Monday, January 24, 2011

happenings of late...


We enjoyed another wonderful Christmas.  My favorite picture from Christmas is the one where Trinity is putting lipstick on Eliana and touching it up with her finger (first collage, bottom left). It's such serious sister business. :)






We enjoyed the first real snow of the season.  It was freezing cold for over a week, and my girls surprised me and played outside every day.  For long periods.  We enjoyed lots of hot chocolate afterward.  Our favorite is Abuelita.  It can be found in the Mexican section at your local grocery store, and it's heated on the stove with milk, and it's yummy!  Another treat of the freezing cold-- our pipes were frozen for 4 days.  But by some stroke of luck, we had cold water in the bathrooms.  We were able to flush toilets and wash our hands, which made it much more endurable.  I washed dishes and bathed the kids pioneer style (heated water on the stove, so I guess more modern pioneer) and Alex and I showered at my mom's.  Good times.




I tried to start Cruz on rice cereal a few weeks ago. 

He was not a big fan.



I started a new journal of sorts.   Both of my sister have one too.  I think it's a great way to keep track of bits and pieces over the next 5 years.



Our sweet girls have given us many concerts.  I hope that maybe this year they will get to sing together in church :)



And our Cruzy just keeps getting cuter and cuter every day!  He's rolling over-- when he feels like it, and is almost sitting up.  I can't believe how fast they grow up!  It makes me need to squeeze him extra hard everyday to savor it.


Life is truly great.

Monday, November 8, 2010

I love his,


Succulent baby thighs.

his squishy arms.


 hair, and how it sticks up all by itself.


birth mark.  It's in the lower left corner of his mouth.  It looks like a smudge of chocolate or something. :)

Big, fat, squishy cheeks.  They are excellent for kissing!


He's such a delicious baby and gets chubbier and cuter every day!


And him?  He only loves me for my big boobs.

Friday, November 5, 2010

I'm longing for...

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hairstyles for long thick hair


long hair haircuts


longer hair.

It's been 3 years since I ditched my long locks and I want them back.  I've loved my short hair and I'm sure we'll reunite someday, but right now I'm ready for a change.  Now for the dreaded process of growing my hair out... til then, I'm dreaming of sexy ponytails and long layers...

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Halloween 2010!

Meow!  My 2 little pretty kitties!




 My cuddly little bear :)


Awww! I love my kiddos


parading around at the trunk-r-treat!


Carving pumpkins!


Elli tried to carve one of our little ones, cuz "it's just my sizes!"

Hope everyone had a fun Halloween!  And feel free to come to my house and take all our candy.  I've had far to much that my head feels fuzzy...

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

a couple Elli-isms

Yesterday was a cold, cloudy day, so we got to test out newly installed wood stove.
Elli said, "I'm not freezing my buns off, I'm warming my buns off!"


Elli also has little stomach bug.  After using the restroom she said, "It's like brown ketchup!"

The things this kid comes up with!  We sure love her and life she brings to our home.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

pretty as a princess

She was looking too cute, so I had to sneak a few.  :)

 






Friday, October 1, 2010

Fall

Fall means that winter and cold are fast approaching which distracts me from the fact that so far the first week of fall has been great!  Nice warm, almost hot days, cool nights with windows open, extra blanket in the morning, and a couple homemade soup dinners!

Here are some fun things that Fall brings. 

Alex grew these for me. <3
Don't little pumpkins just make you happy?!  I love having them scattered around various surfaces in my home.













                 I like the larger variety too!

I made my girls special fall dresses with some awesome vintage fabric that I found.

I love them!



Do you like them? 


Yes?  Well you're in luck, I have dresses for sale!  Here are few of them.


All kinds of cute little girls maxi dresses all just a little bit different.  I even have more of the cute fall fabric that I am making into dresses.  If you want one, just let me know and I can make one just the right size! 

Get one from me now or these cute maxi dresses will be for sale at upcoming Holiday Boutiques in November!!