A Very Happy Birthday.

I have a whole mess of photos to add to this little blog! Not only did we have Little's birthday party on Saturday but Dada and I took Little to Moody Gardens yesterday as a special birthday surprise!  Im catching up on some work and going through pictures, I promise Ill have some here very soon!!

I have loads to share but the most important thing is that I have a happy healthy beautiful 2 year old boy.  How did I get so lucky to have this guy in my life? Why were Dada and I blessed, we have no idea but we are fully aware. 

Happy Birthday to my darling Jude. 

<3 Mama Chuca

Im Loving Right Now

 

I wrote his name on that paper, please don't mention the toddler style handwriting. 

Little scribbles and happy thoughts about his birthday party. 

Have a very happy super exciting lovely lovely weekend!!

<3 Mama Chuca

   

Scramble Mode

13 months

14 months 

15 months 

16 months

17 months

18 months

19 months

20 months

21 months

22 months

23 months

24 months

With only 2 more days til Little's birthday party, Im pretty much in party/scramble mode right now.  Just finishing up a few last details like checking the grocery list one more time, going over the to do list and crossing off the projects that I didn't have a chance to get to.  Today Im printing out the photos above for a small photo banner, so guests can see how much this guy has changed.

The ole laptop is giving me more and more problems as of late, so thats why I've been a little behind and lacking in the photo department.  Hopefully, Dada can take a look and see what the problem is so I  can get back to adding awesome photos of Little once again!!

Btw: look at that adorable baby, he has grown so much!! I honestly don't remember him being so chubby and squishy.

<3 Mama Chuca

Inspiration

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  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

Aye Yi Yi!!

This weekend was super rainy and very lazy.  Except for  Gymboree and running some birthday errands Saturday, Little and I just lounged about with Tia Lorri.  We were house/tia sitting for Gramma and Papaw while they were on their small road trip to New Orleans.  I did get some DIY decorations done while Little was napping on Sunday.  A couple of things...

Little says "Aye yi yi"!! HILARIOUS!!

Little no longer feels the need to follow me into the bathroom!! This is awesome news, usually I have a little boy trailing after me or banging on the door as soon as I head to the restroom.  But now I simply tell him where Im going and he nods. Thats if he is not in a bad mood already, then there is no escaping him!

Little is coming up on the "mine" phase and I think its gonna get ugly! We try not to use the word so we don't encourage it, but he does go to daycare where Im sure he hears it plenty.

Little and I pray at night, its very sweet.  We say, "I love The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit.. Amen" while doing the sign of the cross. One day he'll know what it means, for now its something special we do together.

I signed Little up for the Toys R Us birthday club and they sent Little a birthday card already.  The card came with a couple of coupons Little can use for his birthday. Isn't that awesome?? I had no idea they did something like that, I hear when you go in to use the coupons they wish the birthday kid a Happy Birthday over the intercom.  Ill report back here of course!


Which reminds me- Littles birthday is coming up fast...  A WEEK!! Its crazy but somehow I don't think Ill be scrambling around like last year.  Maybe because its at Grammas house or maybe that Ive made it low key, Idk but m not freaking out yet.  Going home to work on party bags, Im actually excited!!

<3 Mama Chuca

Favorite Movie Friday

I decided to do something a little bit different today *gasp*, I think I want to start including some more Mama stuff around here!!  Introducing my first Favorite Movie Friday (FMF) post, not every Friday but here and there Ill share with you some favorite movies of Mama, Dada and maybe baby.  I am a self proclaimed movie buff, although it has dwindled a bit since the Little was born. But nevertheless Ive decided our first movie for FMF would be "In Her Shoes", this of course is a Mama movie.

If you're a woman and have a sister and haven't seen this movie, please go rent/buy/watch it immediately.

Synopsis:  Straight laced Rose (Toni Collette) and younger party girl sister Maggie (Cameron Diaz) have a huge fight and go there separate ways.  Maggie goes to live with a long lost grandmother (Shirley MacLaine), neither sister knew about, who reveals a dark family secret that not only brings everybody together but helps them in their lost ways.

10 reasons I love this movie: 

1. I love Toni Collette, she makes the best happy faces and her sad faces make me sad too.

2. Rose's shoe closet! Looks amazing and I want it!!

3. Anybody else have a younger sister who is beautiful, I feel your pain Rose. By the way I have 2!!  

4. The movie shows the sister bond at its best and at its worst.

5. The inside joke about their stepmother is hysterical.  One thing I can always count on from my sisters are laughs!

6. Its a book!! No I haven't read it ( I will though, promise) but I love movies that are made from books.     I love reading the extra details that weren't in the movie and I truly believe in the phrase "the book was better", hopefully thats the case with this movie/book. 

7. The small wedding at the end is a dream.  

8. Maybe 7.5- Rose's fiancé and best friend are awesome and hilarious!!

9. The poem Maggie reads at the end is one of my favorites.  e.e. cummings "I carry your heart with me"

10. Who doesn't love Shirley Maclaine?? I mean come on!! Another favorite role she played would be Ouiser Boudreaux from Steel Magnolias!!

There you have it, my 10 favorite things about this movie.  Hopefully one day you'll see it on a shelf somewhere and give it a go! I really enjoyed this post and I will have more FMF posts here!!

Have a good weekend folks!!

<3 Mama Chuca

Party Progress

Hello all!
So my laptop is acting pretty wonky because I have yet to put all of my old work onto our hard drive. I know I know its soo bad of me!! To bring me to my point, I used iPhoto to tweak the photos a bit so the colors are a little off today (especially in the invite photo).  I usually only need to brighten them because I often take pictures with horrible lighting!

I just wanted to give a little peek of the invite I created for Little's second birthday.  I wanted the invite to match the party, simple and sweet.  I really only handed out invites to grandparents and the rest of the  family was pretty much word of mouth, like I said its a very small party.  The big number two is a DIY I'm working on for the party table or the door (haven't decided).  I just wanted to show a little progress  and a couple of cute pictures of my Little.

LOOK at that curl, I want to throw a party just for that one curl alone!! When you have a kid who's hair grows slower than grass you get excited for these things! I just want to cut it off and keep it in my purse!!! But I won't, Ill leave it be. Promise.

On a very special note: Today is my parents 15th wedding anniversary!! Math off a bit? Well 15 years ago Papaw and Gramma (who was just called Mama then) got married and we got the best Dad we could ever ask for!! Thank you to both Papaw and Gramma for giving us an amazing childhood.  At this very moment they are off on a road trip to celebrate like the youngins they are!!

8 more days till the birthday party... scramble mode ON!
<3 Mama Chuca