Being a Star

Wow 4 months really?

2010-07-07T22:10:00.006-05:00

I knew i was behind but didn't think I was this much. I have so many pictures and stories and can't remember them because time has passed. I will however post some pictures and try to include story's as i look back at pics. Marissa is almost 4 one month from now. She is changing and she has brought a change in me and I am loving her and my life more each day. First picture here is of Marissa and one of her best friends Hannah. We went to Hannah's aunts house out in the country fun trip only got a few pics this one was the best. We went with friends from church to the botanical gardens and had alot fun. Marissa loves fish and we have some at home so loved looking at the ones in the lobby.

Her shy I don't want to look at the camera pose.

Ok well here are all the girls from the youngest to the oldest. I hope they are around each other when they are older it will be really neat to see.

Emily and Missy

ok so we had a princess tea party at the church and she was able to dress up..the best day ever!

At the church building parking lot

Inside they had three rooms and it started in the craft room. She had so much fun!

Well now we are at this month just this last Sunday night. Marissa had a sleepover. We sorta did one before but Nancy stayed as well last time because we were having a garage sale the following day. Pretty exciting the girls helped pump air into the mattress and then had a jumping fest on it.

Now all fixed up to go to sleep not of course until late but they had a good time.

We went to toysrus and Marissa fell in love with this toy and didn't want to look at anything else. So we found one on craigslist and it was in great shape. It was a early Birthday gift. Marissa and Hannah are having a combined party at lets jump and it should be lots of fun hopefully have pictures to show. Then Marissa will be a flower girl in Peter's niece's wedding. Which she is ecstatic about. Lots of thing in Aug... and probably some fun water park pics this month.

2010-03-24T21:37:00.004-05:00

OK well I have just forgotten about blogging..so this one is filled with pictures and less words. Marissa is getting so big and getting closer to 4 each day.

Well I guess i didn't take very many pictures. I must take more this month well in April.

alot of pics

2010-01-07T15:54:00.004-06:00

Ok these are different things that have happened in Dec. Christmas of course first one is a gift from Missy's friend Hannah.

This one Missy was trying on her Christmas dress which when it was time to put it on she refused but she seems fine in this picture with on. She did actually finally wear it to her aunts.
Ok this was Christmas morning i didn't get good pics but she was very happy with what she got.
A random pic that i thought was cute.

Snow snow lots of snow...not good enough for snowman's but making angels yes and she did.

We went to the library and checked out books and i found her one afternoon like this looking at the books. Very cute.

Halloween (I know i am late)

2009-11-18T23:38:00.004-06:00

Well Missy school had a orange day. So I found a cute shirt for her to wear and we took some pics in the car before she went into school.

The one above is how she looked at school.

OK so 2 pics are from when she first put the outfit on. She loved it so much she wore it many times...differently.

Then She went to see her Aunt K which she does every month or so and got to play at a playground at church. I thought it was a great picture taken and wanted to share.

I am sure I missed things to post but its been busy. Looking forward to thanksgiving and then Christmas..this year should be lots of fun.

Sleeping everywhere

2009-10-23T22:57:00.006-05:00

OK So the pictures are of Missy sleeping cause she keeps falling asleep in the funniest positions. She has fallen asleep before not in her bed. The funniest i think is the shopper cart at walmart...we are walking around and peter went off for a minute and when he came back she was out.

Lots more pics all random but i will post later.

First day of school

2009-09-23T08:59:00.004-05:00

Missy started back to school on Thursday Sept 10th. She has had some trouble lately with clothes. She doesn't want to wear things i suggest so we fight alot about what to wear even shoes. Anyway on the first day of school she actually did better then i excepted. We have gotten rid of slip on shoes so her only choice is sandals or socks and shoes. That was our first step second was make sure at all times she is in pants and shirts so that she will be used to then. ( sometimes she would only have shirt and underwear on especially if we were not going somewhere). I had some cute things to put on her but i choose the thing i knew she wouldn't throw a fit over. We have picture day on Thursday we will see how that will go. Here are the pics from the first day.

She would not put on her backpack so I said hold your Nap mat!!! Such a goof ball.
I will show you her outfit for picture day on thursday. Thanks for stopping by.

New Haircut

2009-09-06T17:05:00.004-05:00

Ok well I have been having trouble getting Missy hair under control so i decided that maybe by cutting it it would eliminate the problem. Its looks awesome so here the pics as she was getting it cut and the way its looks after.
I am behind on posting but maybe this will help get it started up again.

The last one was taken today. She starts school next week and I needed a good pic for school so I thought this came out great. Have a great Labor Day!!

July Outings

2009-07-31T17:12:00.009-05:00

We have been to the zoo twice this month so here are pics from that and a few extra.

Emily wasn't happy but i wasn't able to get another one better.

This one below was from the last visit I forgot to bring my camera but used my phone to take the picture. That's Missy's friend Abby.

Ok and now for the castle that daddy built.

well that pretty much sums up July..we didn't go anywhere for the 4th Missy was too tired to get out maybe next year. Now Aug is filled with starting VBS, Missy turning 3 and Peter's birthday...plus Women of Faith..so big month.

Been a long time!

2009-07-31T15:53:00.005-05:00

Well life took over and somehow this is one place that was forgotten about. Missy is getting so big and more independent by the day. I have been recently getting ready for VBS at church. Plus I got strep int he middle of it. So there have been so many things in my way it seems. Well first She has been in tumbling starting last year and so this year i got some pictures. She is trying out her outfit on that we got from a friend. She loves it and was showing me "TA-DA" Loves the monkey bars.

This was at the end they put their hands like this so they can get there stamp one of the big highlights of tumbling.

Not sure why..but she was helping daddy in the garage and came in like this and said take my picture.

July post next....

Road Trip

2009-06-19T12:39:00.009-05:00

Well A few weeks ago we decided just to get into the car and drive. We went to an amusement park and honestly I don’t know where it was except for in between 161 and 35. Anyway Missy had a blast at this park. Then we had a picnic right there at the park. We then got back into the car and went to the Grapevine Lake….not much there but just looked at the water and enjoy God’s creation.
We then decided to go look at the planes…but didn’t know they had moved the location so we ended up going home to rest. Then we got back out and took Missy to McDonald's. What a day. I hope we do it again because it was the best day.

Arcade room

Carousel

Train!!

A twisted tree that landed here from somewhere else can't remember where and landed here in the amusement park. So they say.

Animals we saw on our train trip around the whole park.

Stage Coach we passed as well.

