The Saldana Zoo

So, my birthday... Fortunately for me, Gilbert's van has been out of commision on days that are very convenient for me. One of those times being the day I was sent to the hospital to have Elise. Another time being my birthday. Someone bashed in one of his windows at a job site and I had to be home all day Monday to wait for it to be repaired. He was supposed to get a rental car but the rental car company took forever in tracking down a truck and having it cleaned. All of that to say, he ended up being home on my birthday.

Matthew always has been a rockstar









Me and my girl



One of my little craft projects. I made Elise this little head band because I was tired of battling clips and I wanted to put something girly on her head but I'm not a fan of the elastic head bands sold in most stores.



I was craving Chinese food on my birthday so we went to Pei Wei.

Elise and her "Mana"



Matthew and his rice



Jason's Asian pose. I think I caught my mom off guard.



Then I realized that I don't have a recent picture of just me and Gilbert. I think the last one was taken the day of my brother's wedding.







Then Matthew decided he wanted to rough house with Mana and he lost his pants somewhere along the way.













My mom bought me a sewing machine for my birthday. I've been able to do a basic hand stitch since I was in jr high but that's about it. I've been wanting to get crafty so my mom decided it was time to teach me how to really use a sewing machine. So I decided to take on my first project and I made a jingle ball for Elise using some scrap fabric I had lying around from some other projects I'd done. The hand stitching to close it up is a little rough and I think it needs more filling but I figure it's a learning process =). Oh, and she got another new headband.