Early Birthday Celebration

The Magic of Christmas

The first thing first...we connected with my mom on skype so she could see the girls opening the presents Santa brought!...It was 6.30am for us...10.30am in Chile. For me, this is more than magic..its a HUGE BLESSING!!!...to be able to share moments like this with my mom even thought she is more than 10.000 miles away?!...count your blessing!...Sad, because we planned to do this with my dad. He wanted to see the girls for Christmas so bad and he couldn't this time. We are just hoping he can get better soon so we can see him again on skype. He always makes us laugh with the silly things he does and says. The internet connection was great so my mom was able to see and hear perfectly. She was really happy. We were too!

Cookies For Santa...

Santa liked the cookies...ate them all!

Ginger Bread "Skype" Houses

I don't get tired of saying over and over how much I love Skype!!!!. This time because we were able to do Ginger Bread Houses with my mom via Skype.
My dad has been in the hospital for a couple of days now. He suffered intense bleeding while he was at home. Thanks Heavens that my brothers, Claudio and Fernando were there to help him and take him to emergency room right away!. He fainted a couple of times in the car, because of the bleeding but at the hospital they were able to stabilized him, however he kept bleeding, he was not doing good at that time. I'm glad they kept him there 'cause at the hospital they have everything he needs in case of another emergency not the same situation if he would be home alone with my mom. They still don't know at this point what happened, they did some test but all of them came back normal so now they have to do some more and an endoscopy too, but he is not ready for those test yet. I called early today to check how is he doing and he is doing way better. He is not in danger anymore, but He is gonna have to stay in the hospital for a while. The doctors want to be sure he is 100% ok to go home, They don't want to take any chance that he will have a relapse. They don't think he would make it next time.
So, he wasn't there to do Ginger Bread Houses with us, that made me sad because he was so eager to do this with our girls this year. He was so excited to see them on line and share this fun activity with them.
My mom, Fernando, Claudio and David were there though. It was so fun. We laughed and teased the whole entire time!. They teased me about my silly design. My house looked more like an outhouse hahaha. Kyle, Dominique and Kayla's houses were so cute buildt and decorated...I guess I'm not the talented one in our family, haha!. My mom had a blast looking at Dominique and Kayla, how into the design and decorations they were. They couldn't even talk to my mom because of the intensity of the concentration on what they were doing. They didn't dare to be distracted. Fernando, Claudio and David were teasing me for my terrible work on my little house but of course cheering Mimi and Kayla for their wonderful work!. Skype is so cool that I even were able to take really clear pictures of my mom and my girls together!...HOW COOL IS THAT!!!. Well, The only one more thing I have to say is...MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!.

The Night Before Christmas

Its the night before Christmas Day...We decided to spend Christmas at home just the 4 of us...then, we changed plans and invited Ina to have dinner with us. Ina is my chilean friend who is a single mom with 2 kids. We had a good time, good food, and short with them, they left early so...then the girls wanted to open one present before they went to bed. This year we didn't have too much time decorating our home, planing activities, shopping or else. We did the best we can each one of us in keeping the Christmas Spirit in our home. My Dad was still at the hospital and the doctor said he is gonna stay there for one more week. I was sad because I knew he didn't want that in the first place and now he is stuck there. We did a little bit of skype with my mom. She was kind of sad because my dad wasn't home but at least talking to my girls made her a little bit happier. We told her we will call her tomorrow early morning right when the girls got up to see what Santa brought for them. Love the peace at home during Christmas...love the smell, love the movies and the cozy feeling inside our home. Merry Christmas to all!