Mama V and baby B.

Why do they grow so fast? I cannot believe B is already 13 months... It's mind boggling. He has stolen my heart no joke. I cannot get enough of his cute smile, and wiggly laughter. I never knew how something so small can be the most important factor in someone's life. My sister Vitalya is one great mother! I have never met one like her but seriously she is one of a kind. I tell her everyday, "when I am going to be a mother one day I'm going to be coming to you with all of my questions." She seriously amazes me every time I see her love for her little boy! My oh my, literally I can say she is the best mother out there! And she deserves to hear it everyday!

Favorite.

Have I mentioned I'm obsessed with whole-foods? I have to go there at least once a week to satisfy my cravings. They always have the best choices and most delicious food! Eek I can't wait already for my next trip... What shall I try next?

Little loves for this month.

March madness

PB2
Praying
Unplanned dates
Building up my faith
Appointments
Adrenaline for procrastination
Waking up with music by my side
Warm socks
Coffee coffee coffee &
Trader Joes

I love.

Whole foods
Stripes
Mom and daughter dates
Apricot Apple sauce
Coffee
Daydreaming

Preparation.

Some little things you should know about me. I have been recently diagnosed with a very bad illness, is coffeeobsesia. Yes, it has become my best friend; I just received my gold card from Starbucks in the mail and I don't think this is going to help me with my problem very much! Oh well I'm just going to have to enjoy this phase while it lasts I guess. I spent my evening after a long, might I add very long day of work wrapping up valentines gifts for my darling. I cannot wait to see the look on his face, he is just going love all of these knick knacks I got him. It was just too much fun picking out the perfect things or him. I can't tell you how much I enjoy seeing that cute smile on his face light up when he gets something unexpected. I just cannot wait until tomorrow!!

Sister circle.

Life can be easy somedays and hard on others. We personally have moments in our lives where we think we have everything under control. But keeping everything bottled up can really break you. I urge everyone to turn to someone or something when they feel like they are in a period of their lives where they just need something more than what is in their control. First I would tell you to seek God and find your answers through him; he is willing to help you with any problem you may have and under any circumstance. Two nights a week I go to a woman's group at my church which really helps me relate and cope with everyday battles that I might have; it's a blessing to know that these ladies can give me advice or even share their own experiences with me to nourish and guide me through my tough situations. It is like having sisters of all ages, both wise and strong always there for you (which is just what I need, since currently I'm sister-less). You can never have enough love!

Pondering.

Dasha, Marks younger sister just turned one. So we spent our Sunday getting gifts, planning games and enjoying the nice weather. Oh the weather this week has just been so beautiful. I keep telling myself... This is not going to last forever, so I spend as much time as I can outside. This week I was swamped with work so Sunday we simply relaxed and mellowed out for the whole day (this is why Sundays are my favorite day of the week, and of course because of church). I can't believe it's already February though, it seems like thanksGiving was just the other day... Why does time have to go by so fast?? I was just talking with some friends the other day, and I just sat there in silence and remembered how quickly everyone around me grew up. It's crazy, my dads getting salt and peppery... um more salty lately and it's only occurred to me because I was looking though pictures of the family from a few years back. This just reminds me to cherish every day because life is too short.

1 Mississippi.

Snatched this photo from V!
Guess who's birthday it is today??
B's finally 1, and I'm sad I can't be spending it with him. But isn't he just a doll. From the moment my sister told me she was pregnant and I screamed at the top of my lungs, I feel in love with this little guy. I would always rub her belly and talk to B before he even developed ears. I miss feeling him tossing and turning, wondering how he would look like, and always adoring his cravings. Of course what ever a pregnant woman craves, I end up craving. Green sour apples, I remember I became addicted to them because of little B! What a blessing it is to have this sweet angel in our lives; I can't wait to celebrate your birthday next weekend with the whole family!


(Photos I took of V & B back in 2011)

Be who you have always wanted to be.

Every day I'm moving closer and closer to my goals, to reach full satisfaction. Who knew it would be this tough but worth all of the hard work.

I've straightened out my life to be in full control, and to be happy with every single day and how I spend it.

(Welcoming new baby quails into my home).

Time.

A lovely friend of mine, that I have grown up with since childhood, (we were actually born in the same hospital) came to visit for bit. It's so great to see her smiling face. She is currently living with my sister for a year in oz, which I am proudly announcing that I will be officially visiting the most beautiful place on this planet this summer! Ahhhh I know that's exactly how I feel. A dream of mine finally coming true. It's almost unreal. I remember as a child being asked what was the one place I would love to visit, and my answer was always Australia. I mean this is just the beginning; I plan on seeing much more of the world in my many more year to come. Bali and Italy are next. Ohh lets just fly my to Aussie, I miss my sister!!!! Counting the days. Eeek, can you tell I already want to start packing?

