BYU Game Day! Día de partido para BYU!

If there was ever any doubt about who Vanessa would cheer for you obviously don't know her mom  very well! Here is our Little Cougar! She watches the games with us and as you can see on her face she loves her COUGARS!

 Si tenían duda a quién le iba Vanessa obviamente no conocen a su mamá. ¡Aquí está nuestra pumita de BYU! Le encanta ver los partidos con nosotros como pueden ver en su carita y le encantan sus COUGARS o pumas!

¡Cómo he crecido!/ Oh, How I have grown!

This is just a little example of how I have grown! Este es solo un ejemplo de como he crecido!

This is June 28, 2011. Vanessa is four days old and it is time to go home! Esta foto se tomo el 28 de junio, 2011. Vanessa tiene 4 días de vida y es tiempo de ir a casa.

En el mismo payasito, Vanessa ahora tiene 10 semanas de vida. Vanessa is 10 weeks old and is wearing the same outfit!




Our little girl has brought us so many joys in the last 10 weeks. She is naturally happy and brings smiles to everyone she meets. Nuestra nena nos ha traido tanto gozo en las últimas 10 semanas. Naturalmente es feliz y le regala sonrisas a todos los que conoce. 

2 Months Old! 2 meses!

This is Vanessa on August 2011. Happy 2 months baby girl! Vanessita en agosto del 2011. ¡Feliz 2 meses niña linda!

 Here we are at our two month check up before the immunization. I am so happy in daddy's arms. 

Aquí estoy en mi cita con el doctor de 2 meses antes de las vacunas. Estoy muy feliz en los brazos de papá.

 Here mommy holds me and you can see that I am finally gaining some weight. Aquí me mamí me tiene y por fin se ve que estoy subiendo de peso.

 I am a calm little girl that only cries if I am hungry. When I am wet I get the hiccups and that is my parents sign that it is time to be changed. I can sleep with any noise in the background or in complete silence and have started sleeping in my crib that I inhertied from mom's side of the family. 

Soy una niña tranquila que solo llora cuando tengo hambre. Cuando necesito que me cambien el pañal, me da hipo y esa es la señal para que me cambien. Puedo dormir con cualquier ruido y ahor duermo en la cuna que herede del lado de la familia de mamá.

I am always smiling. I love to smile when people talk to me and I am beginning to talk to them as well. Mom has gone back to work so I make Tía Tania and Grandma Juanita smile during the day and make my parents smile in the afternoons!  Siempre estoy sonriendo. Me encanta cuando me platican y empiezo a platicar también. Mi mamá ya regreso al trabajo entonces ahora hago sonreír a mi tía Tania y a mi abuelita Juanita de día y a mis padres de tarde. 

Blessing Day/Día de Bendición

 Blessing Day brought many special things to our lives. El día de bendición nos trajo muchas cosas especiales a nuestras vidas. 

First it brought a beautiful baby girl who was blessed in her new and first white dress. Primero estuvo una nena pequeña en su primer vestido blanco.

Vanessa, Adrian and Bishop Soto.
Vanessa, Adrian y el Obispo Soto.

Segundo nos trajo la visita del Obispo Enrique Soto. Él fue el obispo de Adrian cuando salió a la mision. Second we had the visit of Bishop Enrique Soto. He was the LDS Bishop who sent Adrian on his mission.

The Talonia Family and the Soto's.
La familia Talonia y los Soto.

Third a beautiful butterfly showed of her wings at the Provo Temple where we had gone to take pictures with the Soto's. Tercero, una hermosa mariposa nos demostro sus hermosas alas cuando fuimos al Templo de Provo. This was special because our littel ones name Vanessa means "butterfly". Esto fue especial porque el nombre de nuestra pequeña Vanessa significa "mariposa".

 Fourth it brought lots of family members who wanted to spend the afternoon with Vanessa. Cuarto reunió a la familia ya que todos querian estar con Vanessa. 

Vanessa with Grandma Vikki. Vanessa con su abuelita Vikki. 

Vanessa con la tío Ismael, tía Tania, Soraya, Isabel y Carmelita solo falta el primo Jared que estaba dormido. 

