C.E.O. Mommy

A little bit of magic

2011-05-27T21:21:00.001-07:00

My sweetest Olivia - 14 months

My beautiful Emma Grace-

3 years

Snoozer <3

Colin and Buzz!!!!!

My Handsome Colin-

5 1/2 years

Colin and Brothers!!!
SO sasssssssy... but SO sweet!!!

30 before 30!!!

2011-05-23T21:37:00.000-07:00

There’s a lot of women out there compiling (and completing!) their own “30 things to do before I’m 30” lists, and I was inspired to do the same…

Learn to cook
Reach my goal weight
Have a diaper free home :0)
Go back to school
Implement a personal daily devotional
Tell someone new about Christ
Travel to New York
Disconnect our cable
Take LOTS of pictures
Pay off ALL of our debt
Go on a women's retreat WITHOUT a baby
Go on a trip with my husband BY OURSELVES!!!
Go on individual trips with each of my 3 children
Go on a hot air balloon ride
Lead a bible study
Learn to sew
Grow my hair LONG!!!!
Read a lot of books
Make my home clutter free
Complete a 7 day cleanse
Read the entire (Children's) Bible to my munchkin's
Serve on a mission
Start meal planning
Host a FABULOUS cocktail party
Finish designing and decorating my home
Re-finish ALL of my furniture
Become my husbands book keeper
Go on LOTS of bike rides
See a Cirque du Soleil Show
Pray Pray Pray!!!!

"I love you, Momma"

2011-04-08T21:30:00.000-07:00

Recently Emma, our sweet, sensitive, (usually) soft spoken 3 year old has been on this ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL "I love you, Momma" kick. It is just the sweetest thing EVER. Several times throughout the day she will drop everything only to tell me she loves me most.

IT.MELTS.MY.HEART.

(and brightens my day)

This afternoon Jason suggested I plan a girls night with some of my friends. But instead I decided to take my sweet girl on a date!!!! With all of the craziness in our life I want to make sure she doesn't acquire "middle child syndrome." Colin often gets to spend 1 on 1 time with Jason and Olivia is pretty much attached to my hip. Most of the time Emma is just along for the ride. So 1 on 1 time with her is EXTRA special. We kicked off our date with a mani/pedi!!! As we sat in our chairs soaking our toes we talked about all of the most important topics of the world. Tangled, princess',butterflies and dance class. And every couple of minutes I was cut off with an "I love you, Momma."

After our mani/pedi we headed over to Sweet Factory and her eyes lit up like a Christmas Tree. She picked out 3 candies (b/c she is 3 years old ;) and as we were checking out I got an "I love you, Momma." From there we went to Sisley for dinner. We chit chatted andslurped spaghetti and every couple of sentences I was reminded with an "I love you, Momma."

I seriously heard it 1000x tonight and it was just as special the 1000th time as it was the 1st time. She is such a treasure to our family and brings us SO much joy!!!!

I LOVE YOU my Sweet Emma Roo!!!!

2011-04-04T21:29:00.000-07:00

Today my friend Amanda posted this verse on FB!!! I often find myself "wanting" or even worse "needing" THINGS instead of focusing on the bigger picture. It was a much needed reminder!!!

Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in Him. For everything in the world-the cravings of sinful man, the lust of eyes and the boasting of what he has and does-comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever~1 John 2:15-17

Bathing suit babe's

2011-04-02T09:45:00.001-07:00

With swim suit season quickly approaching I thought Id post a few pictures of what's hot this season!!! Now for me personally, I have come to the conclusion that there is no such thing as "HOT" on this body. So I am featuring cute little bathing suit babes who can ALWAYS pull it off :)

Ok... so O got off to a bad start!!! "Mom... why do you have to torture me with this crazy hat???" I'm sorry!!! But the swim cap is to.die.for.

Sweet strawberries anyone???

My patriotic princess

The ruffle bootie is my FAV!!!!!

