Today I tried my best to flex my picture taking skills. My sister is in need of senior pictures and didn’t want to spend the hundreds of dollars it would cost to have them professionally done, so I guess I’m the next best thing. This was our fist attempt. I now know more about lighting … Continue reading Photo shoot
Last night we went out to celebrate Tako’s birthday. For his gift I baked him a lemon tart that he told me he was craving since I posted about it a while back. Dinner at Red Robin. We got the waiters to sing the traditional happy birthday song. It’s always fun to embarrass your friends.Games … Continue reading Friends
This is a project we did months ago, but I wasn’t able to blog about it because it was a surprise for Anthony. In each envelope (decorated by Jocelyn), there is a little love note for Anthony (written by me), and then sealed by Analise…we had a fun time trying to get her to salivate … Continue reading Love notes
Analise started this dancing type movement during feeding time. So cute. BTW she’s eating rice with soup from my plate…hence the big spoon. Continue reading Shake Shake Shake
It’s officially fall here in Colorado. The weather was beautiful today. Temperature’s reaching just about a high of 62. Time to bust out the warm coats. I bet Anthony’s jealous, I hear it’s close to 110 in Iraq… ekk. Continue reading Fall
I am exhausted! This is what a single parent must feel like. I was able to video chat with Anthony last night which was the first time I heard from him in 2 days. He shaved off all his hair and has already found a buddy to hit the gym with. Hopefully we’ll be able … Continue reading Weekend
JoJo’s elementary school held their annual carnival which is open to the entire neighborhood. Jo was a bit cranky at the beginning but soon started to enjoy herself. Bouncy houses.Mommy and Ana all bundled up. It was actually pretty cool out. I’m loving this CO weather.Make your own pixi stick. There were 6 colors … Continue reading Carnival
I think we ended up with more water on the floor than inside the tub. Continue reading Water Play
50 sheets of colored construction paper… 2 long man hours…365 days without Anthony. (each ring represents one day Anthony will be deployed. Each day JoJo will rip off a link in the chain) Continue reading 365
Here a are few pictures that I forgot to post. Aug 28: We were able to meet up with the newlyweds (Liza and Jon) and have lunch at Cheese Cake Factory. We killed some time window shopping afterwards. Anthony was itching to hold Alex and he finally got his chance to hold a little baby … Continue reading Rewind