little birdies

Every year we get a new family of birds. Although they usually don't make it through summer, due to bad luck and/or our cat, we enjoy watching them feed their baby birdies that constantly chirp and listen to their melodious songs. Trinity especially loves the birds and longs for nothing more than to just be able to catch one and play with it.

Here are some of the things that she said while following a bird all around our backyard for around 10 minutes before getting discouraged.

"Mom should I catch it?"

"Come here little birdie, I am nice."

"Don't you want to play?"

"Come here!"

"Come and play with me."

"I guess the birdie is just to shy, huh?"

"He just doesn't like people cuz he's too shy."

The very thought of you

3 years and 9 months ago I found out you were on your way. How scared, how excited, how indescribable I felt. From the start you made me want to be better -- worthy to be your mother. How my life has changed since that day. It’s not been easy, sometimes we still struggle, but the love we have cannot be measured. You came into this world wanting me. And oh how I wanted you-- especially after 21 hours of back labor.

From the start your intelligence has been astonishing. You’ve always been so cuddly and affectionate. You were an early talker and could pretty much name anything by your 1st birthday, or shortly after. You could count to 10 and knew all your colors, and could even sing the alphabet and many others songs by the time you were 2. And gosh could you talk.

Not long after turning 2 you became a big sister. And your capacity to love astounded me further. You have always been ready to love and forgive in an instant. You are learning to share, and love to make your sister laugh. I hope you two will always be close.

You got smarter still, learning your colors in Spanish, recognizing letters, loving books and memorizing several of them so that you can almost recite them word for word. Always loving music, you began to make up your own songs, and can’t help but move your little body to the sound of music. You are a princess to the fullest and have a wonderful imagination. You love being outside almost better than anything.

You always take care of me when I am not feeling good or am sad—scolding your father to be nice to mommy. I love to watch you play, dance and, sleep. I love to hear you talk and sing. I love being around you, you make me happy. You have the best kissing cheeks in the whole world, and I hope they never go away. You have a special hold your daddy’s heart, calling him your prince, knowing he will do pretty much what ever you want.

You are 3 now, and quite the little girl, no longer a baby—but always my baby. You are funny and extremely captivating. Anyone who knows you loves you. Thank you for being our girl. We love you with all of our hearts.

What a PARTY!!

Luckily it stopped raining so Trinity could have her party! Although it was a little colder than we hoped for, it was just nice enough to spend a little time outdoors. This year our theme was BALLERINA--I think we might have a dancer on our hands someday. :) Birthday party were always a big deal for Alex when he was growing up, so he expects nothing less for his own girls. The parties seem like they are gonna keep getting bigger and bigger each year. *Sigh* I guess it's easy for him because I am the one doing all the planning and carrying out the brunt of the details, although He did do a lot of other stuff. His time was spent building an AWESOME swing set/playground for her. It was good to have cuz all the kids loved it and it kept them entertained. It's not finished yet and I will post a picture of the finished product when that time comes.

We had face painting! I made sure to practice a bunch of really simple designs and have them on display so I didn't get any crazy requests and have to disappoint.

The highlight of the party, besides cake and ice cream, was the pinata! Birthday girl got to go first. After her first few hits, she started crying and saying, "I can't do it!" I guess she thought that she was supposed to break it.

Everything turned out good after explaining to her that it takes a while for the pinata to break, so that everyone can get a turn. I think she had more fun watching everyone else hit, or in some cases beat the crap out of, the lovely ballerina slipper pinata. Luckily our Knight, Holden brought along his sword to take a few chops at it.

It was a race to see who pick up the most candy.

Later as the party died down a little, Trinity went on to cover a few people, but mostly Summer with some of the 400+ stickers that Aunt Matti was so kind give her. Thanks a lot Matti! I hope you're realize that she loves to stick stickers on ANYTHING that holds still long enough! :)Anyways, after decorating, we played a few rounds of "pin the slipper on the ballerina"

Well it was a huge success and we all had a wonderful time. Trinity got all kinds of fabulous things that she loves. Hopefully tomorrow I will feel like organizing all the new stuff to fit in with the old stuff so that it's not decorating my house-- although even after something had it's home it always managed to come out and find a place on my floors-- but that's the way it goes.

And it's a good thing it's summer vacation, that way Matti will be able to spend her summer removing stickers from unwanted places:) ha ha

can I read you a story?

"Once upon a time there was a handsome prince named Daddy. He had a Trinity. And they lived happily ever after."

"Once upon a time there was a beautiful girl named Mommy Nunez. And she had me and she had Elli. They had a lot of toys. And they lived happily ever after."

"Once upon a time there was a beautiful girl named Trinity, and she had a mommy who put away my toys in your closet. Then I was nice and you gave me back my toys. And they lived happily ever after. THE END."

Lately we have a sweet little story teller. I can't remember all the stories, but there have been some good ones. :) I love that everyone is totally different from the last. Well they are basically the same format, but it's always switched up a little bit.

pretty toes, and funny faces

My Trin has always had the sweetest toes. They are good for kissing, tickling or just looking at.

Here are some examples of her ability/enjoyment of making crazy faces like her mother.

WooHoo, LOVING bubbles!

a little dirt never hurt anybody

Such sad tears on such sweet checks. She was just whining at me to hold her. This child would be perfectly content if I just held her all day.











What a pretty crier.











Eliana had her first dirt clot today. How exciting! Well, when I showed Alex the pictures, and told him it was dirt not chocolate as he thought, he was like "Why did you feed her dirt?!"
Oh yes, I fed it to her. Shoveled it in by the spoonful. I mean please.
She puts absolutely EVERYTHING she comes in contact with in that little mouth.

carried away

Let's just start by saying I have a bit of an obsession of taking pictures of my girls. Anyway, I had just put Trin to bed and Elli was being so cute I HAD to bring out the camera! Honestly I take at least 100 pics a week. We started inside but it was so nice outside we hurried and switched location. Needless to say, I took over 50 pictures in about 10 minutes. Here are some of my favs!:)

One of Eliana's favorite places to crawl to is to the mirror in our extra room. She has already discovered the pleasure of primping.

1st annual TEA PARTY!!

My sister Kalli is in town for a visit and wanted to do something special for Trinity cause she wont be here for her 3rd B-day in few weeks. So she decided to go all out and through a tea party.

Trinity even got to open a early present from mommy. A real princess tiara!

We were all required to dress in proper princess attire. Trin's crown came with a little matching headband that fit Elli perfectly:)

Anxiously awaiting the tea to be served.

Yummy chamomile tea. Trinity tried to get that pinky to stick out, but couldn't quite figure it out. At one point she thought I meant for her to pick up the cup with her pinky. Thank goodness nothing fell and broke. The plates and cups we used were my Grandma Hamilton's, that she received at her wedding, and Cindy inherited them. We were so glad to get to use them.

Kalli made all kinds of yummy stuff! Cucumber sandwiches, pb & j hearts, spinach strawberry salad, chocolate cookies with evillll frosting and pink sprinkles, yumm, and some fancy rolls. Every thing was sooo "princess" perfect.
Oh Yes, we all got beautified by Trin.:)
Dancing to "Enchanted" music. Thank you Aunt Kalli for a wonderful, fun time!!