Update on me!

I have been so ridiculously busy for the past few weeks which explains my prolonged absence from this here blog!  My two current classes are seriously kicking my tushy!!  These two classes are enjoyable though and I am soaking up so much new information it is crazy!  I am currently working on a research paper on prescription drug abuse which I have had so much fun researching.  Gee I must sound like such a nerd!  I can't help it though I am really taking pleasure in my studies.  I have a 3.9 GPA so far and I have worked really hard for and I am working even harder to maintain.  I guess this is the main reason for the lack of posting here.

Here is a little bit of what has been going on recently:

• My brother and his family came to visit for Thanksgiving and I had such an amazing time with them.  (I will post more about this some other time)
• We had Aiden an early birthday party (again I will post more about this later)
• I started smoking again - something I am not proud of but the holidays always get to me
• Christmas was great - we spent time with family and made yummy tamales!
• I am dealing with a smidge of depression as I always do during the holidays.
• Bunny is doing great and read 7 books this weekend!
• Aiden is loving all of his new toys he got for Christmas and his bday
• I am enjoying every minute of my winter break from classes (all while still studying and working on my research paper)

I will try and post some of the pictures and snips of videos some other time.  I hope everyone had a safe and happy Christmas!

M.I.A.

I know I have been MIA lately. I have just not been in the mood to blog. I have been in a serious funk! Not really sure what the deal is, it may just be all too much. Lately, I have been too busy to really do much and when I am not busy... I am tired. So there. I have been focusing a lot on my school work; trying to keep A's in my courses is hard work! Also, we redid the bathroom AGAIN! Pictures of that to be posted some other time. Halloween was great! After about 5 houses Aiden got the idea and was excited to receive candy. More about that some other time as well. I guess I should just let this end here since I would like to post these things in a bit more detail. I hope everyone has a great day!

Not So Bad Mommy

I did make it to Bunny's concert last night afterall due to some changes in our plans.  I was unable to stay for the entire concert but I did catch the first two songs of her 3 song set.  I am so proud of her!  She has made so much progress.  She has a wonderful instructor and great classmates.  The songs were beautiful and the orchestra students played beautifully.  I am so blessed to have been able to make it.  I was pretty upset about missing the concert.  I was being so hard on myself but Bunny is such an understanding young lady, she gave me no grief.  I wish that everyone had a daughter as awesome as my Bunny.

Last night was great! Marleyn and I made plans to see Paul Rodriguez at the Improv but for some reason last night's show was cancelled.  I was looking forward to going to the show since I have never been to a comedy show and it sounds like so much fun.  Oh well!  We will just have to try again another time!  Marleyn and I made plans to at least get together for dinner.  We had so much fun!  She truly is an engaging conversationalist and hilarious to boot!  She is an amazing woman and a caring mother.  I really am so lucky to have her in my life!  I love you Marleyn!!  We had dinner at Saltgrass Steak House. (I recommend the Steak soup.  YUM YUM!)  We stayed and talked  and laughed for hours!  I am sure they were glad to be rid of us but we had a great night.  I can hardly wait until we are able to get together again.

Where did it go?

Summer vacation is almost over. It FLEW by! I am glad that I got to spend a lot of time with Bunny this summer. She starts high school in a little over a week and I can only imagine in what ways she will be different. I am lucky that I was able to get some time with her before she becomes some mad, angry teenager. Luckily, she hasn't been too horrible. I was a monster. I hated everyone and everything. I knew everything and everyone else was an idiot. I thought all teenagers were like that. Maybe it was just me....

Well, she is ready to go back. Even though I had a great time with her home, I am ready for her to go back. I need ME time. I need ME AND AIDEN time, too. I just need ME time more.

School has been going well. The only drawback is that I am OBSESSED! It has taken over my life. I log in every chance I get. I guess its a good thing. I don't know if I would be so into school if it was a traditional classroom and it worries me. It worries me because I will have to transfer once I complete the associates program. I have no choice but to attend a university with traditional classrooms. It makes me nervous already and its about 19 months away. What is my problem?

Wonderful Weekend

Friday night Bib and I spent some time together. We went to dinner and watched a movie.

