Familia Piñol Plattner

Michelle Elena

2011-10-18T21:12:00.006+02:00

En las ultimas semanas del embarazo me estaba ya muy pesada la barriga, y ademas la nena no paraba de saltar, bailar y estirarse ahi dentro, lo que dolio mucho. Asi que estaba intentando de todo para que saliera ya, pero no habia forma. Nos fuimos a ver el castillo de Seebenstein, a media hora lo menos para arriba en la montana, pero nada.
Una amiga nuestra que es matrona, me dijo una infusion y un baño que se podia preparar con ciertas hierbas para acelerar que viniera. Asi que eso lo empeze, el dia que cumplí, el 17 de agosto. Me hubiera encantado que naciera ese dia, porque es el cumpleaños de mi abuela que se ha muerto el dia 1 de agosto. Bueno, pues el viernes, diecinueve, por la mañana, tiré el tapón mucoso, y a las horas empezé con contracciones muy leves. Pero como las tenía ya antes y despues pararon otra vez, no pensé mucho de ello. Cociné para los misioneros todavia, que vinieron a mediodía, y ya un poquito mas fuerte, pero todavia no creí que fuera a algo. Por la noche desde las 8 o algo ya eran algo mas notables, y ya a las 10 dije que alomejor sería bueno, que mi madre se viniera a dormir, por si acaso, para estar con Lorena y Nerea.
La llamé y dijé que no habia prisa, pero que a lo mejor que se viniese. A los 15 minutos se vinieron ya ella y mi hermana, que estaba con ella en ese momento, para ver si podía hacer algo. En ese momento tenía ya las contracciones algo mas fuerte, pero nada regular. Mi madre dijo, pues iros a ver si hay algo, y sino nos volvieramos otra vez. Asi que a las 11 y media mi hermana nos trajo al hospital y se fue para su casa (tiene 15 minutos de camino). La matrona estaba un poco esceptica cuando le dije que queria ver si estaba ya, porque no habian contracciones regulares, pero como le dije que ya era la tercera, pues nada. En explorarme estaba ya casi de 5 centimetros y me dijo, bueno que empuja muy fuerte, esta.
Las contracciones en ese momento, eran ya para concentrarse o sea, bastante fuertes. Y nada, a lo poco ya tenia ganas de empujar y casi no llegué al paritorio (que era al lado) y 3 empujones y la nena ya salio. Eso era a las 0:09, 40 minutos despues de que hemos entrado por la puerta!
Me era mas facil que con Nerea, la verdad. Me pusieron a la nena enseguida en la barriga y no cortaron el cordón umbilical hasta un buen rato despues.
Cuando JoseCarlos llamó a mi madre y mi hermana que ya estaba el bebe, no se lo podieron creer! Mi hermana no habia llegado a su casa no hace mucho!
La verdad que puedo decir, que para mi, dar a luz es una experiencia única y maravillosa! Me parece increible cada vez que miro a Michelle, que ese ser estaba dentro de mí, que se desarrolló de una semilla pequeñisima, y luego sale una personita!
Solo se puede decir que Dios es grande que nos permite como mujeres compartir con el en la creación de las personas. Y es increíble el amor que se puede tener por esos seres!

Le pusimos Michelle por nombre y por segundo nombre Elena, en honor a mi abuela Helene, que falleció 20 dias antes de conocer a su bisnieta en vida (seguramente se conocieron en el cielo!) y era/es una persona maravillosa y bella, la perfecta abuela!

In the last weeks of pregnancy I was already very uncomfortable, and also the baby would not stop jumping, dancing and stretching in there, which hurt a lot. So I was trying everything to get it out as soon as possible, but there was no way. We went to see the castle Seebenstein, at least half an hour up in the mountains, but nothing.
A friend of ours who is a midwife, told me of an infusion and a bath that could be prepared with certain herbs to speed up the birth. So that's what I started, the day I turned 40 weeks, on 17th of August. I would have loved it if she would have been born that day, because it is the birthday of my grandmother who died on August 1st. Well, on Friday the 19th, in the morning, I threw the mucus plug, and the hours I started with very mild contractions. But as I had that before and afterwards they stopped again, didn´t think much of it. I still cooked for the missionaries, who came at noon, and the contractions were already a little stronger, but still did not think it was anything. At night from 8 or something it was getting a bit stronger, and at 10 I said that might be good that my mom came to sleep just in case, to be with Lorena and Nerea.
I called her and said that there was no hurry, but the best thing was probably to come. 15 minutes later she came with my sister, who was with her at that moment, to see if she could do something. At that time already I had stronger contractions but nothing regular. My mother said, to go anyway to see if there was something going on, and if not we could always go home again. So at 11:30 my sister brought us to the hospital and went home (she has about a 15 minutes drive). The midwife was a bit skeptical when I told her I wanted to see if it was already, because the contractions were´nt regular, but as I said it was the third, she was okay. When she explored me I was nearly 5 cm and she said, that the baby was pushing really hard.
Contractions at the time, were now quite strong. And after a little while I had desire to push already and almost did not get to the delivery room (which was next door) and 3 pushes and the baby was out. That was at 0:09, 40 minutes after we entered the door!
It was easier than with Nerea. I immediately got the baby on the belly and they didn´t cut the umbilical cord until some time later.
When Jose called my mom and my sister to tell them that Michelle was already here, they couldn´t believe it! My sister only just came home!
The truth is that I can say that for me, giving birth is a unique and wonderful experience! I find it amazing every time I look at Michelle, that this being was inside me, that it developed from a tiny seed, and then becomes a little person!
You can only say that God is great that we as women can share with the creation of people. And it's amazing the love that you can have for these creatures!

We put her Michelle by name and for a middle name Elena, in honor of my grandmother Helene, who died 20 days before meeting her great granddaughter in life (probably they met in heaven!) And she was / is a wonderful and beautiful person, a picture-perfect Grandma!

