This just in.
I am the mother to a two year old. (insert shocked gasps)
it just hit me the other morning, that she is a toddler, no longer a baby.(insert sigh.)

Ariella Sophia Flores, my beautiful lion of God, yearning to be full of wisdom, may you ever grow down, and not up. rooting yourself into the endless wonder which is a relationship with Jesus Christ, and branching out only to show the world where your strength comes from.

I love your deep, belly laugh when something really gets to you.
I love how you say " one more time!" "Piece a candy!" and "Cookie! one cookie!" in that voice that you just have to be there and hear.
I love how you call all the little kids your "friend" even if you don't know them.
You make friends very easy and are very relational, remembering every family members name and asking about them daily.

you can already count to ten, name several shapes and colors. your favorite seems to be the triangle and color pink.

you also know how to sing some words to "Edelweiss" and the Hallelujah song.

When we put you to bed, you say Adios! Have a good life! See ya! goodnight! bye bye! until we stop responding.

You love the big slide, and walking up the stairs at the playground all by yourself.

You seem to be fearless at times, but still need to know mommy is by your side.

 Oh,and though I only give you healthy cereal, once you go to bed at night, I usually enjoy a heaping bowl of lucky charms... you can do that too when your twenty three.

Oh I could go on and on! My firstborn, my daughter, a constant source of Joy and growth in my life,

I love you.

all lame excuses aside, it has been awhile!

But I won't let that ruin my excitement for this post! One of my hobbies is decorating,  and I recently acquired enough time with the absence of school to start working on all the projects I thought about while sitting in class.  I had seen alot of cute projects with old windows, finally found two, and did this project that I am very proud of for Mr.Flores and I's bedroom! 

The verses on the windows match the verse that are in Hebrew on our wedding rings. I also did the puzzle pieces hanging from the ceiling, by taking a alphabet puzzle piece decoration I found at the craft store, mod podging scrapbook paper onto it and then writing the letters on. 

I am all about adding significant touches to one's house, and so the puzzle pieces for us represent our song, which is "such great heights" by Postal Service.

The windows also are super easy. I found the windows, and since they are not too beat up I liked a little antique look, then since I don't have a vinyl machine (yet!) I traced font off the computer, colored it in with sharpie ( or you could just print it, but we don't have a printer) and then taped it to the front of the window, and painted the letters onto the backside. it worked great!

I also must mention that the wonderful Mr. Flores helped me to hang them and pick out the right hardware to do so. I'm not sure he trusts me with our walls and his drill yet.

ahhh summer crafting, all while the little one is taking a nap.... 

I think winter has sunk into my heart, because i feel old. I'm twenty- two... what is fifty-five going to feel like?! yikes! Sometimes, responsibilities, desires, pain, and the fact that it snowed three inches on march 23 after everything had melted... gets to me. Instead of shaking it somehow I sink into it by remembering when I was on the road, or remembering when it was just me, I remember when things just seemed easier... now I know I am romanticizing alot of those memories in my head, and I know hindsight is 20/20.. I know.. I know! but I just feel so weary, so monotonous.... and I just needed to get it out.

Night.