50 kisses, 50 goodnights, 50 go to beds...

I miss this age... where they can't get out! Seems every night we are constantly telling this girl to go to bed, constantly giving "1 more kiss"... but what melts my heart the most is the 50th time of Bella coming out of her room and Anthony and I yelling "WHAT NOW!?... GO TO BED!" She just looks at us and says in her soft little tired voice "I love you mommy" "I love you daddy"... awwwww...Love you too Bella "Now get to BED". Seriously we start bed time at 8pm and they are both still awake past 930. There is a new excuse each time... "more water", "have to go potty", "I want a kiss", "what are you watching"... the list can go on and on and on. Come on girls... mama needs her quiet time! I do thank my lucky stars I have 2 beautiful healthy girls!

I'm backkkkk... Fast forward.

Ok, well it's been a while huh!? Almost 2 years ago was when I wrote my last blog... whats been going on you ask? Well Anthony and I decided it was best to move back to Vero Beach, Fl where we were married (2002) and Mia was born (2004). I can't tell you how much I miss my parents and all my family and friends, it was a really tough decision but I do love it here and feel it was the right move for our little family. It's a much slower pace and absolutely beautiful!

picture of the beach close to our house. Soooo blue and pretty.

Once we got over the fustration of moving, we settled in pretty quickly. Mia was inviting her "new" friends over for a pool party on her first day in her new school and Bella just loved seeing new and different things. They miss their Nana and Papa soooo much... Thank goodness for Skype, we are able to video chat often.

I started running and have done 2 5k races, I am going to complete a few more of those and work my way through a 10k and hopefully a half marathon before the year is over. I did a 6 week boot camp and lost 15lbs of body fat, lost about 15lbs of over all weight and gained a few pounds of muscle. I went down 2 sizes and continue to work out and run. I have never felt so good and never really thought I would become a runner... I am trying though. I have also took on a few projects around the house and love shopping at antique and thrift shops.

Anthony is back to playing softball during the week and weekends and ejoys playing with his old childhood friends. He is very happy to be back in his home town.

Mia and Bella are your typical older sister/younger sister combo, they can be soooo loving for maybe a minute then it's back to the drama. Mia doesn't like it when Bella comes around her and her friends... ya know Bella has that "little" sister syndrome that Mia is afraid of getting. She is just way to cool to have her little sister around. Bella likes to copy Mia and I find it really funny when Mia gets annoyed with it... but it really is funny to hear the 3 year old say some of the things Mia does with attitude... Like she picked up on Mia say "blahhh blahhh blahhh" and "mom, just answer the kid will ya" LOL... ohhh the joys of having 2 girls. HELPPPPPPP!

Well that is where we are at now, I am sure I will think of more later and post more pics and thoughts of the move. I will now be keeping up with my blog (hopefully) so check back and stay tuned.

POO POOO.... YEAH!!!

OK, I have to update my blog so bad... I am so out of order... LOL... I have so much to tell and things to share from even before Bella had her ER incident. But I have to talk about what just happened... So my precious Monster Bella(22 months), she loves to sit on her toilet which is just an attachment onto our toilet; well she usually flushes the whole TP roll down the toilet but I have become wise to her and put it high up where she can't reach it. So earlier today she sits on the "potty" and again NOTHING... but this next time she was standing next to us eating her pizza NAKED... so cute... her little buns!!! I love lil buns and toes!!! Anyways... she became silent and still... well we know what that means. "Bella, do you have to go poo poo?" we say... "POO POO" she says while holding her bottom. So off to the "potty" we go... couple of minutes later she comes running out... "POO POO"... to our surprise Poo Poo was actually in the potty!!! Whoooo Hoooooo... Bella went poo!

These pics were taken a while ago when all she did was sit on the potty and as you can see pull on the TP off the roll...

Hopefully it's our last time in the ER..

Well it's official; Bella made her first trip to the ER. I have never been so scared in my life... well I guess just as scared as I was when Bella decided to run across the street during Mia's T-Ball practice and I couldn't find her. This girl is going to kill me... I can already tell. I feel so guilty and at fault, I know I can't be in all the places all the time but I now know I can't take my eyes off of her for a second! She is a dare devil and has no fear!

I had just changed her diaper on the bed and turned around to go brush my teeth when all of a sudden I hear this big bang; Bella had climbed over the foot board and crashed to the floor. When I turned around she was on her back and when I picked her up her eyes were rolling in the back of her head. I immediately yelled for my cousin Jason who was over to call 911, Bella was completely out of it and her eyes kept rolling in the back of her head. The ambulance arrived in about 2 minutes and began to check on her; the poor thing was just laying there wondering what was going on. They put her on a little stretcher and a spinal board and completely strapped down; she didn't even cry this whole time until they put an IV in her on our way to the ER.

