I would gladly except the "Worst Blogger Award"

I would gladly except the "Worst Blogger Award" since it's almost been a year since I have updated last. Well no time to waste let me catch everyone up.

We are pregnant! Actually we are very pregnant and due in about 6 weeks. My exact due date is September 9th 2012. Went to the doctor yesterday and our little man is 4lbs and growing like a weed.

It's defiantly been an experience being pregnant, they don't warn you about all the changes that really go on in your body. I will say I have had a very normal, easy pregnancy so far, and I am very thankful for that.
Alex and I have had a lot of fun preparing for him and getting everything ready. Of course we chose baseball for the theme of the nursery.

We got to see our little man for the 1st time when I was about 24 weeks pregnant.Technology these days makes it amazing to get the 1st pictures of your baby. He defiantly looks like his daddy.

Other than the daily challenges of pregnancy we have just been keeping busy with softball. Enjoying our last few months with just each other. It will be a year on October 1st since we got married, and life has been great. Of course everyone has their up's and down's but I knew that when I married Alex.

 We are excited to bring home our son Ambrosio (Ambro) Jase Garcia and start our new chapter in our book. I will try to update more because I want to have somewhere to mark his milestones, and also vent from the stress of motherhood.

Till then,

“ For better or for Worse!”

Our big day has come and gone, Alex and Sarah Garcia were officially married on October 1st 2011 at 5:00pm on the Frito Lay Ball Park in Plano Texas.
So many people told me how quick the day would go by and how you wouldn’t even remember half of what happen. So I want to log this so I have a permanent reference.

We didn’t really go the traditional route with the whole last single night thing. We slept in our bed for the last night of being an engaged couple. We woke early that morning and had pancakes, bacon that Alex so “neatly” cooks! After breakfast we went our own ways, the girls went to my parents and all the boys stayed at the house.  We started our hair around 10:30 and just had a good time relaxing at my parents house.  Makeup appointment was at 2pm…at that point I was a little anxious but it really had not hit me yet.  After we got home from our makeup appointment we had to hurry and get dressed, putting on that white dress has never felt so real as it did the minute I looked in the mirror and realized I had an hour before I became Mrs. Garcia.

Once we were all dressed we loaded up and headed to the ball park. About this time I was beginning to freak out just a little bit.  Not going to go into detail but the boys had some problems getting to the fields on time. Had some problems with the dogs, and then forgetting the iPad. It all worked out and we were only about 20 minutes behind schedule. Before I knew it, it was time to walk to the pitching mound.  I had been playing this moment in my head for the last 3 months, and nothing I imaged even came close to the real thing.

Once we reached the pitching mound and made our slow turn to walk down to home plate my heart skipped a beat. At that moment this is no words to describe the feeling I felt looking into Alex’s eyes and seeing his gigantic smile. If I ever had any doubts or worries they were all gone at that moment. We locked eyes and never looked away I was giving away at home plate by my dad, and the rest is history. We exchanged our vows and said “ I do”. It was perfect he said kiss your bride and I knew the rest of my life I would be Mrs. Sarah Garcia.

The reception followed and was better than I expected my mom, and aunt’s put so much work in to the hall it looked absolutely breath taking. The night carried on with cutting of the cake, speeches, and then the garter and bouquet toss. Through all the dancing and laughing we had an amazing time celebrating with our family and friends. Before we knew it, it was time to go and boy was I ready exhausted is an understatement of how I was feeling.

Our wedding turned out being so much more than I expected, now we are ready for the next chapters in our book.

Life is great!

Till then....

Keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about."

"Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about." 
— Marilyn Monroe

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Came across that quote this morning, and I can’t explain the feeling it gave me inside. It made me realize everything going on around me will pass, and life is one day at a time. Lately my days feel like minuets, and  my weeks have all ran together.  I just can’t seem to slow down time. Every time I look at a calendar… October 1^st keeps getting closer and closer. We are now roughly 45 days away, and I think I am completely freaking out.  I have been so stressed it has put a lot on our relationship. Yesterday is the first time in weeks we hung out and did nothing. Just enjoyed each other’s company for the evening.  Alex is working 50 – 60 hours a week, and when he is not working he occupies his time with Softball tournaments, or weekday games.  My on the other hand, have a list the size of Texas of things that need to get done.

