Wordless Wednesday...

So, Saturday morning this was the scene out of my back door. You see, this is our middle dog - Ginger. Ginger is actually the oldest of our dogs, she's about 10 years old. Why is she on the table you ask? She is trying to get as far away from our puppy - Makayla. Makayla isn't really a puppy, she's 2 years old and is about 5 times as big as Ginger!

Life at Casa de Barrios...

is definitely spontaneous! When you have jello and cool whip for desert, this is what you get:

Emily thought it was hilarious! No one could ever accuse us of being boring!

Bathtime...

Here's a few from Elaina's bath on Sunday. Emily loves to help with everything! She is such a great big sissy! As you can tell, Elaina is not a big fan of the bath just yet. It's like she is being tortured. But as soon as you get her wrapped in her towel, she stops crying. It's so funny!

Hanging Out...

Here's a few pictures from this weekend. I was busy doing more organization, Emily was playing in her room, and Elaina was hanging out in her Boppy seat. Elaina is definitely more alert than ever and is starting to "talk" to us. She was smiling and cooing, so I tried to get pictures of it, but they don't show how much she was smiling!

Still haven't completed all the reorganizing, so no pictures yet of everything I've done. This past weekend, I worked on my scrapbooking stuff. I've set up shop in the bonus room, so now I can spend time with the family and be creative at the same time. I do have a new toy to help with all the organizing. I'm so excited to labeling everything!

Here's a picture from dinner last night. Steve didn't think he was going to like it, but he LOVED it. It's cheese stuffed jumbo shells. It made a ton. In fact, I had to put in two dishes. The whole cooking at home and not eating out as much has really been working good for us. We've only eaten out once in 1 1/2 weeks. Which is amazing for us - we are normally a 3-5 times per week family. I've been packing my lunch with all the good leftovers and only eating out once a week. (I would go crazy if I ate at my desk 5 days a week, sometimes I just have to get out of the office!) That alone will save us at least $50 per week, which is $2600 per year!!!

Some of you out there may not know this about me, but chicken on the bone pretty much grosses me out. I can handle poop & throw up all day long, but something about chicken meat and all the grissly grossness I can't handle. So, be very proud of me - I roasted a whole chicken on Saturday. Which isn't a big deal I do that quite a bit because it's pretty easy. But then last night, I took it out and cut all the meat off of the bone in order to use it in other things. I was gagging the whole time!

Sleeping Beauties...

I just had to have a picture of this! Elaina normally wakes up between 4 and 5 am for a feeding, so I bring her into the bed with me and Steve so that we can spend some cuddling time with her before the craziness of the morning begins. She normally falls asleep after she eats and then I'm up around 6 to get into the shower. While I'm in the shower Steve goes and gets Emily and brings her to our bed until after I get out of the shower. Although, I had to actually ask Steve where Emily was this morning because she was so buried under the covers I couldn't see her.

This morning I couldn't pass up the photo op.

I love seeing my girls curled up beside each other in our bed!! It puts a smile on my heart and makes me realize how blessed I am to have two little girls!

Look at how big Elaina is getting!! She is growing up too fast already! I told Steve we are going to just have to plan on having another one since she's growing so quickly! :) I don't think he liked that idea!