My first photobook!

I did my first photobook in Shutterfly and I just got it in the mail yesterday. It came out awesome!!! You can see it here:

Click here to view this photo book.

VOTE FOR BELLA!!!

I entered Bella on the American Baby Cover Contest. All you have to do it clink on this link -- PLEASE VOTE -- and click on "rate this" (stars) AND "recommend" each picture. You can also leave a comment! The best part, you can do it EVERY DAY!!! :) Thanks!! :)

Here's one of the pictures I posted there:

We also went to the doctor on the 5th for her 15 month check-up. She is:

29 in - 25th percentile

22 lbs - 30th percentile

47 in head

My little petite chiquita linda! :)

Blog Challenge from CFH

Let's show our soldiers that we care for them and are thankful for their sacrifice! Here's the blog challenge from Cards For Heroes - TANKS challenge

Waiting for Gustav...

We are watching and praying for our families that live in Louisiana and Mississippi. The hurricane has decreased to category 3 but it's going straight to New Orleans. Billy's dad and mom are not evacuating and he's a little upset and frustrated because of that.

Enjoying the Coast

Billy, Bella, and I decided to take a mini-vacation with some friends and visit the Monterey Peninsula. We are staying in Hofsas House - a beautiful pink and black hotel in Carmel-by-the-sea :)This morning we went walking around downtown and were amazed once more at how artsy these towns are. My dad would have loved some of the galleries we saw with gorgeous paintings and sculptures.
This afternoon we are driving along the coast to Big Sur. Here's a preview of what we'll see:
Big Sur Coast
Bixby Bridge
I'll post more pictures of us later :)

Happy 30th Birthday B!!!

Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband!!! :) Hope you have many many more! We had a party last night and here are some pictures. Enjoy!!
Bella helping Daddy open presents
Showing some of his presents...
Thinking of a wish or wish LIST!
Blowing the candles

I hope all your dreams come true, Babe! ;) Love you forever!! XOXO

Scrapbook Expo Classes

Here are some pictures of the projects we did in the 2 classes I took.

"Clearly Beautiful" by Life's Journeys Scrapbooking
"A Taste of Scraptique" by Scraptique Inc - 3 double page layouts. They gave us everything and most of the things were pre-cut so it was pretty easy to put together. They also have a monthly club that I was tempted to join but still thinking about it...

Scrapbook Expo

Yesterday I drove 2.5 hrs to San Jose for a Scrapbook Expo. If you are not a scrapbooker you might think I'm crazy, but it's my hobby and I'm so glad I did. I was able to take 2 classes and walk around looking at all the booths and shopping. So this is what I bought...

Cricut Design Studio, New Cricut cartridge Storybook, TT stamps and chipboard, Cosmo Cricket blackboard, chipboard alphabets, Thickers, rub-ons.Clear pails, brads, ribbon, flowers, more brads, more ribbon, more flowers... :)
Melissa Frances albums(large & small), chipboard stickers, another alterable album, and more rub-ons!! :)
Piggy Tales & Scenic Route Paper paper kits, PT chipboard alphas, Melissa Frances kit with album, MF baby stickers
5 FREE kits from StoryTellers Club.
Lots and lots of paper!!! Basic Grey & Rusty Pickle
BoBunny - very cool paper!
Best Creation Inc - beautiful paper. lots of glitter and some are double pages! :)

Happy 14th Month Birthday Bella!! :)

Today's Bella's 14-month birthday! And the best thing that has happened so far is that she's sleeping through the night! YAY!! We are partying like crazy!!! :) ok, more pictures of the cutie! Enjoy!!

She's learned to climb and boy! she loves it!! Who can resist that gorgeous face?!!
And she totally knows how to work it! ;)
And her goofy face... that she learned from Daddy! :)
And her best friend and favorite "toy" - Mocha "wow wow" Those are her FAVORITE words - "wow wow"

Pictures Galore!!

ok, brace yourselves cause I'm bombarding my blog with pictures from the last month!! :) Enjoy!!

