Easter 2010

Wow!  It has come and gone like a whirlwind! 

I can't believe that this was our 1st Easter as a "Family."  We had such a wonderful day! 

We spent the morning at church, where we were filled up with AMAZING worship and a powerful message! 

THEN, we headed outside to fight the nasty humidity and took these pictures in our neighbors backyard!

And, had an easter egg hunt.  Isabelle just wanted to "Shake, Shake, Shake" those eggs until everything came out of them!  SO much fun!!!

Hope your Easter was as great as ours!  And you had time to sit and reflect on Jesus' love for us!

xoxo

Reminiscing...

I found this picture and can't believe that my little girl was inside there not so long ago! It feels like I have had her forever :-) Sweet memories

Now she is 8 months old and wants to walk around (with help, of course) how is that so... they really do grow up SOOO fast!!!

Isabelle and her boyfriend

I am so blessed to have such sweet, compassionate, amazing friends!!!  One of these fabulous girls is Sandra, and her little bambino Rhodes is just THE cutest little boy!!! On Wednesday, Isabelle and her boyfriend had a "date" at the park.  Of course, this was a chaparoned date, I don't see her daddy EVER letting her go on a real date, boys have "coodies" :-)  Here are some super sweet pictures from the park.

Thanks Sandra and Rhodes for such a great time!  We love yall!!!

Isabelle LOVES swinging!!!

Riding on the bumblebee!!!

Spring Break!!!

This week is Spring Break in our house and we are doing a lot of fun little crafts around the house.  Our biggest chore is to start our garden.  Isabelle LOVES carrots and potatos, so I thought I would attempt to be more domesticated and try to grown our own.  Adan dug up the stump in the backyard where the garden will go, we tore up the ground, and bought some organic compost.  So, here we go!!!  I am also attempting to create our our compost pile for the soil, hope it doesn't get too nasty in there, but the nastier the better for garden, so I hear. :-)  Here are some recent pictures of my little princess... she is sooo big and soooo much fun!!! I just want to eat her up I love her so much!!!!!  xoxo

Sitting like a big girl before her 1st Chuck E Cheese birthday party experience...

My little Minnie Mouse :-)

VOTE, VOTE, VOTE, VOTE... pretty Please :-)

About 4 months ago, I entered Isabelle into this modeling thing for a girl that is friends with our photographer... you know, friend of a friend, well low and behold... Isabelle was one of the finalists.  But our journey is not done.  Now, I need your help!  Please, if you love me, my husband, my daughter, or my dog, please :-) 

Here is what you have to do, #1- become a fan #2- hit "like" on the picture of Isabelle. 

Sweet and simple, and you know... I would do it for you ;-)  Just remember that as you think about the 2 minutes it takes to click the link below and hit 2 (two) other buttons.  Ha!  This is the picture that she has of Isabelle.  Wouldn't it be so fun for her to be a little "model."  I will live vicariously through her... lol!!! 

There are some A-DORABLE other little girls on there, but mine deserves your VOTE!!! :-)

http://www.facebook.com/pages/glam-R-baby/51669198356?ref=mf#!/pages/glam-R-baby/51669198356?ref=mf

Life from the Hyatt...

And Hyatt, yes, I do mean the hotel!!  We are going on day 5 in our lovely "suite" aka home sweet home.  We had over 3000 gallons of water pumped from under our house!  ARE YOU KIDDING ME!! That is enough water to fill a swimming pool!  Needless to say... can't wait to get our water bill this month... NOT!!!  They had to shut off our water and dry it all out to fix the "leak" that was the culprit issue...  Isabelle has done rather well in our 300 sq house.  She LOVES, and I mean LOVES talking to herself in the hallways where her voice echos down the hall.  It is SOOOOOO  cute!!!  She thinks she is the funniest thing ever, and I must say that I agree with her :-)  She is pretty stinking amazing!  The ONLY upside to having this mouse house is the already prepared for us, breakfast and dinner.  The breakfast is great for running out the door at 6:30... a warm bagel, muffin, or presliced fruit and juice.  AND COFFEE!!! I mean, where else can you get that included with your daily regimen.  Then they have this fabulous social hour in the evenings with soups, salad, and quick bites.  That has been our dinner the last 2 nights ;-)  Tonights menu consisted of pizza, nachos, and chocolate chip cookies.  So nutritious, right????  But then again, where else can you pay $1000 a week to get free food... not paying a mortgage?? ha! Thank you Traveler's Insurance!!!

