Today

Hmm were shall I start. Liliana is still running a fever for the 6th day. The doctor called me and stated that the test results were fine, he gave me his office number to call him back to state how she was doing. He wasn't in the office when I called, but I will call in the morning because she now has a rash on her back! Her fever got all the way to 105 again today, so frustrating having a sick child and nobody has any idea what is going on! To add insult to injury I called my realtor this morning to check on a house and it had six offers :( We will just have to keep looking, it also sounds as if she is getting frustrated with us, I hope we can find something soon so she can make a sale and we can move.
Amongst all the negative there is good news, I am trying to find a teaching job in Tracy, so that when we do find a house we will both have jobs in Tracy. I went to an interview yesterday and found out today that they are calling my references and current employer, hopefully that is a good sign!

Well I better get off to bed, tomorrow is our end of the year program and I have to start at 8 instead of 11. Hopefully tomorrow Liliana will feel better!!

Maybe Just Maybe they are getting smartter

Well once again we took liliana to the doctor, she had been running a temperature and had been lethargic. Well after 4 different doctors none of which where her primary care physician they got smart. The doctor said he could not see an infection and that before telling me that it was viral he would rule out any non visible infection. He order a urine sample(to test for UTI), blood work, and a throat culture. Wow what a concept you rule out an infection before just blanketing it as a viral infection. Poor Liliana went through a lot of pain today, but i stayed strong for her. One thing I do like about Kaiser is that they send the lab results to your email. I know I am not a doctor, but it appears so far that the urine culture and blood work came back negative for infection. Now I feel like I put Lili through all this pain for nothing, but it is better to have known then to go on wondering. I just hope she starts feeling like herself again soon.
Hopefully everything goes well at the babysitter tomorrow as well, Marco and I are both working and my mom can not watch her because she has a doctors appointment tomorrow.

As for everything else, I only have 3 more work days before summer break. Tomorrow is water day, and the kids should have a great time! Leslie comes to visit in less then 3 weeks! Still no house, but lots of stress! In addition, I am down to 158 pounds, wow I feel like I shed a whole half a person! That's 40 pounds down 10 more to go, even though I don't feel like I lost that much a feel amazing!!

Frustrated

So my mom stayed with Liliana today, because I had to be in Tracy at 9:30 this morning for a meeting and would be unable to pick her up and take her to the baby sitters and make it to work on time.
Well I noticed this morning that she was a little warm, i didn't think much of it since my parents do not use their ac at night. Then I call my mom to see how she is doing, and she has been lethargic and sleeping a lot and felt warm. ERG I have no idea what is going on, but I am NOT Leaving the doctors office until I find out today!!

Update

Liliana has been able to maintain a healthy temperature since about 6 o'clock last night. No sign of any rashes, so maybe I am thinking it was her 1st year molars she has 1 on each side of her mouth. We will just hope that the fever was a fluke or teeth and nothing more, since the doctors couldn't seem to find anything else!

The Last Couple of Days

We went to Tracy on Thursday, in a mad rush to look at a house. We liked it, made an offer to latter find out that due to the housing market disaster funding has changed!ERG!!!
We ended up staying at my moms, Liliana woke up at 3:oo AM with a fever of 101. Since Friday morning she has been running a temperature. I called in sick to stay with her, because Marco had worked his last night of nights but couldn't stay with her for 4 hours so I could go to work.We went to the doctor Friday, and the first doctor said she had an upper respiratory infection(cold), the second said she could have hand, foot, mouth disease or a urinary tract infection. We went back twice in the same day because instead of subsiding her temprose to 103. All last night she continued with the same temperature. We woke up today and the temperature continued at 103 and there was no sign of hand, foot mouth disease. We continued treating the fever with Tylenol and then at 3:00 her fever spiked to 105 and it was off to the doctor again, except this time by the time we saw a doctor at 6:30 her temperature had dropped to 100, Motrin and a cool bath did the trick! We got a third and different diagnosis of Roseatia. She told me not to worry if the temperature continues but if it is past Tuesday I will have to bring her in again. We will wait and see, but I just feel miserable because Liliana is soo uncomfortable. She has been so lifeless and just wants to cuddle with us which is sweet but very unlike her! I just wish that the doctors could all be on the same page. It is difficult especially with a weekend to see the same doctor, but if things do not improve we will request and require that we see her primary care physician on Tuesday.
It has been a long few days and I am just hoping that she starts to feel better soon!

Friendly fun

Today we went to Melanie's birthday celebration! We had a great time! I think Liliana had the best time of all, she was the center of attention. She was quite good at it too. She showed off all she knew and her beaming personality! Everyone had a good time walking her around and playing. Liliana enjoys hanging out with Kevin, she is all smiles within a few minutes of hanging out with her. (he will make a great dad someday as will Melanie). I especially enjoyed getting to hang out with Melanie, we always have a great time! Melanie was right she was soo tired from all the parting that she went right to sleep when we got in the car. Picture from the festivities to come soon)

In other news, my cousin(lili's godmother) will be here to visit in less then a month. I am supper excited, we are like the best of friends more like sisters!! Still no house but the perfect one will come soon! We have an offer submitted but its been nearly 2 weeks darn REO's take forever! Summer officially l starts this weekend but summer break starts in 7 working days!! I can not wait to spend more time with Liliana and Marco!

