SILVA

Caught on camera!

2009-11-04T09:19:00.002-07:00

Well, here's another [dark] video! Why do they always turn out like that?! (I said that last time!) At least you can hear it! I was making faces at Sierra and she was laughing, so I said, "Will you do that on camera?" (She usually stops whatever she's doing when she knows the camera is faced at her.) But she continued laughing and it was so cute! I'm glad I got it on film, even though it's dark. (GRRR!) Enjoy!

Halloween '09

2009-11-04T09:03:00.003-07:00

Halloween was fun this year, since it was Sierra's first and I have always wanted kids to do all the festivities. We borrowed a unicorn costume from my cousin (Thanks Sarah!!) and that's what Sierra was this year, it was cute!! She didn't always like the hood on, though. Here we are in all our regalia at our ward's costume party. I took Sierra around the various activities. They had a fish pond and a fun house, I think she liked them!

Then we were able to go to a Halloween party at my brother's house, which was also a lot of fun. I wore a different costume to this party. Here's Granny and the Unicorn. (Sounds like a book, huh?)

Dave brought along the gummy hand - looks yummy, don't it?

I hope he ate the whole thing! JK (It was kind of gross, actually. I took a little piece. It went in the garbage because it tasted like gym socks....ewww!)

And I captured this cute shot of Sierra in daddy's costume. My cute little cowgirl.)

Anyway, all-in-all, it was a great Halloween. I LOVE Halloween, dressing up and decorating is my fave!! I hope everyone else had a great one!

She speaks!

2009-10-17T14:00:00.002-06:00

Sorry, my video is kind of dark - why do they all turn out like that? I do the best I can, really! hehehe. Anyway, at least you can hear it! (I hope!) Here is Sierra's new word! Soooo cute! She picks up sounds so fast! That's all I need to say, watch the video! :)

10 Months!

2009-10-03T16:04:00.005-06:00

[Sniff sniff] - my baby is 10 months old now! My, how time flies, I can't believe it! Soon we'll be putting a little cake in front of her to goop in -- I can't wait! :)

So I was taking her picture in the chair. After I got a few, I turned my back for just a second and when I looked at her again, she's like this:

AAACK! She's pulling herself to stand now - she did that all by herself. I snapped a picture just in time because she almost tumbled off the chair! (I did catch her. No bonks.) :) And she does that all the time now - pulls herself to stand, I mean. [More sniff-sniffing] She really is growing up! Sigh!

I LOVE YOU, MY SWEET BABY GIRL!

Fun! Fun! Fun! at the State Fair!

2009-09-22T13:02:00.005-06:00

We were able to go to the State Fair on Saturday the 19th and had a lot of fun!

We saw a lot of animals - this one isn't a very good picture, but it's me and Sierra by a baby calf that was so darn cute! I love cows!

And this was a HUGE cow, over 3000 lbs. It was kinda scary standing next to it! I thought it would move over and bump us. But he was very friendly. Look at those horns!! I wouldn't want to be chased by that. I love this picture.

We went to see the bunnies and chickens and they had one fluffy bunny right out on the table and it was soooo soft! I loved petting its fur. (Don't know if it was a boy or girl, so it stays an "it") It was such a cute bunny! And it was for sale! Too bad, Juan's not an animal lover like me. We did not end up bringing it home. hehe

I tried to get some good pictures of Sierra petting it, she was funny! She grabbed its fur and its ears, poor thing. lol

Then, me and Sierra did "Little Hands on the Farm" and she got a stamp on her hand, as well as an apron and a basket.

We did many chores on the farm, including, picking up corn and feeding and milking the fake cow, picked a fake fruit off a fake tree, took an egg from the fake chicken's nest, and she earned herself one fake dollar, with which she could buy one REAL item with her fake dollar.

(You can kind of see the fake green dollar in Sierra's hand if you look closely.) Sierra was such a sweetie, she bought a granola bar for me and daddy to share. Yum! It was a fun hands-on experience! I think next year, she'll have even more fun when she understands more.

Finally, at the end of the day, Juan let me go on the Super Fun Big Slide. I made Juan take pictures. I'm on the second bump in the white shirt, look closely.

