Happy 2.5th Birthday Nic!

2.5 years ago today Nic was born.  I remember going through the first 6 months of Nic's life wishing I could fast forward time.  But sometime around the year mark, I stopped feeling this.  I cherish each milestone and each month and at 2.5 years it is only going faster. It seems that I'm always tired and can barely keep the house afloat but today I wanted to make celebrate Nic's 2.5 birthday.

It was pouring and I picked up Nic at 5pm and went to Target to get some cake mix to make him celebratory cupcakes.  We got soaked but we got the stuff for the cupcakes.



The ingredients


Mixing the batter


Counting how many cupcakes we are going to make


Watching them bake


Blowing out the candles


And a few with Mami




He was so happy with his cupcakes and so was I.  They were delish. 

Happy 1/2 Birthday Nicolas, I love you more than you will ever know. 

Until the next post
N@
ps-please excuse the crappy shots but the memory is more important than the quality.

Long time no post

I think it has been over a month without an update.  I feel like I've neglected my blog and photography but I still pick up my camera weekly and read other people's blog (LOL).  Life is catching up and after a long day at work and spending time with Nic the last thing I want to do is edit pictures and sit in front of a computer. 

I still have not gone through the 800+ pics from Napa/San Francisco.  I did post the first day of our trip on picasa. 

Instead of sharing the ones that are technically right, I'll share the silly ones from the first day. 


My sister, Caro, and BFF, T, waiting to be picked up.  I gave them the wrong description of the car, oops!

The best combo cheezits and champaign. (LOL)


Me acting silly!

And one of T & Caro resting up.  We were tired after a cross country flight.

I'll hopefully finish editing my trip pics soon but don't hold your breath!

N@

Zebra , popsicle sticks and toilet paper rolls

what?  How are these related.  I've been wanting to have a craft day with Nic but I'm 1) totally not creative and not artistic and 2) limited time.  But last week we did one of our first art projects one evening.  We made a zebra out of toilet paper rolls, popsicle sticks, and construction paper.

Here are the pictures.  Not beautiful but Nic liked it and that is all that mattered.

The materials

Nic is concentrating on the project ahead

He is comparing the zebra to the model we found online.

The final product

Nic admiring our work

I'm going to try to do one of these at least once every 2 weeks. What do you think does it look more like a cow? LOL

N@

I'm tired, back from vacation

I should not complain that I'm tired b/c I got back from my girls only vacation on Monday but traveling always takes a lot of of me.  Especially after a long week at work and a very active toddler.  I'll do a few blog posts about my girls only vacation but for today I'll just post one of the few shots I pulled off my memory stick.

This is one of the first pics that I took when we (Carolina-sis, T-bff, and I) arrived in San Francisco.  The fog was thick that day and cold but I think this is normal.



Here is one of us three.



All we have from the trip is memories and some awesome pics.

The first is not technically a sky shot but I'm going to link up to Skywatch Friday anyway!

Have a great weekend!

Father's Day 2011

I hope my gordis had a great Father's Day because he deserves it.  Every morning he gets up at 6:20am, gets Nic ready for school, drops him off, and heads to work (1-1.5 hour commute).  Works for 9-10 hours and then heads back home and finally makes it by 7:45pm.  I complain all the time because I'm tired and I hate the commute but Leo doesn't complain.  He does it.  He cherishes the little bit of time with Nic before school and makes sure to hug and tell him he loves him right before bed.

Days and weeks go by without me acknowledging how lucky I am for Leo as a husband and father.  I hope he knows that even if I don't say it, I think it and feel it everyday.  We have a good thing and I hope that it only gets better.  To many more years and Father's Day.

Love you Gordis!

Here are a few pics from our Father's Day.



Father's Day Breakfast in bed!


A hug from Papi


Baseball Game!


Running the bases after the game!




And they are safe!


And a rainbow to finish off a great day!!

p.s.  These pictures suck technically but the moments are what count!

N@

A little something on this Wednesday

I was looking through my e-buddy's Ashley's links and found this photo challenge.  I fell of the challenge wagon a few months ago because my creativity is being trumped by exhaustion.  So I barely pick up my camera during the week.  But this weekend after creating a container garden w/ Nicolas I captured this blooming flower. 


I love the shape of it and the color and the best part is that it is SOOC! woohoo! 

Here is another macroish shot of the coolest grasshopper.


It is hard to choose so I'll give you both!!

I hope you like them and if you want to see some more great macro shots click below!




Have a great hump day!
N@

Goodbye London

So it seems like all we did was walk around the city and eat but we also caught two plays and a couple of museums.

We watched Much Ado About Nothing at Shakespeare's Globe Theater and Chicago at the Cambridge Theater near Soho and Picadilly Circus.  It is crazy to think that about 500 years ago Shakespeare's plays were performed on that same stage.  The picture does not do it justice and the play was really good (a little too long, 3 hours).


Chicago was great too! It was great to know the songs so we could sing along and yes Leo was signing along too!



We also went to Greenwich to the Royal Observatory.  I thought it was going to be kinda boring but the little town was so cute and the museum was cool!





The trip was short but it was exactly what Leo and I needed.  Since we moved to FL late February our weeks are long, our weekends short, our commutes cut into our time together and dates are non existent.  So we love adult only vacations because it helps us reconnect and focus just on us.  We talked, stayed up late, laughed, drank a little too much wine, slept in, ate, etc. and we can't wait for our next one. 



For the entire album click here.

Have a great weekend!!
N@