EASTER

Happy Easter!!

Love, The Serranos 

Picture collage made with Smilebox

Easter here at the Serrano household was pretty boring.

Unfortunately, both Matthew and I were sick. He was miserable.

The day before he tripped and ate the tile in our kitchen.

I know the pictures are small but he has a nice red gash on his

lip and his eyes are droopy and his nose is running.

He was just not happy.

The Easter Bunny did bring him a really cool pack

of "Cars" cars. He was REALLY excited about those.

I, on the other hand was very annoyed with the billion

twisty ties holding said cars in the box. Do they realize

how mean that is? UGH!

We didn't do anything with family.

My family is not very close so we never really get

together except for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Makes me a little sad but what can you do?

I didn't plan on making dinner or any of the fun

things most people do for Easter.

Luckily, my friend Jaimie thought of me and

brought our family Easter dinner.

It was truly appreciated and made my mundane Easter that much better.

Berto had to work so I spent Easter alone with Matty.

Not much fun since he was sick.

He is feeling better after antibiotics.

Today I caught him doing the motions to Blue's Clues

again so I re-wound it (thank you DVR) and recorded him.

:)

Enjoy.

Blue's Clues from Julia Serrano on Vimeo.

Fun

I wanted to do something fun on my blog. You know like one of those games you are supposed to "tag" your friends and then they do it too? Well instead of "tagging" because I doubt that many people read this, I googled a fun blog game and found this one. Looks fun, so let's see.

The idea is to make up a series of questions and then type the answer to your question into google and see what it gives you. Try to find an image to go along with your answer.

Here goes:


Age on your next birthday?  24

I should of known this would pop up. This was a really good show :)

A place you would like to visit: I have 2. I would really like to go to El Salvador (my hubby's country) and I would also LOVE LOVE to go to Europe.

Favorite Place?  My most favorite place in the whole world is a beach/lighthouse in Northern California. Point Reyes. It's SO beautiful. I haven't been in a really long time but someday I'd like to take Berto and Matthew there so they can LOVE it too.

This pic really doesn't do this place justice but you get they idea.

Favorite Food?  Oh definitely Italian. I feel I can't go wrong with Italian.

Favorite Color? This one I kind of bounce between. I LOVE RED but I also Love PURPLE.

Favorite Animal? Anyone who knows me knows I LOVE cats. :)

haha LOVE it

Where you live now? Arizona. I hate it. It's hot, it's boring, it has NO water. (Lakes are not fun unless you own a boat.) I so want to move out of this state. Someday...

Middle Name? Nicole, so common. Blah

Bad Habit? That's a good one.... hmmm... I'm gonna say letting people that have hurt me in the past back into my life too easily and then getting hurt again. It's a vicious cycle.
Sorry no pic for that.

Favorite Holiday?  CHRISTMAS!!!

Seriously, the BEST time of the year :)

 

THIS

is how I've been feeling for almost a week.

I am on Day 5 of this horrible sickness.

I finally gave in today and went to Urgent Care.

(NOT so urgent. We were there for like almost 2 hours!)

The doctor told me I have ALL the symptoms of 

Walking Pneumonia. 

BUT, it has not gone to my lungs yet so we

caught it soon enough.

She gave me 4 prescriptions.

One for my "cold" symptoms, one for my congestion, one for my cough,

and mucinex for my, well mucous.

The plan is to nip it in the butt before it gets any worse.

I was like 99% sure I had bronchitis because I get it every year, but

I think maybe my mom is right, perhaps I waited too long

and it passed bronchitis.

Now I just hope and pray that Matthew doesn't get it.

Dear yucky, horrible sickness,

I am sooooooooo ready for you to be gone.

I just wanna breathe through my nose and not have

fire in my throat. 

This would be wonderful.

Thanks.

Oh and PS stay away from Matty.

Thanks.

NEW

Our blog is NEW!

It got a complete makeover. I felt the need for a change!

Wanted to brighten things up and make it happier :)

I am feeling better since my last post.

No, 

NONE of my friends have owned up to the issues or said sorry.

(Granted, it's only been a day)

I did talk to some of my family, and even though I'm 

pretty sure nothing will be resolved, at least I got my

feelings out. (For the most part)

It just felt good to let it all out and not care

what anyone thinks.

I really don't feel bad about anything that I said because

it's all truth, so oh well if anyone other than myself 

got their feelings hurt.

Like I said, I'm just focusing on what's important and moving on.

Just doing what I have to and absolutely nothing more.

For those of you who actually read this,

ENJOY the new blog :)

PS: I don't have any good, recent pictures of ALL of us (reason Berto is NOT in blog header)
So I picked that one mostly because of Matty's face. haha

Ever feel?

Ever  feel like a doormat?
Like people just walk all over you and they don't
care about your feelings??
Ya, I feel like this ALL the freaking time.
Family AND friends do this to me.
I'm not going to name names because,
let's face it, it'll start massive drama which I definitely
don't need. Either way I'm sure if anyone reads this
they will get mad.
But here's the deal....

