Unbelievable..... but true!

My computer is not working, and I did not got the chance to download the Christmas pictures nor my birthday pictures........ therefore, I do not have anything to show you. But I can tell you......
We stayed at home since it was a bit cold so everybody came to my house to spend Christmas Eve together (family tradition), in which we await for the next day to come. As a tradition, we open presents after midnight, rarely we leave some for the morning.  On the 24th. the boys went to sleep at their usual time (8:30 pm) but the girls stayed awake 25 minutes passed midnight (until some presents were opened).
I'll like to thank my family for the support and all the effort!!! God bless you ;)

Well, I have some photos to share...

taken on 12/26/10

Fernando and I

Aaron.... looking at Auntie Viviana

My sister Grecia & Matilde



Quints Dedication to God at Church....

As part of our beliefs, we do not baptize the babies but what we do is present them to our congregation and dedicate them to God like Mary and Joseph did to Jesus. So we choose our witnesses or God parents for each baby..... it was great to have all the people I love with us.

 During the dedication @ main atrium

My beautiful mom with Matilde

My handsome father with Matilde

 Aunt Graciela with Isaac



Aaron's God Parents

 Above: Monica & Steve

Below: Hector & Elsie

 Priscilla's God Parents

Lilian & Natalie

 Sister Blanca & my Lady Pastor Mardaly

Orlando & Melissa

My sister Viviana & Walter

Matilde's God Parents

Aunt Mayra & Auncle Santiago

 My sister Grecia & cousin Denisse

and Evelyn

 Joel's God Parents

Above: Ana & Dario

Below: Diana & Robert

 Isaac's God Parents

Alex & Vanessa

 Nicolas & Daniela

 Carla Diflavia

And Minina & Oscar Mendoza

(not in picture)

above: my sisters, dad, and I

below: my sisters, mom, and I

This one was taken right after the dedication @ the dinning hall

Elsie's Birthday!!

Elsa is a dear friend of mine and sister in Jesus Christ.....and with the complicity of Ana and Dario and the help of my cousin Denisse, we ventured to Katy (we drove nearly an hour) to surprise her on her birthday. Her house is one of the few places I feel free to visit with all the babies.....

Me holding Matilde, Elsie holding Aaron (her God child) and Priscilla,

and Ana holding Joel (her God child) and Isaac...

In this picute.... my cousin Denisse, Elsie, Ana, Dario.....

and the quints!!!

Professional Pictures !!!

Back in October while getting ready for the winter, the quints had a photo shoot session. It was great because I did not have to go anywhere since the photographer came to my house!!!! The temperature outside worked perfectly for us and the babies did not fuss that much (remember working with 5 little ones is hard) but Tiffany did a fabulous job.
I received the Cd yesterday and I would like to share some pics......

Joel

Isaac

Aaron

Priscilla

Matilde

with the girls.... I love Priscilla's smile!

and

 with the boys.....

one of my favorite ones.... with all my children

kind of hard... but he did it!!

Fernando holding the 5 babies

for Christmas.... with the penguin hats ;)

Aaron, Priscilla, Isaac, Matilde and Joel..... love it!

I would like to thank Tiffany Daniel for the great pictures she took of the quints.

Quints are home !!

It has been a while...... but I have been very busy! Now all of my babies are home but they came out of the hospital on different days.
The first one to leave the hospital was Matilde on Sept. 8 with only 5 weeks and 4 days. Next one was Isaac... just the day after on Sept. 9. The following weeks Aaron and Joel came out..... Aaron on Sept. 12 and Joel on Sept. 13, and finally Priscilla on Sept. 18 after having and infection in the intestines  (NECK) that was controlled by doctors on time.

Having poor sleep... but it is worth it!!

Taking it easy !

Oh well, I forgot to mention that last Sunday I end up at the emergency room. When I woke up that morning I noticed that my face was weired and I was not speaking properly. At the e.r. room, I was advised that my condition was due to stress and its called "Bells Palsy" (the right side of my face was paralyzed)..... little that I knew but it was even worst..... I went for a follow up with my doctor and since I also have the presence of high blood pressure, my condition was Preeclampsia Postpartum.
I was put in hospital again to control my blood pressure and empty stomach for 24 hrs, having to take an iv of magnesium.
Now I am much better but still doing therapy to restore the mobility of my face.

Growing and learning....

For the next weeks and until they leave the hospital...... they will have to increase the eating amounts, drink from the bottle, keep the weight, and be breathing without incidents (heart rate dropping or forgetting to breath).

Aaron... he is very strong, he took the iv off on his 1st day of life

Priscilla.... she can get very loud

Matilde.... dislikes to be bother with the light, loves to sleep

Joel.... my laizy one, always needing extra attention.

Isaac..... the happy camper!

On the News!!!!

The hospital invited the tv stations as well as the Houston Chronicle to cover the story...... the doctors were excited to announce that even though I just carried them for almost 30 weeks.... the weight on each baby was "appreciably more than quints typically weight at birth", and their are healthy given the prematurity.

Before we went for the interview.....

My husband Enrique with Isaac

.... kangarooing Matilde!

......all cameras recording

My aunt Mayra, sister Grecia and my Mommy

with Matilde

I was a bit nervous.... good thing that Moni was there with us!

Fernando..... feeding Mati.

Thanks to everyone to be there with me..... Mom, aunt Mayra, Grecia, Viviana, Monica, and Vanessa (who barely arrived to Houston from Austin that day)