Baby Giacomini....

The news is out...

We are expecting...

JULY 13th, 2012

We are so excited... And cant wait to meet are little bundle of love and joy...

I love this process with my husband...

There are so many things that I missed out on with my pregnancy with karina 9 years ago...

Chris everyday shows me how much of an amazing husband he truly is...

Chris gets so excited in the dr.s office when he sees the ultrasounds..

Today we saw everything from feet, hands, back, head...I think this baby is going to be very active in the womb... He/She was moving like crazy during the whole appointment today...

We were so happy to share the news on Christmas day to all, and what a lovely Christmas it was, specially that all is perfect with the little love we have...

So hopefully since life is always crazy I can try to keep up on blogging...

Love to all.....

SFPD.....

Great NEWS from SFPD....

Yesterday after work I arrived home and opened the mail box and found a letter addressed to my husband... I was way to excited and couldnt wait hours for him to come home and open the letter...

Question was is this good....?????

I soon read that he is scheduled for the next couple steps....

ORAL INTERVIEW: 2/6/2012

PHYSICAL ABILITY TEST: 2/10/12

holy cow... Hes getting closer... We thought he would be a few years out for the next step...

I wish Chris the best with this whole process, hes been preparing and has his dreams set on one day being an officer...

I love you Chris and so proud of who you are...

Keep up the good work....

LIFE.....

I know, I know... You don't need to tell me again... Its been awhile and yes life is crazy like normal... Do you really think I have time to sit on a computer and push my little fingers all around and use a mouse to wait to download photos off of my IPhone... No I don't, that's why If you look back you haven't seen a post for a while... I haven't even got Karina's birthday posted... Slacker, I know if you want to call me that... But really If I make it to bed on time I'm doing something right....

Chris, Karina and I are always busy....

So that's what leads me to writing at this moment just to get you all caught up on our life and what point were at right now...

Karina... Yes she is a big girl and in 3rd grade... What, Seriously,,, Does that mean I'm getting older, Yes.... She has two teachers Mrs. Breen, and Mrs. koly...I'm so happy that she has two female teachers... She loves math at this point and is really good at it... Most of the time she ask for Chris to help her with her homework rather than me cause she says I cant do it... Which I wont admit that I cant half the time..Shes picking up reading allot better, she still doesn't love it but hopefully one day shell pick up a book and read without being asked to... I hope she doesn't for the habit like me of where I don't like to read...

Chris is waiting for a letter in the mail to see if he can move forward with the next step with S.F.P.D

Please be a good letter, we like those... I say that in my head everyday I check the mail...He is a hard working husband, Sometimes I feel like I never see him... I don't like that and don't like being home alone all the time... His life right now consist of work, work, work, eat, sleep, Mutual, boy scouts, work, work, school and then a little time with us...

And as goes for me... Well I do nothing at the moment...

Now if you know me that is a complete joke... I wish that I could be retired at the moment and focus on being a mother... Now is that going to happen, not at this moment... It makes me sad cause my child is now 8 and I have now realized that way to much time has gone by... Its the simple things in life... Walking your child to school, child playing in sports, or being apart of something...

I go to work at 6:am and usually don't arrive until 8:am... Yep- TWO hours I sit in the car and usually fill sick... Why does it take two hours to drive 35 miles... I don't know, maybe cause I live in Cali...blaaaahhhh I cant stand the mornings....Then I go to work and do what I always do... Run around like a monkey...

Chris and I try to fit in time to enjoy ourselves along with Karina and our friends... well Ill try to keep you posted... During this post write up, I have managed to help my child do her homework... Talk about multi tasking...

Later...

A kidnapp in plan for Charlottes surprise Birthday party....

First we had to meet up, my P.I.C.....Love this picture of us...

Husband Clark was behind all of this..and didn't spill the beans...

help sit her in the back of my mustang.. bad idea cause she could smell me and knew it was my car... urrrrr

She spent the next 15 minutes talking to herself and trying to guess where we were driving her...

Haley scared her to death by pulling off her blind fold...

ohhh man... You have to love good thai food... Matter of fact... I would love to have some red pumkin curry... yumm

This is a Birthday Surprise for Charlotte to remember for the rest of her life...

(not shown in picture baby Elizabeth Taylor..)

Road To Recovery... 5K Run/Walk Fundraiser...

This is the first 5K for our dog Goliath...

I ran/power walked/walked with Heidi Devilbiss...

This is a kids race/dog race at the end...

Benton and Haley put this all together... What a great turn out and I beleive they received a good amound of money to go towards Megans medical bills... So proud of them and all there hard work...

