to "Go back! I want to see football!"

Outside the Steelers hotel in Ft. Worth

Go Steelers!

More Steelers action!

Cowboy Stadium! We were able to get pretty close!

The AFC/NFC hot air balloons!

This is how much parking was & it wasn't even close to the stadium!

We ended up having my nephews, niece, brother, and good friends Celia & David with their daughters come over. It was fun! We pretty much had a house divided with supporters of both teams! Ultimately the Green Bay Packers won!

Matthew

My Marcus the Green Bay Packer!

Ipolito & Madison

Here have my apple Ipo!

Winter Wonderland...or ICELAND!

Since our wonderful Houston weekend we have been getting back into the grind of school and work. This week we have had an awful ICE/Snow storm. I work Monday/Tuesdays and all day Monday I was super worried about what we would do with Ipolito because on those two days I work his Tio/Tia pick him up and take care of him until I get off of work. Well, we finally decided I would just take him to their house that way him and Mateo (his cousin) would be in the same place. It turns out the ICE storm was in full force when I woke up and school was cancelled so I just took him to his Tia's house and off to work I went. It took me 25 minutes to drive 2.5 miles to their house. Then another hour to get to work. I was so scared and my windshield wipers were not working very well against the heavy ice that was falling, but by the Grace of God I made it.  Coming home was another story. It was awful, but luckily I got behind a sand truck and drove very slowly home, praying the entire time. Luckily Jose didn't have to go into work and already had Ipolito. By the time I made it home I had to park in the street on pure ice. We have since stayed in every day since. Jose had to go into work last night and this morning when he came home he said driving in this weather was the most awful thing he has ever done in his life! He couldn't see the lanes or  where he was going. It took him two hours to get home, but again, by the Grace of God he made it. He did have to go in this afternoon and we will just have to pray he makes it home safe and sound.  

 Eating dinner with Papi while Mama is working

 It is yummy!

I have graduated from wearing a bib - actually he will not wear one!

As for Ipolito, he was so excited to go outside and as soon as Papi woke up he asked to go out. We all got ready and bundled up. Well, we were outside for approximately for 3 minutes and Ipolito didn't want anything to go with the snow or being outside, so we came back inside. It took us longer to get ready than we were outside! 

 Not so sure about this...

 Uh...can someone pick me up?!

 Papi & Ipo

Neither one was very happy by this point!

He has been keeping himself and us entertained the past few days. Yesterday, he was singing, "Baby, Baby, Baby, Ooooo" by Justin Beiber. It was so cute! Today he woke up from his nap & we were watching the end of Fresh Beat Band....well it came to the part where they beat box & Ipolito busts it out...I just sat there shocked while my two-year old beat boxed & sang!! Then he said, "Come on Mama...sing!!" Oh this kid....had me laughing so hard! He has also been dancing around and literally eating out of house and home. We are out of all of his favorites: fresh fruit, goldfish, yogurt, yogurt smoothies, orange juice, and apple juice. Luckily we have a huge box of "dinosaurs" aka fruit snacks. Ipolito hasn't been feeling well the last two days because he hasn't eaten that much and has been a bit cranky. I hope he doesn't get Jose's cold.  His cousins are sick too, so hopefully he doesn't get anything. I need to go to the store badly, but am not about to go out in that weather until it is above freezing (hopefully tomorrow). I have been quite inventive in the activities we do. We have had dinner in the living room, watched TV, colored with his "yellows" (I think that means colors -crayons), and watched lots of Mickey Mouse. 

 Eating dinner in the living room

 Yummy!

 Coloring a picture with his "yellows" aka colors

 Showing his legs...he insisted on pulling his pants up and not wearing socks despite the cold wood floors.

Napping - see his socks around him?! He doesn't like to sleep with socks on either!

I had so much planned for this week like a physical, a dentist appointment, a massage, school work, and work outs. I also had wanted to drive around downtown Ft. Worth to look at all of the Super Bowl stuff. Hopefully we can get out tomorrow afternoon to shop for groceries and go out to eat. I guess it depends on how the roads are. Well, I have been sitting here for about 45 minutes...I better go check on my little monkey (really I have gotten up numerous times). 

Houston...we have arrived!

Well, it has been awhile since I have updated the blog but we have been busy around here traveling, working, school started, and we were snowed in the last FOUR DAYS!!! Prepare yourself...this may be a long post...


Houston Weekend
On the weekend of January 22-23 we went to Houston for a quick trip. We really wanted to get away for a weekend while I was between semesters to just relax and enjoy ourselves so we decided to go to H-town for the weekend  overnight. It turns out that Jose, who has been off every Friday for a couple of months, just had to have a class at work that particular Friday. So, what did we do?! We decided to take it in stride and leave early Saturday morning. So we woke up at 0500 Saturday morning, took our time getting ready, and left our house at 0650. 


