I think.....

I am going to try to sew this....

This is selling on Babies 'R' Us for $350.00!! I don't know too much about sewing, but this looks pretty basic! My mom, grandma and I made Bentley's crib set and I have pretty much decided I am going to try to make something similar to this. Its so colorful and fun, I just fell in love with it. I guess I better get cracking if I plan on having this done before little Mason gets here!

Open for business!

Well, the new dealership is officially open. Jesus went back to Southwest to help get their new dealership up and running. They are going to be a "buy here - pay here" dealership specializing in helping people with questionable credit, but he can also work wonders for people with good credit too! They are located right next to Wendy's on the Boulevard, in the log cabin. Also, he gives referral fees. If you send someone to him and they buy a car he will thank you with a little bit of moola! But they HAVE to mention who sent them before they buy it, so he can file the right paperwork. Jesus is very excited to be back at the dealership doing what he loves!

Check out their website to see their inventory. http://www.southwestmotors.net/ or call them at 435-652-9777!

27 Weeks

I am 27 weeks along today. This officially puts me in the third trimester. YEAH! So far I am feeling great, except for being exhausted. I am pretty anemic (according to my Dr.) and so I think this may have something to do with it. I am going to try to be better about taking my prenatals, and hopefully that will help.
Big shout out to Chanel, she gave birth to little Layla last week and I failed to congratulate her officially. I went and saw her at the hospital without the kids, and then when they got home and settled Jesus and I took the kids over to see the baby. Bentley was adorable. So sweet and gentle and almost intimidated by her, but eventually he warmed up and we let him hold her for a second. Chloe was the exact opposite. Extremely excited, and not very gentle. At one point she was trying to stroke the baby's cheek like she does to us, and she accidentally smacked her in the face... oops! I felt so bad! Needless to say, I am a little scared about how she will adjust when this baby comes....

(no pics on this post, because I am still camera-less, btw, if anyone see's a good deal on a basic point and shoot digital, let me know! I am in the market!)

Happy Dad's Day!

I know I am a day early, but I was so antsy to give my gifts to Jesus that I broke down and gave them to him early. I was so proud of my little project that I had to share!

I started out by taking a cute picture of us. Its hard to see in the final project, but the kids are wearing shirts that say "my dad rocks", and I have a t-shirt on that we put an iron on patch right on the belly that says the same thing.

Then I matted the picture with some cute paper, added some embelishments and voila! Perfect fathers day gift!

(I hate cell phone pics, but I cant find my camera... again.... I am pretty sure it got stolen this time....)

I also got Jesus some new clothes that he desperately needed due to his recent weight loss (20 lbs and counting!!!), but I don't have pictures of those...

Anyway, just want to publicly wish my hubby a happy fathers day, and let him know that he is the best dad our kids could ask for. He is always looking to find fun things for the kids to do, and so willing to take them to park whenever they want to. He is a goofball and a kid at heart, and my kids love him to death. As soon as he walks in the door they go running yelling daddy!!! until they get their hugs and kisses.

Coming from someone who's biological father was in and out of her life, it makes me so proud to see have my kids have a dad who wants to be involved in every aspect of their lives! Thanks honey!

Thoughts?

Mason Jett Espinoza?
Discuss

ohhhh one of "those" days

Its been one of "those" days. Already. Its not even noon yet and all I want to do is crawl back in bed. I need a mocha. I know, I know, pregnancy and coffee... not the best combo, but give me a break. I had to be to work at 6:00. Which meant I had to leave my house by 5:30. Which meant I had to be up by 4:45. What time did I really wake up? 5:15. Which means after the quickest shower of my life I was out the door by 5:40, and walked into work at 6:05. I have been on autopilot all day. I can't tell you one productive thing I have doneyet. No filing, no billings, nothing. Just now, I spent twenty minutes fixing my jammed stapler, only to forget why I needed it in the first place. Now (since my hubby is so wonderful), I have a delicious mocha from Perks, and feeling much better. Lets see if I can make it through the next three hours before I crash.

I'm it!