Last week I  went to me very first dress fitting with my mom, $ 169’s in alterations later. I have a dress that fits like a glove.  After that we went to our cake bakery and paid them for the delivery fee of $ 120. Once all that was finished we then had to go buy the Sash that goes on my dress which was $ 69.   It seems to me everyone charges an arm and a leg for anything that has the word “Wedding” in the description. If I had to describe in one world how I feel about our wedding is would be…Ready.

Ready for it to be here, ready to stop the wedding spending, ready to be Mrs. Garcia.  READY!

Marilyn is right no matter how bad you think life is going, or how much you are just not feeling it…Keep smiling! That’s my biggest challenge in life is enjoying the little things. Remembering I have my family, friends, and Alex everyday to help me through any challenge that I come across. I need to remember not to compare myself to other, My life is just fine the way it is…even know we have rough days I love Alex with all my heart, and that’s why I am walking down the aisle to meet him at the end, till the end. 

Staying positive is my mission for these very short 45 days we have left before the big day. Not letting small things get me off path, like money, or wedding things going wrong or not the way I planned. Because like I have been told several times, no matter what happens on October 1^st 2011 the most important thing that is going to happen is we are going to stand in front of all our family and friends and take the next step of spending the rest of our life’s together, and when that happens the entire day will be a success!

Till then, 

Best Advice Yet!

So we had our usual Thursday night softball game in Little Elm, which I have to say is my favorite night of the week. I love spending time with Cindy, Brandy, and Holly and just having some real girl talk. Our real girl talk got really good last night and I heard the best advice yet. It is not the first time I have ever heard this, but last night it just hit me, the light bulb came on and it really meant something. It all started over a few beers and talking about the three M's... marriage, money and men. I started venting about last weeks mood and how Alex was not helping it get any better. Pretty much after pouring my heart out about how I felt about the three M's, Brandy looks at me and simply says " Marriage is Hard, and it's not going to get any easier. You learn to take the bad and enjoy the good." I have heard that so many times, but for some reason last night it just hit home. Made me look at my relationship with Alex in a completely different way.

Less than 2 1/2 months till this becomes a family! 

On a different note...I have been wanting a new king bed set for a while now. I had purchased a Queen bed spread several years ago and have been using that. It is to small, a greenish blue color that matched nothing, and I never cared enough to make my bed because I hated the way it looked. So I was talking with Kayla our roommate and talking about how I loved how she made her bed everyday, and how I really wanted a black and white king size bed spread, and I would make my bed everyday. So Wednesday night she comes home with a brand new king size beautiful black and white bed in a bag! I was shocked.... she said it was an early Birthday-Thank You present. This is not an actual picture of my bed before but I wanted to get the point across. 

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Isn't it lovely? I am so thankful I have great people in my life. Thank you Kayla. That is not the only thing that Kayla has brought in the house that I love. Let's start from the beginning, Kayla and Josh which is Alex's cousin moved in the beginning of June, and are staying in one of our spare bedrooms. Long story short they needed to get out of his mom's house and we have more than enough room for them. Well they didn't come alone they have an adorable 3 year old little boy named Jayden. I absolutely love having him around the house, you can be having the worst day ever and you come home and see his smile how can you not smile with him. I mean look...

How can you not love this adorable face? What I love is that even Alex is a sucker for this little boy. Almost everyday he takes him outside to go hit some baseballs in the backyard. He can even cheer up Alex when he comes home in a bad mood. I love to see them together makes me really believe that Alex is going to be a great dad some day. 

Till then...

My Rain Cloud is Gone

I was starting to think I was going to be stuck in a funk forever. I had tried everything...girl's night, shopping, cleaning, and even comfort food!  Nothing seemed to work, I think it was like a cold it had to run it's course. 

So this week is going by very quickly which is a good thing because this weekend we have big plans to go cake tasting!  I am super excited and stressing out at the same time. All I think about when I start thinking wedding cakes is ... $$$!  With really no ideas of what I was looking for I went searching online, found this one and just fell in love.

