The voice of an Angel

I have said it before, my friend Cara is like an ANGEL in our lives.She is part of a choir, and today I had the opportunity to hear that angel singing.... Sadly I was not able to be there as she is all across the world, BUT she posted two videos for me to see on her blog. She only posts on this blog when she travels, but she posted this for all of us to be able to see it.Words cant express the joy that my heart felt when I heard her signing......

Mimi's potty progress

There is no much progress on the potty as we are not pushing it... Mimi just turned 18 months old, and to push her is not our plans.. Anyway, it is soo funny all the progress that she is showing, and it really amazes me... I bet tons of other kids knew how to do that by this age, but that has not been my personal experience, so, from perspective, it is awesome...Sadly, the camera we got doesnt have sound, so our videos from now on will be in MUTE, but you dont need words to understand what is going on here. My instructions were: Could you take...

Cloth Napkins

As I mentioned before, I have been green-iying our lives and one of the things that we havent been doing have been using cloth napkins.... I have never been a fan of disposable napkins, but we do buy them sometimes.We are not close to be set with cloth napkins, but we ordered our first set!!! We are so excited specially since they are sooooooooooooooo stinkin cute!!!!! I order them from Etsy from a shop called Little Bit Designs by Girlie Momma....

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

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Mia's fashion

Mia had a potty accident at school today, and not only her pants and panties got diry, but also her shirt... I have only been sending an extra pants and undies, but not a shirt... Her teacher decided to "make" her a t-shirt for her to wear in the meantime, and this sure was a "non-sewing" shirt!! Gotta find the instructions to start selling shirts like it!!! She has also wearing a Thanksgiving hat (made with construction paper).Please, ignore the...

Everything looks so much better now!

Those were Gaby's words when she tried her eyeglasses... I even asked her if she wanted to take them off and she said NO!! I wonder how she was seeing without them that she become so easily aware of the need of them. I hope it continues to be as easy as it looks. For a week she will use them for 5 hours at the same time that she wears the patches in school, and then after the adaptation process is over, she will use them FULL time... We need to...

Thinking....

We need to come up with a solution for world hunger, or maybe find a solution for all the homeless dogs around the world... What do you thin...

New Gaby in the making...

I cant believe it took us that long but we finally went "eyeglasses" shopping with Gaby. We put the money together 3 times and had to use it for something else (the last thing being the almost 300 bucks that I have spend in my ear drama). We all went to buy the eyeglasses (including my mom), and Mimi and Mia had lots of fun! I truly think that everything happens for a reason, though. After 2 hours of thinking what eyeglasses to buy for Gaby, we...

Mimi is One and Half!

Wow!!! I CANT believe Mimi is 18 months old already! There are some many and so many things that were suppose to wait until she was 18 months old, that is feels crazy to know that SHE IS 18 months old already!! There is no way I can count how many words she says, but I can tell she says A LOT. I remember that Gaby and Mia were able to communicate this much by the time they were 23-24 months old, but Mimi is even putting 2-words sentences together....

Granparents at school

November is the month of the family, and because of that the school had a "Granparents Day" at school today. My in-laws are overseas, my dad very far, and my mom in a meeting from her job that was planned since forever ago and that there was no way for her to scape from... So, that left my girls grandparent-less.I knew that was not going to help with Gaby's adaptation, as she was going to see all the other kids with several grandparents (some even with all 4 of them), and she was going to be by herself. I knew Camila was not going to understand...

Mia's "Preschool" days....

Im a very thankful to be able to give Mia this awesome gift. Being able to socialize with kids her age, and being expose to so many activities, makes me feel really blessed. Mia's first period's evaluation was last week, and even though I know everything that you can do (and what she cant), it is great to hear it from other people who happens to be experts in small children's development.They evaluated her social skills, cognitive development, motor...

Silly Mimi

Since I was pregnant with Mimi I had the feeling that she was going to be the leader in the house, and I still think it will be like that. She is the youngest of the house and it is the one that gets away with things easier. Everything has to be done her way, and she manages to have it done when and how she wants.She is very easy to please, but she expects to be pleased and PRONTO. There is no delays allowed in her schedule or she will throw the...

