December 2nd
Alfred and I went to the last company Christmas party that we would ever attend in this region. This was a big deal for us because we have been part of this region for over 8 years and this is where we started our career with FCB. It was a good night.
The following 4 pictures are of my man dancing "Gangnum Style" with 2 of his co-workers.
I'm such a proud wifey.
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| Heeeey, sexy lady... |
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| Oppa Gangnum Style... |
The FCB Family
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| Sista in Law |
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| My Baby |
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| Original New Caney Crew. |
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| Sad Faces. |
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| SHP |
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| He's going to really miss them! |
About 3 weeks ago, Alfred and I were in Arizona on a mission to find our new home. The process was long and arduous but well worth it. I started doing research on homes about 2 months ago through realtor.com and zillow.com. By the time we got to Arizona, we had 18 homes that we were interested in and checked out on the first day. With those 18 homes, we looked around the outside, walked into the backyards, peeked through windows and checked out the neighborhoods. We easily knocked down our choices from 18 to 3. From those 3, we found our new home. And we couldn't be happier. Even though leaving Texas is going to be hard, we are at least happy to have a nice place to go to.
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| La Casa Nueva |
She has 5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, 4 car garage and is 3300 sq. feet.
Here's a small glimpse of the inside.
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| Master Closet (yes, it has 2 sides divided by shelves in the middle) |
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| Master Bath |
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| Master Bedroom |
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| Laundry Room |
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| Mom's Private Bathroom |
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| Backyard |
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| Backyard Patio |
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| Backyard |
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| Kitchen |
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| Pantry |
It has a little bit of everything that we were looking for. The master is upstairs with the kids' rooms and my mom has her own bedroom downstairs with her own attached bathroom. We have an extra bedroom that will be converted into an office, no backyard neighbors and grass in the backyard. From our master bedroom's window, we have mountain views and we are within 10 minutes of a brand new hospital. We feel so blessed to have found a house that we are going to be excited to call home.
The movers come to pick up our stuff in 2 days! Then Alfred starts driving out there with his dad on the 1st (after we all sing happy birthday to our baby girl, Jolie) and then my mom and I catch our plane on the 3rd. It's all happening so quickly. SO much has happened during the past 3 weeks since we got back that it feels like it crept up on us.
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| The view when we leave our neighborhood. |
December 8th and 9th
The weekend after we came back from Arizona was filled with party planning and family pictures. Taking pictures with a 3 and a half year old and a newly walking 1 year old is a lot harder than some people make it look. She captured some really good ones though. She definitely captured the essence of our family in quite a few of them.
We used the following one for Jolie's signature frame at her 1st Birthday Party.
December 15th
Jolie's 1st Birthday party/Hernandez Good-bye party was on the 15th of December. I decided to go with a rainbow theme because it was cute and EASY to put together. We had so many family and friends in and out of our home that day. We had such a good time and it was nice to see everyone before we head out.
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| Jolie's 1st Birthday Party |
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| Birthday Girl |
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We had a "photo booth" area in the living room that was a lot of fun.
Mostly, it was just nice to hang out with family and friends.
<3 <3 <3
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| The final product of Jolie's signature frame. |
December 21st
Such perfect timing. One of my oldest and best friends, Cory, was in town for the holidays from North Carolina and came by to spend some time with me. I haven't seen her daughter, Isabella, since she was around 4 months old (she's now 15 months old) and Cory has never met Jolie. It was so nice to see them interacting with each other. One day they will know how close their mommies are and I hope they are the same way.
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| Kisses for titi Cory. |
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| Titi Cory tells the best stories. |
December 22nd and 23rd
So once Jolie's birthday party was over, it was time to come to terms with reality and the fact that we only had one weekend left to pack our home up and get ready to move. So that is what we did all last weekend which was the weekend before Christmas. But we did take a couple of hours for ourselves on the 23rd to celebrate our 5 year wedding anniversary. We were both dead tired from packing all day but made it a point to spend some time together.
5 years of love and happiness.
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| 12/23/2007 |
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| 12/23/2012 |
It all started when we met while working at Old Navy and hanging out as friends. Here we are after 9 years of being together, 5 years of marriage, 2 children and 1 week way from leaving the state of Texas later.
Who'd have thunk it?
December 24th and 25th
Since our lives have been chaos lately, Christmas was kind of a small event this year. Jolie made out like a bandit on her birthday so we only got her a couple of small things. Aleczander got some WWE Brawlin' Buddies that he can beat up on instead of his sister, a new watch, some clothes, and a new bike that we are sure he will take full advantage of in Arizona.
Christmas Eve (La Noche Buena).
Christmas Day.
December 26th
So since we will technically be "homeless" in a couple of days, I can pretty much predict this to be my last entry for the year 2012 and probably for a while. This year started off with an incredible blessing with Jolie's birth at 4:15 pm on January 1st and is going to end with Alfred hitting the road to drive to our new "home" state of Arizona. We would have never thought that the year would play out the way it did, but we wouldn't change a thing. God is good and we are very blessed.
Happy New Year everyone!! See you in 2013 from Arizona!