Christmas Break! Worst and Best!

Wow where to start? 
So the worst part of the break was that I spent about half of the break without an arm and hand. It was there...just not working. It needed a little oil. I held Eliana with one arm and hurt it on our way to Texas. That night we got there until 3 days later ...PAIN! Thank goodness my mother is a massage therapist. Hurt like nothing before (not even labor pains were this painful). But being able to see the family and such made up for it.
Then something happened that can't get out of my head that was a little embarrassing to me but you can't take time back. It's all good. I won't see them for at least another 6 months. Maybe it will be forgotten. 


Now the best... Family. Everyone else (not grandmas) who had not seen Eliana except in pictures were able to finally meet her. Such a sweet girl. 


Casey and I got to go to the movies and watch Sherlock Holmes. It had been a while. 


Crazy parties and long nights with my family but I enjoyed it. I missed them all. Great food from both sides of the family. Different but yummy.


We had Eliana's first professional photo shoot. Thanks to my Aunt Yessenia and Unlce Chris but the girl wasn't all in the mood. No matter. The pictures turned out beautiful.


Eliana was able to get her baby blessing. Ugh. Late. We were late. How do you wake up at 7 am and arrive late to a baby blessing at 9. I will tell you. A cranky baby. She was just not in the mood. Little jelly bean was not having it. Yea so I was so embarrassed from being late that I didn't catch a word of her blessing. It was as if for minutes I was deaf. Yea so a couple of people pointed out that we were late. Yes we know that. They must not have kids or remember how babies can be. It's all good. At least it wasn't because we slept late. This was a wonderful thing for her to get her baby blessing with the ones we love. 


ELIANA GOT INTO A SLEEPING ROUTINE! Definitely a good thing.


The best part of the trip was Casey and I celebrated our 1 Year Anniversary. We were able to leave Eliana for a night with my parents and spend some time together. We ate at Ruby Tuesday's at the Harbor and spent the night talking away like before. It was great. Didn't want it to end. 


Last but not least I have no idea where to place this but we were going home with more than we left with. It's a good thing I am a freak about fitting things and we did not leave anything behind.


Finally Home Sweet Home. We looooove our families and we enjoy every second that we are with them but man home is home and we were ready to be home. So tired. 

Two things are owed to truthfulness - lasting marriages and short friendships.

Casey and I did not date very long before he proposed. Although there are some couples that marry after a month of even meeting each other (an aunt of mine). Nothing wrong with that. Casey and I met when we were 8 and my favorite color was blue. His eyes are blue. So I fell in love...with his eyes. Not him...yet. His eyes. We only went to homecoming together our junior year. I wore a blue dress to match his eyes. After that nothing happened. 


After a year or marriage and reminding him that it was his bad that he never asked me out, I can't complain of how it all came about. I love my husband. We always have ups and downs but the downs don't happen 
enough because I can't remember any of them. It's true. I married my best friend. I knew we would. 


I wanted to go to the Dallas Temple to celebrate our anniversary but I did the big mistake of leaving my recommend at home. We have been in Texas visiting our family for the Christmas break. I can't believe one year has passed. We were lucky to have my parents babysit overnight. We were able to celebrate by eating at the harbor and spending a night at a hotel where it was walking distance from where we had dinner. We were able to chat the night away. Having a baby we obviously wanted some sleep, but we were having so much fun we didn't want to. We also missed our amazing angel. We couldn't stop talking about her either. 


During this year Casey and I have learned so much from each other and no matter what happens we fall in love more every day. We make mistakes learn from them and know how to forgive and forget. Not forgive each other although we do that but forgive ourselves. We always try to be the best for each other and focus less on what we receive. The greatest gift that he has given me was our sweet girl. She makes us love each other even more. 


Casey I love you and even though you don't have time to blog I know you love me too. You show it every day. I can't wait for another year and another second with you and Eliana. You guys are the best.