Thursday, May 28, 2009

Wild Olive

Wild Olive Tees

I recently came across a great website that sells cute, hip shirts for women and best of all they help spread the word of the Lord!!!!!!

I love them and have already ordered one for myself. It's the shirt called "Unfolding" and some of the profits from the sale of this particular shirt benefit a great charity called "Until Journey's End".

I learned of that charity from MckMama's blog www.mycharmingkids.net. I have talked to some of you about her blog and her youngest son, Stellan. :)

Please check out Wild Olive and you'll see just how great it really is! Enjoy! :)

Monday, May 11, 2009

Vote, Vote, Vote!!


****UPDATE TO ORIGINAL POST****
The contest ended yesterday, May 13, at 5 p.m. and unfortunately we lost by 1%! :( Thank you ALL for helping me almost win by voting like mad men yesterday! We were ahead by 2% and for whatever reason around 4:10 p.m. many of us, including me, got locked out of the voting system and could no longer vote. My competition caught up and was able to win.
I was so bummed about this last night...but hey, it happens!
Thanks for all your support - we can't say we lost for lack of effort!! You guys ROCK! :)
PLEASE READ AND VOTE - USING THE LINK AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THIS POST!! THANKS, GUYS!! :) XOXOX
I had maternity pics done in July 2008 by Lori Gordon owner of Shooting Star Photography http://www.shootstarphoto.com/ and the pics were awesome! When Cristian was born we were lucky enough to have her do his newborn pictures in September 2008 when he was just 10 days old!!


Lori's photography bizz is celebrating it's 1 year anniversary and she is having a contest for former clients and the picture we submitted of Cristian is one of the finalists. All of the pics are GREAT but I am Cristian's Mother and I am biased!


If you are reading this blog - please vote for Cristian's pic daily thru Wed., May 13th. Check the following link for more details and to VOTE!!!




The picture above is the one that we entered in the contest! Isn't it gorgeous!?!?!?! Thanks, Lori! :)

Friday, May 1, 2009

Picture Catch-Up


Mami & Cristian...LOVE.


Cristian's 1st Easter - April 2009.

I love this pic...Cristian swinging...so beautiful and innocent...to be a kid again!! :)

Mami and her little Easter Bunny!


I'm still trying to figure out what the heck a sippy cup is!?


One of my many hats...



My beloved Jumperoo...I'm almost too big for this!


Belly time...savoring every last bit before he's off and crawling...any day now!!



What's that I see...a tooth peaking out from under your bottom lip!!


Sitting up like a pro...I like my new push toy!



I like to hang out in my playpen and play with my toys!



My big boy pj's...with Sponge Bob on them - a tribute to my Tio Juan Luis!




A day at the park with Mami, Papi & Scooby = one of my favorite weekend activities!



"I am a happy baby...I love to laugh and make silly faces!"


Cristian's first time swinging at the park!! He liked it!


I'm already 7 mths. old. I like the rocker my Papa David and Grandma Annie got for me! :)



"Say What?!?" LOL - one of the many faces of Cristian!



"I cannot believe you are making me wear these bunny ears...."



"Well, I guess I do look pretty darn cute in them!!" :)

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Like Father Like Son...

These two have practically the same facial expression!! :) LOL - that's just too cute, there's no mistaken Cristian for Jose's son...even if he is blanco y rubio!! :) I love it!

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Que cute!!!

I know I am biased b/c Cristian is my son...but I can't help it, he's so darn cute I can just eat him up!!! :) Check out some family pics...and see for yourself who he resembles. I think he is a wonderful mix of his Mami and Papi! Love you little Bubi! xoxoxox

Mami at 6 mths.

Papi at 6 mths...?



Grandma Annie


Mami...Cristian's hair color is exactly the same as mine in this picture!!



Mami again...do we notice a trend?



Papi...Cristian has this same exact facial expression!! :)



Uncle Kevin



Aunt Kim


Tio Juan Luis

Papi again...Cristian does the same thing with his mouth...and he has the same big, brown eyes!!

Hope...Faith....Love...and the greatest of these is Love!!

