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💎 The Santos Legacy Continues…

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Rue Santos’ story is only just beginning… and Episode 2 is on the way 💕

She may have finally found love… but is this the start of her forever or the beginning of something complicated? 👀

🎬 Episode 2 premieres TODAY at 7PM EST on YouTube

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This series will include: beautiful gameplay moments storytelling romance drama and stunning visuals of the Santos family legacy as it grows generation by generation

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28 NOVEMBER 2022

“Woah. It has been a hot minute since I last logged in here hasn’t it? I always knew, from the minute I started the blog that there would inevitably be a long hiatus at some stage. First off I want to say sorry for it being unannounced. I’ve said it a million times, but I was just so damn busy. One of my last posts i was in the darkest of places mentally and I had too, for everyone's sake, put ME first. Its always been something I’ve struggled with, putting my needs before everyone elses and becoming a wife and mother buried me and burnt me out faster than I ever could have imagined.

So now I guess I’ll update you all of some things that have happened in the last six-ish months. Deimon and I tried the co-parenting thing for a while, the divorce papers fell through and it never happened, we made up and we’re retrying every day to have our happily ever after. We have been doing a lot of renovations on the farmhouse, it’s been a fun adventure changing our environment but it sure did mess up everything in the process. The girls are… Thriving?! Growing like weeds, learning more and more everyday, I’ll post an update on them in the next few days too!

“Life is finally back on track. Let’s hope for a more constant posting schedule right?!”

I don’t know your name yet. Honestly? How am I supposed to choose a name for someone I’ve only just met? I don’t know anything about you other than you look kind of like an undercooked chicken, with a bunch of tubes and wires all over you.

Mom says you’re beautiful. I wish I could think the same. She says you’re doing really well, better than your uncle -- fuck, that’s a scary thought! -- but I don’t know how she can tell. 

I don’t know why I’m writing this. I just remember seeing somewhere that keeping a diary can help when you’re going through shit. And I think this definitely counts as Shit with a capital S. 

It’s horrible to say but.. I didn’t want you. I never wanted to follow in my bio-mom’s footsteps. I wanted to go to college, travel, establish myself. Mom says I still can, but I’m sure she’s just trying to make me feel better. 

I just.. I thought I’d have more time. I thought I could prepare myself, make myself be okay with my entire life changing. You obviously thought different. Or maybe my body just decided for both of us that now was the right time. I don’t know. 

All I know is that everything hurts, and hospital food tastes god awful. And I guess I better get used to it.

Happy Birthday, Xochitl!

Oh, hello there. Remember us? It’s been a while. Three months, to be exact. How are you all doing? We’re doing well, thank you. As you know, the blog hasn’t been updated for months, and as much as I’d like to talk about that at some point, right now is not the time. We’re a couple of days late with this post, but our sweet chilli pepper child is now FIVE years old. Her birthday was on April 2nd, and I really wanted to post this on that day, but as you can imagine, that didn’t go as planned.

Xochitl Mireya Barranco. Our sweet and bright little girl, and still the sassiest of the bunch in the absolute best way possible. She’s got the biggest heart, is such a wonderful, loving and caring daughter and sister, and is truly always a joy to be around. She's loves to make everyone around her smile and laugh, and has teamed up with her big brothers as the comedians of the household. Not sure who they got that talent from, as Sam and I are both pretty boring in that department, though we never fail to make at least one of the children laugh by simply existing, so that’s a plus.

Oh, and before I forget, and I'm aware I do mention this every time one of the kids have a birthday, but Xochitl has grown a lot this past year, to the point it’s insane. Not only has she grown as a person, with her beautiful soul and all, but she has gotten tall. Well, I mean, as someone who has inherited my small stature, she's obviously not the tallest person out there, but similar to her sister, Kele, one concern has always been her small size. Not to me, personally, but you know how people can be. Close to her birthday last year, she was estimated to be around the size of an average 2-year-old, but over the past few months (starting in the Fall last year, I believe) she has caught up pretty close to her peers. She's 40 inches tall, which I'd say is a big jump from last year.

Happy 5th Birthday to our sweetest Xochitl Mireya. We love you so much! ❤️

Birth: 5lbs 2oz, 18in. Now: 14lbs 0oz, 24in.

Good afternoon, everyone. It’s been a while since I’ve made an update on our baby boy. The last update was when he was just one month old, despite saying I would update regularly. Well, it's been crazy since he was born, and finding time for the blog has been hard. But now I'm here. Yuuto is four months old, and it's INSANE how much he has changed! He now weighs 14 pounds, so that means he has gained a little less than 7 pounds since his one month update. He’s looking more like a little child now, and less like a wrinkly old man, and I just love looking at that cute little face. Definitely his Dad’s clone, am I right? Ryo’s parents said he looks nothing like his father as a baby, but that’s on them if they can’t see it like everybody else can. But regardless of who he looks like the most, he’s seriously the cutest little baby. Same goes for his big sister, of course—she is also the cutest. Now, despite being born premature (33+2 weeks to be exact), he is reaching milestones like you’d expect from a baby born full-term. As a preemie myself, we were prepared for him to take some time to learn certain skills, but not our Yuuto. He has become more social, and he loves to babble and copy sounds that he hears. He can hold his head up without support, and push up to his elbows when lying on his stomach. Not fully able to roll over onto his back yet, but he's getting there. Definitely something to keep our eyes open for, for as exciting as it is when your child is learning new skills, it is also horrifying. What if you look away for one second, and your child has rolled over onto the floor? Thankfully, that hasn’t happened to us, and we do our best to have him in a secure enviroment, but the fear is still there, you know. Anyway, I will try my best to make an update on him like this more often from now on. If not once every month, then at least every two months. Will not forget his SIXTH month, so be sure to see an update on him when the day comes. But until then, this will have to do. We hope you’re doing well, and hope to see you again soon, whether it be on here, or on my instagram. Oh, and a HAPPY NEW YEAR. Hope 2022 has been good so far, and will continue to be.