Embarazo / Pregnancy

2011-05-19T13:49:00.003+02:00

Pues, ha sido muy largo el camino hasta ahora, por lo malo que siempre me siento en el embarazo. El primer trimestre practicamente pasandolo entre la cama, el sofa y el aseo para ya sabeis. Lo unico que en este embarazo note al bebe la primera vez ya a los 12-13 semanas! El medico no me creia, pero es verdad. Y despues ya me empeze a sentir mejor. Hasta fue a un baile en la capilla y lo pase tan bien que no me creia la mejoria del todo. La comida es lo unico que me frustraba un poquito. No podia comer casi nada que disfrutaba, y comia solo para no pasar angustias. Perdi 4 kilos en los primeros 3 meses y no ganaba nada de peso despues. La gente cada vez mas me decian que hay pastillas que podia tomar para reducir los acidos del estomago (los cuales me impedian comer lo que sea) y al final fue al medico de cabecera y me ponia un simple protector de estomago! Yo estaba asombrada que con eso se me quitaria el problema, y estaba bastante esceptica. Pero empeze a tomarlo y todavia no me deja comer de todo, pero ampliaba mi dieta muchisimo!! Hasta me comi dos boles de tiramisu de fresas ayer (que es mascarpone, nata, fresas y bizcocho-todo cosas que no podia comer antes)!!!!!!!!!! Yupiiiiiii!!!
Me siento muy bendecida con la ciencia que hay hoy en dia y con medicos que se preocupan de verdad y buscan una solucion!
Bueno, al final queda por decir que esperamos nuestra tercera princesa con mucha ansiedad ya, aqui os mando un video de la ecografia en 3D hace un mes aprox.

Well, it has been a long road so far, feeling as bad as I always feel in the pregnancies. The first quarter almost always between the bed, sofa and toilet for you know what. The only thing is that I noticed in this pregnancy the baby the first time 12-13 weeks! The doctor didn't believe me but it's true. And then I started to feel better. I even went to a dance in church and I felt so well that I couldn't believe it. The food is the only thing that frustrated me a bit. I could not eat almost anything to enjoy, and I ate just to avoid being sick. I lost 4 kilos in the first 3 months and after that I gain any weight neither. More and more people told me that there are pills that could be taken to reduce stomach acid (which prevented me from eating anything) and finally went to the family doctor and he put me on simple stomach protector! I was amazed that it would remove the problem, and I was pretty skeptical. But I started taking it and still doesn't let me eat everything, but it expanded my diet so much! I even ate two bowls of strawberry tiramisu yesterday (which is mascarpone, cream, strawberries and cake - all things that I could not eat before )!!!!!!!!!! Yipiiiiiii!
I feel very blessed with the science today and doctors who care for you and seek a solution!
Well, needless to say that we expect our third princess with great anxiety and, here I send you a video of 3D ultrasound from about a month ago.

Bebe / Baby!

2011-01-26T14:18:00.002+01:00

Bueno, por fin parece que lo hemos logrado! Despues de mucho intentar y unas perdidas, vamos a tener otro miembro en la familia! Este va a ser otro bebe de verano, nacera para mitades de Agosto y por sentimientos queremos que sea niño. Ademas es lo raro, que con las chicas siempre me venian ideas de nombres de chica y no podiamos elegir un nombre de chico. Y ahora es al revers, todo lo que me viene a la mente son nombres de niño. No se si eso tiene que ver algo, asi que ya veremos lo que va a ser.
Pero estamos ilusionados! Lorena y Nerea ya estan diciendo lo que van a ayudar de cambiarlo y bañarlo y enseñarle a andar, etc! Estan para comerselos! Le ponen musica a la barriga, le dan besitos, para que crezca sano y fuerte!

Well, it seems that we finally made it! After a lot of trying and a few losses, we are going to have another member in the family! This one is a summer-baby too, it will be born in the middle of August and we feel like it's going to be a boy. The funny thing is, that with the girls I could only think of names for girls y we couldn't decide on a boy's name. And now it's just the opposite, the only name I can think of is boy's names. I don't know if that makes sense, so we'll see what it will be.
But we are excited! Lorena and Nerea are already saying, that they're going to help with the changing and the bathing and teaching him to walk, etc! They're so cute! And then they come and put some music for the baby and give kisses on the tummy, so it will grow and be strong enough to come out!

Cumple Nerea / Nerea's birthday

2010-12-08T10:31:00.002+01:00

Se que no hemos puesto nada en mucho tiempo, pero ahora me tengo que poner las pilas otra vez. Nerea ya cumplio 3 años y queria una fiesta de Little Einsteins. Asi que nos lo curramos y al final salio bastante bien. Venian muchos amiguitos y el suelo al final estaba cubierto de juguetes y niños.
Gracias Nerea por estar en nuestra vida y ser tan alegre que siempre nos haces reir, aunque estas enfadada!

I know we haven't been very good lately in updating this blog, but I want to start again. Nerea turned 3 the other day and wanted a Little Einsteins party (which is pretty hard over here I found out, because in the stores they don't have a lot of things). But we crafted up a few things and in the end it turned out pretty good I think. A lot of friends came and in the end the floor was filled with presents of new toys and kids.
Thank you Nerea for being in our family and for being you, always making laugh, although you're mad!