It was very fun!! Next year, I'll be able to take Sierra with me! (and maybe convince Juan to go too. I don't know, I'm just a big kid I guess, I like stuff like that.)

We had so much fun that Sierra zonked right out, as usual.

All in all, it was a fun fun day!! Here's a short video of one of the fun kids' rides.

Long post...

2009-09-02T11:23:00.007-06:00

Well, it seems like FOREVER since I have had the internet. We moved into our new place in West Jordan and hadn't gotten an internet plan until just a few days ago, I felt so disconnected to the world!! But here we are again, so I am updating my blog. It's going to be a long one since we've done so much since the last time I posted a blog!

My baby girl is 9 months old today!! I can't believe how fast time flies! It just seems like yesterday when I welcomed her to the world! She gets sweeter and sweeter everyday! She says "BA BA BA" and "DA DA DA" now. She also likes to suck her thumb and finger and say "Goy goy goy," it's so cute and funny! She's learning new sounds every day. Also, one time when I was changing her diaper, she started moving away and I was like, "Hey! Get get get get!!" (Like get back here) and she said it! Sometimes she'll say "get get get" now. It's so cute! It's fun to see her personality come out.

She can sit by herself and she is quite the scooter! She's so fast! One minute she's on the floor here and the next minute, I look down and she's gone - across the room and doing something else, she's so smart! And she's finally got a tooth coming in. I tried to get a good picture, but this is the best I could do. She hates it when I probe around in there trying to get a good shot.

I was watching Fox 13 one night and it said, "Text 'Blimpie' to blah-blah-blah number and you could be our next winner!" So I just casually took my phone and texted the word. That was on a Saturday. The very next Monday I got a call from Fox 13 and they said, "YOU WON a 3-foot party blast sub!" Woohoo! Immediately, I thought, 'I smell a picnic coming on!"

The sandwich was huge! It came in this box:

So I invited my brothers and their families over for a picnic in the park, it was so fun! The kids had a lot of fun playing at the West Jordan City Park (Veteran's Memorial Park) that me and Juan discovered a few weeks ago. It's a nice park! We take Sierra there to swing in the baby swings all the time now, she loves to swing!

Here's Dave having fun with the kids!

The kids love taking Sierra down the slides, and I think she likes it too! She loves her cousins!

More fun in the park - here's Trent and his son, Blake, on the swing! It was a good picnic in the park!

Here's Sierra with her new cousin, Melaiya (Trent's daughter) interacting, sooo cute!

Playing on the train at Trent's house.

Dave and Amy (my brother and sister-in-law) were asked by Amy's sister to go and housesit for a night, so they invited us to come and watch movies, play games, whatever. It was so fun! Here's Sierra relaxing in the HUGE love-sac. I think she liked it!

And me and Juan got on a good game with the air-hockey table - that was so much fun - I kicked his butt! We need an air-hockey table!!

Sarelle and her family were able to come to Utah from Georgia in August, so her kids got to meet the newest cousins, Sierra and Melaiya. Here are all the nephews and nieces (minus Melaiya, she wasn't there at the time.) So cute together!! I hope we can all get together again soon!

L - R : Blake (Trent's son) Trey (Sarelle's son) Courtney (Cameron's daughter) holding Sierra, then there's Derek (Cameron's son) Xavier and Chase (Sarelle's sons). I love all my nephews and nieces!

Sierra just cuddled right up to Trey, so cute!

And I think she loved Xavier too!

We were able to go with Sarelle and everyone up to Park City and ride the Alpine slide - I LOVE that! Then, we went to a park for lunch and to let the kids play, they had a blast! Here's Sierra swinging for the very first time, I think she enjoyed it.

We went with my friend, Sally and her family to the zoo, it was Juan and Sierra's first time at the Hogle zoo, it was a lot of fun!

So much so that Sierra zonked right out!

And last but not LEAST in my long post is something I thought I'd NEVER DO! I rode WICKED at Lagoon with Courtney, Derek, and Cameron! Wow! What a rush! It was a lot of fun to go to Lagoon with Cameron and his family.

And YES, I lived through it! I survived Wicked! hehehehe

That's all for now!

