Monday, March 28, 2011

Rain rain

This what I do when you don't go away

Watch Youtube Puppies
 And Practice being a lady 
(without any help!)

waited 13 months

To get this shot

she is so picky about her sleep, there's no way we could snap this... until now...bwwhhahahahha

A small act of kindness

Went a long way

Look what a wonderful friend brought over to brighten my day!
She knows how to get to my heart (bread, homemade bread!)
It was nice to be on the receiving end, 
and a nice reminder to do these acts more often

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Gratitude

I can't help but feel extremely grateful this healthy girl our family was blessed with.
It may not have been easy to get her here, but it has been a healthy road since.
And that I am grateful for.
I am thankful for the support my incredible husband always give me and the smiles he gets from that precious face above.
I am thankful we were able to have a child after all we went through. 
I am thankful for the joy she bring to our home. 
I am grateful for all all the strangers she is able to touch with her heart-melting smile on a daily basis. 
I am grateful to be able to be called "Mommy", whether good or sad. 
I am thankful that this journey of motherhood is even more rewarding than I dreamed it would be. 
I am thankful for the trials brought to our family, as I am seeing they truly are making our family stronger.
I am grateful to be home with her each day, to watch her explore the world and fill my day with cuddle.
I am thankful for the mess she creates (the pictures says it all)
I am grateful for my family

Saturday, March 26, 2011

The girls hit up So Cal

Berkeley and I made a surprise visit to So Cal this week. We were so excited with a busy week planned. Family dinner (my favorite and most missed past time), pedicure and lunch with Mom, Long Beach with my BFF, B playing with cousins, aunts, uncles, and Grandmas and pas, and a whole lot of photo shoots in between.

Unfortunately, an we had an emergency and I had to get home right away, so our trip was cut extra short. But for the time we had, we had a blast.

learning from the best
 Uncle Bam Bam's wild adventures
 (Great) Grandpa Horsey
 Maddie and Namma
 Papa and (Great) Grandma Lingy
I was only able to do 1 of the photo shoots
see it here

Thanks to my mom whole dropped everything to help!

A taste of New Orleans

Tim's mom and her Twin sister came for a visit. They are true southern bells from New Orleans. We were spoiled with real southern cooking and hospitality (at our own house). Berkeley was spoiled with 2 identical Grandmas.
We had a busy week showing them Northern California

Of course we had to do San Francisco:

Berkeley's 1st carousel ride
  It was a gorgeous day
 Lombard street
  A day in Sacramento:
 B made a new friend
The old school house
 The forbidden fruit (stolen from the capitol grounds)

And bunch of stuff in between

Thanks for the Great time!

Monday, March 14, 2011

A bit of Sunshine

sunshine
+
Saturday
+
picnic
=
 

The dirty nails explains says it all


B. D. A.

We FINALLY did something to our home!
By "we" I mean, I supervised and corralled the munchkin for 3 days while Tim slaved with the paint brush

  
Before
After 2 months of this on our wall, we final made the decision (ignore the stuff everywhere, this was after the project began)
During
After

Next up (please imagine):

1. paint wall of fireplace outline (to ceiling) chocolate brown
2. Frame out top windows with white molding
3. New Couches (ohhh we are desperate!)
4. Replace carpet (The green has GOT to go!) not sure if we want carpet or laminate
5. crown molding (some day)

Hope you enjoyed the show, we have

Friday, March 11, 2011

All in a day's work

Check out that morning do
 
There's just no where for the boy to get away anymore
Her newest cell phone...a tape measure   

    

And this is what I walked into at bath time after hearing lots of chuckles
Man I love my job!

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

New Baby in town

Isn't she gorgeous?!
I'm so in love!
 
She can already do this
and this!
without even trying
(is that the cutest bathing beauty face ever?)

I'm off to go play
will be back soon to let you know about our fun-filled weekend