Some Crafty Stuff

Since this blog is becoming more of a "my life as a mom and wife" I am posting some pics of some of the things I made for Sophia's B-day party. I want to thank my friends Ive for selling me her Cricut Expression (I still haven't even paid her), Liz for sending me the wire for the invites (even though I didn't use it), and my friend Leelee for making and printing the beautiful labels for the souvenirs. You ladies made this birthday a success.

Invites

These are the souvenirs with the labels that my friend Leelee designed and printed. Gracias mi compa!






Supplies for ladybug hats



Decoration





Ladybug "light fixtures"

Centerpieces (they weren't finished- missing the "grass")

Seeing Spots (literally)

NOTE: Just wanted to add that Sophia does NOT have Chicken Pox. She has a virus that causes little spots on hte skin. Thank the Lord!

We had Sophia's BIG birthday bash on the 24th. We had many friends and family over. It was a great day (weather-wise) and so we made use of the garden. I made the invites, centerpieces, got all the pieces for kids to make their own ladybug hats, and my dear friend (sister) Leelee made the labels for the souvenirs.



It was a wonderful day. The only problem was that Sophia was not feeling well and I had twisted my ankle so we were both in bad shape. But our little girl looked adorable in her red, halter dress (I giggle when I picture her in that dress).



Our computer is acting up, so these pictures are courtesy of my friend Angie. Enjoy the ladybug party pics.

The cake was delicious

Say Cheese!




Sophia hamming it up for the camera



What's a Birthday without a piñata?








Can you see the family resemblance? LOL





These Pics were taken on Saturday afternoon. On Sunday afternoon we took Sophia to the ER as she was running a fever and had some red spots on her belly. Her Pediatrician told us to take her to the hospital. She was diagnosed with Chicken Pox. Now we're really seeing spots. She's back to her sunny, happy self, just with spots. hehehe

Proud Owner

Of a ONE year old little girl!! Actually she owns us (me and her daddy, lol)

Sophia turned the big 1 on Friday May 16th. We have her big party planned for the 24th, but John got a cake at Stew's and had some friends and family over at my job to sing Happy Birthday to her. She loved it!! the singing, the cake. She ate chocolate cake and made Hmmm noises. It was hilarious.

Then she started feeling crappy on Saturday night, and by Sunday night she had a small fever. We got her to the doctor on Monday and were told that she seems to be ok, but might be fighting some bug. This morning she woke up and started hanging from our bedframe, so that means she's doing well.

Thank God she's back to her old self- crawling, singing (yes, she sings!), dancing and just being her sweet, happy self.

Pictures from both birthday celebrations wil be posted soon. Stay tuned!

Busy Times

So Sophia is almost 1 year old. And I've been so busy with gettign everything ready for her day that I haven't had time to cry (well, maybe a couple of times). I can't believe my little baby is almost ONE.
I've been making the invites, centerpieces, getting all the stuff together for her part, working full time, taking care of Sophia and DH and I'm exhausted. To top it all off, Sophia has now decided that she will not go down to sleep without a fight- a BIG fight! then once she goes to sleep she'll wake up a couple of times throughout the night. John and I believe she's just keeping us in our toes.
She's still the sweetest little girl, so I guess the lack of sleep hasn't bothered her. She is now crawling al over the place and I have no idea where to hide all of my scrapbooking stuff for when she starts walking.

Just an update on our crazy lives.

Some pics from our trip.

Because my "friend" Leelee threatened me with my life. I am compelled to post some pics from our trip Pre-Leelee's arrival. After she got there my camera went into a deep deep sleep. LOL Thanks Leelee. I love you too Super Cute Big Sister.


Here's Sophia and I with Princess Aurora (Sleeping Beauty for those Disney Neophytes, lol)



Sophia and Belle (from Beauty and the Beast)



Sophia and Cinderella



Sophia, Mami and Minnie



Sophia and Mami at Mickey's Toontown fair



Sophia and daddy outside daddy's favorite ride: Pirates of the Caribbean.



Sophia riding in one of the teacups at the Mad Tea Party ride.



Sophia at the Dumbo ride. She loved it.



Sophia and mami at Fun Spot, where mami and tia Leelee had a blast, while titi Ive, daddy and the Calle sisters and their dad rode on Go-karts.



All the ones with the Disney Princesses are especially dedicated to my friend Liz who loves Sophia and calls her "my princess". Liz te adoro roomie bella!

TFL.

Tag, I'm IT!!!!!

My friend Sheila from sb.com tagged me to say 7 things about me that people might not know. Here I go:

1. I'm an only child (on my mother's side). I have a younger brother and sister on my father's side.

2. I have a VERY big family. Over 40 cousins at last count.

3. My dream is to be an Occupational Therapist.

4. Since having my daughter I'm in love with anything PINK and GIRLIE.

5. I'm a lazy butt. LOL

6. I have a Bachelors in Hospitality Administration, but never worked in the field.

7. I was a Foster Care CaseWorker for over 5 years.

Link to 7 other girls and tag them...

1. Leelee

2. Ive

3. Mire

4. Aroa

5. Zazil

6. Naida

7. Tahi

Disney Vacation

Sooo, we just got back from Orlando were we had been since Easter Sunday. We had a blast. I was going to meet my scrapbooking friends fro a couple of days, but since I was taking Sophia with me, John decided to tag along and I'm so glad he did.

We got there on Easter Sunday. We visited Magic Kingdom two days and then the rest were spent in the company of my wonderful friends. They spoiled Sophia rotten and her schedule got so out of whack that I was dreading coming back home. But she has surprised me and seems to be getting back into the swing of things already. I can't help but thank God for such a wonderful, easy, perfect baby. (I'll come back to this post once she gets to the terrible 2s. lol)

My friends and I shopped like mad women at the scrapbook expo and at Joanns, AC Moore and Michaels. I got to meet my friend Wandy in person and most of them, except Emmaly, met Sophia for the first time.

Sophia loved all the attention and got to meet her new love: Cinderella. Yes, you read that right- Cinderella and Sophia had the most wonderful time when they met. Which was great considering we had to carry her 20+ lbs. for about 45 minutes. She loved everyone else including her titis: Leelee, Ive, Wandy, Emmaly, Ine, Brenda, Tahi and Karla. She also played with Leelee's husband Ignacio who is about to legally adopt her. hahahahaha and Leelee's daughters Ashley and Lauren are her 2 BFFs. She also met Karla's daughter Kamilla and they alternated between wanting to hug each other and poking each other's eyes out.

I met 2 other ladies from sb.com: Dolores and Lisi. So sorry I didn't take pics with you guys. I was about to faint from hunger when we ran into each other. So glad to have met you and of course, that you met Sophia. Lisi, I hope you can recognize me if you see me without Sophia- hahahahaha

I will be posting pics sometime in the next century so stay tuned. To my divas I love you all and I'm so glad we got to spend time together.

Leelee- Everything was Super-Cute. LOL