Good bye 2009 and HELLO 2010

2009 - what a year! I have to say I am glad to see it go... time for new adventures and new memories! Let's see 2009 was filled with love, happines, laughter, family,  tears and coach :) hee... pretty cool to get so many this year, but still not as important...Tomas and I grew closer and more in love, I feel, than ever before. I feel us getting stronger and stronger as each day goes by. I love my babe. and i don't ever want to celebrate a new year without him. I love you babe! I really do :) You have made this year so great. I know we've had our moments of sadness, and tears, but look at us now, you know? I feel that those sad moments have made us so much stronger...and closer than before. I just hope this year we have less tears and more cheers :) haha, so lame I know, but that's what I want. I want us to continue to move forward and make our bond way stronger than ever. I want us to ring in each new year together and with our monkeys. I hope we continue to have lunch dates together when we can, and I hope we continue to spend some days off together without the kids...love those days! :) You have made me laugh so hard this year...you are super funny to me and you are just so much fun to hang out with... I love laughing with you.

Hopefully in  2010 we can have more date nights with my inlaws and our friends. They are all great people and am really lucky to have them in my life. Hopefully we can even start our STARBUCKS girls night out thing, heehee... it was fun the last few times we did, so I think we should continue...My friends have been great! We need more nights out together chicks! thank you all for being there for me this year and every year since I've known ya. Ya truly are great friends to have!


I have started hanging out with my aunts and cousins...I've missed them so much. in 2010 they will be seeing more of us for sure. Unfortunately, I decided to cut some of my family out of my life, but it's whats best for me. I love my mom dearly, but she's just too much drama for me. Yes, my kids miss her, but if she won't call or come to see them for their birthdays and be a drama queen about it, then screw her, you know. My kids deserve to have family that loves them and that will make them happy, not people who forget their birthdays or decide not to call them because they're mad with me... I've tried too many times at working on my relationship with my mother, but it always backfires. I'm tired of being let down and disappointed. I'm tired of crying about it. I have my family, who is there for me and our kids- they're all I need and I'll be alright. it sucks, but I'm not going to cry about it...just have to keep moving on and be happy with what I do have in my life - a great husband, some funny monkeys, and great extended families on both sides :)

My kids, wow - how much they change every year still amazes me... they are so awesome, so funny and becoming their own person. Alyssa is just growing up so fast. She got glasses almost two weeks ago, and she looks so much older now. Pretty soon she'll be a teenager - AGH! really not looking forward to it, but will still try and enjoy seeing her grow into her own...She really is getting into this whole singing thing. She sings ALL the time now...last night she was singing while playing with her toys and she started singing louder and louder...it was cool to hear her be so confident in her singing. She even tries to do the long endings like Mariah Carey and Alicia Keys... it's great to listen to...I think she might have singing lessons this year - YAY! :) I know she'll like that alot...

Tommy - my prankster and funny man. He's starting to becoming more of a jokester each day...he can make you laugh so hard a lot of the times. He's there to hug and kiss you to make you feel better. I learned that I can never cry infront of him - he'll start to cry with me and I don't want to see him cry. he's more sensitive than Lyssa, which is okay. I like that he likes to cuddle and hug. He started Karate this year, so he's learning how to use force and to stick up for himself. we're thinking of putting him in the same DOJO as Damien in the summer. I think he'll be better prepared for it now. and he still wants to play football, so I might have a little linebacker on my hands, hee...

2010 is going to be more awesome than ever before...for me, my husband and our kids! I'm determined to make 2010 and each year after better than the last! I'm ready for 2010!

It's Christmas time!!!

It's Christmas time...yes, the most wonderful time of the year! I really do love Christmas..there's nothing better than shopping for my kiddos and my babe! Thank goodness I'm done with all of it though...well accept for my gift. But I'm pretty sure I've figured out what I want - a new Coach purse (duh, right?) or a new coffee table :) I can't wait for Christmas though...I can't wait for my kids to open up all there presents - they're pretty awesome this year :) They're going to be so happy and excited and I just want to sit back and watch their reactions and see those huge gorgeous smiles on their faces...it's going to be so much fun!!!

My 29th Birthday ^_^

My 29th birthday was really awesome! I spent the whole day with my hubby and my kiddos! Just like I wanted...I'm not against doing big things for my birthday but the last few times I tried doing something big it just backfired...so this year I wanted to do something just us...no one else. I love my friends and our families, but I just needed this day to be with my babe and our kids. We went to Main Event and did some bowling and laser tag! Laser tag was awesome! We all had a blast...Tomas had bought me flowers the day before which was super sweet of him. I still have them on my table - they've lasted a long time :) I have to thank my monkeys and my babe for making me breakfast in bed, well sort of - IHOP pancakes, yummy :) and for treating my like a queen...they really do know how to make me feel extremely special...It was truly the best birthday ever! Next year though, I will be having a HUGE 30th Birthday Bash! I can't believe in one more year I'll be 30...oh well, I have a whole year to enjoy my 29th! WOO-HOO!

Halloween

Halloween is right around the corner and the kids costumes have already come in...Tommy will be a punk zombie kid and Alyssa will be a Kimono princess...They're really excited about wearing them and showing them off. Tommy has worn his mask all weekend long and Alyssa keeps trying on and off her kimono dress. It's pretty funny to watch. I bought her some boots this weekend and she would not take them off! She was even wearing them with her pajama shirts early Sunday morning :D she is just too much... I overheard her and Tommy having a conversation about how they thought of naming these shoes "boots..." Tommy started saying that he knew why they called them boots. He said, "Alyssa, i know why they call these boots... it's because the noise they make when you walk sounds like these...boot, boot, boot, boot.." He even showed her! It was hilarious to say the least! That kid of mine is a hoot!

