April and May : )

ALooks like it has been about 2 months since I last blogged, wow! Guess I became busier than I thought. : ) Where to begin...my birthday was April 3rd. We were going to have dinner with friends, but not many were able to come. So we just ended up doing a little family dinner at Chuy's in Plano. It actually turned out perfect, because we also had our house inspection on that same day. Thats right, at the time we were in the process of closing on what's now our new home! Our 5th wedding anniversary was April 12. : ) Nathan had sold one of his electric guitars that he does not play much anymore. Instead of putting that money towards himself or something for the house, he very sweetly used it for a nice anniversary dinner.

Nathan took us out to dinner at The Place at Perry's in Uptown Dallas. After dinner, we walked around Highland Park Village, had some gelato, then drove around George Bush's neighborhood, just for fun! Then we headed back home. Thank you again to Michele Walker for watching our little one! Just about a week later, was my precious goddaughter Giuliana's baptism and 1st birthday party in Fort Worth. (at All Saints Catholic Church). This was lots of fun and so great to see my best friends from high school. This same day we went looking at furniture for our new home, ended up getting a great couch on sale!

We offically closed and signed papers declaring ownership of our new home on April 30th! We then moved in that following Saturday, May 4th! Crazy but so exciting. : ) Then a week after that was my dear friend Katy Blackwood's baby shower, which was wonderful. She is blessed with such sweet and caring friends and family. Can't wait to meet her baby girl Gemma Kate! The rest of this month of May, we have just been settling into our new home. We are having a few things repaired, decorating, etc...on top of all that, we have managed to have a few play dates and see a few friends, aka Molly Naaden, Genevieve's godmother. She and her husband Doug (Genevieve's godfather) just moved back to the DFW themselves!

We feel incredibly blessed to be in our new home and to another piece of news (if you haven't heard already)! We are expecting our 2nd baby, due date November 20th. So yay! More on that and the month of June in the next blog. Until next time, have a fabulous day and hope you are enjoying the beginning of summer!

 -The Entsmingers- xoxo-

March-Spring has Sprung!

Hello again! As usual, I am late on doing my March blog, but here it goes. The very beginning of March was my brother Sam's birthday. He turned 25 years old, wow-crazy! Time sure does fly. Wish he lived closer so we could have celebrated together, but I will hopefully be seeing this summer, than again in September for his wedding day! Yay : ) This was also the month when Nathan and I had our getaway night at the Gaylord Texan, a gift from Nathan's firm. We never get to do things like this, so it was wonderful! We had dinner at The Old Hickory Steakhouse, walked around a little bit, then went back to the room, where we had champagne and cake balls waiting for us. Before we left in the morning, we had breakfast at the Riverwalk Cafe. We had such a great time, and our dear friend Mrs. Walker stayed with Genevieve. She is such a blessing to us, one the sweetest people I know and so good with our little girl.


A few days later, Genevieve and I went to an Easter playdate at my sweet friend Melanie's house. Her friend Amanda was also there with her kids. It was lots of fun, the kids made Easter baskets, hunted for eggs, and had pizza for lunch! It was Genevieve's very first Easter egg hunt. We had a great time with good friends. We also went to my friend Kristin's new home in Irving a few weeks later, for another playdate with her and her cute little boy Jack. The kids had a great time playing outside while us Moms were able to visit for a little while. It has been so fun to reunite with my sweet friend I have known since I was just a little one myself. : ) I can't believe we are both married and have kids of our own now, crazy but super fun!

Then of course, there was Easter weekend! We were so blessed to have my parents come in town and visit. Seeing that Holy Thursday Mass was during Genevieve's bedtime, I sent Nathan by himself. The past few years while taking evening law classes, he had always missed out. Now was his chance to go! We all  took turns going to the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday, since I also had a hair appointment that day. It was unfortunately the only day they could schedule me in. My parents arrived in town, just in time to make the afternoon Stations. : ) Saturday we just spent the day doing a little shopping and playing with Genevieve. Of course Sunday morning we went to Easter Mass, then brunch afterwards at The Broken Egg Cafe. My mom put on a little egg hunt for Genevieve, then cooked a great Easter dinner!

