............He had a broad face and a little round belly,

That shook, when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly.

Happy Birthday Jose!
My lovely hubby turns the big 35 today! And, a very happy birthday to him!
Here are some of my favorite things about Jose!
He is a hard worker
He is a WONDERFUL father
He is a WONDERFUL Husband
He's a great cook
He's a good listener
He is kind to others
He loves our dogs
He picks up dog poop
He is a child at heart
He LOVES golf
He takes care of us
He is fun to shop with
....there are a million things that I love about him - but those are a just a few!
Happy Birthday - we love you!

More pictures from Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!
Yesterday was Olivia's very first thanksgiving and she sure had a great time! It was the first time that Jose and I got to do Thanksgiving - so we were pretty excited about it. Everything was wonderful - from the Turkey to the stuffing - and everything in between. Here is a picture of us - taken after dinner.
Olivia is almost over her cold - I would say she is about 95% back to her old self. She is sleeping much better -but she does have a horrible cough!
Around the Ontiveros house we are getting ready for Christmas - the house is now decorated, lights are going up on the outside trees today! We're feeling the Christmas spirit around here - and getting ready for our big holiday party next weekend. We did one last year and everyone had a great time - so we are doing it again! Can't beat good food, good wine and the $20 gift exchange!

Sick Baby

Olivia has her first virus - poor baby! I feel so bad for her. It started a few evenings ago - a runny nose. The runny nose turned into a horrible cough and lets not forget the horrid projectile vomiting. Yes - Wednesday night it happened. Picture this - around 9pm I was feeding Olivia her last bottle and once she finished I burped her. So, here the two of us are sitting on the couch cuddling (mind you Jose is working in Grant) and all the sudden - Olivia makes the MOST AWFUL noise and then she begins spewing EVERYWHERE!!! It was all over me and I mean ALL over me - it was on both of the dogs faces and completely on the couch! I didn't know what to do! Where to begin?? If you have never seen a child projectile - it was scary/comical - all in one! So, I took Olivia into the kitchen and put her in her car seat - and I stripped my pj's off. Now if you have not been to my house before I have very large windows in my living room and I have to run past these windows - up the stairs to get a change of clothes! So, here I am in NOTHING but underwear (no bra) running upstairs hands placed in strategic places - to get on another pair of pj's. Olivia is screaming, I am half naked, my dogs have spew on them, and I don't know what the heck to do! I did manage to pull myslef together and get myself dressed and Olivia cleaned up. I was SO happy to see Jose home from work! (The dogs managed to clean the couch for me - gross huh??)
Olivia does in fact have some sort of virus that she got from me last week. I had a horrible sore throat last week! She is on two different meds now and should be feeling better within the next 24 hours. Jose took her to the Dr. yesterday and I took her again today - because she kept getting worse - not to mention that she has projectiled several times since the first! Having a sick baby is NO fun...Jose and I are "down" about it too. We just feel so bad for her. I am hoping that she will being to feel better tomorrow night and by next week she will be back to her old smiling self. I miss all the smiles!
We are decorating the house for Christmas this weekend! We are having Thanksgiving dinner at our house this year and we have a holiday party for family on the 2nd - so we thought it would be nice to have the holiday look for a few extra weeks this year!
We hope you have a great weekend!

How time flies.....

Well, I have survived my first full week back at work! After getting use to being at home for 10 weeks - it was an adjustment, to say the least, to head back to work. Not only did I miss Olivia like crazy - but getting adjusted to a new morning schedule was a bit difficult. Should we feed her first and then take showers? Should we shower first and then feed her? Should we feed her in the shower?? She seems to really LOVE her daycare - which is great. They do fun things with the kids - tummy time - stories - all that. When I picked her up on Thursday - her teachers told me that she is a very "sensitive" baby. I asked them what they meant by that and they told me that when the other babies cried or fussed - Olivia would get rather nervous and start to cry as well. How sweet!
These pictures - taken today - shows Olivia doing one of her favorite things - sitting in her swing. She LOVES this. The swing has a mobile with a dome-shaped mirror - so she can look at herself and she just smiles and smiles! It is truly one of the cutest things I have ever seen!

I love these pictures....taken on Sunday morning before Olivia's baptism. She has this complete devilsh look on her face -

our little prankster!

First Family Photo!

Yes - here it is our first official family photo! This was taken yesterday at Liv's baptism at St. Alphonsus - the same church that Jose and I were married in. It was a lovely day and we were able to Celebrate with several family and close friends. My cousin Sara and her husband Chris are Liv's godparents.
When Father Turk poured the water on her head - she didn't make a sound. She was very well behaved! It was a great day! I got very emotional at church - a combination of going back to work, being overjoyed by having Liv in our lives and sad that Eric and my dad were not there.
Today was my first day back to work - and I survived!! I love my job and am excited about new projects - to be honest it kind of felt good to get back into the swing of things!

A Smile to kick off your weekend...have a good one!

After a hard night of trick or treating.....the bumble bee was beat!