Spring Photo's 2009

We took the kids for their milestone photo's sort to speak...Marcus will soon be 3 and Elaina is 6 months on Monday! Here are pictures from their photo shoot. It was a lot of fun. Marcus was a riot and so good and had a lot of fun with it. Elaina was sick plus teething but did well considering. I think we still got some pretty cute pictures and were lucky enough to have captured some cute poses as well as some natural ones of them. Enjoy!

Stay Tuned...

Our computer at home crashed two weeks ago so I haven't had easier access to put the new photo's with the fun new things going on, so here's a little bit to last until I can get better organized on here.

Our Valentines

Here is an updated photo of our little ones. Marcus loves his little sister and is so proud of her. He is so sweet with her. Last Wednesday, I got off work at 7:30 in the AM and went to pick Marcus up at his Grammy's. When we got home we went and woke up Manny and Elaina because he had to say hi to his baby sister and Daddy. After smothering each other with hugs and kisses I ended up laying on our bed with Elaina on my lap and Manny laying on the bed with Marcus on his lap. Elaina, reached over and held Marcus' hand and just started 'talking' for the longest time. It was the cutest thing ever. I hope they always share that close of a bond and fondness for each other. They are our pride and joy and make our lives so happy and sweet.


On Valentines Day we took all 12 grandchildren to Kiddie Kandids to have a picture taken for Grandma Shirley. It was quit the event as well as entertainment. All the mom's were dreading it but they actually did really well. Not one of them was crying! Marcus was so excited to get a picture with all of his cousins. To start with Marcus tries to go through all their names, he starts, "Josh, Dylan, Lala, Megs, Cousins...wait!" Now since there is so many of them, if he's talking to more than a couple it's "Cousins!" It cracks us up.

The back row has Katelyn, 6, Dylan, 3, Joshua, 3 and Marcus, 2 1/2. The middle row has Laura, 6 holding Elaina, 5 1/2 months, Stephanie, 9 holding Justin 3 1/2 months and Lauryn, 8 holding Jaxon who was 4 months old on that day. The front row is Emily, 1 and Megan 2. They are a good lookin' bunch of kids if I say so myself!

Our First Attempt at Blogging

We're going to try to do this blogging thing. We'll see how consistent I am, but I love the idea! It's so fun to share pictures and memories with friends and family who because of life's business and having family all over the country - we unfortunately don't get to see often enough for our liking. Manny and I were married on June 9, 2007. Manny has a son from his first marriage, Marcus and last September we welcomed our much anticipated little Elaina to our lives. Marcus will be 3 in March and Elaina just turned 5 months!!!

In deciding our blog name, I chose this one because while I was pregnant my youngest sister use to always call Elaina my little "Montes Monster" because I was so sick through my pregnancy. Someday's, what started as a joke though still rings true to both of them though. ;) Our children are our greatest joy in our lives and we are so blessed to have each other and 2 beautiful, happy children. We work to live and share as much time with them as we can! This is the most recent picture of our little family - so until we get another one that is updated - here we are!