Excursion con los ponies / Ward-outing with ponies

2010-05-18T23:33:00.002+02:00

Como una chica del barrio tiene dos ponies y los tiene en un establo en medio del bosque verde precioso que hay alrededor de Viena, nos invito a pasear con ella. El tiempo estaba medio que pero pasamos un buen rato y los ninos ni te digo. Disfrutaron mucho turnandose subir a los ponies o correr por todas partes. Jose Carlos lo paso bien tambien, hasta el momento que le dije que habian garrabatas aqui que mordian a los humanos y hay que ponerse proteccion (normalmente hay que vacunarse, pero no lo hemos hecho todavia), entonces ya no le gusto tanto. Pero bueno, pocas veces pasa que te muerden. :)

One of the girls in our ward has 2 ponies and her stable is in the middle of the forest around Viena, and so she invited us to ride with her for an afternoon. The wheather was a bit funny, but it was ok and the kids had a good time anyway. They had fun taking turns riding on the ponies and running around. Jose had a good time too, until I told him that there were ticks that bit people (and not just animals) and that we should put on some protection (normally you would get vaccinated, but we didn't do it yet). Then he didn't like it that much anymore! :) But oh well, it doesn't happen that often.

Salida 1 de mayo / Outing 1st of May

2010-05-18T23:15:00.004+02:00

El primer de mayo decidimos salir un poquito y mientras en casa estaba lloviendo, nos escapamos a pasar el dia al rio Danubio que fue precioso. Aunque nuestros amigos Miguel y Rachel se equivocaban en el camino un poquito, al final si que saliamos donde queriamos y paseamos por una ciudad pequenita preciosa. Valio la pena ir.

On the first of May we decided to go out and while it was raining at home, we escaped to spend the day on the Danube-riverside which was beautiful. Although Miguel and Rachel took us a bit the wrong way, in the end we found a beautiful little town to go for a walk. It was definitely worth the while.

Viaje a Espana / Trip to Spain

2010-05-18T22:57:00.003+02:00

Nuestro Papi (el padre de Jose Carlos) en enero se puso malo e ingreso al hospital y desde entonces esta ahi con pancreatitis. Al principio no daban con el problema y cada vez encontraban otra cosa. Antes de la semana santa decian los medicos que le iban a operar pero no se sabia el resultado. Asi que decidimos ir a verlo para estar con el por si acaso que saldria algo mal. Jose Carlos se paso casi toda la semana en el hospital y aprovecho tambien hacer contactos para su empresa, asi que lo vimos poco pero pudimos disfrutar un poquito con los amigos y la familia ya que estabamos ahi. Os queremos un monton y os echamos muuucho de menos!

Our Papi (Jose's dad) got really bad in January and had to go in the hospital and he's there since then suffering from pancreatitis. In the beginning they didn't really know what it was, and they kept finding other things. So, just before the Easter-week the doctors said they wanted to operate on him but didn't know what the result would be. So then we decided to go see him and spend time there in case something goes wrong. Jose was almost the whole week in the hospital and did some contacts for his work too, so we didn't see him very much but we could enjoy with friends and family since we were there already. We love you aloot and miss you!!

2010-05-18T22:35:00.003+02:00

Tambien nos fuimos a un baile formal que hay aqui muchos en enero y febrero. Nosotros fuimos al que organizo el instituto de mi sobrina. Lo pasamos muy bien, pero se noto tambien que fue muy adrentro del campo, porque al final ya solo pusieron musica de yodelehi-hohu, si sabeis lo que quiero decir! :)) Pero fue una salida sin ninas que hace falta tambien a veces.

Also we went to a formal dance, which they have a lot in January and February. We went to the one mi nieces' school organized. We had a good time, towards the end you could tell that we were deep in the countryside, because they were playing more and more of the yodelli-songs, if you know what I mean. :)) But it was an evening without kids, which is good once in a while too.

Carnaval

2010-05-18T22:28:00.002+02:00

Me ha dado cuenta ahora mismo que no he puesto nada del carnaval, asi que pondre nuestras preciosidades por lo menos un poquito. Teniamos una fiesta en la capilla y se han elegido ellas los disfrazes.

I just realized that I didn't put anything for carneval, so here are at least a few of the pictures. We had a party in the ward and they chose their costumes on their own.

Nerea

2010-03-23T21:26:00.002+01:00

Hoy en coger algo de la estanteria encima del sofa, se cayeron unas cosas encima de Nerea y de repente estaba llorando y salio mucha sangre. Cuando se acababa la sange era solo un agujerito pequenito, pero el susto nos llevamos igual. Ahora lleva una tirita muy grande, como si se hubiera abierto la frente entera. Asi que me parece que con esta hija vamos a pasar alguna mas de esas. (aunque esta vez no ha sido su culpa, solo que hay muy poco espacio aqui y esta todo encima).

Today in getting something off the shelf above the couch, some fell down and Nerea was sitting right underneath. So all of the sudden she was crying and blood was flowing. When we finally got it controlled, it was only a little hole, but we were scared anyway. So now she has this big plaster across her forehead, like she had everything open. I think this won't be the last time Nerea gets hurt (although this wasn't her fault, just that living in this little space, everything is on top).

Nuestros talentos de musica / Our music talents

2010-03-11T15:32:00.003+01:00

A nuestras chicas les encanta cantar. Siempre estan cantando algo. Alguna vez se ponen encima de una mesa y se ponen a cantar a todo volumen o a dirigir la musica en la noche hogar. El domingo tenia Que cantar una cancion Lorena en la primaria y lo he grabado porque lo ha hecho tan bien. Se ha confundido un poco con la letra, pero no le ha dado verguenza ni nada a cantar en frente de la gente (aunque tampoco se puede decir que tenemos una primaria grande). Y Nerea queria seguirla tambien, claro. Asi que aqui esta.

Our girls love to sing, they're always singing something. Sometimes they put themselve on top of a chair and sing really loud or direct the music that is playing. This Sunday Lorena was asked to sing a song in Primary and I recorded it because she did a great job. She got a big confused with the words but she was embarrassed or anything to sing in front of people (although we don't really have a big primary either). Nerea had to follow too of course. So here it is.

Peinados / Hairdos

2010-03-11T10:10:00.000+01:00

Ultimamente he encontrado un monton de blogs con peinados chulisimas para mis chicas y estoy locamente cada noche buscando que hacer el dia siguiente!! Me encanta! Asi que aqui algunos intentos, algunos ha quedado mejores que otros, pero no soy profesional.

