Day Twenty

Tonight was a crazy night! So I hate to hurry but here's what I'm thankful for today...  

My sweet little seester (who's birthday is today) got ENGAGED!!!!!! 

167. Thankful for Elayna's birthday! I'm so glad to have her as a seester!!!

168. They're getting MARRIED!!! We're so excited and thankful to welcome Brandon into our family!!!

(accidnetal twinzies)

(SO PRETTY!!! )

169. Thankful for the time I got to spend with my Mother-in-Law, Rose, doing her nails for her!  Which also leads me to the next one

170. I'm now a Jamberry Nails Consultant! I'm super excited about it! Its going and already has been so much fun!

These are Kiss Me Ombre which you can buy here: http://totallyadorbs.jamberrynails.net/product/kiss-me-ombre#.U60O1Hm9LCQ

and these are Swiss Dot and Siesta Jamberry Juniors which you can buy here:

http://totallyadorbs.jamberrynails.net/product/swiss-dot--siesta#.U60PHnm9LCQ

171. Might seem random, but I really REALLY love when cheese is shredded skinny or fine or whatever this is called. No it doesn't taste different, its just better. mmmmmmm

172. ... and since I'm going in reverse order, I am really thankful for the time I got to spend coloroing birthday cards for Aunty Bug this morning with Miss Charlemaine.

Day Nineteen

I have so much to be thankful for today and I'm tempted to sum it all up with a bunch of pictures... but that is the opposite of my goal with this list!!! I know I will miss a million things about this day, but here are my thanks...

151. Woke up with all of our downstairs decorated in red streamers and balloons. Ricky's dad, "Papa Richard," decorated for Jovee's birthday after taking Rose to work at 4:30am today! What a great grandpa! We are so blessed with our family!

152. All the smiles from this girl today. Miss Jovee June is a happy little girl, except for when she wakes up and you don't immediately get her a drink of milk. Well, this morning, Charlee woke her up at 5:56am "JOVEE WAKE UP ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY!!!" o.m.g go back to bed. So, I got birthday princess her almond milk in her favorite Cat in the Hat tumbler, and we all FIVE snuggled back into bed for a few while Charlee and Jovee watched Pirate Fairy on Netflix (153 &154 for Tink and Netflix) When is was over, we had a little birthday photoshoot and we laughed a lot. Its really hard to switch from holding up 3 fingers for 365 days to holding up 4!! She has the best laugh ever!! (155)

156. Daddy got to spend the day with us!!!!

157. starbucks (duh) ps Jovee does not like Hazelnut lattes!

158. Niva, Jovee's first super cute Mooshka doll! She's been wanting one since her friend Emiko's birthday in February! (Mooshka Dolls even regrammed her on instagram! She was pretty excited about that!)

 159. Pump It Up! How can we NOT be thankful for an indoor arconditioned play place!!

160. PPP! We love our Peter Piper Pizza! MMMMMMMMMM

161. Daddy helping us make cupcakes while I fed Lucia.

(Jovee was very particular we use every type of sprinkle we had... including the Christmas sprinkles)

162. Dance Parties! and 

163. Birthday Pom Poms!

164. New Tattoos! Jovee got a rose with Lucia's name on it.

165. Praying together as a family. I know I know my eye's weren't closed... but its a moment I really wanted to capture. Birthday prayers are always a special thing in the Carrillo Home.

166. The first day of my Jovee June's 4th year! In some ways she is so big and in others, still so little... and we love her a ton!

Favorite Color: Red

Favorite Song: Two of a Kind by Perma

Favorite Person: "Mommy, I mean Daddy" (hahaha)

Favorite Food: sushi

Favorite thing about today: Nick Jr friends "called her" to say happy birthday. "They ARE real, they called mom's cell and they live in Mexico" .... hahaha!

Thank You, Lord for this wonderful celebration of a day! . . .  and we get to do another one tomorrow with Aunty Elayna!!!!

Day eighteen

As this list gets longer I think am I being repetitive? Truly, I am thankful for these things that seem to be every day reaccuring because I know that I will not always have these days. Kids will turn to teens... baby snuggles will become harder to catch as the toddler phase approaches... Work will need to be done... School work will start up full fledged... Life will change and I know it will change so much faster than we really expect it too. Then I read this in Ann Voskamps One Thousand Gifts and it spoke clearly what my heart has been thinking ... So this the list continues...

