Her reaction is hilarious to me. I can't believe that she didn't cry! I was so proud of her! We went straight to the Disney store and I had to get a little treat! She didn't even try to pull them out at all. All she did was point at her ears and say, "Awwee." and nodd her head.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Awwee.
Today Alexa got her ears pierced. Mind you, she is already 2-1/2 years old. Sam got her ears pierced when she was 2 months! Alexa had a very small eczema problem when she was younger, so the doctor advised not to get them in fear that she will scratch them. Paul was very hesitant taking Alexa to Icing in the mall where a teenager does it...so all this time it just never got done. Sooooooo, today we went to eat with my family and passed by Lens Crafters for my brother, Alex to get new glasses. We had a whole hour to kill before he can pick them up. Icing was in the mall and I saw a lot of mom's in line to pierce their daughter's ears. I decided that moment, that she was going to get them done. We talked to Alexa about earrings and how pretty she's going to be and convinced her to take the seat! I thought that she was going to scream bloody murder but she did quite well. (Thanks to my mom sugaring her up with sweets!) Check out the video:
Her reaction is hilarious to me. I can't believe that she didn't cry! I was so proud of her! We went straight to the Disney store and I had to get a little treat! She didn't even try to pull them out at all. All she did was point at her ears and say, "Awwee." and nodd her head.
Her reaction is hilarious to me. I can't believe that she didn't cry! I was so proud of her! We went straight to the Disney store and I had to get a little treat! She didn't even try to pull them out at all. All she did was point at her ears and say, "Awwee." and nodd her head.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
14 weeks
Me and my hubby ate dinner and watched a movie on Valentine's Day with the kids. It was a nice family day out. Paul got me an awesome card, I would share, but that stuff is personal! :) I made Paul a card and envelope...
The next day I turned 14 weeks.
14 Things about my 2009 Pregnancy:
#1 You'd think that I'm not feeling sick anymore by this time...but I still do.
#2 I crave smoothies, sandwiches, fruit, chips, soup.
#3 I can only eat half of the portions I normally eat, but I'm hungry almost every hour.
#4 This is the only pregnancy that I've been great with taking prenatal pills. They finally made those suckers small enough so that I don't have to cut them in half!
#5 I saved a lot of my maternity clothes from my last pregnancy, so I probably won't be buying any pregnancy clothes besides undies...
#6 I've already started to come up with designs for my announcements :)
#7 I'm only going to take LaMaze class for the 3rd time to sell my announcements to other moms-to-be. lol
#8 Paul lets me eat anything I want.
#9 I have to take about 1-2 naps a day
#10 I no longer fit my big jeans without a hair tie holding it up
#11 Not craving coffee or beer
#12 Planning to cut my salt down. I am not looking forward to fat-ass feet again
#13 Still want to go dancing. Too bad there are no day time clubs!
#14 Gaining about 1 lb. a week now.
The next day I turned 14 weeks.
14 Things about my 2009 Pregnancy:
#1 You'd think that I'm not feeling sick anymore by this time...but I still do.
#2 I crave smoothies, sandwiches, fruit, chips, soup.
#3 I can only eat half of the portions I normally eat, but I'm hungry almost every hour.
#4 This is the only pregnancy that I've been great with taking prenatal pills. They finally made those suckers small enough so that I don't have to cut them in half!
#5 I saved a lot of my maternity clothes from my last pregnancy, so I probably won't be buying any pregnancy clothes besides undies...
#6 I've already started to come up with designs for my announcements :)
#7 I'm only going to take LaMaze class for the 3rd time to sell my announcements to other moms-to-be. lol
#8 Paul lets me eat anything I want.
#9 I have to take about 1-2 naps a day
#10 I no longer fit my big jeans without a hair tie holding it up
#11 Not craving coffee or beer
#12 Planning to cut my salt down. I am not looking forward to fat-ass feet again
#13 Still want to go dancing. Too bad there are no day time clubs!
#14 Gaining about 1 lb. a week now.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Guess what?!
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Goodbye 2008...Happy 2009!
Ok so I know that I suck keeping this blog. And the last time that I wrote was Halloween...so here's another catch up blog. Not much has been going on. A lot of work and mostly time at home (a.k.a. my cave).
We are all bored...even Alexa (taken 11/5/08):
Isn't it hilarious that she fell asleep with her finger in her mouth. Paul took complete advantage of her.
