WOWZA!

Photos taken with my phone at our favorite restaurant, oh theres a tortilla too.

Yesterday I found myself staring at Little and throughout the night asking Dada,"Doesnt he look older today?" or saying "I think he might have gone through a growth spurt".  Only to realize today that yesterday he turned 26 months!! How could I have forgotten? Yes I do have a lot on my mind with the new house, the wedding, invitation designs for a party, an upcoming trip and a whole lotta work stuff.  But how could I have forgotten that my sweet little boy turned 26 months?! And I definitely owe you guys a monthly post!! I promise tomorrow I will have Little's Monthly post full of photos and tidbits of what this kid is loving and doing this month.  Besides wondering why my son looked like a big boy last night, we also pretended to be Mama and baby monkeys.  I would put him over my shoulder, make monkey noises and pretend to eat bugs from his hair.  He, in turn, laughed like crazy and ate bugs from my hair, then we tackled Dada who was obviously from another monkey clan.

<3 Mama Chuca

Rewind

August 2010

August 2011

August 2012

They don't even look like babies anymore, how did that happen so fast?!  This Sunday we have our session for 2 year photos with Tia Lorri, which will be more proof that my baby is now an actual little (tiny) boy.  Still Im very excited about getting his pictures taken, but less excited about what I may have to bribe him with to get him to smile.  I miss my little wiggle worm baby, does this sad/happy feeling ever go away while looking at baby photos??

<3 Mama Chuca


**That second photo is Squishy in Tia Lindas stomach, in case I lost you for a second. 

Inspiration

source

  This year I promised myself I would try and be brave when it came to art and design.  So I put myself out there a little more than usual, I picked up a couple of freelance clients and a position at a very small design company.  Little by little Im becoming more confident with my skills and that makes me very happy.  Yes this is pretty random but this illustration inspires me so much that I HAD to share!  I keep repeating this to myself while I work on setting up an Etsy shop, its exciting and scary.  This will be my mantra for this little endeavor.  I seriously advise you to go out and be brave!!


<3 Mama Chuca

Laugh Out Loud

Why is this so true?

Wolowitz is my favorite character on Big Bang

Im glad Im not the only person who caught 

this resemblance

Dada "CHUCA just take a few at a time, you don't have 

to take everything at once!!"

Adorable, I would give this kid credit

I might have to say this at least once

Tia Linda said something to this effect the other day,

this reminded me of her

This has Little all over it

Our Little went to the dr yesterday and it turns out he has an ear and throat infection. (I know, my poor baby) Dada is at home with him now and Im stuck at work.  Luckily Im off tomorrow for the Fourth of July, but I'm finding it hard to get through this long day! So Ive posted a few things that made me LOL and hopefully its a little pick me up for you as well!!

Enjoy.

<3 Mama Chuca

Weekend Goodies

the babies on the bus go waa waa waa..

I assure you he isn't crying, sad or sleepy. He really just gets into the wheels on the bus!! It is one of his favorite songs to sing with Mama & Dada, he actually makes me take off my glasses so I can rub my eyes like the baby too! Oh toddlers...

I have several links, pictures and goodies to share with you:

Oh My Gosh, this  is the most amazing wall art for a baby shower ever!! Could I somehow replicate this for the shower Im throwing???? I think Im going to give it a GO! fingers crossed

I got pregnant at the age of 24 and gave birth to Little a month shy of 25.  I also happened to work part time when I was pregnant in customer service.  Working in customer service while your so obviously pregnant is pretty much an ice breaker for lots of colorful people.  Sometimes its nice and sometimes its akward and you just want to step on somebodies toes with all your pregnancy weight! This post from an awesome blog called Early Mama reminded me of those awkward moments!! Yes I know I wasn't teen mom young but I did hear everything from that list at least once during my pregnancy!! 

This made me laugh out loud, several times! It actually makes me feel better that I am not the only mama that goes through this at Target! Why is it so true??  

I can't understand a word of this post but that photo is darling! I definitely have to incorporate Littles animal friends for his birthday party. 

SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!!  True Blood season 5 premiere! This mamas excited!

I love this look!! But could I really pull it off? Keiko Lynn can rock anything!! I think Im now in search of the perfect head scarf!

Last night we were at Tia Lindas house,  while I was making the hundredth paper flower, out of nowhere Little started barking and crawling around like a puppy.  I do realize I'm getting excited about my child acting like an animal but it was too cute!! This is the part of toddlerhood that Im the most excited about the spontaneous imagination part.  Yes it takes imagination for kids to pretend to be dogs, doctors, cowboys, princesses or whatever they run around the living room pretending to be. 

Yesterday when I picked him up from daycare he said "school"!! I asked him if he had fun at school and he pointed to the school nodded and said "school"!! On our way to full conversations people!

Cheers to Friday friends!!

