Esther's 27th Birthday

So my friend Esther turns 27 tomorrow, and well her Husband Hector decided to throw her a little surprise at there new home today! Now my friend hates turning a year older, and has cried the last few years on her birthday because "she is getting older", but I say age is just a number! HA! I have always been teased about saying how old we are getting, but you won't hear that coming out of my mouth lately! Anyhow so Esther's sister-in-law Suzy thought it would be a great idea to throw her a child's theme birthday party, and what else would describe Esther best than a Disney themed princess party? Can I just say I did not see any tears this year! How could she possible cry with all the wonderful things going on right now!!! Happy Birthday my friend may you have many many more birthdays, and always remember to be a kid at heart. I love you!!

Jessica's Birthday

Tonight was my friend Jessica's 26th birthday...ahh we are getting old. Some friends and I went to her new place to cut her a cake, drink some wine, and just enjoy each others company. Happy Birthday my friend I hope you enjoyed your day and the rest of the celebrations that are to come. I pray for many new adventures in your 26th year!! I love you!

Bank of America Tower

In light of Breast Cancer Awareness Month I thought I would post a few pictures my husband took with "my" new camera of the Bank of America Tower in Downtown. I say "my" camera because he is obsessed with it as I am, to the point that I am considering buying him one so I can have mine back. lol. He always says so innocently it is not "your" camera but "our" camera because we are married. Apparently my husband does not believe my parents gave it to me but to us, I guess this is what happens when you get married. I love my husband and I love how we are both learning how to use "our" new toy even though I give him a great deal of grief about it. Anyhow back to the the point on the Bank of America Tower, this building has to be one of my favorite buildings in downtown simply because of it's night time illuminations. It is a 47 story building, and is one of the top ten tallest buildings in the state of Florida. On most nights it is lit white, but changes in colors for the Christmas season, St. Patricks Day, Independence day etc. Another building I absolutely love for its architectural structure is the Conrad, but we will save that one for another blog post.

These pictures were taken from my sister-in-laws apartment,

on October 5th which also happens to be her birthday!

So Happy Birthday ERICKA!!

Note: Photo Credit to Fernando Herrera

She has a name!

After a couple of days and much debate, Manny and Veronica finally decided on name for Baby Ferro, her name is Sofia Maria Ferro!!! This afternoon the happy parents were finally released from the hospital and are taking baby Sofie home!!! She looked absolutely adorable in her pink coming home outfit and blanket.

Note: Photo Credit to Melissa M. Hernandez-Herrera

Baby Ferro

The Ferros, the Donados, and the rest of us have a new addition to our families. Baby Ferro was born today weighing 7lbs 14 ozs. and is 19 3/4 inches long. This nameless little girl made her debut at 1:27 this morning after having her poor mother go through several hours of labor. This little munchkin would not budge and had to finally be taken out by force! She is the first baby in my family since all "us kids" grew up and my grandmother's first great grandchild! It is a very exciting time for my family and this little girl has brought us closer together. It is so amazing to see every ones excitement and watching my grandmother filled with tears of joy at this little one. I pray that God bless her parents with all the wisdom needed to raise her. I pray that she always be surrounded by people who love her, and that she is kept safe and protected from any harm that may come her way.

Some pictures of the little one!

On the 23rd waiting outside the room while Veronica was in labor.

We were all anxious to meet her, but then we got kicked out of the hall and into the waiting room! =(

Proud Mommy and Daddy

My Grandmother crying tears of joy while holding her first Great Grandchild!

Me and my new Baby Cousin!

She has her arms open for a hug!

Note: Photo Credit to Fernando Herrera, Melissa M. Hernandez-Herrera, & Manuel Ferro Sr.

Labor Day Weekend - San Francisco

Every year my birthday lands around or on the Labor Day Holiday. This year it landed the weekend after my actual birthday which worked out great, because it allowed me to enjoy time with my family and friends on my special day, and to enjoy time away with my husband. As some of you know and as I have stated before on this blog, my husband gifted me a trip to San Fran for my birthday and well we had a great time!! I have been to California a couple of times, but I had never visited San Francisco, all I can say is wow!! I love how nice the people are and how cool the weather is over there, nothing compared to the hot and humid Miami weather, supposedly it is like that all year round! I can not even imagine that! Anyhow I highly recommend that if you get an opportunity to visit that you do so, it's so beautiful and I am now having thoughts of some day moving out there. My recommendations for those planning to visit is spend at least 5 days there, go to all the museums get on the double decker bus tour and definitely definitely go to wine country!!!

