Claire's Birthday

This weekend we took a quick trip up to College Station to celebrate our goddaughter Claire's birthday. She had a blast on her birthday!

It was great to see my cousins and my BFF Angela. I miss hanging out with my girls!! BTW, Rosie is not pictured --she was too busy being the Hostess with the "Most"ess!
















Oh, and here is a project Shawn & Justin have been working on. They built a 17 Mach II. Not sure what that means, but they are proud of it. And here is a cute picture of my niece Isabel.

Boy or Girl?

I know you dying to know! Thanks to all those who voted. The majority voted correctly.....IT'S A BOY! That is the first thing we saw. I am posting a picture of the evidence. I am sure HE will not be happy that I shared this with everyone in the future, but oh well. Shawn and I are so happy. We both had a feeling it was a boy early on. Now I get to go out and buy lots of blue!!! Thanks for letting us share. ~ Shawn & Cristina

20 weeks

So anxious for tomorrow. I feel bigger and bigger everyday. I must confess it is partly the baby and partly the fact that when I am stressed I EAT. And let me tell you I am STRESSED! December cannot come quickly enough.

Here is a picture Shawn took of me today...after a 12 hour day of work for both of us. Luckily, I love you guys enough to blog. You can even see our anxious dog Tyson. I will post again tomorrow...hopefully with news about the sex of the baby.

19 Weeks

This blog will be short and sweet. I am off today to study and relax before taking the university comp test. I hope I pass, because I do not want to miss more work. But you know me...I can't be home alone and study hard core. So I figured this was a great time to post pictures. I am 19 weeks(beginning of 5th month), almost halfway there!! We go for our big ultrasound in 9 days!! Here are some pics:

October is here!

Howdy! Time is flying by and I can't believe that in 20 days we will find out what we are having. If the baby cooperates!! Today I had another doctor's appointment. Things are going smoothly. I have gained 5 pounds, the baby's heart rate was 151 BPM. The only problem I am having is some swelling in my legs and Dr. Cantu thinks the pain in my leg is a varicose vain, not my ligaments. Isn't pregnancy swell? -- Literally!

Shawn stays busy. This morning before wok we had the conversation about "what we are having". I think we are both just hoping to have a healthy and happy baby -- no matter the sex. One question we get all the time is if we have picked names. The answer is no! We want to wait to see what it will be first, then we'll start thinking of names.

Bad Bull

As an Aggie, during my visit to College Station this past weekend I was truly offended by seeing fellow Aggies and non- Aggies wearing this garbage. I am reposting this letter to the president because it rings so true. Never in my 28 years as a resident of College Station and a student have I seen such utter disrespect during a presidential campaign. As an Obama supporter, I would never wear the BTHO Mccain shirt. Go back to Fish Camp, Real Aggies lead by example!!!!!





To President Murano, Vice President Weber, Executive Director Garner, and the Battalion:

I consider myself to be a proud member of the Aggie family. Both of my parents, an uncle, my wife, two of her cousins and my younger brother attended Texas A&M University. I graduated from Texas A&M with my B.S. in Computer Science in 2004 and have been a doctoral student at A&M since. I was born and raised to be an Aggie and believe that the Aggie spirit is one of respect, civility, and decency. However, today I found myself ashamed to be an Aggie. I saw a undergraduate student wearing a shirt with the slogan “Beat the Hell Outta Obama”. Regardless of one’s political stance, I find it to be un-American, distasteful, and betrayal of an the spirit of an Aggie. The students current and past of this University have dedicated their lives and in many cases died defending our country and to promote physical violence against a Presidential candidate is a tactic that one would expect in a fascist or communist dictatorship not in the land of the free. Both candidates love their country. Both candidates want to see America prosper. The decision should be based on facts and issues not slogans, rumors and thinly veiled racism. We as Aggies should stand for a better nation that does not resort to cheap tactics and illegitimately co-opting Aggie traditions for the sake of an election.

Paul Logasa Bogen II ‘04 ‘10
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Computer Science

taken from: http://www.technomagick.com/wp/2008/09/03/a-dishonor-to-the-true-spirit-of-the-aggies/

I love our new couches

Howdy! Tonight is so exciting!! The debate which I hope you are all watching. Another great thing is that we got our new couches today. They are so comfy, love 'em! So much so that I will share a picture with you.









I am trying to post once a week to keep my audience entertained. ;) So this week has been crazy busy. Getting back to work and making up for a missed week. Extra meetings, rushed deadlines, translating (ugh!), grad school stuff! I was talking to my mom giving her the rundown of my week --- and she says "Don't forget your pregnant!" Such a mom thing to say. In a baby update, I am pretty sure I am feeling movements. They are random and not very strong, but they are present. I always get a little smile on my face when I feel them. On top of all this, I got so many comments on my belly today. Hola panzona! Guess my shirt was too tight. :o)

Well at least the week is over and the semester already seems to be flying by. In less than 3 months I should finally be done. I think to myself I will never go back to school -- well at least not in Ed. Administration -- too boring. Maybe a PhD in Bilingual Ed or something in the far away future. But I digress....

Shawn has had a busy week too! I sure miss the days when he was an hourly employee and he actually benefited from working these long hours. I am so impressed with his stamina and commitment to work. They better what they need out of him because he is going to have to spend more time at home in about 5 months!