Happy {VaLeNtInEs} Day

This  morning we woke up Isabelle for her first, of many, Valentines' Days.  We had a stuffed bear for her and mommy and daddy made her a card.  We love you little girl.  Every day is a Valentine's day with you in our lives. 

Our family has a Valentine's rule that we wont spend money on each other, instead we will show each other how much we love each other with things we know the other really loves.  So, for me, Adan gave me a warm oiled back rub... oh how I love those massages.  And for him, to feed his sweet tooth, I made a bunch of homemade goodies, and Isabelle and I made him "10 reasons we love daddy" hearts with a reason on each heart and gave them to him throughout the day.  Here is Isabelle's Valentine to all of her loves...

New Year= New Resolutions!!!

Everything is new this year! I love it all. I have made a list of resolutions for this year, so I'm guessing that if I put them on paper they may last longer than the possible couple of days that the other years have left me with! Does it mean that I have to keep them all year? Or just until I get tired of them (#1)? Or until I forget?




Maybe this post will keep me accountable, when I look back at our blog I will either be able to say "Check" or " Oh crap, did I really say that I was going to do that.... maybe next year " ha!



So here they go!



#1- Get back to my pre-pregnancy size. Yes, I did put that out there are resolution #1! So boring, yes I know, but I NEED to get back there. My hubs can not have that much smaller of a waist than me!



#2- Live on a budget! Adan and I both have wild hairs that run through us and sometimes they can cost us a pretty penny!



#3- Be the best mom and wife I can be. The wife thing I have done a little longer than the mom thing, I just want to make sure that this year I do everything I possibly can to help my angel blossom as best as she can.



#4- Be a better friend. Putting out more effort with some of the people that I don’t talk to on a regular basis that I still cherish and hold near and dear to my heart. Hopefully you’ll be hearing from me soon :-)


#5- Cook dinner atleast 4 nights out of the week!  AHHH this one could haunt me!!!

Eatin it up!

I forgot to mention that I have hilarious photos of Isabelle eating rice cereal for the first time!!! I think she wore more than she swallowed!  But every time that spoon came near her mouth she would open wide!  Can't you tell she doesn't miss a meal!!!! ha!  We have an eater on our hands!!! 

YUMMY!!!!!

She is already a big girl and can do it ALL by herself! ha!

WHOA baby!!! What a mess!!!

My little angel!

Did I tell yall that I am soooo excited because Adan got a new job with "normal"  working hours.  As in, he will be home for DINNER!!! woo hooo  and on the weekends!! Since our little angel has been born, he has had to work horindous hours, but he does it with such a great attitude because he knows how important it is for his future endevours and career track.  He is such an amazing husband and dad and would do ANYTHING for us that we ever needed.  He is great!   There have been so many times when he is walking around like a zombie, yet he still participates in all of our family events when he is home!  I couldn't ask for anything more. 

On another note, can I just mention that Isabelle is getting so big!  She is sitting up by herself and starting to teeth.  I can see white under her gums and she attacks anything that will go into her mouth.  I love watching her concentrate and then shake her head back and forth until he bites the tar out of it!! haha shes so animated!  She blows raspberries ALL the time, and is such a happy girl!  AHH!! I can't believe that she is almost half of a YEAR old!  How time flies when you are having fun! 

And I will leave you with some pictures of my happy girl!

xoxo