a little late

I hope you all had a great Halloween. We did. In the morning we went to my school's Halloween parade. It was great to see everyone. Then in the evening we went to my parents first to trick or treat at their door. Here we are when my dad opened the door.
And one of Daniel sitting next to my parents pumpkin.
Afterwards we headed to my bil and sil's house to hang out there for the night. We took them dinner and passed out candy. We were surprised at how few kids came. It was also the first time Daniel met his little cousin Hanna. We met her at the hospital but of course he could not come in. Last night I created this lo of the two of them.

We also carved pumpkins at home the night before halloween.

5 months old!

Today my baby turned 5 months old! I can't believe it!! I took a few pictures this evening.





This weekend we went to Glamis. Daniel was such a good boy. Here are a few pictures from the weekend.


Today my dear friend Kari had her baby boy Shane! He was born at 12:22am, weighing 8lbs 1 oz and 20.5 inches. Daniel has another little friend! We can't wait to meet him!

Stay tuned for Halloween pictures!

a new lo and a new niece!

Here is my latest lo, I am really happy with it. It felt good doing a page with pink in it!


Speaking of pink we have a new niece, Hanna Victoria! She was born on Friday. And of course we were out of town! We had left Thursday and that night my sil's water broke! Since we were 5 hours away they told us to just stay. We got to meet her on SUnday and she is a little bundle of joy! So tiny compared to our Daniel when he was born. SHe was 7lbs 1 oz and 19.5 inches. Pictures to come, i haven't had a chance to upload from this weekend.

The Pumpkin Patch

So we made it to the Pumpkin Patch today! I found this patch on my friend's blog so we decided to try it out. It was a real pumpkin patch compared to the ones around our house. Daniel didn't "behave" very well though, lol. I think it was too sunny or something. In almost every picture he was looking down. I found a little hat in the diaper bag but it didn't help much! Here are a few pictures from today! And my dad was nice enough to let us take his new Canon Rebel, which dh has been playing with all weekend! I think he used it more than I did. It is on my Christmas wish list for sure!







ANd can you believe I scrapped last night? I did a fun page that I will have to post later!
Have a great Monday!!

a new page

I created two pages this week and put tons of pictures away!! I actually filled up a photo album of all Daniel's first two months. I went and got another album yesterday to put more away. This lo I'm sharing is for a sketch contest using some pictures I took with my dad's camera.

And my other lo, well I didn't even take a picture of it, it's horrible! I could take it apart but I have a pile of pictures to scrap so it's staying the way it is.

Daniel has been loving his cereal and bananas. Today I let him try some sweet potatoes. He wasn't too sure at first but continued to eat it so it must not be too bad!


Enjoy the rest of your weekend! We are hoping to make it to the Pumpkin Patch tomorrow.

new layouts

Last week I finally got a chance to scrapbook for me! Here are some I did. I have not been too thrilled with my work lately, I guess I need to do it more often to get back into it.




Today was my sil's baby shower and I made this....well dh helped me a lot too!:)


Happy Monday!

4 months

My baby is 4 months old today! I can't even believe it. He is getting too big too fast.

He had his 4 month visit today and had some more shots. He was super fussy all day, this was the best picture we could get.
SOme things he is doing these days are:
*rolling over
*holds his own bottle with two hands
*loves to put his hands or anything he can grab into
his mouth - as you can tell by the photo
*sleeps 8 hours most nights
*still doesn't really like tummy time
Tomorrow we are going to introduce him to cereal. We went shopping today and got ready!

He has been starring us down when we eat so I think he is going to like it. Saturday my brother thought it would be funny to give him a cookie, well he just put it by his mouth but he right away put his lips down. He just got a few crumbs.

Baby Book

For the last two weeks I have been up late scrapping. I made a baby book for my dear friend who is expecting her first baby boy! Her and her husband had tried for a few years and were finally blessed with a healthy pregnancy! We are so happy for them. I made an 8.5x8.5 album for her with 28 pages! I went to her shower over the weekend and she loved it! I remembered late the night before to take pictures so I had to do them inside and they are horrible. Anyway here are a few of my favorites, I won't bore you with all of them!









And one simple one of my little guy!


And lastly, one year ago my brother got married in Maui! We were all there with him, it was a great trip and I wish I was there now. It is such a beautiful place, I can't wait to go back someday! Happy Anniversary Eric and Nicole!


Sorry for the long post! Enjoy your week!

So sad..