Pony Ride was a huge hit..she loved it.

She is about to go to sleep.....

And she is out!

I would say "look its the lake" but i think she was yawning since she woke up when we arrived a the lake.

Going to go stand in the water.

Well no picks of the rest of the trip but its was great!

Last day of school

2009-06-19T10:02:00.004-05:00

Ok well I forgot I had pics of Missy on her last day of school. She wore her bathing suit for the first time. She also wore a pretty dress.

I can't believe school is over and she can't wait till school starts again.

Graduation

2009-06-18T07:53:00.004-05:00

I am so late on mentioning my niece. Kelli Graduated this year at Trinity…I am so proud of her. Here is a picture I took of my niece and brother not the best picture…my sister-n-law took a picture of Kelli and I but haven’t gotten the picture yet.

Driving already?

2009-05-26T13:32:00.006-05:00

So we all got in the car this last Sat and our plan was stop at Peter's work and then head off to Ashley's outlet to buy the couch. Well Peter's work thing took longer then expected. We did have some donuts to keep us busy but not for too long. So she decided she needed to drive....Here are the pictures i got..she is so funny with the way she is talking and how her vocabulary has expanded.

I will just take a break form all this driving and read a book.

Her favorite shades.

We ended up staying at home on memorial day and cooked and just had a relaxing day.

Hope you all had a great memorial day.

Let the fun begin.

2009-05-26T13:16:00.005-05:00

We have been looking for a couch and we researched all over the metroplex. We decided to look at Ashley's and Missy wanted to ride the horse. I actually video taped it too but it was not that great with my phone.. She has rode the horses that don't move but not this kind. She had a blast.I took her to the mall play area one day...it had a few people there at first then they left and we had the whole place to ourselves. I took pictures of her cause she was just too cute.

I thought I took a picture of when we first went to the mall to play..it was back in Sept of 2007. Time as flown by.

She kept getting on the pig over and over.

When we were done playing I promised I would let her ride on the carousel.

It was a fun day!!

Take pictures mommy!!

2009-05-12T22:58:00.005-05:00

This afternoon Marissa was playing and she started putting her stuff animals in a area and then wanted to take pictures. Also on another note she has been potty training lately..wearing panties even went poo poo in the potty all by herself today. YEAH!!!

Her hair was in pigtails ealier and she pulled them out so her hair looks funny...she says she looks like a elephant. Silly girl!!

Mothers Day

2009-05-10T08:07:00.005-05:00

I hope all the mothers have a great Mothers Day!! It has been a roller coaster the last 32 months of being a mom and I love Missy more each day. If you still have your mom make sure you tell her how much you love her. We enjoyed dinner with my parents last night. I am so thankful for my Mother. Hope all of you have a great Mother's Day!!!

Easter Dress

2009-04-20T11:35:00.002-05:00

Dancing in the dress!!

Silly face!!

Hope you had a great Easter!!!

Easter Egg Hunts!

2009-04-20T11:12:00.005-05:00

I am way behind for Easter but here are some picks. We were lucky enough to get invited to 3 egg hunts. The first was at our congregation a week before Easter. Then Invited to one with friends and the third my neighbor invited me with her family at there church egg hunt. Lots of fun, lots of eggs, lots of candy and toys. here are the pictures.

Waiting for easter egg hunt to begin. The stillest I have ever seen her.

Church friends, Emily and Abby.

On to the second egg hunt..

She collected 34 eggs. Lots of toys in those eggs.

Ok the last one was at my neighbors church..we forgot her easter basket so we had to use a bag.

The sun was in her eyes.

This is my neighbors children.

Well thats the egg hunts. I am posting her easter dress she wore on Sunday next!!

Cell Phone pictures

2009-03-25T22:34:00.003-05:00

I thought i haven't posted some cell phone pics in a while.

Park time above.

She finally got the dress on that she was suppose to wear on halloween...but it was only for a few minutes now she says itching when seeing the dress.

My new hair cut!!

Have a great rest of the week and weekend.

Cute Hair, family, new friend

2009-03-25T21:57:00.005-05:00

I have not been blogging because well nothing to blog really...Here is pictures from the last few weeks. I am loving putting Marissa's hair up.

Didn't get a good picture of family but some of them. We went to visit G-Pa. My aunt and uncle were in town and my sister and her family joined us as well.

A great Picture with Cousin Melissa

I was trying to get a smile pic of us but apparently It was just me.

Just thought that was a great picture.

They drew this on her face right before school ended.

She loves to climb on me.

Her new friend. Our neighbor Katie.

Pony, Dress and Hair up

2009-03-14T21:02:00.006-05:00

OK I have been bad..I have new pictures..but they are random. Nothing big going on except today which I will have to post about later. she was showing off her Pony..she thought the pony needed a handband as well.

OK the next pictures..are of her dress that i bought for school pictures.

I am alway saying this it seems but I am amazed everytime that I am able to put marissa's hair up in a half pony tail So here is pics of a time that I put her hair up.

Have a great Week!!!

Pictures from cell

2009-02-23T21:45:00.005-06:00

I take random pics with my cell and I thought i would share them with you. I am having some free time lately because Marissa has been at my sister-n-laws since Sunday afternoon. She is coming home tomorrow night. Its been a nice break so far...I have been able to get some things done. The first 4 were from the laundry mat. our dryer was and still is not working and so i had to take her one day to dry a load. She was eating crackers and looked too cute.

This was on the way to preschool...she always looks great in the car seat on school day.

Playing

2009-02-21T07:20:00.005-06:00

Hello everyone, Between sickness and life I haven't had a chance to post. Marissa was only sick for like a day or 2 but peter and I its been a little longer. Peter is sick today again. anyway. I have been taken pictures lately and thought i would share. She has been teaching ginger and Bear things, reading to them. Just being cute. asking lots of questions and just being a 2 1/2 year old. She has been spending time with he neighbors kids and so she is learning how to play better....somehow she just didn't really know how until going to school and playing with other kids.

Ice cream cone. she talks about ice cream but hasn't had it but maybe 3 times her whole life.

Just looking so big to me. A little boy in her preschool threw a block at her and it hit under her eye...you can kinda still see it here. Thanks goodness its gone now since pictures are Thursday.

Reading bear a story.

I have pictures from my cell that i am posting next they are too cute. Thanks for stopping by.

A sad day

2009-02-04T22:41:00.004-06:00

My Friend Jennifer she is experiencing something I don't want to ever think about. Her husband got sick and went into the hospital and passed away today. I can't imagine not having peter and I am heartbroken for her. He was a wonderful guy and he will be missed. I just ask for prayers that Jennifer can find peace and keep looking to GOD. Thanks for reading.
Jennifer and I in 2005.