Oouch

We all know that kids are bound to get hurt, but for the first time Liliana actually bled. She was crawling on the floor and slipped and landed belly down. Well in the process she bit the inside of her lip and started bleeding. Luckily Marco was home and was able to calm me down cuz I was hysterical. We identified that she had not broken a tooth and the bleeding stopped within a few seconds. Its just unbelievable how much my heart ached because she was in pain! She was fine only a few short seconds latter but I felt horrible! As much as I want to be everywhere to protect her I am well aware that this will be one of many times that stuff will happen!! My she always have her guardian angles watching over her!

San Francisco and Padrinho

Today we went to San Francsico. We left here at 8:30 in the morning and got back about 7. We went so that we would not look like a tourists showing tourists around. We took the BART to Civic center and then got on a bus to Golden Gate Park. The park is about 3 miles long and 1.5 miles wide. We walked a good portion of it. We then got on a bus to go to the Palace of Fine arts and the explortorm ( we did not go inside). That bus had a stop right next to the Golden Gate. When we got to the Palace we sat by the lake there and took notes on our experience thus far. Then we got just a little lost finding the next bus to catch(yet another reason we went) to go to Fisherman's Wharf. We ate at the Rain forest cafe. The Cafe looked just like a rain forest, but there food was a bit pricey. Then we walked to Pier 39 and to St. Peter and Paul Church (We passed Lombard St. along the way). Then we had 2 more stops to make but Marco had a accident leading us to go home a little earlier then planned. We didn't take any pictures because I did not want to spoil the surprise for my cousins and not to mention I forgot my camera.
Liliana had stayed with her grandparents at home. We regretted not taking her, yet we didn't know where we were going or where we could change her so it was best that she stayed, much to my dismay. This was the first time in 9 months that I had left her behind other than at the sitters. They had a great time with her though , and I called in about 400 times to check on her!!

Then we got home and had dinner as a WHOLE family. Yes Padrinho was home for dinner. He is too cute, he is this big mucho man, but when it comes to Lili, she has him wrapped around his finger. She was a little cranky and he asked to hold her. He was too cute, we were eating pizza and he would take a bite and give her a small piece to eat, it was just adorable and of course I had nooo camera! He is too cute with her!!

Today

Today was a good day!! I dusted and vacumed Liliana's room and our room! Put away laundry and cleaned and mopped the kitchen. I also made dinner (even tried a new recipe). It was delicious!! Here it is:
Cheesy Seasoned Oven Fries
Ingredients:
1/2 Cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
1/2 Teaspoon Garlic Salt
1 Teaspoon Onion Powder
1 Teaspoon of Paprika
3 large Baking potatoes, thinly sliced
2 Tablespoons Vegetable Oil

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 425. Grease a large baking pan.
2. Combine Parmesan, Garlic salt, Onion Powder and Paprika in a large resalable plastic bag
3. Combine Potatoes and oil in a large bowl; stir well. Add several potatoes to bag at a time (repeat until all potatoes have been coated with seasoning. Shake to coat4. Bake, turning once, until crisp outside, about 25 minutes
Then after dinner Lili and I went for a walk around the neighborhood and watered the lawn!! Today I feel like I was Mrs. Clever!! Go Me!! I guess blogging about your challenges helps u own up to them!!

People

Its amazing how people can take advantage of others! I worry about little things like running an errand while Lili is at the sitters, asking a friend a favor or simply stating something that can be perceived as something else.
Yet others will take advantage of ones giving and understanding nature to get what they want. Then when you put your foot down you find out that they are taking advantage of others giving nature!!
I was never one to hear my parents talk about money nor do I choose to talk about finances to friends or family, my money my business. It just blows me away!! I guess Marco and I are too nice!! We will eventually learn our lesson!!

Challange

It amazes me how some women have the prefect balance between being a wife, mother, employer, and woman. I for one admire those women that have figured it out!!
I sometimes find myself struggle trying to keep the house clean, laundry done, dinner cooked and playing with my daughter and not losing my cool. Playing with my daughter and a few others take priority. Yet I am far from the perfect mom though. I have had my patience tried a few times, yet would not trade this opportunity for the world!!
Men have it so much easier they go to work, come home and enjoy the rest of there night with No care in the world because they know there woman will be there to take care of them and the children!!
For the women that my be reading this blog how do you manage?
I feel like I run all day and nothing gets accomplished. My husband says its partially the computers fault because I spend time on here when I could be getting other things done!! He is probably somewhat right, but I would never admit that to him!! I also miss the weekends, lately we run back and forth between here and Tracy and so weekends are spent travailing and not cleaning and organizing!!
Hmm I am sure that one day I will look back and have all the answers but for now I better go clean the mac and cheese out of Lili's high chair!!

Pismo Beach

This past weekend we went to Beach. We left town at 4:30 and arrived at 9:00. We had a good time. We walked the pier and local shops, relaxed. Liliana her first taste of clam chowder and Cinnamon roll, built her first castle, had sand between her feet and wet her feet in ocean water. We got to hang out with Marco's brother Albano and his girlfriend Sara. We had a great time. On the way back we took the coastal highway, very pretty but not worth the extra hour on the road with a toddler. I know feel like I need an extra day to recover from all the packing and unpacking!!