You Can Help!

These bracelets and keychains are now for sale!!!
All profits raised will be split between Christian and Cici to help with medical expenses not covered by insurance!

They say:

LOVEHOPEBELIEVEDREAM

"The infinite LOVE we have for our children, the HOPE for recovery, the BELIEF that the next day will bring new promise, and the DREAM that one day our babies will walk, talk, sing, dance, and jump into our arms again!"

Shauna, Christian's mommy

You can purchase a bracelet in red, pink, or blue in support of Christian and Cici for only $5 with free shipping!
If you're not a bracelet type of person, there are keychains to show your support, as well.


I think you and I both will get a warm, fuzzy feeling
knowing that you're helping two little fighters.
And, every time you look at it, it will hopefully remind you
not to take anything for granted
and how incredibly beautiful life is - even if it's not perfect.

Wanted To Share ***PLEASE READ***

I know some of you have heard from either me or my mom
about her (my moms) neighbors and the near drowning of their
11 month old baby boy, Christian.
The baby's mom, Shauna started a blog about their journey since the day of the accident and I feel compelled to pass along their story.
I will be following it daily to see how Christian is doing.
As I'm sure you will be also after reading it.

She also has an option for you to donate (if possible) for costs
that their insurance doesn't cover.
If you are unable to donate she is just as thankful for your prayers!!!!

http://www.christiansjourney.org

Thank you Lord for taking care of Christian and his family! They are in the best hands, Your hands! Amen.

Click Link for Big Brother 11 update!!!!!

Big Brother 11 update

Our Newest Family Member

BELLA!!!!!

Bella is a Maltipoo and she is the cutest dog EVER!
We love having her so much!! She is such a lover - and that is what we love! She's overall a really well behaved puppy. Of course we are still working on the potty training (fun) but we'll get there.
She is just precious and are so lucky to have gotten her!!




Yep that's a diaper! Getting ready for her plane ride to Georgia!

Hello hello blogger world...

So I know I have been M.I.A when it comes to blogging lately. You can blame it on Facebook, at least that's what I blame it on!
I love me some Facebook. Which is funny because at first I hated it.
I liked Myspace so much better because of the creativity involved in creating a page (which I think FB should have as well) but the Apps on FB outweigh the creative-ness involved on Myspace.
I still get on Myspace here and there...but not nearly as much as the other.

So basically between FB, kids, summer...let's just say that I have had no time or desire to blog about my life..LOL.
But after uploading all my pics yesterday (finally) I was feeling the urge to blog.

Summer has been awesome!
I cannot believe school starts in 3 weeks!!!
But I guess that's life - we all can't be in "Summer" mode forever.
I've got quite a busy year ahead of me, but I am very excited!!!

1. I am gonna be part of 2 committees at church.
2. I am gonna be a "fill-in" troop leader for Kylie's girlscout troop.
3. I am hoping to be "room mom" for Kylie's 1st grade class.
4. I will of course be "mom taxi" - Kylie is signed up for 3 dance classes and 1 gymnastics class.
5. I will be a teacher's aide for Kylie's catechism class at church.
Just to name a few - haha!

We're still debating on putting Josh in preschool. I thought I'd do it more for a break for myself. But since I have made some good friends out here..they help give me a break.
In fact we have a teenage babysitter right on our street!!!! The kids loved her watching them the other day while Jarett and I got to go on a date!!!!!!!
So I am just not sure if I'm ready for the preschool thing or not.
Basically I am in not a huge hurry.
Preschool out here is a pretty big deal! Back in AZ if you put a 2 or 3 year old in preschool it was basically at a daycare. But here they are FULL on preschools with set schedules and all!
The good thing about that I guess is the cost for it isn't all that bad. Josh would be going 2 days a weed from 9am-12pm. So 6 hours a week. We'll see....

Well let me post some pics for those of you who do not have a facebook :-)

SUMMER LOVIN' HAD ME A BLAST:

Last day of school

Daddy brought her a flower

Her new present (IPOD)


Climbing at the Park

SUPERTY DUPERTY GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

DANITA (The Good, Bad and Beautiful)
is having a $50 Victoria Secret Giveaway!!!!!!!!
It's in celebration of her 100th post!!!

Show your support by checking out her blog, becoming a follower...and hey you just may even win $50 to Victoria Secret!!!
And even if you don't you won't be sorry cause her blog is a great one!!!

I Conquered I75 and the Atlanta Bypass!

I was quite nervous this morning about a drive I had to make.
It was to a new doctor's office further into Atlanta.
Since we moved here I have been a bit intimidated (to say the least) about driving on 8 freakin' laned Interstate(s).
I am proud to say that I did it all by myself today! (Thanks to a little GPS help). YAY ME!
It's ALOT different than our little 2-3 lanes we have on I10 back in AZ. LOL!
I don't usually experience too much anxiety in my life, but THAT had me a bit on the tense side this morning...LOL.
I was relieved that it was over and that I CONQUERED IT!!
WOOHOO!