E calls this one her "ballerina girl" swim suit. It's her favorite :)

SPLASH!!!!!

2011-03-31T22:12:00.000-07:00

WOW... I really, REALLY suck as a blogger :(

2011-03-31T21:24:00.000-07:00

So my last post was titled "OK... I really suck as a blogger." And that was dated December 4, 2008!!! As in 2 years ago!!! I'm embarrassed!!! So with that being said time to dust off the blog!!! Im not going to even bother playing catch up because thanks to Facebook you are all probably up to speed :) I am excited to jump back into the blog world and share the crazy life of a VERY blessed wife, mommy, daughter, sister and friend!!!!

P.S. LOTS of pictures to come :)

I officially suck as a blogger!!!!

2008-12-04T22:28:00.000-08:00

I don't understand how you guys find the time to keep up with your blogs. Anywhoo... I am really going to try and post a new blog once a week!!! So here goes...

Thankfully in today's economic state Jason has been able to keep his job list going. He is actually busy. So we are truly blessed!!! Colin has been his crazy little self. I LOVE him to death. He is soooo smart and sooooo funny. This week he has been under the weather and boy is he milking it. Last night he didn't want to go to bed so he told Jason it would make him feel better if he stay up on the couch with him!!! He is quite the manipulator!!! Oh and my mom gave him one of those advent calenders today. So we explained to him that he could open one door everyday and inside there would be a special treat. So he opened the door today before nap and got his chocolate. After nap I was upstairs changing Emma and when I came down EVERY single door had been opened and ALL of the chocolate was gone. It was soooo funny!!!! He is very excited for Christmas this year. Almost every morning the first thing he ask is if today is Christmas.

Little Miss Emma turned 10 months today. She is such a blessing in our lives. She has such a personality now. Finally... today she started to crawl. Its just an army crawl but hey... its progress. Her Dr. was a little concerned at her 9 month check up that she was falling behind in her gross motor skills. My mom just thinks its because I hold her too much. I believe she has a different way of crawling... its called rolling. She can get from one side of the room to the other by rolling. And she gets there fast. So why even bother attempting the whole hands and knees approach? I think she is perfect!!!

Well that is a little catch up in the life of the Tomlinson Family. I hope all is well with everyone and that you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!! And I promise I will be a better blogger!!! Xo

Wow... It's been awhile :0

2008-10-05T21:31:00.000-07:00

I can't believe I have been such a slacker!!! It has been soooo crazy these days. Colin is in school and absolutely LOVES it. I am sooo proud of him. We are only a month into the school year and I already see such an improvement in his speech. And my little Emma girl... She turned 8 months yesterday. Where does the time go? I noticed her first little tooth popped through 2 weeks ago and today I saw that she cut her second one. I wouldn't even know it though. She is such a happy baby. Her and I started a My Gym class on Tuesday mornings while her brother is in school. She has such a blast!!!

September update

2008-09-07T11:38:00.000-07:00

OMG... I cant believe it is already September!!! And I really cant believe Colin is 3, completely potty trained:), going to preschool, riding his bike on his own and growing up to be the sweet little boy he is!!! Yesterday we went to Magic Mountain and he had a blast on the "coasters" with his friend Kelsey!!! And Miss Emma... She is 7 months old already. She is rolling, sitting up, eating baby food, babbling like crazy and LOVES driving her brothers Cozy Coupe Car. She is such a good, happy baby and she is SOOOO in love with her brother. I can't believe how fast time flies.

D Day a.k.a. Colin's first day of school

2008-09-07T11:10:00.000-07:00

Tuesday September 2nd was Colin's first day of preschool. Did I mention in the previous post how nervous I was? I don't think I slept more then 20 minutes the night before. I cried and prayed all night long. I was supposed to be excited... right? Colin was. Well we got up, ate breakfast and we were on our way. Jason met us there for the big farewell. We all walked to The Blue room. I reminded Colin where to hang his backpack and to tell Miss Annette or Miss Shannon if he had to go potty. He walked into his class, smiled and said "Bye Mommy, Bye Daddy, Bye Emma." We stood outside the door and waited for the meltdown but instead he found a center and started playing. Jason couldn't walk away. We were both in TOTAL disbelief. He was okay!!! He was ready!!! All in all he had a great first day!!! When I picked him up I asked him what he did at school and he said "I don't know." Are you kidding me?