(These are some gifts from my sister from Aussie).

Grey day go away.

Yup that's a nasty bruise on my knee... Hmm where from? Well roller skating, I told you it was some intense skating. I haven't been able to put a lot of pressure on it, but slowly and surly it's beginning to heal.

Today has been such a hard day for me. I haven't felt this stressed out in what feels like forever. From the moment I woke up everything was going wrong... I was supposed to deliver a speech in my speech class today, and print out my outline for it, and mr.printer didn't want to work this morning. I ended up driving to any local printer shop around my house (seems that no one wants to open before 8:30). Since my class starts at 8, I just decided to head to school and hope I could use something there... Of course same thing nothing is open till 8:30. Yup ... At this moment I was panicking. Luckily in class I left and printed my paper out with the help if a lovely gentlemen who paid $.30 for my work (long story). When I got back to class I discovered my teacher called my name to give my speech but I wasn't in class. She then called me up next, and of course at that moment when I was standing up there all alone, knowing that no one in the class knows what I just went trough, I completely forgot my speech, I can't even remember what I told the class to be frank. Ahh I just wanted to curl up in a ball and shrivel up.

My next class was math, and of course I left my pencil in my car so I had to run back and grab it from the car. Then in the middle of my lesson it stopped working, I tried to fix it and had dust of lead burst out of the tip once I unscrewed it (oh and note to self i should never wipe it off with my hand because that stuff smears everywhere). So then I tried to erase all of the pencil smears off of the desk..... And when things couldn't get worse, my eraser goes flying across the room no where to be found. By this time I was ready to burst into tears, but I figured that wouldn't solve anything.

Lack of sleep just made matters worse and I almost fell asleep in class; I came home and slept for a good four hours. I'm hoping that's all that I needed because I'm not ready to go through another day like that. Never. I'm just glad it's all over. And that smile on my face was defiantly a forced one. Sometimes you just have to smile and remind yourself that everything is ok.

I mean I was stressed out over a paper and pencil. Now that I think about it, that's completely ridiculous. Life is too short to waste days with stress and anger. Be happy. Even when everything seems to go wrong.

Polka dots all over.

Surprisingly it was the perfect day to wear polkadots and patriotic colors; unplanned of course. But that's just how it works. I love my girl friends. The best part about friends is always having them there when you need them! I wouldn't trade anything in this world for the friends that I have today.

Flori Lori.

Happy birthday to one of my best friends Lori Stewart, she is a great great great friend of mine who actually inspires me so much and I just want to wish her a happy happy happy happy happy birthday! We went skating for her birthday in order to celebrate her big 30th birthday. I haven't skated since I was actually 6 years old so I had actually forgotten how to do it (I'm not going to lie but it's was a little challenging for me). Ok I'm making it sound worse than it is, but it was a lot of fun. I'm just the type of person who likes ice skating more hehe. I will admit that I fell (yes pretty hard). I think it was more like slamming the floor with my body and rolling around in front of like 100 people. And sadly to say my knee is bruised and swollen, but it was still worth it. I mean I'm sorry I can't just skate like a normal person, I want to dance when I'm on the rink. The truth simply comes out.

Oh and I think it's official, I will never like techno.

Sam's bday.

I decided to take a road trip to spend the weekend up in Fort Myers at my sisters place; we celebrated my little brother's 14th birthday (hence we didn't have candles for the cake, so we improvised with a Yankee candle). The revega's took us out to the beach board walk, and we had love boat homemade ice cream, which was so filling!!! I had a kids cone and I couldn't even finish it. This weekend was plenty of fun, we wanted my sister to be able to have a date night with her hubs, since they have been so busy ever since benji has joined their lives; so we decided to take over and play "family" while they went out on their date. Oh they were so happy to be able to relax and enjoy the night together, the smiles on their faces were priceless as they left with benji in my arms. Of course V went on and on about all the safety precautions, food he was aloud to eat, and a step by step "getting ready for sleepy time." It's so cute to see how a parent loved their child; it makes my heart flutter. Hopefully I qualified as their "safe, trusted babysitter, " because I want to watch B again and soon!!

DIY

Alright so my nephew is turning one on February 8th and to prep for his little party, i decided to get a little creative and start on project for his birthday party. For this for this task, I used him foam colored sheets from the dollar store and Christmas lights (just the plain white lights). I actually grabbed these items from my sister and randomly came up with this idea on my own. It's quite easy too. You just simply cut the sheets into long triangle shapes and staple them together so they kinda look like a pinwheel. Then just pop one of the lights through your color wheel and repeat.

I hope Benji really likes them, he loves looking at all sorts of lights these days and points at the moon all the time. I can't wait until his first birthday.