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.

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Liam's First Day of Pre-school

Liam's very first day of Pre-school is right around the corner. He will be going two days a week, from 9am-12pm. If all goes well, he will go three days a week. Right now he will attend on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Then M-W-F in the future. We are still on the waitlist for the three day schedule though. It's scary. Not sure why, but it is. I guess I'm afraid that he will be hungry or thirsty or sleepy or cranky and I won't be there to "rescue" him. Silly, I know, but I'm so sad over this. My mom will be going to her home country, the Phillippines, in January for a whole month so we wanted to get him acclimated a little early. She still watches him when Bill and I work so this will be quite the transition for him. I think he will be fine, it's me I'm worried about. I will be at work on his first day but Bill will be off and at home "just in case". I hope to go in to work a few minutes late so I can walk him in his first day with Bill. I keep telling myself, it's ONLY three hours. It's not like it's all day right? :)We lucked out, we heard many good things about this pre-school. It's called Little Lambs Christian pre-school and it's part of Lynn Haven United Methodist Church. It's a christian pre-school and we have been on the waitlist for sometime. We just got a call for an opening last week so we took it. It will be very interesting to see how Liam does... but at the same time I'm going to be nervous I'm sure. :(

Last minute Trip

We were very lucky to have Bill home this year for Thanksgiving. He missed last year, so it was a treat to have him here this year. He had to leave early friday morning to make it to work in ATL and since I had a long weekend off with no plans, Liam and I decided to join him. We got Atl early friday morning, around 10am and went straight to Mary and Bob's so Liam could see his Grammy and G-pa. Bill was on reserve and wound up getting called for a 830pm sign in to Harrisburg, PA. Liam and I went. Bill flew us there and we spent the night in PA. It snowed the next morning and Liam decided he wanted to play at the Hotel Park. We grabbed a to-go breaskfast and had a breakfast pic-nic in the snow at the park. We only stayed for about 20 minutes. It was too cold but Liam had a ball. It was Liam's fist time seeing snow. Here are some pics in random order.

Making it to the park.

uhhhh, this is how my weekend ended. I got home to a dead battery in my car. I left Liam's DVD player on all weekend.

This is in PA, at the Park on the Hotel Grounds. He had so much fun.

Playing with Bill's badges.

From ATL to Harrisburg. Liam's first time in First Class. :)

First Class.

At Grammy's.

Getting to Atlanta waiting on the train to take up to Bill's mom's house.

With Daddy in his office.

Bill's chance to be a kid again. :)

One Happy Boy

Liam with two of his cousins, whom he ADORES!
Nylah and Raylin

New Pics

I've been told that we've been MIA on the blog recently. I take for granted that we are with Liam all the time and Bill's mom and Dad don't get to see Liam as much. So, Deb, thanks for the reminder. These pics are way past due. Liam is such a neat little boy. He's so smart. Sometimes I feel he's too smart for his own good. :) He LOVES his dogs, and he LOVES his cousin Willow. He started eating his broccoli and eats fruit like it's going out of style. He helps me wash the dishes and he like to do laundry. He's going to make a young lady very happy one day. :)



Liam with Chili Face. He even ate my chili. :)

What is wrong with this picture? She knows she is not supposed to be up there.

Liam in the neighbors yard checking out the halloween decorations.

ok, I had to get a pic of this. He's watching tv. What's so special about that you ask? He NEVER watches TV!

He wants to be just like his daddy.

Already checking out all the ladies. The nakes ones at that!

Liam's Bday gift from his grammy pettignano.

Liam's new fish tank.

Eating a cupcake on the front porch.

Helping me put away my laundry.

Relaxing after dinner on the couch Liam's Bday gift from Lola, Mommy and Daddy. It's a John Deer Gator. He loves it. As you can see, Lucy loves it too. :)

This was how Liam and I chose to carve Pumpkins this year. The easy, mess-free way. :)