Vanessa con su tía Rachel y primos Ellie, Rebekah, y Gabriel.

Tía Cassie y tío Richard

A sleepy Vanessa with tía Laralee, Bella and Leticia

Tía Faviola y la linda Vanessita.

Tía Ginni and Vanessa

The Final blessing was that it was my 35th Birthday. I feel so blessed to have been able to share this day with my beautiful baby girl. It was the most memorable birthday gift I have ever received. Por fin, fue mi 35  cumpleaños. Me siento muy agradecida con el Señor por poder compartir este cumpleaños con mi linda nena. Ha sido el regalo de más valor que he recibido de cumpleaños. 

La bebá Talonia llego a travez de una cesaria después de 23 horas de pitocin, oración y luchas. Al final de unos momentos horribles fuimos bendicidos con una niña linda que peso 2.32 kilos que se llama Vanessa.

Baby Talonia arrived via C-section after 23 hours of pitocin, praying and struggling! At the end of the horrific ordeal we were blessed with a 5 lb 12 oz beauty who we have named Vanessa.

Aquí Vanessa tiene 24 horas y en la foto de abajo esta disfrutando una siesta con su padre que está muy emocionado por su llegada.

Here Vanessa is 24 hours old and below she enjoys a little nap with daddy who is so happy to have her here!

This photo is Vanessa at 2.5 weeks old. She is growing and eating and sleeping like a normal newborn.

En esta foto Vanessa tiene 2.5 semanas de vida. Está creciendo, durmiendo y comiendo tal como debe una recien nacida.

I don't have tons of time to blog (as you can imagine) but I am so grateful to the Lord Jesus Christ and for the blessing of Eternal Families. We have been overly blessed and Vanessa is the joy of our home! Thank you to all you for your love and support.

Como se podrán imaginar no tengo mucho tiempo para estar en el blog pero estoy tan agradecida al Señor Jesucristo y por las bendiciones de familias eternas. Hemos sido mas que bendecidos y Vanessa es el gozo de nuestro hogar. Gracias a todos ustedes por su apoyo y amor.

Baby Talonia is a GIRL!

We are so happy to know that Baby Talonia is a GIRL! We are falling in love with our little girl and can't wait for her arrival! The Due date is about 4 1/2 months away. Time is going by so quickly but I think it's because I have been so busy.

Today we did some clothes shopping with Grandma Vikki. Yeah! Pretty girl clothes makes me smile! Can't wait to hold our little one that already likes to dance around in my tummy! : )

Estamos tan contentos de saber que la bebe Talonia es una NIÑA! Nos estamos enamorando de nuestra chiquita y estamos anhelando su llegada. Faltan solo 4 meses y 1/2 para que llegue. El tiempo está volando pero creo que es porque estoy tan ocupada.

Hoy fuimos de compras con Abuelita Vikki. ¡Yupi! La ropa de niñas es super linda y me hace sonreír. ¡Estamos súper emocionados para tener nuestra chiquita que baila en mi panza en nuestros brazos!

Now to pick names! . . . ¡Ahora para escoger nombres!

México, Playas de Rosarito

During President's Day weekend my husband and I took our mother Juanita to México. It was quite the journey and I am so happy that we had this ADVENTURE! Here are some pictures of our travels!This is Adrian and I with our niece and nephew. Our niece is Miram and our nephew Diego. We are on the beach and it was a beautiful day!
My honey and mom Juanita at the market! Huge papayas and the ocean in the background!
The Talonia Family! Juanita (mom), Adrian (my hubby), Diego (nephew), Mariana (sister), Miriam (niece), Elfego (brother), and Magna (sister-in-law).

The treasure a long lost picture of Abuelita Ana-Adrian's grandmother, and our children's great great grandmother.

Happy New Year!