Labor Day Weekend

2008-09-07T10:56:00.000-07:00

Over Labor Day Weekend we went camping in Newport in PaPa's motor home. We stayed at an awesome campground called Newport Dunes. On Saturday we went on the worlds LONGEST bike ride to Balboa Island. Emma surprisingly liked it. And of course Colin had a blast!!! Then on Sunday Jason and I took the kids to the Aquarium of the Pacific. We did a lot of shopping at Fashion Island a.k.a. Heaven on Earth!!!! It was such a fun way to end the summer. (Even though it is still 103 degree's)

Meet and Greet with Miss Annette and Miss Shannon

2008-09-07T10:39:00.000-07:00

Wow!!! I have really fallen behind on my Blogs!!! August 28th was a huge day for Colin. As you saw in my last blog he became a Duck, it was our fist day leaving the house in underwear (no accidents:) and he had his meet and greet at his preschool. I was soooo excited for him but SOOOO nervous. We arrived at St. Stephen's Preschool to meet Miss Annette and Miss Shannon. Colin is in the Blue Room. He ran right in there and got to work on his first masterpiece as a preschooler. When he realized the door was open to the play ground he was over the drawing and out the door. Now if preschool was held outside and consisted of free play on the yard I wouldn't have been sooo nervous. He had a blast playing on all of the equipment and climbing up the tree house. When it was time for us to go he put up quite a fight. So I guess he is ready for school!!!

My Little Duck

2008-09-07T10:27:00.000-07:00

When we signed Colin up for swim lessons the evaluated him to see what level he should be in. He tested into the Bat Ray Level which is the third level. Every time we went to a lesson some one in his group would graduate to Duck. The child would be lifted up to ring a LOUD bell and they would sing " Hi Ho Hi Ho its off to Duck you go! Now your a Duck so your in luck, Hi Ho Hi Ho" and they would be able to choose a toy from the treasure chest. So after every lesson Colin would ask me "When is it Colin's turn to sing Hi Ho?" Well on August 28th he got his turn!!!! Tomorrow he has his first class as a DUCK!!!!

Warning... LOTS of pictures!!! The Cox Wedding

2008-08-25T09:15:00.001-07:00

On Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 Jason's Brother Doug married his beautiful Bride Lindsey in Bend, Oregon. Everything was amazing. Jason was a groomsmen along with his 3 other brothers, Codie, Gary and Todd. They looked so handsome in their tux's. I am soooo excited to have a sister-in-law. Welcome to the family Lindsey!!!

Golfing with the boys!!!

2008-08-25T08:52:00.000-07:00

This past weekend we went up to Bend, Oregon for my brother-in-law's wedding. What a beautiful state!!! A little cold for my liking (75 degrees in August...?) On Friday all of the guys (including Colin) Went golfing so the girls (including Emma) could enjoy pedicures:) So I sent Jason with the camera to capture Colin's first 18 hole course. By the looks of the photo's he had a blast with his daddy, uncles and Papa!!!

Luau Party!!!

2008-08-17T12:17:00.000-07:00

Last night Jason and I hosted a Backyard Hawaiian Bash with all of our friensds!!! We had such a blast!!!

Shots:(

2008-08-15T23:36:00.000-07:00

Wow!!! Today was a pretty eventful day!!! It started off this morning with both of the kids well baby check ups!!! I cant believe how much Colin has grown!!! He has always been around the 25th percentile and a whopping 75th percentile for head circumference. But I guess his body is finally starting to grow into that big head of his:) He is now 32 pounds and 39 in. tall. So that puts him in the 75th percentile for height and 50th for weight. And My little Emma girl is doing awesome as well. She finally made it onto the charts for height and weight. She is 13.9 pounds and 24 inches long!!!! So she is in the 5th for weight and the 25th for height. She had to get 3 shots:( It is the saddest thing to watch. When the nurse pricks her she looks up at me with a pout lip that starts quivering followed by a LOUD scream and BIG tears. It breaks my heart. In the end we got a clean bill of health for both of them!!!

