About an hour before I got off of work today I got a phone call from the nurse at Lily’s school telling me that she had a fever. So I immediately left work and headed to her school. When I finally got her home I took her temperature and Lily was on fire! We have two [...]
In true Lily form she woke me up at 6:30am to tell me that she was hungry. The hotel restaurant doesn’t open until 7:00am so I told her we could go for a walk on the beach. It was super foggy when we woke up but to quote JP “Even the worst day at the [...]
Lily wore hanging earrings for the first time in her life today. Every time we go into a store that has earrings she always wants to get the big ol hoops but I keep telling her she has to wait until she gets older. We got her the pair she wore for Valentine’s Day this [...]
We have never liked a shopping mall as much as we like La Cantera. Since me and Lily are always on our own on Wednesday evenings we headed over to La Cantera after work. My goal was to find the perfect pair of shorts to wear on our trip this weekend. I tried on shorts at [...]
We went out to dinner today and as I was sitting across the table listening to Lily go on and on about this and that I started to wonder what it will be like when she gets older. As of right now she sits there with a smile on her face and eats her dinner [...]
I know it is hard to tell in the pictures that I publish but Lily is growing like a weed. She stands at about 54″ tall and it seems like she is getting taller by the day. Lately she has been expressing her awareness of it and it is not in a positive way. She [...]
There are only 13 shopping days left until Valentine’s Day! At work the employee club is going to be starting the Valentine pre-sale tomorrow through Friday. For just $2.00 you can send your favorite co-worker a heart shapped mylar balloon, a valentine and a piece of chocolate. Not to bad, right? Well today I had [...]
We had another beautiful day here in San Antonio today so JP and I headed outside to get some stuff done. For obvious reasons we haven’t paid any attention to the pool for the last few months and it needs a little bit of help. While JP tried to get the prime back in the pump and [...]
There are days when I really really enjoy being a mom. Sometimes Lily is in this great mood and everything is perfect and she is the perfect most amazing daughter ever. Today was one of them. When we were at the grocery store today I told Lily I didn’t feel like cooking dinner so she told me [...]
Lily are I are always on our own on Wednesdays because JP drives up to Austin for work and doesn’t usually get back home until late. A couple weeks ago Lily told me that she needed a couple more pairs of jeans and for the first time ever she was brand specific. I have a Levi’s girl on [...]
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This morning on my drive to work it was wet and cloudy. Since I don’t smoke anymore (234 days and counting) I don’t really have a reason to go outside during the course of my day. So about 8.5 hours later I walked outside and it was sunny and 73º! I was so excited! I drove straight to [...]
I had a 1/2 day off of work today and as I headed home this afternoon I was trying to decide what I wanted to do. I decided that today I would do something I have been putting off for a long time… Lily’s bedroom. Since JP is out of town for a couple days I [...]
I am sitting in the living room waiting patiently as JP hooks up some of the electronic stuff. I am hungry and thinking about putting the tamales in the steamer. Last year we decided our Christmas Eve tradition would be to eat mexican tamales for dinner on Christmas Eve. Here I am sitting in the big [...]
Today after work Lily and I headed to La Cantera to finish shopping for JP’s Christmas gifts. When we were walking past the Apple store Lily was captivated with this Santa. He looks very real, right? See even Santa wants a new iPhone.
Since JP is coming home late today I let Lily watch TV in my bedroom. When I told her I hadn’t taken a picture yet she said “It’s ok Mom just take a picture of me”. Is she my daughter, or what? We took a total of 22 pictures then we looked through them and found [...]
This is too cute not to share. Lily’s dad emailed me this list that Lily made for Santa while she was at his house. I totally know what she is trying to say on every item… do you? I also decided to post this one. This is a note we found on Lily’s side of the [...]
How do you make a fun wreath? Check this out. First you need a plain wreath. Some Playmobil toys, a glue gun and lots of glue sticks. A couple hours later you will have this. I took some closer pictures so you can see the detail.
I wear flip flops every single day. Seriously EVERY single day. I always slip on my flip flops before I leave for work in the morning and I change info a pair of heels once I get to my desk at work. Then when I leave for the day I put my flip flops back [...]
This morning we woke up in Ann Arbor, MI which is the home of the University of Michigan. We stayed at Weber’s I would 100% recommend this hotel to anyone staying in this area. Everything about it was awesome. The day before was so busy with the baptism and all that all three of us [...]
What do you do when you are on an airplane? This is what me and Lily will be doing. On our way home from Best Buy I told Lily we have to figure out what DS actually stands for. Right away she called out “digital” and then we went through a few S’s before we [...]
I have been trying to think back all day to the last time I took a vacation for this long. The only thing I can come up with was at least 10 years ago. It is pretty hard deciding what to pack. I layed out what I am packing for Lily on her bed so that tomorrow [...]
There are lots of things you can do to make an 8 year old tired and ready for bed. One that works every single time is swimming. Swimming has always made Lily tired no matter if its in a pool or on the beach. Today after work me and Lily head to the club to [...]
I know that I am at one of the happiest points in my life and it is only getting better. I know that I have a few very good friends what I would do anything for and vice versa. I know that I am in love with Mr. Wonderful! I know that we are going on vacation [...]
