2009 in a nut shell

Another long pause, I apologize, I never have time. Well, at least I got another one in before the new year. :)

I have two things to write about, one is our family happenings in 2009, in a quick nut shell, and the other is to announce that we are once more so happy to say that we are expecting another baby bean, August 2010!!!!!

January 2009, Gracie turned 1, and my family came out to celebrate with us!!!

February 2009, nothing too exciting this month, but celebrated Valentine's day with the Hubs

March 2009, Ouch... Bubba's birthday and we all three got so sick. I always meant to make up for his lack of celebration and time escaped us. I guess we will have to double up the fun for 2010. It was also U. Josh's birthday too, still am amazed that both mine and my sister's husband share the same birthday. Then Gracie and I left to surprise my mom for her birthday.

April 2009, Jim's birthday!

May 2009, I had stopped my nannying job and was home taking care of a hubby with bad side pains, that's why he lost all his weight, this was the month he changed his diet and exercise.

June 2009, My Dad had his birthday, and I started looking for a job and was interviewing, we were getting ready for a fun month in July...

July 2009, my family all came out to visit us and we had a wonderful time, we also went to Yosemite Park with my parents one weekend. I also got my job working for a wedding photographer.

August 2009, life began hectic juggling my work, Gracie and Bubba's schedule, we were also dying in our non air conditioned house. Us Texans didn't know houses existed without AC. Ha. Momma Trish came out to stay with us as she looked for a new job on the West Coast, this helped us as well with our schedules.

September 2009, A. Stephanie's birthday and we got a visit from them! Gracie also got a cool strider bike from them, a bike that glides... way too cool.

October 2009, Ooo... a fun month, Gracie dressed up as a fairy, and what a pretty fairy she was! I love the fall and all the holidays that come with it!!

November 2009, A. Jess's and Momma Trish's birthday!!! and Thanksgiving, Momma Trish moved down to LA, but was back up for the festivities with Jacques and Stephanie and their two dogs. We had a feast fit for Thanksgiving, lots of labor put into it but it was worth it! Yum!

December 2009, My birthday and we went to Tahoe, this was also the same time that I found out that we are expecting baby number 2!!!!!!!!!!!! Exciting news!!!!! We also took a week off of work to travel to Dallas to spend Christmas with our Texas family and friends! We all ended up getting a stomach bug, but recovered enough to see the kiddos open up presents. The trip ended with a nice brunch with my Mom's side of the family to celebrate my Nana's 88th birthday, she is so special to me. Merry Christmas!!!!

Words words words...

I love having a blog, even though I've been absent for a few months, but I also think that the world has gone crazy with words words words. When is it enough? When do we say keep some thoughts to your self, and by this comment I'm referring to people who comment on celebrity/faux celeb photos or videos. It's insane how much we have become judges of others lives. I'm especially tired of seeing things on the balloon kid.

Sorry, I had to rant. But I'm glad to be posting up another blog. :)

Here are some updates...

Bubba is working working his tail end off, and I'm so proud of everything he is doing. His work is going really well; he is such a wonderful and caring hubby, and I love love to watch him and Gracie play or dance together. Such a great man that hubby of mine!

Gracie is all over the place, 21 months old now, and she is none stop active. I'm exhausted, but can't wait for each new day to see what she will do next. She is just babbling and starting to put words together, right now she is working on perfecting her "Trick or Treat", which is so cute. She is really starting to be able to focus on projects or toys and sit still for more than a minute. She is also my little kitchen helper and we have been trying new recipes out together.

For me, I've been busy with work and trying to keep up the house with a messy hubby and a messy toddler. Yikes! It's a daily frustration, wish I had more patience with that, but I am working with Gracie on picking up her toys when she is done playing with them. She also helps me with folding the laundry, she's actually getting pretty good at it! I've got a Dallas trip with Gracie to visit my family, whom I've been missing a lot, can't wait to see them in two weeks. We also just booked our Christmas tickets to Dallas as well, yippee!

Bubba and I both love this part of the year, we can't wait for those cold days and the leaves changing colors and the anticipation for our favorite holiday, Christmas!

Ma Famille...

It's been a full and exciting month in July for our family of three. We started with the 4th of July with Jacques, Stephanie, Jim and Lita. Then Josh, Jess, Jacob, Gabby and Grandpa came for a visit. We went to the Monterey aquarium, Alcatraz, Pier 39, Santana Row and Yosemite Park. It's been a great time visiting with everyone, but now it is a little quite around the house, although... we are now expecting Momma Trish to arrive today, and Jacques and Stephanie are coming to visit again in a week or so.

"Baby"

I know Amanda, I'm posting this up fast...

We just walked in the door after having lunch with Amanda, Adah, and Valerie. Gracie loved little Adah; she thought she was like one of her dolls that she likes to hold, hug and kiss. Not sure what Adah thought about all this attention, but she was very patient with Gracie!

Sparklers, naked and fun, oh yeah

I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July yesterday! We did over here... Aunt Stephanie and Uncle Jacques got to join us as we celebrated, and we had a great time. Here are some pics, but first, there are some naked baby pics, so you are warned, :).

Ah, sake it to me...

Well... again, my blogging time has gone out the window. I'm lucky if I even get to peek at anyone else's blog. Lucky for me facebook keeps me updated with quick references on everyone's day to day lives.

Father's day, what a great day! Bubba's first gift, no changing diapers all day! Then his second, Blowfish sushi and sake, yum. Another one, oh my, he got the Wii monopoly game, a good one. Now if only I could make his knee stop hurting, now that would be an excellent gift that I think he would go nuts over.

On our way to Blowfish, by the way is the best sushi place EVER, we noticed a significant increase of people walking along the streets of Santana Row. Sure enough it was another protest. It has been crazy in the bay area with protests for Iran, hopefully someone is getting the picture that things aren't right and will do something to change it. The funny thing... I told Bubba, "I bet (my boss)Kamran is taking photos of the protest," and sure enough he was right there in the middle of everything snapping photos. He took some amazing ones in Union Square (SF) and on father's day, too. His facebook page has all the pics, http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/picture2000?ref=ts.

Here are my photos of Bubba's day... BTW, again, Happy Father's day to Bubba, Dad, Jim, and Uncle Josh.

Daddy Daycare

Blog world has not even entered my mind in awhile, since the start of my new job...

Bubba has been a huge help and support as I make the transition back into work.

Here are a few photos he took of Gracie in their play time, while I was away.