Fabulous Giveaway

OM-Goodness! I got home to see a post from a blog I began following recently. Amazing, they are doing a giveaway. Is it just me; or am I way behind on the blog scene!! LOLOL
I have entered.


One of my favorite bloggers, Misadventures of a Newlywed, has a great giveaway posted on her blog. The prize to be:::: Totally cute Lilly Pulitzer stationery. I've got to have it! Please go view her blog, you won't regret it! I get my daily chuckles here :)

Work Out Information

Work Out List:
1/21/09
AM workout: 7 miles
PM workout: 6.5 miles
What a great evening workout Richard & I had!

1/22/09
PM: 5.3 miles
1/23/09
AM: 4 miles
1/26/09
AM: 7 miles & weights
1/27/09
AM: 3 miles- Cindy came over and we went to have lunch (healthy though)
1/28/09
AM: 6 miles & 30 minutes of weight training
1/29/09
AM: 7.5 miles & 1/2 hour weights
2/2/09
AM: 12.2 miles and 20 minutes weights
my own personal punishment for not working out over the weekend. golf won my normal saturday morning ritual.
2/3/09
PM: 5 miles with Mr. Lo- and sprained my ankle badly while attempting to play basketball--- Booo 4 me.. :(

2/6/09
AM: 8 miles feeling much better
2/7/09
AM: 7 miles
2/9/09
AM: 8 miles

WorkOuts

Fantabulous!

Today was the beginning of Wedding WorkOut Part 2
or AKA the Newleywed Kick-Off

I had not worked out since 2 days before the wedding. We got married, went to Hawaii and are now readjusting to life on the mainland, LOLOL

Since my friends and I will be running marathons, bike a thons and surf and turfs; I figured this would be a great way to keep up with my workouts!
Look to the right and you'll be able to see how much or "little" I've done :)

Love you girls!

Baby Smells

Have you ever had one of those mornings when you get up to wake up your son or daughter for school and they smell like the day they were born......
Today was one of those days! Roberto was off from school today and I went in to wake him up and I leaned in to give him a kiss on his nose like I always do; as I leaned in he threw his arms around me and kiss me first. As I lay there with him, my nose nestled into his neck I smelled the wonderful smell of "Baby!" Oh what memories it brought back and I just teared up. I remember him in the hospital so wonderful and warm; and me feeling like I didn't know how I would change his diapers and make his bottles and so scared of breaking him. Luckily, my Mom came tot he rescue! Mom and my sister laughed, as they visited us in Dallas, about my box of latex gloves!! Yes there were for me to wear when I changed Roberto. I didn't want to get DIIIRTY!!!!
Little did I know :o)
It wasn't long before I had passed all my insecurities of not knowing what to do. I was a pro soon enough and I was so proud of my bouncing baby boy, just like all mothers are. I was especially proud :)
Amazing what a specific smell/scent can do and how it can change your whole day.


More amazing is that next Sunday our "families" will be blessed with 2 new bouncing additions. Richard's sister Robin will be having her first baby (a boy) and my cousin Jacqueline Raquel will be have her first baby (girl). Babies, Onesie's everywhere...... Diapers, Doodies no time to spare!
The happy daddies to be are Joseph and Richie.
Ahhh, babies I love them!

Wedding Photo

We have officially chosen our Official Wedding Day Photo. The photo was taken outside my parents home. We went there after the ceremony to take additional photos and this turned out beautifully.

Our photographers were absolutely fabulous with us. Not only with Richard and I but with our families, our guests and the kids. We could not have asked for more. We look at our photos and are still amazed by the magic they captured.

We'll be able to share these photos with our loved ones for years to come and will actually be proud to pull these pictures out. I cannot say it enough times that "RGV Photography" are the absolute BEST wedding photographers in the RGV! No doubt. :o)

Happy 1 Month Anniversary

Wow! The time just flew by. it's been one full month and it's still amazing to us. We are still reeling from the wedding, Christmas and Honeymoon. We are so thrilled. We are now officially planning on Valentine's Day dinner.
When I was out with the girls the other night we came up with an awesome idea. The wheels are in motion to have V-Day dinner here at the house with some of our Couple friends.
The New Mr. & Mrs. Richard Anthony Lopez say "Thank You!" to everyone who was there and those of you who couldn't be there but still wish us many many happy years to come.
We love you all and look forward to many blissful memories together.

First Christmas Married

Our First Christmas together Married.

We weren't going to get each other any gifts because of the wedding and all, but somehow or another we managed to get each other soemthing special. Richard got me this super awesome Citizen watch that matches his!! Awwww,,, while we were in Hawaii we decided to check out the dive precisions on it. We went went Snuba'ing we made sure to look at the depth on our watches and sure enough; his banked at 50 ft deep and mine at only 20 ft deep; I was scared :o( haha

Sometimes I forget how romantic Richard can be. Even after the wedding and Christmas, he still found a moment when we were in Hawaii to surprise me with a special Honeymoon/Wedding gift. I was so surprised that he would think of this. Most of the time, I'm satisfied with a new fishing reel or rod or a new pair of mud/hiking boots BUT this brought me back to the romantic days that Richard originally won me over with. (Besides his good looks of course)

He bought me a necklace & earrings set made of Tahitian Black Pearls - Grade A of course.

Sweet Lopez Riesling Bottle of Wine

I've been asked by several people for a bottle of wine or a picture of it. It was a definite hit!!
We had a custom label and Riesling wine made for our wedding.
Here's a picture of the label and bottle made for us by a custom shop.
Not only is the label great but it is wonderfully refreshing. Our wine was a Crunchy Green Apple Sweet Lopez Riesling Wine.
If you are interested in having your own made please contact:
Water 2 Wine in McAllen Texas
John and Ellie are AWESOME!

Rosanna's Birthday Dinner

Saturday night we all went out the our favorite Birthday hangout, Santa Fe Steakhouse. We love this place. Its was Rosanna's 40th birthday and we all wanted to be sure to celebrate this special night with her. So Letty, Kristina, Eva, Lino (Eva's boyfriend), Rosanna and myself all joined forces on this night. Oh and if you're wondering where Richard was...... well, after our honeymoon he was so ready to get back into his hunting gear and go shoot a Trophy Buck. My sweetheart. I'm blessed to have him in my life.

Speaking of Blessed...... these wonderful ladies are more like family to me. You know you have a good life when your friends are there when you need them; through thick and thin. I love these women and I know that they know how much they mean to me and how much I value our friendships.

Happy Birthday Rosanna!!

Hawaii, friends, tampa bay

I'm still trying to figure out how to blog and post so bear with me! over the last several months I have had so much fun not only planning a wedding but also traveling and hanging out with my friends. We've visited with family for bbq's, birthday parties and just because. It's been such a whirlwind for the last 3 months but it's now time to relax and be settled. I'm including some pics of our trip to Tampa Bay , Florida; some from our Hawaii Honeymoon and some of my most favorite subject....... Roberto!