Dear Blog world - I had a baby - and here she is!

Yes, it's true. I did have a baby! Which explains my complete absence from blogging. Ella Catherine Ramos was born on 9-20-11 and is already 4.5 months old! Craziness! We lover her so so so so much and are enjoying her cute and sweet personality. She giggles and laughs, likes to read books, chew on toys, and watch us eat.
Here is a picture from yesterday, very up to date :)

And here she is just one day old :) 6lbs 20'' born at like 1am on a Tuesday at Yale New Haven Hospital. Funny thing about her hair, on the top grows!

The Last Campout! Adirondacks!

So we went on our 'last' camp out for a while. The baby is coming, then winter, then who knows where we'll be and if we'll want to go camping there!

The Adirondacks have been a place that I've wanted to check out since moving up here. Not sure why - but I did, and we went! First off the Adirondacks are HUGE - so picking an exact place to go was challenging. I was more interested in Mountains than lakes...so we aimed to stay near Whiteface mountain in the 'High Peaks' region. Whiteface Mtn. is right next to Lake Placid - and we camped at a KOA camp ground right by both places. We lucked out with an ideal campsite and had a blast.

Here's our little set up :) We love out little tent. Every time we camp we marvel at how much we love it. It's a Wenzel - you should get one :)

Sitting in an Adirondack Chair IN the Adirondacks!!!! We are in the town of Lake Placid, looking at Mirror Lake.

Right along our campground was the flumes waterfall of the Ausable River. It was really fun exploring and we went to a swimming hole area to take a dip - no pictures - we miss our waterproof camera!

 Then we were off to tour some of the Olympic sties from the 1980 Winter Olympics. Here is Daniel on the bobsled/luge/skeleton track. We got to walk all the day down! Look how vertical this turn is!!!!

Then to the Ski Jump area! 

Scary at the top! Who thinks of these 'sports'?!!

 Here's where athletes (and kids) practice in the summer! How fun! 

We also got to go up on a Gondola ride to the top of Whiteface Mountain! 

 (it was a bit hazy from the humidity - but down below is Lake Placid)

 The trip ended with Daniel winning first place for best camping hubby ever. He was very helpful and did all of my jobs for me to help me feel comfortable while camping at 7 months pregnant. I made reservations for this trip about 4 months ago, when I knew nothing about anything. As the aches and discomforts of the 3rd trimester began, I started to become nervous for this trip. Daniel was really great and really did help make everything much better than I could have imagined. Thanks babe! 

T - 3 months!

Our baby girl will be here in 3 short months! Yesterday was her -3 months bday :) We get more and more excited as each day passes. With only 3 months left, I'm in the final stretch. I can already tell I'll greatly miss the simplicity and ease of my 2nd trimester. Here is my first official belly shot at 27 weeks. Isn't funny how sometimes you feel big, and other times you feel small?

I think this week my first official craving has begun...luckily it's just chocolate, and not anything strange :) Every single night for over a week I have been needing chocolate. I made a big batch of no bake cookies to get by until my next trip to the grocery store.Yummm :) 

We purchased a stroller from Craigslist and are really happy with it! The carriage can face forward, flip around to outward facing, or just come off completely so you can snap in your carseat instead. There are a few minor dings here and there, but it is so functional and was such a great deal that they don't bother me at all.

Our little babies Grandma's are also so excited for her arrival! Both my mom and Daniel's mom have been sewing precious keepsakes for her over the past few months. I love each special item so much. She is going to be one loved little baby. 

 Dresses

My mom and I made these cute and super simple dresses in May...they even have matching headbands :)

 Susan made this blessing dress! I'm still amazed at her sewing skills! It's so beyond anything I can comprehend. Isn't it just gorgeous?!

 The whole set, dress, slip, booties and a bonnet!

