4 weeks away and her room is almost ready ....

Here's Brianna's Room! We can hardly wait to meet her! Our doctor said that our small bundle of joy is in the 27th percentile, which means she'll weigh between 6 and 7 pounds. And her head is already perfectly positioned for birth! What a miracle!

Grandma Pierson has generously contributed some very cute stuffed animals to Bri's little collection!


Here's her crib ... ready for the most precious baby girl! Thanks again for all your wonderful and encouraging messages and prayers. They'll come ever more handy during labor and delivery!

New Year's Eve Party with Argentine friends and family ... what a blast!

We had a great time with the Fayards, Ludis, Tabuencas, Cairuses, "La Flaca"...

and the yummiest food ever!



We sang Argentine folk songs til midnight then celebrated the new year toasting with Martinellis.

Turn up your volume, cause here is a video of Carlos singing... I think they were Martinellis we were drinking...

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Little Victoria (2 1/2 yrs old), pictured here with "La Flaca",

got a hold of Jeremy's camera and took this picture of her Daddy & Jeremy. Isn't it great?

Happy New Year everybody!! We love you!

Gone Fishin'

I got a spur-of-the-moment phone call today from my good friend Abel Gaitan asking me to go fishing in northern San Bernardino County.

We had a great time talking and being out in the crisp air. We also caught 2 trout each.

We came back and cleaned the fish at our house, then went to their house to eat. We threw the fish on the grill with tomatoes and onions. Then cooked some rice and veggies. The food was sooooooo good and we had a GREAT evening eating, talking and just hanging out...

Good times!!

We are also learning a lot from Abel and Crystal cause they have 2 adorable kids, little Abel (2 1/2 yrs old) and Laya (1 1/2 yrs old).

A 5 semanas del nacimiento ...

Espero que este mensaje los encuentre muy bien ... quiza con unos kilitos de mas gracias a varios suculentos pedazos de pan dulce con sidra y helado ... que nostalgia!

Yo por aca como ven, sumando los ultimos kilitos de este embarazo ya que faltan solamente 5 semanas para mi fecha de parto y este es el momento cuando el bebe crece mas aceleradamente, supuestamente en este ultimo tiempo triplica su peso preparandose para sobrevivir fuera del utero. Gracias a Dios todo va viento en popa (aunque todavia sigo con medicacion para las nauseas) y Brianna continua creciendo y desarrollandose con normalidad.

Junto a las bendiciones de una hermosa Navidad disfrutada con amigos hemos sumado la bendicion de poder tener un auto nuevo (para nosotros), un Honda Accord 2003 (pueden ver las fotos abajo) y una nueva camara digital (con la cual tomamos estas fotos) para mantenerlos al tanto de las ultimas aventuras de nuestra familia.

Deseamos que este cierre del 2005 les brinde un corazon agradecido por todas las bendiciones recibidas asimismo como la esperanza de un prospero 2006 ... Un abrazo enorme

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas!!

Yesterday for Christmas eve we had a wonderful lunch that Bibi made. Noqui, tomato and cheese sauses, salad and chocolate desert. Bibi made everthing from scratch! Peeling the potatos and everything! Very likely the best Noqui and sauce I have every had!! Scrumptious!!

Then we went down to Saddleback Church for their candle-light service. What a blessing! We got back around midnight... which made it perfect to call Kenny & Crystal & Mom & Dad Pierson who are visiting Chad & Shoshanna Ordelheide in Guam. With the time difference it was 6:00 pm on Christmas day over there.

Christmas morning we woke up and opened presents.

We had a great brunch with the Matayas, watched the Miami Heat beat the Lakers (Whoohoo!!), and then took a nice long walk to work off the great food Auntie Jean made for us.

Bibi is looking as beautiful as ever! The belly is growing, Brianna is moving almost constantly and Mommy & Daddy are getting so excited about meeting this little miracle.

What a wonderful day! We are truly blessed to have such great friends, a healthy little girl on the way, and a loving Savior who came to this world to show us how far He is willing to go to have us as His friends forever in heaven.

And her NAME will be...

As a Christmas gift to her grandparents we decided to announce the name of the first grandchild in the Pierson and Galante families.

Jeremy and Bibi are pround to announce the soon arrival of...

Merry Christmas everyone!!

Our new car

With our little baby coming soon, we decided it was time to get a safer car to carry such a precious gift in. So today we took ownership of a 2003 Honda Accord from some good friends of ours that had ended a three year lease.

That car is in excellent condition and we are so happy with it!! It's the nicest car we've ever had, so it's nice to drive around in a car that is solid and safe (there are 8 airbags all together).

Bibi is very happy that it is automatic so she won't have to worry about changing gears if the baby is trying to distract her. We also hope the leather seats will be easy to clean if our little princess gets creative with re-deccorating the back seat...

Remember you can click on the pictures to see them bigger.

Our trip to Dallas, TX

We just got back from being in Dallas, TX, for 2 weeks. I was working for Quixtar at their Achievers meetings and Bibi came along for the ride.

We stayed at the Gaylord Texan and enjoyed the "out-door" yet in-door experience of the atrium. It is a very nice self-contained resort. (Remember, you can click on the pictures to see them bigger.)

It's a good thing that we had the controlled environment inside. When we got there the tempurature was in the mid 50s outside. Then on Saturday, Dec. 3, it was 80 degrees. I even went boating on Lake Grapevine. Then two days later it was 20 degrees outside. Yes, a 60 degree drop in tempurature in two days.

Anyway, we had a great time with some awesome friends!! Here's Bibi with Katie Vanderveen, a friend from Laguna Beach.

Bibi had the opportunity to visit the place where John F. Kennedy was shot. She has always been interested in the Kennedys, so it was a very special day for her.

We also took one day off to run down to Austin and visit our good friends Ryan & Heidi Bergstrom and family. Of course, Bibi got in some practice with little Nina.

Aidan, Zane and Jeremy had a great time playing all afternoon.

Heidi & Ryan have the greatest little family. It was such a pleasure being at their house again and we look forward to our kids playing together in the next few years.

Back at the resort I had a lot more work to do and Bibi picked up some translation work too. So we were both kept busy. We did take time to dress up and go out a little too.

10 years of dating

Today, December 10, 2005, is the 10 year anniversary of the day Bibi and I started dating.

On September 22, 1995, I arrived at River Plate University in Entre Rios, Argentina, for a year of Spanish language studies. That same day my new roommate, Marcelo Simi, introduced me to his group of friends... and I met Bibi. The whole group hung out a lot over the next few months and everyone noticed there were sparks flying between Bibi and I.

On Saturday morning, December 9, 1995, Bibi and I (and our group of friends) went to church together then all ate at the university cafeteria. We hung out all afternoon... good conversation, good laughs, good times. Later that evening, Bibi and I went for a walk alone in a park near the university.

It was there that I asked her to be my girlfriend. Bibi has always had a very sly streak, so leaving me in suspense, she reccomended that we walk down to Jenny Neugebauer's house, Bibi's best friend. After hanging out there for a couple hours we started walking back to campus.

We stopped to talk at a park on the way. At about 12:15 am, December 10, 2005, Bibi said "YES" to officially being my girlfriend.

And, as they say, the rest is history... Here's a picture of us a few days after that momentus event... :-)

Our little Princess

Introducing... Baby Pierson... in all her cuteness.





We had the most bonding experience with our little girl today. This 3-D technology is incredible! We also got some great video footage of her moving. She daintily would rest her hand on her chin, open and close her hands and mouth, stretch her neck up and grab her toes with her hand.

The pictures were also detailed enough to see her smile and make little faces. We can't wait to hold her in our arms.