Starbucks and Date Night!

LOL! I don't love this picture, but I wanted to put a picture of my honey and me up this was the only picture I could find of us taken in the last 6 months!! That is not good! I hate taking pictures right now, but still try to because it's not about me. When I'm gone, my girls are going to look at these pictures and not see that I don't have good make up or that my hair looks bad, I hope they see the mom that loves them so much! Okay enough with that and on to the post!
Today I went to Starbucks like I do every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. I love my Starbucks and will go out of my way to go to "my" store. When I walk in the baristas all greet me by name and will start my drink. They always ask if I want one or two because usually I only buy one. My mom babysits Squiggler and I don't pay her with money, I pay her with Starbucks. I buy her 3 Frappucino's a week and once a week I get one too. Well today I went to my Starbucks and who was sitting there in a red shirt and shorts? Santa Claus!!! I'm not kidding! Santa Claus was at my Starbucks with Mrs. Claus and on his cup it said Santa Claus. They were leaving as I was leaving and he held the door for me and was wishing everyone a Merry Christmas. He looked at me and said, "My wife would love your boots!" LOL! I thought that was so cute and funny. They jumped into a white Camaro and were on their merry way. I guess the reindeer had the night off. Seeing Santa at Starbucks totally made my day!
My honey and I also had a date night! We haven't had a date night since the summer. We put Squiggler's sisters in charge of her and we were off. We went to see a romantic comedy that isn't really worth writing about and to dinner. It was nice just to be the two of us for a little while! We had a great salad and a yummy pizza at this little italian restaurant that I had been dying to go to in forever!!!!! We then went to the madhouse known as Target to buy some baking supplies. It was a ZOO! We were in and out of there pretty fast, but the cashier told us that some brainiac scheduled only 3 cashiers for the evening! Really??? 4 nights before Christmas and they only had 3 cashiers? They had every backup team member on those lines and the store was a mess! Oh well, I hope somebody learned their lesson!

My Wish List!

Okay now remember this is for fun only and if money was no object! These things would be on my Christmas wish list. The first thing on my wishlist would be a new Coach purse! I don't know if I would really buy a pink one, but I would definately buy a Coach purse. My current purse is about 4 years old and even though that doesn't seem to old, it's starting to look a little shabby. I did almost get one about 2 weeks ago at Macy's because it was a great deal, but then I didn't. Oh well, someday I will.

I've always wanted a purple coat. My best friend has a short one and I love it! I don't know what length I would get, but it would definately be purple! I love this color and it was the favorite color of my grandpa and grandma too.

I'm not sure why I would want an ipad, but it's on my list. I think it would be fun to have. I don't even have an ipod touch because we have 3 older ipods and they work just fine. But like I said if Santa was bringing it, I wouldn't turn it away!

I would so love to have some Chanel sunglasses. I love sunglasses and wear them all the time. I have two pair of perfectly good Coach sunglasses, black and brown. The price of real Chanel sunglasses is more then the price I paid for the other two together. I think Chanel makes the most beautiful sunglasses in the world!

A Target giftcard for $500 would be on my wishlist too. That way I could take my girls to Target and buy them some toys! By toys I mean whatever electronic device they are craving right now and I'm not even sure they are craving any. I tried to see if there was, but they didn't give any hints as to something they would like. I think they might like some Wii games or something like that, but I don't even know. My girls are low maintenance in some things, but high maintenance in others.

Now this is my wishlist and I kept everything under $500 dollars. If Santa came to me tomorrow and said you could have a new car, I would want a Toyota Sequoia or a Chevy Acadia in white!!! LOL! That was kind of fun considering I never know what I want for Christmas and always ask for gift cards so that I can buy a new outfit for myself. What's on your wishlist?

Vacation at Last!

I've been meaning to post for the past two days because I am finally on Winter break, but I've been so tired that I have been going to sleep so early. I had planned to post everyday in December, but then life got in the way. (Mainly work!) The last two weeks have just been craziness and now for the next three weeks I just get to enjoy my family! We had report cards due, 2 days were I didn't go to work, parent conferences, Christmas gifts, Winter program and 4 days of shortend days at school. It was intense! The pictures in this post are from Squiggler's 2 year old photo shoot. Like always she had three clothing changes and even though it was really hard to get these shots, I love them all!

