Vegas Vacation, Happy Birthday Harley ♥

It's hard to believe that Harley is now 15 years old. It worked out the her birthday fell on a four day weekend for Kenzie's school so we were able to drive up to Las Vegas for the four day. As always, we were busy from the moment we got there until the moment we left. We absolutely love seeing our families though and had a great visit. The kids love to see their Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Grandparents and friends. They have a blast every time.

There is never a dull moment when the four cousins are together. Its like they never were apart and they always pick up right where they left off. They sure do love each other.

We had a couple of fun adventures to the park too. The kids love to ride the golf carts, feed the peacocks and play at the park. They also enjoyed spending time with their other cousin, Conor! He is growing up way too fast.

We also had a play date with some of our best friends... we always get together whenever I'm in town. Love seeing the kids play together and how much they have grown... Seems like just the other day we were all in Jr. High and now we are raising kids of our own... Crazy!!

It was a great visit with family and friends. It always flies by way too fast though!

Christmas Eve & Day!

Christmas Eve is usually my favorite celebrating at my Aunt's house. It's tough being away from the family, specially during these times. We did have an awesome Christmas Eve & Day though! On Christmas Eve we went over to the Pereda's for gift exchanges and dinner. We had a great dinner and the kids absolutely loved exchanging gifts with their friends. Us adults also did a secret santa gift exchange. It was a good time!

After an early dinner and gifts over there we headed home to open up a present each. All of our new jammies. Then got nice and comfy. We baked Santa cookies and watched a Christmas movie. We wrote Santa Claus a letter than got ready for bed. I accidentally forgot the carrots for Reindeer so MaKenzie thought we should put out turkey for them! MaKenzie and Titan were both VERY anxious for Santa to come that night.

After the kids were snuggled in their beds mommy and daddy heard Santa come through! He left the kids a note back, ate all his cookies and milk and the Reindeer enjoyed their turkey too! MaKenzie and Titan must have been good kids this year. They both definitely made out!!

MaKenzie ended up in our bed at some point that night! I had anxiously waited for the kids to wake up. I woke up every half an hour from four am on. Finally about 7:00am I heard MaKenzie get out of bed. She ran back into my room saying "MOM! Santa came... and there are SO many presents you can't even see the floor or the bottom of the tree! We have to wake up daddy and Titan" So she woke up dad telling him the same thing. Then she told Titan Santa came and he jumped out of bed. The ran into the living room and all Titan could say was "WHOA!"

It was a fun morning of opening presents. Then opening every toy and putting things together. We played non stop that day. It was a lot of fun though. It was great to see how happy the kids were. As MaKenzie opened each present her whole face lit up and she would yell "It's what I always wanted!!" So cute. & Titan would open every present with an excited face saying "That's what I told you I wanted!" It was adorable. I think it is safe to say they both got everything they had asked for. I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and enjoyed their times with their loved ones as much as we did!

My princess turns 5!

So hard to believe that MaKenzie is already five years old. Where the heck has the time gone? You always here people say cherish the moments their little because before you know it they will be eighteen and graduating. I feel like if I blink that will be the case. It is so precious to watch both her and Titan grow each and every day. I am proud of MaKenzie for starting Kindergarten early and doing an amazing job at it. She is such a smart little girl. She is so beautiful and a great big sister to Titan!

This year we celebrated MaKenzie's birthday with one of her close friends, Isabelle, since she turned five the day after MaKenzie. They had a Hello Kitty birthday party and it was perfect. Melissa made an awesome cake and cupcakes for it! The girls wore adorable Hello Kitty shirts, had a Hello Kitty Pinata and had a blast with their friends.

It was a fun birthday party! MaKenzie made out with presents and got everything she asked for! One of Titan's favorite toys she got was her new FurReals track. They have a lot of fun playing with it together :)

Ready for the holidays!

I could hardley wait to set up the Christmas decorations this year. I absolutely love Christmas and was very excited to decorate. Finally after Thanksgiving we got right on to the decorating. It was the first year that we have put lights on the outside of the house so I loved that! Arek did a good job and I think it looked nice :) The kids had a wonderful time putting up the tree. It took them no time at all and they did a great job!
Each year we acquire more and more decorations. It's such a fun holiday to decorate for. One of the new decorations the kids picked out this year was Rudolph to sit next to our tree! I also got us all new stockings at the end of last year. Love how perfectly they match our Red, White and blue tree!

Thanksgiving!

Unfortunately, I did not really get any pictures this day. It was the beginning of my nasuea and exhaustion. I did cook my first turkey! We had Thanksgiving with the Pereda's. Melissa cooked the Ham and a lot of the side dishes. It was a very nice meal. We were thankful to have friends to share the day with since we are so far away from family! We finished the night by playing a few games.

This Thanksgiving Arek and I have a lot to be thankful for. Not only on Thanksgiving, but every day of course. We couldn't be more thankful for the happiness and health of MaKenzie, Titan, Arek and myself.. and to have two beautiful children who we adore more than anything in the world. It is pretty safe to say they are our whole world. We are thankful for all of our wonderful family and friends that each play a special role in our lives. We are thankful for our beautiful blessing growing in my belly. We are thankful for each other and the wonderful life that we live! ♥

Family of 5 to be!

On November 19th, Arek and I found out we were expecting our baby number three! I knew before I took the test that I was, but we took a test to make it official. Then went and got MaKenzie from school so we could tell her and Titan first. MaKenzie could not have been more excited. She has been saying she wants another brother or sister. Specifically she would like a baby sister. She kisses my belly all the time and makes sure that no one lays on it or hurts my tummy. It is very precious. Titan told me "No, no baby in your belly". That was his first reaction. Later that day after talking to Kenzie he started to like the idea more and kissed my belly too. My approx. due date is July 28th, 2011. So far it has been a very had pregnancy as far as morning sickness (all day sickness) and exhaustion goes. I have never had it this bad. It really kicks my butt. I get a day or so when I think it's been going away and then it hits me hard again. I'm hoping that what they say is true and this should all magically disappear at 12 weeks because I am not the type of person who likes to lay around all the time. Much rather be up doing things and not feeling nauseous! Arek and I are very excited to be pregnant. It's definitely a true blessing and a miracle in itself how babies are created. We should find out sometime in February if we are having a boy or girl :) Keep your fingers crossed for a girl ;) Of course we will be just as happy with a boy as long as the baby is healthy. I just love dressing girls up!!


Going to miss the flat belly I worked hard for, but of course I could always get it back again :) Love watching my belly grow and anxious for the NOTICEABLE baby bump!!

Halloween fun!

We had a great Halloween this year. It was the first year the four cousins got to go trick or treating together. Each kid was fun to watch. MaKenzie and Brock were hard to keep up with. Titan tried to keep up the best possible. Lyv was more comfortable being carried :) By the end of the night they all four had a ton of candy. Poor MaKenzie could hardley keep her eyes open and passed out the first two sentences of her bedtime story. While we were out trick or treating Nay Nay and Papa stayed at the house to pass out candy to all the trick or treaters! It was a good night and we enjoyed having family here with us.