(NO this wasn't taken this morning while I was driving - LOL!
In fact this is ANOTHER Interstate that I have yet to drive on, but the ones I took today pretty much look like this)

Howdy!

Okay so it's been quite sometime since I have posted. I honestly haven't been in a "writing" mood. I've been addicted to a few new apps on Facebook and also been reading lots of books. In between those "hobbies" (I really need to get more active hobbies -lol) I am just doing the mom thing.

So lets see....what's new:

We got our new computer!! We switched to the "other" side and decided to go Mac instead of PC. I couldn't be happier with our choice!!!

Kylie only has 7 days of school left and I couldn't be more excited!!!!!!!
She is gonna be my big 1st grader!! At this point she definitely has "kinder-itis" she is SO done with school!!

We are traveling to Tucson June 3rd!! I'm very excited!!

Joshua is doing pretty good with potty training. I say he goes on his potty 50% of the time, he refuses to go #2 though! He freaks out and wants a diaper put on last minute. LOL

We had our first ER visit here in GA.
Of course it was my crazy baby boy!! He was plopping in the tub and landed right on top of a toy (either dinosaur tail or barbie hand) and sliced himself a good one right up "in there". We ended up having to go to two different hospitals because the first one said he would definitely need stitches but wanted a surgeon to look at it because he was bleeding "inside". So off we went to the Children's Hospital in Atlanta (which we have now learned to just go there first - after 2 separate $100 co-pays later).
Thankfully by the time they saw us the bleeding slowed WAYY down on it's own and he didn't even need stitches!!! I was relieved. We didn't get home until 5 in the morning!!! Also with all the bleeding and examining him "in there" with tools and fingers (sorry if TMI) he didn't cry once! Not even once!!! ANOTHER relief!

Well not much else going on right now.
I will try to post some pics soon as well as keep up more often with my blog.

Until next time~

I've been Tagged!

ALICIA tagged me! Thanks girl! Here we go!

Here's the rules--mention the person that tagged you.
Complete the lists of 8's.
Tag 8 of your wonderful blogger friends.
Go tell them you tagged them!


8 Things I Am Looking Forward To:

1. Getting my new computer!!!!!!!!!!

2. The school year ending!!!!
3. Losing weight!!!
4. Josh turning 3!!!
5. Josh being potty trained!!!
6. Going to Tucson this summer!!!

7. Getting a Tan!!!
8. Any family coming to visit again!!!


8 Things I Did Yesterday:
1. Slept
2. Ate
3. Read
4. Watched Desperate Housewives
5. Watched Kardashians
6. Got on computer
7. Hung out with Hubby
8. Gave the kids a bath

8 Things I Wish I Could Do:
1. Know how to create websites
2. Lose weight FASTER!
3. Buy a flat screen TV
4. Buy our house
5. Sleep as much as I want everday
6. Run a mile faster
7. Go to DisneyWorld
8. Pay for my mom to come visit (yes, again! lol)

8 Shows I Watch:
1. Desperate Housewives
2. The Hills
3. The City
4. Real World/Road Rules Challenge
5. Ghost Whisperer
6. Big Brother
7. American Idol
8. Oprah

Look below to see who I tagged:

Chaotic but Beautiful Life
Peace Love and Applesauce

Renewed our Vows!

On Easter Sunday we renewed our vows and our marriage
is now blessed in the Catholic Church!!
I was so happy that alot of our family could be here!
The priest was so nice to offer to do it on Easter since
he knew they would be here.
It was a great day!

All of us:

My mom, dad, and kiddos



We always wanted to renew our vows after 10 years of marriage and I am so happy that we were able to!!!!

A Special Thursday

I'd like to share with you all what we did on Thursday (yesterday)!
The kids and I went to a nursing home. It is something that our church does 3-4 times a year around various holidays!
It was such a great experience!
The ONE word that comes to mind when I think about it is: Special.
Just very very special.
I just cannot believe how much they appreciate the company and all the kids! Wow - they just ADORE the kids!

The home also had an "egg hunt" for all the kiddos which was a blast!!










Now for my favorite part of the story.....

Kylie said to me when we pulled up to the home and parked:
"Mommy I have a suprise"

Me: "You DO?"

Her: "yep" pulling something out of her backpack

It was approx 20 pictures that her class from school had drawn for all the senior citizens!!!!!!!
She told her teacher where we were going after school and asked if everyone could draw a picture for them!! I was SO proud of her in that moment! Especially if you all know Kylie...she is quite shy and for her to request something like that, well, it's a pretty big deal.
I explained to her the day before why we were going there...and she must have just really taken it to heart!
And can I just tell you how cute it was seeing her pass them all out!








This nursing home takes care of many folks with Alzeimers. There was one lady in particular who I remember vividly. She kept telling me over and over how one of the kids gave HER a picture.
She couldn't remember it was my daughter who was the one that gave it to her, she just knew that she GOT one and was SO thankful for it.
She was so excited to share with me that she was gonna hang it in her room and that it was very special to her!
She was so happy with getting just a simple picture - just so so happy.
I couldn't help but tear up.

What a neat and SPECIAL day.