Traditions

So I have been reading other blogs and everyone is posting about their Family Christmas traditions so I decided I should list some of mine.

Both of my parents are from Peru, so in our family we always celebrated on Christmas eve as well as on Christmas day. We would get the family together on Christmas Eve and have hot chocolate and treats as my dad gave us a little devotional on the birth of our savior. We would then sing Christmas music and wait till midnight to open our gifts. I know right what fun is that, but it was. We would stay up all night playing with our new toys. If Santa brought us anything we would get it the next morning. Mostly it was our stockings that would be filled the next day.

On Christmas Day we kept the traditional Christmas dinner with all the family. My mom would make delicious Peruvian food along with traditional American food. Let me just tell you by the end of that we were stuffed and it was time for a nap, lol.

When I was dating Jason his family invited me a couple of times to their homes for Christmas breakfast. After breakfast we would open gifts and than go sledding. Once I married into their family I discovered their tradition of cutting down their own Christmas tree after thanksgiving. My mom always had an artificial one, but now I am in LOVE with real, fresh trees.

Now that we have our own little family of three...soon to be four, I would love to start our own traditions. Haven't quite thought of anything yet, but I will be working on that for next year.

Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and get everything you want!!!

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas?

Cadence had so much fun decorating the tree this year...we let her put the ornaments on, good thing they are plastic, lol.







It doesn't quite feel like winter here yet, but when I step into my house I don't even notice the difference. I love Christmas!!

Thanksgiving

I was very scared when I thought of having our first Thanksgiving alone...I mean cooking a turkey?... me really? But I was totally relieved when Jason's uncle invited us over this year. He lives in Lake Havasu City. It was such a beautiful day and not to mention a very yummy dinner. After dinner we played at the park and came back for pies and cinnamon rolls. Than it was more games. We had a blast and Cadence had a lot of fun getting all the attention from Jason's cousins.

Thank you Cindy and Ricky for inviting us to come eat your dinner, we had a great time.

The munchkin is...

Here is how the Ultrasound went... the technician showed us everything you know profile, placenta, heartbeat, etc. Than he says " Here is a turtles head and the turtle shell"... never heard of that before. But yes we are having a BOY!!! We are so excited. Preparing myself for a lot of blue.

Right on Time!!

No one really expected for my sister to go into labor right on her due date being a first time mom and everything....but we were all wrong. Jovan Jarom was born on Nov. 2nd @ 12:36 am six minutes past his due date.He weighed 7 lbs. 14 oz. and was 21.5 inches long, just like his cousin Cadence, and could have had the same birthday, LOL. He is so cute and looks just like his mommy!! It was really a neat experience to be in the room when he was born, really the coolest thing ever.

The wait is over.....

Meet my new niece Rylee Mae McDonald. She was born by c-section on October 6th. Weighing in at a whoppin' 9lbs. 5oz. and measuring 21 in. long. I am so excited for Russell and Toni to finally be parents. They definitely deserve it. She is beautiful.

Happy Birth Day!

My cute nephew is here....



Cody Lee Sellers was born on Sept. 29th @ 5:07 pm. He weighed 6 lbs. 4 oz. and was 19 in. long. He was born at home in a birthing pool. My awesome sis-in-law was only in labor for 4 hours... LUCKY!!! He is such a cutie and we can't wait to meet him in person. Congrats to Littia, Jared, and big sister Ellie.

Quick Post

Hey everyone!! I have had no time to post anything for the last little while...with the move and everything. But we are doing fine. We had so much help moving, it was about an hour to pack up everything and an hour to unpack everything. Our old ward was amazing and I have a pretty good feeling about our new ward! They were so willing to come help Jason and I with moving.

