Happy Birthday To Me!!!!

 

Saturday was my 34th Birthday and I thought a lot about all the things that I have wanted to do in the last 10 years that I have yet to accomplish.  I made a list and hope to at least make it through 1/2 of it by my 35th! 

No. 1 on my list was a Tattoo!!!  I have wanted one since I turned 18, but for numerous reasons, including my mom is totally against it I never did it.  Well the wait is over.  On Sunday we packed up the kids and drove over to Pt. Pleasant where we engaged my In-laws to watch our little ones and to the Tattoo parlor we went.  Long story short, there was over an hour wait for the tattoo artist I wanted so Ryan took the kids back home and yes I went and got my very 1st Tattoo with my MIL Catherine!  It was fun, she made me laugh so hard that I thought I was going to cry from it.  When I thought I was going to jump off the chair when he started it, she looked at me and told to sit the hell down and do it. 

I do have to say…..it HURT, HURT, HURT, HURT like hell, but it was so worth it!

To My Two SHINNNING STARS – Olivia & Tyler!  Mommy loves you!

A New Beginning …

 

Yesterday while browsing my favorites on my computer I came across the link for this long forgotten blog.  It took me completely by surprise how much I actually cherish being able to read all the old posts and see exactly what was going on at that time in my life.  The truth of the matter is that as much as we think that we will remember all the little things in our daily life with not only our children but within us, the opposite is actually true. 

I made myself a promise for the new year that I will start to blog every week and try to record all the little things that are going on in our lives.  It is really going to be more of a “diary” for us and I will try to either print the blog every year or every other year.  It will be nice to be able to sit back and read it all with my children as they get older. 

And so today it is the “New Beginning” for me and our family stories.  I can’t wait to see what we will have accomplished in 2010!

Happy New Year to all!

Last year today….

 

We were welcoming this beautiful little boy into our lives. 

The last 12 months he as brought so much joy into our lives.  He is such a sweet tempered little boy always ready to snuggle and smiling.  Even though a part of me is really not ready to accept that my “baby” is growing up so fast, the other part of me is so excited to see what this next year will bring us.

I am so thankful to GOD for gifting me with him and for allowing me to be his mommy! 

 

Happy Birthday my Sweet Tyler! 

 

 

Determination

 

I finally was able to reach deep inside of me within the last few weeks and i found it…………

Determination:  the act of deciding definitely and firmly ; also : the result of such an act of decision b: firm or fixed intention to achieve a desired end <a woman of great courage and determination

I have definitely and firmly made a decision to finally do all the things I have been meaning to do the last year!

1. Let my creative side out and paint that “beautiful” white tree in Tyler room.  I am no longer going to stop myself by thinking that it will not come out beautiful or that I will hate  it.  It is just paint and it can be erased or even better I can leave it and actually be proud of myself for trying.
2. I am going to re-vamp Olivia’s room and yep you guessed it, finally paint the “O” Monogram that I designed in my “idea book” 2 years ago.
3. I am going to get my scrap supplies out and finally “SCRAP” pages of my kids, instead of just collecting pretty paper and embellishments.  I am not going to care whether or not it looks perfect, because the truth is my kids will appreciate the memories behind it, not how beautiful the page looks.
4. I am going to loose my “baby weight”.  It upsets me that it took something so “juvenile” to actually motivate me.  I should have done it earlier because I know it will make me feel healthier and happier. 
5. I am making myself a promise that I am not going to get “skinny” obsessed like I was prior to having children.  My body has changed and I accept that….and certainly would not change the fact that I have two beautiful and amazing children for that size “0”. 
6. I am going to stop rolling my eyes or making funny faces at my husband when he tells me I am beautiful, because it upsets him that I cannot accept myself the way he sees me.
7. I am going to make time to myself at least once a week.  I need to re-energize and bring back the “old” Ana. 
8. Happiness is not something that comes easily and I need to make sure that we all reach for it each and everyday.
9. I am going to stop and enjoy the little things … life is not like “TIVO” and I cannot rewind and replay the smiles, kisses, hugs and even tears that are shed today, tomorrow!
10. I am finally going to do something that I have always wanted, but have not done because I was afraid that my mom would be upset and disappointed or that “people” will look at me differently!   After 13 years of putting it off, I am going to get my tattoo!

 

My sweet little boy….

Every time I hold this sweet little one I am in shock at how quickly he is growing.  I can’t believe that in week he will be ONE!

Where did the time go???

 

I finally scrapped….

 

Well at least I think I did….does it count if you use quick pages and changed them up a bit to fit what you want?  Because that is exactly what I did tonight.  I have been itching to scrap, but the truth is that I am not even sure anymore where to start.  I haven’t touched anything in over a year and well it became a little intimidating, so I decided that a few quick pages would just be what a needed.

Since I took such sweet pictures last weekend of Olivia and Tyler I decided to use those and hopefully soon I will get lots of mojo and finally get all the old pictures done.  {One can hope & dream, right?}

 

 

I don’t like the grass…….

This is my sweet little guy on Sunday Afternoon…doesn’t he look so happy?

I decided to set up a blanket and enjoy the warm weather while we watched Olivia play on the swings.  It was going really well until he started crawling and his hands hit the lawn.  WOW, did he ever freak out!!!!  Anytime his hand would skim the lawn he would start crying hysterically.  Isn’t that funny?  He hates the feel of it.  My poor boy.

 

Not to worry, I just sat next to him and made sure that he would not crawl close to the edges of the blanket and finally I got some smiling pictures.

 

We even took a turn on rock climbing and he loved it.  His little hands and feet were everywhere and he tried so hard to make his way up.

I am so looking forward to beautiful spring days spend outside playing and hopefully soon Tyler will get a liking to being out on the lawn and actually touching it.  One can hope right?  Otherwise it will be an interesting spring & summer.

 

Ana