This afternoon we went over to our friends Torey and Tommy's house. They have 2 adorable boys named Jake and Austin. Austin (A.K.A. Tank) is 8 days older then Emma but weighs a whole 6 pounds more then Emma. Its sooo cute to see them side by side. And Jakey is a fellow Wiggle's Fan. I used to think Colin was their current biggest fan but Jake is pretty obsessed as well. The saddest part of it all is how excited Torey and I are for them to come back to L.A. so we can take the kids to the concert!!!

Jason, Colin, Emma, and I ended the day with dinner at Kisho. It is Colin's favorite place to eat!!! He LOVES the "fire show." Emma was pretty entertained as well. Oh and Colin's Grandma got him a camera for his birthday and now Colin thinks he is a Paparazzi. He was taking pictures of EVERYONE. It was sooo funny. We went to White House Black Market so I could try to find a dress for a wedding next weekend and he was taking pictures of everyone in the store. Women would come out of the dressing rooms and he would snap a picture. He had the whole store cracking up!!! Needless to say it was a great day!!!

This Blog is especially for Miss Reagan

2008-08-14T19:26:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures of Miss Emma eating dinner and playing with her favorite toy... a hand-me-down from her "Big Sister" Reagan.

Old friends and good times!!!

2008-08-14T18:17:00.000-07:00

This week has been a blast!!! One of my best friends, Courtney is in town from Washington. She has 2 beautiful girls, Avery and Adalynn. We met yesterday at another good friends house, Sophia. She has 2 boys, Lincoln and Rockwell. It was a lot of fun catching up and reminiscing about our youth!!! And then to watch our kids play together was really neat to see. Especially for Courtney and I because we have been friends since we were there age!!!

Its official...

2008-08-14T16:06:00.000-07:00

I'm hooked!!!! Thanks Court:)

zzzz's!!!!

2008-08-14T10:04:00.000-07:00

It finally happened... Emma slept through the night. Not just till like 4 or 5 a.m. but until Jason's alarm went off at 7!!! Of course I was up all night checking on her so I didn't get a full night sleep. But hopefully this is the beginning of a great new routine!!! I am sooo excited:)

A quick catch up...

