Christmas festivities 2012

This year has been the best and i know it will only get better as Isla gets older. We will continue with our family traditions and do more along the way. This Year my husband and i were very excited to help Santa shop for our little girl. Daddy and i agreed with her gifts and he went online and bought them. i got the pleasure of receiving the gifts and wrapping them. This year was just all around fun. We had our family photo shoot, we did our traditional lights walk down Christmas tree lane. ugly sweater party and made crafts and gingerbread house!

my husband Decided to surprise me and take me out on a date and over night date that is. HE asked his mom to watch isla for us and told me to pack for over night and to be ready by a certain time. He worked so when he got home i had Isla's bag and our bags packed. We had agreed to exchange gifts this day too (23rd) So he informed me he was taking me ice skating. That was so much fun and reminded me i am getting old! i fell twice first one not so bad and the second well i have bruises to show for. my husband the newbie never had done this before did great but that's expected anything he does athletic he is amazing at. That was so much fun. He gave me the option on dinner and we decided to keep it low key and just go to our local favorite pizza place. Then we headed to our hotel. This was a treat. alone just the two of us, away! i packed his gift and a bottle of wine and some wine glasses. We watched a Christmas movie and exchanged our gifts.We were both very happy with our gifts. decided to make this a tradition for our self's.

We had a little dinner on the 24th with his side of the family and we enjoyed some good food and some family time. That night we were in bed early woke up on the 25th to have some breakfast to the presents we began.

 

Hope you all had an amazing holiday surrounded with family and loved ones!

Merry Christmas!

Life lately according to my iphone

The other day isla,

 

I sat there and watched you as you played  "sand castle" and the ocean was right in front of us and I couldn't help but think how could I not believe in god? A greater good? He is so wonderful and I am so blessed to be here in this moment with you. Of course I can't help but get emotional just looking at you. yes, yes there were tears! i am a sap! some thing about the ocean that really puts me at ease and such tranquility about  it seems to do the same for you. YOU love the beach! its where we go to get away from the world. all we need is our blanket, picnic lunch, your pail, and some dinosaurs and we are set.We run, scream, laugh and play and its all A GO! This day i sat there and breathed in deep eyes closed and just took in the ocean air and just watched you scoop up the sand in to your pail, chatting away at me as i zoned out just gaga over you, i simply looked at you and smiled, kissed you and told you i love you and you know your response to me?  " i wuv you mo mommy" You are my reality my dream come to life! Shortly after you got up i was still in the moment and i snapped out of it and chased after you. There are little sand dunes around and you little miss being the explorer, fearless little thing you are proceeded to climb them screaming after me " mommy too, mommy too" so there we were running up and down the the sand hills as we laughed and played. And just like that mother nature set in and the ocean mist came in and took over, but it was okay because i took from it what i could and saved this memory in my mind and heart, you make me smile. I am so thankful for you! I love these beach dates we share and I hope that we can continue to have these even after you are in school and mommy is at work just escape you and I! I can't wait to be here again with you and you share your day with me. i fantasize escaping the world as you get older, me signing you out of school grabbing lunch and just sitting there sand all around us and the ocean in front of us.  I love you more than the depths of the ocean, more than every grain of sand that runs trough your fingers. I am so blessed! Daddy and you mean the most to me! I enjoy all these times I cherish it all! I want you to know no one has ever made me this happy, daddy comes close but of course it's a different feeling! It's beautiful the love I have for you! Thank you for the smiles and the giggles and just your company! I love you to the depths of forever!
                                                   You are my I love you!

