A Dozen Blessings for Hope

At 1:08am Monday morning I woke up to my dog Hope barking from the laundry room. She had delivered her first puppy and freaked out. I calmed her down, laid her on her blanket and handed her baby boy. He was so tiny! I got a little nervous, which is silly because I wasn't the one in labor. The second puppy was born about 15 minutes later. I had to kind of help her find the puppy and prompt the clean up. The third puppy came and she was a pro! The first four came quickly ( about 15-20 minutes apart)the next 6 came about every 30-40 minutes, an hour later was puppy #11 and an hour after that puppy #12. I was up the entire 7 hours, giving Hope food & water, petting her, helping the pups find food, ect.


It was an incredible experience, I just hope next time she delivers during the day so the girls can be there for it. They ere pretty excited to wake up to 12 puppies in the house though. She is such a good mommy, it is really neat to see my crazy, hyper puppy turn into a calm, mature, responsible "woman" over the course of a couple weeks.


Now I am the proud owner 12 Golden Retriever Puppies for the next 8 WEEKS!

Meet Bandit The Racoon, he is going to help me see how fast the puppies grow week by week.

We ROC'd it!

Hubby, a few friends and I ran in the Ridiculous Obstacle 5 K Race today and had a BLAST! The course was made of of a 3.2 mile run with 12 obstacles. We climbed over a snow covered " mountain", across monkey bars with giant Gorilla Men hitting us with bananas, slid down a hill while being soaked with fire hoses only to land in a giant pit of mud. Wait it gets even better. We roped climbed up a giant dirt hill, slid down a crazy scary fireman pole, raced up a giant inflatable slide, went over & under fences and metal poles, ran through tunnels, crossed a balance beam, dodged giant balls, summited a mountain of tires, jumped over a 6 foot wall, and finished the race swinging by rope over a giant pool of mud. I missed a few of the obstacles but those were the ones that stood out. We had a blast running this race together and look forward to putting a GIANT team together next year! Del Mar Fairgrounds is hosting a Mud Run on October 15th, who's in?

Grandpa Jauregui

A few days ago my Grandpa, Henry Jauregui ( My Dad's Dad) suffered a major heart attack. Doctors wanted to operate but couldn't right away because he had fluid in his lungs. After weighing out many different options the family decided to bring him home, with all of his medications while we waited for his surgery. We wanted an opportunity to spend some time with him in the comfort of home, surrounded by family and familiar things, not a hospital bed. His surgery is scheduled for tomorrow and I am asking whoever is willing to add my Grandpa Jauregui to their prayers. Doctors are giving him a 25%-30% survival rate, because he is already in poor health. But I serve an amazing God who can perform miracles. I surrender to His will but am asking that he heal my grandfather (age 79) so we can spend some more time with him. We had a great time with the family yesterday celebrating his 79th birthday, my grandmothers 75th birthday and my Dad's 47th birthday. So if you are willing, please shout out a little prayer for Henry Jauregui.

Safari Park Half Marathon

Many of you know I have been training for this Half Marathon since January and have been following my progress via FACEBOOK. After having Selah I wanted to set a fitness goal for myself. Inspired by the show the Biggest Loser I signed up for a Half Marathon giving myself three months to train for the run. Today March 13th 2011 was the day I had been training for.
My good friend Melissa Lull and I registered together, we had an amazing dinner the night before and woke up at 4:15am (3:15am because of daylight savings), ate breakfast and headed to the Safari Park for the big event.

We arrived at the park just before 6am, checked in our gear, stretched and warmed up. It was freezing! At this point my nerves had settled and my adrenaline kicked in. There was no turning back now. The race began and all 3600 participants started the 13.1 mile trek!