2008-08-13T22:09:00.000-07:00

Well... where do I start? The only way to begin is to express how blessed we truly are as a family of 4. For those of you who don't know Jason and I have been married for 3 years. We got married on May 14, 2005. Shortly after we welcomed our little man into the world. Colin was born July 30, 2005 at 9:33 p.m. He weighed 8 pounds exactly and was 20.5 inches long. I ended up having a c-section after 2.5 hours of pushing. He was just bound and determined to stay in there I guess. Which is pretty ironic considering we had such a hard time keeping him in there!!! At 29 weeks I went into preterm labor and was hospitalized for 8 days. When my Dr. sent me home I was ordered to be on my left side for 23 hours a day. Pretty miserable!!!!!!!!!!!! But in the end it was worth it. He is our perfect little monster.
Shortly after Colin 1st birthday we decided to try for #2. Before long I was pregnant. You know that little 6th sense thing that lingers in the back of you mind? Well... I just had a bad feeling from the time I saw the 2 pink lines. I was very uneasy about the whole pregnancy. At 8 weeks I went in for a routine ultrasound a saw a little heartbeat. But it wasn't enough. Something wasn't right and I knew it. At 15 weeks I went for a normal check up only to learn we had lost the baby. It was devastating. My Dr. told me to wait 6 months before trying again and we did.
Just before Colin's second birthday I got pregnant again!!! I was sooooo excited. And I knew everything was going to be fine. Unlike my pregnancy with Colin I was soooo sick . On Colin's actual birthday I spent the WHOLE day in urgent care on IVs. It was horrible. At 21 weeks we went for an ultrasound to determine the sex but the little stinker would not uncross its legs. So we went back at 24 weeks and at 27 weeks. Finally at 27 weeks we got the news that we were having a little girl. I could finally take the tags off all of the dresses I had bought:) My Dr. put me on moderate bed rest beginning at 26 weeks to prevent preterm labor. And at 34 weeks he released me. At 34 weeks 4 days (Superbowl Sunday) I started having contractions.They continued all night and into the following day so I went to my Dr. Jason took Colin to work with him. I got to the office and he checked me. I was 2 cm. dilated so he sent me right to the hospital. They hooked me up to the monitors and they were not picking up any contractions. I was there all morning . They were waiting for my Dr. to make his mid day rounds to check me but my nurse told me I would be going home. Well my Dr. finally made it by around 4:30. He checked me again and I was 5 cm. dilated. I was TOTALLY feeling the contractions but we couldn't detect a single one on the monitor. He ordered tributiline to stop my labor but after 3 shots I was still dilating. Because of my previous c-section he decided that was the day. So I called Jason and the family and told them to get there ASAP!!! (mind you... like 45 min. before I was going home) SO they all rushed down and we welcomed our little Emma Grace into our family on Monday Feb. 4, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. She weighed 5 pounds 6 ounces.
They held her up and then took her away because she was having a hard time breathing. I was sent to recovery and Jason went with Emma. Finally at 8 pm. on my way to my room they stopped by the nursery to let me take a peek at my sweet little girl. She was in a lot of distress though. I had to stay in my room on in my bed for 8 hours. So at 3 a.m. I finally wheeled my way to the nursery to meet Emma. In the morning things took a turn for the worst and her Dr. decided to intibate her. Holy Cross was not equipped to deal with an intibated baby so she was transferred to St. Joe's. It was by far the hardest thing I have ever endured in my life. Watching them take my baby away hooked up to all of those tubes and machines broke my heart. My Dr. thankfully released me the next morning ( 3 days before he should have) so I could be by her side. The first week and a half of her life was like a roller coaster. She went from bad to worse on days 3 and 4. Finally on Friday she started heading in the right direction. On Weds. she was taken off the ventilator and I FINALLY got to hold my little princess. It was the best feeling in the world. She was at St. Joe's in the NICU for exactly 3 weeks. She had the most amazing team of Dr. and Nurses!!! They all took such good care of not only Emma but her hysterical mother.
When we brought her home, Colin had a really hard time adjusting. He was such a trooper through the whole thing but he wasn't a fan of his sister for a few weeks. When it sunk in that she was here to stay he fell in love with her. He is such a great big brother. Today Emma is 6 months old and loves her brother. When he walks into the room her little face lights up. It is sooo precious. And the feeling is mutual. Every morning the first thing Colin says is "Mommy, where is Emma." And if she is sleeping he gives her a kiss (which usually wakes her up.)
So these days we are pretty busy. Colin takes swim lessons twice a week and is officially swimming on his own. He is such a fish. He is also taking Karate which he loves. We are working on the whole potty training thing and its not going over too well. On Sept. 2nd he starts preschool at St. Stephan's. I am really nervous. As for Emma... she is meeting all of her milestone right on schedule. She just started eating baby food and she LOVES it. For being such a little peanut she can sure eat!!! She is rolling over and beginning to sit up. We just moved her into her own room and bed and she is sleeping great. She is a very easy and happy baby. Jason is working on getting his contractors license so he can build his own company. He loves his job and he is really good at it. And I am loving every aspect of my life. I LOVE being a stay at home mommy and watching my babies grow up. I am so thankful for all of the blessings in my life. I look forward to waking up every morning to those beautiful smiles and my amazing Hubby!!!