Ash Wednesday

Yesterday was Ash Wednesday and I took my lunch break to attend mass. My mom met me there with Liam. Lent is a very nice time of year. I have come to enjoy it as an adult because I think it makes me want to be a better person. Not that Im awful but because we always have room to better ourselves. This year, I have decided to give up desserts. This is very hard for me because anyone who knows me knows how much I love sweets. So, we will see how it goes. Yesterday was my mom's bday and I didn't even have a piece of her cake! :)

The empy rear chapel at church where I sat with Liam for most of mass. It's nice and quiet.

He helped himself to a rosary. He even out it on by himself.

When I got back to work one of my co-workers was kind enough to let me know that I had something on my forehead. lol!

Liam even got ashes. You can barely see his though. He kept asking me "mommy, what is it"?

Playing with his rosary

The Park

We had a picture perfect day on Tuesday of this week, so while Bill was at home waiting on the cable guy to show up, I decided to take Liam to one of his favorite places. It was so nice out!

Blog Fairy

Hi Everyone!  It's Jennifer, Jovina's sister.  She's such a baby and I wonder how long it will take her to realize I have hacked into her blog and changed her background.  I almost picked something REALLY ugly but decided to be nice!  lol!! 

My Blog

I have no idea what is going on with my blog right now. I can tell you though, that until it's fixed, I won't be posting anymore. I am sooo aggrivated because I can't for the life of me get it back to the way it was after messing around with it. UHHHH!! Help me hubby! :)

Always the Helper

Helping daddy do some work at Lola's house.

Liam at the Park

It was such a beautiful day this past Saturday, Liam and I just had to get out!

Hurt Foot

I have managed to hurt my foot again. My mom always said that wearing shoes with no arch support was bad news and she was right (again!) Ive pretty much been wearing my Uggs non stop since it's been cold outside and now my feet are paying the price. I'm in a hard boot to see if that helps, if not, back to the foot Doc I go!

Welcome Home Daddy!

The first night home for Bill is always so special for Liam. He misses his daddy and is always glued to him the first night back! :)

Mommy and Liam

aw! He's soooo cute!

What a silly Boy.

Happy Valentines Day Billy Boy

Glad you are on your way home now. :) I love you very much.

Liam with a much needed haircut

Not sure why, but Liam has NEVER been a fan of getting his hair cut. We took him for his first haircut when he was less than a year old and several times after that. Everytime he would het sooooo upset! Screaming, crying and just plain mad. Well, he got to where he would actually let my mom cut his hair and no one else but her. Not even me. Well, since my mom had been in the Phillippines, he was looking REALLY rough. Above is a picture to show you just how rough. In a mother's eyes, he's still perfect to me :)

Oh, BTW, if anyone has any tips or tricks on how I can get him to go and get his hair cut somewhere I am all ears!

Happy Bday Bill!

Running the bases at the Ball Park :)

What an angel when he sleeps

Bill's yummy chocolate Torte Bday cake

Catch me if you can!

Filipino Candy

I can not for the life of me tell you what these are or what they even taste like. All I can is they are GOOD! If my cousin Ria reads this maybe she can comment on what they actually are since she is just getting back from the Phillipines herself. My mom brought these home from her trip and I've loved them since I was a little kid.

V-day Party

Today was Liam's Valentine's Day Party at school today and I wanted to be mommy of the year (kidding) and made all his classmates treat bags. There are only 7 of them in the class so it was fun! His teacher, Miss Julia even got one too. Liam got to pass them out to everyone after class. He enjoyed that. :)

It's today, It's today, It's today

How many of you have seen Stuart Little and the opening scene has "George" running from his room into his parent's room screaming " it's today, it's today, it's today"? It was the day he would be getting his new brother. Well, since my mom is coming home today after a month long visit to her home country in the Phillippines, I feel like George. That saying has been playing in my mind all day. lol! I'm not gonna lie, I've missed my mom. A lot. I'm glad she's coming home and I know she can't wait to see all of us. It will be nice to have things back to "normal" :)

Gentle Discipline

I recently read an article on gentle discipline and it really got me thinking about a few things. Liam is at the age now where he needs discipline from time to time. I will be honest, I have done the "time-out" thing, and I'm not a big fan. Mainly because it doesn't work and really because it doesn't re-inforce "good behavior". So, from time to time I have thought of other ways to discipline him when he needs it. I read this article and a lot of it made since. We don't spank Liam, never have, never will. To me, physical discipline isn't good for anyone involved. I personally think it teaches children that "hitting is okay" when mommy and daddy do it, but not if you hit your classmates? Wow. Mixed message perhaps? Sorry. I was spanked as a child. Yes, MANY times, sometimes even with a wooden spoon (comes from living with an asian woman) and I'm not sure it really helped me "learn" a lesson. So, while I'm still in search of a form of discipline that will work for us, I will ponder some ideas from the following article. Oh, by the way, if you spank your child, I won't consider you a monster. It's simply something we have chosen not to do. That's all. :) Oh, if you want to take a look at the article, you have to copy and paste it into your web browser.

http://www.llli.org/NB/NBMayJun05p94.html

Day at the Park with Daddy

He Loves this park!

