Will you marry me?

It was Saturday December 14, 2012 I have just gotten off work and smelled liked fried food and hot sauce, I was heading straight home to shower and get ready because Matt was going to pick me up so that we could go to his work Christmas party.(or so I thought!) I was down stairs in my room finishing putting on my make up. When I hear the doorbell ring, my roommate quickly came downstairs and says" Uhh I think you should go open the door..." I asked her why, and if its Matt to just let him in. But she insisted that I should go open the door.
So I get up, run upstairs ( I was in the basement) and open the door, I did not see anyone but when I looked down there was a vase of tulips (my favorite flowers) a disc and two cards. I grabbed all those things and I set it on our living room table. I quickly opened the card first, and it was Matt's hand writing. My hands started shaking and my heart started pumping fast. The card said how this day will be  day we will always remember ( I immediately started balling) and how I should watch the video he made. The video was pictures of us and how we met. I was crying so hard and my roommate was there to watch it all happen! I love that she was there with me. As soon as I finished watching it. I was to open the 2nd card which led me to a park where a hill is. So I quickly got in my car. And drove to the park. I parked and ran out to the hill, and I see Matt's mom with a rose and another card! I gave her a hug and she handed me the card and letter which read (yup I saved those cards)
 " Now, My beautiful girl, you are coming close to your final destination, where I Am waiting for you! This place is near by and it is one of the places where we first began to speak about marriage. It is in the same park but in a more secluded place with a smaller hill and a bench on top. I don't know if you remember the day when we walked around that area and spoke about life and our future together, but I do. It is a very sweet memory for me now. I wish to make it a place that we will always remember as "our place" Go there now and I will be waiting for you. I am so grateful for all of my memories with you my love; and I look forward to many more. I love you more than I can describe in a card, and I want that love to last! Remember, I will always love you! Love- Matt " 
Oh gosh, tears just kept coming down my face, happy excited tears! I could not believe this was happening!! I had my mother-in-law take me to the other hill Matt was waiting for me. It was both her and my now sister-in-law. She was recording me and asking me how I felt. ( I wonder if she still has that video...)
Anyway, they dropped me off and I ran to the stairs. I looked up and there is my handsome man wearing a suit and holding red roses (which I still have by the way!) We hugged tightly and kissed each other. He then grabbed my hand and led me to the bench. where rose pedal and candles were around. I sat down and he went down on one knee! (ahhh! still gives me butterfly's)

By my full name " Adela Elizabeth Martinez.."he started expressing his love for me and asked me if I would marry him.. and of course I said YES YES YES! after all the smooching and putting my ring on my finger, We slowed dance and had sparkling cider to celebrate.
After all that, we headed to a restaurant where more of our family was waiting to celebrate our engagement! One of the best nights of my life!!!

And we  had one of our best friend to capture this moment :) We have more pictures
but I could not find the folder! 

    Forward 4 years,and we are happily married with a beautiful baby boy.

San Diego Trip

Hello Friends! It has been awhile since I last updated my blog. Last post was about my sweet baby boy. Now that boy is  3 months old and I love him so much, sometimes I can not believe this is my life right now! Now every adventure Matt and I have, we have our baby by our side and it is so much fun and better! What have the Browns been up to?
Well Matt works full time, and I was able to quit my job and stay home with our baby. Which I am so happy that I am able to do that. I was also going to school before Ethan was born. And I took the summer off when he was born. So now it is fall semester and I started another semester in school. So I go in the evenings. It is hard trying to balance school and a baby, But I am thankful that Matt's job flexibility and he can come home early when I need his help, I am also thankful for my mother-in-law that watches Ethan when Matt can not make it on time. So we are pretty busy here but at the same time we are having fun. Like couple weeks ago we spend 4 days in sunny San Diego. We had such a good time. We had activities planned for each day we were there, we also had family there and that made it even more fun. So here are some pictures from our trip that I took. Enjoy!

Ethan did so well on the plane,there and back!

He only cared about his hands

That night, some of our family went outside and played basketball
 and also raced to see who can run the fastest!

Watching the whales :) 

We could literally see the beach from the place we were staying at 

Keeping Ethan away from the sun as much as possible.

