Lola B's

As you can see, I have a new addition to the left of my blog. This button represents a getaway to the fantasy life/style we all want to have. Jet setting to vintage sales and great finds at boutiques, parties, the list goes on. This girl has impecible style and I love following the Lola B's Boutique blog. Her house is j'dorable, and she takes such great photos. I'm always interested in where she's going next and what great finds were found while traveling the world to different boutiques etc. She also gives great giveaways which seems to be all I post about lately. I have never won anything and apparantly I feel I need to enter every contest out there cuz the one I don't enter is the one I probably would have won. Does anyone else have this luck? Anywho, check out her blog and see what it's all about. Hopefully soon I will get back to my real life and actually post about more important things like my children, wonderful husband, and my sweet little baby coming what seems like never. I have a lot to be thankful for so I "think" I will be ok if I don't win yet another little contest :)

Pied Piper Contest

Pied Piper Photography is having another contest!!! I would love to win a family photo shoot considering my belly is getting bigger by the day and our last summer family pic will be out dated come April. Pick me! Pick me!

*****Due in April '10*****

Pics...

Here is my little Ellie!!! I was cleaning out a closet and found my graduation hat. It's so weird to see my kid in my graduation hat. I calculated that Ellie will graduate in 2024. It's crazy to think about but I know it will come fast. :(

I taught Ellie how to do this face and we call it her "Ellie Face"

Here is Scout trying to do the "Ellie Face" hehe

Here we are on Easter. (I know...so long ago but it's like one of our only more recent family pics)

"Happy Father's Day" Getting ready for bed, trying to take last minute Father's Day pics to remember that day.







Sleeping Beauty with the cousins. This play was really fun. We had front row seats. The people were literally dancing on our feat. It was so fun. Afterwards, we went to Chil Fil A and had ice cream. We also saw Blaine from the black team on Biggest Loser. WOOHOO!!!

Swimming with cousins at Grandma J's. Swimming and popcorn...can't beat that !

Splash pad at San Tan.

Spaghetti mess!!! Scout watches me do hair all the time and I think she thinks that anything she puts in her hair will make it pretty. This is the mess I have to clean up after EVERY SINGLE MEAL!!! I'm not even kidding!

Weekend getaway in Scottsdale. My parents gave us two nights to stay in Scottsdale and they watched our kids. It was ssssooooooo fun and so needed. We totally splurged and this is us at Salt Celar. Mmmmmm! We also went to Cheesecake Factory, Carrabbas, shopping, a movie etc.

Crab from Salt Celar. Gone in 60 seconds!
This might look familiar to other moms of toddlers out there. This is what I woke up to on Mother's Day morning. Actually, it was strung entirely off the roll all over the bathroom and I had roll it back up. That was the best I could do. Happy Mother's Day to me!
Smiley Scout! On our way to swimming lessons.

WOW! I got them both smiling in one picture. Very rarely do I get one of those.

DANCING QUEENS!!!

Pied Piper Photography

Pied Piper Photography is having a catch-up contest which details you can read about here! Go read all about it and check the cute website. She does adorable stuff!

Update

This is Ellie with her Starbucks treat for going poo in the potty all by herself. I can't beleive she is doing so well! Good job Ellie!

These girls have been playing so cute together lately. It's been fun to watch them get older and play together...I spoke too soon. As I am writing this, Ellie is taking every toy away from Scout and Scout is now whining to me non-stop. WOW!!! Although there are rough times, it has been so fun and I am enjoying these two little monsters ;) I mean angels! Sometimes I wonder why I want more. This blog is a taking a different turn than what I was expecting to write about. Maybe that is why I change my mind EVERY DAY about stopping at two or entering into a family of 5!

Scout had a birthday! She is the big 2 now. She is still my little sweetheart, cuddler that lets everything slide. I love her to death! Ellie also had a birthday and I'm so bad for not posting anything for either of them. Maybe at the end of the year, I'll just do a big birthday post. haha!


These girls are the love of my life and I wouldn't trade them for the world. As a tribute to Mother's Day being this Sunday I would just like to say that I'm so grateful to be a mother. I have experienced things I never thought I could. My love for my kids is so great and I know that this is exactly what I'm supposed to be doing right now in my life. I am clearly not the best mom but I hope to become better and better as the years go by.
I look forward to our future and what it brings. I also want to give a shout out to my mom. We have become so close the past few years and she is such a big help to me with my kids. If I am bored, she will drop everything she's doing and come meet us for lunch or shopping etc. I know she is doing all she can to be a fun grandma-she is even re-doing her whole backyard to make it more fun for the kids. I love you mom and thanks for everything you do for Jake and I!!!

Help Me!!!

So, everyone posts stuff about their new babies,
and the baby's nursery etc. and I figured I don't
have a new baby but I'm redecorating my girls'
room. Does that count? I actually need help on colors.
We just painted the beadboard white and
the top is a very pale pinkish tanish venetian plaster. I want to add more color and they have some of that hot pink as you can see and their curtains are the green of this message that I just made them ( it's not quite done yet). I want to paint diamonds on top but the question is do we do hot pink diamonds or green diamonds? The color samples are above the pink tin frame. I chose hot pink and Jake chose green. Please, help a girl out and vote. Thanks!

















Also, little side note, we ended up selling our puppy. I know, so sad. It was for the better and my advice to anyone with little kids who don't already have a puppy... don't do it.