Quilts

Susan whipped together this quilt in a matter of hours! She made the top while at my place one afternoon, and then we took it to the farm in Maryland to quilt it. Daniel's grandparents live on 'the farm' and we go there a few times a year. Grandma Cox is a big quilter, so we put the baby quilt on her big frame and all started quilting - Susan, Aunt Connie, Daniel's sisters Raquel and Cristina, Daniel and Myself all have stitches in this quilt :) Isn't that neat? I just love it!

My mom inhereted this quilt top about a year ago. Since it was just a top, it was in perfect condition, never used. After months of debating, we finally confiremd it was sewn by my mom's Great Grandmother. My mom has been fixing little details, adding borders and giving it all the TLC a little quilt could ever need. Now it's being quilted by my mom and her quilting group in San Antonio. They are adding beautiful designs to it, making it even more lovely. This quilt will eventually go to our little girl, making it 6 generations deep! How neat is that?!

What fun we've had! Even more to come once she's here!

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to our wonderful Dads! We love you!

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Crossing off the bucket list!

Hey Guys! We've been having fun going on a few north east get aways this spring! We're nearly done with our 'places to go' bucket list! Yippe! Each place we've visited has been so neat, I wish we had time to revisit some of them - but with short summers, rare long weekends, and shallow pockets - once will just have to do!

If you want to go sightseeing up here, let us know if we can help! If I could, I'd go back to Palmyra and Maine this summer, but those are both too far away to fit in a repeat trip. Newport, RI is a place we've been many times, and still love. Newport, and NYC are closer destinations that we have been to often and still love.

We went to DC over Easter weekend and visited Daniel's sisters. We saw all the monuments, a few museums, the temple, and ate some awesome fresh seafood. We also visited Mt. Vernon, which was really really cool. We spent Easter with his Grandparents and Aunt's family in Maryland. It was a fun trip!

Last weekend we went to Cape Cod, and camped at a beautiful state park right there in the cape. We biked around the rail trail, got some more fresh seafood (we like to eat, and try the local fare) and drove down to the very end of the cape in Provincetown. We also got to visit the Cape Cod Potato Chip Factory, which was a highlight for Daniel. While camping we had a run in with a chipmunk! He stole a pack of Reese's from our campsite - and then ran the bright orange package up into his tree home! We couldn't believe it! We watched the whole thing happen right in front of us! The Horror!!!!!!! Quote of the trip - "It's all fun and games until the chipmunk steals your reese's!"

Now we only HAVE to go to Montreal (June) and camp in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York - near lake placid (July). If we want to get away in August or September, we can but wont have too. And same goes for after the baby is born. All the important stops will be out of the way, so we can just sit back, and enjoy the beginnings of parenthood!

Our sweet little Girl!

Here is an updated picture of our little baby! We found out Monday that she is a girl! The best part about the ultrasound was just seeing that she is growing, healthy, and seems to be perfect! We would have been happy either way, and are just happy to know what 'it' is! Still due on September 28th, and wiggles around all the time. Daniel and I have fun feeling her move around, and felt sorry for her after seeing how squished she is! 

Look at those gymnastic skilz! This is when we were starting to feel bad for her! All cramped up! Poor girl!

Fun Free Stuff - Redbox, walgreens, cinnabon

Hey Friends! There are some fun free deals out there that are just to good to keep to my self :)

Free Wallgreens 8x10 photo collage - http://dealnews.com/Walgreens-8-x10-photo-collage-for-free/459965.html

Free Redbox rental - http://dealnews.com/Free-Cinnabon-Roll-for-Nurses/460101.html

Free Cinnabon for Nurses - http://dealnews.com/Free-Cinnabon-Roll-for-Nurses/460101.html

All these were listed on a cool website dealnews.com. Daniel got me into it, and now I check it every day to see if anything fun comes up. Daniel checks it for all the electronics, but home/kitchen stuff, clothes and shoes, magazine subscriptions, ect is all towards the bottom. Check it out sometime, or see if you can use any of the free stuff available right now!