1st Actual Day of Kindergarten...

Okay, so here's the pictures of Emily's 1st official day of Kindergarten. Steve and I took the day and had some MUCH needed relaxation & alone time! I think we are definitely going to have to make that a tradition here at the Barrios Household!

You guys should so. proud. of. us - not one single tear fell out of our eyes! Emily was so excited and we know how much she is going to LOVE school, so how could I be sad. But, I'm sure it will be a little different when Elaina goes to school, since she's the baby and it'll be my last one going to school.

Hope you enjoy the pics!

1st Day of Kindergarten...

It's been an eventful couple of weeks at the Barrios Household! Emily has started Kindergarten! I. can. not. believe. I. just. typed. those. AWFUL. words!!!! I was not ready!!!

She was so excited though, so how could I let my feelings rain on her parade! And I have to say, I have no clue how parents who do not have cool bosses like I do, make it through the first couple of weeks of school! We had a day of Assessment, then we had to go one morning to finish up registration, then we had to leave early one day to make it to Parent Night. And then of course we had to take a day off for the 1st official day of school!

And yes, I am one of those annoying (ugh!) parents that makes their child pose for pictures in their new clothes and with their new lunchbox & backpack. And of course I had to make her do it on both days - Assessment Day and 1st Official Day. But luckily God blessed me with a child that loves to pose for the camera!

WARNING: LOT O' PICS

(so if you don't want to see pics, better stop now)

Assessment Day:

Okay, so I was going to put the pictures from her 1st Official day on here too, but then I realized how psychotic I was with the camera and there are way too many pictures of both days to be in one post, so I will will be posting shortly about those.

And I have so much more to blog about so stay tuned!

I'm Back....

As you can tell from the updated format, I'm back in the game of blogging! I don't know if that's a good thing or not...I'm finding that having 2 kids (especially with one in school now), working full time, and trying to have some fun in the mean time is really wearing on the little bit of time I had for blogging! But I really do want to share what all is going on with us at the Barrios household, so I'm going to give it a try again.

So all this to say - be looking for more updates and sorry for not updating more often this summer!

Wordless Wednesday...

She's only 6 months old - why is she already standing on her own?

More posts coming....I promise!

Update on Girls...

since I've been out of the loop on the whole blogging thing, I thought I would give an update on the girls. And share a little bit about what each of them is like at this age.

I can not believe how big they both are getting! We just went for Emily's 5 year check up, and got her all immuned up for school :). She finally weighs 40 lbs. and is 41 inches tall. She's still only in the 50% for her age. So, even though she looks SO big to me, she is really not that big yet.

Of course, she is so full of drama. In fact, our pediatrician asked me if we were planning on getting her into drama/acting. I don't really know where she gets it. Oh, who am I kidding, we all know where she gets it from! :) She has such a big heart! I think she would bring home every stray animal she sees and any new person she meets. She definitely is a social butterfly! She is SO excited about starting kindergarten! We're all hoping there are certain friends that are not put in the same class at school - I think we need to warn the teachers!

I can not believe that 5 years ago God blessed me with such a wonderful daughter! I never knew I could love having a daughter so much!!!! She has changed me in so many ways and I would never want to be that old me again!

Elaina is almost 6 months old! Where has the time flown? Elaina is my little girl! At 4 months old she was only 13.5 lbs and 14 inches tall. I can not believe how little she is! She is just now in 3-6 months clothes. It's insane - Emily was in 3-6 months clothes at 3 months. Elaina is starting to sit up by herself. She is constantly smiling and laughing!!! It's hilarious! She actually starts this grunting thing when she's holding onto her toys - it's like she's getting mad at her toys and telling them about it. She's started eating cereal and food. But she definitely would rather have real food. She loves popsicles (sugar free).

The best things about our two girls - they absolutely love each other! Every time Emily walks into a room Elaina lights up and smiles and laughs. Emily is such an awesome big sister! She always helps out and has even changed a few diapers for us. I'm so thankful God made Emily & Elaina sisters! I pray they continue to love and adore each other forever! My sister is one of my best friends, always has been. I hope my girls will have the same bond as we had!

Stay tuned - I'm going to catch up on all the blogging. There's been so much going on - lots of trips, house projects, and family fun!