Hola!

Liam loves to go and visit this horse. He lives down the road from us near the park that we always visit. He is so friendly and loves attention. Liam loves him!

Willow and Liam palying in the beach sand at Pier Park.

My sister has been helping out with Liam while Lola has been gone. She gets creative on how to keep this little guy busy. Arts and crafts mardi gras style!

Liam sporting his skinny jeans.

WHat a beautiful day for power wheelin' :)

Well, my mom comes back in a few days. I couldn't be happier about that. Liam is really starting to enjoy school. Bill's schedule at work is finally starting to get a little better and I am doing great! Had some bloodwork done yesterday to basically see how my body is doing after our miscarriage and to see when we can start trying again. Liam sang happy birthday to himself last night as he blew out 8 candles ( it wasn't his bday) and wanted to do it again. 6 MORE times. He's the greatest! So full of life. Here are some recent pics. :)

Just for You Debbie! :)

Liam and WillowAt the Park

Trying to hide in Lola's suitcase for the Phillippines

aw! This just melts my heart!

Happy New Year

Boy, we've been really busy. It's been a while since I've posted. A lot has happened. We sadly had a miscarriage last week. We found out the week before during our first ultrasound that there was no embryo in the gestational sac. I wanted to wait a week and do another ultrasound before we did anything else. The following ultrasound showed the same thing and we miscarried last wed. It was painful both physically and emtionally, especially since Bill was gone. Thank god for my mom for taking care of me and thank god for my sister for taking coming over and playing with Liam while I layed on the couch in misery! It was awful. I know I've heard it a hundred times "it just wasnt meant to be" or whatever but it still doesnt take away the fact that I lost a baby and it hurts. I understand that god has a plan (oh beleive me I know this) but Im still allowing myself to be sad. I trust that 2011 is going to be a good year. If the good lord wants Bill and I to raise another child then I welcome that with open arms. If the good lord has another plan for us then we are already blessed beyond measure.
Bill has been extremely busy. He has flown more hours in the last month that he ever has since starting with his company. He was gone for Thanksgiving, Christmas and the New year. I hope that this year will be different but Im not getting my hopes up. All i can do is pray.
We are also in the process of remodeling our bathroom so I will get some pics up when that is fianlly finished. :) Poor Bill, he never gets a break. That's about it for now. Oh yeah, I turn 36 tomorrow. Wow. That sounds kind of old seeing it written out like that. But my plan is to age gracefully! Just like my mom has. Ancient chinese secret: nothing and everything! :) Here are some pics that remind me daily of how lucky I am. I love this little guy more that my heart can hold. My dream is for him to realize one day jsut how much he means to me.



He's got food in his mouth. But what is it,, who only knows. :)

He's waving to his Grammy in this pic.

New Years Eve at Pier Park. This was the Kid celebration where they had 7,000 beach balls drop. If you only knew what we went thru to make SURE that my baby got a beach ball. Poor uncle B!!!

Waiting for the balls to drop with Tita Jen.

I've always hated these little annoying rides at the mall. But look who loves them!

Drawing on his easel from Santa.

Such a little Picasso. Ok, maybe not quite yet.

Weekly Update

I will try very hard to make at least a weekly post. A lot has been going on lately. Liam started his first day of pre-school this week. My sister announced that she and Brandon are expecting their first baby (although we have all known for a few weeks) and I found out last week that I am expecting #2!. Boy, what fun! I always wanted to be pregnant with my sister at the same time. Now we are. YAY! Our poor mother. Below are some pictures. Liam has been enjoying singing Happy Birthday to baby Jesus on a daily basis. I will have to post a video. It's absolutely adorable!



O Christmas Tree!

My naked baby playing with the tree.

The bag says: Special delivery. This is how our OB delivered the news. :) I should be due at the end of July based on my own calculation but we won't know for sure until Dec. 21st when we have our first ultrasound.

Liam's first day of school. I got there early to pick him up and I snuck this pic through the window. It BROKE my heart how he is sitting there all alone. :(

Liam and Willow eating fresh oranges off Lola's Tree.

My sweetie chilling with Ted.

Someone just pick my heart off the floor please! I cried this day a little harder than I have in a LONG time.

I was doing the dishes here and Liam started taking off his clothes, so... in he went! He STILL loves to play in the sink.

Silly Boy.

Dinner Filipino Style. A whole fried fish with the head still on. Liam LOVED eating this. I think he loved playing with it even more.

THat's it for now. Bill will be working on Christmas this year so we are taking an early Christmas trip over to St. Augustine to visit with his dad and Deb whom we haven't seen in months. A trip WAY past due. Looking forward to that. Pics soon.