Lately I found some blogs to do really cool hairdos for my girls and I'm every night looking for new ones to do the next day! This is great! So here you have some pics, some better than others, but I'm learning!

La vida diaria / daily life

2010-02-21T15:57:00.000+01:00

Pues otra vez toca ya poneros al corriente con nuestra vida.
No pensaba que nos/me costaria tanto en acostumbrarnos a la vida en Austria. Añoramos mucho la familia y los amigos, pues la vida social que teniamos en España. Eran 10 años muy felices de nuestra vida. Y sé que no ha acabado nuestra "mision" en España, asi que ya podeis haceros la idea que volvamos, si os guste o no! :))
Bueno, pues poco a poco estamos acostumbrandonos y haciendo nuevos amigos o recuperamos antiguas amistades. La verdad que todos se toman mucha molestia a que nos quedemos, y nos ayudan en lo que pueden! Gracias a todos!
Como ya sabeis Jose Carlos esta trabajando desde enero, y le va muy bien. Estan contentos con el y esta haciendo muchos amigos. La propietaria de la empresa hasta nos ha invitado a ir con ella a un concierto en abril con ella.
Lorena va a la guarderia y le gusta mucho, parece ya todo mayor. Todavia estraña mucho a sus primos y amigos, y no entiende mucho que tiene que esperar al verano para ir a verles. En julio vamos a España para la boda de nuestra sobrina y estamos ansiosos de ver a todos otra vez!!
Nerea va creciendo muy rapido tambien y habla muchisimo ya. Es una Piñol acabada, hasta tienes ese pito, siempre gritando! :)) Es muy dificil reñirla porque te mira con esos ojos marrones redondos y cuesta mucho quedarte serio.
Ademas estamos encantados con nuestra "Oma y Opa" (abuelos), mis padres, que nos apoyen muchisimo. GRACIAS!

Once again it's time to let you catch up with our lives.
I did not think that it would cost us/me so much to get used to life in Austria. We miss our family and friends a lot, the social life we had in Spain. They were very happy 10 years of our lives. And I know our "mission" in Spain is not yet over, so you can make the idea that we come back, if you like it or not! :))
Well, we are slowly getting used to life here and are making new friends or recovering old ones. The truth is that everyone took alot of trouble for us to stay and help us as they can! Thanks everyone!
As you know Jose Carlos is working since January and is doing very well. They are happy with him and making a lot of friends. The owner of the company even invited us to go with her to a concert in April.
Lorena goes to Kindergarden and loves it, and she seems all grown-up. She still misses her cousins and friends alot doesn't understand much that she has to wait until summer to go to see them. We're going to Spain in July for the wedding of our niece and we are anxious to see everyone again! Nerea is also growing very fast and talks a lot now. She's a Piñol totally, she has that shouting voice! :)) It is very difficult when you scold her and she looks at you with those big brown eyes and it's hard to stay serious.
We are delighted as well with our "Oma and Opa" (grandparents), my parents, who support us soo much. THANKS!

Nuestros primeros meses en Austria / Our first months in Austria

2009-12-05T23:02:00.000+01:00

Bueno, lo siento si no he puesto algo en mucho timepo, pero como la mayoría de vosotros nos seguís en Facebook tambien, pues no me he preocupado mucho. No he parado en ningun momento en los primeros 6 semanas digamos, así que es por eso. Ahora voy recuperando.
No se cuantos Curriculos hemos mandado, especialmente yo, como yo era la que se supone tenía que conseguir un trabajo primero para sacarnos adelante, porque el aleman de Jose Carlos no es demasiado bueno todavia.
El primer mes fue muy duro. No hemos oido nada, no nos salió nada, no teníamos seguro, vivíamos practicamente de mis padres y no queríamos molestar, etc.
Casi queríamos tirar la toalla, pero toda la familia dijo que espararamos por lo menos hasta Navidad, así que decidimos hacer eso. Y entonces en Noviembre por fin por lo menos nos llamaron algunas compañias para ir para una entrevista, que ya era algo. Y vendimos el piso de Elche a uno de nuestros mejores amigos, que era entonces una deuda menos. Así que JoseCarlos se fue a España por una semana a finalizar eso y a traer nuestras cosas en un camion, con 2 grandes amigos, Sami y Hector, quienes se vinieron para acompañarle y a traer el camion de vuelta a España. GRACIAS SAMI Y HECTOR por vuestro gran sacrificio de un viaje muuuy largo, con todo lo que incluyó!!!
Ahora, la gran noticia teníamos esta semana: el primero de Diciembre! JoseCarlos y yo hechamos Curriculum en una empresa de aluminio que necesitaban a alguien con lengua materna español! (lo que oimos de una amiga nueva Gina, GRACIAS GINA!!) Ellos nos dijeron que nos llamarían la semana siguiente, pero al día siguiente ya llamaron a Jose Carlos para ir unos dias despues, el uno de diciembre! Estaban encantados con el! Necesitan a alguien para vender por teléfono a España, Latin America, Inglaterra, Irlanda, lo cual es perfecto para el!!
Y empezará el 4 de enero!!

Well, sorry if I didn´t put anything in here yet. Most of you are on Facebook as well, so I hope you could follow us along anyway. I didn´t stop or relax for the first 6 weeks, so that´s why. Just now I´m catching up with things.
I don´t know how many CV´s we sent, especially me. Because it was me at first who was supposed to get a full-time job for the beginning since Jose´s german is not so good yet.
The first month was very hard, because we didn´t hear anything, nothing turned out, we were without insurance, we were living off my parents basically and didn´t want to bother, etc.
We were about to give up, but all the family said, that we had to wait at least til Christmas, so we decided we would do that. And then in November finally we got some calls at least for interviews, which was at least something. And we sold our town-apartment to one of our best friends, so we had one debt less. Jose went to Spain for a week to finalize that and brought all our stuff in a van to Austria, with 2 friends who drove with him to accompany him and to drive back the van. A whole adventure on its own! Thanks Hector and Sami for that loooong trip with all that that included!!
Now the biggest news we had this week, on the 1st of December: Jose and I dropped our CV´s at a company who were looking for someone with Spanish mother language! (which we heard from a new friend Gina, THANKS GINA!) They told us that the next week they would call us to let us know.... the next DAY they phoned Jose and told him to come in for an interviews a few days later, which was the 1st of December! Well, they were thrilled with him! They need somebody to sell over the phone to Spain, Latin America, England, Ireland, which he is perfect for! And he´s gonna start on January 4th!!!

