Easter and Spring Break 2009

Back to life....back to reality.....we are back from our Spring Break adventures! George arrived on April 8 and we hung out in the city until April 13. We walked down Reforma on a Sunday afternoon, visited Chapultepec, the HardRock cafe, ate some yummy tacos, soent eah day at the fair, and prepared to leave for Acapulco!

We left early early on Monday morning and arrived at our hotel at about 11:30 a.m. We changed into our bathing suits and hit the beach! We ate lunch on the beach and hung out for a bit. We then drove to watch the Cliff Divers. That was awesome! The next day we went to a free breakfast, went to hear about a time share (waste of time, but the breakfast was sure good). We went down to a beautiful beach and spent the day there relaxing, swimming, talking, relaxing...you get the drift! We ate some yummy dinner and crashed out for the night. On the third day, we went to the beautiful beach once again. We lounged around, left to eat pizza for lunch, then went on a sunset cruise of Acapulco bay. It was beautiful and relaxing. We got back to the hotel and relaxed, ordered in dinner, and crashed out. On the fourth day we all woke up dreading the fact that we were leaving. We got ready to check out of the hotel. We were then going to hit the beach before leaving for Mexico City again. Enrique and I got to talking and decided we should stay for another day. George agreed and we went to pay for another night at the hotel. The hotel was booked up for the night, so we decided to go find another one. We did! We got a beautiful ocean view room at the Avalon hotel so we checked in and spent the day at the beach once again! We went to see the Cliff Divers again that night, passed by the HardRock Cafe, and ate dinner at Planet Hollywood (thanks George!). We also did a little souvenir shopping. The next morning we woke up and went right down to the beach. Around noon we checked out, went to eat lunch, and headed back to the city. What a great trip! I feel totally refreshed, but I also feel like we saw a ton while we were there!

Easter was great! We dyed eggs with Gabby the night before and when she awoke on Sunday morning she found her basket and looked around to find hidden eggs. We spent the day walking in the city and passed by the HardRock for a snack.

Almost Spring Break!

Only 4 days left until Spring Break! Acapulco here we come!!!!! Our good friend George will be coming for about 10 days. We are planning to do some sight seeing and spend some time on the beach relaxing in Acapulco! Yeah! We will post pics as we take them!
Gabriella is growing up sooooo fast! She is so darn cute and smart! She learns so fast and she is a real charmer. She loves being out and talking with people. All our neighbors just love "gabbin" with her and it is so cute!
Hope all is well.
LFG

Visit With Tony

We were lucky enough to have a friend stop by Mexico City for a night on his way back to Utah, Tony Yapias! Enrique picked him up from the airport and brought him to our house. We went to our favorie taco place and ate 2 kinds of alambre. Tony thought the tacos were delicious! It was so great chatting with him and hearing about his trip to Peru.
It was a great visit, quick but great, and before we knew it, it was time to say goodbye to Tony! He took some great pics and hopefully he will be coming back this summer with his wife!
Hope all is well!
La Familia Gonzalez

On A Personal Note...

Things have been moving along here and time has been flying by! I am getting very excited to come home for visit this summer...We have been trying to the baby her Mexican passport, but because my maiden name is on her birth certificate and my married name is on my passport they won't issue it. They are telling me to go and change my passport back to my maiden name, which means I also have to change my visa here among other things. Que cosas. I don't really care if she has a passport from Mexico. She has her US one. The thing that is worrying me is that her visa to get into Mexico has expired and I don't know what they will say when we try to leave the country. I prefer to just pay a fine and go on our merry little way, but since she is technically Mexican they will want her to leave and enter Mexico on a Mexican passport. I feel stuck because we have been to 2 different passport agencies and they both basically said the same thing. I am irritated because there should be somebody that we can talk to that can authorize the stinkin passport since obviously I am who I say I am. The main problem is that the systems are different for how they list a mother's name in Mexico and in the US and the agency here doesn't want to notice that this is a bit of a different case since I am a US citizen. I really hope we can get this solved because I am really worried about it.

Please send positive thoughts that this will be resolved sooner than later. It is one of those worries that eats away and eats away no matter how hard I try to push it out of my mind....

Playin on the New Potty

We got Gabby a new potty. We aren't going to attempt the potty training quite yet, but we figured if she has the toilet and can "bond" with it a bit maybe it will make the actual training a bit easier.....we'll see! There is also some video here of her in motion. The video if from Jan. and we have been meaning to get it on here....here you go!

Growing Up!

Gabby is about 13 months now and walking is now her preferred mode of transport. She adores going for walks outside and making friends. She is so much fun and we are enjoying being parents!

I am in awe of her each and every day. She is just so happy, so curious, and so adoring. I am starting to believe that a huge part of parenting is to be able to nurture her and provide safety and security to her while allowing her to keep her curiosity, happiness, and adoration of everbody and everything. I don't know when I began to lose these traits (I like to think I am still a bit curious....), but I want to strive to help Gabby keep them as long as possible.

Acapulco, Baby! SLC friends eat your hearts out!

This past weekend we were invited to Acapulco with some friends. They have a condo there...right on the beach! It was so beautiful, quiet, and relaxing. Gabby loved swimming in the pools....she wasn't too fond of the sand or the ocean waves, but she had a great time anyway! She got to play a ton (or tease shall I say) her friend William who is only 6 weeks younger than here. He was running all around and she was crawling around chasing him! Yes--she has regressed to crawling....faster, maybe?

Anyway, we had a wonderful weekend with our friends. It was so nice to get out of the city and relax. It is so amazing to think that places so beautiful are right here in Mexico....