Megan Cromwell is on dialysis, with a recent open-heart surgery to repair a valve weakened by a staph infectiona nd years of dialysis...

Yoggie had to go to the Doctor...

We just found out that our cat was peeing blood, which I didnt beleive was normal... After a couple days and not getting better we went in search for a Vet...

He turned out to be a favorite, and they told us that he reminds them of the cat in shrek... Too funny...

After over $300 in a Vet bill our cat is soon on his way to being all better...

We found out now he has to be on a stricked diet the rest of his life...

He forms Crystal's in his bladder... Not good...

So glad that our cat is going to be all better...

Rohnert Parks Fire Departments Pancake Breakfast...

Karina wanted to climb to the top of this truck... I dont think so...

Time to eat Breakfast... Eggs, Sausage and Pancakes...

Henry and Karina posing in the fire truck...

Andrew Bjarnason 7th Birthday Party...

Meet Coach "Make You Sweat Allot"

Clark rocked it as a coach for all the kids... They had boys against girls...

Karina having fun with some of the girls...

Andrew, Make a wish...

Charlotte's soccer ball cupcakes....

Time to open the presents... Little Davis's boy was shocked at the gift Karina gave Andrew... Her present was a hit...

First Day of Third Grade... Karina Renee Flores

Yes, Its true my little monkey is growing up, which means Im getting older...

Im truly so happy this year...

She has two teachers this year... Both females....

Karina was so excited to have all these books on her desk...

A little bit of play time before the whistle blows for the first start of the new year... she is already having fun...

I love to see this girl smile...

The secret box...

One day you will know why I will not tell you whats in the box as of now... But down the road there will be that time I'll reveal...

I want to tell the story on why its stored under karinas bed before to much time goes by... Before I forget the details...

It Saturday mid afternoon... We were shopping at Costco for home and stuff for Karina's Surprise birthday party.. I had been on the phone with my friend Charlotte... Chris had left me in the paper plates isle to go in search of costco for who knows what....

I had just got off the phone when my husband ran up to me and said I had to come with him to see something...

I said "What"... His reply was "you need to come see what I found and I want it..."

Taken to this certain spot where it was located in Costco... We checked out the item and decided we couldnt pass it up...

(Why would we buy this now, we don't need it...) my thoughts were

My husband replyed again, we need to get it cause we wont be able to get it for this price when the time comes...

As we were speaking with a Costco employee we were informed they didnt have any more... The item came with more than one box and one was missing...

They checked their computer system and Santa Rosa, Ca Costco had 7 of them left...

We bolted up to Santa Rosa as we were suppose to be getting ready for a wedding at this point of our day.. I guess pick your priorities right... hahaha

We Then found out that this item wouldnt fit in our Mustang...

Great, what are we to do now... We cant leave without this item that we dont need but we cant pass it up...

The employee there with the name Justin was so generous he said he would bring it to our house at no cost...

My thoughts were this has to be fishy...

We put full trust in him, gave a copy of the receipt, our home address and telephone numbers with our names...

You may be thinking we are crazy, dont worry I felt the same...

A few hours later this box was delivered to our home sat in the living room with the help of this unknown man named Justin...

We were so greatful for him to do all that he was willing to do...

I have now placed a call to Santa Rosa Costco to let them know of this employee that went above and beyond... So far that he needs recognition...

They were so impressed they asked me to write a letter to them so it can go in his record, but they would be speaking to him tonight...

It feels my heart that their our good people still out there in this world that are willing to help you even if they dont know you...

We will be forever greatful...

until the day you find out, it will collect dust under karinas bed for a while...

Lets Celebrate.... Robert and Victoria....

Chris lookin handsome... And picking some grapes...

Ceremony time... To bad the group of 20 year old kids behind us ruined the wedding...Loud and rude...

Now thats what Im talking about a ride...Once your hitched...

I love driving through wineries...

Loved their theme behind the whole wedding...

The wedding started... Blew some bubbles took a big group shot in the shape of a heart...

Showed up to the reception with no one there... Waited a while... About 6:50pm still no dinner served had to go home and wait for our delivery...Missed the last part of the reception..

Bummer...

James Bond Birthday Party for Benton....

Sunday August 7th...

Haley decided to throw her husband benton a birthday party...

007 Syle...

Boy were we excited... Chris and I tend to have fun and deck out...

For that week I was in search for a bow tie, pistols(Boy didnt think toy guns would be so hard to find...) Black hair spray...

