HERE COMES...RODRIGO!

There was the doctor, and suddenly he said "there...there's Rambo!" and Jano asked " what do you mean by 'Rambo'?" and the doctor again "I mean Rambo...(and he pointed this little thing) that Rambo" then I said "is it a boy?" "of course it's a boy! don't you see the 'weapon'?". Then the doctor wished us well, and we started to think of the best way of telling the rest of the family the news.

Now, almost everybody knows and they are all happy, even Valentina is already calling him Rodrigo. Well, I must say it was the feeling Jano always had, since day 1. Even before watching the first ultrasound he said he was almost sure it was a boy. The name? well, lots of meanings...for us. My brother, our loving and unforgettable friend Chavita, the Cid Rodrigo Dìaz de Vivar and of course Rodrigo Mendoza that incredible character from The Mission performed by Robert de Niro. His middle name? Alfonso, my grandpa-my dad's dad.

Anyhow...here comes Rodrigo Alfonso!

OUR ANNIVERSARY

It's been ten years since Alejandro and I got married. 10 years! who would have thought. Now here we are, with a daughter and another one on the way. Nobody can say being married is easy, of course it's not, and all those who say so are lying. I remember before the wedding I said I thought the most difficult thing would be to get used to sleep with somebody else. My mistake. It was the easiest, so easy that now if Alejandro is not in bed with

me I can't sleep, and as far as I know it

happens the same to him. I wanted to celebrate this day having a party or something but you know, things are different now, I'm pregnant and I haven't feel well, hahaha but I think we will celebrate on our own way. I just want to say now thank you Jano for ten great and happy years. I love you.

August 23rd, 1998

our first home.

May 23rd, 1999

our first anniversary.

Zaragoza, March 2000

May 23rd, 2000

May 23rd, 2001

May 23rd, 2002

May 23rd, 2004

August 2005

expecting Valentina.

May, 2008

THE VOLCANO

Between the tragedy and the beauty of nature. I do not want to discuss that it's in fact a tragedy that a volcano makes erupt, most of all when there's a town next to it. But when you see tha power of nature and you get speechless because of the beauty it brings, then you feel less than an ant. We have all seen the news about the Chaitèn Volcano. It is sad to see what's happening there. Fortunatelly people are safe now. But, let's forget for a minute about that horrible part and let's be delighted with these images. They were sent to a friend of ours, by his girlfriend. I don't know if they were taken by her, or she just found them. What I know is they haven't been retouched. Let's enjoy watching the power of nature.

WILL IT BE A BOY OR A GIRL?

Oh God. Only a week from now. You know it's hard, you feel anxious. I think I feel more anxiety about the sex of the baby than Jano. He says although he has a feeling about it he is ready for a boy or a girl. Me too, but I want to know if it's a boy or a girl just to talk to her/him and say her/his name. Well, next week we'll know. What do you think?

P.S. Happy birthday mum.
Oh God! I look like my dad in this picture!

ON MOTHER'S DAY

Years ago, Alejandro and I decided to spend some holidays with both families. We do it on Christmas and Mother's day. So yesterday we invited our mums to spend the day with us, there were also, my brother and brother in law (Jano's brother). My sister couldn't come up, I believe she was with her in laws. Happy Mother's Day!

Erik, my brother in law, my mum in law and Alejandro.

My brother Jaime, my mum and me.

Valentina and me.

and of course MY family!

MADELEINE

It was almost a year that little Madeleine McCann simply vanished while sleeping in her bedroom on holiday. Since I became a mum every single news related to children touches me very deeply. Some people could say, ok, it hasn't even happen here, it's in another country, another continent and most of all... maybe that I even didn't know her. Well I just can say ...what is the difference between that girl and my little daughter? one is british and the other one is chilean. And thats' it. When you have children you cry for other kids. It sound dramatic but it is. It makes me feel sad, angry and so useless. Why do these things have to happen to OUR children? It made me sad when I knew about Yeremi Vargas from Spain, who's been missing for more than a year. Or Mariluz Cortès, also from Spain, whose body was found after being missing for almost 2 months. Can we forget about Camila Godoy and Sofìa Saravia who were found dead in Valdivia last february? What's going on? I once, not a long time ago, while I was watching the news, heard someone said that children are not your sister's or your neighbor's, children are OURS, and by OURS she meant that we all MUST take care of every single child we see. Now, everytime my daughter goes out and plays with her little friend I make sure that by the end of it, the friend gets into her house and then, only then I come in with Valentina. I think Madeleine McCann represents two very important things: 1st you can't "blink" when you are a parent, because there too many sick people in the world, and 2nd...HOPE, we haven't heard of a body, there's no evidence so...she could be alive. I'll hold to that one.