Julianna's 3rd birthday celebration!

We threw Julianna a "cupcake" themed birthday party today. We had so much fun. There were lots of kids and lots of noise. All I can say is thank goodness for the large bouncer. We also had some special visitors from Texas and far away lands in Southern California, that made us all so happy! Thank you all who came. You made Julianna's day very special!

Grandparents and Special Friends Day

During this Lenten holiday, I always reflect on the things I have in my life. I dont focus on the monetary but on the priceless non-monetary gifts that make the monetary seem so miniscule. One of the things I am most grateful for is that I have a wonderful family and that my kids are happy and healthy. I am so grateful that they have something amazing that I really didnt have, and that is young healthy grandparents that spend lots of time with them. They create so many wonderful memories for them and I am so grateful for that. These are moments that they will never forget. Today was "Grandparents Day and Special Friends day at Tamara's school and both of their grandmothers came in addition to cousin Savannah and little sisters Karina and Julianna (and me of course). How lucky!

Happy St. Patricks Day

One of my goals for 2011 is to take lots of pictures of my kids "together". I have decided to take a monthly "theme" picture of them. Its easy when there are events going on in the month, so this month we took a "St. Patricks Day" picture. Love it!

Special Day

Today was a very special day for our family. Today we asked Mando and Alex to be Karina's Godparents and they said YES! We are so fortunate to have these two amazing people as the future godparents to our little girl. She is in great hands and we are very excited.

Karina in chair

My little monkey is growing up so fast. It amazes me how fast she is changing. It seems like only yesterday that she was born, now she is rolling over, smiling, laughing, jumping around in her bouncer and already sitting in a chair. I am really enjoying myself with her and am loving her little personality. She is so cute and is such a happy baby. Love my monkey!

Painting

My girls LOVE to paint. Today they spent the afternoon painting their birdhouses. They both did such a great job, they made them look so beautiful. Im so glad that they love to be creative. I had a really nice day with my little girls.

Nana in town

Nana came into town for a week to work at Tamara and Juli's schools. The girls really enjoyed having Nana around. It was sad to see her go.