Madison's Little Secret

Happy Thanksgiving! We hope you all had a nice and safe turkey day. With Jon's crazy work schedule, we were unable to attend a few family functions in Sacramento. So we stayed home and my mom, sister and 4 brothers came to visit. It was very nice to visit with all my family. Madison was very excited to see everyone and she enjoys playing with my 8 year old brother, Joseph. As for Maddie, she's been the usual active 2 year old who is learning so much everyday. She is doing a lot better with her potting training. She goes most of the time by herself but still has some accidents. I'm very proud of her because she now takes the time to go when she is occupied with something so she's on the road to success. I guess we had to run on Maddie's time and potty train when she was ready. She is doing a great job recognizing her ABC's and can write a few letters in her name. Oh, and she is exercising the word: "WHY?". That's enough to drive someone crazy but at the same time it doesn't bother me because she is so curious and wants to know about things and their purposes all the time, which shows me that her learning skills are enhancing. She is a sharp cookie and Jon and I are very proud of her. Madison likes to tell secrets, too. Below is a little clip of her new secret. Check it out.



Yes, you heard our sweetheart correctly- WE'RE HAVING ANOTHER BABY!!!!!!!!! We're very excited. Baby Lujan #2 is due July 15, 2009. We're going to have another July baby. Madison's birthday is July 9.I have to admit that when I found out, I cried and was in denial. Jon and I agreed that we wanted another baby since Madison is just about 2 1/2 but when I found out, it hit me harder than I thought. As for Jon, he was bouncing off the walls. I had this crazy theory that I would not be able to love another child the way I LOVE and ADORE Madison. She has fulfilled my life in so many ways in every which way possible. She makes me laugh, cry, mad,....etc. She has brought so much to my life and I learn from her everyday. She is my life-- she is my EVERYTHING!!!! But with Jon's support, I came to realize that my heart will only grow bigger. We explained the baby to Madison and so far she's okay with it. She said she wants to hold and feed the baby. She was a little confused about the baby being in my tummy. A few months ago, she was looking at the ultrasound video of her and Jon explained to her that she was in my tummy. One day, she said: "Mommy, I be thinking" and when I asked her what she was thinking, she said she wanted to get in my tummy. I started to laugh and told her that was impossible. Anyways, I know she's going to be an awesome big sister or as she puts it, the little sister because she's a little girl. So that's what's new and exciting for us. We'll keep you all posted and updated on our exciting baby adventure.

The Lujan House

Finally, I have the time to post some pictures of our new house. We moved in a month ago and as bad as it sounds, we're still trying to get it together. There's just not enough time in the day for us. When I get home from work, I just want to spend every second with Madison and Jon and not have to worry about the fixing the house. But it's surely not going to fix itself. We are renting at the moment but it's sure nice to have our own place. Our house is 3 bedrooms and 1.5 bath. We've had a few visitors already: my family and Auntie. It's so nice because we have so much space to fit all our company. Below are some pictures of the house.

Here's the front of our house and as you can tell, we have to put some TLC into our grass. There's also space to put a patio swing or a little table set in front of the right window.
Madzilla has a new hiding spot- the dryer. Since we explained that it's not safe to hide in there, she has found new spots in the many closets that we have here. I had asked her to show me how she gets in and she was so proud of herself. She lies on her tummy and gets in feet first. Then, I asked why she uses that way to get in and she said because she hit her head the first time. I asked Jon if he taught her that but he had no idea she was hiding in the dryer. So I assumed she went in head first the first time. She's quite clever and boy does she make me laugh!!!!
Here's our AWESOME living room. This is my favorite room in the house. We have filled it with furniture and a lot of pictures. It's huge with high ceiling arches and a lot of windows. These picture do no justice for this living room.
Here's another angle of our living room. Our dining table is near those french doors. I really like all the shelf space because I have space for all my pictures,...etc. On the other side of that wall is a corner hutch with 4 tiers and 2 glass doors, which is really nice. I have a few collectible things that I want to put in there.
I couldn't get a good angle of Maddie's room. But she sure does have the best room in the house and it's perfect for her. She has 4 doors in her room: 1 leads to her bathroom, the kitchen, the hallway and of course, her closet. She has a nice walk in closet which also has hooks all around it to hang up her coats,..etc. It reminds me of my kindergarten classroom closet. It also has tri-level shelving space for her shoes and other belongings. There's also a lot of built in shelving on one side of her wall, which we made into her library.
Here's Madison's bathroom. The other bathroom door leads to our laundry room. I still have to decorate her bathroom once she decides what theme she wants. If it was up to her, she would have Elmo, Cinderella and Tinkerbell all in one. As for my other bathroom, well, we as a family are not sure how to decorate it. Jon has his Raider towels, Maddie has her Elmo bathmat and toys in there and I want something pretty and girly. We obviously don't know the meaning of the word: COMPROMISE!
The next 2 pictures are the kitchen. It's pretty plain looking- for now. But I like all the space and cupboard space. It also has a swinging door that leads to the dining area.

Finally, this is our backyard. We have no garage but we have a basement. The grass back there needs TLC, too. The house was built in 1926 but it was kept up pretty well. We had a choice of this house and a house built 30 years ago but there was something about this house that Jon and I really liked.We had to do a lot of cleaning because the tenants before us were NOT clean at all. But it all worked out. Overall, we LOVE the house. We do need to work on a few things but nothing too major. I'm sorry if I bored you all with our house. You all will have to come visit us.

Yo ho, Yo ho, A Pirates Life for Me

You guessed it- we had a cute little buccaneer pirate girl this year. We had a great time trick or treating. We went trunk-o-treating and ate hot dogs, then we went to a couple of houses and ended up at my friend, Diane's house. The weather was nice, too. I was a little bummed because Jon and I were suppose to get dress up as pirates, which we planned months ago but with our move and crazy work schedules, we never ended up getting our costumes. So we'll try it again next year.



Here's Madison with her buddy, Miles. They also went to the pumpkin patch together a few weeks ago. At this point, she lost interest in her hat and belt. By the end of the night, she only had half of her costume on. Jon stresses about her playing with a boy and it's soooo funny because I can only imagine how he's going to be when she gets older. Ahhhh!!!!
Maddie standing in front her pumpkin she painted. We hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween.