I have intentionally taken a break from blogging for multiple reasons, but the main one is that drum roll please...I'm pregnant again. SO this meant avoiding posting pictures of myself (yes the pregnancy bump is already there), not talking in too much detail about family events, time spent in doctors offices and of course trying to find the energy after working all day and spending time with A at night made blogging easier to skip for a few weeks. Now that the second trimester switch has been made, my work load will soon start to lighten up because I won't be covering for anyone, we are recovering from a relaxing vacation and the big announcement has been made I can start blogging again.
I do have a lot to catch up on gasbarrosweare.blogspot.com in the next week or so. Hopefully this will all happen as I also catch up on all of the tv I missed last week, yes I am a tv junky and am very excited to see everything that I missed. From 8:00 until I can't possibly stay awake anymore...approximately 9:15 it is my time with my happy tv friends.
No worries, baby info will be in the next post. I'll leave you with this...August 1st and there is only 1.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
New Year Card
Sparkles And Confetti New Year's Card
Shop 100s of holiday cards at Shutterfly.
View the entire collection of cards.
Friday, December 31, 2010
Friends in all kinds of places
One of the great things about Jacksonville is that it has all of the amenities of a large city, but has the small town charm we all want to raise our children in. In fact most people would call Jacksonville southern Georgia minus the red clay of course. I say all of this to lead into another post about the holiday season. It seems as though each year, especially now that Adelaide is here we are now going to more and more parties and gatherings. One of my favorite events this year was on the 23rd at the Sanchez house. I've never been to a "kids party" quite like this. We were greeted at their gate with a sign in table and were quickly each given a flute of champagne to enjoy on our walk up the driveway to the house. Of course since it was our first time to the house my mom had to inform us the the building straight ahead was not the main house, rather it was the guest house. No, I wasn't that crazy guest who took pictures of the house though a big part of me wish that I was so I could show you how beautiful it was.
Grandma was hanging out on one of the patios drinking wine all night. Just ask my sister and she'll tell you exactly how many glasses she had. You can see the upstairs patio to the main house in the background.
Look beyond the people and the heater and you'll see that this gem of a house sat on a perfect spot of the St Johns River in the San Marco area.
Picture of the outdoor kitchen. Bistro AIX catered the event and the food was fantastic. One of our favorite restaurants of course so we loved our prawns, goat cheese tarts with caviar and all kinds of other fantastic food. They had burgers and hot dogs for the kids, but of course mine didn't eat it. She preferred the goat cheese and fresh green beans, not an exaggeration the kid has an extensive palate.
What are those little white spots you may ask...snow. Yes, snow in Florida. Ok so it wasn't real, but that was another surprise for the night. They rented machines that made snow to dance around in all night.
Ok, so not the best photo but that is because I was lucky to catch A before she ran away from Santa. Still not a fan of the big guy.
I'm glad A doesn't talk too much or she would have added this playground to her Santa wish list.
No, we didn't run down to St Augustine that evening, they had a carriage ride around the front of the property.
So long story short, it is great to live in a place like Jacksonville because how many places allow you to be friends with the nobodies like Grant and I or attend parties at beautiful homes on the river with CEOs and the Mayor.
There are no words...
Nope, no words for this one just pictures...
Daddy fell over in the box without the banana, notice it is now in A's hand. I'm sure she didn't push the box over WINK WINK.
Christmas at the club
A possible new tradition for A and her grandparents may have started this year. Ya-Ya and Grr picked her up on a Sunday morning and took her to breakfast at the club with Santa.
All fun and smiles before they left the house.
I wasn't there, but the story is being told that she walked in and started screaming "waffles" which of course are her current favorites. She was half way through her waffles when all of a sudden she stopped eating, started slapping and now yelling Santa. I'm positive my mom was thinking, ha ha Selena is going to look like a chump when A goes right to Santa.
Oh no...Santa and Mrs Claus got a little too close and A started saying, "no Santa, no". So once again...better luck next year Santa.
Baby it's cold outside
Ok, so most people reading this probably don't live in Florida and are laughing at my title. Yes, my blood has thinned back out significantly since my return to Florida but this post is no exaggeration...IT IS COLD HERE! No matter where you live, when you wake up in the morning and feel itchy because the heat has been running all night, have to wrestle a toddler into a jacket and then walk outside to find ice all over the ground and last but not least the car reveals that it is indeed 7:00am and 22 degrees you have to admit that BABY it is COLD outside.
A's hair isn't just draped across her highchair, it is actually sticking up from the static in the house. Darn heat...bring back the a/c.
I happened to have my camera in my purse when we were leaving the house one morning. This is the neighbor across the street. This is Florida, so this is not what we envision in the mornings.
This kid has a tough life doesn't she? Sitting on the best spot in the couch, covered up with a cashmere blanket all while holding the remote so that Daddy won't change the channel from Mimmie Mouse.
Just kidding Santa
Adelaide added a new word to her vocabulary this season...Santa. Oh how she loves to see Santa on tv and to turn on the Christmas tree which is all very exciting to this Mommy. Our neighborhood does a great job of holding activities for all of the big holidays and events that occur in a year. This year we were going to go check out Santa and take A to lunch. There was a surprising twist as you'll see below.
All excited and waiting in line to see Santa.
Last but not least, Daddy let her down and she couldn't run to Mommy fast enough and yelling, "Momma, uppa" the entire way.
So all we can say is better luck next year for Santa.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)