Pictures

2009-02-04T21:13:00.004-06:00

Well Marissa has been in a picture taken mood lately..so all of these pictures are random. Hope you enjoy.

New boots.

Wearing daddy's shoes.

This quite a look!!

A close up

She was being goofy..and posing for the camera.

Blocks and more.

2009-01-28T21:36:00.005-06:00

Peter and Marissa have been playing with blocks lately and I was able to get pictures of what they created. also she has been asking for me to take her picture so here are some of the pictures along with the block pics.

She got on his feet and said "mommy take a picture"

A cat and a snake

The star family Mega block style. Well minus the dog.

she kept moving so this was the best one taken with her in the pic.

Building a tower.

A building.

A really tall tower!!

She isn't potty trained yet..she just wants to sit on the potty like she is going....sometimes to avoid a bath.

Well....

2009-01-16T22:54:00.004-06:00

Well, I have nothing to write about. Marissa and I have been spending alot of time with our neighbors lately. They have 5 kids and Marissa and the 2 girls get along great. Plus i have found a great friend to hang out with or have some girl talk with. I took a couple of pictures of Missy but not very many...the camera is never in the place i need it at the time.

(Her shirt is not for the new kids but a shirt from college..i know i had to ask.)

We did go over to my grandfathers place to visit. My niece and nephew were in town from college and I only took a few pics and i can't seem to find any of them except this one above.

Peter was getting up and Missy came over and got real comfortable in Peter's lap it was too cute so i grabbed the camera real quick.

I will be 31 in one hour. Nothing big planned this weekend but hopefully in the next few weeks.

Have a great weekend.

Nothing much

2009-01-08T10:53:00.003-06:00

Well New years has come and gone and it was hard to get back into routine on Monday. We had been sick half of the 2 weeks peter was off. When Missy is sick we let her have her paci. Monday came and it was hard to keep the paci from her...We did ok that day, Tuesday she was at school so it was fine...then yesterday happened....i have never in my life seen a child hyper-ventilate over a paci. I never gave her the paci but she did find it and at that point I was too tired to fight again. Today of course is school so she should be fine and she is playing at the neighbors after school which should keep her from thinking about it. Here is some pictures.

She wanted her picture made..but her nose was really running. Up close a little gross.

Her funny face..per her request...she is a hoot.

I am getting closer to my birthday..I can't believe its almost here. I am very blessed. Hope you all have a great Day!!

Christmas Eve,Morning and Day (long post)

2008-12-30T07:55:00.011-06:00

For Christmas eve we always go to Peter's sisters. They have a huge spread and lots of laughter. This year I took my camera but forgot the sim card and was only able to take a few pics..

Missy and Cousin Evett...she got a little doll she can dress and undress...so much fun!!!

Peter's sister goes all out for this dinner.

Ok we look horrible here...but it was the only one I could get.

Christmas Morning

We had a few things for Missy plus Santa brought some as well. She had lots of fun opening presents.

Showing off her keys and sunglasses.

Pony Castle play set

Wearing a sweat shirt I bought.

Off to my Sisters house.

On to Christmas Day!! We have in the past had family at our house. This year my sister hosted the get together. We decided to just have finger foods this time...Less mess and less work.Missy got some great things and it was great spending time my family. My grandfather was able to leave rehab to come....he was having trouble going through Christmas without grandma. We miss her so much!! I will post a pic from last year of her at the end.

Cousin Melissa helped Marissa open her gifts.

Almost all of the family some are behind the camera.

Opening gifts.

Hope you all had a great Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

Playdate

2008-12-19T13:34:00.003-06:00

On Wed 2 of my friends came over with their girls for a play date. They had so much fun. Tried to watch a movie...they went back and forth from the movie to the bedroom. The women got to talk and kids played works very well. Then we ate lunch and played some more. When it was time to go they were tired and not too much of a fight. Marissa went down right after they left and took a great nap. Ladies we must do this again. Thanks for coming over. Here are some pictures i took.

They were singing Christmas songs on the fireplace

Sitting on Santa's lap

2008-12-13T21:33:00.003-06:00

Some kids sit well on Santa's lap while others scream. Marissa would fall into the category of screaming. Its starts with last year at circle of friends, then at legacy they had Santa visit again and now this year at circle of friends. I thought it was too funny not to blog about how my child loves to talk about Santa and gets all excited about telling him what she wants for Christmas but when she sees him in person she decides to scream instead. I know i am not the only one who has a child that hates sitting on Santa's lap which makes me feel a little better. Here are the pictures.

Christmas Pictures

2008-12-11T15:31:00.006-06:00

Well i finally got Christmas pictures made. They came out great. We also took our family Christmas picture. Here they are!

This one above is my favorite!

Now for our family picture. A few of them were too funny not to post the last one is the one i am sending out.

Have a great Weekend!!!

Grandfather, Last Day!

2008-12-11T14:40:00.003-06:00

A quick little update on my grandfather...my friend left a comment and it reminded me that I was going to update and forgot. So..My grandfather went home on Friday last week and he is upstairs in rehab sharing a room with another man. they don't speak hardly at all...its an adjustment. Seems to be doing fine. He is having constant problems with his hearing aids but that's a whole other story. Thanks for your prayers.

Well Marissa had her last day at preschool and when we got to the car I saw this hat and I thought I need a picture of her wearing it.

Guess what song?

2008-12-05T08:44:00.005-06:00

Marissa sings this all the time not the whole song just a part of it.

On another note my child thinks timeout is good she does something she knows is wrong and asks for timeout. How crazy is this?

Ladies Party and Prayer Request

2008-12-02T16:48:00.007-06:00

So every year Legacy has a Progressive Tea. We go to different homes to eat and fellowship.
I was able to go this year Thanks sweety for coming home early. We had a great turnout. Pictures were suppose to be taken but before we left the first house i was asked to take pictures. so here is the group i was in. It was alot of fun.

Everything above is from the first house.

The pictures above were from the second house.

A separate note. My grandfather went into the hospital Friday with chest pains. His heart rate has been unstable and blood pressure up and down. I think they have figured out what to give him and now he is going to be released either today or tomorrow. He will not be able to go back to his apartment he will have to go upstairs to the home part and go through therapy to get some strength back. This has been a rough 5 months with my grandmother just passing earlier this year.

Thanks for your prayers.

Short and Sweet!