Saturday was Bunny's 14th Birthday and we spent some time hanging out with her. We did take her and her BFF to dinner and to the movies. We saw 17 Again. It was better than I expected. I enjoyed it.

Sunday was Emily's birthday party. It was at the aquatic center in El Campo and I took Aiden and Bunny. Aiden refused to go near the water. He screamed like he was being tortured. He'd better learn to get used to it quick since I intent to spend a lot of time at the pool over the summer.

Grapefruit Tree

I love this picture. I took it a few months ago like in October.

Movie Night

Last night Bib and I finally went to the movies! It had been a while since we last made it to the movies. Actually, I was pregnant and we went to see I am Legend I think. Anyways. They closed the Tinseltown that was closest to me so we went to Alamo Drafthouse. It is one of my favorite places to go. We had an awesome time without kids!!! We watched The Happening and I like it. Bib liked it too, but his opinion doesn't really matter. I am only kidding it kinda matters. We had dinner at the drafthouse while we were there and I LOVED the Porky's Pizza. Too Good! I hope it doesn't take us another 5 or 6 months to see another movie. We used to go so often. Almost 2 times a week. We are most definitely movie people. here's to hoping our dry spell doesn't last too much longer.

TIME FLIES

I am shocked by how quick time goes by now. Mr. Biddles is already 5 and a half months old, Bunny has been on summer vacation for 2 weeks already and Father's Day is this weekend! It seems like I just started back at work but I've been back for 3 months!!!

Mr. Biddles started eating solids a couple of weeks ago. He had been eating cereal for about a month before we started baby food. His first food was sweet peas! He LOVED them. Tuesday we started sweet potatoes. Not too crazy about those but he eats them ALL! We wanted to give him carrots before the potatoes but I couldn't find them anywhere. Finally found them yesterday at Target. I give him the Gerber Organic but they are so hard to find. Maybe it's just the places I go. Who knows.

Bunny is enjoying her summer vacation. She has been reading like a madwoman which makes me happy and envious. I am so glad that she likes to read now. I am also so jealous since I don't have the time like I used to. I am trying to get her to go to a summer dance camp but it's a little more difficult than I thought. We will see. She has been spending her days with me and Mr. Biddles here at the office. She helps me SO much. I am so glad that there is a 13 year gap! Maybe I will wait another 13 years before I have another one!

I know...

I'm not posting often. I have tons of pictures to upload too. I just have been so busy! Adriana's birthday party is this weekend so I'm getting ready for that. I had everything planned I just hadn't actually DONE anything! So sad. Mr. Biddles is just getting bigger and cuter everyday. Bunny is...well Bunny is Bunny. She is a teen and that's all I can say! I will try and get some pictures posted soon. Have a great weekend!!!

This weeks goings ons, thoughts and notes....

~ Bunny has a dance recital on Thursday. She gets to work with a group and they choreograph their own dance. It is always awesome. This time they are going to dance modern/hiphop. Those are Adriana's faves.

~ Mother's Day is on Sunday and I want to start a tradition with my kids so I'm trying to think of something different but fun that they will want to keep doing like FOREVER. That way when I'm really old they will still want to see me at least for Mother's Day.

~ I started working out again and will be working out everyday this week.

~ Mr. Biddles has started eating cereal for dinner. We all sit down and eat together its really nice.

~ Bunny has a school trip this weekend. She gets to go to Schiltterbahn with her orchestra buddies from school.

~ I don't know what to do for my mom for Mother's Day. She is totally awesome and she is the best. But my God could she be any pickier!?!

A QUICK UPDATE

My Bunny is officially 13 years old. Wow! I can't believe that I am a mother to a teenager. I'm only 27!!! She didn't have the greatest birthday ever but I did what I could. I got her a new dooney that she loves along with some new clothes. Aiden got her a bunch of nail polishes and nail accessories that he wrapped in an empty box of wipes topped with a bow made out of 2 pairs of cool socks. He is so sweet and thoughtful. Bunny is planning her birthday celebration so it should be exciting.

Aiden turned 4 months old on Monday. He is getting so big. Aiden loves to play peek a boo (which he didn't like before), his excersaucer, being tickled, his baths and eating his hands. He has also been sleeping all night long for about 2 months. He is the easiest baby.

