Sisters....a special kind of love

Awwww a "sisher's" love! We are so lucky that Kaylee has loved May May since she was in my tummy and continued to love her when we brought her home. Kaylee is so good giving her "sisher" love and watching over her. When Macie wakes up in the morning Kaylee runs in her room with me, climbs up on her crib, and says "Hi sweetie! Good Morning!" Kaylee is full of kisses for her May May and shares her toys so well with her. Kaylee is such a great big sister and a great girl all around!

Our Macie is a little fire cracker and has been since she was born. She is very mellow and rarely makes a peep except for her adorable jibber and her constant baby laughs. When Macie wants something though, she wants it now! She is not shy about letting you know that either! I look forward to her evolving personality everyday!

Marches to her own drum

Ohhh our Kaylee.....what a girl! What can I say, Kaylee seems to find a way to crack me up on a daily basis whether it is something that has come out of her mouth, a look on her face, or her outfits that she puts together herself. With Kaylee, too much is not in her vocabulary. If she has 4 shirts on already and sees another, she will add it. If she has on 2 skirts and thinks one more might add a little something to her already spectaular look, it gets put on. She has a knack of making the most ordinary things look fabulous! ;) Who knows maybe she will become a big name fashion designer or a buyer for Nordstrom??? Then again, if her style stays the same.....

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There is something to be said about becoming an adult. Not the part of paying bills, getting married, and having a family of your own but the true measure of becoming an adult and knowing yourself and liking yourself with out judgement. Ok....maybe not without total judgement because lets face it, we are our worst critics. I was watching Oprah the other day and the wonderful new actress who plays in the movie Precious said something that really stuck with me, "I am the person that I wake up with every morning, so what do I care what and how others think of me." We are all told at young ages to not care what others think but in most cases that mentality doesn't usually sink in until we are older. I thought that it was aweome that a young lady was so secure and felt and knew that.

Why do I feel compelled to write this?? I don't know, it is just something that I have been really feeling lately. I have always wanted to wear the clothes that were in fashion and have the house that is up-to-date and according to a certain style and I find myself not really caring about that lately. I have found a sort of peace with myself, about myself. I don't know if this has come with the wonderful 30's or if it is because of my wonderful little family, but there is such a calming feeling not caring what anyone thinks except for me. I like the clothes that I like because they make me feel like me, I like certain elements to my house because it reflects myself and my family, and I want to loose weight because I feel healthier not because I want to look like how society believes the "perfect woman" should look. I just wish that there was a way to have girls feel a sense of security at an early age and maybe the rates of teen pregnancy, teen addiction, and teen suicide wouldn't be as prevalent as it is today.

Free at last!

Well there are no pictures to go along with this post and while I still have many pictures from before Christmas, Christmas, and after I have a post to share without. I have just finished my last class at UoP and will finally soon hold my college degree in my hands!! I can't believe it! It has taken me 14 years of off and on going to school, more off then on, lets face it. I gave up on myself years ago and just figured I could end up with a job that will give me experience and I could just work my way up from there. Well after having Kaylee I knew that wasn't going to work. While my job was great and gave me enough to have a great apartment and a fun life, it definatly wasn't enough for a family. So going back to school was an option to not only give me more opportunities but to ensure my babies knew a college education is a must. If I am able to go back to school and finish my college degree with two babies then there is no excuse for them to not go to college.

In about 3 to 4 years I plan on going back to UoP and obataining my masters in early childhood education and my teaching credential but there is something else that is sounding a lot more interesting to me these days and that is opening up my own store on 2nd street. This is an idea that I am going to have to sit on for a while and know that it is what I REALLY want and something that will be successful. I believe it can be, I just need to find out more information and go from there.

I finally have free time at naps and after the girls go to bed that I do not know what to do with. Wait....yes I do! Enjoy it!! I can't wait to garden this spring, have fun play dates swimming or at the beach, and most of all have nothing lingering over me like a paper due or DQ's due that day. YAY for me!!