Grandes cambios / Big changes

2009-10-09T21:51:00.000+02:00

Bueno, bueno, bueno. Creí que la proxima entrada sería algo del cole de Lorena, pero sorpresas nos da la vida que en una semana han pasado muchas cosas. Todos sabeis que nos iban las cosas un poquito mal, economicamente, y por eso el ultimo viaje a EEUU y Austria. Pues la semana pasada estabamos orando y ayunando en cuanto que hacer, si no quedabamos a encontrar o montar un restaurante en el local o irnos de España. Pues justo al final del ayuno, me dice Jose Carlos porque no nos vamos a Austria y probamos si conseguimos trabajo ahi? Nos sentimos muy bien con esa decision y asi que nos ponemos a averiguar cosas. Escribo un CV a la empresa donde trabajé hace 10 años y me escriben el dia siguiente que tienen un puesto libre y cuando puedo venir para la entrevista. AAAH!

El viernes nos despedimos de mucha gente y me quedé hasta las tres de la madrugada haciendo maletas y a las siete y media nos montamos en el coche y nos fuimos dirección Austria!!

Asi que ya nos hemos empadronado, aqui nos dan tambien ayudas para la familia (para cada hijo que tengas) y espero que nos dan trabajo pronto. No me ha salido el trabajo para que ya tenia la entrevista, pero esperemos y oramos que nos salga algo pronto!!

Well, well, well. I thought that the next thing to put in here would be something about Lorena and school, but life is full of surprises. In one week our lives have changed completely. Like alot of you know, things have not been working out very well, economically, and that was the reason of our last trip to the US and Austria. Well, last week we were praying and fasting about what we should do, if to try to find somebody or put a restaurant ourselves in the unit we have or if we should leave Spain. At the end of the fast, José said, why don´t we go to Austria and try to find a job there! We felt good about that decision and started to find out stuff. I wrote a CV to the company I worked for 10 years ago and the next day I get the answer back that they have something free and when can I come for an interview!! AAHHH!

So Friday we said goodbye to a lot of people and I stayed up until 3 o´clock in the morning to pack and at 7:30 left with the car in direction Austria!!

So, we´re here and registered ourselves, signed up for the help for the family you can get here (for every child you have) and hopefully they give us work soon! Somebody! I didn´t get the job I had the meeting with on Monday but we hope and pray something will come up soon!!

Verano 2009 / Summer 2009

2009-09-23T23:05:00.000+02:00

Este verano hemos disfrutado con mi sobrina Vanessa y su amiga Kati que han venido de Austria para 2 semanas. Hemos hecho muchas cosas y nos hemos puesto muy morenos (menos Vanessa que no habia forma) :))

This summer we enjoyed with my niece Vanessa and her friend Kati who came from Austria for 2 weeks. We went a lot of places and got tanned (except Vanessa who just got red) :))

Un poco de todo de Austria / A bit of everything from Austria

2009-07-12T23:28:00.000+02:00

Cumple de Lorena / Lorenas birthday

2009-07-12T23:09:00.000+02:00

Pues he dejado el blog un poco abandonado, asi que ahora tengo que poneros todas las novedades de los ultimos meses y el cumple de Lorena ya era hace un mes y medio pero todavia es un evento importantes. Lo hemos pasado en dos partes, mi hermana vino una semana antes y abrimos muchos regalos ya ahi, pero la fiestecita con unas amiguitas de aqui lo hemos hecho despues en otra parte. Tambien hizo mejor tiempo, asi que se podieron banar y todo.

Well, since I left my blog a bit abandoned, now I have to put you all the news of the last months and Lorenas birthday is definitely one of them. It was already a month and a half ago, but still is important. We had two parts, my sister came a week earlier and we opened alot of presents there, but the party we did with a few friends of hers from here in another part. It was also better wheather, so they even were able to play in the water a bit.

La verde de Austria / Green beautiful Austria

2009-07-12T22:29:00.000+02:00

Bueno, esto es una seleccion de los pastos, paisajes, lagitos, etc. preciosos de Austria; por lo menos por donde estamos ahora. No es tan bonito como cuando pasees por ahi, pero un sabor de ellos podeis tener. Yo lo disfruto mucho, espero que vosotros tambien!

Well, this is a selection of the beautiful pastures, and little lakes of Austria, at least from the area we are at now. It's not as nice as when you walk through all this, but you can at least have a taste of it. I enjoy it very much, I hope you can too!

Austria

2009-05-16T23:08:00.000+02:00

A Jose Carlos le ofrecieron un trabajo de vender Alarmas en America ya hace un ano, pero entonces no se pudieron hacer los papeles, pero esta vez si que ha funcionado. Esta en Grand Forks, North Dakota y va estar de 3 a 6 meses, depende como va el trabajo. Supuestamente es un buen trabajo, normalmente para estudiantes, de verano y se gana buen dinero. Estamos orando para es asi para nosotros tambien y a Jose Carlos le funciona la lengua vendedora tan bien como en Espana. Y yo decidi quedarme porque no sabiamos como ibamos a estar y si iba bien. Asi que cogi la oportunidad de venir a Austria por 3 meses a estar con mi familia, ya que mi familia va tambien por un tiempo dificil. Mi padre ha tenido un infarto cerebral hace 5 semanas y la recuperacion de esta enfermedad es lenta. Pero va mejorando. Asi que estoy feliz de poder apoyar a mis padres y mis hermanas con lo que puedo. Pero echamos en falta a Jose Carlos, a Papa, mucho. Se fue hace una semana solamente, pero ya parece mas largo. Te queremos Papa!

