Alexa "Imelda" Alicante

Damn this girl is filipina to the bone!
I can't leave shoes out without her trying them on!
Freakin' hilarious. Can't believe how big she is now. Where did my baby go?

9 years

I can't believe how fast 9 years goes by.
We've only been married for 3 years so do I still count our first anniversary? I guess I could say that we were dating for 6 and together for 9. Either way, I've been in love with this man for almost a decade!
I missed posting it on the day of. So much was going on on the 28th of September. My brother turned 20 and my family drove to La Jolla for dinner.I also missed my god son Aiden's 5th Birthday :(

Other stuff that I missed in September:

Sam's first day of Middle School.She goes to the same school that Alex and Tony went to and has some of the same teachers too. She's doing really well! They post grades on the internet every week and I was truly impressed when I saw this: So much that I even let her get away with a messy room for the last 2 weeks!

I've missed so much. My goal this month: To blog at least once a week! We'll see out that works out. :)

Happy Birthday Sammie!!!

So my girl turned 11 on Sunday the 24th. She had a dance performance that same night for Team Millenia Tots. If you didn't get a chance to go or get tickets, here she is: (She's the one with the grey scarf)
(If you still can't find her, she's the one that goes off at the end...heehee)
-Thanks Nancy for the video!-

Happy Birthday Alexa and Sam!

We combined the girls birthdays and had a tiny celebration at Soak City.
The kids had a blast! Paul and I both got sunburn. My family, close friends and some of Sam and Alexa's favorite playmates came to celebrate!
Sam grew up with most of these girls. She's known them since she was Alexa's age...TWO!The pyramid:And the guys version of the pyramid. Not bad!And the family and friends below hanging out in the V.I.P. cabana (yes...I do think we're cool :))
(Left to right: Top: Me, Paul, Alex, Matt, Frank, Christine, Jenalyn--Bottom: Auntie Mher, Tone, my Mom holding tired Alexa, Jessica)
These boys (Aiden and Brandon) were always on the move, I could barely take any pictures of them besides this:
Alexa was lovin' the water, but I think that the chlorine or hot sun was getting to her. She seemed a little out of it as the day went by.
Here's the one pic that I caught that wasn't such a "pose". I'd try to direct her, by telling her just to move and then she started doing the robot!!!! LOL! This girl is definitely from Long Beach! She cracked up at her own self and I finally got something natural:
Tina's daughter Charlize:
Olivia grubbin' on some ice cream!My brother and his good friends Matt and Frank:
Alexa's first time in the lazy river!
Knocked out with Grandma Del:
My closest girlfriends and I trying to live up our youth:
Cousins Tony and Calvin were there to celebrate with us.

My good friends Eleanor and Shawne celebrated her first wedding anniversary that day as well. They were the ones that got married in Cancun last year. We headed to her house afterwards for some yummy BBQ and spirits! Our friend Michelle even found some cake mix and baked Alexa and Sam a birthday cake! Eleanor found 2 tea lights and Sam blew out one and Alexa blew out the other!
Alexa has never had the real thing yet. So I'm planning on getting a small cake for her to taste what frosting is! I'll have to remember to get some birthday candles and let her blow away!

August is...

...the beginning of chaos. First there's Alexa's 2nd birthday this Sunday, then Sam's birthday on the 24th, then school starts on the 9th of September, then my brother's birthday September 28th, then my birthday in October (don't ask me how old I am), then my mom's in November, then Thanksgiving, then Christmas, then the year's over!
If you thought that I was busy during the summer time it doubles during the fall and winter!

This Sunday is Alexa's 2nd birthday!
Things that she does that I will miss the most:
1) She tells you that her food is "haut" (hot) and blows her food.
2) Pucker's up to almost everyone
3) Says, "hhhhhiiiiiiiiii" and welcome's you home
4) Puts up her two pointing fingers and says, "tttteeeeeoooooo" when you ask her how old she is
5) Thinks she knows what she's doing with the remote control
6) Knocks out anywhere when she's tired
7) Gives you compliments by pointing and rubbin your clothes while saying, "niiiiccce"
8) Cracks the heck up when she plays peek-a-boo with her ate Sam

As always...I can't believe that she is already 2! Where did the time go? I miss the newborn in the house!
Here's a few things that I missed in July:
My friends and I had a bonfire in Huntington Beach with all the kids. It was so much fun! The kids really enjoyed themselves. Alexa was completely independent and played in the sand all day and night! Although she did start to get a cold. Runny nose and sand just isn't a good mixture.
And some of the kids:
Brandon

Charlize
Devan
Aiden
And the big kids:
Wish the picture wasn't so blurry, but right after this the structure fell to the sand!

And on 4th of July we had a laid back day at my mom's with the Manosa's. Alex was in town that weekend too.

My cousin Gerico is in town for the week. I'm hoping to take a few pics with him and blog. It's been awhile since he's been in Southern Cali.

Hair she goes...

again.

My girl and that mop she carries on her head. I'm not used to so much hair on a little girl. Sam was bald until 3!


Paul likes it when it's down and she looks right at you in between all the hair. I actually prefer it up! How about this 80's hair style. Looks like she likes it!
And one of my favorite. But it doesn't last very long. She takes it out within a few minutes of it being up.
She was nice to me though and kept it up for a party we went to last week at Chuck E Cheese. I love this picture. It was taken when I was chasing her. Wish it was in focus!
And auntie Christine feeding her chocolate cake...And Alexa with her very first Lollipop! (I still can't believe I let her have that!)

Last week she fell asleep outside on the wagon!
This little girl will pass out anywhere!

Congratulations Sam!

My girl...you know...my "little" girl...who is not so little anymore graduated from Elementary School today. I'm so proud of her! Off to middle school next year. Thank god there is still a couple months of summer before I officially have a child that's in junior high.

Do you like her paper lei that I made. Of course my mom had gave the real flowers and I HAD to do something with paper! Sam later told me that it wasn't nice to use the occasion for free advertising. LOL! I love her humor, her little (with no attitude, just dry sarcasm) she cracks me up!

She took a lot of pics with all her friends. Here's one with her good friend Julia Chau:
They have been great friends since the 1st grade. Now they will be going on to the same middle school and hopefully High School. She's got such a great group of friends that she met at Los Cerritos. I don't think it's hitting her yet. But she'll miss it there. All she's thinking of is the last day of school. She goes back for a half day tomorrow...just to pick up yearbooks and have a 5th grade picnic! I think that it will definitely hit her tomorrow.
Tomorrow will come and go. It seems like just yesterday she was in 1st grade!
And now she's become such a young lady! Sammie...we love you and are so very proud of you!