Happy Birthday Phil!

For Phil's b-day Christina planned a night at Medieval Times..... I had never been, I don't think it was what I expected.... bit then again I'm not sure what I expected..... hahaha!!! ;) we had a great time though....... it was a lot of fun, and the food was actually pretty good.... oh and the show was good too!!! ;) here are some pictures from the night! :) Christina, Phil and I, we were ready to celebrate!! :)

My very delicious "fruity drink".... half pina colada, half strawberry daiquiri....

guess I liked it alright.... :)

Phil got a sword too.... and with that in one hand and a guinness in the other he was a happy "boy"!!! ;)

an attempt at a picture with the knight...

we opted for solos instead!!

getting ready to go inside the arena!

the menu wasn't bad

the first course, a tomato bisque, which I thouroughly enjoyed!!

let the "games" begin!

then it was time for dessert.... the most amazingly warm fresh out of the oven apple turnover I've EVER eaten! ;) it was soooooo good that I ate 2!! :)

and that was all for the show.... and dinner.... :)

Easter candy season is here!!!! ;)

Easter has the best candy.... I think that's what makes it my most favorite "season" of the year!! :)

I can hardly contain myself.... :) this means 40 days of candy eating for me! :-D Let the season begin!!! :P

Welcome Baby Lucciana!!

Baby Lucciana arrived on Ash wednesday, February 17th at 9:30am.... she came two weeks early and by emergency c-section.... :) She was a small babay, at 4lbs, 14 ounces and 18 inches long, and she had to spend a few more days in the hospital than we would of wanted, but thankfully she is doing fine now, as i write this blog 2 and a half weeks later.... ;) I was lucky enough to have "accidentally" had a wed/thurs off together, so off I went to see mommy, daddy, Vides, and baby for 2 days! :) I had a great time and i was reallly glad that I got to visit with them, it made me feel better that I could "check" on the baby and make sure that everything was good.... :) Vides and I got to spend some quality time together which I always love.... I thouroughly enjoyed my time up north that is until my flight home got delayed for 4 hours.... By that point I thought I may NEVER make it home.... :( Here are some pictures of the two days.... :)

mami and papi with Lu, as is her new nickname.... In my family EVERYONE has a nickname, its funny I have some family members whose "real" names I don't even know!! hahaha

Baby Lu, she looked so good, and for that we were grateful, she gave us quite a scare!!

Lu and Tia MJ..... The baby was in a special nursery, but the nurses let me "sneak" in so I could see her... and of course i had to take our first picture together before I left!! :)
the rest are phone pictures I took so I could send to the family back in so cal..

look at all that hair!!!

She was so alert.... in this picture she looks just like V, her older sister did when she was a baby!! :)

when we were done visiting Lu, we went back to the room and my cousin opened her care packages from her so cal family!!! she was so excited!! :)
My mom knitted the baby a blanket.....

..... and made matching scarves for bea and Vides.... so cute!!! :)
and I made the "famous" quilt!! :)

a VERY special project! :)

My cousin found out she was pregnant what seems like a few months ago... but really it's been awhile!!! ;) as soon as she said that we started planning for a shower and a special gift.... :) last time I knitted her a blanket.... I LOVE homemade gifts... and they loved it as well... my mom and sister knitted one's of their own as well! This time around I wanted to try something different... A lady i work with is a big time quilter, she had helped me make one before... ( I should find those pictures and blog about it... it was my first one after all ;)) and she insisted that I make another..... so after numerous set and cancelled dates, we finally got to get together and make one.... I was so excited when we went out shopping for the fabric.... I fell in love with it, right away!!! :) And of course I had to take pictures from the beginning!! enjoy the quilt makin' pictures!! ;) ironing what was going to be the back piece of the quilt!

This was the faberic I used for one of the squares.... I think this one was my favorite!

this one was half of the other squares

and the back again.....

this fabric was the other half of the second square...

cutting the squares in half

attaching all the pieces together

making sure all the pieces "fit"

almost done..... just a few more squares!!! :) the finished product!!! :)
a close up! :)

I had so much fun making this one!!! :) I can't wait to make the next one!! ;)

baby, shower invitations, misc... family pictures!!!

My sister and I planned a baby shower for my cousin in early january.... we ended up making the invitations... they turned out so cute... the shower ended up not happening.... but I thought I'd post the pictures of us making them anyway.... we had a fun time and they turned out super cute!! :) we used lots and lots of ribbon!!
working so hard to make sure that the ribbon and the paper were even..... :) can you see the concentration on my face??? ;)

all done!!! :)

Sisco, Gaby and Mike's puppy hung out while we worked on our special project!! :) awwww... how cute is he???

A few days later Baby Mateo stopped by to visit..... and he fell asleep on my arms.... I LOVE it when that happens!! :)

Marquitos found himself some fun toys to play with!!

say cheese!!! :)