Jose Carlos was offered a job to sell alarmsystems in America, already a year ago, but it didn't work then with the papers, but this year it worked. He is in Grand Forks, North Dakota and he's going to be there for 3 to 6 months, depending on how the job goes. Supposedly it is a good job, normally for students, for summer and good money is earned. We're praying that it is going good for Jose Carlos too and his selling tongue works as good in America as it is in Spain. Well, I decided to stay, because we didn't know how things would work out and how the job would work. So, I took the opportunity to come to Austria for 3 months and be with my family, as we are going through a difficult time too. My father had a stroke 5 weeks ago and the recovery from that is slow. But it is going upward. So I'm happy to be able to support my parents and sisters in as much I can. But we do miss Jose Carlos, Daddy, very much. He is only gone for a week, but it already seems longer. We love you Daddy!!

Baby

2009-05-03T23:11:00.000+02:00

Bueno, hoy he perdido el bebé. No ha sido nada que yo haya hecho, o no hecho, simplemente no se han juntado bien las cromosomas o hormonas y se ha ido. Estamos agradecidos que haya pasado ahora y no mas adelante, cuando duele mas (emocionalmente). Estamos tristes por supuesto, pero bien. Así que ya tienemos un angelito en el cielo!

Well, I lost the baby today. It wasn´t for anything I did or didn´t do, it just didn´t get all the cromosomes or hormones together as it was needed and it went. We are grateful it happened now, and not furtheron, when it hurts more (emotionally). We are sad of course, but well. So, we already have an angel watching and waiting in heaven!

¡Seremos cinco! / We`re going to be five!

2009-04-27T18:32:00.000+02:00

Para nosotros todavía es un milagro! Como no podíamos tener, y ahora en un intento o dos ya nos quedamos con el proximo - pues cuesta de asimilarlo! ¡DIOS ES GRANDRE!
Realmente estabamos dudando, si era el momento de tener otro. Pero yo tengo el problema de los quistes, que se puedes reproducirse en cualquier momento, hemos decidido poner la familia delante de los problemas del mundo y ir a buscar el numero 3. Y aqui viene!

For us it is still a miracle! At first we couldn´t have any and now with one or two tries and the next is on its way - well, it´s hard to believe! GOD IS GREAT!
Really we were doubting if it is the right moment to have another one. But I have this problem with the cysts that can come again anytime, so we decided to put family first and go for number 3. And here it comes!!

Por fin el sol! / Finally the sun!

2009-03-20T23:49:00.000+01:00

¡Que día! Hablamos que queríamos ir a la nieve con Elen y su familia (una de las hermanas de Jose Carlos) a Granada, por ahí. Pues en la gasolinera ya saliendo, no nos abre la tapadera del tanque en el coche! Así que no pudímos ir. Pero como ya teníamos todo puesto para un picnic, llamamos nuestros amigos MariPaz y Dani de Cartagena y nos apuntamos con ellos a un día de playa! ¡De nieve a playa! Yo prefiero el calor al frío, así que yo encantada! Pues, lo pasamos muy bien, los pies al aire, las niñas a tope de arena y suciedad, pero los disfrutamos mucho y hasta nos quemamos todos por lo menos la cara y algunos pieses! :)

What a day! We talked about going to the snow with Elen and her family (one of José´s sisters) to somewhere around Granada. Well, before leaving in the Gas-station, we couldn´t open the lid of the tank in the car. So we couldn´t go. But we had everything packed for a picnic, so we called our friends MariPaz and Dani from Cartagena and we self-invited us to their day on the beach! From the snow to the beach! I prefer the heat to the cold, so fine with me! Anyway, we had a great day with all our white feet in the sand and the kids enjoying playing with the sand getting dirty all over and we even got a sun-burn all of us at least on the face and some feet too!

Templo / Temple

2009-03-20T23:09:00.000+01:00

Bueno, pues teníamos la oportunidad de ir al templo gracias a mi madre. Siempre cuando viene, nos vamos al templo porque nos hace el super-favor de cuidar los niños. ¡Gracias Mama, te quiero, gracias por todo el apoyo y todo que nos das! Esta vez nos fuimos todos para que las niñas también vieron el templo. ¡Les encantó! Lorena esta todo el día (y cuando se despertó por la noche) hablando de Moroni y su trompeta. Está a veces jugando con monstruos ficticios y después tiene miedo, pero así decíamos que Moroni con su trompeta los hechaba para fuera todos. Así que está con Moroni encantado! :)) Pero la verdad teníamos un tiempo maravilloso, tranquilo, disfrutando estar juntos en familia sin nada mas. También daba pena el templo tan vacío, aunque fué nuestra semana del templo, pero casi nadie vino! Ellos se lo pierden! A nosotros nos ha dado mucha paz en todo este revuelto de la crisis, que parece que vamos de mal en peor. Pero bueno, algo saldrá, el Señor proveerá algún camino!

Well, we had the opportunity to go to the temple thanks to my mom. Every time she comes, we go to the templo because she does us the favor of looking after the kiddies. Thanks Mom, I love you, thank you for all your support and everything you do! This time, we went all of us, so the girls can see the temple as well. Well, they loved it! Lorena was all day (and night, when she woke up) talking about Moroni and his trumpet! She plays sometimes with fictious monsters and then she´s afraid of them. So we told her that Moroni with his trumpet scares them all away! So, she loves him! :) Anyway, it was a real good, wonderful, relaxing time as a family and nobody else. Although it was sad to see the temple this empty. It was our stake-temple week but almost nobody was there. They loose out! To us it gave us a lot of peace anyway in this crisis, it seems we´re going from bad to worse. But something will come up, the Lord will provide a way!

