Our Home!

It's taken me awhile...and things still aren't completed 100% (I'm stll decorating...and having fun doing it), but here are some pictures :

Front of house...yard not completed, but as soon as we get the okay, it will be fully landscaped.

Back Yard:

Dining room Before:

 After:

Formal Living Room Before:

 After:

Nook Before:

After(w/ christmas decor): 

 

Kitchen Before:

 After:

Downstairs bath Before:

 After:

Upstairs bath:

Guest bedroom Before:

 After (I've done a little more in this room, but not much):

Computer room:

Adrian's room Before:

 Adrian's room After:

Master bedroom Before & Afters:

Master bath:

Master closet:

Thanks for taking the tour...I hope to update in the future with even more improvements :)  A home, I've learned, is always a work in progress...





Hello there! It's been awhile...

So much has happened in a month's time, and these days just seem to fly by faster and faster.  Adrian is now FOUR months old!  Sometimes it seems that he has been here with us longer though :)  I remember just a year ago we were announcing that he was growing inside me, and now he's four months old and he's a strong, healthy, and handsome little man.  Well because I pretty much take a picture of him daily and take videos of him often, I will update you on his growth with pictures :)  Here we go!

Adrian was 3 days old here...and as you can see in the next picture, he has grown to be much bigger than his blue Teddy :)  

This was his first outing, he was probably 4 days old or so...and below was yesterday...I think we may need a new car seat in the near future :)

One of his favorite things now is getting naked...or at least getting undressed...when I change his clothes, he gives a little giggle after the top is pulled over his head

I just love his little feet

He smiles!!!  In the beginning I thought that we'd never get to the day when he'd smile...I felt that I would just have a fussy baby forever lol

Oh and teething has definitely started...daddy's thumb is much better than any teething toy (or so he thinks for now)

And his hands are always in his mouth...

He loves his bath time and likes to kick and splash in the tub

We've started him on some cereal because he seemed to have an insatiable appetite

He met his Bisabuelo Luis (great grandpa) for the first time on New Years.

I have started to put him to sleep by himself in the playpen bassinet by our bed, but I still have a little ways to go before I can let go and just start putting him in his own room in his crib ;)

Our baby boy is growing too fast...4 months old...

All ready for his close-up for his 4 month photos...he did awesome! He smiled and flirted with the photographer so we were able to get a bunch of great shots:)

Adrian loves his daddy and always gives him a big smile when he comes home...I look forward to the day he runs up to Manny to give him a big hug :)

And lastly, Adrian is becoming quite the momma's boy, and is starting to get picky about who holds him...I didn't know it could start so early, but it has I'm afraid

This was back at the beginning of December...Adrian rolled over for the first time :) Now I think he may roll over from back to front soon :)

Adrian loves playing with his friend Gradee...

...and as you will see, talking to her too!

I love my life as a mommy!  Manny and I are doing better than ever before and I can honestly say that both of us feel that our love for one another has gown exponentially, especially over the last year.  He is my best friend and such a wonderful dad to Adrian...we are so very blessed :)

I will post about our new home soon, but until then, we send you our love...

Christmas Time is Here Again

I can't believe it's almost Christmas! How exciting to have our first Christmas as a family! He's a little young to appreciate the ripping of wrapping paper and the surprise of the gifts that are under the tree, but I am so happy to be able to share those things with him and watch him grow. My favorite part of the season doesn't come wrapped in packages though...it's being able to spend time with the ones I love and appreciate all of the intangible gifts life gives, like love, family and friendship. It does make me miss loved ones that are no longer with us, but they are with our savior, the one who this season is really about.


I hope that everyone has a very Merry Christmas!

He talks!!!

Maybe not words, but he's trying.  So cute...

Lots of stuff to update!

Wow, it has been too long since I've posted last, but thats probably because of all the crazyness that has been going on lately!  We finally got into our new house and are settling in very nicely.  It has taken a couple weeks to get everything in order, but I think now things are coming along nicely...we still have some boxes to go through, but for the most part, everything is done.  I just have the fun part to do now (decorating)  :) 

Since my last blog, Adrian has made some more milestones like cooing...his first word is "ah goo"  okay okay, so it's not a real word, but he says it pretty well...and uses it in all different occassions, like happy, sad, and angry...it's a versatile word I guess ;)  He also had his first shot and seemed to do pretty well, and he has his follow up ultrasound appointment on Friday.  I am getting nervous for it, although he is making all of his milestones and seems to be doing great, I still have that fear that the doctor will say something is not quite right... I guess I get anxious now with any kind of testing just because when we went into the ultrasound to find out his gender, I never expected to get bad news like we did, but obviously everything turned out fine.  This ultrasound is just for piece of mind, but is still nerve-wrecking beforehand nonetheless.

Adrian is such a great little baby and I am so glad that we have him in our lives.  He smiles a lot now which is SO great.  There was a time that he just constantly cried and I just couldn't calm him down...I was so envious of all the other moms because it seemed like all of their babies were being so great and I just happened to be the "lucky" one to get the baby that cried all the time...I felt like a horibble mom and called my mom on several occassions to tell her just that.  Manny would tell me that I was doing a great job and that I was a great mom, but I just couldn't believe him on those "bad" days.  Everyone would say that it would get better, but it just didn't seem to get better quickly enough...well, the time has come finally!  :)  Yes, he still cries, but it's usually only if he's hungry or when he's really tired and fighting sleep.  He sleeps really well at night and is only waking at least once to eat, but goes right back to sleep after burping.  I am looking forward to the day that he sleeps through the night, but him waking once at night is not bad at all :)

I have plenty of pictures to share, so I willl get right to it...I will also try and get before and after pictures of the house up soon too. Enjoy!! (if you click on the pics, you can see them bigger)

  

 Movies... :)  Pay no attention to me, I sound crazy lol

Goodbye Papa

On Thursday my Papa passed away without hardly any warning.  One moment he was in the hospital recovering from pneumonia and then the next moment I got a phone call saying that his time was limited and the leukemia was taking over.  At that moment I had wished that I had made it to his and Judi's wedding just days before.  So we hopped on a plane and made it in time to spend a couple hours with him.  It's hard to say goodbye to a loved one, but especially hard when we lost Grandma Betty less than 2 years ago, and especially heartbreaking that Papa and Judi had only just begun their married life together.  He cared for and loved her deeply, I could tell from our phone conversations and the way he looked at her.
I am so thankful out of all of this that Papa got to meet Adrian.  I only wish that it wasn't under those circumstances.  I wish that he had more time on this earth, but I find peace in the fact that he is no longer suffering and him and grandma are watching over us.

We love you Papa Boots.  You will be missed terribly.