<3 Mama Chuca

10 THINGS!!

A couple months ago there was this very sweet game of tag going through the blogosphere called 10 things/11 things. I, only being a blog reader, was not able to take part in this. BUT I thought it would be a great way for anyone interested get to know me a little better. 
There are 5 rules:
1.Post these rules.
2.Post a photo of yourself and 10 random things.
3.Answer the questions set for you in the original post. 
Normally it would be a blogger that has tagged me, but like I said Im pretty late in the game.  One of my new favorite blogs (withlovediana, who also inspired this self tag) did happen to leave the tag open! Thank you Diana & yay me!! 
4. Create 10 new questions and tag people to answer them.
5. Go to their blog/twitter and tell them you've tagged them.
As for rule #4 & #5, because I am late Im gonna go ahead and just keep the tag open. If anybody out there just wants to tag themselves or answer the questions for fun, feel free!!
Away we go...

10 Random things about me:

1. I cry every single time I watch the very last Harry Potter movie, a lot!! I cry when the professors are protecting Hogwarts, I cry when they go back to the night Harry Potter's parents died, I cry when he realizes he has to die...its ridiculous but I can't help it!! 


2. When I was pregnant I secretly wished my Little's eyes would be brown!! Dada has green/hazel eyes and everybody kept saying how awesome it would be if Little had his eyes.  But I don't look like either one of my parents really and I knew that even if I couldn't have a little replica of myself, at least he could have my eyes.  They didn't come out exactly as dark as mine, but I revel in the fact that people tell me he has my eyes. Its like a secret we share. 


3. I have a terrible fear of ZOMBIES. I can't watch a zombie movie without it weighing on my mind for days, If i even think about zombies too long I will have a nightmare. So yes, I will possibly have a nightmare tonight. :(


4.  I hate posting pictures that Ive taken of myself!! I will take them, like a lot of people, but the thought of people looking at them makes me cringe!! The only way I will post a photo that I've taken with me in it, is if there is somebody else in it as well. Did that make sense? (was so hard to take the photo above!)


5. I can spend hours watching movie trailers online!! The weird thing is, I even watch old trailers, WHA?? Yes movies I have already seen, Ill watch the trailers! 


6. This is more like a part 2: I HAVE to watch the trailer at the movies, If i go to the movies and miss any trailers it feels weird and I can't watch the movie right.  I usually get a little grumpy!


7. I wish I liked onions. I hate hate hate onions but they always look so good and they are always in food I love. Everytime I try to taste them, thinking maybe its changed or they're cooked a different way, its disastrous. 


8. Another part 2: Once in high school I wanted this ring I could not afford, so I begged and begged my parents to buy it for me. Instead they both decided that If I could eat a big sliver of uncooked onion they would buy it for me, those sneaky parents knew my nemesis. So I thought about it and then down the hole, after gagging and choking for couple of minutes I managed to get it down. I proudly wore my ring almost every day... I have not idea where it is now. 


9. Chuca is a nickname my mom gave me, its the last part of my last name PaCHUCA. When Dada and I were dating he heard my mom call me this several times and started calling me Chuca as well. Then when I got preggo with Little he started calling me Mama Chuca, I like it. 


10. One of my favorite authors is Sandra Cisneros and one of my all time favorite books is The House on Mango Street. I love reading it to this day. 

Questions from Diana

1. If you had to change your first name, what would you name yourself?

Eleanor

2. What is your biggest dream?

To sell my art for a living. 

3. Describe something embarrassing that's happened to your or that you've witnessed.

At my God daughters christening my skirt blew up in the breeze! It was a windy-ish day and it just flew up, I didn't think anybody had seen my behind til I looked over and saw a man laughing like crazy pretending to cover his eyes! *face palm!  I tried to get over it by thinking to myself "its just one guy, I'm never gonna see him again anyway", WRONG! After the ceremony we went to have a nice brunch and whaddaya know, turns out he was part of the family!! (My God daughters mothers family)

4. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live and why?

Hawaii, I was there on vacation a couple of years ago and I fell in LOVE!! It was sunny (but not Texas-hot), beautiful and I think Little would enjoy it so much!

5. What is your favorite holiday?   Halloween, I love the idea of going to work dressed as a gorilla. 

6. Name a food you haven't tried but would like to try one day.

Ratatouille..ever since I saw the movie Ratatouille.

7. What is something that most people don't know about you?

I hate the sound of somebody dragging their bare feet across carpet!! Its like nails on a chalkboard for me, I get goosebumps!

8. If you could be on any reality TV show or game show, what show would you choose?

Project Runway!!!! LOVE me some Project Runway!

9. Describe what you consider to be the perfect weather.

October/November usually have the perfect days.  Here in Texas it doesn't get as cold as other places, it has cool breezes not too much sun and it smells like fall!!

10. Name your favorite blogs?

harpers happenings

with love diana

cakies

katies pencil box

..to name  a few....


My questions for you:
1. What was the first career/job you ever remember wanting when you were little?
2. What was your first concert?
3. Which celebrity would you love to have for a bestie?
4. If you were gonna star in a movie who would you want as your leading man or lady?
5. If you had to choose one dessert to eat forever what would it be?
6. Who is your favorite super villain of any movie, comic, or cartoon?
7. Long hair or short hair?
8. If you found $500 on the street what would you buy? 
9. Name 3 things in your purse/wallet right now.
10. Are you a Carrie, Miranda, Samantha or Charlotte? If you don't watch Sex and the City (WHY NOT?! jk) pick a character from any TV series that you most identify with!! 


So if you decide to answer my questions please post your link in the comments section. If you want to answer just for fun, feel free!!