San Valentin / Valentines day

2009-03-08T23:24:00.000+01:00

Bueno, esto es un poco retrasado, pero no por mi. Me pasaron las fotos tarde, porque nosotros olvidamos la camara ese día. Hicieron una cena de San Valentin en la capilla, y pudimos ir sin niños, gracias a Saray, una de la Mujeres Jovenes (aunque todas se ofrecieron por mi sorpresa!). Estuvo muy bien! Nos reimos mucho y disfrutamos estar solo con adultos esa vez. Los hombres jovenes nos servieron y las mujeres jovenes adultas cocinaron y muy bien. Después había unas actuaciones con karaoke y lo pasamos muy bien y nos reímos mucho (pero no en el sentido malo!) Con Tere Juarez nos quedamos todos de piedra con su voz, canta super-bien y nadie lo sabía!! Óle! Gracias! TE QUIERO MI AMOR!

Well, this came a bit late, but not because of me. I got the pictures really late. We forgot our camera that day. They did a Valentines dinner at church and we were able to go without kids, thanks to Saray, one of the Young Women (although all of them asked if they could do it, I was amazed!). It was wonderful! We laughed alot and we enjoyed being just adults this time. The young single men did the waitering and the single women the cooking. And afterwards there were some performances with Karaoke we really enjoyed and laughed with (sorry, not in a bad sense!). Tere Juarez did one of them and we were all amazed at her voice, she´s really good and nobody knew! I LOVE YOU MY LOVE!

Cumple de Sonja / Sonja´s Birthday

2009-03-08T22:56:00.000+01:00

Este año he disfrutado de mi cumple mucho. Hemos tenido el tradicional desayuno con toda la familia con chocolate y churros (tradicional con los Piñoles), pero además como me cumple cayó en un sábado, y encima en rebajas todavia, pues lo he podido disfrutar un poco mas. Se quedó Jose Carlos con las niñas y mi madre y yo nos fuimos de tiendas. No compramos mucho, algunas cosas, pero me sentó muy bien. Y por la tarde, porque hizo un día precioso de sol (un regalo de mi Padre Celestial!) nos fuimos todos a Santa Pola, comimos enfrente de la playa y paseamos en el paseo de la playa. Un día verdaderamente precioso y satisfactorio! Gracias a mi marido maravilloso, es tan bueno conmigo y a veces no se lo agradezco suficiente. Me trata de maravilla! Te quiero mi amor, mas que mi vida!

This year I enjoyed my birthday very much. We had the traditional breakfast with the family with hot chocolate and "churros" (something typical spanish, fried dough with sugar, kind of), what we always do, but as well I could enjoy a bit more, because my birthday was Saturday and sales. José stayed with the girls for a few hours and my mom and I went shopping. We didn´t buy alot, just a few things, but it felt really good. And afterwards we went to Santa Pola to the beach, because it was really nice and sunny (a present from my Heavenly Father) and we ate in front of the beach and had a walk by the beach. It was a beautiful day and really satisfying! Thanks to my dear hubby, he is soo good to me and sometimes I don´t thank him enough! He treats me really good! I love you my love, more than my life!!

Carnaval

2009-02-24T12:54:00.000+01:00

Bueno, este año por fin podimos disfrutar un poco del carnaval. En Austria se celebra mucho y se disfraza todo el mundo, pero aqui lo hacen bien poco. Pues este año como va Lorena a la guardería la hemos disfrazado unos días y el sabado hemos tenido una fiesta de carnaval en la capilla la primera vez en los 10 años que estoy ya aqui! ¡Que guay! Me encanta disfrazarme! Así fuimos toda la familia como familia de gitanos, hasta con abuela, todo un clan, como ha venido mi madre este mes. Nos divertimos mucho. Era un ratito nada mas, pero muy entretenido, lo disfrutamos mucho!

Well, this year we could finally enjoy carneval a bit. In Austria it is very much celebrated, everybody gets dressed up and I´ve missed that very much, because here almost nobody does. So this year, Lorena is in Kindergarden and I´ve enjoyed dressing her up a few days and on Saturday we had a dressing-up-party at church for the first time in the 10 years I´m here! I love dressing up! All our family we went as a gipsy-family, with Grandma included as my mom is just here this month. It was really fun. It wasn´t really long, but very funny, we enjoyed it very much!

Navidad / Christmas

2009-01-09T21:51:00.001+01:00

Cumpleaños de Nerea / Nerea´s birthday

2009-01-09T15:54:00.000+01:00

Bueno bueno, como pasa el tiempo! Nuestro bebé ya tiene un añito y esta mas espabilada que nada. Ella se lo pasa pipa con su tata y ni te digo con sus primos cuando vienen. De hecho, por las mañanas cuando Lorena está en la guardería, ella se aburre mucho y se pega a mi un montón. Menos mal que hace una siestecita todavia y me deja hacer la casa un poquito. Pero es una niña muy dulce y se deja besar y achuchar un montón, lo que disfruta su papá mucho, porque a Lorena la tienes que rogar y hacer caras para que te de un beso.
Bueno, en su cumple Nerea estaba halucinando con tantas caras alrededor cantanto a ella y no ha hecho otra cosa que mirar. ¡Una preciosidad!

Well, well, how time passes by so fast! Our little baby is already a year and she´s so much ahead of her age. She has lots of fun playing with her sister and not to mention when all the cousins come, she´s behind them all. The sad thing is, when her sister is in the Kindergarden in the mornings she gets bored and wants to be with Mommy all the time. Good thing, that she still takes a morning-nap and lets me clean up the house just a bit. But she is very sweet and has lots of kisses for everyone and lets herself be kissed, which is especially enjoyed by Daddy because Lorena has to be pleaded with to get some kisses.
Anyway, on her birthday, Nerea with fascinated with all the faces around her singing to her and she was just looking around. She´s soooo cute!!