Words from the ENT... - Part II

Today I went in for Tympanometry and Audiology (there was a third exam that I really cant remember the name).The tympanometry test measures the ear's responses to the sound and different pressures. A device is placed into the ear. This device changes the air pressure in the ear and makes the eardrum move back and forth. He told me I was going to feel like if I had a very bad cold and it's true... That is exactly how I felt. It was not painful,...

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I want YOUR mailing address!!

It is that time of the year!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE Christmas and I LOVE Christmas Cards!!! My card is already done and I still need one more picture to be sent to be printed!!!!What I need from you?? Your address!!! I love exchaning Holiday Cards, and sending ours is my favorite part!!To make it easier, fill out a Conctact Form on my site, feel out the address info and in the subject write something like: Add me to the Holiday Card List... In the comments section it helps if you write me where do I know you from (just in case)...I hope to get all...

Green-ifying our lives…

The more I read about it, the more I think on the things that we are doing or could be doing to give our 2 cents to help with the environment. There are simply some lifestyle habits or choices that we can change to make a difference. We wont be doing this drastically, and I wont be making my own facil cleanser, but Im positive about little things that we can do here and there.Either to help the environment, or (let’s face it) to save money, here are the things that the blooming buds are doing (or will start doing) to have a greener life.1 – Saving...

And the winners are........

There were 14 participants to win 3 complete makeover for family blogs, and I asigned a number to each one. Then I used an only random number generator, and it gave me the winners:Congratulations to the winners, and please let me know where to email you so I can start working on you guys over the weekend!! Cant wait!!!! To all the others that didnt win, you guys will get a 20% off from the makeover price if you order your makeover before December...

First Evaluation from School Year 2008-2009

The girls had their first evaluation report for this school year. The had an adaptation report that the school issues after a few weeks that the school starts so the parents can know how adapted s the child to the new school year, but this is the first evaluation per se.I didnt go because Im still on bedrest, and honestly I was not disappointed for not being able to go. With all the things that has happened with Gaby, I feel like I already had enough of the dose of "complaining about your daughter" that I can take for a bit, so I think I needed...

Introducing: Faces!

Laura aKa Laly is a friend that I met twelve years ago (wow! that long?) and is a new mom who is madly in love with her son. She is also a graphic designer and decided to put together her talent and her son and draw her son's face in Photoshop. This is something that I have tried to do several times, but it is too time consuming for me, and I just dont have the patience required to do a good job.I saw what she did with her son's face, and asked...

Resting....

It feels sooooooooo weird to be home all morning and to actually be "allowed" to nap!! I did worked with a few things from here and there, and received at least 15 phone calls from the school, but I did manage to take one long nap and it was great. Im feeling dizzy, and Im not sure what else to expect. I just want to feel fine again and to feel a "clean" ear. It is driving me crazy not being able to clean it, as the only things allowed in there are the medicated drops. Thank you all for your kind comments, and I promise to take care of myself....

Words from the ENT... - Part I

I went to the ER again yesterday... As it was a Holiday here, it was a bit difficult to be seen by an ENT. Blood was visible so we got worried. This time I went to a different ER, hoping for a different point of view.The doctor who saw me also told me that there was too much blood to be able to see the damage. However she decided to clean my ears, and also told me that it was necessary for an ENT to see me...So, today I called in and even though...

Missing out

I wish I didnt had to miss out some much of my nephew's life. I wish we could be closer and to see him more frequenly. I wish my girls could spend more time with him and treat him as a brother. They know who he is (they means Gaby and Mia, cause Mimi still has no clue), and they love him very much, but I hope for more.He turned 2 in September, and he is the smartest little boy around. He loves to play outside more than anything, and loves animals...

Mimi, the Ear Poker...