During my training I always had a hard time with the first couple miles, my body kept saying, "why are we doing this again?" That wasn't the case today. The first 5 miles were a breeze, we made it to the 6.5 mile mark before we stopped. Melissa needed to make a pit stop and I walked waiting for her to catch up. About a quarter mile later we were back to business. We passed mile marker 7 and mile marker 8 felt like FOREVER to show up. Just before we started to get discouraged we saw a mile marker sign ahead and to our surprise it was mile 9! We were stoked!!!We kept a good pace and right around mile 11 I was starting to struggle a bit. We hit a GU station (it's an energy supplement) walked for a minute on the uphill to catch my breath then started back up again. Seeing the mile 12 marker gave me a light at the end of the tunnel. After we passed mile 13 we could hear and see the festivities at the finish line. So we ran hard to finish strong.

Aside from my wedding day and the birth of my three daughters, crossing that finish line was one the most rewarding experiences ever! I set a goal to finish within 3 hours, I trained hard and I finished with time to spare. Finishing time was 2:33:54. I crossed the line next to one of my best friends Melissa Lull, had an amazing group of girls cheering us on ( Nicole, Jessica, baby Whitney and Shara) and have had an amazing support team of family and friends encouraging me on this journey.

They handed us some water and our Half Marathon Finishers Medal. We cooled down then found our cheer squad.




I was inspired by the Biggest Loser Show to get out and do this. The contestants have always said, " If I can do this anyone can." I took that challenge and found it to be true! So I forward this challenge to all my family and friends...we are all at different levels, some of us runners, some barely able to walk, we gotta start somewhere. Set a goal, work hard and through the strength of Christ all things are possible.

Disney On Ice

Nevaeh's Preschool had a family field trip to Disney on Ice yesterday so we had a fun filled Mommy-Daughter Day! My mother and I took all three girls to the Sports Arena to see my 4th, Nevaeh's 3rd and Trinity's 2nd Disney On Ice show. The theme this year was "Celebration." The first number was "Birthday" a full cast performance highlighting Alice & Wonderland and Fantasia. Other celebrations included "Summer Vacation" featuring Lilo & Stitch. "Halloween" featuring Nightmare before Christmas, "Christmas" featuring Toy Story. A running story included Minnie's Dream of becoming a princess in which all the Disney Princesses and Prince's were featured including the new Princess & the Frog movie.


I had so much fun watching my girls reaction to everything going on. Selah was captivated by the lights and music, Nevaeh & Trinity recognized all the characters and shouted their names out as they danced across the stage.

It's days like these I wish I could just freeze time. I count myself truly blessed to have such an amazing mother and three beautiful girls.

Safari Run

I am training for the Safari Park Half Marathon and will soon be signing up for the Biggest Winner Competition as an effort to get fit and healthy this new year. I am trying to set goals for myself to keep me motivated and on track. No crash diets just a healthier lifestyle. I started training 2 weeks ago, starting with (3) 3mile runs a week. My 3 mile will be my base run for a while but next week I am going to start adding another 1.5 miles each week until I can comfortably run 13.1 miles~! YIKES! I am super excited that I am challenging myself to do this run.

My Little Miss

I cannot believe how fast my baby girl is growing! She is a little over 2 months old now and has transitioned from newborn to infant. She was "well developed" at birth so she pretty much skipped the newborn stage:) Little Miss ( my newest nickname for Selah) loves tummy time, being held, listening to music, watching late night movies with daddy, taking showers, watching her big sisters and has a smile that will melt your heart. That is when she smiles, she always has a pensive look on her face:) She is starting to scoot on her tummy, likes to babble and loves to cuddle. I am enjoying every moment of being a Mommy of Three! Many said the third is the toughest, God blessed me with a really "chill" third baby and I feel blessed. Only thing I am having a harder time with is my time management. I've found I need an extra hour of "getting ready" time, I can't just leave the house anymore ( have to make sure the diaper bag is loaded and ready at all times),loading and unloading the car is a 15 minute process...you get the picture:)
I'll get a new schedule down eventually.
I sure do love my Little Miss!