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I love It! It's a little big but the simplicity of it just makes the cake so beautiful to me.  The tree bark stand really brings it together with the rustic look I am going for. I think I could even love it without the flowers. Of course the ribbon will be the Lapis Purple I am going with, and if I do go with flowers they will be a lighter purple color. Speaking of falling in love...

I found the tree bark stand idea at Kinser Event Company's Blog and I absolutely fell head over heels! Now if I can only find someone who is chopping down some tress to get some pieces cut. Seems like ever since all those cake shows came on TLC and Food Network everyone wants to charge an arm and a leg for wedding cakes. Maybe this being my very 1st wedding cake purchase I just have a small case of  sticker shock. 

So the Bride's Maid dresses have been found and it's all left to the girls to get them before the wedding. Megan and I went to David's Bridal yesterday after a long time of procrastinating the trip to find dresses. I had looked at DB's before and was not happy with the selecting, so then we were left with trying to get all the girls together to go dress sale shopping, resulting in failure. Got a email from DB's yesterday with some new fall dress styles and actually liked a couple of them. Resulting in dress success! 

So here they are you really can't tell from the picture but the fabric is Satin, and the sides have pockets, which the girls love! It was a very quick and easy trip and I am very happy to say "It's over"! I am very excited to be checking things off my list again. I ordered our invitations last week so they should be coming in soon. I think I am going to keep those a surprise, don't want to give everything away! 

So cross your fingers we find cake's Alex and I can agree on...style and price!!!

Until then.. 

I just need to ramble...

Why is it the idea to blog only pops in my head when I am annoyed or pissed and have the urge to get it out?  I don't want this to be a place where I come and just bash my life or where I come to pour my heart out, not really my thing. I am just going to take a few deep breathes and start over....
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This weekend was a very busy weekend as always in our house. I got the feeling this weekend like I have been neglecting wedding planning. The previous statement is very true to set the record straight, seems like I have an overwhelming feeling when it comes to wedding planning. I am back at square one with... " I don't know where to begin!" So there I went Sunday night at 8pm writing out all the things that needed to be done before August 1st.

The list looked a little like this..

1. Invitations  - Order & Ship
2.Cake - Appt & Order
3. DJ - Find and Book
4.Center Pieces - Mason Jars (10)
5. Tux's for the guys
6. Bride's Maid Dresses

Then my mind went on a 10 mile run, and didn't stop for any breaks. I was then stressing about the funds to cover all this and when and were all this had to be done by. Was there going to be a surcharge for this and a late fee for that. I stopped my self before having a small panic attack. Monday morning has been a success I called and booked the cake tasting, and A-ok'ed the invitations with Alex so they are ready to order on Friday. I messaged a few DJ friends of ours to see if they would be interested. Last but not least made a phone call to my brides maid's to scheduled a dress shopping trip for Friday.

I think I am pretty amazing sometimes every now I am stressed up the my eye balls, Just a few seconds to get my mind right and I am off on a mission of getting things checked of my list again. Megan is a humongous help she has no idea how much she keeps me sane...Thank you Megan.

This week is going to be busy as usual...just excited to have today to do nothing!

Till then,

Stuck in a Funk!

So I have been in this "mood" now for almost a week now, and it doesn't help that I can't really explain what it is I am feeling or why. So I looked up Funk in the dictionary and this is what I got...

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This explains a lot...I am going to go with 1 and 2 combined. I have a great fear of life....and what may come in the next 4 months, and I also have this dejected mood that seems to be just lingering. I am really not sure if it is the wedding coming up in 3 months that has be so stressed out so much that I can't even function. Maybe it's our busy schedule and our endless checklist of projects and outings that are costing us money. Seems like the theme of my life right now is "If it's not one thing, it's another!" Complaining is really the only thing I feel like I am doing right now days. 

I am looking forward to this weekend though and spending come quality, much needed time with my bride's maids. We are going dress, and accessory shopping for their dresses. Really hoping I can shake this mood by then I really don't want to be a Debbie downer. I think my "Funk" is due to lack of me time. I love Alex to death and I love every minute of every day I am with him, but I am going through this whole I am losing my Independence phase (again) I am freaking myself out about the wedding and that It better be the right thing to do, because I don't want to be part of the 85% divorce rate in the US now days.  

Not to worry I will be okay, give me a few days and I will be back with a happier post. 

Till then...