As for me I am feeling pretty good, a little sick here and there, but nothing to serious. My midwife told me that I need to eat more though, and that would help more with the sickness. I have a busy month a head of me. For one I need to still get everything unpacked, we are still living out of boxes and it drives me crazy, I have a baby shower to plan and get ready for, a scrapbook to finish( I have only done three pages), and than its off to Utah to see three new nieces and nephews, and attend the birth of my little sisters baby. I will be up there for about 2-3 weeks. So if I am not posting much it's because I have no time, on top of that I have Miss Cadence who keeps me on my toes all day. I will try to post some pictures of our new place once we get all settled in.

Thanks to everyone who helped us move, you made it so much easier on us.

Bigger house means bigger family!

Yep we are moving this weekend to a bigger house in El Mirage. We are excited, it has way more room for us and its cheaper, how can you beat that? Why are we moving you ask? Well....we are expecting again. Yes that's right...another munchkin on the way. We are so excited!! I went in for an ultrasound and the baby looks great! We are so blessed to have been able to get pregnant so quickly after what happened in May. Bring on bigger and better things.

Pink is not for boys!!

I took a trip up to Utah while Jason was out of town working to help my little sister paint her room for the baby. This is what it looked like before:





And this is the finished product with the crib. Yeah we also put the crib together which by the way is really hard!!! She has also picked out a name which will be Jarom...sooo Cute!! I had lots of fun and Cadence had a lot of fun with her grandma.

Birthday Celebration!!

We had a fun weekend in Winslow celebrating Grandma Betty's 65th birthday. We went and swam in the creek, had a fun bbq and then had a little celebration with cake and homemade ice cream. It was lots of fun!

Mommy's little girl!!

Oh how I love our little munchkin. She is such a happy little person. Always smiling!! I have been very blessed to have an easy baby. Bring on the teenage years!!

Sorry

So I just realized that I probably wasn't clear on how i found the website for the cute fonts and how to put them up on your blog. Click here and it will take you to the direct page on the directions. If you also want a cute font for free click here. For the header click here I hope that helps (Heather)!

Blog Changes.

So I decided it was time for my blog to have some changes. I have always seen other blogs with cute fonts and I wanted it on my blog too. So I found this awesome website that has a great tutorial on how to put your favorite fonts on your blog. They also have the cutest FREE fonts. Check them out. I also changed my header and found that from this blog. Oh how I love blog surfing!!

Happy Independence Day

My family came to visit this weekend for the 4th. We had a fun time at the lake all day and than fireworks at night. What a great, fun, exciting, and hot day!

What a BIG girl!

I decided to start potty training Cadence. Am I crazy???.....probably, she is only 20 months, but I think it's been going pretty good. We've had a lot of accidents, as everyone might have, but within three days she started going in the toilet. She loves wearing her BIG girl underwear too. I am actually glad that we started her now. I am hoping by the time she turns 2 she will be fully potty trained. Crossing fingers!

Its a Boy!

My sister Dasha found out she is having a baby boy! We are so excited for her! We had a little fun while she was here and had a photo shoot. Who could look this good pregnant and she's wearing heels. Love you little sister.

3 Years

Jason and I celebrated our 3 year anniversary on the 17th of this month. The weekend before we went out on a date to the movies. Love you husband! It's been a great 3 years and am excited for more.

Families are Forever

We had an amazing weekend going up to Utah for my sister Littia's Sealing. Even though I could not attend inside the Temple, I felt the spirit very strongly. They got sealed in the Manti, Utah temple. It was pretty amazing how it was rainy all day and during their sealing it was sunny and beautiful outside. They are such a cute little family, here take a look:

Visitor

Well there has been a lot going on in this month of June. My sister Dasha came out to visit for 2 weeks. We had a lot of fun going to the Lake, Shopping, swimming at the pool, sightseeing and just hanging out at home. Thanks for staying with me!! It felt good to have someone actually have a conversation with me for once.

24 Years

We celebrated Jason's 24th birthday on Monday! I am probably the lamest wife there is, but I think he enjoyed it. We ate cake and opened cards. You are such a good husband. We love you!!!