I was super worried about Ipolito since the last time we went on a "long" ride was when he was an infant and that ride wasn't so much fun (he turned blue on the way to College Station). BUT...I had to realize that was then and this is now. Plus they (the wonderful doctors we went to) decided it was just a fluke or a malposition of his head, so the chances of that happening again were pretty low. Still...if  you know me...I am a HUGE worrier!


Well, we had the DVD player ready, his favorite movies, snacks, plus a bag of toys and activities to keep him occupied and apparently that did the trick. He had so much fun and knew we were going on a "ride" to see Papi's friend's, Kiko & Roque. We played, sang songs ("The Wheels on the Bus"), and watched movies. He stayed awake the entire trip and we made it Houston around 0945-1000.  We went directly to Kiko's house and went to breakfast/lunch at a lovely diner. There we ordered Ipolito some pancakes with specific instructions to use a clean spatula since he has an egg allergy. They brought him some pancakes in the shape of his favorite mouse, Mickey. They were cute but not very tasty (I tasted them). He took one bite and would not take another. I guess he can taste when something has egg in it because he usually takes one bite and won't take another, that and he breaks out in welts or turns splotchy and red (which he did). So, I had to go to the car to get his Benadryl. The diner did have amazing orange juice! It was freshly squeezed and super yummy.

 Mickey Mouse Pancakes

Ipolito about to chow down!

After our delicious meal we drove out to the outlet mall with Kiko & Iris (his wonderful wife). Ipolito decided it was nap time at that point since he had been awake since 0630 and had Benadryl on-board. When we arrived at the mall it was warm and sunny outside. We put Ipolito in his travel stroller (which I am glad I convinced Jose to bring) and set off for some shopping. It was fun shopping with other people, which I haven't done in a really long time. We each got something and had fun times with amazing friends. I got a new Coach purse & some hats to wear when I exercise (have you seen my hair??!!). Ipolito got a new basketball & Jose got a shirt. Ipolito behaved amazingly well. He was quiet the first half of the mall b/c of the Benadryl then he was just taking everything in. It didn't hurt he got to go to the play area a couple of times and ride the rides along the way. After we left we went to Chick-Fil-A and shopping for the upcoming BBQ that evening. Ipolito fell asleep and woke up when we got to the hotel. Ipolito really liked Kiko or as he called him, "Cookie." He would say, "Okay Cookie."

 Riding the rides

Driving his truck

Riding the Lion King animal (I can't remember his name)! Ipo said it was a horse.

We stayed at the Omni Hotel in downtown Houston and it was spectacular. It was a very beautiful and we got a good deal. I would definitely stay there again. Here is where we started to run into some trouble though. Ipolito ate his late lunch/dinner and about 20 minutes later started telling us his "poo poo" hurt. I told him it was okay to go poo poo b/c Mommy or Papi would clean it. But he just kept saying it and his tummy was "owie". We went back to Kiko's after we got ready and Ipolito got crankier and crankier, which isn't like him at all. He is usually very busy, active, and happy. It soon became apparent something was wrong with him. He couldn't go #2. He is a very regular little boy (2-3 times a day) and until that point hadn't gone at all. I figured it was because he was off of his schedule and because he hadn't eaten too much.  He eventually got more crankier and just wanted to lay down which isn't like him at all. He then got super hot. Jose & Kiko went to the nearest store and bought him some prune juice, Tylenol (ours was at the hotel...I know...Mom of the Year award), and glycerin suppositories.

 Starting to feel bad. You can see his facial expression

Papi relaxing

I had taken his temp when they were gone and it was elevated. I immediately gave him the Tylenol and prune juice. Then we went down stairs to the guest bathroom and proceeded to give him his suppository. Let me tell you it was the most awful thing I have EVER done to my child! I wanted to cry and he kept telling me his poo poo hurt. After about 30 minutes, the Tylenol kicked in and our little boy was partially back to normal. He wanted to play Kinect with his papi and was smiling....still no poo poo but he was turning the corner. Once we arrived back to our room he let it all out. We all went to bed and slept like babies. 

We did enjoy the BBQ Kiko and Iris had in our honor. The food was amazing and it was nice to see some of the college crew. I was also able to out dance Kiko on Dance Central.  I told him I was good. The next day we woke up, took our time getting ready, and went to eat at a restaurant they had in College Station, Los Cucos. It was just as we remembered...YUMMY! Ipolito still didn't eat too much but that was okay. Afterwards we went to Roque and Diana's house to the spend the afternoon. Ipolito wanted to go see "Cookie" but we explained it was Roque's turn. He like Roque as well and called him, "Rockfy." We had lots of fun. They had a BIG dog named, Bo and Ipolito was terrified of it! Actually, I am not telling the entire truth, I was also terrified of him, but Roque and Diana were nice about keeping him away from us. We headed home that afternoon and Ipolito slept almost the entire way home. I was glad to be home and put Ipolito back on his schedule. 