2008-11-25T21:46:00.005-06:00

Hello all who look at this blog. This just a little post...getting ready for family coming to my house so lots to do.

I never did get 2 year pics so..i have let it go and now will focus on Christmas pictures. I did get a good pic of her on of course a Sunday when she dressed really nice.

She is a bundle of joy and a handful all at once.

Dancing ..she loves running in circles....I get dizzy watching her.

Have a great Thanksgiving.

Playing

2008-11-20T10:56:00.004-06:00

Well i am so behind in blogging. Not too much going on...we have had some sickness and family trouble( my nephew). Finally its getting close to thanksgiving...Family is coming to my house so lots of cleaning and getting ready for company. All my family lives here in the metroplex so that's a blessing. Marissa is testing us everyday, every hour, every minute. Here is some random pictures i took the last 2 weeks. She has been playing in the hallway...this is what i found one day. Too cute.

So proud !!!

she decided she needed to wear my tennis shoes.

Have a great weekend!!!

Why I haven't posted

2008-11-08T21:50:00.004-06:00

Well Marissa has had a virus..it was short but it has cause other things to get neglected and so therefor haven't been able to blog. I have some new video but i haven't put it on my computer yet maybe by Tuesday i will.

On a political note I was sad that Mcain lost but i know that God is in control and I pray that good can come from Obama.

Thanks for stopping by..sorry this short i will write more next week...hopefully something exciting can happen to write about.

I will leave you with a cute pic of marissa that i haven't posted.

Halloween

2008-11-03T07:06:00.003-06:00

Hello everyone. Well where do I begin. Marissa orginally was going to be a princess...but the dress was itchy and she refused after one time. So my sister had given me a pooh outfit and we tried that one on and she wanted to take it off . This was all on Sunday night the night of the fall festival at church. we went back and fourth and we decided to skip the event. I knew that Thursday would be more difficult because she would need to dress up for school. Thursday morning I dressed her and took pictures. She wanted the hat and red jacket off..i did manage to keep her in the main part of the costume till school. When we got to school we put the rest on and walked in. She did really well...the teachers said she was funny trying to buckle her chair with the big tummy. So at least school was a success. We didn't go trick or treating on friday cause marissa bedtime was approaching. Here is the pictures i took....only one or 2 came out..she kept moving then trying to remove part of the costume.

Her hair is wet i had to spray water to comb it..its not dirty..just in case you wondered. :)

Zoo Trip Again!!!

2008-10-20T16:44:00.006-05:00

Well not much going on here. We went to the zoo again with friends from church. I didn't get alot of pictures this time. I got a pic with Abby, Emily and Hannah in the stage coach. I also got a picture of a bird a zoo keeper was holding and talking about. A good trip. On anther note marissa gets her stitches out tomorrow afternoon.That its for now.

This was right when we got to the zoo.

A picture and Video

2008-10-15T08:54:00.004-05:00

OK well Marissa is doing better with her owies. Hand has healed and her arm still has stitches..they will come out next week.

I have a picture of her arm..If you don't want to see it then skip the picture and go to the video.

We found on youtube a video of a kids show called bumblz and there is a video that is so cute its called a new pair of shoes thought most women would like this song.

Have a great wed. I forgot about ten things yesterday but i am still planning on doing it today.

ok couldn't get it uploaded so check it out here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt1cOLBnfR4

Long day!

2008-10-10T21:47:00.002-05:00

Ok well I don't have pics but today has been a really long day. Let me back up and explain how we got to today. Marissa broke out on her legs and arms and a little on the stomach...also she has a rough area on her foot. We saw a doctor for her foot problem (the rash was not looked at byt he doctor cause we forgot..I know Mother of the Year!) she gave us medicine and we went on our way..then actually during the doctors visit had the rash that continued to get worse..so that by the weekend i took her to CareNow.They told me it was a food allergy and to give her Benyadril so we left. Gave her medicine for 5 days and the rash didn't go away and her foot still was bad......So i called to get a appointment with her actual doctor and she was booked but a cancellation happened and we got in at 1130. So we are heading off towards the doctor but decide to stop and see my mom who was helping a friend at an estate sale. Everything was fine until Marissa decided get on a day bed they were selling. Unknown to any of us they were Exacto knife blades on the bed. She cut her arm and her right hand. So messy....finally got a band aid on her and we headed for the doctor. we got there really early and they couldn't find our appointment but felt so bad they worked us in. It was a good thing because she needed stitches in her arm. WHAT FUN! NOT!! Luckily we were able to stay there and get it all done. On the rash issue they checked for strep which was negative so they gave me a lotion to put on her body and foot...so we shall see about that. She gets her stitches out 14 days from today. That Poor little girl.....lots of screaming and crying and blood...she was exhausted she slept for 3 hours after we got home. We were really lucky that we were already headed for the doctor today. All is well for now but man today was lots of drama. Thanks for listening and pray for her cause it was her right hand she can't eat with a fork and well coloring is really difficult. She is really refusing to use the right hand at all.

Hope you all enjoy your Weekend!!!

Also Happy Birthday MOM!!!

Long time no blog

2008-09-26T13:43:00.007-05:00

I have no excues except being lazy. Kept thinking i need to upload pics and blog but everytime i would look at everyone elses and leave. Marissa is doing great at school. Latley she is talking and singing more....Knows alot of songs...She is just a joy..however we have entered the tantrum 2's. I know 3 are worse..can't wait! We went to the zoo with some friends..I took some more pics from that and some random pics.

African Termite mound.

Riding the Alligator

She loves wearing her sunglasses
This is in the buggy at the zoo.

That's all for now. Have a great Weekend!!!

First Day of school!!

2008-09-09T14:27:00.004-05:00

Well it was time for Preschool....Marissa had a great day. She ate really well and they said she was talkative and apparently a good sleeper. When i picked her up she was still asleep. She did not even cry when i left she was like bye bye mommy. I think she likes it so much because she has lots of other kids to play with and at home she just has me. She was excited to see me when i picked her up, last year she cried because she didn't want to leave...i am sure that will come later.

On another note she has been potty training so no more diapers...and she has gone a few times number 1 only but the teachers at school are all about helping potty train as well. Which will really help her get used to it more and more. I have one more picture. She went over to her aunts house which she LOVES!! (the cat and her aunt) and this picture I took in the car before we left for her house...I just thought it was a great picture i wanted to share.