Some of you may have noticed on my blog a tag that says "Pray for Stellan". And that's what we have been doing for the last month or so. I came across a blog months ago and have followed this family's journey with their youngest son, Stellan. I am so touched by this story b/c Stellan is close to Cristian's age and it just tugged at my heart strings. I wanted to post the picture below of Cristian wearing orange in support of baby Stellan - yesterday he had surgery on his heart...and as a show of support we all wore orange on 4.21.09 and prayed extra prayers for Stellan. If you feel compelled to do so please take a moment to read his story and say a prayer for Stellan and his family.

Hope...Faith...Love...and the greatest of these is Love!!! :)


We are so blessed...in so many ways...and Jose and I are forever grateful and thankful to God for blessing us with a beautiful, strong and healthy baby boy!!!!!! xoxoxoxox

Friday, April 17, 2009

4.17.09 - 7 months already!!??

Today Cristian is 7 months old!!!!! Wow, these days have passed us by so quickly. I remember being pregnant this time last year...and it seems like yesterday! :)

Cristian is so wonderful...he's just so active and fun! He smiles and laughs so much. And he thinks his Papi is the funniest thing ever b/c he cracks up at him every single time he sees him! LOL! I have tons of pics to upload and will get them up soon. There's so much great stuff to update on with Cristian...I just have to find a minute to get it all organized so I can post about it.

We had a nice Easter and Cristian got not one, but two Easter baskets! Grandma Annie and Papa David got him a big ole basket filled with lots of goodies and then Jose and I got him a basket filled with a couple new toys. Cathy got him the cutest Duckie that he really likes to chew on! LOL We didn't get to take pics with the Easter bunny this year, but we will next year and I'm sure Cristian will scream in delight! LOL And we didn't get to do an egg hunt but we did get some really cute pics of Cristian with some bunny ears and some plastic eggs as props! I'll post them soon. We went to Mama and Papa Moon's for Easter lunch and had a nice time and during this Easter celebration we also remembered the sacrifice that was made on our behalf and gloried the fact that the Lord is Risen and the tomb is empty...how wonderful is that! :) We hope you all had a great Easter, too.

Now...here we go with 7 things we love about Cristian at 7 mths...

*His gorgeous smiles and laughter - when Jose and I walk in the door from work he sees me and then immediately looks for Jose...and when their eyes lock Cristian immediately bursts out laughing! I think its b/c Jose looks so silly...lol, j/k! :)

*His sweet kisses - I have taught Cristian to give me kisses. They are open mouthed and very sloppy and wet but they are still kisses! It's precious...I kiss him sooo much I think he learned by example...but if I tell him "Dame un besito/Give me a kiss" a few times he'll open that mouth and plant a big wet one on me! I love it!! xoxoxox

*Cristian is just like me in so many ways...when I was little I loved when my Mom cleaned my ears with a Q-tip...and sure enough Cristian is the same way. Jose and my Mom are witnesses to this...after his bath we put him on the changing table and lotion him up and put on his pj's and comb his hair and clean his nose and ears. When I get that Q-tip out he will just lay there and as soon as I start to clean the inside ever so gently he'll close his eyes and make this face like "Ahhhh...." It's too darn cute!! I have to try to get a pic.

*He's just started reaching for people when you're holding him and its the best thing ever. For instance Jose will be holding him and he'll say go with Mami and I'll hold my hands out and he'll come to me!

*Cristian is fairly easy to get ready for bed - after his bath he knows its time for his bottle and Jose and I take turns feeding him and lately he's been a little fussy with Papi at bedtime and so I take over and he calms down. He's already showing that preference for Mami and Papi...some nights he wants one of us more than the other. :)

*I love waking up with Cristian! He's such a happy baby...and he usually wakes up around the same time each day and on the weekends I love waking up and hearing him talking on the monitor. I give him a few minutes to stretch and roll around and then I go get him. As soon as he sees me he starts smiling and moving all around...its the best feeling to greet him each day and just cover him in hugs and kisses!!

Ok - that's 7 so I'll keep it at that. But for the record...there's so many wonderful things about Mr. Cristian!! He's started talking up a storm now and his first official word is "Da-Da" Jose is in hog heaven!!!! It's so cute to hear Cristian call his Papi...he says "Da, da, da, da, da..." over and over!!! :) And his first tooth is about to be completely out...it's the bottom left one. I'm already missing the gummy smile...but that one tooth is pretty cute too! :)