¡Nerea andando! / Nerea started to walk!

2008-10-03T22:11:00.000+02:00

Estamos encantados con Nerea que ha empezado a andar; bueno por un lado, porque hay que estar de tras de ella a todas horas, porque se mete en todo y quiere ser parte de todo. ¡Pero es gracioso ver sus pequeñas patitas hechar a andar y haciendo equilibrio!

Nerea is the kind of girl that wants to be in everything, she has to have her part in everything! So with almost 10 months she started to walk behind her sister and takes everything away from her. On one side we are happy, but on the other hand you have to be always with her, because she has her hands in everything. But it´s really cute to watch her little feet walking and trying to stay in balance!

Terra Natura

2008-09-08T23:10:00.000+02:00

Terra Natura es un parque temátiquo, más bien zoológico con un parque acuatico incluido. Está muy bien hecho y en un día no pudimos ver todo. A Lorena le encantó ver tantos animales y estar con Aaron, uno de sus mejores amigos. Lloraron los dos cuando nos fuimos, porque no querían separarse. Si podéis ir, vale la pena, aunque es un poco caro! Y las piscinas también estan muy bien con muchas cosas para montarse, aunque no hemos visto mucho, con los niños pequeños. La proxima vez!

Terra Natura is tematic park, like a zoo with a waterpark included. It is really good, and big, we couldn´t see everything in one day, especially with kids. Lorena loved to see all the animals and especially to be with Aaron, one of her best friends. Both of them cried, when we went home, they didn´t want to separate. If you have the chance to go, it´s worth while, although a bit expensive. The waterpark is cool as well, a lot of things to go on, which we didn´t go on, with the little kids. Next time!

Un día en la playa / A day on the beach

2008-09-05T18:53:00.000+02:00

Un dia nos fuimos a la playa con las niñas y una hermana de Jose Carlos y su familia y experimentamos con la arena. Lorena ha estado pocas veces y Nerea nunca. Lorena se fue a jugar con su primo y se lo pasaron muy bien. Ahora montamos una sombra para Nerea para no tenerla en la arena, pero poco nos duró. Ella quería salir y jugar tambien. Yo la puse dentro otra vez y así lo pasamos un rato, hasta que ya la dejé estar. Se puso de arena por todas partes y no se quejo para nada, se lo pasó en grande.

One day we went to the beach with the girls and one of José´s sisters with her family and we experimented with the sand. Lorena didn´t go too many times and Nerea never. Lorena went to play with her cousin and they had a good time. Now we put up a little shade-tent for Nerea so she wouldn´t get sand all over, but that didn´t last for long. She wanted to get out and play too. I put her in again and we played that game for a while, un til I let her go. Well, well, she played , got sand all over and didn´t complain, evern when she had it in her eyes. She had the best time!

Cumple de Jose Carlos / José´s Birthday

2008-08-12T23:15:00.000+02:00

Otro año más ha pasado y nos lo pasamos bien con toda la familia. Esta vez mas sencillo, con Arroz y costra y helados. Así que la vela en el Arroz porque no había tarta, pero así es mas original, seguro que no lo ha hecho nadie.

Another year is over and we had a very good time with all the family. This time it was more simple with typical spanish rice and ice-cream. So, because we didn´t have cake, we put the candle on the rice. It´s very unique that way, the Piñol way! :))

Cumpleaños de Lorena / Lorena´s Birthday

2008-08-12T22:53:00.000+02:00

El tiempo vuela y ya tiene Lorenita 2 añitos, así que, como no teníamos sitio para todos en casa y no tenemos jardin, nos fuimos a un merendero cerca de la playa y celebramos "por todo lo alto". Con piñata, juegos y mucha comida y patatas fritas. :)
Lorena estaba encantada con su nueva muñeca y no la vimos mucho por la mesa, solo para comer.

Time flies, it´s hard to believe that Lorena has 2 years already. Well, we didn´t have space for everybody in the apartment, so we went to a kind of park, where you can do your BBQ and stuff, near the beach and had our party there. With sweets, lots and food and chips. :)
Lorena was really happy with her new doll and we didn´t see her very much after that, she just came to grab something to eat.

Nerea

2008-07-16T22:47:00.000+02:00

Después de las problemas que teníamos para tener a Lorena, nos creímos que ibamos a tardar con el segundo y cuando empezamos buscar, a la primera nos quedamos embarazados. Así que se llevan solamente 18 meses! Nerea es mucho mas nerviosa que su hermana pero muy alegre y contenta.

After the problems we had to have Lorena, we thought it would take a long time to have the second but then we got pregnant in the first month. So they´re only 18 months apart! Nerea is more nervous then her sister but very happy and curious.

Lorena

2008-07-16T22:05:00.000+02:00

Hemos tardado 7 años en tener a nuestra primer hija. Teníamos problemas los dos, pero al final concebimos a Lorena por Fecundación in Vitro y nacio en Junio 2006. Nacio con bajo peso porque la comida no le pasó bien por el cordón umbilical en el ultimo mes, pero con ningun problema se recuperó muy rapido. Es la alegría de casa y muy lista!

We had to wait 7 years to have our first daughter. Both of us had problems, but in the end we conceived Lorena by IVF and was born in June 2006. She was born with low weight because the food wasn´t passing good in the last month, but she got well really fast. She is the joy of the house and very clever!

Boda/Wedding

2008-07-16T21:57:00.000+02:00

Nos hemos casado el 3 de julio de 1999 en Wiener Neustadt, Austria y el 6 de julio en el templo de Madrid, España y desde entonces vivimos alrededor o en Elche, España.

We got married on the 3rd of July 1999 in Wr.Neustadt, Austria and the 6th of July in the Temple of Madrid, Spain and since then we live around or in Elche, Spain.