October came and went

So october passed by so fast for me. it came and it went as fast as a passing wind. But we had a lot going on that month. We were able to bless our baby Eva. it was such a beautiful baby blessing and she looked gorgeous.

Here are my beautiful kids. Eko is getting so handsome i just can't get enough of both these kids. Here is eva with her gorgeous dress made by her great grandma in utah and made from the material of my wedding dress. so this is a very special dress for me.
The Burroughs came all the way from utah to be here for the baby blessing and to see us at our new home in texas. this is us at the famous texas state fair.
the burroughs brought us our buddy, yay. so now buddy is a texas dog.
Oh yeah some time back mark got a scooter (yes I know, it looks kindda like a bike but its a scooter, trust me i checked)He loves his new bike, he think he looks cool. specially when he wears his neon green jacket and helmet.
Halloween was so fun this year. Eko had a costume party and this neighborhood gets really into it so a lot of the houses were VERY decorated and eko got tons of candy and we only knocked in 3 blocks because it was a school night but some of the big kids that knocked a lot had full pillowcases.
this was our trio, yes all 3 of them went trick or treating, even buddy. he loved the attention he got.
Eva is now 2 months and she is so fun to be around. She loves to smile, SPECIALLY to mark and eko. she is a total daddys girls.
She is VERY petite and people are always shocked when i say she is 2 months and was born at over 8 pounds because she looks so tiny. she is about 10.5 pounds now so she is growing but what do you expect, she has some asian in her. she won't be a big baby like eko was but we are ok with that. that just means she will be my tiny baby for longer.
thats about it for now. Eko is doing great at school and i love it when he comes home telling me all he has learned. mark is still loving his job and we are all looking forward to thanksgiving and CHRISTMAS!!!!

Our Little Model

Eva was used as a model for one of our church friends who sells head bands and hats. She did so good till we tried getting her naked and then she got mad at us. Here are some of the cute pictures she got.

Welcome LeiLani Evangeline

Ok so I have been trying to work on this post for 3 days and I always run out of time so I will make it quick.

-We had Eva's grandparents here visiting last week to see her but they were here and there was NO baby, my hospital wouldn't enduce till 42 weeks and we were running out of time but on September 6th at 4am I woke up feeling a little wet but knew I hadn't peed on myself so I went to the bathroom to check and sure enough my water had broken. I got mark up and he jumped out of bed and was ready to go but since I had no contractions I took my sweet time getting ready. around 5am we headed to the hospital and the contractions were starting and from the beginning they were 2 minutes apart. They checked me & i was only at a 2cm and had to put a heart monitor on the babies head and that caused the contractions to be about 50 seconds apart. By noon I was only at a 4cm so they gave me some medicine to speed things up. while I was there dealing with the contractions the lady next to me (yes I was sharing a room) said "The baby is coming" well the nurses didn't believe her cause they had just checked her and her water hadn't broken and she was at a 4cm. well guess what... her baby really was coming and we heard her say a second time "the baby is coming NOW" and (no lie) 30 sec later we heard her baby cry. the nurse had to catch the baby without gloves cause that baby just popped out. so mark and I got to witness someone else's delivery. A great story to tell Eva when she is older. But anywho, my contractions were pretty strong but the worse was the pressure eva was putting on me. Around 2pm they checked and I was at a 6cm and they said it will be a few more hours but around 2:15 I told them that i felt her head down there and ofcourse they said "No way, there is no way both ladies in this room will have kids popping out that fast." WELL, 5 minutes later i told them again and they checked and sure enough, Eva was ready to come so they got ready, 5 pushes and she was happily out. She came pretty quick & healthy.

Ok here is the funny part.

Both Eko & Eva woke us up at 4AM to go to the hospital. with both I was at 2cm when I got there. with BOTH I got checked at noon and was at a 4cm, and were both Born almost at the same time on their due date. only 15% of babies are born on their due date and I have 2 of those kids.

Ok here are the pictures now.

The proud big brother.
The EXTRA PROUD grandma and popo who came all this way from georgia to see eva but only got to see her for less than 8 hours.

