Black Friday Shopping!!

I forgot to tell you my shopping adventures on Black Friday! Billy hates shopping but ironically he ended up going with me because of his iphone... :)

I went to BB&W and got lots of wallflowers! Thanks Alicia for getting me hooked on these! ;) hehe I got Warm Vanilla Sugar, Black Raspberry Vanilla, Blissful Blackberry, Japanese Cherry Blossom, Sensual Amber, and Velvet Tuberose. I only got 3 starter kits and I think I should have gotten more... silly me!

Anyhow, after that I went to Target and got a set of the 1000 thread-count sheets they had for sale. WOW! Super soft!!! Also got a couple of other things. After that, went home and picked up Billy and Bella and drove 1 hr to another city. Billy had to go to the MAC store cause his phone wasnt working and I got to do more shopping at Babies R Us and Js. I even got 2 Christmas presents - one for my dad and one for my brother! :)

I had to return some things at BRU and so after buying diapers, some toys, a Santa outfit for Bella, a feed helper, and a Turkey plush toy I didnt spend a penny!!! I then went to Js and got some Cropper Hopper paper organizer (50% off) and a scalloped square punch (50% off) and some plastic organizers (50% off too!). I just loooooove getting good deals!

Happy Thanksgiving!

It's been a crazy year, but we are thankful for all the blessings, especially for baby Isabella!

Moving Out

Billy and I finally agreed on moving Isabella into her own room. Billy installed the curtains we bought for her room, and not just any curtain but blackout window treatments!! :) They are supposed to block 98% of the light! wow!! We also had to take the crib apart and put it back together in her room. And we had to move the dresser/changing table, diaper pail, humidifier, wipe warmer, diapers, and other little things. But we did it!! And it looks awesome!!

Now, we are just waiting for her to sleep through the night so WE can sleep through the night. It's been over a year since I had a full night sleep, although last night was close since my wonderful husband fed her at 2 am (but I still woke up when I heard her crying). She's almost 6 months, but being pregnant was no easy trip! Waking up every so often to go to the bathroom, sleeping with 6 pillows and trying to stay on my left side ALL night long, plus you get some nasty pains in the hips and back and shoulders... not easy I tell ya! Anyways, I'm just praying that she'll start having full nights!!

I'll post pictures later! (sorry)

Life Without Limbs

A friend sent me this video and after watching it, I watched a couple more. It's just amazing that somebody can be so positive and brave to live life without fear or anger despite of his disabilities. It also makes me thankful for having all my "body parts" working well!



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New Discoveries

I couldn't pass the chance of sharing some cute pictures of little Bella. A couple of weeks ago we bought her an Evenflo ExerSaucer Triple Fun and she loved it! We put it together last night and today she played in it until she threw up (literally). LOL! She can't stay in it too long because she's not strong enough to hold herself and she leans forward and that puts too much pressure on her tummy and then spit... but she still loves it! :)

Trying to decide which toy to play with...
That gorgeous face of wonder! :)

Billy's Ordination

About a month ago, Billy and I had an interview with some of the leaders from the Central California Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church - Jerry Page (president), Ramiro Cano (executive secretary), Nelson Tabingo (treasurer), Dennis Seaton (HR), Steve Horton (youth min), and Dan Escamilla (Hispanic min). They basically asked us questions regarding our stand on different beliefs and values. It was quite interesting. Well, after the interview they voted to Ordain Billy as a Minister. When he first started working in the CCC he got a Missionary License, then he got a Ministerial License, and now he will be an Ordained Minister. It's a long process of time and evaluation to make sure a pastor REALLY wants to be a pastor and that he's "proven" his ministry to the church.

So, Billy's been a pastor for 6 years now. He was an Associate Pastor, and then an Interim Pastor, at the Milpitas Adventist Center, where he preached, taught a Bible class for the Elementary School, and baptized many people. After being there for 3 years, we moved to Andrews University where he attended the Theological Seminary to get a Master in Divinity and I got my masters as well. In April 2007, he got a call to pastor the Merced and Mariposa Churches in California. So, after graduating in May and having our baby girl in June, we moved to the central valley!

All this long story to show you the invitations that I did for his Ordination on January 5th, 2008! :) We are really excited and I'm very proud of him!

Rice Cereal - yummy!!!

Since the pediatrician gave us the O-K to start Isabella on solids, WE DID!!! :) And she loved it. I think she's been ready to eat solids for a while now, but we wanted to make sure we didn't rush her. You should've seen her opening her mouth really big to take each spoonful (tiny little spoon) of rice cereal. And in about a month we'll start veggies and then fruits. It's so exciting seeing her grow.


And some more cuteness!


Also, after much research Billy and I got a camcorder yesterday. We are hoping to take lots of videos of little Bella and post them here or on facebook to keep in touch with family and friends. This is the one we got - Sony DCR-SR82.

Home Sweet Home!

wow! It's been more than 2 weeks since I have posted and so much has happened!

Isabella is 5 months today and she's growing more and more every day. She's smiling and cooing all the time, colic is getting a lot better, the medicine is really helping the reflux and the pediatrician gave us the OK to start solids!!! :) We are hoping that will help her sleep through the night! That would be a miracle and a wish come true!!! We had an appointment today and she got 3 shots on her legs. Poor little one cried and cried...

The last 2 weeks we were in Michigan. Isabella and I flew to visit my parents in Berrien Springs and we came back yesterday. She did o-k in the flights. Not great, just ok. She screamed a little bit but I think it was because her ears were hurting. And she slept in between screaming! I think it'll take a couple of days for her to adjust to the PST plus the extra hour with the Daylight Saving change. But it was a good trip. I got lots of scrapbooking shopping at Hobby Lobby and Pages in Time and JoAnn's and Michaels. Plus my mom and I went to the Outlet Mall in Michigan City and JCPenney in Mishawaka.

I'll post some pictures later. I took some gorgeous FALL pictures and of course of little Bella.