My little lady

2009-07-16T08:47:00.005-06:00

My little sweetie is getting so big and so smart, it makes me kind of sad that time goes so fast. She's learning how to sit up by herself, it's so cute! Doesn't this picture just look like she's a little lady?

She's trying so hard to crawl. She rolls all over the place but isn't crawling yet, I feel it is soon though! Here she is learning to use her legs:

Sierra has a new favorite cup; her first sippy! She really is growing up! She loves her cup to be filled with apple juice, it's her favorite -- YUM!!

And speaking of growing up too fast, she's also learning to get out of her clothes, the little stripper, lol. I found her one morning like this; her head facing the foot of her bed and her nightie coming off -- she makes me laugh at something new everyday, I love her so much!

To you, my sweet baby girl!

Happy 4th of July!

2009-07-06T11:36:00.003-06:00

Sierra's first 4th celebration!! Such a little sweetheart!

And here she is doing what she loves to do best -- blow raspberries! Silly goosey!

I love my "all-American cutie!" Happy 4th, baby!

The colors at the end of the day were beautiful! The picture doesn't do it justice!

I didn't get any fireworks pictures, we didn't go see any, it was a long tiring day. Sierra will understand better next year anyway. I hope everyone had a very good, safe 4th of July! We did!

To my sweet hubby!

2009-07-06T11:22:00.004-06:00

This post is dedicated to my wonderful husband:

He's such a great daddy!

And he loves his family so much!

He doesn't like his picture taken much, so I don't have many, and he likes to give me goofy smiles when I do catch a picture of him. Sierra and I got him a cake and some movies, and we gave him a certificate and some coupons. I think he likes his stuff!

I just want you to know how much I love and appreciate you, sweetie! Happy Father's Day!

Ketchup anyone?

2009-07-06T11:06:00.005-06:00

I'm so bad!! I leave my blog neglected for weeks at a time when there's so much I want to post about! I take all the pictures but then I'm too lazy to put them on the computer and get my blog updated! Anyway, here's another update!!

It's been a busy month and we're getting ready to move up to West Jordan into a cheaper place than the one we're in now, we're excited! We found a nice mobile home in a nice neighborhood and a friendly community. Here are some pictures of the place we're moving to, we're going to give it a good paint job and fix it up nice!

There's a cute little pond & waterfall!

Sierra's room is blue and green but we're going to repaint in girly colors.

The place is surrounded with rose bushes - my favorite flower! And here's a unique flower that grows in our yard too but I don't know the name of it -- anyone?? They're awesome!

Latest goings-on...

2009-06-09T15:38:00.006-06:00

Look at my poor neglected blog:

I know you've all been waiting for an update:

so here it is! Sierra is six (6) months old now! And just look at her, sitting in her little chair all by herself! (Well, almost. She did pretty good but I had to snap the picture and get her off. She's still a little wobbly.)

Grandma Fisher has moved clear out to Georgia:

Sierra is learning a lot of things, like how to eat her fist...

...and her toe!

We love to take walkies in the sunshine, and are well prepared.

Sierra's hair on the top is long and I decided to try something with it. I found these awesome curlers at the dollar store, they're self-sticking - just roll 'em in when the hair is wet, let it dry, and take 'em out. She was so good and patient while I experimented.
And here was the result. I hope you can see that, it's kind of dark. I thought it turned out really cute! All curly on top! She's such a princess!

And last, we took Sierra to her first carnival:

It was so fun! Eagle Mountain had their Pony Express Days last week, I love going to those things! It was very fun! I can't wait til she's old enough to go on the little rides, that will be fun! It was nice just walking around and being at the carnival. And you can't have a carnival without cotton candy, right? I got some and I guess Juan has never seen it before. He was like, "What's that?" and he tested some. Immediately, he made a face and said, "It's ugly!" (which means, it's 'gross'." So next time, the cotton candy can stay with me! He can get popcorn! hehehe.

All-in-all, it's been a fun couple of weeks! I can't believe my baby is already half a year old! Wow, time does go by, doesn't it? Signing off for now!

I know, I know...

2009-05-30T14:30:00.002-06:00

Long time no post...again! The month of May has been busy and plus I've been sick most of it! I had gotten a cold near the first of the month, and then I thought it had gone away for a few days but it had come back full force! So I haven't blogged for a while. But I promise to post updates of what's been going on....SOON!