We decided it was the perfect afternoon to go bowling. I haven’t taken Lily bowling in a very very long time. Last time I took her she could barely even pick up the ball much less be able to throw it down the lane. This time was much better. First things first though we had [...]
Today after work Lily and I went to The Rim to go shopping for her winter coat for our trip north in a couple weeks. I heard about a big sale at JCPenney so that was our first stop. No luck in JCPenney but to bad I wasn’t shopping for other things because pretty much everything in that [...]
Today Lily and I went to get our hair cut. Lily needed a trim and I wanted shorter bangs. As usual Barbie did an awesome job. Here she is washing Lily’s hair. Then cutting it. And drying it. The drying part was simply to keep Lily amused. She put it on the lowest setting possible [...]
Do you remember the Wicked Witch of the Wests sister? The one who gets smoshed by Dorothy’s house? Here is Lily as the Wicked Witch of the East! She even has the ruby slippers. Here she is right before bobbing for apples!
For a special Halloween dinner Lily aka: Dorothy, JP aka: Cowboy and Me aka: Robin, all dressed up and went to the Chart House restaurant at the top of the Tower of the Americas for dinner. Before you get on the elevator they take a picture of you in front of a green screen. We bought the picture and as [...]
Lily thinks she drinks coffee. Her new favorite right now is Pumpkin Spice Lattes minus the espresso with LOTS of whipped cream!
After school today I took Lily to the mall to pick out earrings. Up until today she did not have any earrings except for the ones she got pierced with. They have some pretty cool earrings at the store and we had a lot of fun looking through them. Little did I know what was in store for us [...]
I told JP and Lily earlier this year that as soon as they start advertising Six Flags season passes as “buy for 2011 and get the rest of 2010 for free” I was all over it. Like a week ago they started advertising for Fright Feast so we bought season passes. The park is less [...]
Lily went to her second dance class today. This week I sat in one of the chairs that I assumed was mirrored on the other side. It was hard to get this picture. Then I figured out when Lily came and posed in the window that it is not mirrored on the other side.
I have been thinking about a hobby to keep Lily busy with during the school year. Last week I accidently stumbled upon a website for a dance studio near our house. I called and signed her up for a class that starts tomorrow. Of course we had to go buy the appropriate gear for her class. The [...]
We took Lily to the mall in Corpus Christi to get her ears pierced. Lily was excited but very nervous. Once the girl dotted her ears with the market she got really nervous. Then when both girls were ready to pierce Lily started to freak out. It was pretty obvious that they had ran into [...]
After breakfast at the hotel restaurant we headed down to the pool. The pool at the resort was so much fun. It is basically 4 pools that are each connected by waterfalls. We spent way more time at the pool this weekend than at the beach. Check out this underwater picture I snapped of Lily! [...]
Today is Lily’s birthday so this morning we unanimously renamed her to Sparkley McStinky Pants. Happy Birthday!
Today is day 1 of Lily’s birthday weekend. She got a package in the mail from JP’s parents and couldn’t wait until Sunday to open it. So… she got on the phone and convinced Marlene that it was very very important that she open the prize immediately! It came with a cute card, she was [...]
We had a loooooonnnnnggg week this week. Today its finally Friday! TGIF fo sho!! My brother James is visiting for the weekend. Here is a picture of James and Lily taken when we were at Rudy’s BBQ. After dinner we came home and went for a swim. We are still working on the perfect underwater [...]
I bought Philosophy body wash a couple months ago because I love how the Senorita Margarita smells. Now I can’t imagine not using it. I promised Lily we can go smell all of the Philosophy products and she can fall in love with one too. I also love my new curling iron. I have always [...]
Lily was playing out front after dinner today and took a tumble off of her scooter. Ouch! The odd thing is that she only scraped her chin.
The first load of stuff made it over to the new house today. Big thanks to Amanda, J9 and Lily who spent all day packing stuff up! At the new house Lily was outside in the backyard when we heard her start crying. She said she stepped on a wasp! No one actually saw said [...]
Today Lily, J9 and I went golfing. Ok ok we went miniature golfing. Here is Lily about to tee off. Check out hole #9. I put the red arrow in so you can see where you want to shot the ball. If you it just right it will go into hole and down a shoot and [...]
This is quite perfectly the best family picture that we have. Who would have know that when we get wet we have super powers? We get super powers. We can lift two times our weight. And something about JP makes us completely happy!!
Lily loves to draw. She has always loved to draw and in the last year or so she has learned that she likes to write as well. I can’t decide what I like better her drawings or her notes to me. Sometimes I wonder what she thinks about when I am not around. Today I [...]
Thanks to the hurricane we canceled our beach plans for the weekend. Yesterday I got a little water bug in my head and decided that rain or shine we were going to be wet. I reserved a boat on Canyon Lake which is about an hour north of San Antonio. Here is a picture of J9, [...]
Today we went floating on the Comal River. After you first get on the river you float for awhile until you hit the first tube shoot. J9 and Lily Pad were both so nervous about the shoot. Hours… and I am not kidding hours after J9 went through the shoot I saw this picture. You can [...]
We went to the book store today and I told Lily she could pick out a book. What a decision! She walked up and down that shelf a lot of times. She finally made a decision and then we were able to leave the store!
Lily had her last day of 1st grade today. I totally meant to take her picture when I picked her up from the after school program but I forgot!
