girls night out

We had one fun girls night out! I had Abby and Gracie over before they started school this week so we could have one big party and boy did we party! I don't think there is anything sweeter than hearing three little girls giggle over the most silliest things. I feel like Livvi is so lucky to have them, it's almost like they are all sisters. Liv has been going to Suni's since she was 12 weeks old, three days a week and it has been such a blessing, she has gotten so much love from them they just adore her. Between swimming, getting pedicures, eating out, having ice cream, watching movies and a little coloring these sweet girls wore me out! I sure love that I get to be their Aunt!

Oh and can I just say the LOOKS I get when I go into public with these cute girls, three girls and one soon on the way...people look at me like I'm crazy it's soo funny! It was even worse one night when I had Averi to add to the bunch, I just know people wanted to offer free birth control to me! ha!

school & texting

Off to school Livvi went today, "pack pack" in all! As I was unbuckling her she says, "see ya mom" oh this girl is growing up too fast. She goes every Wednesday for a couple of hours. A few things we hope she learns is to play nice with others, manners, colors, letters, songs and I'm sure soo much more. I'm excited because I think Liv was able to get such a great teacher so it will be exciting to watch her learn and grow.

So I text Phil after I dropped Liv off and this is how our conversation went, it melted my heart:

Me: Just dropped Liv off at school, kinda sad!!! She did good!

Phil: Good! I am proud of her. Don't you just love her so much. I have been thinking a lot about how I love this age and don't want it to pass because we will look back before long and miss it when she is Abby's age (8yo). I know she's rotten but I still just love how she is learning so much and curious about everything and still has that innocent sweetness about her, you know. I love our little family and that we have a new little baby coming :) Thanks for everything ure going through to have our family babe.

Liv is soo lucky to have a daddy that just adores her and I sure feel lucky to have him by my side!

Long Days

I feel like the days are never ending around here, I am board out of my mind but I don't have the energy to do anything. For the past 7 years I've usually worked anywhere between 40-60 hours a week depending on the season and I loved it and hated it all at the same time. Now that I'm not working much I don't know what to do, partially because I don't feel good. Honestly during this pregnancy I don't think I could of worked like I did when I was pregnant with Livvi, I feel lucky that I have been able to cut my hours down so much. I must be getting old, maybe waiting to have babies in your 30's wasn't so smart? I've been baking, only because I don't know what else to do. I don't really eat my bake goods, today I threw away a couple dozen cookies that were old not to mention expensive to make and then made brownies...it passes the time, only 3 more weeks until our sweet baby boy comes, I am sooo excited! I wish he had a name, I wish Phil would agree with my names, who knows maybe he will when he sees him? I can't wait to be done being pregnant, I haven't enjoyed most of it, I should be more grateful but honestly I'm over it!

A few things Livvi has said this week:

Mom: Liv do you want to go to the store with me?
Liv: No
Mom: We are going to get chocolate chips!
Liv: Fine (with a sigh), I'll go.

She's TWO, I'm supposed to be cool and she is supposed to always want to be with me...right?

Mom: I said something to Liv in the car the other day I can't remember exactly
Liv: Mom, I heard you!

WOW!!!

Aunt Suni: Livvi you need to eat your beans all gone
Livvi: Nunny, you not my mommy!

WOW again!

What am I going to do with her, 2 going on 16?

Two Handsome Cowboys

I went home for a week and I just loved it! I love driving over the hill and seeing the place where I grew up, especially in the summer because everything is so green and beautiful. I feel like it's a little piece of heaven that I get to call HOME! My parents take such pride, work so hard and it shows. Saul has been working for our family for about 20 years and it feels like he is apart of our family, he always works so hard. I was watching him and my dad plant the garden and I was thinking, "these may be the most handsome cowboys I know!". They sure work hard so our family can have fresh produce through out the year, so the cows and horses can be fed and the land can be irrigated and I'm sure...sooo much more! Thanks Saul for all you do for our family.

HELP

I need help! I have a sweet baby boy coming in 13 weeks and I still can't figure out what is cute and what my style is when it comes to BOYS. I want this sweet, simple, possibly vintage looking nursery with simple baby colors but to be honest...I don't even know what that means. I have no vision. What I do have is a white crib with a splash of pink on it and a pink chandelier. Its sad because I keep saying "it's just a boy and it doesn't really matter" but I would like to do a little something, nothing over the top. Doesn't it stink being the second child? I would know I am a second child! Just kidding mom! So...if you have any ideas or any great blogs or websites I should check out or if you just feel like coming over and doing it for me, that's okay too!

Peanut Butter

I've never seen a kid love P.B as much as this girl. I found Livvi sitting at her table helping herself to a little snack the other day.

