Stuff and such :)

A girl after my own heart. My little cheerleader! :)

So I couldn't decide on which pictures to put up on this blog so I just put this video and put the rest of the pictures on my Picasa. I'll have the descriptions with the pictures. Feel free to comment!

Pretty Girl

Emily gave me the idea of puting ponytails in Evoly's hair last week so we went out and bought some bands and this is how it looked! So cutie! She is also wearing a new outfit that will be too small in a few months... :)

Obama & New Stuff

Although I didn't vote for Obama, I'm ok. I think that he will bring change, time will tell what kind, but for now what I am seeing is promising. I must say that I cried while watching the inauguration.

I also watched an episode of Oprah that I recorded yesterday. She called on some well know performers and they created a song that I think is just beautiful. It's called America's Song. Check it out. The link is to the right at the top. It made my cry...a lot.

Other than that, nothing really thrilling. We are moving next week to our new apartment. It has TWO BEDROOMS!!! We are soooo excited. I'm working on school, Marlon works and Evoly is just her DANG cute self. Even when she is sick she is just a joy, always happy! Evoly has been sick off and on for the past year. (cold, cough, croupe and such) We finally got her to a different Dr. and he diagnosed her with Asthma. She takes albuteral every night and she is much better! She is such a good girl. She hated it at first but she got used to it and she'd do it by herself if she could.

Her new toy...

Evoly was playing around while I was making dinner and she found my exercise shirt...the pictures tell the rest of the story...I love her!

This is Evoly's new skill...

These are my SCHOOL books. I took my first test yesterday and I got 100%...it was about learning techniques...nothing difficult. But I'm so excited. I'm studying Medical Transcription. Hopefully I will be finished in 6 months. It depends on me though. Then I will be able to work from home.

This is what our Christmas was like...this was a few days before but it looked the same. NO SNOW!! >:-(

This is a dress that Emily is letting me borrow (along with most of Evoly's clothes) that Cindy Chacon (Emily's mother-in-law) bought in Costa Rica.

This is Christmas day outside Abuelitos house. It was a beautiful day! The picture didn't come out so well because of the sun so I kinda tweaked the color.

Evoly just loves to do SOMETHING. She must be moving at all times. Sound like someone, mommy? ;) She loves her "booka" s.

Evoly opening her Christmas presents. I only got a video of one present because she took so long and lost interest very quickly. Fun nonetheless.

Evoly also loves pelotas (balls). This is pretty much what she does with all her toys. She'll take everything out and slowly put it back. Unfortunately it doesn't end that way. She usually looses interest while putting things back so it's all over the place.

Now I have to update you on Evoly's vocabulary.

Nana- Banana...sorry mom :)
Poo Poo- Her stuffed Christmas Pooh Bear
Guck- Duck
Her newest word...Appoh- Apple
Amen
He-oh- Hello
Bapoh- Ball
Doh Deh Doooooh- One Two Three/Uno Dos Tres
Yay!!
Ow
Mami/Papi
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOh- We watch a lot of basketball...
Uguh- Hug
And the best new phrase....(drum roll please)












Ah Weeya- I love you

The Christmas pictures are on Picasa.

My mess

Before...not my butt...the bags and shelf. You sickos!! ;)

After...

Latest adventures

So Evoly is 16 Months now. She is so talkative. Her favorite words "Guh gull" meaning good girl and "awa" or agua spanish for water. She uses "awa" for any liquid and sometimes food. A new favorite I taught her the other day is "bi" or bite. Mostly used when she wants to eat something but I did catch her making up a song using only the word "bi". She loves TV. Her favorite shows are on NOGGIN. The channel for preschoolers. She loves Pinky Dinky Doo, Little Bill, Dora, Diego, and the Backyardagains. She gets the most excited about Wow Wow Wubbzy and The Wonder Pets. I have also discovered that she likes to stack things. She has 4 containers of playdough that she loves to stack on one another. Also the cans in the kitchen...Anyway. She also says "Nah Nigh" for night night, "Buh Bye" that ones obvious, "uh oh", "hi" but she says it in this really cute high pitched squeak. She doesn't do this so much anymore, but you would ask her a question and no matter what, her answer was always "yeah". She is still extremely mischievous. She loves new things to touch. Evoly also loves her daddy. When Marlon comes home, we hear the door open, she gasps and runs to the stairs and does this running-in-place excited thing and sticks out her arms for him to pick her up. Daddy likes that, too! :)