  

Isla is two (a draft post)

Looking and Admireing you as you spend the last few hours as mommys one year old! What a beautiful year it has been not only have we taught you about the world, but you have opend my eyes and taught me some very special life lessons. I cherish every minute I have with you. I love being your mommy. I work hard to show you how much you mean to us and how special you make our world! Words will never describe the emotion that runs through me on the day you made your entrance but mommy gets emotional. It's the day you came in to my world and the day of my re birth. I became a mommy. My favorite title. I love to hear you say my new name (mommy) it's the best feeling in the world. My whole life was turn around when you came in this world. It's amazing the change its been and yet how easy it's been. You are a very special little girl. You are very loved. Very blessed. I love you to the moon and back times infinity! I recall the excitement that went through me as I reached for you and helped put you on my chest for the first time. Immediately tears of joy streamed down my face as I glanced at all your perfect features. I knew more than ever in that instant that life will never be the same, that I would DIE for you. It was so surreal that I had a beautiful baby in my arms, in my care. It all seemed so natural to me. This year has been unforgettable! You learned your name, learned to walk, learned to use your words. You have blossomed in to this tiny little personality that I just adore! You are brilliant. I want the world for you. I want you to have beautiful memories and I want to give you everything I am. My life is yours. I owe you my life. One day you will understand my love for you and you too will see how beautiful this life can be! I love you forever...

“life will never be the same,Because there had never been anyone like you… ever in the world"

I'm BACK (written a few months back with minor adjustments)

It's been about 4 months since I have posted... Wow! Where does the time go! So much has happened and so many new things have been learned its crazy how time can do that and you don't realize how fast we spin! Isla turned 2, I made the decision to ask my husband if I could stay home with our daughter given his job opportunity. My husband is making my dream a reality and I am so thankful and greatful to him! He is amazing! Last night he about made me cry. His words are so sweet that it still sweeps me off my feet! My husband professed his love for me and told me how much he loves me and how IN LOVE he is with me! How the fire will never burn out for him! That even when I push him away he loves me more! Calling me his lioness and paying me the ultimate compliment! I must admit though this is not out of character for him, he always tells me sweet little nothings. He is amazing and I thank him for giving me opportunity to raise our daughter. See I was struggling with leaving her for my8-5 daily! I mean daily. I could cry. It was not healthy for me. I wanted to be the mom iv always dreampt I could be. Having my daughter has shined a light in my life that I never knew was there! There are millions of talents out there and thing people are good at. I was born to be a mother! Taking on the responsibility of being a mother is the ultimate gift! I cherish each moment! I love being a wife as well. This is my calling to care for my life partner and my child. I get emotional and think wow I could have been missing out on all these moments! Her little gestures, her words, her laughs. I wanted to be the one to show her the world! Thankfully that is where we are! Daddy signed us up for a mommy and me class called Teeny weeny wigglers and isla just Loves it!( This session is mow over but come january time for another class) She looks forward to it weekly. We try to do park every day( giving the weather permits) do our random beach dates we substitute our park visits with many different activities. we love to go to the pet store and just look at the animals! Tuesdays we have toddler story time and craft time at our local library! We have our dates, and play dates and we spend the day playing and enjoying company. We are busy girls! These are the things I longed to do with her, the things only a mommy should share with their child. Child care although we appreciated it can never replace mommy. Isla is TWO. My baby is 2! Thankfully I only missed out on 8 months of her life working and making the trip home to see her at lunch, 8 months is a long time! I couldn't handle not being the one to feed her, or be the one she woke up to. It's my job! I quickly found out that mommyhood truly is a full time job. Even on my sick days I'm on! I complain along the way but you know what I am thankful!
Isla's development has amazed me and impressed me! Her sentences and the way she expresses her self is amazing! Its a wonderful feeling hearing from my loved once that since i have been home with her( 4 months) she has really blossomed that my love and lessons have made a difference and it shows in her demeanor and her talking skills. My husband and I often get complimented on her brightness and that to me is a compliment! Her tight loving hugs she gives me makes this all worth it! We have a routine and my daughter is a mamas girl and I love it! We play, we laugh, and we learn together because in her two years of life she has taught me about the world I already lived in. Amazing how that works! Your child opens your eyes to things we took for granted daily. Stoping to watch an ant crawl by and pulling over to swing on the swings. Or putting our rain boots on and splashing in the puddles! For all these things I am thankful! To my  husband... THANK YOU!