Here's Bella with her favorite "toy" - Mocha! And you notice her Sabbath dress? Yes! I know! All dressed up and cute and she goes sit on the floor next to the dog!! :oAt church with Daddy - both in pretty pink! :)
Sending kisses to mommy! XOXO
Looking at someone so intensely... or maybe it was the dogs...
Look at those "wings"!! Is she adorable, or what?!!Cute face :)
And look at those cheeks!! She's so stinking cute!! I just love those little toes!! She got my toes!! YAY!! :) This is her goofy smile! :)I adore those curls. I just can't believe she has curly hair! Didn't see THAT ONE coming!! :) Of course, Billy keeps reminding me that they won't last forever... SSHHHH!!! Let me enjoy them while they last!! :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAMITA!!!

Cumpleanos feliz, Cumpleanos feliz, Cumpleanos Mamita, cumpleanos feliz!! :) It's my mom's birthday today - 51 if I'm not wrong... *gulp*

Long time no see...

WOW! It's been so long since I posted and so many things have happened around here. Let's try to recap:

*Bella's walking FULL TIME! and she's had a couple of accidents already - today included. Poor baby! I've even considered getting her a helmet!!
*We went to campmeeting and had a good time. We borrowed an RV from a church family and besides not having hot water for showers, everything was perfect! :) Bella slept really good and we got to see a lot of "old" friends.
*The day after campmeeting was over we went to the beach in Capitola and Bella had a grand time playing in the sand and water. She loved it so much she was eating the sand! ;) Of course I took hundreds of pictures!! :)
*I went to an allergist to get tested and got poked over 100 times in my back and arms. It hurt like He!!. In conclusion, I'm allergic to TWENTY ONE things including every kind of grass imaginable (no picnics in the future), feathers (no dress up for me), cats and dogs (bye-bye Mocha?? no way!!), some weeds and molds (no smoking), and some trees (olive, cottonwood, ponderosa pine, privet, and tree of heaven - is that last one a sign, Lord??). So I was given the option of pills or shots. Arrg... guess what? I'm taking pills for now cause getting a shot once a week is not my idea of fun...
*Good news: I'm getting ready to go to the Scrapbook Expo in San Jose/Santa Clara this coming Friday. I'm so excited I feel like it's Christmas!! :) I'm hoping to take some classes and do lots of shopping!!
*I'm sure there was more but it's late. I promise to update more often this month and post pictures! Billy's turning 30! :0 (and he's traumatized! LOL)

Her first Boo Boo

Well, it's not her first one but it certainly is the hardest she's hit herself... We went to eat at a friend's house and she was walking, but then tried to run/sprint and BANG! She hit the leg of the couch with her forehead... poor thing... she cried and cried and cried and wanted me or Billy to hold her the rest of the time... We put ice and, thankfully, it didn't swelled too much.

On some better news, she's been sleeping through the night for the last 5 days!! Woo Hoo!!!
:) Please keep praying that she'll continue like this for a long long time! Mommy and Daddy need their rest! :)

And we are getting ready for campmeeting so I don't know how much I'll be able to post. But here's a picture of Bella from a day or two ago. Is she cute or what?!!

She's 13 months!!

WOW! Last month flew by us! Bella's already 13 months and she's just absolutely positively loving walking! LOL We went to the outlets mall in Tulare and she wanted to walk around every store we went in. I think now she hates the stroller! She discovered she has legs and "why not use them? Right?!" :) By the end of the day, she was exhausted and fell asleep as soon as we started driving back home. It was pretty amazing!

Our house is also getting more organized. Slowly. We still have to put frames, curtains and decorations up, but it's mostly organized. I'll post pictures as soon as it's presentable! :)

Happy 4th of July!!

In the afternoon we went to some church member's home to eat and celebrate their boy's birthday. Good Filipino's food!! :) And tonight our neighbors invited us to join them light their $10 worth of fireworks! LOL So we went outside to see them and then went down the street to see some more fireworks by other people in the neighborhood. Pretty exciting! LOL And Bella was sleeping inside the house the whole time!!

I've also been working on my CJ (circle journal) layouts for Sandy and I'll post them tomorrow.