Merry Christmas From the Benavides Family!

Hello Everyone!

We just wanted to wish everyone a wonderful and warm Merry Christmas and a fun and exciting Happy New Year! We leave tomorrow to head to East Texas for the "Masterson Family Christmas" and then 24-26 to Lake Charles for the Bass Family Christmas.

We are so VERY blessed to have each and every person in our lives. We have happy, healthy and loving families that mean so much to us.

I will post new pictures once I get the chance! Love you!

Carlos, Sienna and Melody

If feels like Christmas now!

It's Christmas time in the Benavides house! Everything is in their place!

This is Sienna's 1st Christmas which makes it even more special.

She will probably just enjoy tearing up the wrapping paper but I'll

make sure to take pictures! We are having Dads Christmas

on Friday the 12th, The Masterson Family Christmas the weekend

of the 19-21 and Lake Charles Christmas 24-26.

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Bring on 2009!!

Sienna ALL bundled up!

Yes! It's Deceber 3rd and we've had a pretty good cold front come in!

So, Carlos is such a wonderful father, he went and bought Sienna all

her SUPER CUTE winter clothes! Isn't he great!! :-)

She loves all of her warm and cozy blankets. She's such a ham!

The Girls are Back In Town!

November 22, 2008

It's great when you have friends that are pregnant with you. BUT if they aren't on the same schedule as you, you have to wait until everyone is not pregnant to get the whole group together and make a Ladies Night Out! It's not the same if it's not all of us together!

We had SUCH a blast that night. Many things happened - so if you want the rest of the story, you'll have to ask one of us. Lets just say, "It was too much fun!"

Pictured: Lety, Melissa, Tasha, Melody and Tashika.

TEETH!!!!!!!!!!

Oh My Goodness! Our little one has her two bottom teeth coming and it's just something to experience! She's not fussing too too much and LOVES her biter cookies that entertains her for a good 30 minutes!

She's getting so close to saying "mama"! She has "da da" down! LOL

Can't wait to see all the Masterson's during the Masterson Christmas weekend and can't wait to see all the Bass's in Lake Charles for Christmas Day!

Guess we will have to go and buy Sienna a Christmas dress!!!

Thanksgiving in Austin!

Thanksgiving was wonderful. Full of family, children running around, laughter, conversations, hugs, thoughtful blessings and most of all great food!

We had excellent turkey, stuffing, green bean casserole, Sandra's sweet potato casserole, cranberry sauce, Grammy's roles, Apple Butter Pumpkin Pie, pecan pie, cookies and much more.

At the dinner table we had to say what we were thankful for. It was a memorable one!

On our way home, this is what Carlos, Sienna and I drove home to! We are so blessed to have so many families: Benavides, Bass, Masterson, Ramirez

Yep, it was a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Knee Surgery

Just a quick update that everything went great with my knee surgery! Only on crutches for 7-10 days. Dr. Cunningham was great in doing a narative DVD on my surgery and removed a lot of scar tissue and cleaned up my knee. Carlos has been great helping me around the house and keeping Sienna!

I go back to work on Monday! (12/1/08) OMG! Can you believe that it's already DECEMBER?!?!?!

My Thanksgiving Tree

I know, I know! Who has heard of a Thanksgiving Tree? Apparently no one unless you know the Masterson Family. My Grammy Masterson (who passed away in March) would put up a Thanksgiving Tree. It really was an oak tree branch that was in a plastic paint bucket with cement in it.

Every year, she would make us write down what we were thankful for and place it on the tree. She had these pre-cut small pieces of paper for us. It was special to see the old ones because it reminded us how blessed our family is.

I decided to decorate out Christmas tree in Thanksgiving decor. When you walk into our home, you know it's Thanksgiving/Fall. Which means, the holidays are getting near.

With that being said, Thanksgiving is a week away and I need to start on my dishes that we are bringing to Dad's!

Splash!

Bathtime Joy!

Please don't come and get me
I'm having grandest time
Splishin and a splashin
Feeling mighty fine

Love it when my face is wet
When curls are dripping dry
What a great sensation
Time it surely flies

Ruba dubba dubba
Splashing in my tub
Mama don't you worry
I promise you I'll scrub

When I am all finished
I'd like some chocolate please
Anything to get back in
Life is sure a breeze

Feel a little sleepy
But I don't really care
When I wake up in the morning
My tubby will be here

Morning noon or night time
Any time's okay
Take me to my tubby
The best time of my day.

Sienna & Da Da

I never knew that being a mom would bring out such intense emotions! She is just amazing and beautiful to me. I'm a working mom, full-time at that. She's at daycare Monday thru Friday and has wonderful teachers. During the day, I call to check on her. I love to hear that she's being social with other babies!

My days end with me rushing to get to daycare and pick her up. I can't WAIT to see her, to hold her, to kiss and hug her!

She is just so happy! I can already tell that within weeks, she will be crawling. Oh! Today she said "da da"! How wonderful. Our little girl is growing up!

The Beginning...

I've decided to write a blog. Why not - everyone else is doing it! Plus, it's an easy way for family and friends to catch up on what we have been doing.

To start things off, Carlos and I have a beautiful 6 month old daughter. Sienna Lynn - born on May 9th 2008. She is just amazing. I'm not bias or anything! She wakes up smiling, goes to bed smiling...laughs and giggles during the day. I am SO thankful that God allowed me to have such a wonderful baby. He's teasing me with the possibility of how wonderful #2 will be (in 3 years or so) because I hear that #2's are the rebels! I should know. :-)

Sienna has been a little sick though. She is doing breathing treatments to get rid of her bronchial infection. She's weighing about 19lbs and everyday is a new day with her! She is eating two solid meals a day. Cereal & bananas for breakfast and then peaches or a veggie for an afternoon snack.
When we have tummy time, she's getting those legs ready for crawling. I'll have to get a small video on here of her on tummy time as she giggles at herself in the mirror!

Quick Facts:

1. Carlos is doing great and is busy with his business.
2. I'm having knee surgery on 11/25
3. Thanksgiving will be at Dad's at 2pm

I'm getting ready for the holidays! There will be more posts about what I'm doing.

Overall, life is wonderful. :-)