Happy 2011

It's hard to believe that 2010 is coming to a close. This time last year, it seemed as if time was standing still. I was a big, fat pregnant lady that just wanted to hold her baby. I started 2010 off in fear. Fear of labor and sleepless nights. Luckily for me, labor went by pain free.. and with zero effort on my part. Then came the sleepless nights. The days were great, I loved my little man like no other! But, unfortunately the nights came and they were not pain free. It didn't seem like I would ever get a full nights sleep. I started to question why in the world I wanted this so bad. Eventually, I went back to work.. and time started flying by. Cash started sleeping through the night, sitting up, crawling and eating big boy food. He's my everything and I couldn't be more happy with the gift 2010 brought me! So, here's to 2011! We have so much to look forward to!

Christmas Pictures

We started our Christmas Eve out with lunch at Macaroni Grill, just the 3 of us.

As we were leaving Macaroni Grill... it started pouring.

It was a mad dash to the car.. we were all soaked.

We headed to Aunt Debbie's to hang out with my family..

Afterwards, we headed to Grandpa's to play with Jackson and open more gifts!

Santa-Drew showed up!

Cash did not know what to think!

He was so sleepy, he probably thought he was dreaming!

Christmas Day, we hung out at home (playing with our new toys!) until the afternoon..

We made a stop by Mimi's and then Aunt Erica & Uncle Jerry's house

Dad.. what the heck are you wearing!

I'm really bummed that this picture turned out blurry!

E&J took us to see some really cool lights!

It's like something you'd see on You Tube!

This is Elfis, a puppet that sings!

He also had the Krengles..

which were Beatles puppets that sang also.

You tune your radio to a certain channel and listen from your car

...it was so neat!

We had a great Christmas!

We all got lots of good stuff!!

We loved getting to hang out with Aunt Steph & Uncle James!

Can't wait to visit them in April!

Zilker Tree

Update

• It's been a while since I've blogged anything.. I have been a busy bee! This is the first year that I've gotten really crafty during the holidays.. and I am exhausted! I didn't realize how time consuming crafts can be! Everything turned out pretty good, I think.. so it was worth it.
• I knew a few years ago that I would be doing this project whenever I had a baby! I'm so happy I finally got to do it!! My baby kept wanting to scrunch the paint between his toes though.. so, it didn't come out perfect, but I still love it.
• My Christmas vacation starts today, well.. actually, I work from home tonight.. but, like I said.. Christmas vacation has begun! ;)
• Earlier this month we took pictures for our Christmas cards... I think we took seventy five million pictures.. and there were two that were, eh pretty good. Cash was in need of a nap, so he was not very cooperative and Diego and I either had our eyes closed, or we were looking somewhere else, or mouths open.. oh well, better luck next year.
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• B. We went with A.

• Cash turned 9 months, he had his 9 month check up.. everything is going well. He weighs 19.11 pounds now. He's a little on the short side though.. thanks dad, haha jk. The only thing that he is not doing, that he should be doing is feeding himself. King Cash requires you to feed him. He however, doesn't mind putting everything else he finds in his mouth.. just not food. Damn! He did learn to drink from a straw though, so I'm happy about that (thanks Erica for the tip!)

He is getting even harder to take pictures of! If I'm too close, he attacks!

• My sleepy little reindeer!
• I usually wrap presents a little at a time, but since I had so much other stuff on my plate, I didn't start wrapping until I was pretty much finished with everything. While Cash was taking a nap, I created a giant mess in the living room floor. Ribbons, bows, paper.. and all sorts of other shiny things.. of course, I didn't finish before little mister woke up.. so he was thrilled to see all this fun stuff to play with!
• Dang, Attitude!
• "Don't look at me like your mama don't feed you!" Haha! I remember when people used to say that all the time..
• Random warm day in December.. hanging out, outside.

Scrapbook

Ever have those nights where you just can't sleep. It's 3 am and I'm wide awake. Weird.

For about the last two weeks, I've been getting really crafty. I guess it's just that time of year. One of my many projects has been a scrapbook. Since we've booked our next flight to DC, I figured it was about time I finished up the scrapbook from my last trip there. That was over a year and half ago. Oops.

That being said, it's finished now.. and I think it turned out pretty good. Better late than never.

The left of pictures and stickers..