Our last sunset at Carlsbad.

Sunday we went to the Pier.

Had some Seafood 

And on our way back to the airport, we had to stop at the San Diego LDS Temple.
(such beauty) 

Leaving San Diego

Ethan's Birth Story Part 2

My mama :) 

If you missed Part 1 click here ....

Those 20 minutes felt forever for me, but the Anesthesiologist finally came in. Getting an epidural
was quite something else. I was holding Matt's hand while the anesthesiologist was doing his thing,he was very nice and I liked that he would tell me each step that he was doing and what it was going to feel like. Anyway, it took  about 10 minutes and the epidural finally kicked in, I was no longer feeling contractions which was super nice! I was able to relax although I was pretty shaky because of the epidural.I was not totally numb. I was still able to move my legs just a little and my feet. The nurse also broke my water, which I felt nothing. haha I guess that's whats nice about an epidural?

I remember as I was sitting there, all I could think about is how nervous and excited I was to meet this baby, My baby was being monitored and I can hear his heart beat. I loved that sound. I could not believe I was actually in the hospital in labor! Matt was always by my side, making sure I was feeling good and also he was feeding my ice chips ha.

Midnight came around and we heard a knock on the door and it was my mom and sister and her husband! I was so happy my mother made it.  They sat down and talked to me for a while. They were all excited to finally meet there nephew/grandson.  My sister and brother-on-law left an hour later. Once they left I tried to sleep but I couldn't... 1:30 AM came around and my nurse came in to check on me.She checked my cervix and she said "oh! you're a ten!" " I am?!" I asked her. She got up and said she was going to call the doctor because it was baby time! Holy Moly I could not believe how fast I went from a 5 to a 10. As we were waiting I told Matt I felt something in between my legs, he quickly went out the door to let the nurse know. The nurse came in and she mentioned how we will start practice pushing, which by the way I am not sure why they call it "practice pushing" when I was actually pushing. I pushed for about 5 minutes and the doctor came in, Here we go I thought! Here's the real deal,  I am about to meet the little love of my life. The nurse was holding my left leg and Matt was holding my right, my mom was behind Matt just watching, but in some point she came behind me and walked me through pushing.

After every push I would ask Matt if he can see him, at the beginning he was not sure, he was not sure what to look for lol! after a couple more pushes him and my mom said they can see him and how he has black hair!  I looked at the clock and it was 2:05 AM, I'm not even kidding but in my head I thought, " at 2:10 AM he will be here" And a total of 10 minutes pushing and it was 2:10 AM I quickly see his head and then the rest of his little body come out, the doctor quickly put him on my chest, he was so tiny and purpleish I kept looking at him and once he let out his first cry, I started crying!! I was seriously in happy tears. As they were cleaning him I looked up at Matt and told him " Look what we made!" Matt teared up a little. We both kept looking at him,we did skin to skin I was still crying, and man is this little guy strong! he kept his head up and looked like he was looking around, Probably wondering where the heck he is! We had a full hour of skin to skin. I was so tired I just closed my eyes and held baby Ethan and tried to calm him since he kept crying a little. His little body was warmed against mine. I was so happy he was finally here, It is amazing how a women's body carries a baby for 9 months and then to actually meet the baby that has been in your tummy is out of this world!

After an hour the nurse weight him and did a few other tests on him. Then Matt was finally able to hold him.  I love watching these two. I love watching Matt talk to him, he is such an amazing dad already!

Father and Son

(how tiny does he look here?!)
Ethan Sean Brown we love you so much and we are so glad you came in to our lives.
You have changed our lives, but changed it for the better. 

Ethan's Birth Story (Part 1)

I am doing this post into two parts, because baby Ethan will only let me do so much. Until he wants all my attention. But its okay, I rather snuggle my baby. But here is what I have so far.. Enjoy!