Sam helped out at a small show we did on 11/16/08 in Pasadena. I love that one day she will take over and make it huge (at least that's what I'm hoping for).
But for now, as you can see, she's not very enthused.
Another significant change in our life is that my mom moved out of her house that she's lived in for 15 years. There are so many memories there. I'm really gonna miss it there. The holidays were definitely different without the home. The picture below was taken in the kitchen April 2007, where everyone ends up at when you go there. Check out how small Alexa is with my cousin Tony. Cousins Jess, Calvin and Carla are also in the pic.
Meanwhile, the one thing we inherited was my piano! The girls were so happy to have this in our home. Right in time for Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving, by the way was very low key. Just went to my aunt's house ate, ate more, karaoke, ate some more...went to sleep. No pictures :( But I did steal this one that my cousin took of the little ones:
Jordis and Jayla look just like Gerico and Amber. They are so adorable. They recently moved down to San Diego from Washington and we're loving it. Playdates are weekends long.
Sam also got 2 distinguished awards at school. One for math and the other A Principal's Honor Roll Highest Honors for her 4.0 GPA.
We're so proud! (I feel like the mom in Joy Luck Club that's holding the magazine that has her daughter's picture on the cover. And the daughter is looking at her like she's so annoying and embarrassing.) Sam wasn't so happy that we wanted to take so many pictures of her at school while all the other kids were watching. But I tell her to suck it up and that I'm just doing what mom's do (right?).
Had many Christmas celebrations. Had an eventful night with my girlfriends for our annual Christmas party. Good food, good company, a lot of girlie cackling...another great night to put in the books.
Then it was Temecula for Paul and my 1st wine tasting to celebrate my girlfriend's birthday. The little pocket tripod came in handy. Seriously though...I purposely did that prom pose as a joke...seriously...lol
Had a blast, had too much to drink. The drive back was not pleasant.
Then Sam's Winter Choir performance 
For the holidays, my step-sis and her family from NJ came down. We all had a blast at the Yard House and actually got kicked out for drinking too much! Good times. We all can't wait to do it again next year.
I never took my camera out during Christmas eve in San Diego because I relied on my brother and cousin to email me the pics that they took. Still waiting...But Paul managed to pull it out on Christmas day at my house with the kaos of gift opening! 
And one of Sam. Which I like because it's the only one that shows off the only Christmas decorations we put up this year.
Now it's more partying at the Alicante's for New Year's.
We had some friends and family come over.
We sang some karaoke. Paul and I like #9765 "Total Eclipse of the Heart". He sings the "Turnaround" part and I basically sing the rest of the song...lol
The guys lasted until 5am!!!
Ok...I'm finally caught up now! Here's to a good new year everyone!
We are all bored...even Alexa (taken 11/5/08):
Isn't it hilarious that she fell asleep with her finger in her mouth. Paul took complete advantage of her.
Sam helped out at a small show we did on 11/16/08 in Pasadena. I love that one day she will take over and make it huge (at least that's what I'm hoping for).
But for now, as you can see, she's not very enthused.
Another significant change in our life is that my mom moved out of her house that she's lived in for 15 years. There are so many memories there. I'm really gonna miss it there. The holidays were definitely different without the home. The picture below was taken in the kitchen April 2007, where everyone ends up at when you go there. Check out how small Alexa is with my cousin Tony. Cousins Jess, Calvin and Carla are also in the pic.
Meanwhile, the one thing we inherited was my piano! The girls were so happy to have this in our home. Right in time for Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving, by the way was very low key. Just went to my aunt's house ate, ate more, karaoke, ate some more...went to sleep. No pictures :( But I did steal this one that my cousin took of the little ones:
Jordis and Jayla look just like Gerico and Amber. They are so adorable. They recently moved down to San Diego from Washington and we're loving it. Playdates are weekends long.
Sam also got 2 distinguished awards at school. One for math and the other A Principal's Honor Roll Highest Honors for her 4.0 GPA.
We're so proud! (I feel like the mom in Joy Luck Club that's holding the magazine that has her daughter's picture on the cover. And the daughter is looking at her like she's so annoying and embarrassing.) Sam wasn't so happy that we wanted to take so many pictures of her at school while all the other kids were watching. But I tell her to suck it up and that I'm just doing what mom's do (right?).Had many Christmas celebrations. Had an eventful night with my girlfriends for our annual Christmas party. Good food, good company, a lot of girlie cackling...another great night to put in the books.