METALLICA!!!

We went to see Metallica last month at the American Airlines Center. I got Tomas tickets for his birthday - that was the big surprise :)

We ended up showing up about 30 minutes before they came on stage. Tomas didn't realize how close we would be sitting until we got to the seats. He was amazed! We had never sat anywhere that close before...we knew we were going to have a good time. Which we so totally did! OMG! Tomas got nice and tipsy and made a new friend with the guy that was sitting next to us. I'll have to post some pics soon to see how much fun he was having:) It was an amazing performance and we had a blast...grant it now we have hearing issues, but still awesome! I'm just glad that he enjoyed it as much as he did.

Metallica effin ROCKS!!! I think we'll be going to their next show in Dallas too and yes maybe even close enough to touch them :)

Our 9th Year Wedding Anniversary

Well it's been 9 years now since we said, I DO...and I remember it like it was only yesterday getting ready to say I DO infront of our family and closest friends. It was such an exciting day. This anniversary was extra special...I just feel that this year we will become closer and more in love than ever before! I really hope my feeling is right. I love my husband and despite all the things we've been thru, we still manage to say I love you every day and kiss each other Hello, Good-bye and good night :)

We didn't do anything really special for our anniversary...we had a nice dinner with the kids and then went out for ice cream. We had a good time. This weekend we'll have a date night at a nice restaurant where we can eat anything we want and not worry about the kids picky taste :) I'm really looking forward to being alone with him :) even if it is only for a little while...

My love, my only

I love you so much...I hope you can see it in my eyes, and feel my love for you everytime I say it...I hope you know how much you mean to me and I hope you know that I would do anything to make our love stronger each and every day...

I love the way you smile and laugh and just being you... I can't explain the feeling I get when I see you that way...it's kind of like there's a smile on my heart. I can't help but wish that you stay laughing and smiling for the rest of your life, just being happy. I hope and pray that I can help you do that and be a part of your happiness...I hope that you and I will grow old together. I'm looking forward to walking by your side each and every day, I'm looking forward to holding your hand each and every day. I look forward to waking up to you next to me every morning and going to sleep next to you and in your arms each and every night...

I love the way you are with our kids. I can always see the love you have for them each and everytime you are with them. They love you so much and they love being around you. They are extremely lucky to have a man like you as their dad. You are the #1 DAD!

I hope and pray that you and I will be okay, that you and I will get thru anything and everything that our lives together bring. I hope and pray every night that you look at me the way you used to...I hope you see that these aren't lines I'm trying to feed you, but that this how I feel deep down in my heart and soul for you. I hope that things are never too late to work out with you and I...I want to always be your wife and for you to forever be my husband.

I thank you for giving me the chance to show you how much I love you and to show you that I don't want to be anywhere else but here - by your side, as your wife... I thank you for not giving up hope on me. I thank you for your patience and for your love. I know how much you love me and I hope you believe me when I say I love you... because I do!

I truly, madly, love you and I love us...I love our family...I love our life....

My loving monkeys

I love my adorable monkeys (kids) so much! We call them monkeys, not to be mean, but as a term of endermeant. They're just so crazy and they're always trying to do something crazy. Alyssa has always been more of a little dare devil I guess. She likes kiddie rides and rollercoasters and climbing and jumping of things. Tommy doesn't like that as much as she does, but he does like jumping off things that he shouldn't be jumping off of but he does anyway. They're crazy, silly and funny little monkeys and I love them so much!!!!! I don't know what or who'd I'd be this very day without them. They are my whole reason for being. Alyssa is 8 now and she's just getting so big and so opiniated about everything. She amazes me everyday. She's a good sister and an awesome daughter. Yes, she already has a little attitude of her own, as all girls have, but she's not too bad (yet). Right now, she's into collecting journals and stuffed animals. She loves music and singing. She loves to read and write stories and make up songs. She says she wants to be famous when she grows up and maybe she will be. She takes care of her brother and make sure he's okay. I think they both take care of each other and I love that! I love that if one is sad or fell down or something the other, will always ask "Are you okay?" It's just so sweet of them. Tommy is 6 and man he's starting to look like a real big kid. He used to have this baby look to him, but now he's getting taller and he's face is changing a little bit. He loves music too, rap and rock mostly. He has started to really like lowrider cars and hot rods. He says that when he gets older he wants a lowrider to make his own! He's funny and such a prankster (from his daddy of course). He's silly as can be but so sweet and caring too! He's my baby :) He's starting to care about the things he wears and how his hair looks and about shoes! I just love my monkeys!

Tomas' 31st Birthday Bash

Tomas' birthday is on Sunday and I'm super excited! I mean I'm always excited when it comes to his birthday :) This year I got him, what I think, is a really awesome gift and I can't wait to give it to him already! I've been holding on to his gift for about 5 months or more now and that's the longest I've ever kept his gift a secret - EVER! I've always caved in and gave him his gifts before I'm actually supposed to give them to him. I just have to wait two more days and I can finally give it to him. I can't wait to see the look on his face! Hopefully he'll really really like it. I love my babe and I just want to make his birthday super perfect and super awesome. I have to show him how much I appreciate him and how glad I am that he was brought into this life. He needs to know the importance of his existence and how life would never be the same without him in it. I love that man! And I just want to give him a great 31st birthday...He deserves it and much much more!