Change is in the horizon...

Here is a picture of my darling's cute sandals. She loves the flowers, and to play with them, but not to wear them. I guess she needs to get used to them :)


Ari loves to draw her hand. She loves to draw in general, crayons, chalkboard, pens, you name it. We already have her first art work in our couch! We don't even know when she did it!

Daddy and Ari are eating some yummy Oreo cookies. Maybe we should do the commercial. They look so cute together.

Resting after eating all those cookies. I guess that will be the pose if we had any stars to look at.


Ari and her bears. She loves to put them to sleep. There are blankets everywhere, in the house, the car, the crib, etc... The good thing is that she does not care for just one. She does have some favorites, but we have plenty that she likes.


Once the bears are sleeping, she hushes us and then in a very loud voice says " They're sleeping. Shhhhh." I guess the to be quiet part applies to her parents only.

A bedtime story. She likes to have some books read to her before going to her bed. Sometimes when Mike is busy, I try to read to her, but she really wants him at this hour. Maybe after I read during the day, she wants someone else.

"Oh, no. You caught me!" Yeah, what is it with toddlers and fridges?


Went to Carmax to give us an idea how much will it cost to buy a used car if we need to get a second car. We need to start planning since there is a high chance that I will be going back to work in the near future. It was a very hot day, so we did not stay to long, but saw a few possibilities.


I guess that is what life is, a bunch of possibilities. So, here it is to positive changes.

Time to go back to the car. It was getting too hot, the baby had some pink cheeks, but she was drinking lots of fluids.


The big brownie that I made for Mike in our Anniversary. It has a crunchy top, but really soft- chewed interior. Yum.

Another year together :)

Happy Anniversary #8 to my mama and papa! :) Love, your squiggly.

Ari's first bike ride ever! Don't be deceived by the serious face, she was all "weeeeee" (which is the happy and excitement phrase she uses) and when she saw me taking the pictures, she wanted me (so it looks like she wanted to cry in some pictures, but that is not the case). She loved it. Did not care much for the helmet, Mike said that he needs to adjust the helmet better, but that was the first run. Don't they look so cute together?



After the ride, Arianna decided to help me water the plants. She is very helpful :)

Too much play and work, they needed a break afterward!

Here is a new bird. He is a strange looking Robbin. It may be one of the eggs that was in the tree by our garage.


Arianna is reading the Nursery Book given to me in my baby shower by her grandparents!

Happy Birthday Uncle Ron

Can you spot my uncle!? Here to many good wishes and projects and that many many coops sell! Enjoy your day! Happy Birthday :)

Raven's Party

Happy Birthday Raven (August 1st)!!!


So, for the last kid of my sister' children (we already celebrated the other 3 kids ) I decided to try a carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. I was a bit worried since it was my first attempt to make one, but the cake came out fine. The frosting was a tad too sweet so next time I will add less sugar than they said. Overall, I was happy with my first attempt. The R was made with pink marshmallows since that is her favorite color.

Here is Raven (yellow dress) with Scarlett (sister on the left) and a friend of hers (Desiree).

My sister Alma taking a break. We decided to make an arrachera party so she helped my mom and Eli to prepare the meat for grilling, guacamole, salsas, beans, and the rice (was made by Tony - very good ).

Tony was grilling the meat. It was a bit slowed since we only have the little Q, but the meat came out just wonderful. Who knows, maybe we will get a bigger grill in the future.

My brother Carlos and her lovely Eli. Thanks for the drinks and for all the help. Everyone brought something to the party so it was a feast!

Raven is blowing her candle. Wow, I cannot believe she is 9 years old. Where does the time go?

As always, she is cutting her cake. Everyone wants to do that now!


Thanks mom for the salsas, beans, guacamoles to request (no tomato, no onion, etc.), and all your help in cleaning afterward ! And of course to Tony for grilling all the meat!


So, here is where Raven was getting ready to open her presents. Everyone knows that she is into the Littlest Pet Shop, so she got quite a load. Can you tell how excited she is in the following pictures?




Scarlett and Raven. Raven got 1-2 repeats, but she gave them to her sister so she was a happy camper since they shared quite a bit. That is really nice :)


You may ask what happened to our darling, she was taking her nap. But, here she is! Alma bought her a few books (thanks) and Mike is reading to everyone.


Raven changed her clothes since they were going to a roller skating party afterward to continue the celebration! Hope you enjoy your day! (and thanks to everyone!)

Play-doh and "Shhhhhh"

Here is a picture of Jack, I took it just after he finished yawning so he had a funny/ weird look in his face. He is doing really well, but we are trying to figure out the best way to introduce him to the rest of the cats and house.

Arianna and play-doh meet for the first time. She did not try to eat it (at least not yet), and she had fun making little holes into it. I see more play-doh in our future.


She likes her stuff animals and loves to lay down while I put as many as I can on top of her.


I took these pictures with my little camera so they are not as crisp as they could have come out with the other one, but I love the sequence. She seems eager to keep trying to sit or lay down in the ledge of the patio doors. I am sure that is not comfortable, but that is what she wants to do recently. She was putting her bunny to sleep, and kept telling me to "Shhhhh". Yeah.





Here are some pictures of the new plants/ flowers that I don't think I did before. :)