Ethan was born July 7, 2016 at 2:10 AM it all started Wednesday July 6th at 3AM. I was exactly 39 weeks pregnant.
I woke up with what felt like menstrual cramps, they would come and go but they were not super strong, I turned to my other side to see if they would go away and they weren't. So I assumed I was having contractions, maybe? I was not sure but I grabbed my phone and opened an app I have that tracks my contractions. I tracked it for an hour and they were about 10 minutes apart. By 4 AM I woke up Matt letting him know I may be having contractions. I told him I was going downstairs to bounce on my yoga ball to see if they would go away. ( now let me tell you a week before this day I had contractions but were false, so I thought these were practice contractions) Matt was so cute and came downstairs with me but laid on  the couch, every couple minutes he would ask me how it was going. By this time they were about 10-18 minutes apart.  It was going to be 5:30 and Matt suggested if we should go on a walk. So we did. It was nice to be up and watch the sunrise. We walked to the park by our house and then back. By this time I was not feeling them anymore, and Matt was convinced they were false. And I thought the same thing. We got home and I just rested, I was no longer feeling any contractions.

I snapped this picture during our walk. 5:55 AM

By 9 AM they started coming back again, by this time I called my mom to let her know what has been happening.She panicked a little and got excited because she felt like the baby was coming soon soon! So she bought a a plane ticket for 11:30 PM. Which made me a little nervous because what if he came before she arrived, I wanted my mom to be there!

Anyway, Luckily that day I had a Doctors appointment with my OB at 2:10 pm. As I rested at home and timed my contractions, the time to head to my appointment came around.  I let the OB know what was going on so she checked my cervix, I was only dilated to a 2! But she mentioned she was pretty sure this baby boy would come at least in 24-48 hours! waaa?! Anyway we went home and just waited. But by 4 PM the contractions started getting stronger, they were about 8-10 minutes apart. Every time I had a contraction Matt would put his hands on my lower back and put pressure as a contraction came in. That helped so much to ease the pain. We tried to stay at home and labor as much as possible. But my contractions kept getting stronger I would cry every time one came in. Matt was so calm and sweet to me to help me get through it. By 8 pm I could not take it anymore so we got our bags and headed to the hospital which thankfully is only like 5 minutes away from us.

We arrived at Labor and Delivery and checked us in a room. They checked my cervix again and I was dilated to a 4! But the nurses had me walk for an hour to make sure I was moving along before they admitted me. So we walked the halls and the contractions were 2-4 minutes apart. I would stop and Matt again would put pressure on my lower back. An hour passed by and the nurse checked my cervix and I was a 5 now! So I was moving! But because I was getting tired of the contractions and scared.I asked for an Epidural. (I was planning on a natural birth, but no thank you. I was not able to handle the pain very well) It was 10pm and the nurse said the Anesthesiologist would not be in for another 20 min. So I had to wait and power through the contractions.

Baby Brown Bumpdate: Week 35

 35 Weeks and 3 days Pregnant, and we are almost there to meeting our little guy,
we had our ultrasound this Friday and baby is head down and ready to come! It was amazing seeing him again through that ultrasound screen, we got to see his little face and his little lips moving. I almost cried! I cannot wait to meet him!! I love him so much!

This past week I have been sleeping great! My pregnancy pillow is magic. Hopefully it continues this way. Probably not right? The only struggle I have had this far is breathing, his kicks are seriously so strong, I did not think they would get this strong! He is so active!
I have also become a slow walker, there are times when Matt and I get out off the car, he starts walking  and normally I am right behind him, but now since I'm carrying his child I am a few feet behind him, and takes him a few seconds to notice. We both think it's funny. Then he waits for me and we both walk together :) even though he has to slow down for me. He loves me :)

We do not have a name picked out for him yet! crazy huh. We have a few on the list but we are going to wait until we meet him and decide then.
His room is coming along, it is becoming my favorite room in the house. Couple of his clothes are washed, so i'm sorta prepared.. I really need to get my hospital bag ready, Anyone wanna help this girl out and give her ideas on what to pack?!

We also had our hospital tour this week, that was a smart thing to do. Apparently Matt thought all this  time we go through a different entrance for labor and delivery. So good thing we had this tour and Matt knows where to take me. But then again I'd probably let him know he's  going the wrong way. (I know where we are supposed to go. Ha) while we were there, the thought ran through my head that if I can deliver this baby here right now. Why not?! Let's do this! We're already in the room. But nah, he needs to stay in for atleast 2-3 more weeks. I'm excited and nervous, I am not gunna lie. I'm nervous of pushing a baby out of me! Funny, when I first found out we were pregnant I was so excited!! But then few days later I was like "wait, now I have to give birth to this child!" GULP
Don't get me wrong, I've loved being preggers. I love knowing I'm growing a little person both Matt and I have created. I haven't even met my son yet, and I already love him so so much.