Bib and I have officially started the home buying process. I hope everything goes smoothly. I know there will be some hurdles but we NEED to get out of my parents house.

I guess it wasn't as quick an update as I thought.

Have a great weekend.

What a week!

I have been so busy that I am still exhausted. Not to mention I have a virus so I'm still trying to get over that.

I want to say THANK YOU to Imelda for filling in at work for me on Friday. I completely lost my voice and just felt like crud.

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She's a total lifesaver!

I am definitely feeling better my voice came back Sunday. So I can talk and it doesn't hurt as bad anymore.

Adriana had her Christmas Orchestra concert Thursday. It was great! They always play such a great selection of music. The baby loves listening to her play. I can't wait till he gets here so she can play for him.

Saturday we HAD to go to EL Campo. I wanted to be sure that we saw my uncle Lupe for Christmas and I don't think next weekend would work. So we went and did our Christmas thing with him and then rushed back to Houston. We had to go pick my Father in law up at the airport. Hopefully he will be with us for a while. He is really excited about the baby so maybe he will at least stay until then.

Yesterday I spent all day making candies to give as gifts to the nurses at my doctors office and for my mom to give out. I made peanut brittle, cracker candy (its sooooo good) and peppermint bark. I still need to make 2 more batches of the cracker candy tonight.

Busy, busy, busy.

Well that's it for now. I have my last ultrasound tomorrow so we get to see my little man once more before the 2nd. I can't wait. Have a great day!

Let's catch up

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We didn't do the usual at my mom's this year since I had been so tired. I usually do most of the Thanksgiving dinner with my mom's help but not this year. This year we just did some baking. We spent Thanksgiving at my aunt's house. I was exhausted from just baking so I'm glad we didn't have it at our home this year.

I am done with all of my Christmas shopping!!! I got it all done on Black Friday. I look forward to that day almost all year. It was a little more difficult this year being so far along but Bunny was a super help and we managed to get everything! Now all the packages are neatly wrapped under the tree that my mom had to decorate since I had no desire this year. Sad I know. Usually I am bugging Bib to put the tree up BEFORE Thanksgiving. Not this year, we just put it up this past weekend.

I had a doctors appointment yesterday. I have gained a total of 24 lbs, my blood pressure has gotten better! Yay!! Now I don't have to go back for 2 weeks. He had me coming in weekly since my BP was high. I have my final ultrasound when I go back to see how big this little one is getting. He said, "We'll see how big he is and then take it from there." I wonder what he meant by that? Is there a possibility that maybe I could have him sooner? Who knows!!! I guess we will have to wait until the 18th to find out.

OH I almost forgot! He dropped over the weekend! I can breathe and don't feel nauseous all the time!!! Only 28 days to go!!! We are ready to go. I have his bag packed and mine is ready also. His car seat is in the car waiting and we went last night to get the stroller. Now all I really need is the playpen/bassinet thing for when I return to work.

Well lets all have a wonderful week and weekend. I will try to post a little more often.


LISA

I am so glad...

...that school started today! I love Bunny more than anything but my goodness can she complain!!! She is always bored and never satisfied!!! But that is behind us now that she is back at school.

My Bunbun started 7th grade today!!! I know 7th grade! I feel so old. I am really proud of her though. She is taking GT (gifted and talented) math and science! So so proud! She also made it into advanced dance II. She started out in beginners dance and she skipped advanced dance I. She is just so smart and talented! She is still playing the viola in orchestra. She didn't try to move to advanced she decided to just stay in intermediate. I know she could have made it to advanced, I think she just wanted to stay with her friends.

Anywho, I get to see the doctor tomorrow! I can't wait. I think I might get another ultrasound done so maybe we can finally find out for sure if its a boy or a girl. I am 20 weeks already. It really is dragging by though. I have to admit that I feel like I have been pregnant forever! Not that I have had a horrible pregnancy. Its been great just slow.

I guess thats it I will update tomorrow after my appointment. Hopefully I will have some news.

Pictures, Pictures and more Pictures!!!

Finally, here are some of the pictures I've been talking about.

First we have Bunny trying to make a dress for my niece Avery. (It didn't work out too well)

Next we have the pictures from Bunny's trip to North Carolina. You get to see Avery!!!

And last but not least. The pictures from our trip to Dallas.