Welcome to My World!

FOREWORD: My mom has officially been after me since I was pregnant with Natalie to start a blog. "Everyone is doing it" I always hear. I always respond with I work full time and have two kids etc etc. Doesn't change her view that I too should have a blog! LOL. So here I am .. blogging... write it on the calendar folks! :)

Okay so where to start. ....




Alex and I have been together since May 2001! So hard to believe that I was still in High School when we met! Boy has life changed SO much since that! He states it was "fate" that had us meet and I have finally accepted that! LOL .. especially since we met at a gas station. Life is never dull in our lives that is for sure.

Alex and I in July 2001. Our first Fourth of July Together!



Alex has found his calling (a job he actually enjoys) in Demo/Core Drilling. The fact that he is working in this economy in those fields is just amazing! We are thankful every day that is for sure!

I am a Paralegal in Kent and have been since 2002. I have two beautiful children, Hannah Mae who is 7 years old and Natalie Michele who will be 10 months old on 10/29/10. Time has definitely flown by this year!




Hannah and Natalie at Spooner Farms 2010

All three of our beautiful girls - Spooner Farms 2010




I also have the pleasure of being a step mom to my beautiful step daughter Angeline. We call her Angel, Ang, Angel baby ;) It has been a joy to watch this girl grow up from being ONE to the amazing wonderful loving sister and daughter she is today! I can't imagine my life without her in it! She is in 5th grade this year and is very excited about doing the crossing guard for school! Her laugh and smile are just infectious!
















We are planning our first BIG vacation together as a complete family for this spring. I am DETERMINED to take Miss Mae to Disneyland for her 8th birthday! She will be so excited. She keeps asking me when she gets to go because she never has gone (her sister Angel has been twice) so I just keep telling her someday while I am smiling inside knowing that I will be doing everything in my power to get us down there this April/May! Hannah is doing swimming this fall. She chose that over gymnastics but I think next month we will be doing gymnastics again. Depends on the day for Hannah. She is enjoying second grade and has joined the dance team at school! I can't wait to see her first performance. She is so into being the center of attention and moving that this will be great for her.




Hannah at her 2nd Grade Open House
Hannah doing what we love to do best in the Fall ... PUMPKIN HUNTING!




Let's see .. my Natalie Bug. She is a stubborn one! As I mentioned earlier, she will be ten months here in two days. She's not crawling, she's not walking but somehow she finds ways to move around and get things. Usually it involves pulling blankets towards her to get what she wants. She does things at her pace that is for sure. It is different watching Natalie grow in comparison to Hannah as by ten months Hannah was walking and talking and ON THE GO! Hannah literally grew up so fast it is kind of nice to watch Natalie move at her slow pace and enjoy her being a baby for just a little bit longer!

Here's a couple pictures of my Bug (who makes the FUNNIEST faces) over the last 10 months




I will do my best at keeping this updated! I think it just may become a new addiction for me! ;)

Happy Hump Day All!!