Winter hat and bag lady

2008-08-28T21:45:00.008-05:00

Ok So Marissa has this doll stroller..which she sometimes takes her dolls for a walk. However most of the time she puts everything but dolls in it and hangs an Easter basket and her purse and she got a hold of her lunch bag and she carrying all the play food and my little pony's and books etc around the house peter said she starting to look like a bag lady. As if that weren't funny enough she is wearing that winter hat again. Here is some pics.

This is Ginger

This is Bear!

OK i have a video But I can't download it because the size of it is to big....its just Marissa playing She asks ginger (a doll) are you ok and you cold....then she walks away and she came back and didn't have ginger or bear (care bear) and I asked where they went and she said to bed. Too funny!! I really wish you could have seen the video. Maybe next time.

Have a great Weekend!!

Mall and Church

2008-08-18T15:38:00.004-05:00

Well this weekend was full of fun things all of them which I took no pictures of.

We went to grapevine mills mall and met up with my friend Kelli and her niece Kendell (along with her mom and husband) and ate lunch. Marissa rode on the carousel for the first time...she did great...but not without a fit before. I love tantrums in public....cause you want to discipline but are nervous when alot of people are watching you.

Then Sunday our church was having one service in our new worship center. We had a huge turn out. 7 Baptism's. Peter ended up staying in the nursery because help was needed. I think there was 14 children in there at one point which is way too many...anyway we ended up leaving before it was over..cause Marissa was so tired and hungry plus we were meeting my parents and nephew for lunch. Sunday was Peter's Birthday. So we ate lunch then on the way home Marissa fell asleep....while she took a nap my parents and I went back up to the church for singing and scripture reading. Singing was awesome in the new building. Overall a great but at times stressful weekend...Women of faith is this weekend can't for some girl time with one of by Bff's Melissa.

Here is one picture I did get..before church. (seems like the best ones are then)

Have a great week!!!

My Baby is 2!!!

2008-08-10T13:54:00.007-05:00

It finally came.....Marissa is now 2. We had a family party for her at our house. This year we gave her a play kitchen and left the rest up to family. She loves the kitchen. She got lots of puzzles and a couple of books and some money. Everything went ok until we sang Happy Birthday then she started crying. Ok well i should back up cause we started her party at 1130 well her nap time is 1230 ish and so we did cake during nap time. She was so tired. Peter's sister and husband were running late but they were able to get a few pics with her and give her a card before she was out. She slept while the party continued not much longer though. When everyone left i went and took a nap..I was so tired. she had a great nap and then woke up in a great mood..we had a nice evening. Here is a picture of her as a newborn then at one year and now at 2.

Ok here is pictures from the party didn't get as many as i would have liked...no group shot this time, but here is what i was able to capture.

Here is the present we got her. We already had a bucket full of play food so this was a perfect place to use the play food.

Aunt Karen and family gave her a basket full of more food.

The birthday cake...its was good and from walmart.....I know i should have baked one but too long of a story to tell you why i didn't.

The crying episode while singing Happy Birthday to Marissa...she was just so tired.

OK now we have recovered and enjoying cake...much less messy then last year.

Thanks to cousin Melissa who helped alot with her...she was fussy and didn't really remember people who came but loved Melissa.

Have a great week!!

Random

2008-08-08T09:01:00.002-05:00

Well marissa talking so much and actually making sense...."mommy i'm fine" "can't find pacie", "more cheese please" "tank you mommy" This picture was taken before church...that seems to be the best picture time.
She keeps getting her winter hat and puts on and walks around the house. She just looks so funny in it...I keep telling her that, that hat is when its cold. However the house is cold alot so it does make sense.

A friends Birthday Party

2008-07-30T21:17:00.003-05:00

Well Marissa went to her first birthday party and I didn't take her. My parents did..it was at the church i grew up at and he had a petty zoo at his party. Marissa from what my parents said had a blast and from the pictures its looks that way.

Here are some of the pics my dad got while at the party.

That was where the rabbit was he did end up jumping out and hopping away.

Thanks fisher for inviting Marissa she had a blast.

Prayers for a friend

2008-07-25T17:33:00.003-05:00

My friend Jodi is pregnant and find out some news that wasn't good. Please keep this family in your prayers.
For those of you who don't know Jodi, please read her latest post http://www.ourbeaverdam.blogspot.com/

Thanks everyone!!!

3 Years

2008-07-24T07:10:00.006-05:00

Peter and I celebrated our anniversary on the 16th of this month. It fell on a Wed. so i decided to make a nice dinner. We did get a away for a night and most of the next day which was really nice. Thanks to my mom for watching Marissa. Here is pictures starting with our engagement to our last family picture which was Christmas 2007.

Our engagement picture

Right after we were married!!

Our First Christmas!
A Banquet at Peter's previous job.

Our family now. This was Christmas 2007!

I love you Hunny and can't wait for the years to come.

Pool

2008-07-23T21:20:00.004-05:00

Well i know i said i would write soon and then weeks went by. I have been having back trouble and so that has keep me out of my normal life. On top of trying to get the camera connected in order to get the pictures on the computer. Marissa is growing and talking more each day. I have pictures of her playing in a little pool we got...I haven't been taking many pictures lately. Hope you been having a great summer.

Seeing the pool the first time.

Marissa turns 2 soon. Can't believe that its here.

Long time again

2008-07-08T20:39:00.002-05:00

Well I have pics and stories to tell but i just got my computer up and working again. So it may be a few days before i can post with pictures. Thanks for stopping by..be back soon.

Catch-up post

2008-06-30T17:07:00.005-05:00

I know its been a really long time since I last blogged. With my grandmother passing it has thrown us all off. I have taken a few pictures but not much really going on. Marissa is talking alot more. She can count to 10 with your help of course. Some of the alphabet and colors. Shapes we are still working on. As you may remember she is now in a toddler bed. Well night is much better but naps are the worse. She ends up taking a nap (a good nap) on the floor in living room or in the car. She is still waking up too early again.

Here are some pictures.

I guess a nap on Daddy too! Not too often though.

I thought she looked so cute, it was Sunday morning and she actually posed for me. Her first pose for the camera.

We did go over to my sister's house for her birthday...This alligator is going to camp this week but Marissa decided to be the first to ride and wrestle it see pic below.

Well that's it for now..hopefully i can get back to writing more often.

Father's Day

2008-06-17T07:49:00.004-05:00

Well i feel bad cause i didn't mention Fathers day. Our weekend was not your usual father's day weekend. This was when Marissa was in the NICU. They are so cute together and Marissa talks and asks about daddy all the time. She runs to him when he gets home and won't let go in the morning.