Everything is normal around here otherwise. We have about 2 months left at our apartment and then we'll be moving down a hill to a 2 bedroom apartment in the same complex. I'm excited. We'll have room to live now. The new apartment is almost double what we are in now. It's also on the bottom floor so we won't have to walk up and down any stairs. What sucks though is that I've just now finished unpacking and organizing. I had like 6 bags of food from the church in the kitchen for like 4 months cuz I didn't know how to fit it in the cupboards. So the other day I took everything out and stuffed everything in. I only have 2 cupboards for food and a shelf that I bought. It all fits really nicely though. I'm so proud!! :)

This was our first Thanksgiving together by ourselves. It was also my first turkey.

This is Evoly singing.

There are more pictures and videos. I'll put them on Picasa.

Halloweeny!

We went trick or treating with Emi and Ludwin and Oliver...Evoly and I. Marlon had to work. ANYWHO! We had a lot of fun. Not many pictures. Just a few before and after actually trick or treating. But they're cute!! There are a bunch of pics of Oliver, too! All of the pictures are on Picasa. Enjoy!

And here you go

Picture and Video time!!!!

The culprit

The damages

Into EVERYTHING!!!! If she is not in her play pen or in her booster seat eating, she will litterally just walk around touching and picking things up. It is quite hilarious to watch ;)

Here is a butt load of videos.

We had a power outage a while back after a storm...

My baby is so big

Evoly can walk, almost, like a pro! She only falls when she gets going too fast. It's funny... ;)
She can even talk. Well, say words...like 3 or 4 words...This is a video of her first REAL word :)

Evoly can sing a song too but it's really hard to get a video of it. She has to be in a really good mood. That usually happens when I don't have the camera aroung of course. It's the cutest thing ever. I'll try to get a video soon.

This video is Evoly playing with playdough that she got from Aunt Emily and cousins for her first birthday. I decided not to let her eat it :)

On the scarier less cute side, I got a calling as the primary secretary of the combined Gayton ward and Henrico Branch...I'm doomed.

Pictures

I have more pictures up. I can't figure out how to get more storage though. I don't want to pay for it. I used to have more but it seems like when I delete some pictures to make room for more, it doesn't really free up space. I try to download pictures and it says there's not enough room. Anyway...Pictures and videos! Evoly is 10 Months!!

Bored...on Mother's Day

Not a whole lot of new things to report. Marlon's working, on Mother's Day, so I'm here with Evoly. BUT...Evoly has TWO teeth!! They came in within a day of each other. I tried to get pictures of them but she HATES to have her face touched so all the pictures are blurry and you can't tell which is a tooth and which is just a shiny blur. I'll keep trying though. She's so big. Bigger than most babies I see that are older than her. We don't care though. She's perfect. :)

Marlon and Evoly and I will be traveling to NY this weekend. Just a quick 4 day trip to get out of the house. Then in June Evoly and I will be going to WA for George's (my brother) graduation...that is if I can get the miles for it...(thanks mom :D)

Home life is good. Not too thrilling, what with me working between 0 and 15 hours a week. We stay at home and watch a lot of Spongebob(Marlon's new favorite show ;D) while Marlon is at work, and every once in a while go outside to be bombarded with pollen and come back home with itchy eyes and runny noses.

Marlon's trying to get a new job. He hopes with the same company in a Managerial position, if not in sales for Verizon Wireless which pays more in commission. We'll see what happens. Regardless, I think I need to start working more. :P

I guess that's all I have to report for now. I'm sure I'll think of something later but not have the patients to sit down and put it in writing. Don't forget about the pictures. We'll have new ones up next week sometime when we get back from NY.

I am...

...Aurora! (A.K.A. Sleeping Beauty.)

Thoughtful and loving. Authority figures probably have been sheltering you all of your life. Thankfully you're a very tranquil person who is content with what life has given you, but secretly you want to know how the outside world works.

Which Disney Princess Are You?


Not such a surprise... :)

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More Pictures!

Alright Everyone!

