Where did "spud" come from?

So out of nowhere I have started to call Alec "spud" and for some reason I think it fits him well. Maybe I picked it up from watching too much Toy Story with him and recently his favorite toy has become the Mr. Potato head his Titi Chris got him. He has started a new game where he thinks it's fun to jump off the couch. He jumps feet first, head first and his favorite, cannon ball style.

He also likes to climb up on our nightstands and turn our lamps on and off repeatedly. Man, does he get angry if we try to take him down!  Unfortunately, I see some broken bones in the future with this kid. Thankfuly, we just found out yesterday that a 24 hour emergency room just opened up in the front of our neighborhood.  Talk about piece of mind!!!

Yesterday I did a little celebrating for my upcoming 29th birthday at Painting with a Twist in the Woodlands with some really good friends.  We had a great time and made some pretty paintings. 

Here we are before we got started on our masterpieces.

I've known each of these ladies since Elementary School.

My Yennifer.

My fellow office dwellers.

Kat, the crafty inspiration that I spoke about in my first blog.

My Best Friend Deniece.

My final product.

We all did such a great job!!

Then a few of us headed to BJ's Brewhouse in the Woodlands for some grub.

That's me! 3 days before turning 29!

BJ's Brewhouse was a pretty cool spot.  The food was pretty good too.  Thanks for the great suggestion, Jennifer!  I had an awesome time.  These ladies really did help contribute to me having an awesome birthday.  And I really needed a good time.  A lot of stuff has been going on in my personal life that I will chose not to talk about because I don't want to get all pissed off again.  I will just leave it at that...

Alfred finally got some information on his promotion today and to say the least, we are excited and satisfied with what is coming our way.  He is such a hard worker and truly deserves all that comes to him.

My mom is chillin' (literally) in New York until tomorrow for a vacation.  She really needed one and deserved one.  The temperature in NY has been around 18 degrees and there is snow on the ground everywhere.  I envy her.  I should have saved the ticket for myself.  Kidding mom...

As I sit here and type, Aleczander is enjoying Toy Story for the 3rd time today.  Alfred has the whole movie memorized and can recite it word for word.  Alec knows when specific parts of the movie are coming up like when they are going to scream, make a barking or sheep noise, and he makes the noise before it comes on.  And he says "baby" before the baby actually shows up on the screen. He's so smart.  Too smart sometimes.

Well the next time I make an entry, I will be 29.  Let's see how I feel when I actually enter the last year of my 20's. 

Ta Ta for now!

Hard to make it a habit.

So, it's been about 3 weeks since my last post and I have nothing to blame but myself. And my son who exhausts me on a daily basis. But he is just so damn cute and fun to be with and I can't get enough of him. Recently we went and had his pictures taken to enter into a "North America's Cutest Baby" contest but the web-site for voting isn't up yet. But here is a link to his pictures. http://koppiwrite.zenfolio.com/ahernandez The contest is to help support a foundation called "Now I Lay Me down to Sleep" which I believe is an amazing foundation. Not everyone would agree with what the foundation does but I think it is amazing to have people out there that are willing to help a family through their suffering. When the voting goes up, I will be sure to let everyone know.


Well good news came to our little family yesterday. Alfred got promoted to a senior manager at the bank! There are over 220 managers across the state and only 18 of them were chosen for the promotion and my hubby was one of them!! He is so amazing!! He works so hard and gives it his all on a daily basis. He is going to go far with this company, I know it! It was a total surprise to him when they called him on stage to have it announced in front of everyone at the state wide manager's conference. I can't wait to see what's in store for us!



My 29th birthday is in 7 days. My last year in my 20's. Sounds so crazy. I don't feel sad or weird about turning 30, but then again I have another year before that happens so those feelings may change. For my 29th birthday me and some of my girlfriends are going to spend a couple of hours at Painting with a Twist in the Woodlands to hang out and then maybe some dinner afterwards. Just a nice and relaxing Sunday. For my birthday, Alfred finally agreed to purchase my dream TV. I have been attempting to persuade him to buy a new TV for about 2 years now and he finally gave in. So we have an amazing 55' LG LED hanging above our fireplace. It came with a wireless media box that sends the signals of all the components hooked up to it to the TV. So our TV is clean looking and wireless. I love it!! My hubby is so good to me. Of course as soon as the TV goes up the first things to be turned on are Football and then Chugginton for Aleczander. What ever makes my boys happy!

Speaking of Football... I am starting to actually like the sport. Up until this year, I haven't paid much attention to it and I claimed to be a Cowboys fan because my hubby is a Cowboys fan. Well now that I am paying a little more attention, I am beginning to realize the Cowboys suck. So I decided that for next year I am going to pick out my own team and it looks like the Jets may have my vote. I'm from New York so it works. And Mark Sanchez is totally sexy, so it works even more. I makes it easy to keep up with the sport when he's playing.

Well that's all I have time for today. Ta-ta for now!