Mission accomplished...

This cake was an attempt to go bond style..

many hours in the kitchen this is what I was able to creat...

My handsome hubby...Dont mess with him tonight...

Dont mess with me tonight..

Clarke and Charlotte... They are a kick...

Happy Birthday to Benton Collins...

Hope he had a great birthday...

Our night started with the Davis's which didnt stay that long..

Lily,Clarke, Charlotte, Chris,Me, Haley and Benton...

We had some good times tonight... Good laughes and memories..

I learned that we were close to beating the 10 year newly weds at the newly wed game but chris said he would rather clean the toilet then go shopping with me... What....

We didnt do so well with listing the names of James Bond movies... I didnt even get one...

A trip to Northgate Mall...

So we walk into the mall to find this...

A train...

I got my ticket...

Say cheese...

Karina and I did the Hurricane Simulator...

umm, I didnt like the fact that I couldnt breath...

Gotta have fun if you can...

I love free things to do...

Its worm time for Karina...

Ok... My little ladybug...

We ended our time at the mall for a quick stop at H&M...

Im getting good at this shopping thing, I didnt buy anything..

Chris would be proud...

And then some lunch at Chipolte...

Babysitting...Henry...

I had to treat this little boy to the stash of toys that I got on sale... He picked one out...

of course the best toy of all...

Henry is trying to figure it out...

But not long after having the controller, all kids know how to work a toy...

How can you not love this little cutie...

His mommy had a doctors appointment.. So this is what we did while she was their..

time well spent... Ill watch him anytime...

A day at work while on my two week vacation...

So if you were to come to the office of Dr. George Little, this is a little taste of the type of treatment you get...

I had to go into work and change the phones over do to my boss being in Tahoe on vacation...Since Karina is out of school for the summer and I dont have her in day camp while Im off, I decided to bring her in and give her a little prophy...

Carmel-By-The-Sea

We arrived to Carmel and decided to adventure out into the town...

Karina had to much fun yesterday... So most of today was spent in this position...

And here she is again... Come on Karina, your spoiling the fun for everyone else...

Karina is with grandma and grandpa...

Chris had to reminisce of the good ole days with them... LOL

Here's what my monkey does best...

During this photo shoot, Chris was in the public restroom...

I know you really wanted to know that...

Show a kid a toy shop...Not just any toy shop and Christmas toy shop...

We couldn't get her to leave...

We walked a little down the sidewalk to see what she would do, when she turned around cause we called her three times and she wouldn't come..

Well She still didn't turn around...

Gosh, didn't work to scare her and teach her to stay with us...

Benton had us go through a few passageways... I loved them... It would be so neat to have a house that had them...Very well kept up...

If only Goliath came with us... Loved this sign...

Time to stop and throw in some pennies... The kids I think took all our change....

Good times for them...I think a few wishes made too...

And once again... Karina doing what she was doing best...

Just all of us walking through town, checking out all the local shops...

Um yeah.... That's all I can say... This car was owned by a women named Clo

We stopped and talked with her, her husband just bought her this 2011 Ferrari California...

Its sad when you have a sports car, base model priced at $250,000. and you cant tell us anything about the car...

Walking to the park...

Henry and I had something in common today...

Can you figure it out...

hahahaha

Smile monkey...

This is what you have to do when you hold a parking spot...

Hurry up Chris... Not allot of people like it when you do this...

waiting, and waiting and waiting...

Now this is my other monkey...

Chris do you need a banana...

You know in life its good to stop and smell the flowers sometimes...

Karina, thanks for setting a good example....

We were on the Scenic road...

Flower time... again...

The way down to the beach we never stepped foot on....

This is what it looks like when you attempt to take a photo.....

Karina was being the photographer for the Collin's...

She did a great job...

Silly times with my two monkeys...

My turn....

I love all these homes in Carmel...

Chris when our we retiring

John Robinson Jeffers was an American poet, known for his work about the central California coast. Most of Jeffers poetry was written in classic narrative and epic form, but today he is also known for his short verse, and considered an icon of the environmental movement. Jeffers was married and moved to Carmel in 1913 where he constructed Tor House and Hawk Tower.

We tried to get a 1 1/2 tour

but when they only allow 6 on the tour and having cranky children...

Didn't work out..

But still nice to see this place...

All credit to Benton Collins...

we would of never seen this place...

We soon left Carmel and started our journey back home...

Stopped and enjoyed lunch for the first time at Chipotle...

And a few hours later our vacation came to a end...

And once again had a great time, a new adventure and wonderful memories...