You can stop pouting now! I have pictures. Lots!! Just go to my Picasa. I don't think any explanations are necessary but if you must know, you can ask me. :) Everything is going great. We've moved into an apartment, Marlon moved in also. I work...not so great. It's a good job but it's still a job...Life is good :D

Alright Folks

So the last few days have been packed full! Lots of shopping trips, visiting with friends before we leave, SNOW IN SINGAPORE ;), and a trip to Malaysia. We went to China Town, and Little India for Christmas shopping ;), a few Dr. appointments :p, ward parties, relief society parties, and Dad and I went to Malaysia this Saturday to ride horses!! It was so much fun for us...but mom had to stay home with Evoly, and they didn't have so much fun. Evoly loves her Nana but she HATE HATE HATES the bottle. She hardly ate and cried a lot. We were gone for nearly 8 hours. Evoly was glad to see me and so was Nana. Horseback riding was REALLY fun, but I hadn't been for a few years so I was a little lost...I have MASSIVE bruises on nearly every part of my body that touched the horse and I'm really sore. I still think it was worth it though. I got to "partially" fulfill one of my fantasies which is riding a horse along the beach with my husband...We rode along the beach for about...20ft ;) but no husband...just my dad :P. J/K Dad. I love you. :) Anyway so we have along day ahead of us of packing. Trying to fit everything we brought plus what we acquired while here. Between the three of us flying, we are aloud 6 suitcases, 3 carry ons, and 3 personal items...and we will most likely use them all!

I cannot stand the anticipation of coming home. I'm glad I was able to have this experience but I now know where I belong. With my daughter and husband. Even if things aren't what they should be right now, I'm in it for the long haul. I'm not giving up on Marlon. I will do whatever is expected of me as a mother and wife and pray that it will be enough for us to work things out. People make mistakes, some more than other, but we are commanded to forgive and I am willing to do that for Evoly's and my happiness. (I the Lord will forgive whom I will forgive, but of you, it is required to forgive all men) I know that Marlon is a capable, strong, loving, kind, good person and I can only hope to have him back in my life as the man I fell in love with July 4th 2003. (I know, mooshy mooshy. Get over it! ;) ) Please, everyone continue to pray for us. I know that with all your prayers and with the help of my Heavenly Father, things will work out. I hope to have lots of good news to share in the coming months. I love you all!

Oh and I have a few new pictures. :)

Yay!

Congrats to Emily and Carlos on their baby #3. Her name is Laurie Adeline Chacon. Laurie is my mommy's name ;) if you didn't already know that...Well Evoly and I are having fun but can't WAIT to come home. We've had some fun times but I am ready to get back to real life. Marlon and I will try to work things out...so if you would, pray pray for us. We will need it. I love him very much and can't imagine anyone else in mine and Evoly's life. Thank you everyone and keep looking out for pictures. :)

Meh

There's not a whole lot to report but I do have some new pictures up. :) Enjoy

I really want to go home...

This is fun!

Well what do ya know!

Halloween and such

So, last week was interesting. I think it was on Evoly's 3 mo. birthday, I went out dancing with Dad and Mom stayed home with baby. (this is going to get a little graphic for those of you with weak stomachs)She starting having these really green, slimy, SUPER stinky pooey (diarrhea) diapers. Then on the following Thursday, I was changing her diaper, as described above, but there was little spots of blood. I was home alone. Dad was at work, Mom was at book club. She left me her phone just in case I needed to get a hold of her...or order in lunch...(hehe). So I called her and told her what I found and she came straight home and we called her Dr. to get her in that day. While we were waiting for her appt., I changed three more diapers with blood in them. She didn't have a fever though. I wasn't freaked out because I knew she'd be ok, but I was a concerned that maybe I was missing something. We got her to the Dr., I told him what was going on and he just smiled and chuckled a little and said, "It's perfectly normal. It just happens to some baby's." (phew!!)...I guess?!?! He said it was probably just some little bacteria she picked up from sucking on her hands. The Dr. explained that the said bacteria may have just killed some of the good bacteria that line the intestines causing the lining to sluff off and thus causing the bleeding. He gave her a prescription that will give her more good bacteria to reline her intestines. She's been taking it for almost 5 days now. The diarrhea has slowed down, there is no more blood, and it doesn't smell near as bad, but it's still green...I don't know what to do about that...We'll have to make another trip to the Dr. I think.

Anyway, so, Halloween! Halloween...does not exist in Singapore...SSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOO We had our own little Halloween in the house. We dressed up...well we dressed Evoly up, and us in our Halloweeny shirts. We went to 7-11 and bought candy, and sat around and took pictures. Check out my pics! How was yours?

I so totally miss Virginia! I miss the cold, family, driving, and my husband. I wanna go home!