August

Summer is almost over and I find myself wanting to go school shopping.  Sadly I have no one to school shop for yet.  Oh well.  Soon enough I suppose.  I will post updated pictures soon!

July already? wow..

My babies are 2 and almost six months.  WOW!!  Where has the time gone? Seriously?  I blinked and the convention was over and now my babies are growing and time just passes on and on...
Mercedes is so gorgeous and super smart.  She is now potty trained and although she does have an accident every now and then she is doing really really well.  She says more things every day that shock me and positively adores her sissy. 
Ashley is so sweet.  In fact I call her my sweet Ashley.  Except when she's fussy then I call her Samantha (LOL! Gotta love me Sam;)  She is rolling over to her side now and is eating baby food...::sniff sniff::...I can hardly believe it.  She is such a joy and is always smiling.  She loves watching her Mercedes and will just stare at her and stare.  It's super cute of course. 
Mike and I are doing great.  We are considering a vacation in September to Disneyland but nothing set yet.  Other then that it's daily life.  As long as everyone is safe, healthy and happy that is all that matters.  Here are some pictures of my definition of love....

Photography class

So I signed up for a digital photography workshop and have had a blast!  I had no idea what this fancy camera did that Mike bought me and I've had it for almost a year and a half.  So I've been taking a million pictures trying to work with the "manual" and apeture settings on my camera and have noticed a lot better pictures.  I even found out I can shoot in sepia which I've been trying to figure out for a long time and I have a timer on my camera so I can do our family pictures.  Which I'm going to try to accomplish today since we don't have a family picture with Ashley in it.  I've also been reading a lot more on photography and am beginning to realize how truely dumb I am!  Ha ha!  on the bright side...I have been doing a lot of things correct and not knowing it and applying a lot of rules I didn't know were "rules".  So all in all I have a LOT to learn but hey at least its a start.  I'll be posting to flickr more often now so go see my pics and see what you like and don't like.  Here are some pictures of my babies!

Super exhaustion!

Well April is zooming by like the last two months.  Good grief!  It seems like my days are like this: change diapers, get a sippy cup with milk for Mercedes, feed Ashley, watch cartoons and drink coffee, make breakfast, clean house and do laundry, shower, bathe Mercedes, bathe Ashley, do makeup and hair, sit down and do bills or time for lunch!, clean up lunch, try to get Mercedes to take a nap (which is rare), time to get dinner ready for Mike, eat dinner, clean up, time to play with Mercedes then fight with her because she hates bedtime, bounce Ashley, rock Ashley, bounce Ashley, rock Ashley, (hopefully during this time Mercedes finally goes to sleep) and finally 11:00 pm when everyone is asleep I get to exercise (yeah right) take a bubble bath and go to sleep....whew....tomorrow I get to do it all over again!  :)   funny thing is...I wouldn't change it for anything.

Ashley Samantha

My sweet Ashley is two months old.  I cannot believe how time flies by!  We have been enjoying our new little angel and often wonder what we did without her.  Mercedes is still great with her and loves her so much.  She says "mom where baby?" whenever we are away from home and Ashley is not in my arms.  She's such a good baby.  She falls asleep around 10:30 or 11:00 and wakes up around 5:30 or 6:00 in the morning to eat, then sleeps until about 9:30 or 10:00.  She is a lot more fussy then Mercedes was but I don't mind at all.  She is just as sweet and beautiful. 

Ashley Samantha Fausett

My sweeet baby Ashley arrived January 19th, 2010.  She weighed 6 lbs and 14 oz. and 19 inches long and has a full head of beautiful brown hair.  Her eyes are starting to clear up and we can see now that they are GORGEOUS and brown of course;)  Gotta love that hispanic bloodline.  It was a very long day for me but happily it ended great!  All I can say is thank God for the person who invented epidurals!  Although it didn't work as well as the first time it sure did help.  My little angel took her sweet time and arrived at 8:47 pm.

Mercedes is crazy about Ashley and extremely protective.  I love it!  Ashley is her baby and when anyone is holding her she says "mine", or "my baby".  It's actually pretty cute.  Mercedes has turned into a beast!  I guess that comes with the age since she'll be in the terrible twos next month.  She throws fits, talks back, and spends a LOT of time in the corner.  Kids....  We've begun the potty training process and it's not going to be easy.  She'll do great one day and then the next she will refuse!  Oy.....She is so beautiful though.  And she is very smart:)

Mike and I are doing great.  Just trying to keep up with the munchkins.  Sometimes they gang up on us but as long as we stick together......I think we can win!

Almost baby time!

I have to admit I have been back on facebook and abandoned the blog again.  Well we have three weeks until baby is due and couldn't be more anxious and excited.  I am a little nervous about labor but oh well.  She's gotta come out some how right? 
Mercedes is so cute and rubs my belly and says "hi sissy".  it is my most favorite thing lately.  She is also turning into a terror.  I suppose it comes with the age.  She will be two in March.  She is funny though.  Anyone kissing on TV or anywhere and she goes "eww..gross".  I love it! 
Well we are just sitting around waiting for baby and not much else.  I try to get as much rest as possible but that is sort of impossible with an almost two year old, and husband and being as big as a hippo.    Okay well, here's to hoping for a fast easy delivery and as short a stay in the hospital as possible!