carmen jules' first birthday party!!!

Oh, wow. I can't believe we celebrated our daughter's first birthday. Our family and friends made the time so special, I was so happy the way everything turned out. Well, except that little miss was either tired or just taken back by everyone that was over! She was quiet and got cranky right before we did her cake. (i got a lump in my throat as i sang happy birthday, i was just so happy!) Oh well, my hammy little gal is entitled to a nap so she took one :) The kids hit the traditional pinata and the little ones played a cute game of "Pin the Bow on Carmen."

Thank you so much to our families and friends for celebrating with us. It means a lot to Ruben and I to share special memories with you all.

As always, much love to everybody :)

xoxoxo

Team Rodriguez

cj and her swing

hold on, beans!!

I had been looking forward to getting this for cj for awhile now. We trooped on down to toys-r-us and got her a swing. Ruben put it up, thanks handyman! The weather has been nice so we have been taking advantage and spending more time outside. Next it's on to getting our backyard into shape. As Carmen gets bigger, I know she will enjoy playing outside so we want to make it a nice area for our family and friends to hang out.

flautas, loteria and dancing

muchas gracias, maria for hosting a girly gathering potluck. oh man the food was gooood. after dinner and a few rounds of loteria we got the itch to head on out for some dancing. splendid time, ladies :) xoxoxo

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getting back to business

It's nice to be back on here again, I just wasn't feeling it there for awhile. Chu know what I mean? *shaking it off*

It's busy as usual and I couldn't ask for it any other way. Our new (to us!) house is starting to feel like home, it's taking lots of work (I give Ruben major props for the tedious tasks that he has been working on) and we are happy, healthy and together. It's been said before and I am more than thankful to say it again, God is good. Everyday :)

Here are some pics from this past month. xoxoxo

beans w/ her easter basket

mom and carm ready for easter

daddy's gal

so fashionable w/ her leopard bow and runny nose!
we got carried away and packed cj, oops!
yum!
she looked like the flying nun!