Getting ready to start cooking.....

Olivia in Burberry......

Thanksgiving Eve Tradition...
For the past three years on Thanksgiving Eve we start the night at 6pm over at Rick and Todd's. From there we head to Teasers - a local biker bar! They have the BEST burgers in town. After dinner at Teasers - we head to the Apartment - which is a gay bar. So from one extreme to the other....we had a BLAST last night!!! We met JC at the Apartment - who was "cuttin' rug" with all us. Watch out - the straight folks invaded the place! Looking forward to next year!

Daddy and his girls!!!

Brooklyn Sofia Ontiveros
Baptized on November 17, 2007
St. Alphonsus
Father Dennis Ryan
Godparents: Tim & Laura Glover
Fill-Ins: Sue Zuchowski & Laurie Zuchowski
Photographer: Eric Essick

Random pictures of the girls.....
Olivia in her favorite chair
Brroklyn WIDE awake
Liv..just smiling by the fridge

Olivia loves doing two things... pretending to talk on the phone and eating. Yes - she STILL loves food and lots of it. She is so much fun. She can say hi, bye-bye, good girl, all done, thank you and I think she is trying to say Brooke. Brrrr...Brrrr(is what she is saying.) She can also point to her nose and mommy's nose too. She is very proud of herself and loves praise! If you clap for her and say good girl - she beams with pride!

Brooklyn is so beautiful. I love her dark hair and eyes - and her eyelashes are incredible! She started smiling at us...it's SO cute! She is two months old today - can't believe it! Her baptism is next Saturday at St. Alphonsus. Still can't get over how different my two girls look!

Jose and I are well. We took both girls to church last night and it went surprisingly well! After church - dinner at Vitales! YUMMY!! Another successful week at Weight Watchers...down 3 more lbs. I have lost 13 lbs total from Weight Watchers and I just LOVE this program! I also went back to work this past week and I love being back. I know that may sound odd - but it was nice to get out of the house and wear heals! I loved putting on nicer clothing and make-up!

Next weekend will be busy - Brooke's Baptism and we are going to decorate for the Holiday's - which does not even seem possible but it is that time of year! I like to have things up for Thanksgiving - since we have Turkey day at our house.

Everybody can be great:

you only need a heart

full of grace,

a soul generated by love.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Just got back from a pizza dinner at Vitales...yummy!!!
Went to weigt watchers this morning and I lost more weight 1.6lbs this week. I have now lost 10 lbs...still a LONG way to go - but so far so good! 10lbs in one month is not too shabby! These pictures were taken today...Brooklyn getting so big and Olivia in her new winter hat! Have a great weekend!

The baby on the left is Olivia (one year ago) and Brooke is on the right.....they look a little bit alike huh??

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Last night was Olivia's very first time trick or treating...she looked soooo cute as Tinkerbell! Brooklyn stayed home with me while I passed out candy. She was a bumble bee but half way through the night she spit up all over her costume so we put her in pj's.

This was the best I could do as far as getting them in a picture together. Olivia did not like her headband and kept trying to take it off and Brooke was very hot in her costume....at least we tried!