I came across this blog today... http://ricanlaw.typepad.com/the_scrapping_rican/ If you have a moment take a look. It's so sad, I never knew this person but I am so sorry for her family's loss. I read through her blog a few pages in and came across her entry for Aug. 6th, very touching. It reminds us to never take things for granted!

Thanks Michelle!

Thanks Michelle for tagging me! I love your blog, you inspired me to begin scrapping and to start my blog.
Here are the rules


(1) The winner can put the "I :heart: your blog" logo on their blog.
(2) Link the person you received your award from.
(3) Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
(4) Put links of those on yours.
(5) Leave a message on the blogs of the girls or boys you’ve nominated.

I am tagging
1. Heather
2. Kelly
3.Danielle
4.Kory
5.Tara
6.Michelle C.
7.Trisha

New pages

Last night I finally scrapped for me. I stayed up the night before working on some gifts that I can't share yet. I kept these simple as I have a huge pile that is growing. I will try to work on more tonight. Have a great night.

3 months

Yes it's true my baby is 3 months old today! I can't even believe how fast time has gone by! Here are a few pictures from today...we went to lunch today with my parents at Downtown Disney and afterwards walked around and took pictures!




We have been very busy around here, seems like we have been doing something everyday. But I finally finished my classroom and school started yesterday so I am relieved that I am done with that. I have a great sub and am happy that she is willing to work through conferences for me! But with school starting it means my friends and my mom are back to work so Daniel and I will not have anyone to hang out with. I am going to try to enjoy each day with him before I must go back to work but I don't want to think about that just yet! Ok enough rabbling!

Have a great Labor Day weekend! We are going out to see Lisa Lampanelli tomorrow night and a bbq Monday at my brothers! Enjoy!

bad blogger!

I have been horrible about blogging lately. During the day it seems I have just enough time to check e-mails and then the baby needs me. So here it goes...
Last week Daniel turned two months old! Wow, where did the time go?? It seems like I was just in the hospital. Well kinda! So he is now weighing in at 13lbs 14oz and 24 1/2 inches long! A big guy! He had a few shots that day and cried!! He didn't like them and mommy didn't like to see her baby cry either! Later that day since dh was home we headed to the fair with my bil&sil. The guys both had the day off for dr's appointments so we thought it would be a good day for the fair too. On the way there we missed a 5.4 earthquake! We kept getting calls to see if we were ok. Good thing we missed it. My dad actually wanted to come over to check on us because I wasn't answering the phone! SO here are a few photos from the day. We ate mostly! But also walked around a little.




What a silly pig!


Daddy loves to push the stroller, I seriously never get too!

Ok so I love the fair only for it's funnel cakes! Really! And guess what? I didn't even have one. We ate so much greasy junk that we felt sick and didn't want anymore! But on our way to drop off my bil&sil we decided to stop at Yogurtland! It's our new fav when we visit them!! It's a genious idea! Wish I thought of it! Try it out if you every run into one! http://www.yogurt-land.com/
I will be back again soon! Michelle I saw that you tagged me, I need to do that still!

Have a great Thursday! It's almost the weekend!

Yay for scrappin time

I have been staying up last the last few nights and got 3 los done this week!

A few new los!

I decided to start working on some of Daniel's pictures this week. While he slept during the day I worked on these. I had to take many breaks and even leave them out for a few days but they got done!



Daniel is growing so fast! He is already 7 weeks old! I can't believe how fast time has gone by. This week he has slept really good at night(knock on wood)! I hope it continues! I will leave you with a silly picture I took of him at H&M trying on some new shades! I had to put them on him and luckily I had my camera! And yes Michelle he was asleep! :)


That's it for tonight! Have a great weekend!

Happy Anniversary to us!

Today Joe and I are celebrating our 3rd wedding anniversary! I can't believe how fast time has gone by. I remember everything about that special day like it was yesterday! We are going out to eat tonight to celebrate!




Happy Anniversary Babe!

Happy 4th of July!!!

Hope you are having a fun and safe 4th of July! We are relaxing at home today. Yesterday we went to the city celebration at the park with Michelle and her family. We pretty much went there to eat!!! lol We ate little bit of everything and watched Alyson do a craft and came home. At about 9:15 we went outside and watched the fireworks, they were much easier to see than we thought! Here is a picture of little Daniel in his first 4th of July outfit!


He had a great night sleeping last night and has been up so long today! I hope that means he'll be tired tonight! Tomorrow we may venture down to the beach for a short walk.

Enjoy your holiday weekend!