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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Training a Girl

Just writing the title of this post I feel so much responsibility. My sweet & sassy Girl is in the midst of her Terrific Twos. She has been so emotional & sassy when she can't get her way. It has been a bit a struggle for me being that I am in the midst of my hormonal pregnancy.

The other day as I was painting my toenails as the kids were playing outside. My little Girl came and sat next to me. She explained so clearly that she wanted to be just like me & have her toes colored too!

We were suppose to be leaving soon to do errands so I explained to her that I would do hers later. The little girl would not let it go. Nicely & so sweet she expressed that she really wanted it done now!

We have been working on her expressing herself nicely. One, I was proud of her. Two, it dawned on me that I could make a special moment out of her request.

I realized that errands could wait and me investing in my daughter should not.

We had such a good time painting her little toe nails for the 1st time and I will forever remember it. She was so excited to show them off to her Daddy and Brother. I felt good that I was investing in her love bank. I was also making progress on winning her heart. I know in the future when she becomes older I want the chance to have her ear. In order for her really listen to my advice I need to have her heart!

Right now she is giving me her little toes and I will make sure to cherish them while they are tiny!

Monday, September 16, 2013

Babymoon

Babymoon: The term has come to be used to describe a vacation taken by a couple that is expecting a baby in order to allow the couple to enjoy a final trip together before the many sleepless nights that usually accompany a newborn baby. Babymoons usually take place at a resort that offers appropriate services like prenatal massage.

2 weeks ago Mr. Wonderful and I got blessed with a Babymoon in Cabo San Lucas. Orignally the trip was planned for a destination wedding for my brother. My brother and his fiance then decided they wanted to do a wedding in the house they are closing on in a few weeks .

My whole family decided to still take the trip because we had already booked our flights and timeshares!

The wedding was suppose to be adults only, so my kind Inlaws and my Bestfriend signed up to keep our kids all week.

We then realized that we had a trip we could call a Babymoon!

It was such a wonderful 7 days with Mr. Wonderful and my wonderful family.

I love Cabo and all it has to offer. Mr. Wonderful and I had a one bedroom timeshare that we just loved to death.

We literally are thinking about renovating our bedroom to exact floor plan as the bedroom in the resort.

I took a long bath in the master suite everyday. I miss that deep tub. We only have a shower in our masterbedroom right now.

Even though we were on vacation with my family we took some time to ourselves too.

We reminised a lot because we stayed in the same resort for our Honeymoon 6.5 years ago!

I tried not say how much I missed the kids and just focus on enjoying Mr. Wonderful.

I also enjoyed all the time we spent with my family. I have such a fun and enternaing family.

We all stayed at the same resort and in the same section.

We constantly called each-others room to plan out our itineraries for the days.

My mom had the grand suite which came with a super big kitchen so one night we made steak, shrimp, brocolli, and fries in her room.

On two occasions we all ate breakfast in her room.

It was also nice to give my family attention without having to be responsible for our kids.

I love the resorts pools and restaurants.

Cabo's beach is also just beautiful with arches in the back ground.

The food was also excellent, including my virgin drinks!

Our favorite was a local spot we found downtown.

We were all able to get steak and lobster for $15 each!

On our 2nd to last day it rained a little so Mr. Wonderful and I took this time to go to the spa and get massages.

It felt so so so good!

We were scheduled to leave on a Saturday and saturday morning we just wanted one more day.

We called the airlines and asked if we could extend our flight to the next day.

It was easy peasy with no extra fee! My best friend also did not mind watching the kids for one more day. Yes, I have the best best friend in the world.

I will forever cherish this Babymoon! I soaked in every moment that I could, knowing that we will be really busy in 6 months!

Friday, September 13, 2013

1st day of Preschool!!???

The day finally came that we let go, just a little. JJ started preschool this week!

After praying , thinking, and talking Mr. Wonderful and I knew it was time. For the past 4 years of JJ's life he has been at home with us and his Grandma D!

He is scheduled to begin Kindergarden in Fall 2014. We have looked at all our options(home school,private, and public). After many discussions and going to God we have finally come to peace and rest in our hearts. We decided that public preschool and elementary is the best for our family and our kids.

Realizing that we can always change our decision if peace is not there or if God speaks.

We found a great elementary just around the corner from us with a great Public Parent-Coop program.

This means we will be in the classroom every-week and have a great community with the other kids & parents.

We wanted JJ to get some classroom experience before he starts next year. God provided a great & affordable preschool program for us to be apart! He will be going 3 times a week just for 3 hours a day.

I thought I was 100% ready for this day.

We have been explaining to JJ for the last 2 months that he would be starting Pre-K.

The Boy has been very excited and asking when he would start everyday!

Everything was going well and then it was time to say good bye.

I looked at my 1st born and all my thoughts started to roll. I started to go down memory lane and remember bringing him home from the hospital, his 1st time crawling, lst steps, his first words, and the tears started to stream down. Thank God I had my sunglasses on and JJ did not see me cry. I turned to Mr. Wonderful and explained that I could not control my emotions. He told me to try to hold it in until we got in the car.

JJ had his tears roll too and we gave him a hug good bye.

I cried hard and long after we got in the car and back home. As I prayed to God. I realized that I was totally at peace and was happy with JJ starting school but the problem was that it hurt that he has grown up so so fast.
A couple hours later we picked him up. He had a great 1st day and his teachers said he did well! He is excited to go back and I think I am getting stronger.