a night spent wet.

So it turns out there was a flash flood warning while we were out so the night did not necessarily go as planned.

The night ended with Chris clearing the dance floor and dancing up a storm it was definitely one for the books and only appropriate that all eyes were him on his special night.

I'll be registering for classes this week which I'm entirely excited about.  Baby steps is the key at least the way I see it. Start with a couple classes now move on up little by little until Valentin is off to preschool; And make myself the successful entrepreneur boss bitch I always knew I was.

We've got family in from out of town this week. Sometimes I wonder if I'm completely crazy for wanting a little breathing room. My husbands family insists on doing EVERYTHING together ALL day EVERY day. I do love them but I wish we could get a little breather sometimes.

My sweet mama got this adorable onesie for little man

Son, I couldn't agree more!

the desert is alive

Chris and I are planning our little mans 1st birthday party!!! His birthday is this friday the 8th, but we're having his party in April because our families will be vacationing over spring break. We decided on an indoor aquatic center with an INSANE kiddie pool I took one look at it and I knew our little man would be in heaven. Valentin was snoozing in his stroller during the tour so he didn't get a chance to see it. This little boy loooves to be in the water, I can't to see him having a blast!

El Paso is having a WXSW next week at Lowbrow and Black Market

I'm dead set on being there the 9th and 22nd. Bulletproof Tiger  has been one of my top 3 fave local bands for years now they are amazeballs. They always perform in these Tiger masks and they sound so groovy, its my favorite sound. Neon desert music festival is coming up also which we have been going to since the first show in 2011. That first lineup was ideal, at least for us. CSS,Omar Rodriguez Lopez,Designer Drugs, MSTRKRFT and lots more. Last year we bought VIP tickets which was ok honestly we didn't get as many of the perks that were supposed to come with it, and the lineup was kind of dissapointing there was very little variety, but i did enjoy The Twelves, Yacht, and Ghostland Observatory. This years lineup will be announced this wednesday and i hope its better than last years, then i guess we'll decide if the VIP admission is worth it.

I keep waking up around 3

This comes and goes but lately its been consistent. I lay in bed until Chris wakes up at 5 or 6 I make his breakfast and coffee so he can take it to school, bub is usually asleep through all this which makes it allot easier. I keep having these nightmares maybe i watch too many movies....


I watched Melancholia the day before that Asteroid was going to fly by, I swear i hadn't heard about it until after i watched the movie otherwise i would have steered clear! I know I've mentioned that i'm anxious and paranoid at best when it comes to doomsday stuff and end of the world theories. I can get a little carried away. I remind myself that God is with us always and we need only have faith and i get over it but the first thoughts are the heaviest. It was visually stunning. It was similar in the way it was filmed to Antichrist plus Charlotte Gainsbourg was one of the leads in that movie also, both are directed by Lars von Trier he's releasing yet another film with Charlotte Gainsboug as the main character called Nymphomaniac. That devastatingly handsome blonde Vampire from True blood was in Melancholia and will also be in his next film.

Life at home lately has been lovely. I've fully enjoyed staying at home with our son for the past year almost, I'm planning for morning classes in the fall i still don't feel great about leaving Valentin at daycare but the college offers childcare which i feel better about because at least we'll be close to each other and only apart for a couple of hours a day. I don't really want to go back to doing cosmetology again, i'm ready to study for something bigger. We are celebrating Valentins first birthday next month with tickets to Yo Gabba Gabba live! I can't wait to see the look on his little face to see his favorite characters in person. His teeth are all starting to come in at the same time it seems i guess its because he sprouted his first tooth just 2 months ago so they are all in a hurry to come in. I'm keeping the baby tylenol on hand even though he's hardly been fussy at all. I'll be starting to wean him off the breast late next month I know it is going to be difficult but the way i see it we really haven't even scraped the surface on the difficult things, this little boy has only been here a year lets give it another few and i'll be wishing things were as easy as they are now.

Wednesday last week i took advantage of an amazing deal on Fortyeight its a sister site to Solestruck my all time favorite shoe store. I've mentioned them before you really can't beat their prices and they always have the Jeffrey Campbells i'm pining for! Basically fortyeight has an event for shoes up to 80% off but only for 48 hours. This past wedenesday was their first event i believe and they featured Jeffrey Campbell, Doc Martens, Cheap  Monday and Miista. So basically its first come first serve and once they are sold thats it. I was able to get these JCs at 40% off :)

All i have are heels and wedges from jc but no flats or sandals, this is an excellent point Chris made and pretty much talked me into taking them. I'm 5'0 and curvy which isn't the best combination so i'm always trying to look a little taller and longer.