This is Mimi's new nickname... of course, she doesnt know it, and we wont tell her because we dont want to make her feel bad, but she earned the title today. I was working with something and was really focused. Hubby was taking care of the girls, and Mimi was a bit cranky because she wanted to go to sleep. So, hubby started getting the bath ready, and asked me to hold Mimi while he was getting the bath and milk ready. I was really focused and really needed to finish something (hence why I wasnt participating of bath time), so I was holding...

GIVEAWAY: A totally FREE blog makeover!! ** CLOSED **

Yes totally FREE!!!!! I have been working in several business blogs, and I really want to grow my portfolio of Family Blogs!!!What would you get?- Creation of your blog if you dont have one- A new banner- The colors of the blog will match the banner- Home, About me and any other button that you'd like (up to 4 buttons)- Custom Icon for your sidebar's titles- Custom Icon for the footer of each post- Signature- I will also give you some suggestions...

My first Blogoversary!!!!!!!!!!

A whole year of blogging!!!! 392 post (plus 2 in draft) full of moments of joy or sadness, and simply everything that been our life for a whole full year.What a difference a year makes... Im just amazed how much we have changed in just one year... The girls have grown so much, and hubby and I too.Thanks to those of you that have been around since the very beginning, and thanks to those that come to my blog and that care about us. The whole point of this blog is (and will continue to be) a way to keep track of our lives so the girls can read it...

Blooming Buds - Movie Night

Even though hubby and I managed to have a dialy 21 minutes break when we were watching the 10 season of friends (we finished like 3 weeks ago and we miss them very much), we are lacking with "official" date with the girls as a whole family. Just a couple of weeks ago, I was chatting with my dear friend Michele from Sew Posh Boutique and she told me: "Gotta run, the girls and husband are waiting for my for movie night". It got me wondering how we dont have set up activities with the girls anymore. We play with them, we do homework with Gaby,...

Preschool Update

Today we had a meeting about Gaby's situation at school. I have not taken her to school as a personal decision this week, and somehow everything looked like it was all the way around. The school gave me a list of things that we need to accomplish before December 1st, including to take Gabriela to an specific psicologist, and to do a neurologic test to her.In the meantime, I will start taking the girls to school next week, and I will spend the whole weekend trying to make Gabriela to know that her teachers and classmates loves her.Im glad that...

Shower time....

Lately, shower time is not a fun activity for Mia. She used to love water but she now cries every time we has to wash her hair, and simply doesnt have fun.Today, I had my water lover back.... I didnt even pay attention to the fact that she has a cold, and let her play a bit... and here are a few pictures of her that I love. It shows her real smile, and her personality so much. If you dont know her in person, and want to know how she is, just look...

My new wallet!!

Im very excited!!! As you guys know, I have been very sad because my purse got stolen, and I havent been using any purse since then... I do have other purses at home, but what was the point of using another purse if I had no wallet or even a card or a ID to put in it??As the bank didnt want to take the police certification as a valid form of identification, I was totally card-less... As hubby's card was also in my purse, he needed to get a replacement,...

Gaby asked....

.... very excited:- Are the teeth inside too???(By the way, that was the wig we got her for the costume, and the little girl was pictured on the wig's box)....

A new week....

Starting today Gaby and Mia will be going to the little school that is near my house... We still dont know if we will take them back to our school, and hopefully we will have a meeting some time this week to figure it out......

Blooming Buds: Costume Day!

We decided to have our very own costume party!! As I mentioned the other day, our theme was Pirates & Fairies. As we are six (including Sassy) we were three pirates and three fairies!! Hubby and I only got a wig for each one, but that was enough for the girls to feel like we were all very dressed up. We took one of the couch outside and took some pictures... The girls had fun, even when Sassy was trying to bite their costumes!!!! Friday...

6 Years.....

For some reason it sounds unreal to me!! I dont know why but I still cant believe hubby and I have known each other for 11 years and today we are celebrating our 6th Anniversary!! We sure have put in a LOT of weight during this 6 years, but we have also grown so much, and three daughters later we are still very much in love.Not everything has been red roses and pink butterflies, and we surely want to throw each other out of the balcony sometimes...