Twas the Night Before Christmas

WOW, what a crazy fun week we had. Happy 30th to the best Hubby and Daddy there is! And I turned 21, we went out and partied hard till 8pm!

Becca and Jillian had a great christmas with all the trimmings. We had a quiet family eve at home. Jilly and Becca unwrapped just one gift, and then it was off to bed for Santa to come.

The next morning, Santa did not disappoint. We had trains, puzzels, and many more wonderful things under the tree. All in all, it was a great day that was topped off at Grandma's and Grandpa's for more gifts, and Chirstmas Bran Muffins (A holiday tradition).

I'm not ready to put the tree away just yet. That will come later on this week when I just can't push it off any longer.

MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Getting Caught Up Chapter 3

My little sweet, precious angel tuned 6 months old. We had to celebrate with cake, ballons, family and silliness. Momma's Big Girl!

Getting Caught Up Chapter 2

This was Thanksgiving. We had Dancing Becca's, a Deep Fried Turkey, Paparazzi Uncle Bob, Sleeping Babies during the football game, Babies Looking oh so cute and the feast! What a day!

Getting Caught Up Chapter 1

This was Halloween. Jillian was many different things. She was a little Kitten, a pumpkin, and A GREAT BIG PEACOCK! She was fun to dress up, I think she thought it was funny because I kept laughing at her the whole time. She just got cuter and cuter.

Becca was a serious Tinker Bell. I swear. This kid get self concious in anything out of the norm. It's like she knows that I'm dressing her up and that she looks and feels different, and she doesn't like it! But, like a true girl, once she gets going she fine, and then, at the end of the day she doesn't want to get out of the darn thing!

The Girls enjoyed a Harvest Festivle at our church and then Becca and Daddy passed out candy, and yes, Becca really did put candy in the kids bags. She was only affraid of one costume. You little social bug, she takes after her dad on that one!

Thanksgiving is NEXT Thursday?

I've been inspired by a fellow Lister. Yes, yes, lists are a fact of life in my household or things just wouldn't get done. And I agree, there is a feel good something about being able to scratch through something on your list. Something Momentous about scratching through a list of tasks.

My life is a whirl wind. Between the Girls, Travis, Work, Thanksgiving and Christmas, not to mention Halloween which I Still haven't posted pictures of, I would be dead without my lists.

I actually carry with me a little spiral notebook that I write things down in. It's one of my many necessities that I carry in my purse of a traveling office. Now that's a fun list to think about. At this very moment, here are a few things I have in my purse right now. Sunglasses (a must), bottle of hair spray, box a BOX of checks, previously mentioned spiral notebook, lotion, small cosmetic pouch with, wait let me count, 11 lip glosses of some kind, Michel's Ad(with coupon), calender, gum(sweet mint my fav) and a variety of loose papers that are important in some way or another.

But, back to the notebook, I have a few hundred things to get accomplished right now.

Some of the more important things are finishing my Christmas Craft. I took a small hiatus from this time honored tradition and I'm so happy it has found it's way back into my life. Simple as it will sound, I'm making the old favorite....Paper Garlands. The are precious, kid friendly and have that nostalgic look to them. The will adorn my Christmas tree and be a festive entrance into my kitchen.
Psst.......WalMart has the cutest Martha Stewart Craft Paper and embellishments. You should REALLY go and check it out, weather you like that store or not, because it's really Fun=)

Then there are things like the gifts I'm making, the cookies I'm baking and the gingerbread house I'm decorating. GOOD THING I GET A FEW WEEKS OFF!

Oh yhea, and I'm in charge of a few things at Thanksgiving. It's important to have some of the 'Classics' at the dinner table. One that I will be in charge of is.........drum roll please..................... Candied Yams. They are my favorite, and I wouldn't be very Holidayish with out it! I'll also be trying out a Sweet Potato recipe for the first time, we have alot of folks, we need alot of stuff.

So even though this life is hectic, it's good. I'm happy, I'm feeling the Christmas spirit and I'm ready to Deck My Halls.

The many faces of Becca

This one is I'm deep in thought, or, I have an idea and I'm thinking about how I want to execute that idea. I usually see this calm expression right before she runs to the fridge for d-waa d-waa (Milk), why that is milk I don't know. This may also be the look right before she brings me the 'mote' (remote) to change the TV to her cartoon. What ever the case may be, it is hard to tell this face no.