From my behalf this has been an unpredictable and wonderful year. It began in January with a wedding proposal that I was expecting but was still surprised when it actually happened. It was a wonderful year for my job and career with me finishing my second year of Grad school two days before my wedding. Having a beautiful wedding in June as a half way point, with a wonderful breather in our Honeymoon in Canada. It was great to come back to work and school for both of us and then the greatest blessing finding out that we are expecting in November. The last two years have been a roller coaster of emotions with my change of jobs from Dixon to Mt. View and beginning Grad school. Now I have applied for administrative positions for the next school year and I will finish Grad school in April 2011. It is amazing how fast time has flown. I am also so grateful that Adrian and I have been able to meet our personal goals. For example: we finished reading The Book of Mormon together by Christmas Day and have started to read again. The Lord has truly blessed us and although I have to admit there are moments of apprehension of not knowing what is next, I am so excited and ready for the next year to come. Thank you for reading our blog, for allowing me an outlet, for your friendships and support throughout the years! May the Lord bless continue to smile upon us all is our 2011 New Year desire for you and your loved ones!

-Los Talonia

2010 in photos below:

January when we got engaged. En enero cuando me dio el anillo.

MVHS MultiCulutural Assembly and Student Club. Loved working with these kids! Los Estudiantes del Club Multicultural de mi escuela.

Our Engagement pictures in the Spring! Nuestras fotos para las invitaciones en la primavera del 2010

On our Honeymoon! En nuestra Luna de Miel.

Watching the fourth of July Parade with the kids! Viendo el desfile del 4to de julio con los niños.

Serving food at the fourth of July Stadium of Fire! Sirviendo comida en el estadio para el 4to de julio.

Girls night out in July! Noche de chicas en Julio!

Hiking the Y! Escalando a la Y!

Adrian's mom visits. La visita de la mamá de Adrian.

For Soraya's Birthday Adrian helps her sister Isabel out. Para el cumple de Soraya, Adrian le ayuda a Isabel su hermana.

Jared is born in July! Nace Jared en julio.

Thanksgiving with the girls! Día de Acción de Gracias con las chicas

Temple Square in December. La manzana del templo en diciembre.

Our First Christmas! Nuestra Primera Navidad!

Christmas 2010

Christmas was so much fun! This year we gathered at my parents home and ate: Chicken milanesas, mashed potatoes, smoked turkey, rice and beans (of course), salad and other sides. I made desserts my famous Christmas Lemon Raspberry Trifle (because I only make it for Christmas), jello and coconut pudding. Then after mingling and eating what I could, the kids had a white elephant gift. We adults, all 25 of us, also had a white elephant gift exchange. It was hilarious! Starting with Lilia's translation of everyone picking a present and getting naked! Below are some of the pictures.

Rebekah, Alex and Gabriel getting ready to open their White Elephant gift!

My mother, an adult woman fighting the family for the Friendship Bread that Lauralie (behind her in the white sweater) made. It was shameless and the funniest thing I have seen in years!

Christmas morning the kids wating for gifts from Tia Bibi and Tia Ginni . . . we are too good to them!

My beautiful mother with her sisters and brother: Martha, Lilia and Carlitos.

Our first Christmas as a married couple! Awwwwe . . . this is us at hope with our Christmas Tree, that we put up the week before Christmas.

Manuel and Grandma visiting together at the family Christmas party!

Christmas was great, with family, food and much laughter!

Expecting . . .

We are expecting it is official! We found out the first few days of November that I was almost 7 weeks along. The first week of December we had our first ultrasound. It was a little scary because they couldn't find the baby at first, and then they thought it was two. Well there were two sacks but one was empty. I guess that is more common than it sounds. The baby measured a little small so they are not sure how far along I am .

The baby is facing to the left. His eyes are dark black and has his arms out and legs out. He is sitting. When we finally got him on the screen he waved as if to say "Hello folks, I'm right here." I don't think I had ever taken such a deep breathe of relief. So for now we are due in July and your guess is as good as mine!

We will know in February whether it is a boy or a girl so we will keep you updated. I am doing ok. Have lost some weight but I think my appetite is coming back-every 4 hours on the clock if not I'm sick! This is a demanding baby as I am sure we both were-ha, ha, ha!

We would love name ideas. . . but lets keep them Latino so it goes well with Talonia!

More updates to come!