NEVER ENDING.

  

The past two weeks have been NOTHING but celebrating my birthday. This year has been a never ending birthday for me and I am taking each surprise as they come! Victor planned the best surprise party for me! EVERYTHING was handmade and very creative! I just never want to remove the decorations EVER. There's actually still a couple of decorations up. The week of my birthday we went on a cruise (the 16th to the 20th) and it was my first cruise. I loved it and enjoyed the 24/7 buffet! Victors mom gifted us the trip and all 3 of us had a great time! Look out for more pics of the cruise on Victors blog! As if the cruise wasn't enough, my good friends Koko and Jackie planned the BEST SLEEP OVER EVER. I always wanted to attend a sleepover as a kid but having a strict mom that DID NOT HAPPEN. I was so happy to experience that at 23! It only took 23 years! YIPPIE! The slumber party was INCREDIBLE. They had wings, wigs, funky glasses, pizza,  AND Koko made us each a Mean Girls tie dye t-shirt! Everything that I absolutely L O V E ! They decorated their apartment so cute and it was like my very own barbie play house! We played games, acted a fool, and were going Vine crazy! The night was so perfect that I even uploaded my very first 'instavideo'. One thing could only describe this slumber party, and that is that it was:  "SO FETCH!".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23 OVER SEA

 SLUMBER 

 

I THINK FOR NOW I AM DONE CELEBRATING MY BDAY! 

(but EVERYDAY is a PERFECT DAY to celebrate your age and life!)

CRAFTED.

Saturday night came and we spent the night at a HUGE Etsy crafting party! We headed down to San Pedro to attend "Crafted at the Port Of LA". There were so many creative booths and free arts and crafts activities for everyone in attendance. We met so many great artists and talented Etsy crafters. 

 Check out the photos below:

PHOTOBOOTH FUN!:

I need to get me one of these "air plants"!

'TIS THE SEASON.

THIS WEEK:

pizza + pop tenant holiday party

LAST WEEK: 

Leigh + Greg's Christmas cookie party

'Tis the season to be jolly, 'tis the season for  holiday parties! That is exactly what Victor and I did these past 2 weeks. Just yesterday (Friday the 14th) we attended a pizza and pop holiday party strictly for tenants thrown by management at 'The Wendover'. We had a good time, and even met our neighbor who lives next door to us. It was nice to see everyone that lives in this building especially since it always seems empty.

Last Saturday we went over to one of Victors friends house to enjoy some hot chocolate and fresh baked cookies that Leigh had just made. Leigh and Greg's house is too adorable. I loved all the festive holiday decor and loved all the furniture inside their home! They have great antique pieces and I love the whole atmosphere of their home. I especially loved just how much both of them love the holidays. Leigh put so much thought into putting together this cookie party. I mean the toppings for the hot cocoa did it for me, and the labels for the cups?! Everything was so 'instagram' worthy!! Plus they have 3 super cute doggies, one even had a holiday collar on! It was my very first cookie party and the absolute best! Wish we could have stayed a bit longer to discuss more pop culture with Leigh and her husband Greg! Hope I get to see them soon! 

I've always loved the holidays, I loved decorating my parents house as a kid, and now as an 'adult' I get to experience a different side of the holidays with the boy I love: going to holiday parties together as a couple. * we were supposed to go to another cookie party tonight but unfortunately didn't have time due to work * Can't wait to plan our own holiday party soon!

Here's a photo of our black Christmas tree:

(more pics of our holiday decor to come in another post!)

* HAPPY HOLIDAYS *

@VICTOR_GO // @J_HDEZ

HOME.

It's 12:40am and I am blogging from our new BED!!! This is so exciting because our apartment is FINALLY coming along as we pictured it. These past few weeks have been crazy, getting everything ready, buying groceries, working hectic schedules and on our free time trying to enjoy our apartment and our time together. Below I will share a few photos from the last few weeks and past few days:

Our first outing together, the day after moving in at a friend's kids Toy Story themed B-day party.

Victor decorated our windows with some 4th of July lights that he purchased a while ago. He's been obsessing over classic American lifestyle so these lights represent him very well and serve as great night lights.

Victor has been cooking a lot and that is yet another thing he is very good at! Since he has been the chef I felt like surprising him one day with a romantic dinner as soon as he got home from work. We didn't have a dining table yet, so I had to work with what we had. He was very impressed with my Monterrey Jack Chicken dinner that I prepared (heck I was even impressed!).

Downtown LA has just opened up a new Target and we decided to check it out this past Friday. We actually spent all day driving through the city and finding hidden gems not too far from our apartment.

 Just outside Target on 7th + Figueroa.

That Friday we also took a trip to Highland Park, a city about 15 minutes from Old Town Pasadena with a lot of latin influences. We found the first ever Forever 21 store and even a movie theater that has $3 movies on Tuesdays and Wednesdays! We are planning to go very soon! There were great little shops around, a super cool bar, and BEAUTIFUL homes that I (along with Victor) fell in love with! Like always we had a photo-shoot and I'm sure Victor will soon make a blogpost about it here.

We ended our Friday night by heading to IKEA in Burbank, purchasing a dining room table and stopping for donuts at Krispy Kreme! I can't wait to post photos of our apartment but it isn't quite finished yet, almost!

I leave you all with a song that I currently have replaying in my head:

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