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Friday, August 22, 2008

Going Well....

So, I have managed to make it through my first week at Winpenny School. It was been a whirlwind, but it has been a great week. I really love the other teachers. As far as the new English teachers, there are 4 of us from the states, 1 from England, 1 from Canada, and 1 from Scotland. We are all coming with varied teaching backgrounds and it has been really great getting to know them and working with them.
The kids are really neat. They are well traveled and speak very good English. They are very polite and we have a lot of parental support. The director of the school is amazing. She started the school with 5 kids and now has about 400 kids attending. She is very smart and has a clear vision for the students. I really feel blessed to have ended up somewhere so great!
Enrique and Gabriella are having a great time! Gabby started CRAWLING today! She only goes a few moves before she goes back on her tummy, but she is definitely moving her arms and legs and getting around! Give her another week........and she will be outta here! She is getting so big. Next week she will be 8 months already!
We are settling in nicely. Our little apt. is quite cute and we have gotten all the necessities. We are learning our way around and usually spend the weekends exploring. My Spanish is really beginning to improve and we are speaking it alot around the house. I am still sad that we cannot be a family in the United States, but I am glad we are here right now. It is a great place for our little family to be.
Hope all is well. Hugs and kisses....
La Familia Gonzalez

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

7 Months

So, Gabby is 7 months old now (and a week or so) and she is growing like crazy! She is still as skinny as can be (don't know where she got that gene from!) but is getting tall! She can say ma ma, pa pa, da da, ba ba and can wave goodbye! She is still working on crawling---just needs to move her arms---right now she is scooting around. She is still cutting her first tooth and has been a bit under the weather this week---lots of drool, biting hard, etc...She is drinking from a sippy cup (she never took to a bottle or pacifier) and always wants to feed herself!

I still cannot believe how amazing each day with Gabriella is! She does new and wonderful things each day and is so exciting to figure things out each day. She is adjusting quite well to being in Mexico (I think she misses her grammy like crazy though!)

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

We Made It!

Okay.....I know it has been a while since we posted...but we made it to our new apartment! It is a cute little apt located about 3 blocks from the school I will be working at. The apt. has 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, kitchen, living room. The landlords remodeled the bathroom and hung new doors so it is quite cute! We bought a new T.V., dining table, washer, stove, king size bed, matress, shelves, etc. so we are set for a while!

We got into Mexico on July 13 and went to stay with Enrique's family for about 2 weeks while the apt. was getting renovated. We have been in the apt. for about a week now. The trip from Chignahuapan (where Ricky's family is) to Cuajimalpa (where we live) is about 3-4 hour drive. We bought our furniture in Chignahuapan and had it moved here. The plan was to leave at 5 a.m. and follow the furniture truck. All was well and left a little before 5, but at about 5:20 a.m. our car broke down while en route! Enrique looked at everything and tried to do what he could in the dark...but we had to wait until a shop opened at 9 a.m. to have it looked at. Gabby and I slept in the car and a mechanic soon came and we discovered it was.......a fuse!!!! Go figure! We got back on the rode, but the furniture truck was long gone. At any rate we made it in record time and found the furniture and got all settled!

A few days ago we took the bus and metro and took Gabby to the zoo for the first time! She loved it...not sure if she loved the animals or the stroller more, but she had a great time!

My29th birthday was this past Sunday. It was nice. Enrique got me a dozen roses and Gabby got me the cutest mug! George bought a cake and ice-cream (Ben and Jerry's) and it was great! We walked around the city and just hung out. It was really nice. Thanks to everyone who sent birthday emails! That was neat!

I go back to work on Friday at 7:45 a.m. Enrique will be taking care of Gabby while I work. He is having a blast with her so I think they will have fun while I work. We just got our internet, cable, and phone hooked up today so blog updates will be more regular now!

I have posted some pics we have taken since we have been here. Please keep in touch--email when you can!!!!!!

Hope all is well! Much love,
La Familia Gonzalez