Five months old!

2009-05-05T10:50:00.002-06:00

My sweet Sierra is 5 months old [sniff sniff] and I've been trying some solids with her, she's been doing really good. Here she is trying pears and I think she likes them!

Look at that face! I love watching her sleep, it's so peaceful!

This picture I like to call "A mid-afternoon nap" I love how it turned out!

I love my princess so much, she's such a joy to have in my life. Happy five-month anniversary, sweetheart!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

2009-04-16T12:17:00.003-06:00

Either we're way too early for this year's, or we've gone back in time to the last one! We got blasted with snow again yesterday, what happened to SPRING?!? Enjoy the pictures!

This 'N That!

2009-04-04T13:51:00.003-06:00

We had a birthday party for my mom this last Sunday, the 29th of March. It was lots of fun. While they were at church, I finished baking her cake and I decorated, much to her surprise.

And of course, I made her pose for pictures, everyone needs pictures for their birthday!

And below is the picture I got of her face when she saw the pies I'd wrapped up for her, she has like 10 in the freezer now!! (If you're just tuning in, see previous post titled "Random funnies" for the story about the pies!) It was fun! We also gave her some beautiful pictures of some temples. Happy birthday mom!

My baby is 4 months old now!!! I can't believe how fast time goes by! It's been so fun and challenging, but I love it! She gets stronger everyday! Love you, baby!

Finally, at this one place I used to work, I had found this metal thingy in the trash so I took it home, intending to do something funny with it. So I glued on some googly eyes.

Now, is this the look of someone who has just witnessed a crime? Was caught with his hand in the cookie jar?? You tell me what you think this guy is up to and you could win a prize! That's right, I said a PRIZE! Leave me a comment with your funny thoughts and I'll choose the best one and send the winner something! (Don't know what yet, but everyone likes a prize, right?) So start thinking and leave a comment! I'll choose a winner soon!

r A n D o M f U n N i E s

2009-03-27T17:30:00.004-06:00

My first random funny is that I heard on the news this morning that a woman robbed a Baskin Robbins in Holladay last night and they're still searching for her. That just sounds funny. Seriously, how much can you get out of a Baskin Robbins? Of all the places to rob:

"GIMME ALL THE ICE CREAM AND NOBODY GETS HURT!! HURRY UP, PUT IT IN THESE BAGS!!!"

Secondly, remember that episode of Seinfeld where they discontinue a certain brand of contraceptive, the Sponge, and she goes and buys a whole case of the things? Then she says things like, "Are you 'sponge worthy'?" You gotta love Elaine! She's awesome!

With that in mind, the Hostess company has discontinued their 'lemon' flavored pie, so my mom is searching for them and can't find them anywhere anymore. So whenever Dave or Candace or others find some, they buy them for her. Today, I found six at a Maverik and thought it would be funny if I wrapped them up and gave them to her for her birthday, which is on Sunday. She is stowing them in the freezer - it's her favorite way to eat them; frozen. But it just reminded me of that Seinfeld episode. She's stocking up a bunch of Hostess lemon pies and I can just hear her thinking: "Is this a Hostess-lemon-pie-worthy moment?"

Well, I hope you've all enjoyed this blog post, it gave me a laugh, hope it gave you a good laugh too!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

2009-03-18T20:03:00.003-06:00

I know, it's a day late but I didn't have a chance to do it yesterday. I still wanted to post this picture of Sierra in her 'green' attire. She was so cute. I love the pin I put on. (Just for the picture, I didn't leave it on.) :D Anyway, HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY EVERYONE! Hope it was fun for ya!

Sierra's blessing

2009-03-11T19:07:00.004-06:00

We finally got Sierra blessed this last Sunday, March 8th. It was Juan's first time and he did an excellent job! He said it in Spanish so I don't know what he said but I'm going to interrogate him later and record it in my journal. Her blessing outfit was so cute, and I found her a headband to go with it. She looked beautiful!