"Gratitude for the seemingly insignificant - a seed - this plants the giant miracle..." 

-Ann Voskamp in One Thousand Gifts

THANKS # 142 Celebration that Lucia is already two months old! What a sweet little lady we've been given! 

THANKS #143 The up and down motion of Lucia's belly as she sleeps 

THANKS #144 lots and lots and lots of snuggles today 

THANKS #145 freshly bathed baby skin 

THANKS #146 a big old playful mess! Mickey, and Spongebob, Barbies, and a tea party all in one big glorious evening mess. 

THANKS #147 Medicine... As I was battling a bad migraine today. 

THANKS #148 Little Girl Snaps- they just learn and they're so proud of themselves. 

THANKS #149 Tokyo love for Lucia. He's so cute as he comes up and sniffs her head and she's sleeping in my arms. He's a good kitty. 

THANKS #150 Hearing the girls through the baby monitor pray for others voluntarily as they go to sleep. 

Day Seventeen

THANKS #133 another day home with my girls that we can stay in pajamas all day long and play. 

THANKS #134 ... Photo shoot!! Charlee was "taking pictures" of Lucia and Lucia was loving it!

She took some pictures of us too!

Say cheese!!

Jovee posing!

THANKS #135 ... Jovee shared some of her fruit roll up with me!! Just rolled some up and handed it to me!! Such a sweetheart! This was a special treat they waited all day for!

THANKS #136 ... Homemade latte. I needed this. It was so so good. I'll probably have another tomorrow!

THANKS #137 homemade vanilla spice coffee cafe! Mmm I love baking!!

Recipe here... Just added pumpkin pie spice, more sugar than it asked for, and a splash of vanilla mmmmmmm

http://www.mandysrecipeboxblog.com/2009/09/quick-coffee-cake.html?m=1

THANKS #138 more Jovee selfies 

THANKS #139 I love how cute Charlee is... SO super into Finding Bigfoot! She didn't even want to go to the bathroom because she didn't want to miss anything!

THANKS #140 Ricky got Jovee to stop picking her nose. She always asks if she has a bloody nose because Charlee gets them all the time (I think she secretly wants one). Ricky "called the paramedics" and they "headed on their way" to help fix her bloody nose. She was really upset!! Ricky "called the paramedics back" and Jovee had to tell them on the phone she promises not to pick her nose anymore. Hopefully, the nose picking has stopped!!! 

THANKS #141 two of my three sweet babies are sleep in their beds. Thank You God ;) 

Day Sixteen

THANKS #132 ... Time spent with family and friends! 

I realized I didn't post yesterday, but I consciously thought multiple times about being thankful for this moment and not having to pause to take a picture of it. 

However I did get these two lovely pictures ... 

Silly pig face on glasses

...and this! Hahaha definitely sisters!! They're even crashed out the same!! ;)

Day Fifteen

We're having a rough day being thankful. Our daddy I about of town and that gives way to disorderly conduct in the Carrillo home. 

Well we persevered through and I can honestly say, despite a grouchy start, I was able to look at the day with a thankful outlook. (Even though there were lots of grouchy eyebrows...) 

THANKS #124 ... Being a human highway

THANKS #125. 5&Diner has become a new favorite breakfast place. 

THANKS #126 sibling rivalry. Even though it was driving me crazy as they fought the whole breakfast, I am so thankful they have each other. 

(Jovee was pulling her hair)

(Charlee's mad face)

(Jovee is such a sneaker snooks and Charlee is obviously annoyed) 

THANKS#127 Jovee's "Combos!" HAHHA "Hey Mahm! How about sausage, then egg, then potato! ... Good combo, huh!?"

THANKS #128 I discovered I have a TAN (well at least my arms are haha) This is a big deal. Hehe. Ps that's my arm and leg. 

THANKS #129 sleepover! (Aka eat junk food and watch movies in the living room but call it a sleep over to makes us all feel better since we're sad daddy's not here)

THANKS #130 Ricky getting to enjoy God's beautiful creation. Here's the picture he sent me. I hope he's having fun even though we are miserable without him. 

THANKS #131 the love the girls had for their daddy. I've heard so many times today "I miss my daddy!" Or "I wish daddy was here!" Me too... Me too.