Spending Quality Time with the Nieces

I have such a strong bond with my nieces.... they absolutely mean everything to me. But since having Alejandro it has gotten a wee bit harder to spend time with them. So every so often I search Pinterest for cool activities to do with them and found this one after my boss told me about it. It was fun watching them create something from scratch that will hopefully last a long time. After the big(ger) girls were done making them we had the little one year old give it a go. So adorable watching her doing her ornament as well. I can't wait for Alejandro to be big enough to participate in these activities. :)

My Big Girl

My nice just turned 10! I'm so happy for her, but so scared at the same time. She's now in the pre-teen years and if I remember correctly, changes are coming! eeeek!

My sis threw a little family get-together in her honor. Hubby and I went over to celebrate, but having a newborn is difficult. I felt so paranoid that it was either too hot outside or too cold. Not my usual self, but at least we were there for her. 

Any who, wishing this lil mama all the best as she grows into a beautiful young lady. May God keep her out of harms way and never let her lose that innocence. Love her!

Pearl is 1!

I cannot believe this little mamas just turned one... it feels like time just flew and continues to fly. I still remember when she was born. She had the chubbiest arms and so much strength that she could almost hold her head up from the day she was born. Aghhh... time needs to slow down. 

Funny how being at her first birthday party I started thinking about what I want to do for my little one... mind you, he's not even born yet! LOL.... 

Any who, Happy Birthday to my third little mama's. May God continue to bless you with that beautiful smile and happy go lucky personality. May you have a long, happy, healthy, and successful life filled with lots of love and happy times. 

Muahhhs!

Descanso Gardens

It's spring break! And one of my favorite things to do while on break is visit gardens/arboratums. I kept seeing posts from friends on facebook about Descanso Gardens, so I told hubby we should go and visit. Since I knew my sis and nieces where going to be home too we decided to invite them along.

It was a beautiful day! The first thing we saw once getting there was the beautiful tulip garden. Yes, spring was in the air.

We took a bunch of pictures of the girls in the garden. This one is my absolute favorite!

Toward the end of our little field trip we sat under a white chinese cherry blossom tree, ate snacks, and watched little Pearl entertain herself. She is such a character. We clapped for her when she crawled by herself and she would join in and smile with such pride. 

It got me thinking of doing things like these with my little boy once he's here. It's funny how the little things can bring such joy to us. 

Any who, again, if you live in So. Cal definitely check out the Descanso Gardens!

So much has happened....

I've had a pretty eventful May... it's been a hectic one to say the least. But a positive one :)Let's see... well, a major event was that my little niece was born. Her name is Pearl Charlize. She weighed 8lbs 14.5oz. An adorable little baby who is probably the calmest baby I've met. She looks just like her daddy too! I'm very happy to have her in my life and although we are TTC I feel perfectly fine around her... God, has truly blessed me with patience and love for her. I was scared that I'd be ridden with jealousy but thank GOD that is not the case :)My temps have been all over the place. So much so that it just upsets me to think about them. Seriously, I have no idea what is going on. I feel like maybe the metformin has stopped working? I don't know the MC seems to truly have affected my hormones because I'm on day 40 and no sign of ovulation :(... I haven't gained or lost any weight either, so I don't know... I'm stumped. Regardless, I'm gonna try to think positive and pray things straighten out soon.

It's the little things

Today my sis was off from work and was here in the house, so I got to spend most of my day hanging out with Clarice and Angie. It was nice. Angie and I played LIFE while Clarice worked on her ladybug house. It was cute watching Angie come up with the rules since we couldn't remember how the game went. Isn't that something... forgetting how to play LIFE? I served us all cups of water and when they saw I added lemon to mine they kindly requested that they get some lemon too. So there we were playing for a good couple of hours. All the while sipping on lemon water and singing along to Adele. Yes. My girlies enjoy Adele. Angie even complimented me and said that the song "Set fire to the Rain" sounded better when I sing it. . . Oh, bless her little heart!

Later Clarice asked me to watch her use her bike without the training wheels outside. Of course I accepted the invitation. I watched her go back and fourth. All the while she had the hugest smile on her face. She was so proud of learning how to ride in one night without the training wheels. I couldn't help but feel very happy for her. After a while she got off and told me that she finally was my complete twin. That she could now go riding with me. I couldn't help but smile and give her a big 'ol hug and agree.

We headed back inside where Clarice and Angie asked to watch one of my movies. They both picked "Elf". Which I thought was odd because Christmas is still pretty far away, but they said it's always a good day to see "Elf." So I put it on.

Meanwhile I went on with my daily tasks. As the movie finishes Clarice tells my sister and I "I'm gonna start being good... Santa's watching and Christmas is coming!" It was so cute! All I thought at that moment was "You are good. You are perfectly good just the way you are." Because they are. Those two are truly my pride and joy.

Happy Birthday Clarice!

Clarice is my niece. She came into this world at a time in which I was trying to get pregnant. No matter what the hubby and I did... it just wasn't happening. So when I found out my sis was pregnant I couldn't help but feel sad and a bit jealous. That didn't last though. I turned my energy around and began to spoil her rotten. I realized that Clarice was a gift not only to my sister, but to me as well. She has a very lively personality. I often call her "the teenager" because she acts so grown up. And today at 7:11p.m. she'll be turning 8. In my heart though, she'll forever be my baby.

Clarice and I

My Babies Have Culminated

Clarice, Maddie, Angie, & Skylir

I've been blessed. I've been able to witness my two greatest loves grow from innocent babies to wonderful kids. I'm extremely proud of who they've become and am ecstatic to see them grow into strong ladies. But we're not that far along yet! The girlies are barely done with kinder & 2nd grades. But this is a hard time for me because since I worked in the school they attended I felt a deeper connection. Unfortunately, my school only goes up to 2nd grade. Now my sister has enrolled them both in another school with a full elementary. And like a baby I want to cry. I know they'll be fine, but I'm going to miss them sooooooo much!

I love those two with every piece of me!