Zoo Lights

I love Christmas time!!  I want Micah to grow up loving it too.  So we have a few traditions we have started.  One is the zoo lights.  We took Micah and he loved it!  Of course he didn't want to stay in his stroller and he didn't want to walk next to us either.  He wanted to be on his own, so that was a bit of a challenge but it was still a lot of fun for us.  He got to sit on Santa's lap for the first time ( I will scan a picture a little later).  He wasn't scared of him but didn't want to look at him either.  He was completley expressionless for the picture!  All and all this will be a good tradition for us! 

Micah and mommy!

Micah and daddy!

The Estrada Family!

Thanksgiving

I'm not sure why but I don't have ANY pictures of us from Thanksgiving.  I must have been too busy eating!  Anyone that knows me knows that I'm all about clean eating, which is eating natural things.  Of course I have my moments where I eat something that is packed with perservatives but for the most part I eat natural.  Not just me but my family too.  Micah eats all the good stuff!  He will eat straight spinach, now how many 2 year olds do you know that do that?!  So for Thanksgiving I made some clean side dishes to take to our hostesses homes. 

First was the Cranberry Orange Spinach Salad

It's just what you see up there.  Spinach, Tomato, Dried cranberries, Fresh Oranges with the membranes removed and I squeeze some of the juice in the salad, some feta cheese and a little bit of chopped walnuts for some protein.  I don't use dressing very often especially with having the juice from the orange on this one but if you do I like Brianna's brand.  It's natural and you can find a low fat one!!

As for the second dish I did mashed Sweet Potatoes.  I used the white sweet potatoes instead of the orange.  They're not as sweet.  You just peel and boil the sweet potatoes unitl done and mash them.  I added some skim milk and a dash of sea salt and fresh cracked pepper!

Everyone that said that they don't like sweet potatoes tried this and LOVED it!! 
So these are just a couple of the clean eats we had on Thanksgiving!

Halloween

I have a few things I need to update and feeling a little stressed so thought what else could I do besides blog!!  Here is Halloween with Micah.  He was Nemo because he was obsessed with that movie.  He has now moved onto Toy Story.  Which by the way, he has been climbing out of his crib for a couple months now so we have decided to move him to a big boy bed.  We bought him Toy Story bedding and daddy is making the bed for him!!  SCARY!!

Here is Micah.  I mean Nemo.

We didn't do the actual door to door trick or treating.  We went to my friends church and did the trunk o' treating on the Saturday before and it was a lot of fun.  Here's a pic of the family!

Baby Harleigh is here!

I had the pleasure of witnessing my neice be born. This is the first one I had ever seen and it was so amazing! I was on cloud 9! It was so awesome to help coach and support my sister in law through this emotional time. It's something I'll never forget and I'm so honored to have experienced the birth of her first child with her. Congratulations Ryan and Nathalie on your sweet new baby girl Harleigh. I love you guys!

Micah

After looking through my old posts it made me sad that I had completely forgotten that Micah used to wave like the little rascals! I'm sure I wrote it all down in his baby book because I was good at it then but I haven't wrote in his book in a year now. It makes me sad to think of all the little things that I have forgotten or will forget.

At this age Micah is so much fun he has his own little personality coming out. He has been crawling out of his crib for a while now. When he crawls out he knows he's not supposed to so stays in his room. One time he was just out in the living room hanging out with the cat in the middle of the night!! Sometimes we don't hear him get out at all and we go to go to bed and he's passed out on his floor. Vann and I talked about getting him a bed last night and I'm not gonna lie, it made me cry! I can't believe it! Really, why does it have to go by SO fast!!!

His favorite words right now are "No way", "Stop it" and "Micah, no!" I'm sure the last one he has heard from mommy and daddy a lot! We are becoming aware of what a little sponge he is and noticing how we say things and how they may come across to him. He is SO obsessed with trucks right now! Every kind of truck too. When we drive that's all he's doing is pointing out all the trucks. He's all boy he loves to be outside and would be all day if we would let him. He is gonna be hands on like his daddy.

All this growing up is giving me a little itch for another one!! I miss my baby that didn't talk back but it is also rewarding. He understands more and we can do more with him! Well there's my long speal about my love!

Update

Hello friends and family! So sorry it's been so long! A lot as happened in the past year, Vann and I just had our 4 year wedding anniversary and Micah is turning 2 in exactly a month. Seriously where does the time go?! I got certified as a personal trainer and now have two clients and looking to start my own business by the begining of the year. I absoultley love it!! I truly beleive it's my calling, besides being a wife and mother :)
Love to you all!!

I'm alive!!!

Okay long time no post to say the least! I've told myself I will do better at my blogging so look forward to future posts! Does anyone know how I can put a design or change my header? I can only type in it but I would like something fancy and cute there!
Thanks!