Just the 3 of US

Our family...mainly me I'm sure LOVES Mexico! Phil took a guy golfing last month and he offered us his condo in Rocky Point for free, how nice is that! We were so excited to do a family trip where is was cheap, relaxing and so much fun! Livvi got to see the ocean for the first time and didn't appreciate getting her "hands dirty" when she was making pizza's and cakes in the sand. She loved getting to swim all day for four days. I swear this girl never stopped, I'm sure she jumped in the pool at least a thousand times! This is probably our last trip with just the three of us...we made so many great memories!

summer

Summer is finally here or at least it feels like it anyway! I envision our summers going a little like this...eating popsicles, laying out by the pool, taking naps and maybe eating another popsicle. Livvi is excited to say that she is going to be a "BIG SISTER" come the first of September and she is always pointing to my tummy showing me where baby brother is. Yes a BOY! I was freaking out a little when we found out it was a boy but it has grown on us and we are sooo excited. Pictures...that is not necessary or at least until baby boy arrives. Take my word for it or just ask Phil, I'm grouchy, very out spoken, the house is a wreck and I'm not getting a lot done these days! This time around has been a lot harder but will be sooo worth it in the end!

rsv

i think livvi partied way too hard on her birthday week because we ended up going to the urgent care a couple days later...we came home with an antibiotic for the ear infection and a machine to do breathing treatments because she has rsv. poor baby i feel bad for her but she is starting to feel sooo much better. since little averi (suni's sweet baby) is so brand new and rsv is highly contagious we decided it was best for me to take the week off of work so I could stay home and tend her. i'm always up for taking a week off of work but boy have i been going crazy! not sure what to do with myself but it's nice to be home and just relax.

march 2, 2011

our little livvi bug turned two on us and i must say it made me cry. i can't believe two years with this sweet little girl has gone by so fast. we decided to take her to to zoo and she could not stop talking about the cows, all she wanted to do was see the cows! that night we met up with her aunt "nunny, abby, ce-ce (gracie) and baby (averi)" at joes farm girl. oh how livvi loves her aunt and cousins! livvi's favorite food is bacon, fries and blueberries. her favorite show is mickey mouse. she l.o.v.e.s candy, she usually wakes up asking for gum or a sucker. she does not like cake (just like her dad when he was a kid) so that is why we had a rice crispy cake! some of the cute things she is saying is: swim soup, keen up keen up everyone, lub ya and she loves to play on the "puter". she woke up from her nap on her bday and said, "it's my birffday". she sings the cutest "tinkle tinkle star" song you have ever heard and she can never get enough of the "popcorn" song. she told suni the other morning "i naughty at night night" cute but soo true. this girl has no fear, she loves so swim but please make sure you give her her space because she wants no help, she loves to jump in the pool from about 5 feet high and she loves big slides. she is so dang sweet and rotten and we just love her to death! i ask her if she is a big girl or a baby, she still wants to be a "baby" and that is fine by me!

that weekend we threw her a big party and invited some of her little friends and family. we ate jersy mike's subs, drank slushies, heated the pool to 90 degrees and jumped in the bounce house. what a great way to celebrate this sweet little girl! happy 2nd birthday livvi i sure love that i get to be your mom!

just because

Grana's Christmas Party

Every year Grana plans a Christmas party for the entire family and we had so much fun this year, it's so cute to see all the cousins play. We had Mexican food catered which was so yum and lots of fun activities for the kids. I know Grana Great looks forward to this every year. She is so thoughtful and loves to be around all her grand kids. She is so kind to get each and every kid a gift for Christmas (I don't know how she does it) and I just hope she knows how much we love her. Now, I should know how old she is but I'm not exact, I think 83...what 83yo lets their grandson push them across a gym floor on this scooter. She is full of life and has more energy than I do! Grana thanks for such a great party!

Christmas

I was so excited for Christmas this year because it was our first Christmas together as a family and I was thinking Livvi would kind of be into it. Christmas Eve we went over to Suni's and had dinner and watched a movie about the Saviors birth. We had so much fun hanging out. Christmas morning Phil brought Liv down and the first thing she noticed was her baby doll. We had so much fun opening up presents and watching all her cute expressions. After that we rushed to S.L. and got to see my parents and then did dinner with Phil's family. We had so much fun and a yummy dinner. Livvi was totally spoiled by everyone and is loving all her new toys!

THANKSGIVING

If Suni looks stoned that's bc she is thx to the great pain meds due to her c-section j/k, and poor Sean he looks a little retarded here, lol!

Thanksgiving was nice, simple and sweet! No stress! We decided to do it at my house since Suni had just had Averi a few days before and we had such a good time. We missed Casi and her family but we all had a good time being together. My parents came over the day before and my mom and dad taught me how make pies...it was so much fun! My dad just started baking pies (don't ask my why) but we were laughing because you would of thought he had been baking pies his entire life they way he was questioning my mom! Anyways...lots of fun memories!

Averi has finally arrived!

I am sooo behind on my posts and it is probably because life has been so crazy. Suni was put on bed rest a few weeks before Averi arrived and we are happy to say everything turned out ok. I'm not sure how Suni did it emotionally and physically but she did and we are so excited that finally Averi was able to come home and join their cute little family. And as selfish as this sounds we are happy that Livvi can start going back over to "Nunny's" house when I go to work. I'm telling you it really threw Livvi off not being able to go to "Nunny's" for about two months boy was she rotten during that time. Her first day back she sobbed when she had to leave, I have a feeling she is spoiled rotten with lots of love and attention. I feel so bad I don't have any pictures of Averi but here is Abby and Gracie Nov 21, 2010 the morning Suni went in to have her c-section. They were so excited they could hardly stand it! They are goin to be the best BIG sisters ever!

Phil and I just got back from such a fun trip in Cancun, I love that place! Chips, guacamole, diet coke, a beautiful beach and finally a good, healthy husband...what more could a girl ask for! Phil started to get board but I came across "Cowboy Swagger" a book that was laying on an empty book case so I thought I'd give it a try! We did a lot of nothing but we had so much fun! For those of you that are afraid of Mexico I must say they were overly nice every where we went, we loved it! Thanks to my sweet Mom Livvi didn’t even know we were gone! She fell in love with “Butter” my moms dog named Cooper!