Cold is still in the air...

Well it's February and it's cold out there. This weekend is supposed to be nice but the weather is supposed to get colder by Monday. January came and went and I'm still being lazy about taking the tree down. I'm determined to get it done this weekend. I need the space for all the toys my kids have.

I've also become a bit addicted to Facebook. I have been getting in touch with past and current acquaintances. It's a lot of fun.

Well, that's all for now. Not much has happened.

Getting ready for the New Year

OK.. I never did get to the Christmas Skirt. I did however manage to decorate the house and I did not go through the craziness of wrapping a crazy amount of gifts at the last minute. As soon as my husband and I bought presents I wrapped it. It was great since I didn't have to worry about it last minute.

Christmas was great. I baked a ton of cookies, cupcakes, cranberry-orange nut bread, and brownies. I love baking sweets. On Christmas Eve we go to my parents, then we come home and we leave cookies and milk out for Santa. Christmas morning was awesome. My son came to our room in the morning letting us snow that Santa brought his Geotraks Airport. He was sooooo excited and a bit confused as to how did Santa get in to leave his present. My daughter just had a face of "what's this?". (Part of my tradition is to leave their Santa present on their bed.) Afterwards, my husband set up our new HD TV. I told him he would not be able to install the whole set up until after we got back from his parents. My husband can get obsessive about stuff. Then we all got ready and headed over to my husband's parents home. We had lots of fun and the kids opened more presents. It's unbelievable on how they all fit in our car but they did.

Now, we are on vacation. I love having this break so we can be back in full force next year.

Well, I'm off for now.

Have a great NEW YEAR!!!!

It's almost Christmas

I love this time of the year even though it's crazy! I've done most of decorating although I didn't get a chance to do my tree skirt project I was hoping. I'm having fun wrapping my gifts. I'm all caught up. Hopefully I won't be runnng around at the end trying to wrap them. My mom is an expert at these things.

We spent Saturday getting our Family/Christmas portraits done. It's nearly impossible to get my 3 year old and my 8 month old to smile and look at the camera at the same time. Ah...my little babies are growing up so fast. But we finally have our pictures.

On Sunday, we went over to my sister's place for a gathering. We had so much fun taking pictures of the little girls (my brother's family was there). We watched the recorded match between De La Hoya and Paquiao. Wow what a surprise for me. Anyway, it was fun to see all of us getting along and having fun. My aunt and cousin even dropped by.

Now, it's Monday and once again I'm trying to catch up on work and trying to get it done before vacation. Yes, VACATION! Can't wait to spend the time just watching the kids play with their toys.

Well got to run....Need to get my son from school. Wow time flew.

Wrapping Paper

Well, I'm now starting to wrap my presents. I really don't like wrapping presents of items where there isn't a clear edge. Some toys have that and I have to create an edge. I just want to put it into gift bag but I know the kids like to peel the paper off. So I go through the agony.

I'm still trying to find the right plushy doll for my daughter. She really likes the one in her crib. I can't seem to find the one for her. I found some dresses for her but again I'm always rethinking what I want her to wear. I thought I was bad with my son but a girl is worst.

Oh well, need to get dinner ready. The hubby has been fasting for a blood test and I need to have dinner ready. I know he's not going to bother changing to his pjs.

Thanksgiving weekend!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

We had my daughter's christening the weekend before. It was wonderful. She looked so beautiful and we had a wonderful turnout to help celebrate. My sister was such a big help doing the favors and the grandparents helped out a lot, too.

Our Thanksgiving was great! We had our traditional turkey breakfast and then went got ready to go over to my parents. That's where we started out and then made our way over to my in-laws. The food was delicious and the company was great.

Afterwards, we headed home to bed and about 3 hours later I got up to go shopping at Kohls. Can you believe it? I went to Kohls and met up with my mom at 4 AM in the morning. I then went to Toys R Us an AC MOORE. My parents then took me to breakfast at a diner. By 10 AM I as walking into my home with bags and bags of christmas presents. I even bought my son's christmas present. Now, I just need to find my daughter's present.

We also put up our christmas tree. Yay!!!!! I couldn't believe it. I was ecstatic to get them up.

Then on Saturday morning we took the kids to the doctor for a follow up. All is good! After the doctors, we went to get breakfast at a local bagel shop followed by a visit to the Hallmark store for christmas ornaments.

In the afternoon, we headed to the mall and my son decided he wanted to talk to Santa about what he wants for Christmas. Yippee! I got a picture of Santa, my daughter and my son (smiling no less!).

Well, got to go...the hubby is waiting.

It's our 8th Wedding Anniversary

Well we've made it to 8 my husband and I. Yes, we have been married for eight year on 11/11/2000. Easy date to remember! So that makes 18 wonderful years together. Yes, you read right and I didn't mistype. My husband and I dated for 10 year before we married.

He also sent me flowers. A wonderful bouquet of roses in different colors. I absolutely love them. I love to stare at the flowers. They just fill me with so much joy. It really brightens up my mood.

Well, I'm making final preparations for my daughter's baptism. It's going nuts but calm. Then comes the Holidays. I need to make reservations for a sitting with the photo studio. I'm trying to get a tree skirt quilted in time for when we put up the Christmas Tree.

So much to do so little time :(

Oh well till next time.

An update before October ends

Just wanted to make sure I made at least one entry for October. All goes well in October.

I was a bit stressed for bit with planning my daughter's Christening. Finally, the date is resolved and so is the reception. I can't tell you how crazy it's been. We've been debating between going with a Hall (Elks, Mason, etc) or a restaurant. However, most restaurants and halls were booked. There was one restaurant that would have been perfect but it was booked. So we opted for another restaurant instead and the stress is over.

Now, I just need to worry about the favors. My sister is a great help with that kind of thing. She has so many ideas and she has taken it upon herself to come up with the goods. No matter what she does, I know it will be cool.

OOOO....I forgot to mention the birth of my niece. She is so beautiful. Each of my siblings have a boy as the oldest child and the girl as the youngest. At least this is the case for now. Who knows if anyone else is getting pregnant. As for me, well if it happens it happens.

I have to say I have way too many pumpkins in my house. My husband better start carving pumpkins soon or it will all be a waste.

I went with my son on his first class trip to a pumpkin picking farm. It was a lot of fun and my son was so excited. I took some pictures so my husband could see him. I know my husband would have loved to have been there.

Well until next month.