Here are some pics from our trip, we took a little over 1,500 pictures!

Me climbing up Lombard Street, it's a lot steeper than it looks in the pic.

Lombard Street

Lunch at Fisherman's Wharf...Yummy Clam Chowder!

Sea lions on Pier 39 at Fisherman's Wharf

Aquarium by the Bay on Pier 39 at Fisherman's Wharf

San Francisco City Hall has nothing on Hialeah's City Hall...lol

It took 3.5 million dollars to build this City Hall and is taller than the nations capital building!

The Painted Ladies

better known as the

Full House Sitcom House

Its actually the Blue house

The Palace of Fine Arts

Union Square

The Golden Gate Bridge

Before walking across it!

After we walked across it...it was cold!!!

Wine Country

It was hard to pick a few pictures out of 1,500.

Note: Photo Credit to Fernando Herrera & Melissa M Hernandez-Herrera

Twenty-Six (26)

Another birthday down and my first as a wife! I must admit I was a little down this year about my day, because I realize now that I am getting older and that 30 is not too far away for me. All in all I have had a great birthday, and I am looking forward to my birthday getaway this weekend! I am more excited about using the D90 Nikon camera my parents bought me than the actual trip, but I am sure that will change once we are there! I am so lucky to be surrounded by such great and amazing people! What more could a girl ask for? I know I could not ask for anything more than what God has already given me!

Twenty Eight (28)

This year my husband turned 28, as awful as this sounds I really wanted him to turn 29 so that I can begin to plan and strategize for next year, which would be his 30th birthday, but he is only 28 which means I still have to wait another two years before planning a big 30th birthday bash!

Even though his birthday was not until Monday (the 24th) we began celebrating Friday night with our families at Grazino's in the Gables, we had an awesome time and the service was excellent! Our waiter was delightful and even gave us a complimentary bottle of champagne. It was our first experience here and I highly recommend this restaurant, we even saw Lili (El Gordo y La Flaca) and Emilio Estefan having dinner there as well. After dinner we went to a local lounge and just hung out, the dj was playing some really old school music, I mean really old school. It made me think back to 8th grade old school.

"♪ It's tiiiiiiime bassss is gonna blow your mind ♪ "

lol!

Anyhow the rest of the weekend we spent with some friends, and I took my honey out for a special dinner on Monday (his actual birthday) at Ruth Chris which he was not expecting since we are suppose to be saving for our trip. I caught him completely off guard!

While at dinner, our families waited for us in our apartment to surprise him with a cake when we got home! He had no clue, when we got home the door was left unlocked and my husband thought someone had robbed our apartment, but to his surprise it was only our family!

It's his day!!!

Happy Birthday Honey!!

Look out for some surprises and a great day!!!

I love you!!

-your wife =)

My Birthday came early this year!

So once again I come home to find this on my dinning room table, mind you my birthday is not until September 1st.

I of course ask my husband what this black birthday bag is all about? He tells me to open it and find out. I open the bag to find a card and a small paper folded up with a note that says "Open me to see your gift".

I unfold the paper to find a picture of this:

That's right people we are going to San Francisco Labor Day weekend!! I am sooooo excited!!!

Baby Elyse!

The Egipciaco family, Justamante family, and Relevant Kids has a new addition. Baby Elyse was born today, and she is absolutely beautiful, she has brown hair and weighs approximately 6lbs 10 ozs. Karina spent 30 minutes in labor, and she did not even have time to mess up her hair. I hope that the day I am blessed with children my labor will be just as short.

That little boy stole my heart and I am sure his little sister will steal it too!!

Mima turns 70!!!

If anyone knows me, they know how much I adore my grandmother! I love her with all my heart and soul and I can not imagine a day without her! She called me yesterday afternoon and read a poem that she wrote in regards to family, and I asked her if she was happy already knowing that her answer was YES! I guess her birthday inspired her to write. Today my grandmother turns 70 and I pray for 40 more years of her sassy and firecracker personality to bless upon this world. I only hope that when I am her age that I am everything that she is. At the end of September God willing my grandmother will become a great-grandmother to my cousin's baby girl. The first baby in my family since we all grew up (lol). I love her excitement for the up and coming new addition to our family and all the wisdom she has to share with me. I love calling her in the late afternoon just to hear her voice, and see how her day is going and I especially love calling her at night just to say good night Mima. Most of all I love being able to celebrate another birthday with her!

Happy Birthday Mima!