 Wow....look at all of these remote controls....the possibilities are endless!

 Cutie

 Feeling bad :(

Feeling better...playing Kinect with Papi

 Hotel Lobby

 Ready to go see Rockfy

The Doctor

A few days later, I decided to take Ipolito to the doctor because his dreaded cough had returned and he was still complaining his poo poo hurt. It turns out he had a double ear infection. His first ever! After getting him on antibiotics his cough and elimination problems cleared right up.  Now...Ipolito LOVES medicine. I have no problem getting him to take it and he actually looks forward to it. I really have to keep it out of his reach b/c I worry his love for it might get him in trouble. 

This weekend was a busy one that's for sure and of course Monday always comes too soon! On Saturday we went to Papi's work to do some paperwork and afterwards we went to Stride Rite at Firewheel in Garland. Ipolito LOVED walking around outside and he got two new pair of shoes! Afterwards we went to eat at Cristina's Fine Mexican Restaurant and boy was it bueno! Ipolito immediately started eating the chips and hot sauce. He loved it! He kept dipping his chips in the hot sauce and eventually started to try to pick up the bowl so he could just drink he but we told him no! So, what did he do next?! He got a big spoon shaped chip and started using it to slurp up the hot sauce. We also got some queso since he loves it so much and he ate all of that with his "pizza" or "TILLA" aka his tortilla. The boy can eat!! Of course he fell asleep on the way home and that was all the nap he needed. 

You can see he is going to town on the salsa in the pictures above. Soon after he started eating it he just moved the bowl (that was mine) closer to him!

 Later after we got home, we also got to spend some time with Cowboy Keenan, his lovely wife Margarita, and their beautiful daughter Genesis.

On Sunday we did our normal routine. We went to Church, had lunch at my mom's, and then had family nap time (i.e. Mommy & Ipolito nap time).  Afterwards we just relaxed at home and watched some football and Ipolito sat at the computer watching his favorite, "Mickey Mouse."  All in all it was a great weekend and of course too short. In the coming week, Jose and I will celebrate our anniversary and we are going to Houston just to "get away" before school starts. Here are some pictures from my parent's house of Ipolito playing and me just playing with the camera.

 See what I have to put up with?!

 Take 2: Not much better than take 1!

 Ipolito playing with the kitchen at Grandma's house. He made everyone something to eat!

 Eating the food he made and sitting with Joy & Bubba

 Playing pirates

 My little cutie!

 Wearing Grandpa's hat

 Goofy boy

 My wonderful Mother and I

Have a great week! 

Thursday night-Friday fun!

Well last night we went to the mall for some shoes and were unsuccessful at Stride Rite. They are coming out with new designs within the next month so they aren't replenishing their stock, which sucks for us. I mean, my son needs shoes now, not next month! So...tomorrow we are going to North Park to look for some shoes for the boy.

Afterwards we went to my mom's house for some Thursday night fun! I took the other 5 pack of hot dogs and some chips and guess what?! Ipolito had another 4 wieners for dinner plus some tomato and a small amount of chips! Oh I can't forget his 3/4 of bun he ate too. Where does this boy put it all? The doctor told me to let him eat what he wants (healthy foods) since he is so skinny but still!

We got to have dinner with the Marcus, Matthew, Marissa, Bubba, and JJ as well. Ipolito just LOVES JJ. Once about a month ago we were saying our prayers and he said, "JJ too." It is always JJ this and JJ that. The moon and sun set on JJ.

Ipolito with his cousin JJ.

When we came home last night I set out to clean Ipolito's bathroom for like the 4th or 5th time in the last week to do a final disinfecting since we all had been sick for the past week. Well I realized that he was very quiet and if you have little ones you know that isn't always a good thing. Well, I found him in the family room watching "Olivia" eating the chicken strip he had tried to eat the night before! He was eating a cold piece of chicken! I just shook my head, got the camera, and let him be. He said it was good or "yummy" in his specific words. I guess he must have got that from my side of the family. We, Beserra's, loves our chicken.

The chicken thief.

Today both Jose and I went to get Ipolito from Ms. Shari's house together since he is off today. Ipolito jumps up and down and gets so excited to see his "Papi!" Afterwards we went to that buffet off of I-20 called Furrs. Ipolito ate well (as if he wouldn't). He had some fish, chicken, veggies (carrots, peas, and green beans) and some French fries. I actually had to get up to get him more veggies and French fries after I was asked so nicely by Ipolito. Then he had some sugar free Jello (red) and asked for more, so I obliged and brought him some blue as well. Well, the child ate it all and I'll be darned if that blue Jello had sugar in it! He was just talking, dancing, and being silly! It was funny and cute but I am glad we do not give him sugar all that often.

Well tonight is a supposed to be relaxing night for all of us! Hope you are having a wonderful Friday and a great weekend planned!