first visit

today i had my first prenatal visit for this new baby growing in me!

soo exciting! i oculdn't wait for this appointment! it seemed like this would make it official that i'm pregos (even though i'm already showing-with the 3rd on the way i'm bound to show much, much earlier-oy!). so this time around i've got a new ob and will be delivering at a new hospital-st. jude in fullerton! wow, none of my kids will have been born in the same hospital! anyways, the best part about today's 2 appointments is that one is my ultrasound!
so the ultrasound says my due date is nov. 6th but yet the dr. says my due date in nov. 8th. so i hope i can convince the dr. to change my due date to the 6th...then that would for sure give me an oct baby (oct. 30th)....whereas the baby due on the 8th would still give me a nov. 1st baby since i'm having a sceduled c-section a week early. wow, we both still can't believe we're having another baby!!! what a blessing!!!

sam's bach soiree

this weekend we celebrated our dear friend samantha's bachelorette party!

we had a fun, low-key evening planned...sam and her bridal party started the afternoon off at glen ivy day spa then just a few of her close friends met up with them at Birch Street for some wine at Wine Styles then dinner at the Octopus Japanese Fusion Restaurant-where we played all kinds of fun games and opened sexy lingerie presents, then the night continued with a scavenger hunt and more games and what better way to end it than with some crepes and coffee from Crepes de Paris!

the beautiful bride!
the bride, her bridal party and entourage for the night

H A P P Y * 4 T H * B I R T H D A Y ! ! !

today our little taylor madison turned 4!

she didn't get a big party this year but she had a lil family party and that was all that mattered.
it started with a birthday breakfast of her choice-which was pancakes and bacon
then she got to open some presents...
her loooong awaited and much deserved itouch present (i know, i know, who would've thought we'd get a 4yr old an itouch? it's our generation i guess and she quite the tech savvy one like her papa)-it wasn't just a bday present but her treat for sleeping on her own bed...we had to get her something she really wanted so she'd do it and it worked! haha!
and some new sandals
and a new dress
then we got ready for church...but of course she needed a new dress and so i took on the task and made her a wrap dress-i used an existing one she had as my pattern-this was my 1st time making this dress too!
and of course peyton needed a new dress too
then after church had a birthday lunch with the mason's at the restaurant of her choice-Red Robin-she loves Red Robin!
then after that we just hung out as a family in prep for our immediate family comin over a for a mini party/bday dinner
had to put up a few decorations...
the bday girl
waiting for cake
lovin her hannah montana bday cake present from auntie krissa
blowing the birthday candles
opening presents...
a painting by uncle jp
pots and pans from auntie christina/uncle chester
and barbie clothes
and the mermaid barbie and dvd from grandma and grandpa
and a new helmet
for a new big girl bike with training wheels from papa and mama
and of course can't forget the princess dress up paper doll set fr lola/lolo and the $ from lolalola (which i don't know where she put it) and the clothes/sandals from her good friend sophia and for allllll the many wonderful birthday wishes! it was a great 4th birthday! gotta prep for the big5 next year.


then today at preschool we ordered lovely cupcakes from my friends sister the lovely cakes by tricia faye
hello kitty for the girls and spiderman for the boys
and her birthday crown they gave her

"party of 5 please"

we always wanted to be able to go to a restaurant and say,

"PARTY OF 5 PLEASE!"...
and now by God's grace by the end of the year we'll be able to say that!
we found out yesterday that we were once again pregos. i think i was only about 2 weeks late. i kept wondering where it was and kept thinking there's no way i could be pregnant. i kept thinking my period was just changing cycles and i was gonna get it later. but saturday i has to get some things at walmart and so i decided to pick up a test. and i was gonna take it and prove it wrong. i was with my sis at the time. i didn't even tell jino i was buying it-although we had talked about buying it. i just thought it wasn't necessary cause i kept thinking there's no way we could be pregos. and lo, and behold i took the test and i see 2 pink lines. i could not believe it! i was super shocked! i told my sis and she was like i told you so. i couldn't tell jino yet cause he was actually out at a men's breakfast at our church. i had to wait till about 1030 when we went to meet him there (cause a bunch of us were meeting there to go to the snow). he comes up to the car and he checks on peyton asleep in her carseat. and i kinda whisper to him "can you believe we have two beautiful girls and we're having another one?" he was taken aback. i caught him off guard. he was shocked and was like what and i said i'm pregnant, we're having another. the test came out positive. then i took the test out from the car and showed him. tears began to flow from my eyes (and jinos got watery too). but we had to contain ourselves cause we were around people and didn't want them to know yet-at least not before we told our family. anyways, so yup, we're still in shock! this totally wasn't planned-at least not according to out plans but according to God's plans! we couldn't be more excited. we are gonna be a family of 5 by the end of this year! please keep us in your prayers. and especially pray that it's not a high risk pregnancy again like with peyton-i do not want gestational diabetes again or a crazy bp again! wow, super crazy!!! what a blessing still! thank you Jesus! just please keep us and this pregnancy in your prayers! thanks!

S N O W * D A Y

we took taylor and peyton to the snow for the first time on saturday!

taylor was sooo excited! she's been wanting to go and it made for a perfect early bday present too. so off we went with the mason's and the maese's to wrightwood and found some snow to play not too far from mtn. high!

snow angels
it was cold
whoo-hoo sleds!
peyton and papa...this lil crazy climber, adventurer girl actually did not like the snow one bit
see
although it doesn't look like it-bear LOVED the snow
peyton pretty much was either carried or sat on a sled and watched the whole time
taylor even went by herself-she LOVED it
this was funny, on the way back from the potty, katie got her foot stuck in a hole
we made poor peyton go sledding and she cried the whole time, everytime we took her
papa tried to surf on the sled
yay tay! with noah chasing after her to make sure she doesn't fall
taylor and bear
awww taylor and peyton
oh peyton
they made fruit punch ice pops out of snow-ew
kt, me and ria
peyton was finally happy and didn't cry on the sled with taylor and bear...it was because we gave her a caprisun and let her hold it
it kept her occupied and she didn't care what was going on
i don't even think she realized they were sledding
the maese's
the mason's
and us