Daddy we love you!!!

A Long Week!

2008-06-16T13:09:00.002-05:00

Well I haven't blogged in a while. This last week has been a long and sad week.
As most of you know my grnadmother passed away on Wed. She was 93 and she lived a good christian life. She had Alzheimers and was getting worse. She fell and went to the hospital, they looked her over and thought she had a stroke but it was a UTI they treated her...but her kidney's started to shut down and she stopped breathing with her husband by her side. They we married and just celebrated 63 yearsa few pryor. What a blessing she was to a lot of people. Her voice was something i will never forget. I believe i get my singing gene from her. Her funeral was on Sat. The singing was the hardest to do as well as seeing my grandfather go through it. I have lost a good friend she was only 32. Earleen lived and she was getting worse so i know she is in a better place. I worry for my mom and her brother and especially my grandfather Judd..he is really lost without her. Plus he will have to move to a smaller place and we will be going through all of her things which will be very difficult. Please pray for my family as we cope and comfort each other.
Have a blessed week.
Go hug your family and tell them you love them and thank GOD for thim everyday..you never know when it will be their last.

Pictures

2008-06-02T14:19:00.008-05:00

Well we did get marissa a jeep car..found it at the resale shop. she loves it, however has a hard time remembering to switch to backward and use the steering wheel. She wants to sit back and the car steer itself.
I finally was able to put marissa hair up in a pony tail.

Now her bed..this was right after we converted it into a day bed. Her legs hurt everytime she tried to get off the bed. So we fixed that. The second picture here is of the finished bed.

I am going to buy a cute bed set but just haven't had the money...I did get girly colored sheets but haven't gotten the pillowcase.

That's pretty much it in a nut shell. Have a great week!!

Marissa's Weekend

2008-06-02T13:38:00.004-05:00

Sorry for not blogging...Not much was going on but that all changed on Friday. Marissa climbed out of her crib during nap time. I didn't even hear her get out. She had gotten all the wipes out of the refill package and was playing with them. A huge mess, it took me 15 minutes to salvage wipes. I had her show me how she got out Seemed pretty simple to me. So this weekend has been fixing her room. Made the bed into a day bed...fixed our own rail type thing on the side with some bumper for no "owies" Friday night she slept in the living room because her room wasn't ready and she of course woke up the in the middle of the night. I think I got 3 hours of sleep total. Sat during the day she keeped falling asleep on the floor here is a pic of one of the times.
Then Sat night peter slept in the room with her because some of her room was done some wasn't. He got off and on sleep. she would sleep with him on the floor and then in the bed. Up and down. Not sure how much sleep he got but since he ended up sleeping while i went to church...it was likley he didn't get much.
Last night the room was still lacking two locks on 2 drawers but that was it. So i got her to go to sleep took 30 min. Then left the room went to bed. she got out once and i took her back to bed. Stayed there until she was asleep and left. She woke up this morning at 530am. So we aren't quite there but it was better last night.
Today....she has a been a pill....so nap time i knew would be hard...she wasn't going to sleep at all so i gave in and rocked her. I needed some quite time and it was the only way it was happening.
so your wondering any pictures. I do but there aren't on the computer . i will add them soon.
Long weekend.
Ranger game tonight hopefully my husband can get off of work in time.

New kids on the block concert

2008-05-18T17:16:00.005-05:00

As some of you have heard New kids on the block is coming to town.
I am planning on going but need someone who would want to sit with me.
Some are getting their own tickets but i didn't want to buy 1 ticket and sit by myself.
Tickets go on sale June 9th
Concert is Oct 19th.
Let me know Thanks!!

Zoo Time!!!

2008-05-12T11:19:00.008-05:00

Well Peter and Marissa and I adventured off to the zoo on Sat. This was the first time taking her and the second time in many years (1995) since peter and I went together(when we first met). We were all prepared.(diapers, wipes, food, water etc) however nether one us remembered where the zoo was. Mapsco you say well it wasn't in the car. I had to call my mom to help. Yeah parents of the year. Marissa was patient for a little while but got upset and then fell asleep. Well we made it there finally and it wasn't really crowded yet. I took pictures some came out good others well its only because it was of me that i feel wasn't great. The cottonwood was horrible out there and Peter and I were miserable the whole time. Marissa felt fine just got tired. Overall a great day, but we learned that we should both take more allergy medicine before going again.

This was our first stop!

Her first reaction Yeah she wasn't as excited as we thought she would be not just here but overall.

Now here is her fav and i think it was the most reaction we got all day. Its the "af" as missy calls it.

See the excitement...ok well can't do justice with pictures..video would have been better.

Papa lion! after i took the picture the mama can over and they started to lick each other very cute but no pic of it.

Pretty Zebra

My favorite 2 people in the world!! ok well i have a "like can we leave now" look on my face and she looks tired. I took the pacie out right before peter took the picture.
Ok so like 2 minutes of leaving this was her in the car. She is holding her "af" that i bought her on the way out. She has 2 pacies because one was lost in the car and she found it when we got there. So attached to pacies or "bicies" as she puts it.

Cleaning revised

2008-05-05T15:26:00.004-05:00

Ok so i mentioned in the last blog about cleaning well today has been great for cleaning. Marissa has played awesome today and took a great nap as well. Now my only problem is getting her to sleep longer in the morning although today she slept till 620am which is later then she has for the last 2 weeks. Time shall tell if maybe this will now be a habit for her. The Ladies Retreat was great. The speaker was really good..i enjoyed and took away alot from our small group at the retreat. I got to know Joanna more riding there and back which was great. I will have pics of Marissa next post, I promise.

Questions

2008-04-29T21:46:00.002-05:00

Not sure if anyone could help but here is my plea.
I can be lazy with the best of them but i am having a diffiult time cleaning my house. Finding time to clean with marissa. I will say that she sometimes plays well alone but is at the stage that she is doing something she isn't suppose to be doing and I have to watch more closely now.
So i guess i have two questions.
How to clean a house with a 2o month daughter around 24/7?
How to schedule cleaning? what's your secret or way of getting it done. Please share your ideas and suggestion because i am going crazy.
I know I listed clean kitchen and living toom today but its alot more then that.
I know I should have figured it out by now but no such luck.
Thanks

No More Sickness!

2008-04-07T21:52:00.005-05:00

Well Marissa is over the croup now just a cold. I am glad that last week is over. I found some pictures i took in march. She realy enjoys "Roll the gospel charriot" song so i have some pics and one video. Be aware on the video I sound horrible and I say we will be singing this forever at the end..didn't realze i said that. Its so true though.

anyway on to the pictures and video.