Baby LeiLani Evangeline Burroughs

Born September 6th, 2011 at 2:28pm

8 pounds 3 oz 19.25 inches long
Going home outfit!
She was so big around the middle (Even tho you can't really see it) she didn't fit the newborn diapers at the hospital so they had to put her on size 1 since day one and all the newborn clothes we had for her didn't fit. so she wore a 0-3 months dress instead.

catching up on life

Sooo I haven't blogged lately but my sister keeps telling me to update my blog and since she is one of the few that reads it then i decided to updated it.

not much happening here in good old texas, its HOT. sometimes as much as 118 so i try to stay inside as much as i can. I have a pool outside but its too hot to be out there so i only go in the mornings once every few weeks and therefore, I'M WHITE which is not normal for summers for me. Mark is still loving his job cause he gets to play doctor all day long and get payed for it. he has some pretty funny stories from there too. they use to feed them lunch every day but they have stopped that so he was a little sad about that.

Eko finished his first soccer league season. Their team was undefeated and won every game 8 out of 8. eko was sooo proud and so happy cause after every game he got a shake. He only scored a goal on his first game and he said that was good enough for him. he did score one other time but they didn't count it cause right before he kicked the ball in one of the kids tried to touch it so they didn't count it but they still won. He LOVES his trophy and won't let anyone touch it but will show it to anyone that comes through the door. He says he CAN'T wait to play again but that probably won't be till winter so he can play with some of the same teammates.

eko and mark's new thing is to match ALL THE TIME. It's cute and fun but it drives me crazy cause since i have limited clothes to wear right now i end up not matching or eko says "But mom, we just wore that the other day, get new clothes." if it was only that easy. But its sooo cute to see them matching clothes specially on sundays. on regular days they both just end up wearing green cause eko loves green and both of them have tons of green shirts. I DON'T.

My belly.....It's HUGE!!! I feel so bad for eko cause he can't hug me any more. he told me the other day "mom, when is eva coming out so i can hug you normal again, so you can play with me on the floor without pain and so that you can be skinny" lol. smart boy. if it was up to me she would be out but she will be by the end of the month so just a few more weeks.
So a few weeks ago, mark showed eko how to dive for sticks. well two days later eko was swimming and eko goes "mommy, look what i showed myself how to do!" and he started swimming UNDER WATER. all by himself, it took me years to teach myself how to hold my breath for long enough to swim under water, eko does it like if he was a fish. So mark wants to put eko in swimming lessons in september so next year when he is 5 he can be in a swimming team. He already knows how to swim above water, under water, and dive for toys but he needs to learn how to swim on his back and float better and then he will be ready. I'm so glad he is a great swimmer cause his mommy is ok but not the best. mark was a lifeguard for years tho so i guess he got it from him. Hope you can see the video below.

Maternity Photoshoot!!!

So here we are 8 months into the pregnancy and almost done and ready to meet our little girl. Just wanted to share some of the pictures we took.

trying to catch up.

Ok so I know its been a while but we will try to catch up. We moved to texas in march and we are loving it. The weather is still nice, people are super nice and our new ward is awesome.

We are getting ready for baby Eva to come join us. We are naming her LeiLani Evangeline.

Here is baby eva and me at 25 weeks. she is a lot pointier than eko ever was. I feel huge already
Mark lost a bunch of weight, like close to 30 pounds. so here he is showing off how he can fit into his college t-shirt.
Mark got a new job as a patient consultant at a male clinic and he loves it. he thinks its cool how he works at a place with all men where they feed him free lunch every day and he gets to meet cool famous people.
I just HAD to post this picture of my boys matching. They look so handsome together. Eko is so grown up and looks just like his daddy.

Eko turned 4 a few weeks ago. Time is passing by toooo fast.

My big boy is starting soccer in 2 weeks and will be playing till the last week of july. and then 3 weeks later he starts pre-k so a big change for him keeping in mind that he starts school just a week before we are due. We hope our kids schedules work out.

and the baby is a.....

