Happy Birthday Claudia!

Happy Birthday to my "baby" sister who is turning 27 years old today!

It was such a great day! We all gathered at the Olive Garden to celebrate her special day...so much fun!

Everyone had a blast and Claudia enjoyed her day so much...

Happy Birthday sis!

End of year reflections... (continued)

Time for more rambling about my end of year reflections:

4) Marriage: this years marks 5 years since I became a married woman.. Considering I'm *only* 28 it seems like a long time... People get married much later nowadays and while that's totally fine, I think it's sad that marriage is not taken as seriously as it should be..But here I am, constantly pouring myself into the best relationship of my life and proud of it... Yay for being married!

5) Work, work and more work: I'm so sick of working and I wish I could stop... no.. really I wish I could.. I've been working at the same place for almost 6 years and there are days I wish I could just run away and forget about all my adult responsibilities, including, of course, my "wonderful" job... Ok, ok, it's not that bad and I'm REALLY thankful to have a job in this economy, but I'm just so exhausted!!!

6) Worrying over "petty.little.things": I've got to stop worrying about little things. It's just SO hard.. I feel like I'm always caught up on little worries and it's wearing me out.. I really hope next year I can move away from all the worries of daily life and just relax a bit...This year has been stressful... in part because I'm so freaking anal!....But then again, is it REALLY that bad?

... to be continued!!!

Wordless Monday...

Piggy tails!!

This is so cute!! Gaby finally has enough hair for piggy tails!! Doesn't she look adorable??? I think so! ;)

Gus and Yuyu visit us...

Dec. 2-Dec. 5

Iggy's cousin Gustavo visited us along with his fiancee Alexandra (aka Yuyu). They came from a recent trip to Las Vegas, where they got engaged. After 3 years, Gus proposed to Yuyu during their visit to Grand Canyon...they plan to wed sometime next year!

They were in Miami to do some shopping and stayed with us.. The girls enjoyed their visit and so did we...it's always great when family comes around!

End of year reflections...

As 2010 comes to an end, I begin to think of everything this year brought and have several random "reflections" that come to mind...

It's going to take me a while to think about all my reflections so I'll start now so I can use December to ramble...

1) My FAT year: yeap! 2010 has been the worst year in terms of weight issues and body figure.. I set a goal to lose some weight this year and I totally failed...I feel bad some days and some other days I think "heck, this is who I am".. I guess every "fat" woman goes through that... or so I hope! My BFF is getting married in April, and I hope to be able to lose some weight by then! I just need to set my mind!

2) Grad school: I made the decision to go back to grad school and wow! So great... I started in August and just survived my first semester! I am happy. I feel accomplished. I feel smart.. yeap.. great, great, great idea! Let's hope I still think it's great when I'm a year into my program!

3) I have TWO kids: Yes, I know! I should have processed this concept a LONG TIME ago..but some days it just dawns on me that TWO little people depend on me, TWO little people call me mommy and see me as the center of their world! Is that big or what?? Yeap! I have TWO kids...

.... to be continued!!!

Fav Picture Thursday...

I don't know why I love this picture so much... Maybe it's because I find it funny that Olivia was eating a dog toy... or maybe because it was taken on the day she began to walk back in 2008?? Or maybe just because she looks so darn adorable... the point is.. I love it.. and it is today's fav picture! ;)