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#things I love :: Photography#

Is not new that I love love love photography and I really wish 1. I have talent  and 2. I have a nice DSLR but since I don't have neither I'm happy just stalking visiting my favorite photographers blogs and having some eye candy everyday every once in a while.


Here's my top 5:


Jessica Claire 
Kamee June
DrewB
Marnee Marriot & Latricia Soucy
Bethany Graham


If you live in Arizona and want some awesome pictures at a very affordable price call  Cortney Talbott, she just started her business and is building her clientele. She specializes in newborns, kids and families and her work is great!


Enjoy some awesomeness and AMAZING images that I'm sure will stay in your memory for long long time.


Share some love with them! They deserve it!

Happy 14 months my dear love!

Oh my! 14 months already and I'm just getting over the fact that she turned ONE!

Where did the time go?

How did this happen?

Please someone explain that to me, when my tiny and fragil baby became such a fun, hyperactive, smart little girl?

She can now say mama, dada, papa, ball, dog, bye-bye, balloon (oh she LOVES ballons), she says mooo mooo like a cow and quak quak like a duck.

She blows kisses, she does "give me 5", she does "touchdown".

She takes 1 or 2 naps a day, depends on at what time she wakes up in the morning.

She eats almost everything as she is getting really picky about vegetables and such, her favorite is cheese tortellini with marinara sauce, strawberries, pancakes (McDonald's pancakes) and she loves her milk.

My favorite part is when she is playing and all of the sudden she runs towards me and hug me so tight! or when she hears the garage door opening and she runs to the kitchen pointing at the door saying dada, dada! because she knows daddy is home.

Happy birthday my princess!

We will love you forever

we will like you for always

as long as we are living

our baby you will be.

#Mcfatty monday :: week 4#

As I'm eating a full bag of popcorn I'm very happy to announce that I lost 1.8 more pounds this week!!!

I have been very good at counting calories so I don't end up eating more that I should and I really think is not that complicated and the best part is that I can still eat whatever I want just being careful about the serving sizes.

I haven't drink anything but water and I feel good about it, I don't miss soda at all.

Now let's talk about exercise, I'm lazy and I don't like it but I realize that if I want to reach my goal in less time I need to get up and work my butt off.

I found a very cool gadget on my phone call cardio trainer where you can setup everything about your weight loss program, how many lbs you want to loose, how many calories you are eating everyday, your BMI, everything about your work out, it tells you if you are wlaking or running, for how long, how many calories you burned, it also has a GPS !!! I'm in love with this application but I found it yesterday so I didnt do to much exercise this week, I just walked 5 miles yesterday and I'm planning on doing this everyday, 3 miles with my baby on her stroller and 2 more miles with my dog at the dog park!

(Note for myself: Get a jogging stroller)

This is the longest that I have ever follow a plan to lose weight and I'm happy, energized and motivated to keep going.

I want to thank to my wonderful husband for all of his support because I couldn't do this without him cheering me on!!! Love you babe!

My goal for this week is to lose at least 2 more pounds and start walking faster everytime so I might be able to start jogging in no time.

Until next monday

#Mcfatty Monday Week 3 #

Yes, y'all!!! (As Blair, the creator of Mcfatty monday would say) I already lost *EIGHT* lbs and I'm so very happy and proud of myself.

I have to say that it haven't been easy to count calories and restricted the amount of food that goes to my tummy everyday or drink just plain water mostly because 1. I do like to eat like a pig and 2. because I love soda and sugary drinks.


But the results oh! the results are wonderful, 6 lbs this week and my skin looks much more hydrated.

Love it!

The bad:

I haven't done exercise AT ALL! Not even 10 minutes
I'm obsessed with the scale and weighed myself every single day which some day made me so frustrated as I wasn't seeing any changes.

The good:

I drank lots of water

I didn't have ANY soda not even diet.

I scrumptiosly counted my calories every day

Goals for this week

Do some exercise (I don't promise I will but at least I will try)

Keep counting calories (5 days - 1500, 1 day - 1700, 1 day - 2200)

Hide the scale until next monday

So yeah! I still have a long way to go but I can feel this time I will do it!!!

Until next monday

# Home Improvement#

Before David & I got married he had lived in this house for about 2 or 3 years, when I move in every single wall was white, the furniture was arranged in a different way, he had 2 plants that he kept alive because he likes plants but that was all.

This was a bachelor house!

Little by little I started painting one wall at a time, re-arranging furniture, putting pictures and paintings up, adding some color, making this house feel like home.

 I love HGTV and I would love to have the creativity those people have and of course the money to do it but sadly I don't have neither of them so I have to improvise.

It's incredible what a simple curtains and a cute curtain rods can do to enhance a room.

Here is the prove.

(Sorry about the mess)

Today we FINALLY were able to put these up and I love it!!!

What do you think?

#Help out Haiti#

I lived in Mexico City when the earthquake of 1985 happened. It was a terrible experience. We all lost family and friends.

This time Haiti is suffering the worst tragedy on its history.

I believe we can do something to help them out.

You can send a $10 donation to the Red Cross by texting “Haiti” to 90999. You will be billed an extra $10 on your phone bill.

By giving up a one entertainment activity, you can save a life in Haiti.

$10 = one bottle of wine
$10 = 2 six packs of beer
$10 = a cover charge to your favorite music venue
$10 = 2 DVD rentals
$10 = 1 Pizza from Pizza Hut
$10 = one movie ticket
$10 = one snack and one beverage at the movies
$10 = 3 gallons of gas
$10 = one (modest) home cooked meal for two


You know you can afford it!


This is an effort backed by the U.S. State Department. Funds will go to support American Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti.


This is not a hoax - here's the press release from the redcross website:


http://mashable.com/2010/01/13/haiti-red-cross-donations/

Thank you!!!