Ok so we made the announcement about a week or more ago but just in case you didn't hear the news. Our little latin spice is a....

Little Girl!!!!

We are so excited.

Introducing Baby Burroughs

After a scare and a long wait, we were finally able to hear a heartbeat and see our little baby. And even tho the doctor had some concerns, The baby is growing perfectly, my due date is still sept. 06 and we all on the clear for a strong growing baby. Here are some pictures for you to see our cute baby.

Why we should be like Eko (Like a child)

I just LOVE my son as we all love our children. But the reason why I love him so much its because of his happiness. No matter how bad life gets he doesn't let it get to him, He is a natural happiness high inside of him that makes everyone around him happy. Therefore we should all try to be like him. try doing some of the things he does to make you as happy as him.

1. Don't worry if someone doesn't like you, just go play with somebody else who does.
2. You should dance as crazy and fun as possible and not care what anybody thinks, they are just jealous of your amazing moves..
3. You should sing your heart out even if you can't carry a tune or know the words of the song.
4. You should NOT be afraid to say I LOVE YOU or I'M SORRY. It's not that hard once you do it often.
5. You should insist on hugging everybody before you or they leave anywhere, even if they are just going to go get the mail outside the door. who knows when you will see them next.
6. You should look at everything around you as wondrous & new, A great adventure waiting to happen
7. You shouldn't be afraid to ask questions, what smart person do you know that never asked a question? Exactly!!!
8. You should run or skip from room to room or across the house just for fun!
9. Don't be afraid to show your master piece and talents to EVERYONE around you.
10. You should let your imagination take you places you've not been in a long time, or never been to.
11. You should wear mismatching clothes and enjoy it.
12. You should be as silly as you possibly can.
13. Food was made to enjoy so don't be afraid to dig in and eat with your hands every once in a while.
14. You should share your food with someone you love
15. Don't forget to tell someone you love they are your best friend forever and ever
16. You should build a fort with blankets and chairs and then sleep in it.
17. You should create something wonderful with building blocks or Legos. maybe even BOTH!!! Oh and don't forget, its ok to add your cars and diego. someone's got to live in it.

I got this idea from a friends post who was also celebrating their son. I just wish I could be one tenth as amazing as eko. He is passionate about life, knows how to forgive and is NOT afraid to say I'm sorry. Maybe If I was just like him, I would be as happy as he is.

Baby #2

So yeah, we are expecting baby #2. We are all very excited. We are about 7 weeks pregnant so we are barely starting out this long journey. I haven't had any morning sickness, but my stomach is really yucky all the time. And this baby will NOT accept any fatty or greasy food AT ALL. The only thing I want to eat is fruits or anything fruity. Eko is loving the idea of being a big brother. He makes sure that i'm always ok, if i complain about the smallest thing he runs to my rescue.

Eko's New announcement!

Eko has a big announcement to share with you guys!

He really was very shocked but happy and excited.

HAPPY NEW YEARS.

This year we had a fun New Years. We went to my mom's church and they had a HUGE feast with tons of food and these massive fireworks, we were so close it looked like they would land on us because they were throwing them from a 2nd floor building and we were right under them.

This is us celebrating New Years a day earlier with eko. We had a fire (made inside a medal trash can, Miami style) we made s'mores and had sparklers. By the way, this picture of Eko is amazing and it was taken with a phone. I just love it.
This was us on Christmas Eve at Miami Beach. This was a fun Christmas but we sure miss our white christmas in utah, we are hoping to go back for christmas next year.
P.S. Funny story. When Eko was born people would tell me that they thought I looked like if I was 25 or so when I was only 20 and it made me so sad. Well yesterday I went to go buy some sparklers and they wouldn't sell them to me because they said I looked less than 21 and I'm actually 24 now. So I guess I went from looking older with a newborn to looking younger with a 4 year old. Life is a plate of sushi sometimes, it may look raw and funny in the outside but tastes so yummy in the inside. I LOVE SUSHI, CAN YOU TELL.