After dinner, my parents surprised me with an early birthday cake and ice cream, yum! So sweet of them to think of me. Oh and earlier on in the day, we also went and looked at homes for sale-seeing that Nathan and I are looking forward to moving soon into our first house-but more on that later!! : )

My parents left Monday morning. : ( It went by too fast and was of course sad to see them go. I am so glad they were here to see us and Genevieve. She is getting so big-as of now she is 21 months old. She is saying about 20 words and can say a few phrases. She loves to read, do puzzles, listen to music, and playing outside. She is learning so much and growing up so fast-makes me sad! Love our precious litttle girl.

I guess those are pretty much the main events for March. Of course I will write more later, once April has come and gone. : ) Hope everyone has been having a blessed Easter season and enjoying the spring weather-despite the past few crazy weather days! Until next time, TTFN! xoxo and God Bless : )

Cecilia, Nathan, and Genevieve

Rest of February

Hello again! Well, doesn't seem like we had too much going on the rest of February. Nathan and I did have a nice Valentine's date, My best friend's mom watched Genevieve for us. She is such a great babysitter! We went to Prego Pasta House for dinner. The deacon from our church was there and he recognized us and came over and said hi to us. We thought it was so sweet he remembered us, becaues our parish St. Thomas Aquinas is pretty big. After dinner, we went to Barnes and Noble and walked around and had some coffee. It was so nice for just the two of us to get out. : )

Genevieve and I also went to a Valentines playdate with some friends at church. That was a alot of fun. We said a Valentine prayer. Then the kids had some Valentine snacks and decorated their Valentine bags. We put little heart shaped Bible verses inside them. Such a cute idea! About a week or two after that, I met up with two of my sweet friends, Ashley and Allison for some frozen yogurt at Yummilicious. It was nice to get out and have some girl time! I need to do that more often.

My sweet friend Katy B is about 26 weeks pregnant, she is having a girl-so exciting! Our friend Summer and me, and a few of other friends will be throwing her a baby shower, so I can't wait for that. Love baby showers!

Nathan is doing very well at his job and they seem to like him too. He went to one of his first client meetings with the partner he works under. They think he did a great job and want him to help draft a partnership for this client, which I guess is a big deal, so yay! Genevieve is saying about 10 words now, so that is exciting. It is so much fun to interact with her at this age. I can't believe she is 20 months already!

Guess that's it for this month, will post a March blog at the end of the month! Ta Ta for now!

-Cece and Clan- : )

January-Part of February Blog

Hello everyone! As usual I am late in posting my monthly blog, hope you all have been doing well. Doesn't seem to have been too much going on this month. Genevieve finally recovered from all of her sickness. She seemed to catch virus after virus, whether it was tummy or cold issues. Nathan's birthday was the 29th. We celebrated the weekend before, by going out to dinner at Grimaldi's pizzeria with our good friends. Was great to see everyone, we haven't gotten out much lately. Also earlier this January, the partners at Nathan's firm took him out to lunch. They thanked him for all of his hard work and told him how much they appreciate him. They also gave him one free night's stay at the Gaylord Hotel a long with a dinner for two or three at their restaraunt, The Old Hickory Steakhouse, fun fun! We will definitely be taking advantage of that.

We finally got Nathan's office all decorated with his diplomas and pictures, so that is good! It was looking pretty dull in there. My good friend from college, Katy Blackwood has moved back to Dallas. She is expecting a baby girl. : ) We met for lunch not too long ago, and it was great to catch up with her, so happy she is back in the big D! Nathan's grandfather turned 90 this month, wow-he sure looks great and is very active and with it. Genevieve and I also met up with my friend Kristin and her youngest little boy Jack for a playdate at their place, that was a lot of fun! Had not seen her in forever. My brother Sam received a big promotion at Commerce Bank, so that is awesome. We are all very excited for him! His fiancee Chelsea was in Dallas for work, so we are able to have dinner with her, her mom, and her mom's boyfriend's sister. So that was great to see them again too!