#Mcfatty monday# Week 2

Today is Monday Mcfatty and I have to say I didn't do anything to acomplish my goal.

Shame on me!

I know but I just love food so much and I'm lazy (Wow! I say it loud).

Somehow I managed to lose 2lbs which is great I guess!

My goal for this week is NOT to drink soda at all. Just water, hopefully 64oz a day!

Exercise? uhmmm I have like 500 excuses. so we can discuss that another time.

Until next week!

#10 on 10 :: January 10#

10 pictures on the 10th day of the month!

(Document a snapshot of your life and find beauty amont the ordinary things in your day!)

Wow! This is big!

Show me the money baby!

Gracie & Mommy

Gracie's best friend

Winnie!

Our fridge

Hot balloon in Arizona

Gracie & Daddy

Sunset

Showing some attitude!

Jr. & friends

#Dentist visit#

First of all let me tell you that I don't like dentists AT ALL!  I didn't have pleasant experiences when I was a child and I still feel like I can't breathe everytime I have to go.

Fortunately we found the BEST DENTIST OFFICE ever!!! Seriously I just love it!! The doctor is super nice & very proffesional, I mean the whole staff is awesome, very nice and kind. The office is beautiful, the chairs are super comfy next to a waterfall!!!!  Yes! that is very soothing and relaxing. They even have warm blankets and you can pick between listening music or watch a movie while they are working on your mouth! If that wasn't enough is less than half a mile away from our house!!!

I have a follow up appointmet to check on the surgery I had last month and everything looks pretty good, unfortunately I still have to go to get done some other things but I definitely not scared anymore.

The star of the show was of course Grace, I brought her along because I wanted them to check on her baby teeth just to be sure that everything is fine.

All I have to say is WOW! she amazed me everyday. She was calm and cool during the whole time she was on the chair, she let Debbie to take a peek on her mouth without a fuss. I sure hope that this attitude will continue forever.

She was happy "playing" with the toothbrush!!!

Overall it was a great experience and it's so nice to know that all is good.

If you live in Arizona and need a dentist don't hesitate to give Dr. Smallwood and his staff a call, I guarantee you won't be dissapointed.

#What a busy and messy day!#

We started our day at 9:30am!!!!!! I guess she was really tired since she slept for more than 14hrs straight, is that or she is growing again!

We had a delicious breakfast with pancakes, strawberries and bananas, milk for Gracie and orange juice for mommy. By the time we were done August was sleeping soundly so we watched our favorite show Yo Gabba Gabba because we like to dance!!!

Miss I.slept.a.lot. finally went down for a nap @ 2pm and woke up @ 3:30. Considering that her "regular" afternoon nap is from 3 to 5pm that made me think about how to entertain her and I remembered that my friend Heather gave her a fingers paint kit for her birthday.

Oh my! What a fun mess!

She thought that the paint was food of course and instead of painting she was eating it. She was so happy therefore I was too.

::mmmm this is yummy!::

::happy & messy baby::

& what is next after a messy play time? A bath of course! She loves water and bubbles!

::I always wanted to have a picture of her like this::

Gracie:

May your days be always as fun as today!

I love you cookie.

Mommy

And now ::trumpets sound:: ladies & gentlemen the MASTER PIECES

We have an artist in the house!

#Welcome back Austin Powers#

After 2 weeks of vacation AF is back!

We are happy to have you back buddy!

Mcfatty Monday

Ever since Grace was born (13 months ago) I've been struggling with the whole "lose weight" thing but the reality is that I haven't really been commited or willing to make sacrifices about my diet.

Not anymore.

I want to lose weight because:

1. I want to be healthy
2. I want to look better
3. I want my clothes to fit again
4. I want to feel better about myself

So starting today I will slowly make changes on my diet and take some time to do some exercise, I don't want to say I will eat just salads or I will go to the gym everyday for 2 hours because I know I won't but at least I'll try.

My goal is to lose 30lbs in 6 months but if it takes longer it's OK too.

Every monday I will write about my achievements just to keep a record.

I think Blair's idea is a fantastic idea!

Bring the scale on!

Current weight: 153lbs (ouch!!!) ...

New gate

As Grace gets older she is getting more and more CRAZY, yes! thats the word to define her behavior. Nah! I'm just kidding I mean she is 13 months old, what kind of trouble she can cause? ha ha ha ha I have more than 1 example, like eat the dog's food or pull the mats on the kitchen table and pour water all over the floor and of course on her or how about reach the cutlery drawer and take the KNIVES and forks and spoons ... I should clarify that so far she hasn't been harmed at all.

Well since I don't want to lose my sanity we decided to get another baby gate today, one that doesn't need any kind of installation since it will be used to block 2 spaces in the house. I'm so happy about this purchase but one 1 year old person that I don't want to mention her name is obviously not.

New gate = peace of mind

sorta

Tomorrow I'm going "back to work", after 2 weeks of vacation AugustFinley returns tomorrow. I hope now that Gracie will have her buddy back she will calm down.

I.hope.so.

Dato curioso

I realized that today is/was a special day. On a curious way!!!

Gracie is 1 year, 1 month, 1 week and 1 day old!

A new style

I can't believe how different she looks with a new hair style.

It seems like 2 different babies to me.

Welcome 2010

So here we are, a new year full of excitement!

We were on a lazy mode today. The only excited thing we did was go to the mall to get Gracie a new pair of sneakers oh! and I got a new shirt from Old Navy.

Wow! I want all year to be like today, easy, funny, lazy with the 2 people that I love the most in the whole wide world.

And because I don't like posts wuithout pictures, here is a picture of Gracie's sneakers for you to enjoy!

How exciting is that?