Baby Brown Bumpdate: Week 30

These Pictures were taken at 28 Weeks Pregnant 

1 0 W E E K S ! 1 0 W E E K S!

 We are down to ten weeks left until baby is here, and I can not believe it! We have so much to do still, we haven't even started to paint the nursery yet!  Anyone want to help?!  Anyway, Yes I am 30 weeks pregnant and  I have gained 20 pounds! How is that possible you ask? I do not look like I gained that much?! I have no idea, its all baby I guess?
This little boys movements have become stronger and sometimes keeps me up at night, he's an active boy! Too active that he presses against my ribs and then I have a hard time breathing. I'm also always tired and take naps whenever I get a chance. Do we have a name yet? We have a few names, but we are going to wait until we meet him and then decide.Food Cravings? this past week I can't really say I've been craving a certain food like crazy. But lately, chewing crushed ice sounds good to me!
Last week, I had a check up. Baby boy is looking great and healthy. From now on I get to see my doctor every 2 weeks, no more every 4 weeks! Which is crazy to me that we are there, I remember at my first appointment she mentioned how I come in every 4 weeks and then from 30 and on every 2 weeks, I thought those days would never come, and here we are!

Also,Before I forget I thought i'd mention here on my blog a few things I better put down before it is forgotten.
At 16 Weeks: I felt little butterflies in my tummy and was sure that was the baby and also that week we found out the gender of the baby.
At 21 Weeks: Matt felt the baby move for the first time, first thing he said after he felt him move was "woah!" ha
At 28 Weeks: I was finally able to feel him hiccup, and so did Matt when he pressed his hand on my tummy.

Baby Brown Bumpdate: Week 24

Happy Monday! I cannot believe how fast this year is going by already!I love it because I get to meet my little babe in July and kinda hate it because time just goes by so fast that I know I will want time to slow down once he is here.


I am 24 weeks and 5 days pregnant! And can feel this little guy move a lot and getting stronger too, I've noticed he moves more while I'm driving and at night before going to bed. He likes to hangout on my right side of my tummy and loves to sit on my bladder. I don't know how many times I have to use the restroom during the day. And I hear it gets worse. (YIKES) But you know, I'm loving being pregnant, This beautiful experience I would not change it for anything!

My weeks go by fast but are exhausting, I work part time and go to school as well. I will be done with this semester in just 2 weeks!! whoop whoop! I cannot wait! This means I will  have more time to focus on baby! This past weekend my sweet husband got the Nursery ready, by ready I mean he moved the guest bed to Matt's office, and now Matt's office will be down stairs in the basement. we have a room down there, oh! and we also got our theater room pretty much done as well. I'll show ya some pictures soon.

Anyway, I am really excited to get this baby room ready! Matt put up the crib Saturday. It's kinda unreal to see it in the room. Like is this really happening?! I will post about the baby room as we progress.. at the moment I am just trying to decided on the colors I want to paint. ( heading more towards neutral colors)

What have I been craving lately? This past week I craved strawberries and Grapefruit  and fruit smoothies, and pickles! haha

Today, I had my 4 week check up. I love my doctor! every time I go in I get an ultrasound and actually get to see this little peanut grow. But this time I didn't. She just used the Doppler to hear his heartbeat. I love to hear that sound. Doctor says he is looking great and healthy!which makes me a happy mama to be! Next month I get to take the glucose test. You know, the one where you take a really sweet drink and then get tested to see if you have diabetes. Sounds like so much fun!

Anyway, We are doing great and I am feeling great! Just looking forward to the day we will meet this little guy that is growing in my tummy! Also, enjoy this 24 week belly picture. Just no judging please. This may be the only picture you'll see of my bare belly. ;)

Hubby Setting up the crib, that toy is going to be thrown away. Does not work. ha 

And this is us, the parents to be with our little Easter egg :)