All of us are on break now and we just get to enjoy the next 3 weeks together! It has been raining for the last 3 days and today we finally went to the mall so that I could pick up these pictures!! It was crazy!! We luckily got a good parking spot, and JCP's wasn't crowded so I was able to return something and get my pictures with ease. I have to still do some Christmas shopping and head to some malls that I don't normally go to, but they have the stores that I need. This week I also have a date with my honey planned, getting pedicures, a baking party, a nativity play, Christmas eve mass, a family party, and then Christmas. My birthday is the following week and then breakfast with my besties as well as my mom making my favorite meal and New Years Eve. The third week we might actually have time to breath before going back to work. I don't mind it, but I feel like we haven't gotten to enjoy the season. I've been listening to my Christmas cd's every chance I get, but except for my tree all of my other Christmas decorations didn't make it down this year. (My honey, wouldn't bring them down. He just has no idea sometimes and can be kind of a Scrooge, but I still love him. )

Hopefully we can still find the true meaning of Christmas in all of this. I love all the picturs of my Squiggler, but the above one is my favorite! She is displaying the little attitude she has with her hands on her hips. I love it!!! Today the girls were playing the Wii and she wanted to join. She is so funny. It's late so I am going to go to sleep now, but will post more this week I promise. I think tomorrow will be my wish list if money was no object. That should be fun!!!

Our Lady of Guadalupe

Today is the day of Our Lady of Guadalupe and as traditions follows it starts very early in the morning! At around 5:00 AM! (Earlier in some places.) My honey was awakend by the singing coming from down the street as our neighbors celebrated this most holy day. When we arrived at church this morning, it was decorated with soooo many roses in honor of Our Most Holy Mother. As a child, this day was always special because my grandfather's name was Guadalupe and he celebrated it every year. This is not my picture above, but one from a friend. I would love to have an altar like this in my house, but I'm not sure my honey would go for it. Maybe someday? We had a very relaxing day today since we ran around so much yesterday. (I'll try to post that later.) This is going to be a crazy week and then we are on vacation for 3 weeks!! I say bring it on!!! I'm ready! LOL!

Part 2 of the Story

The above picture is of Johnny and Squiggler. Johnny, his mom and grandma happend to be a big part of the Squiggler's birthday yesterday. He had his pictures taken before us and it took his mother and grandmother FOREVER to pick what pixs of him they wanted. While they were deciding Johnny decided to roll his big truck all over the aisles at JCP's and no one said a word to him. Johnny is 5 and quite the character. Squiggler really liked him! I worry if this is a foreshadowing of her later years? I hope not. He would crash the truck into something and she would run and go get it for him. Then he would do it again. He also had a big white bear and kept throwing that into the air. She thought it was great! Johnny and his family are the reason why our appointment was 40 minutes late. I was not happy and let the young photographer know. I will also be talking to his district manager about training new staff. Cesar left a lot to be desired in customer service even though he did get some cute shots of my baby girl.

When we went to see Santa, who happend to be waiting in the line right before us? Johnny and his family. The Squiggler was thrilled. I was not. I will admit that I was pleased that they took 10 minutes at the register deciding what frame to put precious Johnny's picture in. Because of that the Squiggler was able to sit in Santa's lap for 10 minutes while he read and sang to her. I don't think Santa does that for everyone. Santa is the same from when she took her pictures at just 2 weeks old. He remembers her and so does the sweet photographer that works there. That is my most favorite picture in the whole world and if I can scan it I will to add to this story. That's all for now.

Oh and by the way after all that Johhny's grandma left her camera at the Santa booth and I turned it in to the photographer. I hope she went back for it. One more thing, Johnny is break dancing in the above picture.

Happy 2nd Birthday Squiggler!

Happy 2nd Birthday to our littlest princess!!! I can't believe that it has been 2 whole years that she has blessed our lives!! I feel so lucky to be her mommy and try to cherish all that she brings to our lives! Right now she is bringing sooooo much energy and I am loving it!! (Tired, but loving it.) I took the day off today to spend it with her and what a busy day it was! We started off the morning by taking Speedy Cheetah to school then we came home and got ready for her doctor's appointment. We got to the doctor's office at 10am and checked in. We had to wait in the waiting room for an hour!!! By this time I was a little upset and let the receptionist know that I have never had to wait in the waiting room for an hour ever!!! She said, "Well it's Dr. So and So and you know how he is." Well I have been seeing Dr. So and So for 14 1/2 years and have never once waited in the waiting room for an hour. I have had to wait in the waiting room, and examing room up to an hour total before to see him, but that is different. Needless to say we were seen very quickly afterwards and were out of there no later then 20 minutes later. Hmmm?