My dear Grandfather, the original Valentin celebrated his birthday on Valentines day and we had a party for him on saturday at my aunts house. It was unequivocal bliss, they served "Cabrito" which is baby goat in spanish and its exactly what he wanted he was so happy the whole time and it lit my heart up. There was a young man there playing guitar and singing all the spanish favorites and each time we would clap and sometimes sing along. My little Valentin was getting an allergic reaction to something and kept rubbing his eye and it was getting red and swollen i didn't have his zyrtec with me so we had to go home but before we did i gave my grandfather his gift. There were 3 hand painted tins in the shape of a pineapple, a swordfish, and  a boat each to remind him of  Mazatlan Mexico his favorite place to visit, mine also. Our family used to vacation there reguarly but ever since My Grandfather was diagnosed with cancer at the end of 2010 there has been little to no vacations. I'm hoping God will allow us all to take a trip there together soon I want my son to see the ocean and i want to be there with my whole family and especially my grandfather.

Hookey

Chris took the day off today and we had a little play day :) First we took little man to his dentist appointment. He's got his two bottom teeth but you can see a little of his canine tooth coming in he's been pretty good not fussy so i didn't think he was teething but boy was i wrong! Then I had a hair appointment, my hair was getting pretty nasty at the ends (doesn't help that Valentin likes to pull my hair when he's nursing!)After that we drove over to Crave which is a really good place to eat if your ever in El Paso(looove the 808 burger). Bub slept while Chris and i had a grown up drink each over lunch and laughed and talked a while. We saw This Is 40 after lunch which was hilarious! I was literally laughing from the beginning to the end it was too funny! Michaels has a 3 for 1$ acrylic paint sale and its right behind the theater so we moseyed over and we bought some pretty paints. Chris hates going to craft stores with me but i remind him that it benefits him too because he lets me paint his plugs :) the more variety the better! We finally came home to chill for a bit and i popped over to the grocery store to buy some salmon to make which ended up taking almost an hour because there were only two lanes open (why do grocery stores do this? idgi) i bought my very first succulent while i was there and painted the pot this evening inspired by this pin and it came out beautifully and only took about 10 minutes! What i really want is to make a hanging terrarium like the one i saw here on Yesterday's sweetheart now that is an awesome project! We ended our night with dinner and putting Valentin to bed and doing a little hobby time individually. An amazing end to our week!

hello 2013!

I can't believe we're still here! Just kidding I never really bought into that Mayan calendar thing....Truthfully i did....and I had been dreading it for like 4 years since I first heard about it in high school! Something i'm embarrassed to admit is i'm always buying into how the world will end or what will happen to humanity, how we'll all die ect. When i was 7 years old all the older kids at my elementary school would talk about a huge commet hitting earth in 2000 and y2k wiping everyone out and i remeber like playing at P.E. time with my peers and just looking at all their beautiful faces and thinking "we're all going to die soon!" Ugh i get so obsessed with something and i even get really sad  so much that it affects my daily life and then Chris finally shakes me out of it but my goodness i wish i wasn't so gullible with these theories. Shit is damaging to my health!

On a good note I have decided after months and months, to start a small business this year! I am so so excited to do this i'm mapping everything out, have been for 3 weeks now its going to be a slow project i really want to do it right so i can always have this to lean back on. I'm an entrepreneur it runs in my family, so i got this. I just need a name and i already know what i'm going to be making and selling but over time that could change into something else so the name has to be pretty general which makes it more fun :)

Neither Chris nor I have been to crossfit since the beginning of december. We had two family members in and out of the hospital plus a death in the family needless to say christmas was not celebrated this year. December was relentless.

Chris and I both miss crossfit, we need to feel like we killed it, pushed ourselves to the edge and over it, like we accomplished something physically challenging everyday. With his new school schedule though we're going to only have one window to go and we're going to have to take turns with Valentin so its going to be pretty hard but thats what it costs.

January 31st is fast approaching! well sort of... Toro Y Moi one of my favorite artists ever, is playing a show here in el paso! I'm such a nerd i bought our tickets back in october! Whatever, i love them and i'm all about making future plans to be excited about :) I cannot wait!!!

Valentin's first birthday is coming up also; March the 8th this little boy turns 1 and for his birthday, that following monday we will be at Yo Gabba Gabba live at the plaza theater here in our wonderful city!

Lots of good stuff coming up i can't wait! I'm looking forward to taking a few classes next fall once valentin is a little bit older also and hopefully by then i'll have a good solid grip on running my business so i can continue staying home with my little man too

meh!

overcast

This past week was a whirlwind of pediatrician appts, kleenex all crumpled up and sleepless nights. The three of us are getting over a cold this weekend and its our weekly screening of walking dead tonight here at our house which is really the silver lining to our not so great week. I only went to crossfit twice and i ate very carelessly and i'm definitely not proud but hey i've been sick and looking after both my sicky poos' so that makes it ok right? Chris and I are making plans for this thanksgiving week we're trying to fit everyone in which is difficult because my mom and dad live across town from each other and chris family is right in the middle! I'm making all the fixings this year thanks to chris mom. She has taught me everything i need to know to make a well rounded thanksgiving dinner and i'm putting it to good use this year. I'm not one for Black fridays but i sure am when it comes to the online deals! It all started black friday last year i noticed all the sweet deals on etsy, Betsey Johnson, and on Solestruck, nearly everything was handsomely discounted and i was able to bring in a pretty awesome haul! This year I've got my eyes on these little numbers

I love these Lita's with a clear heel! I'm 5'0 so i'm a huge fan of jeffrey campbell shoes! Chris is 5'9 so i can afford to wear as many heels as i want without being too tall. Plus jc has allot of platform on their shoes so they are a breeze to walk in! I always shop jc on Solestruck  and we buy most of our shoes there in general because they do not charge tax nor shipping and their customer service is flawless*

I love love love fur!! (faux of course) nothing to me feels more glamorous or feminine than fur and this coat from nasty gal in particular.