November 09

Well what can I say, November has never been a favorite month of mine......Santa Ana winds, freezing cold in the morning, hot in the afternoon, a day of nothing to do but sit around and wait for the turkey to be ready, and then sit around and complain about how full we all are. November is now different for me since my lil girls came along. There is something about every holiday no matter how big or small that makes it so magical watching it through the eyes of children, especially your own children.

This year Kaylee and I created pine cone turkeys, hand turkeys, macaroni necklaces, and hats for Thanksgivin dinner. It has been a wonderful month. This year Thanksgiving was at our house with Mom, Chad, Ang, Melissa, JC, Kaylee, Macie, and I. It was a challenge preparing Thanksgiving dinner with a baby that needs you constantly but I managed to pull it off. Kaylee made macaroni neckaces for everyone and we had the necessary tools for everyone to make their own hats; Pilgrim or Native American.

The day after Thanksgiving we loaded up the kids and dove up the mountain to Lake Arrowhead to join JC's parents, sister, her kiddos, Aunt and Uncle, and cousins in their annual Thanksgiving in Arrowhead. It was very cold when we got there but with no snow in site. We had a great time around the villiage and a nice feast with the whole family before we headed to the tree lighting and Santa. We got to see Santa getting ready and when Kaylee yelled, "Santa!" he leaned over the balcony to give her a nice big wave. Tore at my heart strings a bit to see her get a special wave from Santa himself. We didn't end up making it through the tree lighting seeing that it was just too long of a day for the lil ones.

We had a nice thunder and lightening show very early Saturday morning and when we woke up, we woke up to a beautiful snow filled winter wonderland. The kids went out and played in the snow making snow balls, angels, and JC made a mini snowman on the table. It was a great morning an we couldn't have asked for any better!

Halloween 09

Halloween 09 started off with mom making chili as I do every year and carving our pumpkins out front. JC made a jack-o-lantern with its tongue hanging out as requested by Kaylee. She was quite the helper with the pumpkins.

Almost time to trick-or-treat and our lil mermaid is ready to go. Kaylee was so eager to get going that she wul not sit still for a picture. I am VERY lucky to get this one.

The girls. Ashlee and Katie with my baby girls getting ready to trick-or-treat. We have a tradition of trick-or-treating around the neighborhood together and this was the first year that I didn't have all my girls with me on Halloween. I knew that it was going to change sooner or later but I was hoping for the later ;). It was the first of many Halloween's that Ash and TT had a party to go to. Time is going by too fast!

This is my favorite because Macie is giggling at Ashlee.

Kaylee and her BFF Jenna. Jenna lives next door and is 6 months younger than Kaylee. They love eachother and trick-or-treated together the whole night. It was so much fun watching the girls together. It was a glimpse of what is to come.

Trick-or-treat!!!

Kaylee loves these scary guys. This one reminder her of the one at Target for so long. Everytime we were at Target we had to go see the "scary man".

Macie tried her hardest but just couldn't make it.

How cute are these two!?

Party Time.....Halloween Style

We finally were able to host our halloween party this year. Last year I wanted to so badly but was too sick with morning sickness so I had to cancel. This year Halloween was kicked off with a party at the Bloeser house for Kaylee and her friends. I made chili as I do every Halloween along with mac-n-cheese for the kiddos. There were games of strawing for spiders, spider ring toss, and decorating your own halloween frame. We took individual pictures of the kids as they walked in and gave them their own picture to put on their frame.

I am lucky enough to have great neighbors and organized a little pre halloween trick-or-treating for the kids. Five of the houses on our street were great enough to hand out candy to our little party goers as they trick-or-treated up and down the street.

All the kids had such a great time trick-or-treating and we all ended up back at our house for more fun and games. Halloween is my favorite time and having Kaylee love it as much as I do is making for many fun Halloween's in our future! We can' t wait for our party next year!!