Ok so funny on this video when the devil is in the way part she picks up the phone...priceless!!

Nothing and sickness

2008-04-03T07:14:00.004-05:00

Well I am behind on blogging. Nothing was going on until Monday night. Marissa had a bad cough and a high fever. She went to the doctor on Tuesday and we found out it was croup. So she got a shot of steroid and we were on way home. Its has to pass on its own. Motrin for her fever but no medicine for her cough. Lets just say my sleeping at night well I am not sleeping cause croup is the worst at night. Last night was better...we had a humidifier in our room and she slept with us..first time. She did sleep most of the night. Probably won't be gone till sometime this weekend. I hope every else out there is feeling much better then Marissa. Have a great day!

oh i had pictures taken for easter..here is some of the ones i love.

She so needs a haircut can't tell here but you should see her hair now.

Funny Story!

2008-03-21T09:33:00.002-05:00

I have a story to tell everyone and its gross and funny at the same time. Marissa is now really acting like a 2 year old..although she doesn't turn 2 until August. This morning i hear her talking...almost making sense...not enough though for me to understand. I walk in and she has her diaper in her hand and says something. The diaper was wet really wet and dirty. I rushed the diaper to the pail and then had to wipe down the bed and her hands. Then cleaned her up and finally took the sheets off the bed etc. It was an eventful morning. So lesson learned....when putting on a night gown always wear shorts or pants.

Not Much

2008-03-15T13:37:00.004-05:00

Well not much has been going on. Same old same old. I do have some pictures of Marissa carring her purse. She is so funny she gets her purse and sometimes baby and gets into the car (her coupe) just like i do when we go somewhere. She talks on the phone as well like i do...in the car! Which is really funny as well. Ok now for the pictures.

She is getting so big, now if i can just get that paci away we would get some teeth pictures.

No time for bows I must remove them a minute or two after they were put on my head.

Well gotta go...See Ya!!!

Have a great weekend!!

Snow Time!!

2008-03-06T19:18:00.006-06:00

Ok so I thought i would probably beat everyone in posting snow pictures...but it looks like amie was first. It was so cool to see that much snow. Peter came home early and we went out to the backyard and played in the snow. Peter made a snowman. He is used to that kind of weather growing up in Poland and Chicago but me not so much. It was cold!

It was so cold that Marissa needed a break and we came inside to watch Daddy make the snowman.

The finished snowman...a little dirty on the bottom but over all it looked great. Have a great weekend!!!

Talking on the phone

2008-03-04T14:52:00.003-06:00

Marissa has been imitating me on her play phone...this is probably not the best video of her talking but I thought i would share anyway...If I get another one i will post it as well. if you listening closely she says bye and closes the phone fast...So funny!!

Marissa day with Aunt Karina

2008-02-26T12:10:00.003-06:00

Well I got a nice break yesterday while Marissa stayed with Peter's sister. She had lots of fun...I have pictures from her day out with Karina. She is a great picture taker i am going to her for picture instead of a professional

Valentines Day

2008-02-15T16:47:00.003-06:00

Well Thursdays can be busy..with Marissa in preschool and I watch Kaitlyn during the day...its goes so fast and seemes like lots of things to do. So yesterday afternoon i pick Marissa and dropped off Kaitlyn and went straight to the house so marissa could play and get energy out so when I get back in the car laster she wouldn't be horrible. Not sure what time we left but we went to tom thumb and got some neccesities (milk, bread etc) then I decided we would eat Panda Express so we leave Ton Thumb and go get Panda...Long lines everywhere we went. It took forever to get back home but once we made it back and had dinner it was a great evening. Peter brought me a yelow rose which is my favorite. He also brought home a balloon for marissa which was the best part of her day. I wish I had pictures to show you but i was so tired last night that I didn't want to go find the camera. Just thought I would share what we did for valentines day!
Hope you enjoyed yours.

A close up

2008-02-11T21:25:00.000-06:00

After seeing Jodi's pictures with Reagan..it occured to me that I had taken pics of me and Marissa this month and thought I would share. Me close up not so much but Marissa looks great.

Marissa lately has started doing alot of different things, one of them has been getting into boxes, containers etc. We bought some containers to hold toys and one day I look over and Marissa is getting into the container. Here is some pics of her entertaining herself with this container.

Lots of fun times.

Park Time

2008-02-04T17:54:00.000-06:00

Well since the weather was nice I took Marissa to the park.

One more picture. I bought Marissa this really cute outfit at a resale shop called Finders keepers for kids. Its located in NRH, Its off of Davis Blvd right after Tarrant Parkway. Just in case you want to to try a new place.

Have a Great Week!!!

A little bit of everything.

2008-01-24T14:59:00.000-06:00

Well I have been bad at taking pictures lately. We have been sick for what seems like forever and now finally me and Marissa are better but peter isn't I have one good picture of Marissa with her coat and hat and her favorite doll Molly.

I celebrated a birthday this month. The big 30!! which most of you have already have experienced just recently. I have been waiting all year long for this birthday because i wanted to spend the night in a hotel and spend the day with peter by ourselves. We had a great time we just went to Plano but drove all over the area. Went bowling and to Ikea and ate of course. I had never been to Ikea. That store was so annoying making you walk through the whole store...anyway i wasn't too impressed except that I actually found FINALLY table and chairs for Marissa. (No picture at the moment) I have been looking forever. The table is red and chairs green and blue. So all in all a great weekend. I hope you all have a great weekend!!!

New Years Party

2008-01-07T11:19:00.000-06:00

Well Peter i went over to My friend Missy's for a New Years Eve Party. Lots of fun...different from the old days. New years 1999/2000 was the best.

This is Missy,Jerry,Brian, His friend Taylor and my Hubby.
Ok little story here. Brian always bangs his pots and pans at the strike of midnight. So here is doing his thang.(this is the best picture i could get although you can't see the pots.) :)

This most of our group The Pier Group. Its missing Donnice. Hope you all have a great
NEW YEAR!!!

