Genius and a Broken Back.

I threw out my back yesterday. And yes, your image of a 45-year-old, chubby man, half-bent with his hand on his lower back-that's about how I looked yesterday! Apparently, my body caught up to the fact that I'm a parent now and decided to make me feel old. I bent down to pick Lili up, and when I came back up, I almost fell over! So I spent the day in recovery (i.e. TV, naps, Tommie cooking dinner....not so horrible overall). Today I'm feeling much better, though not entirely healed from the pain nor the sore pride.

Secondly, our good friend, Clark Orr, is a design genius. He designed the shirt you see to your left. That shirt is for Johnny Cupcakes. He also designs for more people and bands than you could ever imagine. Check out his website here and his blog.


Just thought I should shout out since his designs are incredible.

It's Time for More, More, More!

So I finally have our camera back, and that means MORE PICTURES! Hooray! Shall we begin?

First off, we have a picture of my new haircut. If you'll notice, it's also tinted a purply/red with blonde highlights.
This haircut was inspired by a haircut I saw in a magazine called SWELL, which is also a purveyor of awesome surf/beach/snowboard/casual clothes that are just on the verge of too expensive for me. Which means I'm always wanting something from that magazine....Though I think it will be a few more weeks before my hair is the length of this photo, here is the picture that inspired me:

Some of you may also have noticed the picture to your left on Tommie's facebook profile. I wanted to share this picture too because it vaguely highlights one of the crafts I just finished! I'll have to post a better picture soon, but I made a baby sling! Basically, it's a long piece of cloth with rings on it to adjust the tightness...but it's a handsfree way to "wear" Liliana while we're out and about. As you can see from the picture, she likes it enough to fall asleep! I decided to make it when I looked them up on MAYAWRAP and realized I'd be shelling out about $70 to buy a new one. I Don't Think So! If you ever want to make one, you can ask me how, or click here for directions.

Finally, here is a picture of my mom, myself and my smiling daughter! Three generations of Gubser women. I thought it was especially cute since Liliana was grinning. She's also wearing one of the cloth diapers and cute diaper covers we got for her. So it's a doubly-good picture.

In the days to come I'm sure I'll post pictures of our new Honda Pilot, which I love. It's black with heated leather seats, three rows of seating with a super easy way to put down the back chairs for extra room. It's a little more of a "family-style" car, but it's better than a minivan by far! So, I have to hand it to Tommie for finding something so functional (haha-get it? fun-ctional?). Anyway....

God has been blessing us a ton lately, just in little ways that we're learning to enjoy. There will be a post on that in the near future I think too. So, here is your daily (or however often I decide to post) dose of Bozich life, check back in for the promised future posts and more!

Things to Come

So, I have all these great blog posts planned, but Tommie is out of town with the laptop I normally use AND the camera with all my pictures on it! :) So, I'll just tell you what's going on and promise pictures for later.

I got my haircut about two weeks ago and finally am LOVING it! I dyed it a reddish-purple/brown and got blonde highlights in the front. It's pretty fierce, but it took me about two weeks to decide how much I love it! I actually got it cut the same evening we went to see Caedmon's Call with Derek Webb! What an awesome show. That was one of the first dates on their tour, so check their websites to see if they're coming your way and GO SEE IT! They're awesome live, as usual. Andrew Osenga is playing with Caedmon's and their new album too, but he has a new solo album that's really good as well, so I just suggest checking it all out.

We also sold our Element, and actually, Tommie and my brother in law Mike are in Birmingham today to pick up our new, black, Honda Pilot! The guy who bought the Element happens to also live in Birmingham, where we bought our new Pilot, so the boys took a roadtrip to exchange vehicles. While their down there, they get to see friends and ALSO PICK UP STUFF FROM PUBLIX! I can't tell you who much I miss that grocery store! I'm getting them to get me Mojo sauce, which I can't believe they don't sell out here.

Liliana is trying to roll over lately, and though I have to push her the rest of the way, I'm awfully impressed with our little girl! She's cracking me up and becoming more fun by the day.

I also finally have decided to make our wedding photo book-a year and a half after the event. The new iLife from Mac makes it SO much easier than the online program I was trying to use before. I'm so looking forward to having some pictures in hand from our wedding!

I think that's about it for now. I've done some other fun things that have slipped from my memory already, but I'll post more later!

So Many Pics, So Little Time

1.) Dividing Our Hearts Between Homes
This past weekend, Tommie and I had the pleasure of accompanying our youth group to Divide, Colorado, for their winter retreat! Tommie led worship and I just got to go with Liliana. We definitely live in a beautiful part of the country. Part of me still misses my home in the South though....but pictures like this make me more at home here in CO. Here's what Divide looked like on our drive home on Sunday:2.) I'm Mixed
Obviously, I'm not actually mixed. There was a girl at the camp though who was in my small group who was AWESOME at braiding hair. I got her to do mine and then subsequently had to answer questions as to whether or not I was mixed. She said she thought I was Puerto Rican. So there ya go.

3.) Liliana's A LumberJane
Lili had thee awesome chance to wear this sweet blue vest that Kristin got her for Christmas. If you'll notice, she's wearing coordinating blue snow boots as well. It was rather cold out though, so her face doesn't quite express how much fun she had wearing this vest...in fact, it doesn't really express any amount of fun, rather anger at being awake and cold when she should have been warm and napping.
4.) From Snow to Surf in Under an Hour
That's right, Liliana got to swim for the first time this weekend! At first, for about the first 3-4 minutes, she wasn't so sure she liked it. After that though, her smiles were HUGE as I imagine she thought she was in a giant bathtub. The water, despite being "heated", was a little bit chilly, so we got out after about 15 minutes. It was still awesome though.


















Those are all the pictures I'm going to share from this weekend, but suffice it to say, we had an amazing time. The kids in the youth group are amazing and definitely are growing in Christ. We also had a great time getting to know the youth leaders, most of whom are our age and in our lifegroup (bi-weekly community group). I even had the chance to lead one of the small groups and remembered how much I truly love working with youth and kids. I think I might start praying about teaching a Sunday school class or working with the youth on Thursday nights. So, all in all, a wonderful time with wonderful pictures to share!

Enjoy!

She's A Beauty.