Gratitude!

I love the Holiday Season. I'm so excited for Thanksgiving and especially Christmas. It's such a wonderful time of year.
This year I feel so overjoyed with gratitude. I'm grateful to my Heavenly Father for so many blessings. I feel that everything in my life is coming together so beautifully.....I have so many wonderful people in my life! My life has a purpose and I feel so very very blessed.
Let's live each day to the fullest and lets tell the people around us how important they are and how much we love them!
Life is so extraordinary- Let's thank Our God every day, for the many wonderful things he allows us to have, the many talents he gives us to impact & touch people's lives, the incredible people that he surrounds us with that lift us up & teach us great things, and the little miracles we all experience day to day-- thanks to Him.

I'm grateful to all of you, for being my friends and family and people I can count on! Thank you!

Tom's 29th B-day!

I can't believe my hubby is almost 30, it's a good thing I'm still a couple years away!
We had a great day. We went to dinner as a family to the Olive Garden's & then came home to a small family B-day Party. Tom's favorite part was the "Tres Leches" cake I made him w/Daiana's recipe- which is so yummy it is by far his favorite!


Andy helped me decorate for the party & it turned out pretty festive.

 

Here's Andy patiently waiting for his food,

 

and Sean loving the fact that he can sip his chocolate milk out w/a straw.

 

Yummy! We all love Olive Garden's- especially their salad- yum yum!

 

Happy Birthday! Family picture (Andy fell asleep before we sang Happy B-day to Tom), he was really tired, he'll usually do anything for a sweet treat, but we couldn't wake him up- it must have been a long day for him!) Andy woke up the next morning and asked "Mommy why didn't you wake me up for the party?" Even he couldn't believe that he'd missed out on the fun.

 

B-day boy enjoying his Tres Leches Cake!

 

Sean enjoying his Tres Leches Cake too- so cute!

 

Next year I'll have to plan something a little more exciting- like a big Surprise Party or something..... Overall though we really had a great evening!

Treat Bags!

I love these treat bags I got the boys @ Pottery Barn Kids- so cute and they came engraved with their names!

 

 

Yummy Candy

The boys got a lot of yummy Candy this Halloween! This is Sean's bag = mommy's candy! Yes!

 

Halloween

Halloween this year was so much fun! We took the boys Trick-or Treating around our neighborhood, & had some of our good friends- Paola, Sean & their beautiful baby girl come with us. Tom & I dressed up as 80's rockers- it was way fun- the best part was Tom's crazy wig. He brought a guitar w/him & played songs. After Trick or Treating we went to a really fun Halloween Latin Party & danced the night away!

Mommy & the boys.

Andy getting ready to go & so excited!

Check out that wig....hysterical!

Look at that face.... to die for! My baby Spiderman

Spidey & Batman- my favorite 2 Super heroes.

My Best Friend Paola, her Hubby Sean & their darling little girl Sophia (exactly 1 month older than Sean)

Batman-

Batman, Snow White, & Spiderman- so cute!

Trick-or-Treat

80's Rockers- Crazy hair & crazy make-up!

This was Sean's expression the whole night- "What is going on? People look crazy."

Cute Kids in their costumes!

My little love bug.

Sean & Pao- Italian Mafia- godfather style!

Mejores Amiquitas! Cheese

The next morning checking out the goods--

My little love bug!

I'm so in love with my little Sean. He is so sweet and at such an incredibly fun age. We have so much fun chasing him, making him laugh, and seeing his little eyes light up! He is definitely a "momma's boy" and I love every second I get to spend with him.

I'm feeling a little emotional right now....(so sorry for the post). The other day I was talking to a friend and remembering when Sean was born & how hard those 1st couple of days were.... Just the thought of not having him here, breaks my heart & all those emotions come back like it was yesterday. I remember thinking how I could not live through something like that and just praying that He would intervene. I thank Heavenly Father every day for allowing me to have these 2 little boys and for letting Sean be a part of our family. I can't imagine my life without him & I'm so grateful that miracles happen & that the Lord is so very involved in our lives!

 

(This picture looks a lot like me when I was his age- I'll have to post one so everyone can see.)


It's amazing how our little ones bring so much joy into our lives! What a blessing it is to be a mom!

Carving Pumpkins!

The boys had so much fun Carving Pumpkins this year! It was a lot of work for a 4 and 1 year old, thank goodness Mom was there to help.

They worked real hard (as you can tell). I love their concentrated faces- so busy, even Sean looks like he knows what he's doing!

Take a look at Andy's face- "Ahhhhhh, Sean what are you doing? Don't eat that!"

my charmer- Andy. Gotta love that smile- muaaaa!

....and after a lot of work- tada.... the end result- 2 pretty good looking pumpkins! :)

Park Days

Andy & Sean love going to the Park, it's their favorite time of the day and who blames them--- they feel so free!

Andy is a little monkey- he loves to climb and show me all of his tricks.

Sean is learning from his big brother and wishes he could do all those fun things he sees Andy do....

It's getting so cold, so we'll be back to enjoy the fresh warm air in a couple months!