Genevieve is now down to one nap a day, so we are finally able to attend our Play and Pray playdates! We went to one about a week or two ago, and had a great time. Was nice to get out and mingle. My cousin Jacque who is also one of my best friends is moving from Graham to Laredo at the beginning of March. I spent this past Saturday night with her in Graham for a girls night. We went to dinner and a movie, then watched a family video, that our grandmother Mum had made for us last Christmas. Then we had breakfast in the morning and I headed back to Dallas. It was a lot of fun, but also sad to know that she is leaving soon. At least she will still be in Texas.

My good friend Nicole, (who passed away about a year ago from brain cancer), her 30th birthday was just last week. Sad that she isn't here to celebrate, but I am sure she had her own little party up in Heaven. I went to Midweek Mass that Wednesday before her birthday and said a special prayer for her and her family. I miss her so much and always think about her. I know she is in a happier place, without any more suffering.

This morning I had breakfast with my sweet cousins Nathan and Cathy at Cafe Brazil. It was delish! And their coffee is so good! Oh one other thing, I finally got my first fancy phone, an iPhone! I love it, especially taking pictures of Genevieve and being able to send them to my family. Genevieve sure is growing fast, she has gotten taller and bigger! She is finally starting to say a few words, we were a little worried about her verbal skills. She also loves to go outside and play. She just lights up when she gets to go outside. So cute! She does need a sibling, so I think we may be trying for our 2nd little one soon! Keep us in your prayers.

I guess that's it for now, I will post more later on the rest of the happenings of this month! Ta ta for now!

xoxo

Cece, Nathan, and Genevieve : )

Christmas-New Years Blog

Hello! Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year : ) The month of December was very busy for us. Getting ready for the holidays and Nathan working away at his new attorney job. We were able to celebrate my sweet friend Melanie's 30th birthday with her sweet family and other friends and their kiddos. Lots of babies and kids running around! But great fun with sweet friends and good food : )  Genevieve saw Santa for the first time up at Nathan's firm. It was a lot of fun, she got to meet everyone else's kids, got a Dream Willow Pet from Santa, and had cookies and cake! She did fuss a little in Santa's lap, but overall wasn't too bad. It was so sweet of the firm to do this for everyone, seeing that it was their first year to have this. Then just one day later, we were headed to Wichita for Christmas. It honestly wasn't the best Christmas we have had, due to some personal circumstances. But at least we got to see my family and grandparents, Aunt Sherie, Aunt Amy, and cousins, etc... Genevieve saved the day-she was a good distraction for everyone!

After our time in Wichita, the baby and I headed to Kansas City with my parents for my brother's engagement party. My Aunt Sherie and brother George joined us the next day. : )  Nathan wasn't able to attend due to a busy time of work at the firm, but hopefully he can make the next event with us. It was definitely the highlight of our Christmas vacation. We stayed with Chelsea's (Sam's fiancee) grandma in her beautiful big home. Chelsea's family is so sweet and just love Sam. We feel the same way about Chelsea. The first night there we had a little mini Christmas with her family, which was fun! Then the next night was the big engagement party. This was held at the grandma's house. We were all dressed in our cocktail attire, including sweet Genevieve. Her little party dress was too cute, wish I had a picture! Darn. There were yummy appetizers, open bar, family toasts, and lots of fun mingling.

It was one of the most fun parties I have been too. Lots of laughs, and sweet, fun, friends and family! It was so great to see how many people think so fondly of Sam and Chelsea and what great friendships they have. They are such a neat couple with wonderful people in their lives. I really wish Nathan could have been there to enjoy it too. Genevieve was quite the trooper when traveling over the holidays. (especially with this month long virus -possible infection she is still battling) She slept and napped great and is quite the social butterfly. She loves people and is definitely the extrovert in the family. She had her first plane ride ever back to Dallas, and she was perfect! It was like she had flown a million times before, we were all amazed!

We didn't really do much for New Years. Our little family just hung out here and took it easy. Once the baby was in bed, Nathan and I drank some wine and watched a movie. Once midnight hit, we said Happy New Year and were off to bed. It was actually pretty nice and laid back, we always thought New Years was a little overrated anyways. Genevieve has her 18 month appointment on Thursday-hopefully that goes well, considering all she's been through the past month or so. Our sweet little pumpkin! Guess that's all for now. Nathan and I are so grateful for all of God's blessing on us this past year, and look forward to what's in store for us this year of 2013! We wish the same for all of you. : )

TTFN until the next blog!

