I never imagined walking into a local show late February 2007 that my life would change forever. With my brother and his best friend by my side we walked into the the double doors and almost immediately an adorable boy in light jeans and Pumas approached us. He looked at my brother (an important part in our story.my brother is my best friend and of course he would need to approve!)and said “hey you’re marks kid!” I was immediately love struck and I wanted his attention..badly! I whined “I’m Mark’s kid too!” he said hello and we went our separate ways. But for some reason every time I turned around that night there he was! (Later revealed he kept an eye on me all night. I found that to be the cutest thing ever!) As the night came to an end we saw him one last time..he gave us one last high five and we were off. But I could not get my mind off of him.

A few days later he had found me on MySpace and sent me a message. I quickly gave him my number and told him to call me. I had butterflies rushing through my stomach. He called and asked me to go to his band practice. I agreed and he picked me up and took me to his friend Cory’s house. He was a drummer! My weakness…I absolutely love drummers!!

We continued to hang out more and more frequently. We shared our first kiss on my brothers birthday…he was holding me and I kissed him on his shoulder and looked up into his eyes. He leaned down and kissed me and I was in heaven. There was no way I was coming down. One day after a visit to “our park” he simply said if we were to get married it would have to be after my brother gets back from his mission in June. I agreed I wanted to wait till after I graduated high school. It all became a solid feeling in our hearts. We were meant for each other. He let me pick out my ring and on our six month anniversary he took me on a fancy date. We were all dressed up and on a fancy carriage ride around salt lake. We stopped at temple square and walked around hand in hand. He stopped in front of the temple and told me he loved me more than anything else in this world and he wanted me to be his forever. Then he got down on one knee and brought out a ring. My ring! I was so happy I could not stop laughing! I kept kissing and hugging him..my future husband!

It’s a strange thing being in high school and being engaged. I was only 17 but I had met the man of my dreams and I was irrevocably in love with him. I walked around the halls with the prettiest of rings on and listened to almost every excuse in the book on why I shouldn’t get married. Especially so young…but I didn’t care. I didn’t listen. All I knew was that I wanted Skyler. FOREVER. And only him. I wasn’t going to settle for anything less than being his wife.

Planning a wedding and graduating was a tough process but we made it through! There were so many times we had his little green Civic packed and ready for Vegas but we always quickly turned back. We had to do this the right way..with our families surrounding us.

On the most perfect of days..(July 12, 2008..my grandpa’s birthday) I got into the perfect white dress in a small dressing room surrounded by my bridesmaids. I was ready to walk down the aisle. I held on tight to my dads arm and began walking..there he was. Waiting for me at the end of the aisle. My eyes were fixed on him..in his cute tux. In just a few moments I would be his…my heart soared as we said “I do” and read our vows to each other. We were inseparable now.

Skyler, our love story is like something in a dream to me. Every time I see your sweet face I fall deeper in love with you. Every time we kiss I’m in heaven. I relive all the special memories in my mind and it’s like we are new again. They are so vivid and so beautiful. Like on our wedding day when you sang our song softly in my ear as we shared our first dance as husband and wife. Can you believe it’s been just 5 short years since we first laid eyes on each other? Now we have two amazingly beautiful daughters and our life is complete. I will always only ever want you. You are so special to me and so unique. There is no one like you in this world and I am happy (and privileged) to call you mine. I love being your wife and being your partner in crime. But most of all I love you. All of you. Forever.
Love
Your wife.. Cynthia Lewis. MRS. Lewis

I have come to love nap time with my babies.. They are so warm and snuggly! And I love to watch their little angel faces while they sleep! It’s a great moment for me to relax and nap with the girls too. Just peace. And quiet. Girls time before dad comes home. Hehe

This morning was quite the scare for me. I woke up when I heard little miss Lauren waking up and this is how I found her

Yeah I think it’s time for her to use the pack and play. I think she was trying to get to sister on the other side.

aren’t they so cute?!
Recently Sky put up our Christmas lights in our room and I love it!! It gives the room a nice romantic feel I think.

Paris got into mum mum’s makeup yesterday and she did quite the little number on herself. Uni-brow and all. It’s adorable. She is getting quite the attitude too. The other day she told papa “don’t you ever touch jack ever again!” haha I love that little girl!

watching the snow fall
thanks for listening to me ramble! Until next time!!

x.Cindynandez ????

We have been trying to keep life nice and quiet lately. And mostly stress free. We believe stress might be a factor in my little seizure episodes.

We are almost done Christmas shopping! We have been doing it a little at a time because the big crowds really put a stress on me. But we love this time of year together. Especially now that we have kids. We took the girls to see Santa the other night and we were able to get a semi decent picture without any crying. (that didn’t last long though) then we went to the Riverwoods and got Ike’s ice cream. And of course we had to take Miss Paris on the carousel. We had a great time just being together.
Until next time.

Just another week with the Little Lewis Family
We are doing good…
Nothing too crazy.
[thank goodness. We need a break from crazy events in this family]
We are gearing up for Christmas time!
Putting the tree up and giving Santa a helping hand.. Heh heh
This post was mainly here for pictures so lets get to it!