I was tagged by Nancy, and haven't had much of a chance to sit down and do it. I was also tagged by a few other people, and I promise I wasn't avoiding them, its just that my life was a bit hectic there for a minute!
You are supposed to answer these questions with one word. I know some answers have more than one word, but it was necessary!
1. Where is your cell phone? ....................Jesus
2. Your significant other?.......................working
3. Your hair?....................................growing
4. Your mother? .................................amazing!
5. Your father?..................................absent
6. Your favorite thing?..........................love
7. Your dream last night?........................work
8. Your favorite drink...........................dietcoke
9. Your dream/goal?..............................interior design
10. The room you're in?..........................office
11. Your children?.....................................hilarious
12. Your fear?...................................losing
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years........... happy
14. Where were you last night?...................work
15. What you're not?.............................busy
16. Muffins......................................chocolate chocolate chip
17. One of your wish list items?.................bedroom set
18. Where you grew up?...........................St. George
19. What you read last........................twilight
20. What are you wearing?........................uniform
21. Your TV?.....................................big
22. Your pets?...................................none
23. Your computer? ..............................home
24. Your life?...................................better
25. Your mood?...................................sleepy
26. Missing someone?.............................always
27. Your car?....................................tahoe
28. Something you're not wearing?................flip flops
29. Favorite Store?..............................target
30. Your summer?.................................long (pregnant)
31. Like someone?................................ love him
32. Your favorite color?.........................pink
33. Last time you laughed........................barely
34. Last time you cried?.........................two days
I tag Marci, Lenzi and Dayna. Have fun! (if you actually do it!)

Happy Birthday Hunny!

Yesterday was Jesus' 23rd birthday. Yes, he's getting old! hahaha. I was at a loss of what to do for him, since my recent "vacation" has put a crimp in my spending money. (Translation - Momma is broke! haha).

So I decided it would be fun to my complimentary employee stay at my work.

We ate dinner here. He had pork tenderloin. I had scallops. Since this is "spa cuisine" it wasn't overly filling and we were still starving afterwards, so we went down to Don Pedro's and got some Super Nacho's. Hahaha.



We slept here. The guests fondly refer to them as the "marshmallow beds". This is a huge pillow top mattress with a featherbed overlay, a down comforter and feather pillows. You feel like you are sleeping on a cloud.



The best part of the whole thing was the Couples Massage. It came with a couples bath first and it was so nice to relax together without a child screaming in the background, or knocking on the door.

I also got cupcakes from 25 Main, the cute new bakery on Main Street. I want to go back and try their food. It looked yummy!

http://www.twentyfivemain.com/

Big shout out to my mom and Courtney for their help baby sitting! It wouldn't have been possible without you!!

Vacation?

HA! I think not. I haven't blogged in a while, and I promise, there is a very good explaination why.
Let's start at the beginning.
First, we started our move. Life was hectic. We were without internet in the process. The day our cable company was coming to install cable and internet at the new house I started having some really bad cramping. I was very freaked out and my husband and I went to labor and delivery. The monitors were not showing any contractions and the baby was fine. They checked my urine and said I had blood in my urine. This made them think I had a kidney stone. They told me to go home and wait it out. By this time the cramping stopped so I wasn't too worried, however, we had missed the appointment with the cable company so we were still without tv or internet. I went a few days feeling fine, and way ready to back to work when the beast struck again. This time not in the form of cramps, it was back pain on my right side. This was the worst pain I had ever felt. Within minutes I was laying in bed sobbing and Jesus was forced to call in sick for me... again. I took a hot bath and tried to wait it out, but nothing I did helped. We finally went to the ER. Since I am pregnant they cant do the CAT scan or MRI or whatever, but they were able to do an ultrasound to determine my right kidney had "moderate swelling". They basically told me that the crappy thing about kidney stones is that you have to wait it out. They did, however, give me Percocet to get me through. I went home, took a Percocet and the next few days is pretty much a blur. (Thank for all the babysitting help Cambria and Courtney) I spent Memorial Weekend drugged out on pills being in bed pretty much nonstop. I have since begun to feel better, and have had only a few moments of pain. At this point I am almost 4 days without any back pain and so I think I may have passed the stone. I was not able to return to work until today because I needed the doctors ok to return. I actually got the clearance a few days a go, but decided to take a couple extra days to finish the move, and make sure I felt better. The upside of this debacle? The time at home has given me a chance to really crack down on Bentley's potty training. He is almost completely done. We still have to remind him from time to time, but I have had very few accidents. Also, it gave me lots of time to unpack and get settled.
It also allowed me to see that I really do want to stay home after this baby. I have wrested back and forth for the past few months over whether or not I would return after my maternity leave. In my head I said "how can I? Is it even financially possible?" but wondered if I would miss work too much to stay away. The answer was no... I like my job, and did look forward to returning, I was much nicer to be home at night with my family, and to cook dinner, so on and so forth. I will continue working until I have to baby, so I can keep my insurance, but I doubt I will return after that.
Anyway, life is good. Kids are great, and pregnancy is going well. Hope its the same for all of you!