The video below is kind of dark and you may have to turn up your speakers, but it's so funny, I had to share it. When Sierra gets really excited, she'll breathe really fast, like panting, and one night she just kept doing it so I had to tape it. I had to prompt her a couple of times, but you can hear her really good near the end of the video, and she just kicks her arms and legs while she does it, I think it's so cute! Enjoy! (I hope the video works!)

Babies!!

2009-03-06T18:59:00.003-07:00

My baby is 3 months old already!! And it's been such an adventure thus far! I love my little sweetie so much!

Trent and his wife Candace had their sweet baby girl yesterday, March 5th. She was 8 lbs. 4 oz. 20.5"! Mama and baby are doing good. Welcome Melaiya Grace Henke! She looks like her mama, what a sweet little angel! I love these babies! Congratulations Trent and Candace!

Here lies...

2009-02-25T21:30:00.002-07:00

...All my pretty hair that's falling out! Has anyone else experienced this after having a baby? I hate it! I could make a wig with all the hair that's coming out! I think I need to get my hair cut short for a while. I don't know if that would help but I dread washing my hair in the shower and trying to smooth it out with my fingers and THEN getting out of the shower to go through it with my pick and more comes out! Poor hair! So, if anyone's interested, I will be laying to rest my lovely hair [sniff sniff]. Rest in peace, sweet hair.

Contest!

2009-02-16T20:27:00.002-07:00

I saw this on my sister-in-law Shayna's blog and thought I would give it a try so here is how it works.
The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations: 1- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make! 2- What I create will be just for you. 3- It'll be done this year. 4- You have no clue what it's going to be.
It may be a story. It may be a joke book, autographed picture of myself, handmade bag, or a little invention of my own! I may bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows?
5- I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.
The catch?
Oh, the catch is that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog. The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me! Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!

V-Day!

2009-02-14T09:16:00.003-07:00

Just wanted to tell everyone:
"HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!"
Love you all!

Randomness

2009-02-03T23:36:00.006-07:00

I'm up late tonight - can't get the baby to go to sleep - so I thought I'd post a random message of this and that, whatever comes to mind for a while, maybe some jokes and other stuff. Speaking of jokes, you know the SWIFT Trucks you see on the freeways? Have you ever pondered what SWIFT means? Sure Wish I'd Finished Training! Hahahaha!

My little sweety-pie is 2 months old now!! Can you believe it? She's smiling a lot more these days and I love it! Here she is in her little red puppy outfit, sooo cute! And I attempted to curl her hair but you can't really tell. :)

Okay, here's another joke:

Church is in session and the congregation is listening to the sermon when suddenly, the big doors in the back swing open and in flies the devil. The whole congregation screams and runs out of the church, but the devil notices one old man still sitting on his bench calmly. The devil says, "Aren't you scared of me?" The old man replies, "No, I've been married to your sister for 38 years!"

Well, I guess that's all the silliness I have in me for tonight. I must be going to bed, I think the baby is asleep. Yay! Now it's my turn!

Letter of the day: "G"

2009-02-02T16:44:00.004-07:00

Shayna sent me the letter of the day, which is "G", so now I get to name 10 things I love that start with the letter G.

1. Gum - specifically, bubble-gum. What is it about a substance you want to chew and try to make the biggest bubbles with?

2. "The Green" - wish I had more of it!

3. Going places - I want to travel the world someday and see everything!

4. Games & Game nights - when's the next one?!

5. My Great family - I love 'em all, wherever they are!

6. The Gospel - where would we be without it?
7. Giraffes - I do love giraffes! (But then, I love all animals, especially fuzzy little creatures.)

8. my little Girl - she's such a sweetie, I love her so much!

9. Gorgeous hubby - He's a tall(er than me anyway), dark, and handsome guy from Peru.

10. Gee...I'm having a hard time coming up with things! hehe.

If you would like to play leave me a comment and I'll give you a letter!

BagBag contest!

2009-01-31T18:14:00.003-07:00

Look at this C U T E bag!!! It's one of those bags made from plastic bags. They're spacious, roomy, stylish, plus you can wash and dry it?! You can enter to win one on http://www.graciousrain.com/ - scroll down her blog til you see the entry about her contest and ENTER! You may win! She also sells these at Etsy. Cute, cute bags! Where do they come up with these things?! :)