Day 2 another good begining

I created and listed my first Etsy item today.
If you don't know, Etsy is a website to buy & sell all things handmade. It is a pretty popular site, and I hope to keep adding new items regularly.
I was so excited to finally get it listed, that I didn't take the best of pics. oh well, heres to another grand adventure!! ~ My Stuff Rocks!
If you want to visit my shop go to http://www.mystuffrocks.etsy.com
I hope to also open a "fan page" on facebook as well, look for that in a future post.

starting off right

day 1, Happy New Year!
Started this new year off right, with a little help from my brother Corey. He installed a new ceiling fan in our bedroom. I have no idea why I never asked for his help before with stuff like this. I guess because I still think of him as my "baby brother".
The girls ran around and had fun hanging out with him and his girlfriend Meghan. they watched Harry Potter, and she showed them her really neat giggle man replay app, and they both LOVED it. I want an iphone now, wah.

Veronica turns 5

Veronica is officially 5 years old.. wow that was FAST!
we are having her party combined with Vals Jan 9th, she is so excited to be turning 5.
Four generations!7lbs 3 oz

will this matter in 5 years

yep I think this pic matters alot, lol.
Me in the glory, pregnant with my first child! It is almost her 5th birthday, and gearing up for that I thought I'd share a pic! I was about 37 weeks in this pic, so not quite 5yrs exactly but close enough!!
and a funny tid-bit about this shirt I am wearing in this pic.. This is one of the only maternity shirts I have held onto, and wore during all 4 of my pregnancies, and I still have it in my closet.
My pregnancy pics have also gotten way better through the pregnancies, this is one out of a handful of pics when I was pregnant with Veronica.

its been awhile!

so alot has happened that I really wanted to blog about. why I didn't, well life happens, and laziness lol.. I have a resolution though, starting Jan 1st I AM going to take a pic everyday, and at least post a sentence or two about that day.
I am leaving it open to posting more than one picture per day, but I will try not and over load the page, lol. Which is hard to do with 2 cute kids, and camera happy photog mom!
I may skip posting a few days, to then post the past days on a furture date, but there WILL be a pic to post from each day :)
hmm, I wonder if I left any "rules" out, or forgotten about.. well see :)

Veronica's 1st black eye

so it seems my older daughter has all the luck with injuries.. if you can see in the pic she has her 1st black eye! also in the pic her right (pic left) eyebrow has a huge scar thanks to another incident earlier in her life. She has also (in the past) had her pinkie nail pulled 95% off when she got it slammed in a door, it did eventually fall all the way off, then grew back normally, but sheesh this girl gets it bad, and often when it comes to injuries, esp compared to Valerie.Veronica got the black eye while attending her friend Nicole's b-day party. From what I heard, Veronica got too close while one adult was pushing another little girl on a swing, one of the teeter totter type, and bam, face injury. she ran to me crying of course, and I had no idea it was that bad cause she wouldn't show me her face at first, it was buried in my chest! she finally showed me and told me what happened. I guess you can only tell a child something so many times before they have to learn it the hard way. I had been telling both girls to stay away from the swings if there were children swinging on them. aw poor baby! here is the party we went to, taken before the black eye incident!

playin in the playhouse

(editing the date of the post to reflect date of the events)
My mom brought Kaley, Ryan, and Corey over to my house for dinner. I made YUMMY burgers for everyone. I had these cheeses from border, smoked applewood bacon, and tomato basil cheese, both were a hit, I mostly liked the applewood bacon!
I love being with my family. Seems there is always someone missing at every get together though. I miss my older brother so much since he lives in Washington state to be with his twin boys. I miss my sister sometimes cause she is an hour away. I can't wait for christmas when we should ALL be together!!!!!!
here is mama Gino playing with the girls in their playhouse. They loved this!! they brought out play food and plates to make their own dining experience.it was pretty dark out, so they used daddy's flashlight for lighting.