Then it was Temecula for Paul and my 1st wine tasting to celebrate my girlfriend's birthday. The little pocket tripod came in handy. Seriously though...I purposely did that prom pose as a joke...seriously...lol
Had a blast, had too much to drink. The drive back was not pleasant.
Then Sam's Winter Choir performance 
For the holidays, my step-sis and her family from NJ came down. We all had a blast at the Yard House and actually got kicked out for drinking too much! Good times. We all can't wait to do it again next year.
I never took my camera out during Christmas eve in San Diego because I relied on my brother and cousin to email me the pics that they took. Still waiting...But Paul managed to pull it out on Christmas day at my house with the kaos of gift opening! 
And one of Sam. Which I like because it's the only one that shows off the only Christmas decorations we put up this year.
Now it's more partying at the Alicante's for New Year's.
We had some friends and family come over.We sang some karaoke. Paul and I like #9765 "Total Eclipse of the Heart". He sings the "Turnaround" part and I basically sing the rest of the song...lol
The guys lasted until 5am!!!
Ok...I'm finally caught up now! Here's to a good new year everyone!
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Halloween 2008
We spent Halloween Trick-o-Treating with our friends and all our kids.
Our wonderful friends, Audrey and Miguel, hosted the party and did a fabulous job with the photo op. in the entrance of their house that everyone took advantage of! The kids had a ball, especially Alexa. Alexa got a lot of attention with her peacock outfit and Sam was little red riding hood or how she says it, "Little Red riding from the Hood". I was so out of it this year. Paul and I didn't pick our outfits until 30 minutes before the party! I went as Gina Carano,
female MMA (mixed martial arts) fighter who specializes in Muay Thai. NOBODY knew who I was except one person (Tony Manalaysay). Everyone else thought that I went as a boxer!
Oh well...if you knew who she was, you'd be impressed! She kicks major ass. I love tough chicks like her. Believe it or not, that's all of my gear, except for the shorts...those are Pauls :) Best part about my costume was that it requires that I wear flip flops! Everyone else that had to where heels for their costumes were dying by the end of the night. Paul went as a Juijitsu fighter. I went through all our halloween costumes, but I was tired of wearing all the old stuff. I'm going to have to work on my next year's costume. Some theme that the whole family has to follow. There was a lot of that this year. A whole family of Incredibles and fairytale characters...I'm gonna have to think of something good next year.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Sorry to brag but...
a momma's gotta do what a momma's gotta do!
I'm so happy to have received this in the mail!
She's adjusting to junior high so well.
I'm so proud of my little girl!
I'm so happy to have received this in the mail!
She's adjusting to junior high so well.
I'm so proud of my little girl!
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Every husband's nightmare
...is a wife bringing home a crap load of paper, stickers, stamps and more!!!
My awesome cousin Jamie is a celebrity scrapbooker. I love her so. She had promised her husband that she'd clean out some of her stuff and OF COURSE I was happy to help her out and take some of it off her hand. lol
I was proud of myself when I let Alexa take some of the stuff to make a page on her own. She had so much fun putting it all together and made me 3 pages! (Thanks Jame for all the stuff!)
I'm so proud of my cousin and I. We haven't been the greatest at taken time aside to spend with each other and our kids. But we've seen each other twice in 2 weeks!
Alexa had her first play date with Elsie 2 weeks ago. The girls took a little time to warm up to each other but once it was time to go, they didn't want to leave.
The last time they came by Alexa was just a little baby. 
I can't believe how much they've grown (<---why must I say that in EVERY blog entry). And check out the change in hairdos! Their facial expressions are hilarious!
My awesome cousin Jamie is a celebrity scrapbooker. I love her so. She had promised her husband that she'd clean out some of her stuff and OF COURSE I was happy to help her out and take some of it off her hand. lolI was proud of myself when I let Alexa take some of the stuff to make a page on her own. She had so much fun putting it all together and made me 3 pages! (Thanks Jame for all the stuff!)
I'm so proud of my cousin and I. We haven't been the greatest at taken time aside to spend with each other and our kids. But we've seen each other twice in 2 weeks!Alexa had her first play date with Elsie 2 weeks ago. The girls took a little time to warm up to each other but once it was time to go, they didn't want to leave.
The last time they came by Alexa was just a little baby. 
I can't believe how much they've grown (<---why must I say that in EVERY blog entry). And check out the change in hairdos! Their facial expressions are hilarious!
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