This face speeks for itself. She is a ham and keeps us in stiches all the time.
This one is I hear you and I'm going to not respond. Soemtimes it drives me crazy and makes me realize what I will be in for as she gets older. Becca, Becca, Becca, oh geeeeeza, never mind.

Becca..Becca....BECCA! Look at the Camera

This is our fun little trip to Nates Butt Farm, Nuts Bate Farm, I mean Bates Nut Farm. We picked out pumpkins and ran amuck. It started to sprinkle a little bit, which was kinda fun. So we ended the day eating chili and corn bread. Yum.

Were Cousins!

Becca and Jillian are becoming fast friends! It helps that Becca adores everything about her little sis, and that her little sis is so adorable. Jillian is growing so fast, especially when put next to her new cousin. She is sitting up, giggling, laughing, smiling at anything and talking up a storm. I just love seeing her little personality start to emerge.


Becca is the most fun I've ever had. She is a little bundle of personality. She is talking more and more. If you listen really close you will hear the words just pouring out of her mouth. She is becoming very independent. There are some days when she just seems like such a big girl.

I love and cherish them both.

Does it get any Sweeter.

Jackson, or gee gee(J.J.) as Becca calls him, is settling into life very nicely. He is sleeping well, eating like a champ and already growing too much. Look at that sweet little face and cheeks. I mean, seriously, is this kid going to be cute or what!

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My little nephew is finally here. Weighing in at 8lbs 2oz and 21 inches, he is nothing but perfection. My sister is the most determined, strong and amazing person. She pushed this little guy out in record time for her first baby. I'm so proud of her, she went through over 24 hours of labor.

Daddy, Mommy and JJ are doing fantastic. I Love them SO Much!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAURA!
Last year was the Big 30, so it's all down hill from here. Just kidding!
I hope you have a fantasic day. That's what she said.

Random Picutres from a lost Camera

So, a camera went missing, who knew where it went, but when it was found, lost memories were found too!

Rocking the glasses. This is like almost a year ago. She still loves her some shades!

Auntie and Uncle's house playing some giiitar hero. I love that Daisy is scratching her back in this picture. I also love the hoodie that Becca is wearing. One of the many items of clothing that I wish they made in my size. Geeeeeze.

This is a good one. This WAS a beautiful cake, but the staff at the Brig managed to mangle that beautiful cake in ways unimaginable. It brought tears to my eyes. Tears of LAUGHTER!

YO, Heidi, look who Alicia and Geno saw. Why haven't you run into them in Target Yet! Yeah, Trish and Gar decided to come out to LA LA Land. Alicia and Geno were the only ones invited(sore subject).

Look at this RAD wedding that Alicia and Geno went to. This is a real wedding at the Hard Rock Hotel. Can we say they spent a few buckoroos. This was straight out of a magazine ridiculous.

Proud Parents

Last weekend Miss Jillian Marie was baptised at my parents church. It was a very sweet little ceremony, and unlike her sister, Jillian was perfectly content in mommies arms the whole time.

The saga of our pastor messing up our names at important events continued however, Jillian was introduced to the audience as............drum roll please............. ALICIA MARIE MARTINEZ

We all stood shocked and didn't say a word. It will just go down as another funny story. Good thing we are easy going folk!

It's supernatural

Why doesn't anyone see these commercials. It's stinkin funny and I'm not dreaming, the Internet says so.

It's all about the White Gold. Please check it out.

Now that I'm working and trying to juggle two kids, a house and husband, I need things that make my life easier and healthier. So, I'm in LOVE with a few new things in my house right now that I feel everyone should run out today and buy.

The first is my Shark Steam Cleaner.

This little gem is only $68.00 at Costco and cleans any surface that you would use a swiffer on, but with scalding hot STEAM! No chemicals, no scrubbing on your hands and knees! Easy, easy, easy. It's not loud either. Why does that matter you ask? Well, Becca hates, no detests when I use anything that makes a noise because she is convinced that it is hurting me or will hurt her. Goofy I know.

Which leads me to my next favorite house hold thingy!

This marvelous little vaccume will pick up Anything, like scrambled egg, grapes, PB&J, I could go on and on. Costco, 45.00!

Thank you Shark Man, your little inventions are changing my World one cleaning companion at a time.

Where have you been.......

It feels like an eternity since we watched the show but tongiht is the night. I've missed Michael and his jokes, Pam and Jim's hijinks, Angela's bad mood and Dwight's rule the world sydrome. They are like good friends I haven't seen for awhile and I miss them.

So, Nine o'clock tonight we'll be catching up on lost time.