Crib nights are coming to a close...........

It's a bittersweet moment in life when you realize your baby is growing up. When you know there is no going back and that they hit a milestone.

Leilah is 2 years and 3 months old. These days she rather sleep with her Mama than sleep in her crib but she usually gets transferred back to her crib sometime in the middle of the night. She has a pretty small body. She will most likely be short, that's for sure. Her body only takes up not even half of her crib but I think it's time. I think it's time to put away the crib for good (I am done having babies!). She wants so bad to be like her sister. I just hope she is super excited about a big girl bed and actually uses it!

Isn't her crib cute? I am in love with her bedding. So sad to have to put it away.

Peek a boo Sweet- Pea

Instant dirty look......

Hi Leilah Faith

Princess Leilah in her favorite jammies and her crazy hair!

If I put her crib away d you think she will let me put her "Pa-Po" away? For good!? I doubt it.

I hope I get to write a blog post soon about how she sleeps in her big girl bed through the night.....stay tuned...... but don't count on it :)

Just another day on the Soccer Field

J

Niah and her Nina's

I wasn't given Sisters so I have always took my friendships very seriously. I cherish them. I really believe God put the girls he has in my life as the best substitute Sisters a girl can have. I am a strong believer that blood doesn't make you family, it's the time, effort, dedication, and love that makes someone family. Anybody can be related by blood but it takes a real loving, hardworking, relationship to be considered family. Over 15 years ago God put two of the most amazing friends a girl can ask for in my life and over 15 years ago I received the Sisters I never had. Stephanie Estrada and Tanya Navarro. The funny thing is that we are all totally different. Tanya was the crazy energetic one, Stephanie was the quiet but secretly crazy one, and I was a pretty good mix of both but for the most part just really shy. There is one camping trip our freshman year of high school where they became my soul sisters. From that trip forward we have experience life together. We have cried over boys who we thought we loved at 14 years old, we have laughed, We have danced, we have hugged, we have done things that we could never tell a soul, we have been there to stand besides Tanya on her wedding day, we have been there in the hospital to hold Tanya's first born, and they were there in the hospital to hold mine.

These are my Sisters. God has blessed me with a great group of friends. The kind of friends who make people around us jealous 

"Wow, you girls have been friends for how long?"

"You girls still talk after High School?"

Yes, we do and I couldn't imagine it any other way. These are my Sisters.

When I was pregnant with Syniah, Ervin and I talked about who we thought  her God Parents would be. We knew we wanted people who have supported our relationship. Who have a relationship with God. People who will love her and guide her throughout her life. People who will help us be good parents and hold us accountable if we were doing something wrong. People who we knew would be an active part of her life from day one. We didn't have to think very hard. Tanya and Stephanie have supported our relationship from day one. They have loved us and there was no doubt in our mind that they wouldn't fall in love with our little girl.

I have a group of amazing women in my life but these are the two we choose to be Niah's God Parents. From day one they have embraced their role and have loved Syniah with their whole heart. Despite their busy schedules. Despite the fact that Tanya has 5 kids. They don't forget about Syniah. They have invested so much love and time into their relationship with her. They take Niah out on dates. Send her cards. Show up to her events and most of all just love her. When Syniah knows that she is going on a date with one of them she can't sleep the night before. She gets so excited and always comes home with smiles from ear to ear. I thank God for sending me these two women. Over 15 years ago. My Sisters.

Syniah loves her Nina's

A little more about the girls Godparents....http://syniahsmama.blogspot.com/2010/08/mamas-dress.html

Syniah's Family Birthday Celebration

Happy 4th Birthday Syniah Grace

Syniah Grace,

 It's really hard for me to type without getting choked up. 4 years old!! I still can't believe it! 4 years old! There is something about you turning 4 that makes me so sad. Your officially a big girl. It really does seam like just yesterday I was packing my bags for the hospital or feeling as though you wouldn't be here soon enough. I remember trying to make sure everything was so perfect for your arrival. Clothes washed, bottles washed, bassinet ready, car seat perfectly installed. I dreamed of having a little girl my entire life and now that I was getting her things had to be perfect. You arrived Sunday April 13th, 2008 at 10:11am. 7lbs 5ozs and 20 inches long. Absolutely perfect. Everything I could have ever imagined and more. The first time I held you I completely fell in love. I can't begin to explain to you how you have changed my life. I remember being so worried that I wouldn't be the Mom you needed me to be but you have made being a Mama easy. I have realized that nothing can prepare you to become a Mom but having you as my baby made learning to be one very easy. From the moment I found out you were in my tummy you changed me. You made me a better person. You have taught me so much these past 4 years. You showed me how to love with my whole heart.

You have grown before my eyes but you have grown to be one of the smartest little girls I know. You are often very outspoken and sometimes crazy. You role your eyes or cry when you are mad but that only happens on your bad days. You embrace everybody with hugs and kisses. You are such a loving little girl.

This year you gave up your pacifier (Chupie) and started Preschool in Ms. Britney's class and even though it was hard to let you go, you walked into class without any fear and never looked back. You love going to class and have learned so much. Your favorite part of the week is Sunday. You look forward to church all week long and you are learning so much there. You have this amazing interest and love for Jesus. I only pray that you never lose that love but continue following and loving Jesus your whole life long. Right now you are in Soccer for your second season and you wear #3 on your jersey just like Dada did when he played sports and this year you are doing such a great job.  No crying and running off the field like you did last year. You remind me often that you are a big girl now and you love soccer. You try your best and are so proud of yourself.

You make me proud  Syniah Grace. You are a great sister. You love Leilah so much and never like to leave her out of anything. You are always sticking up for her and making sure she is okay. I remember I was so worried about you becoming a Big Sister because you were still a baby only 19 months old but you take your job very seriously and have been amazing at it. Leilah and you fight a bit more now. I think because you two are both verbal and have the same interests but you always let Leilah get what she wants in the end and end up saying,"Okay here Leilah, you can have it." The both of you are Best Friends and I love watching you two grow up together but most of all I love watching the way you guide her and teach her things.You help me to know that I must be doing something right in life to see the little girl you have become. You try your hardest at everything you do from sports, to school, to the relationships you have, you try with your whole heart.

Syniah you have such a sweet heart. So loving and cuddly. You embrace the world. I really did blink and you are 4, but since the day you were born you have captured the hearts of those who know you. You have given me 4 years of smiles and hugs. You have given me everything I could have ever imagined or dreamed of. A Daughter. A Daughter who I love more than anything in the world. A Daughter who has become my Best friend. I love you Syniah Grace and even though today I am sad to know you are growing up, that you will never be that baby I held in the hospital, I am so excited to see who you become. You are my Sunshine and I love you to the Moon and Back.

Love,

    Mama 

                                                                                             

Niah's 4th Birthday @ Soccer