In my family, it's EXTREMELY obvious that people pick favorites.
Fine, whatever if you like someone more than the other, just don't make
it so dang obvious.

My family complains because Matthew doesn't like certain people.
Well DUH! He's not going to like you if he NEVER gets to see you.
My family apparently complains a lot about me but they just don't say it
to my face. Nice huh??
I don't spend time with you because you're too wrapped up with your husband
or your job, or your wife. Seriously, NO one with a 2 year old can work their
schedule around YOUR life.
Oh and I'm sorry I can't make it to functions because I live half way to Tucson
or that we only have one vehicle right now. Sorry that I don't want to waste
gas driving around town. Why is it that NO one can drive to see me?

Friends. Ya, sorry but my "so called friends" kind of suck.
Ya, it's harsh but its totally true.
"Let's make plans and never actually follow through with them."
Who cares about your feelings. What does it matter if I lie to you?
What does it matter that you totally screwed me and made me look
like an idiot?

I'm just so fed up with EVERYONE. So if you read this and you think
its about you, it probably is. And if you think your feelings are hurt, well think
about mine.
 I am in a VERY lonely place. No one ever wants to come over and hang out
because "its too far." Right, because driving to you with Matthew is so much more
convenient?
Sorry, that I can't go out whenever you ask because I don't have
a babysitter. Excuse me for trying to be a good mom and NOT bring my child with me.
I know it must be so inconvenient for you.

I'm just done. I don't call or text because I just get let down in the end.
Over and Over again. I quit.

I just want to move away to another state and move on with life.
Start over and find people who actually care about me.


I'm just gonna worry about myself and the people that matter
the most, Berto and Matty.

My little man Matthew

While going back through my blog posts, I realized

I haven't updated at all really about Matthew!!

There is SO much to say about my amazing 

little boy.

As of late:

He has definitely hit the TERRIBLE twos!

(Reminder: He doesn't turn 2 until July!)

Temper tantrum central, NO's flying everywhere,

throwing of toys when he doesn't get his way, and

a minimum of 2 crying episodes a day

(sometimes more)

Yep, the whole shebang.

I am not amused, BUT that being said

he is also learning a TON!

Matthew says:

Mama

Dada

banana

cat

car

thank you

hola

hi

bye

Night night

dog

NO

more

bite

food

and many more.

He tries so hard to say:

grandma

grandpa

por favor

please

(he signs please but he has a hard time saying it)

Matthew is totally OBSESSED with:

 

CARS!!

He LOVES all things Cars. He watches the movie over and over 

again when we are in the car. He has almost all the mini cars from the movie.

He has a shirt that he runs around showing everyone his "Car"

SO cute! :)

He is so stinking smart.

  He knows where all his "body parts" are.

Nose, Ears, Eyes, Feet, Hands, Belly button, Mouth, and 

of course his peepee. 

Ask him to bring you anything and he'll go right to it and

bring it to you.

He LOVES to throw trash away, especially his diapers.

(Luckily he does NOT play in it. He just throws away the 

trash and then goes back to what he was doing)

He tells me when he goes poo poo by grabbing his privates.

I plan on starting to potty train him very soon, like within the next week.

He of course LOVES all the shows that I can't stand.

His favorites are:

Yo Gabba Gabba

Dino Dan

The Upside down Show

and

Blue's Clues

He is so good about going to bed.

( As long as someone reads him a story AND he has a toy)

Although, lately we have been finding him asleep on the floor.

Maybe the bed isn't comfortable and the floor is???

Or maybe it's because he goes to the floor to play with toys'

and is too tired to climb back into his bed.

I don't know. It's pretty funny though.

Except the nights I absentmindedly open the door

and Matthew is right behind it and I smack him with the door.

That isn't so funny, it's pretty sad actually.

Let me just say ahead of time.... 

He was completely asleep and it

was completely dark in his room. The flash on my camera made it look as

though its the middle of the day....

Does it make me a mean mom that I didn't move him right away?

I needed to get my camera and take a picture before we put him back in

bed. All while laughing hysterically :)

He loves to take baths

He loves his blankey

He loves his binky 

(I know he NEEDS to be rid of it and I'm working on it)

He loves his daddy

  He loves to talk on the phone or pretend to

He loves other kids, unfortunately he doesn't get to be around

them very often

He loves Mickey

He loves balls

He loves to give kisses

He loves his Uncle Steven

( I think he's Matthew's favorite!)

He loves to be outside

Matthew is such a sweet little boy. I love him so much and feel like we are

so blessed. Even though he really really tests my patience some days I 

wouldn't have it any other way. I LOVE that I get to spend everyday with

him rather than go to work. I love that I get to see him learn new things 

everyday! I am so glad to be his mommy :)

"Blogger's Block"

Let's just say I am having a major case of

Writer's  Blogger's Block.

I have nothing to say, and nothing

of real interest going on in my life right now.

I'm a little sad about this. 

I'll be back soon

:)