I'm on the lookout for a big statement "bib" necklace like this one here. I love the simplicity of this outfit its right up my ally, all black with one statement piece, this is my holiday inspiration outfit for sure.


I'm learning a little about cameras so i can pick out the best one for this space. I never realized how many cameras there are and how different each result can be!

Beautiful boy

our silly baby boy is the most adorable first thing in the mornings. He's amazing.

On a saturday

It was WINDY in el paso today! We woke up pretty early my little boy had a stuffy nose and couldn't eat or sleep comfortably (yes we co sleep and i still breastfeed). I had a moment today when i stopped looked at chris and my son Valentin and i realized "wow i am a mother" I kissed my little guys sweet waves on his forehead and i closed my eyes i can't believe how lucky i am. I can't believe chris and i are raising our baby together we've talked about this since we were teenagers now apart from being my best friend he is my husband. I'm so thankful for what i have. We're not perfect, or have great style, we may not be rich but having each other is worth more than all the sunken treasure beneath the sea. We are so lucky to have so many people and our families who love and support us no matter what and always want to help and be there for us. I don't know what is better than this. This is God. God makes this possible and i believe it wholeheartedly, i see it when i wake up in the morning and see my son sitting up smiling at me with his big gorgeous smile and bed head, i see it in my husband when he reads my mind over and over again i'm so very very happy nothing could take my faith away.

Infinitely sore

This week has been an interesting one it has ended with chris having the whole weekend off! (he hasn't had one since may or june). Crossfit this week was rough it is hard to climb back up again after getting off the monkey bars, but i have climbed and i'm back on track! Valentin, Chris and i are watching a little gilmore girls before we head over to the suprmarket for some fresh veggies to go with the shrimp we're having for lunch, then we're off to the park for a walk. Chris is totally maxed out on gilmore girls i borrowed the 3rd season from my sister and i've been watching it all week but i promised when i finished we could do whatever he wanted. I have been feeling so very inspired lately to use my hands to make things, plant, paint, clean! I don't know where this hunch is coming from but i feel sooooo good about it! Productivity ladies and gents, the cure to any and all low lows. Well that and physical activity of course. I'm still working on getting some amazing pics of us and our day to day stuff i love my family and i really want to share them here:) Well we're off for the day, goodbye!

Happy Halloween!

I carved a pumpkin for the first time and sliced my fingers open (not part of the plan) I'm a huge embarrassingly clumsy kook. We met up with my dad at our favorite sushi place and ordered a sumashi soup to split as always. Chris and my dad always end up with the most to talk about since they both share a passion for vintage cars and motocycles, my dad and i mostly talk about the past because unfortunately thats all we have. Starting over can be a little challenging. I knew my father as a child in one way, ten years later i'm an adult and i'm getting to know him just like he's getting to know me, and not just me now but my husband and my son. Life has never been better though i'm so greatful to god for everything i have. I know allot of people these days don't believe in a god or they believe in science and thats cool i respect that but i have always believed with the entirety of my being that there is a god and he listens. My dad and i have always had this in common, We talk about this allot when we get together also. On the way home after sushi we spoke to my brother in law Juan, Chris older brother he's a marine stationed in Arizona his wife is also named Vivien and she is pregnant! this will be there second child together and they are really hoping for a little boy (i think Valentin has a little something to do with this) We called them to check in and send our love. We're home now winding down, i'm working on getting some photos up but i don't want to half ass it with instagram so i'm looking at some cameras for this blog honestly i just want a safe place to collect all the special moments, a place i can be honest and document this beautiful piece of time we've been given. We're just passing through but theres so many wonderful things i never want to forget and thats what this is for.

Housesitting

this weekend at my dads on the westside was cool i just got back. It was just me and valentin until chris came home from work and i had dinner waiting for him last night it was cute to see how things would be if we had a place of our own i know we will have it someday though i already know where i want to live ;) Things have been really great on friday chris parents took us to ft bliss for some tax free shopping i got some new trainers finally! And a bunch of under armour gear for crossfit. I am currently looking up DIYs for christmas gifts and I keep wanting to buy so many books on amazon because they are so cheap! I have such an itch to read like i used to, but i know i won’t get a minute to read not with my little guy crawling,standing and learning how to get off the bed(that last one will be the end of me) this little boy is gonna have me busy for a very looong time! I love him so much. Tonight is our weekly backyard screening of Walking Dead WHOOP!