Christmas

2007-12-29T06:50:00.000-06:00

Well I hope that your Christmas was wonderful! We had a interesting weekend leading up to Christmas. Marissa had a high fever on Friday. The doctor of course was already gone so we gave her medicine and the fever dropped but she still wasn't acting like herself. We went to Peter's sister on Christmas Eve had a good time but Marissa was a little fussy. Christmas morning she woke up with maded eyes. (not sure how to spell that) So we got her fixed up and she saw what Santa brought. I will tell you the pictures of her that morning you can tell she isn't feeling to good by her eyes. She still seemed to have fun though. Then after Christmas I took her to the doctor and she had a really bad ear Infection and a sore throat. Well no wonder she was not herself. poor baby. I feel like a horrible mother. She showed no huge signs and then it was over a weekend which seems to always happen. Here are photos starting with Christmas eve and Karina's to Christmas day.

Karina and Marissa

Showing off our hats.

Look what Santa brought me. A new car and new cabbage patch dolls. (actually my old ones )

Loving her new dolls.

Looking at my cool new purse.

Look at all the toys I got. Along with some clothes of course.

Happy Holidays!!!

I elfed us.

2007-12-20T21:57:00.000-06:00

Check it out. Merry Christmas!!!!!!

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1633396914

Random

2007-12-02T21:18:00.000-06:00

OK well not much going on after thanksgiving and this year I was terrible with pictures. Here is Marissa showing off her footy pajama's. Jodi I agree there are too cute. Have a great Week!!

She looks so tired in this picture.

I have a hard time getting her picture cause she keeps moving so this one turned out pretty good of her face.

"I'm outta here"

Thanksgiving feast

2007-11-20T07:07:00.000-06:00

Well we had our Rainbow school Thanksgiving feast. We had a great turnout and the food was great. Here are some pictures of Marissa (although not great ones) and some pictures of the class i was teaching the 2's.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Halloween (Late)

2007-11-09T22:36:00.000-06:00

Sorry I am a little late on this. We tried on her costume before halloween and she didn't want to leave it on for very long..however we did get some cute photos. Then I took her up to Peter's work on Halloween and we walked around each department and saw the decorations they did. One was a toons area and the other cute one was winnie the pooh hundred acre wood. Here are all the photos.

Lady bug taking a very short nap.

Sponge bop square pants!!

All of Winnie the pooh's friends minus winnie the pooh who had to leave and pick up a child from school!

Hope you all had a great halloween!!

A day with Kendell

2007-10-27T19:41:00.000-05:00

Marissa spend part of the day with my friend Kelli's neice. Marissa and kendell competed over feeding the dogs a snack. Then we went to the park at boys ranch.

She was so funny she would hold out the food for poopy dog and when he took the food she'd look scared but then would do it again the same as before. He was really funny but i guess you would have had to be there.

Lots of fun on the swings.

Mattress Time

2007-10-27T19:33:00.000-05:00

Peter and I got a new mattress...a king size and marissa thought it was so much fun. Here are some pic of her adventure. Is it confortable well i will have to see....
You can definitley stand on it.
AAHH this is the life!

Actually it really is a great mattress....but she does sleep in her own bed!

Long Time

2007-10-27T19:16:00.000-05:00

Sorry I have been busy with alot of things and nothing at the same time. Here is some random pictures from this month (Oct)

Marissa drinking daddy's famous fruit shakes!

She never really paid attention to the fireplace before but this month she has been climbing up and looking at herself, standing up and of course the always funny banging your head thing.

Ok we had a grarge sale and she was very antsy so peter took her for a stroll except she decided she liked pushing the stoller herself!

A day at the park

2007-10-12T16:01:00.000-05:00

We took marissa to the park for the first...I know we are a little behind...however so is this blog we did this a while back. anyway here are some photos of her outting.

One Year Photo's

2007-09-09T17:02:00.000-05:00

Well I am little behind getting these pictures but they came out great. I am with Jodi it was hard to pick pictures here is just a few. The last one wasn't croped yet.

Not much going on

2007-08-30T22:02:00.000-05:00

We have been spending alot of time hanging at home. Sleeping, eating and of course playing. Here are a few pictures of Marissa when she was funny, cute or all the above. I have one picture starting with April thru Aug that i just got to share.

Marissa 's Drink!

Her teething look she got alot then didn't do it for a while and now just this week is doing it again. i think its a funny look.This face reminds me of Peter!
Peter was trying to get a good picture of her Lips. Children are so precious when sleeping.

Marissa's Favorite Toy. She got this train on her birthday. She knows where all buttons are and what plays music. Dances alot with the sounds and music.

Trip to see Grant Aunt Dottie's Birthday!

2007-08-19T18:01:00.000-05:00

Our Trip....

My Mom, Grandmother, Marissa and I went to see my grandmother's sister for her birthday. She was turning 90. Lots of family that i don't know real well but see every now and again. I believe the last time we saw everyone was at another one of my granny's sisters funeral unfortunately. This was a special trip for my granny. She is 93 and in not so good health with Alzheimer's. She still recognizes most everyone but you can tell that she forgets conversations. So to be able to see her 2 sisters which she had 5 sisters to begin with, this was hopefully not the last time to see them. Marissa walked all over this very huge house. We went to Pecan Plantation in Granbury which is where my mom's nephew Larry lives. Lots of fun and a dog which you will see in pics below. Marissa loved this dog and a ball Larry's wife gave her. Anyway thought i would share these photo's.

This is house we went to. Gorgeous!

Here is Marissa, Honey (the dog) and Aunt Dottie's son Larry. Starting from the Left and youngest to oldest is Grant Aunt Salena 89, Aunt Dottie 90 and my grandmother Earleen 93.

Well this Aunt Dottie, My Grandmother, Mom, Marissa and I.

This Everyone that came. We had a great time. We were very tired by the time we got home.

Marissa's 1 yr Birthday party!

2007-08-16T17:10:00.001-05:00

Well Marissa's Birthday arrived and went. We had a great party with my family and some of Peter's family. It was crowded in our house and we were exhausted went it was over. Peter's sister offered taking Marissa for the night after the party so that we could get a good nights rest. That was so needed cause i spend the last 2 nights with Marissa on the couch because of her nose.

Here are some pictures from the party...I am sure that Karina (Peter's sister) had alot more pictures then we did cause we were trying to host.

This the first cake we gave her on her actual birthday. A trial run you would say.

Now this one was at the party. Just one of many photos of her enjoying her cake. Which was everywhere by the time she finished!!

Well eating your presents is the best part at least the books!!!

Well this isn't the greatest picture of some of us but its the only one I have at the moment. There is another one with everyone in it...I will have to get that from Karina.

First Time

2007-08-02T21:42:00.001-05:00

Well this is all very new to me. We are getting ready for Marissa's first birthday. I can't believe she is already a year.

Here is Marissa trying not to fall. She is actually now walking a little bit. But this was a cute picture from before.