The Squiggler is 34 1/4 inches long and weighs 24.8 pounds. The weight might be off a little because she would not get on the scale so the Doctor got on the scale and then got on the scale again subtracting his weight to get her weight. She is doing very well and talked up quite the storm for him. They gave her a book and she fell in love with the nurse that gave it to her. She was so happy. Her next visit isn't until she is 3.

Afterwards, we went to JCPenneys to have her portraits taken and that was another long wait! I was not happy about that one either and will be talking to the District manager regarding how to train her new employees. The young photographer did redeem himself in the sense that he took a lot of time with my energetic toddler and did get some great shots. This will be the last month I take her to JCPenneys until maybe Easter and then I will do just 1/2 year shots and Birthday shots. The quality of my favorite studio has gone down and I don't see it getting any better because the manager is going to go on maternity leave with her first child and all my other favorite photographers have left. I think you can see the pictures here, but they do not let you download the thumbnails anymore. So sad, but I will scan them when they come in.

There is so much I could add about our adventureous day, but I think I will leave that for another time because I kind of have a picture to go with that. Afterwards, we went to go see Santa and had 10 full minutes of Santa all to ourselves!!! The photographer was busy and so Squiggler just went right up to him and sat on his lap. He talked to her and told her he would bring her a big dolly like she asked for. He sang Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer to her and read her the Night Before Christmas. I couldn't believe it and was soooo happy that she was not afraid of him. I had planned to take her to Toys R Us to pick a present, but we ran out of time. That evening when we went to the market she saw a little doll with a pacifier and started playing with it. It only costed $5, and so I bought it for her. She said her name is Teena.

The Squiggler is sooo energetic right now and talking in little sentences. I love her sweet voice! She says things like: Where's sister? Cake me mommy. I no like it. and so many more that I need to copy down. She repeats everything and really likes to watch her fav movies including Whip It now. (Long story how that came to be.) She loves french fries and chicken nuggets, but is still a good overall eater. She eats when she's hungry. She learned how to climb in and out of her crib thanks to her dad. She loves to jump on everything!!!! She can skip and hop and runs fast! She falls and gets a lot of brusises by crashing into the wall! She loves her family and likes to hug you and say "I love you so much!" She is just a ball of energy!! She really still likes boys and tries to hold little boys hands. (We have to watch her!) All the above pictures were taken today, but I didn't get a home photo shoot with her cute little birthday outfits. I will try that tomorrow. Squiggler we love you so much too! I hope you had a great day because even with all the craziness of the day I know I did just spending it with you!!!

2 Years Ago!

Last year I posted the Squiggler's Birth Story. It can be found here. She is such a Blessing to our family and keeps us on our toes. I can't believe that it has been only 2 short years that she has been a part of our life, but then I can't believe that 2 years has already gone by and how fast it has been! I loved being pregnant with her and was so glad that I took the time to enjoy it regardless of my complications. (I had gestational diabetes with her and I was considered an "older" mother.) The upside to that was that I was always at the doctor's office and she was so closely monitored that I knew she was healthy. (At the end I went to the doctor's at least 3 times a week.)
After she was born she got jaundice and so we were in the hospital 4 whole days!! They try to kick you out so early now, but they weren't busy when she was born. When we left they were busting at the seams, but still took their sweet time releasing us. They had wanted to send me home on Monday, but I told them that it was ridiculous since I was nursing and would just be hanging out at the hospital taking up space anyhow. They agreed with me.
For my prenatal care I had the most amazing doctor, Dr. Timura! She was the best and I just loved her. I got to see her for almost all my appointments except my last one. When she found out I had the baby, she stopped by at around 8:00am to congratulate me. I was so out of it though that I don't really remember talking to her. I was sleepy from being up all night delivering the Squiggler.
I remember we had so many visitors and were so blessed to have so many people loving the Squiggler before she was even born and they all came to see her once she had arrived. In my family it is customary to come see the baby within her first couple of days. Not to do so is an insult. On that Saturday night the hospital even gave my hubby and I a special meal with apple cider, salmon and chocolate cake. It was really nice, just the three of us. (They didn't do that when I had my other girls.)
Tomorrow is her birthday and I am taking the day off to spend it with her and take her for her 2 year Well Baby check up and 2 year photos. Wish us luck!!!