Once we got to the ER she began to be her normal routy self; talking, laughing, trying to pull all the wires and IV out and not sitting still. The doctors didn't want to do a cat scan because she was not showing any signs of brain neck or spin injury... THANK GOD! We are back at home and she is CRAZY... has not taken a nap yet, playing, climbing and singing! I am praying we don't have to take her back to the ER tonight. She is back to yelling at Mia and saying "NO MIA". What a scare we experienced today!

My little tagger...

Just as I thought I was going to be able to take a little cat nap; "Ohhhhh MY Gosh, Bella has a marker" Mia yells... sure enough Bella had found a black Sharpe and decided to tag the kitchen cabinets, stove, floors, walls, printer and herself!!! Luckily we got most of it off.

She got herself...

Inside Tupperware cabinet...

Kitchen floors....

Stove...

Wall and more cabinets...

and.... 1 Month later... (this is a long one)

Well a lot has gone on in the past month since I have posted my last blog... I have been on a diet and been running (walking) every night; by the time I get home and get the girls a bath and to bed I am exhausted. I know... no excuses! OK where should I start; since the last blog I have lost 16 pounds, turned 31, we got a new puppy and Mia finished T-Ball with a bang. Bella is still a monster, Mia is getting excited to start Kindergarten, Anthony started a new job and loves it! The girls still don't sleep through the night in their own bed; what is it with our bed? I mean right when then come into our bed they are sound asleep; why can't they do that in their own bed? ughhh! Here are a few photos to start off the blog:

Here is the new addition... her name is Adrian (from the movie Rocky) and she has fit in very well. She loves to attack Bella as she walks by; I am guessing because Bella is the lowest to the ground. It's so funny to hear Bella's lil voice "stop" "stop" "dog".

Adrian immediately went after Rocky's (cute huh... Rocky and Adrian) "extra" rolls; he has put up with a lot from her already. He is starting to show her who's boss.

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Mia had a big weekend during her last day of T-Ball; her team "Storm" got to receive their trophy's at the Lake Elsinore Storm (San Diego Padre affiliate) field. As they announced each of the girls names they got to go on the dugout to receive their trophy; then they were able to run out to the field to a position and meet the player and get a ball signed. She was excited and loved hanging out with her friends; she had a big support team there. Thank you Mom & Dad, Grandma & Wayne, Uncle Anthony & Aunt Cindy, Michelle & Jason, Female & Tommy and Darren! We love you guys!!!

Mia Getting her trophy...

Mia getting her ball signed by the short stop...

Go Storm... 2009

The next day it was T-Ball day at Dodger Stadium; being Dodger Fans we were not going to miss it!!! Mia and I got to walk onto the Field and walk around.

Here is Mia and her friend Andy (the only ones from their team that went)...

Here is Mia with Andy and their friend Kayla...

Here is Mia walking the field...


Mia, Anthony and I at the game after she got to walk on the field...

My lil sister was here for a short time to visit... we had a blast... I miss her so much!!!

Well... that is it for now; I am sure I will have more to talk about and I will try to stay on top of this better... No excuses!!!

Nothing really happening in May...

I can't believe how fast this month is going by; I swear I am losing it... just this evening I just about put the milk away where the glasses go. I think the days are starting to run together. The girls are great; really I can't imagine my life with out them. I am pretty sure it would be dull and boring; Bella is a complete MONSTER and Mia is just becoming a young lady (w/attitude) already... how do I stop them from growing up? Bella is giving us the joy of keeping us up all night; I still don't know if it's teething or growing pains but what ever it is I can't wait for it to be over. I feel so helpless! Mia has all the energy in the world; I really wish she would share some of that with me. Everyday when I pick her up the question is "what are we doing now", "can I go here... can i go there". Every night she hates to go to bed; just right now she is still up at almost 11:30pm asking me if I am going to bed yet; I am sure so she can sneak in. She is always telling Anthony that she is going to sneak in our bed after I am asleep.

Here are a few picture from this month that I thought I would share.Trying to get Bella to take a picture is very challenging, I didn't get one good picture on Mother's Day!

Just when I think Bella is a complete monster she will surprise me. In this picture the girls were taking a bath and Mia was FREAKING out about a minor tiny "ouchy" on her knee and having to clean it; Bella didn't like "sissi" crying so she gave her a hug. It was the cutest thing ever, of course I didn't have my camera so we tried to re-enact it. LOL...