Happy Birthday Sophie!

We celebrate Sophie's birthday this weekend with a fun and exhausting party. Its amazing how quickly this last year has gone by. Family and friends filled the house with laughter and cheer.
Preparations started early with me making the pinata( i swore I wouldnt make another one after Maggie's last birthday, but the things you do for your children!!) and Ms. Mary making the cupcakes and Sophie's cake (decorating cakes is not one of my talents-I leave that to the pros).




The kids all had so much fun running around and playing in the water. The pinata took forever to bust, but it was fun to watch and Sophie even got in a few whacks!




Sophie didnt enjoy her cake as much as i had hoped, but she was pretty exhausted by the time we got around to the cake!





We all had a great time and we are so happy the so many people could joins us and celebrate!! What a joy it has been to see both of by girls grow and blossom. I am so grateful for them and look forward to many more birthdays!!

Beautiful Girls!

Just wanted to put up a few pictures of my little beauties!! . They are a joy and a blessing and I love being able to watch them grow. I am so thankful I have fun cute stories to tell about my girls and all my stories aren't all about work! I sacrifice about 10 hours a week away from girls, but am thankful its not more!!





Sophie will be 1 in a few weeks and she is just adorable. She has been walking for about a month and is starting to show alittle attitude! She is curious and loves to follow her big sister around. She loves jumping on pillows and anything soft. She loves to eat and loves sitting in chairs and swinging her feet. Gerson and I cant quite decide who she looks like, but I think she might favor me a little more than him!! Wishful thinking?



Maggie is as independent as ever. She is a bossy big sister, but not quite as bad as Ruby from her favorite cartoon Max & Ruby. She loves swimming and playing in water. She turns super brown from just a couple mintues in the sun! She has been asking and begging to go to school, so the hunt is one for a part-time preshcool for the fall. She really enjoys going to her daddy's soccer games and cant wait till its her turn to play.

Progress!!

The last few months have been spent getting settled in and fixin up our fixer upper!! Before we moved in, my brothers and dad (but mostly scott) laid floor in the 2 living areas and we did ALOT of painting!! We had a hard time trying to fill this big ol' house with what we had so I got to do alittle furniture shopping! The family room is almost done. I am trying to figure out a few more things to put up on the walls and decorative touches, but we are very close to done. I found some fabric that I loved and made the curtains, pillows for the couch and floor cushions for the girls.

FAMILY ROOM BEFORE:



FAMILY ROOM AFTER:






The kitchen started out as partially mint green walls and tiled floor, which didnt really got with the wall color. The tile was nice and already done so we didnt mess with that. My husband has been asking me and asking me for a red room or an orange room. Lucky for him, I found a gallon of valspar paint in lovely orange for 5 bucks!!! We pick white cabinets and butcher block counter tops to go with our "Rustic/mexican" themed kitchen. MY favorite is the farm house sink. I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT. We still had some trim work and filler pieces to put in, plus lightning and maybe an island. Any suggestions?

KITCHEN BEFORE:


KITCHEN AFTER:

WOW SIX MONTHS?!?!

SO I am a total slacker when it comes to my blog. It doesnt help that my computer is broke and my husband is super "Bugdet conscious" (thats a nice way a saying cheap). The last six months have flown by!!! I will give a quick update, more details and pictures to follow soon-I promise!!! Both the girls are growing so much! And they are so much fun. Maggie is sassy and wild and Sophie is so mild and easy going. I am back at work for 2 mornings a week. Gerson is still working for Time Warner Cable and loves his job. THe most exciting news is that we bought a house!!! It needs a bit of work and I am sooooooo happy the my brother Scott is around. He has already been so much help!! We all cant wait to have everything done and be moved in!!!

THANKS MOM!!!

I just wanted to thank my mom for letting us crash at her house the last few days! Saturday afternoon our air conditioner quit working! UGH!!! Talk about hot and uncomfortable! and definately not a place for my girls to be hanging out! So my mom graciously let us come stay with her till we got it fixed. Maggie had a blast and played mimi to death, as well as a Shrek dvd and Dora's Super Babies Dvd! Sophie flashed her first smile and cooed her first coo for mom! lucky!! I was there to see it though, so I guess its ok! Anyway, we our home now and trying to unpacked and organized! But again I just have to say THANKS MOM!

Concert in the park

Killeen puts on a summer concert series every summer with different music showecased every couple of fridays. Last friday night they had a salsa band playing-so of course we had to go. THe weather was really nice-well it wasnt sweltering! We thought maggie would have a super fun time seeing how she loves music and dancing so much, but the band didnt really interest her (or me!) so she spent the evening running around playing with other kids. Some of the older kids were rolling down a grassy hill and maggie wanted to try to do it. She could quite figure it, so G tried to teach her. She never really got the hang of it, but I think she had a good time trying. And Sophie, of course, spent the whole evening sleeping!

Maggie's baby dolls

Since Maggie had become a big sister, she has turned into a good helper and has found her motherly tendencies with baby dolls. Previously she was not at all interested in them. She now carries them around, puts them in all of ssophie's things (bouncy seat, swing, bassinet). Today she was asking for a stoller for her baby- lucky for her a local toy store was going out of business earlier this year and a snatched up a bunch of stuff for super cheap and have had them in the closet. Well guess what I bought? A little stroller for Maggie's baby dolls!! She was so excited when i pulled it out for her this afternoon- she has been pushing her babies and stuffed animals around all afternoon!!