So my birthday was a few days ago
And I had so much fun!
Skyler spoiled me so bad!
He got me an iPhone 4 a few days before my birthday.. Which I love!!
The night before I had to stay up till midnight and only sleep till 4(for my EEG) so Skyler sang Happy Birthday to me in my ear as I drifted off to sleep. The next morning we went to my EEG..not so fun. But the nurse was so nice and gave me a little goody basket because she felt bad that I had to do the test on my birthday. After the test Skyler took me to Starbucks for some yummy drinks then we rushed home to our girls. We picked them up and went to breakfast..I had yummy biscuits and gravy with some bacon..mm! After that we returned home so I could have a small nap, after my nap Skyler took me to see Breaking Dawn…we ended up throwing popcorn at each other half of the movie. Haha. After the movie ended we went home so I could get in my fancy outfit for dinner. We had a nice quiet dinner at Carrabbas, we shared a sirloin Marsala mmm! After dinner skyler took us home for my awesome Hello Kitty cake and ice cream. We tried to keep the evening nice and quiet because the last time we had a birthday I had a seizure and ruined it.

Oh I wanted to mention how Skyler gave me my phone! Cause it was so clever and cute! I was waiting for him to come home (he had been helping my dad with a work meeting) and for some reason my phone stopped getting texts and wouldn’t let me call anyone. It kept saying “Not registered on network.” I was like what the heck!? Then lily came up to me and Skyler was like “I’ve been texting and calling you why haven’t you replied?!” I told him the problems I was having with it and he told me he would take a look at it. Fast forward to right before dinner time. My dad and Skyler were home and Skyler started looking at my phone. My dad told him “Here Skyler let me call it and see what’s going on.” so he starts calling it and all of a sudden the generic iPhone ringtone starts ringing out from Skyler’s pocket. He was like “What is this?!” and pulls an iPhone 4 out of his pocket. I was so surprised I almost cried. Haha well played boys.

As of late…

Life has been so crazy. We were having a great time celebrating Skyler’s birthday[[Lunch at Zupas, Shopping and watching the Lion King at the dollar theater]] we were wrapping things up with dinner at Noodle’s & Company [[his pick]] and on to cake and presents at my parents house. BUT… as soon as we had ordered our food and sat down my padre called. Wondering if he could still make it to dinner, I started staring off into space and could not move my gaze. I could hear my dad asking me if I was still on the phone. I wanted to tell him “Yeah I’m still here” the words were in my head but they would not come out of my mouth. I could feel my body locking up, I couldn’t move. Skyler came and grabbed my shoulders and asked me if I was okay. Once again I couldn’t respond. I was becoming more and more scared by the second. Then everything went black. When I woke up I was in the ER. I don’t remember getting in an ambulance or getting wheeled into the ER. I was in a hospital gown and my shoes, necklace, and shirt were off. [[I had no idea how I got to that point]] I knew I had another seizure, my body ached and my tongue was swollen from me biting on it. I felt terrible that I had ruined Skyler’s birthday, but he was sitting there right next to me with that worried look in his eyes. We sat in the ER for 4 hours, no answers no nothing. Like usual. So we went home. The next day we had a re-do for Skyler’s birthday cake and all. I was so glad he could enjoy his cake and everyone that came to wish him a happy birthday.

A few days ago we went to a Neurologist [[lucky us Dr. Brown was able to get us in a day later or else we would have had to wait 3-4 months!]] We went in not expecting any answers [[Mark never got answers]] and we didn’t get anything but bad news. To prevent me from having another seizure and possibly hurting my children I had to be on medication. Medication meant no more nursing. And I wasn’t ready for that. I had become fond of the bonding time I had with Lauren while she nursed and I wanted to stop on my own time not because someone was making me. I knew the right answer but I couldn’t bring myself to do it.  I cried pretty much all week, and today was my last day nursing. I cried as I fed Lauren for the last time. I could still take the medication and nurse but the medicine gets through the breast milk. And I could not risk it getting to Lauren. It could also cause possible birth defects in future children. Which, to be quite honest and frank, broke me. I spent all my life not smoking, drinking, or doing anything that could possibly prevent me from having healthy babies. And now I have to depend on something that could cause defects. I had limitations. But the fear of not wanting to get out of bed because at any moment I could seize  and harm Paris and Lauren out weighed nursing. The defect bridge would have to be crossed when I came to it, we still have no solution. I have felt broken all week, but thankfully I had such great friends and family to lean on. [[Mom Dad Marky Kelsey Sarah thank you all I love you with all my heart.]] Most especially Grandma Petra who had long talks with me and Skyler who let me cry on him for hours on in.

I dont know what the future holds but hopefully it is seizure free.

x..

PS EEG on my birthday….oh joy.

Day 21- Share a picture from your day.

Day 20- If you had 3 wishes, what would they be.

WISH 1- To have an infinite amount of wishes!! haha Just kidding. Really though wish 1 would be to have no debt…EVER.

WISH 2- To own our dream house outright. No loans no nothing!

WISH 3- To not work but have enough to live comfortably and for a few extra unexpected expenses. So Skyler and I can watch our girls grow up together.

Day 19- Nicknames you have & how or why you have them.

CINDYNANDEZ-  Given to me by Menor (aka Luis) because he could and his genius knows no bounds. (Most common nickname)

CYNJA NINJA- Given to me by Skyler when he was asked to describe the magnitude of my gangster-ness.

PREGO or BABY LADY- Given to me by my brothers when I was pregnant because they thought it was funny to torture me.

Day 18- Plans/dreams/goals you have.

PLANS-  To have an amazing Halloween with Skyler, Paris, & Lauren. Plan Skyler’s birthday! (yay!!) Pay off stupid  hospital bills. (ugh!) Plan Thanksgiving. What to wear next…

DREAMS-  To one day have OUR dream house.  Travel Europe with my honey. Own a BMW hehe. Lose the baby weight. Watch my girls grow up to become happy women.

GOALS-  To kiss Skyler a million times a day. To tell my girls & Skyler “I Love You” every second I can. To lose all the freaking baby weight!!