My Happily Ever After

Last 1/2 of July

I haven't blogged in forever, so I'm just going to do a recap and add the pictures that I've taken.

July 13th-- My sweet, wonderful grandmother, Memaw, came for a visit.  She hadn't met her newest great-grandbaby and was very anxious to see him.  She was so surprised to see how big Antonio is.  She said, 'I was expecting to see a tiny baby, not a big boy'.

July 23rd--We went to Phoebe's 5th birthday party at Pump it Up.  Lots of fun!!  I even got in the bounce houses with kids and slid down the GIANT slide.  Adelina was very shy when we first got there, but she finally got into it.

July 27th--Antonio is 3 months old and such a HAPPY baby.  He is talking so much.  Only thing bothering him is some baby eczema.  It gets really bad at times and he seems uncomfortable, so I keep him lathered up in Aquaphor.

July 28th--Two of my nieces came over today, Kristen & Lauren.  Kristen was our first baby in the family and now she's a little pre-teen.  Lauren is getting ready to start kindergarten in a few weeks.  I can't believe how time zooms by.

Happy Anniversary

Vince and I have been married six years.  In some ways, I can't believe how fast the time has gone by and in others it seems like we've been married much longer than six years.  I remember the first time I drove to his house (ours now) like it was yesterday and at the same time, everything we've done and gone through seems like so much to pack into just six years.  Regardless, it has been six happy years.  Like most couples, we've hit some roadbumps along the way, but mostly it's been wonderful and I feel truly blessed to be his wife and have him as my husband.

One of Those Days

I was reading blogs the other day and came across a post by a fellow scrapbooker/stay-at-home mom, that totally described how some of my days go.  I don't know how she did it, but it felt like she was a fly on the wall at my house.  I emailed and got her permission to repost this here.  The below was written by Erica Hernandez.

Brotherly Love

The kids love holding Antonio.  He's 'our' baby, as they remind me.  Here are some pictures of Diego & Antonio...hopefully, they'll always be this close.

Another Collage

I take so many pics of the kids at one time that it is just easier for me to put them in a quick collage and post them.  Kip is probably regretting showing me the collage tool (LOL).  Something else funny...Vince took off Friday to watch Diego's little soccer game and then Monday and then the 4th, so a total of 5 days off when you include the weekend.  By the 5th day his nerves were shot.  The kids are so full of energy and don't mind most of the time that they just drain your energy (in a good way, of course).  I looked at him and he looked exhausted.  I just shook my head and laughed and said 'welcome to my world'.  In his defense though, the kids were extra wound up with him being home.  They seemed to look at it as SUPER play time.  Diego was so excited to have his daddy here everyday that he was bouncing off the wall.

Fairy Princess

Adelina has been dressing up like a fairy princess the last few days and waving her magic wand at everyone.  Actually, she alternates between being a fairy princess & a butterfly.  Isn't she cute???  That reminds me, every morning when I walk down the stairs with Antonio, Adelina says in amazement 'he's a coot baby, mama'.  It always sounds like she's seeing him for the first time.