sam's school pictures

when he still had teeth; so cute :)

i am one proud mama!

that's right! no more baby cribs for me!! yay!!

wish me luck.

so i had this brilliant idea that sam needs his own room. this idea of course followed by the fact that olivia should sleep in a big girl bed. so these two huge ventures include moving olivia into brandon and sam's old room and letting sam have olivia's room. so today was spent moving furniture; disassembling furniture, sorting through toys, and moving random other crap all around.
well, i must confess; i did finish watching season four of prison break and am slightly annoyed that there is another season... seriously, how much more can they drag this out. don't get me wrong. i like wentworth miller as much as the next girl, but really now...
anyways, in the midst of all this, i realized that i never gave brandon the train picture that i had framed for him. so of course i had to stop what i was doing to look for this. so this involved pulling everything out from under our stairs and trying to find where i put the stupid picture... of course, the picture is no where to be found. i think my maid hid it... that or i just put it somewhere that i would "be sure not to lose it" and then lost it. still, it's easier to blame the maid ;)
yeah, so um. the babies are upstairs making lots of noise. not sure how much sleep i'll be getting tonight, but hopefully the combining rooms thing is succesful. if nothing else, maybe sam will be a little less pissed off at having to share everything. he suffers from "only child" syndrome; which has me a little confused seeings as how we have so many kiddos...
oh well, maybe if i get the stuff finished i can post some pictures tomorrow. or at least an update on the two little monkies who are bouncing off the walls.

self portraits.

i very rarely post my own pictures on my blog. i figure that sometimes it's okay to be silly. one of my favorite things to google is images of self portraits. it's interesting to see how people see themselves. the things that define us as human beings. the whole theory behind beauty being in the eye of the beholder.




photographs can be just as beautiful as words...

button ring bling

i made these with these cute little buttons i found at the thrift store for ten cents (a huge bag!) and some elastic and needle and thread. simple and just absolutely adorable :)

i love her cute little chubby fingers!

sharing our christmas with you :)

christmas was great! (minus the drilling that ce felt the need to do at 8:30 in the morning) we opened presents, cooked all day, and then got to enjoy a nice dinner and some movies with friends. the only thing that would have made it better was having the rest of the family here! well, there's always next year :)
here's some pictures for you to enjoy!
brandon's christmas eve haircut; gotta look good when mommy's taking all those pictures!

olivia getting her hair "did" (she was their youngest customer ever *lol*)

the stockings hung "by the chimney" (okay, we had to improvise a bit!)

the kids, sitting still so i could get at least ONE good picture in front of the presents :)

michael not caring about the camera and sam cheesin'!

he really did ask for clothes!

and video games; he's just trying to look tough!

brandon still loves thomas!

the baby doll that olivia has been eyeing in the bx for weeks!

taking the baby for a walk in her new stroller :)

sam showing off some of his stocking stuffers :)

the kids brought their rockband over to the morrillo's until our wii gets fixed (i know, we're so ghetto!) brandon's the best drummer ever :)

well, the best drummer ever, right after sam...

michael and chris rockin' out :)

day after christmas messes; it's unavoidable.

merry christmas for reals :)

i love christmas. even without snow. even after i've pulled down all the christmas decorations and put them away. even after the kids are in bed. and even though tomorrow is just another day.
christmas is just one day where even though things may seem the same (kids fighting, parents losing their tempers, messes being made, etc.) it's a reminder of all that we really have. a day to truly count our blessings. to be greatful for the little things that we take for granted every day.
today, i stop and think about how lucky i am. how blessed and loved i really feel. i have four terrific children, a wonderful husband, great parents, a sister and brother that i love, and awesome friends. we are lacking absolutely nothing. not everyone can say this...
so today and always, i hope you know that if you're in my life, i appreciate you. i love you, and i count you as my blessings. i hope all your christmas wishes come true, but more than anything, i pray that you can stop just for a second and count your own blessings. that you remember just for a moment that life is about a little more than just presents and tinsel.
merry christmas and happy new year! stay safe,
love, lisa