A new haircut

This weekend we decided it was time for Isabella to get rid of her baby hair which is a tangly mess most of the time. We took her to a place here in Spring called Cool Cuts. She sat in a little car watching Dora and she did so awesome!

Before:

After:

The rest of the weekend we were pretty much in our house keeping warm. Manuel was a bit under the weather and Isabella was just getting over an ugly cough and runny nose.

Hello 2010!

So far so good! I have restarted my running program, I am all signed up for the Spring semester, ready to go back to work and Isabella is all signed up for Pre-school.

I hope to keep up with this more and be able to put up more pics. We will see!

to that one man in the world....

happy anniversary!

you are an amazing husband. it seems that we just get better and better as the time goes by.

i love you, babe. i love you.

**RENOVATION

my blog will be under construction. probably going to change day by day so bear with me.

-mo.

Ike

We survived Ike but we were lucky some were not so fortunate. We have been at Manuel's parents for the past week with no electricity but it wasn't that bad. His parents were very handy with the grill, yum! And we had flashlights but the heat and the soon to be no water part were hard at times.


We needed to escape the insanity of Houston/Humble especially with the temperatures going back up so on Thursday I booked us a room at The Valencia and here we are! Having a great time with electricity. The funny thing about everything was that as we were leaving Houston we stopped by our place to pick up a charger and found out we had lights! So that makes this trip that much better :) and I have my two loves by my side. I'll post some pics when we get back.

Fizzle

Stupid "Gustav" ( aka the monster storm)

Our mini vacation to San Antonio got ruined. We were going to stay at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and go to Seaworld but because of "Gustav" and all the rain it was going to bring to that area. We decided it was best to cancel and not risk having a soggy vacation but of course theirs always a silver lining :) We planned another trip! And yes it's one of the places on my list well actually two! We can't wait!

This weekend Manuel and I got a date night thanks to his parents and Manuel's job. We went to an Astros game. The Astros won and we had a good time.

The rest of our Labor Day holiday aside from taking Isabella to the park, we were completely lazy.

The List...

Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada
Banff, Alberta, Canada
Jasper, Alberta, Canada
Niagara-On-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada
Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Mont Tremblant, Quebec, Canada
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Estes Park, Colorado
Boulder, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
Atlanta, Georgia
Keystone, South Dakota
West Yellowstone, Montana
Charleston, South Carolina
New York City, New York
Sedona, Arizona
Bar Harbor, Maine
Smokey Mountains, Tennessee
*New Orleans, Louisiana
Chicago, Illinois
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Phoenix, Arizona
*Dallas. Texas
*San Antonio, Texas
*Austin, Texas
Orlando, Florida
Miami, Florida
Washington D.C.
Jackson, Wyoming
Las Vegas, Nevada
Napa, California
Lake Tahoe, California
*La Jolla, California
*San Diego, California
Monterey, California
Big Sur, California
Carmel, California
San Francisco, California
*Los Angeles, California
Poipu, Hawaii
Lahaina, Hawaii
Wailea, Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii
Hana, Hawaii
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Guadalajara, Mexico
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Puebla, Mexico
Tulum, Mexico
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Zihuatanejo, Mexico
Antigua, Guatemala
Philipsburg, St. Maarten
Hamilton, Bermuda
Bridgetown, Barbados
Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Havana, Cuba
San Jose, Costa Rica
Soufriere, St. Lucia
Freeport, Bahamas
Ocho Rios, Jamaica
St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda
Seven Mile Beach, Cayman Islands
Oranjestad, Aruba
Willemstad, Curacao
Buenos Aires, Argentina
San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
Puerto Iguazu, Argentina
El Calafete, Argentina
Salvador, Argentina
Ushuaia, Argentina
Florianopolis, Brazil
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Natal, Brazil
Paraty, Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Foz de Iguacu, Brazil
Buzios, Brazil
Vina del Mar, Chile
Pucon, Chile
Santiago, Chile
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Valaparaiso, Chile
Quito, Ecuador
Banos, Ecuador
Punta del Este, Uruguay
Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay
Cusco, Peru
Machu Picchu, Peru
Dingle, Ireland
Killarney, Ireland
Galway, Ireland
Edinburgh, Scotland
Bath, England
London, England
Stratford-upon-Avon, England
York, England
St. Petersburg, Russia
Salzburg, Austria
Innsbruck, Austria
Prague, Czech Republic
Copenhagen, Denmark
Bruges, Belgium
Heidelberg, Germany
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
Munich, Germany
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Interlaken, Switzerland
Aix-en-Provence, France
Paris, France
Mont-St-Michel, France
Versailles, France
Assisi, Italy
Vatican City
San Gimignano, Italy
Florence, Italy
Amalfi, Italy
Siena, Italy
Rome, Italy
Venice, Italy
Positano, Italy
Pompeii, Italy
Barcelona, Spain
Toledo, Spain
Madrid, Spain
Monte-Carlo, Monaco
Rhodes, Greece
Ephesus, Turkey
Marrakech, Morocco
Fes, Morocco
Tangier, Morocco
Essaouira, Morocco
Port Louis, Mauritius
Grand Baie, Mauritius
Belle Mare, Mauritius
Le Morne, Mauritius
Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia
Victoria, Seychelles
Jerusalem, Israel
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Victoria Falls, Zambia
Stone Town, Tanzania
Cape Town, South Africa
Franschhoek, South Africa
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Knysna, South Africa
Abu Simbel, Egypt
Luxor, Egypt
Giza, Egypt
Alexandria, Egypt
Aswan, Egypt
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
Hurghda, Egypt
Goa, India
Jaipur, India
Varanasi, India
Jaisalmer, India
Agra, India
Udaipur, India
Male, Maldives
Hong Kong, China
Shanghai, China
Guil in, China
Beijing, China
Xi’an, China
Krabi, Thailand
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Ko Phi Phi Don, Thailand
Ko Phangan, Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand
Ko Tao, Thailand
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Tokyo, Japan
Kyoto, Japan
Singapore, Singapore
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Ubud, Indonesia
Nusa Dua, Indonesia
Byron Bay, Australia
Melbourne, Australia
Cairns, Australia
Sydney, Australia
Cape Tribulation, Australia
Fremantle, Australia
Alice Springs, Australia
Margaret River, Australia
Perth, Australia
Hobart, Australia
Noosa, Australia
Port Douglas, Australia
Auckland, New Zealand
Wanaka, New Zealand
Christchurch, New Zealand
Kaikoura, New Zealand
Dunedin, New Zealand
Rotorua, New Zealand
Milford Sound, New Zealand
Queenstown, New Zealand
Nada, Fiji
Papeete, French Polynesia

*I'm still not finished adding on.

As you can see I haven't been to many places, to be more accurate before last May I had never even gone out of the state of Texas. It never seemed possible for somebody like me coming from the situation that I came from that I would ever be able to go to places like these. But now the way my life is going I'm in a place where I feel like it's possible. I may not be able to go to all of these places but at least I know it's possible now and just knowing that makes me smile.