H&M just made my day!!

I been waiting patiently for the first H&M to open here in town. I always do some shopping there when we go back home to San Francisco. I'm hoping I will still like their trendy clothes once they open. I recently had a conversation with my husband about how I been feeling a bit old when I walk into those stores lately.. Sad, but true. 

Anyways, besides the store open I just saw that H&M now have a home decor line!!! What!!? Yes it's true! My day has been made! And I seriously can't wait for these few months to fly by so we can be settled into a new home. February can't come soon enough! Maybe I'll just start shopping and collecting everything now haha ooo the temptation! 

Check it out!! 

http://www.hm.com/us/department/HOME 

Family Play at the Park

Yes maybe I can be a bit bias, but honestly can you really blame me? I believe I have a beautiful family and we have created the perfect clone of us both. Yea he mostly takes after his dad in everything including his picky eating habits that I enjoy so much (sarcasm at its best!). Every now and then I see some of me, like his clumsiness (okay maybe that's with age, but I never lost it) and being a tad bit crazy when wanting the same thing of everything in different colors.

We took our end of the summer pictures and I can't tell you how much I love them! I really feel like I need extra walls because I can't find it in me to take older pictures hanging up out and put away. 

Yes planes are a huge distraction. He is absolutely amazed with them!!

Birds and dogs are another major distraction while taking pictures haha 

Toddlers and pictures don't always work out as planned. Especially with LJ he doesn't like to sit still or even smile when you ask him to say "cheese" he has to feel like it himself or else he will just squirm away. At the park it was so much fun playing and getting our moments captured naturally. 

Monday.. We meet again!

Monday- MomDay okay well Mom days are literally everyday so that really doesn't make sense unless you really make it a day about you.

Let's make Monday's a little better and less dreadful. How? I kinda put a list together that made me even get all chipper and excited.

1. Get out of bed earlier.. Spend some time to yourself and enjoy that quiet time before the kiddos wake up. Have your coffee a little earlier and actually enjoy each sip. I tend to leave mine on the counter and come back for a few sips in between the time that my son is pulling my arm for help on something (which I don't mind at all!).

2. Shower, yeah I know it's become a luxury in my house to shower before noon while nap time is happening. I let fixing myself up even if there's no where to go. Feel good about yourself!

3. Mommy and Me- okay so you still have to take care of the mini's and throught the week I attend mommy and me classes they are so much fun for the littles and they get to burn some energy. Or you can take them to play dates at the park, etc.

4. Plan a dinner or an outing with some friends, starting off the week with something fun makes your week go by faster (I think anyway).

5. Leave the kiddos with the hubby and treat yourself to a mani/pedi. Us Mommy's deserve to look and feel our best even when we end up with pee, spit up, or food on our clothes by the end of the day.

6. Wear something new or just dress up! It doesn't have to be a special occasion to get all dolled up. It's Monday and you are alive and to top it off you have some sweet loving company and I'm sure those little faces will tell you that you look beautiful! Let's feel pretty!! 

There is always something to be thankful for on Mondays!

Wait it's balloon fiesta time already?

October is here and so is the Balloon Fiesta!! Ever since the hubby and I have been together for over 3 years now we have always made time to go at least once. Last year we took LJ, but we got there kinda late and with the funky weather we only got to see one balloon going down.. Sad stuff! This year we thought because he loves balloons lets wake up at the crack of dawn and take him for the morning mass take off. Umm.. It didn't work out quite like we thought! 

(Last years picture, 2013)

We made sure to arrive at the balloon fiesta early to get the full experience. And it turned out that everything was pretty much delayed because the weather was windy. Showing up at 5:20am wasn't such a brilliant idea after all. It always happens though you can never guess what the weather will be like for this event all week. 

We at least froze our buns off as a loving happy family haha We invited my parents as well so we had someone to take pictures of us. Yay!

The funniest cheeser, I swear!! 

Stopped by a few of the souvenir tents to get him a bit more amazed as we waited for the wind to slow down.

His first look at balloons finally being able to go up. 

And then he got distracted as other kids were blowing bubbles. He wanted to play too.

Moo!! LJ's favorite.

Our favorite!! Yoda and Darth Vader!!

And then he was ready for his nap!! Let's hope he doesn't pay us back tonight for waking him up super early. 

So because of the wind the balloons were able to take off (what we wanted to see). But here's a picture of the previous day and the take off.

We will be going again this Thursday for the special shape balloon glow. Hopefully we have better luck and can see more special shapes!!

Till next time.. Summer

As we say our good byes to summer once again we thought we should take our much needed family pictures. We had it set for 9am and thank goodness my friend decided to change it to 10am instead. LJ decided to sleep in till 8:30am and because he is our alarm clock we all overslept! I was rushing to shower and get breakfast ready so we wouldn't be taking "hangry" family pictures. But we made it just in time!!

Family pictures at the park.. Yes please and for a busy toddler it was perfect! Weather was nice, but a bit breezy I always have hair troubles darn it! But my sweet baby and my hubby both look so handsome. Even though these were just given to me as a sneak peek I can hardly wait to the rest! I am in love!!!

I was hoping he would give me the flower he picked, but daddy is a good choice too haha He is just too sweet!

My overall favorite so far that we have gotten from our sneak peek! He looks so grown and just adorable!! I can't get enough of him seriously!!