November Blog

Hello everyone! I am a little late on the November blog. Was a busy month for us with Genevieve. She came down with a stomach virus, then shortly after that caught a bad cold. So, not much time for posting anything. About a week or two before Thanksgiving, the baby and I went to Louisiana to visit my parents, so that was fun! We stayed for about a week. My mom got to show Genevieve off again to all of her friends and she and my dad took us to New Orleans for a day. We went to the French Market and did a little shopping and had dinner. It was a great trip! Thanksgiving was also wonderful. Nathan's mom came down to see us for about three days. I cooked my first Thanksgiving meal and used our china and silver for the first time. Everything turned out great and was delish! It was great to have Susan with us. We took it pretty easy and just enjoyed spendiing time with each other. We did a little shopping, went out to eat a few times, and took Genevieve out for some walks. The weather was beautiful!

Last weekend Nathan's firm had a Christmas dinner party at Capital Grille. It was very nice and the food was great. Nathan's co-workers are all very friendly and down to earth. I really enjoyed meeting everyone. The dinner was really good! One of the assistant's husbands came dressed as Santa and handed out gifts to everyone, so that was fun!

This weekend my cousin Jacque took our Christmas pictures in the Fort Worth Stockyards. That was a lot of fun and they turned out really cute! I am sure you have already seen them on facebook and may be receiving a Christmas card in the mail soon. I can't believe how fast little Genevieve is growing up! She is already 17 months, walking and running everywhere! She is becoming more vocal too and is obsessed with Nathan's Red Hot Chili Peppers concert video, haha! Too funny. We finally have our tree up, now we just need to start decorating it. I can't believe Christmas is just a few weeks away! I am so excited to see my family and for them to see Genevieve, especially my brothers and grandparents, who have probably not seen her in about a year. Well, I guess that's it for now. Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season! xoxo until next time : )

October Fun!

October 7, 2012

Hello everyone! We are finally back on the blog : ) It has been a busy month already, including this last weekend in September. We moved into a 2 bedroom apartment, finally! We have much more space in general and Genevieve finally has her own bedroom. And we have a washer-dryer, so I have been laundry happy! Is it sad that all these are considered a luxury? Haha. Genevieve is 15 months old now. She had her checkup the other day, she now weighs 23.5 lbs and is 31 1/ 2 inches long. She is a growing girl! She has the sweetest and most fun personality, she is very social haha. Loves to get out! She is babbling a lot, but no concrete words yet. You can tell she wants to talk and has little thoughts. : ) One of her new things is trying on our shoes, then walking to the front door. She also likes to march in place. And whenever we put on music, especially my husband's favorite, Red Hot Chili Peppers, she actually sits still with her nighttime cup of milk before bed. Whenever Nathan leaves for work, she follows him to the front door and waves goodbye. : ) Otherwise, she likes to walk and drink at the same time-yes she is walking now! And is everywhere lol. But its lots of fun! This is such an exciting age for them : )

Enough about the baby! Nathan is really enjoying his job and likes the people he works with, which is awesome. I have been enjoying my time at home with the baby and getting our new place set up. Nathan will actually be out of town next weekend visiting his grandparents in West Virginia, so I am already making plans for the baby and me, so we keep busy! The weather here is starting to get cool! I am more of a warm weather person, but I also enjoy the change in temperature and wearing comfy clothes and drinking warm beverages, cuddled up in the couch : ) Nathan and I plan on buying a new car soon, a SUV. Right now we like the Ford Explorer, but all you SUV families, let us know if you hear of other good options. : ) Also, some major exciting news is that my brother Sam and his sweet girlfriend, now fiancee are engaged!! Yay, so so happy for them. I feel like Chelsea has been a part of our family forever already and of course am so happy for Sam too. And proud of him for the man he has become! More happy news-we are also wanting to try for another baby soon, so keep us in your prayers. I am having baby fever and Genevieve needs a little sibling! Ok, well I guess that's it for now. Until next time, TTFN! : )

        *-Cece and Fam-*