Memorial Weekend 2009

We had a great holiday weekend. Anthony and my parent's went up to the lake house Saturday. Sunday morning Ricky and I packed up and headed up there, along with Ricky's parents, Ed,Phillip,and Juliana, Cousin's Sarah and German and a good friend of ours Marco. It was a very nice and relaxing trip, just to get away with the family is always nice. The weather was great! We had tons of food, sat by the fire, the kids went swimming, jumped on the water trampoline, had water balloon fights, laid in the hammocks, went water skiing, knee boarding, jet skiing, you name it we probably did it! The lake is so much fun now that the kids can enjoy it. We all loaded up Monday night and headed home. My parent's and AJ stayed till Tuesday, AJ didn't want to leave. We will be making lots of trips to the lake this year, so anyone want to join us just speak up!!!

Annabel in the lake..


AJ swimming in the lake...


Ricky skiing...


Our sweet boy on the boat....


The boys playing in the pool...


Ed and AJ on the jet ski...


Annabel on the water trampoline...(not in the water yet)

Potty Trained!!!

Well it is official, Anthony is potty trained!!
Wow I never thought this day would come, I started pretty early with him. I introduced AJ to the potty at 18 months. He would go here and there, he knew the concept just telling us was the trick. Once he started school at 2 yrs and 2 months he was familiar with the potty and when I would take him he would go. Well at school they were helping me and he was doing great!!! At one point he was trained at school from 8:30 to 2:30. The trick was getting him to go for us here at the house. Not so easy anymore. Now Annabel was here and you know how that goes, so he went back to diapers for a few months. I wasn't going to push it anymore because he just got mad. Mad toddlers are not fun! So even at school they laid off for a bit. Well something clicked in our little 3 yr olds head. He had been going potty at school again for about a month now, and about 2 weeks ago we started encouraging him to use big boy undies because he is 3 now and he is a big boy. Well a few accidents here and there, bound to happen right? Well one accident I don't know what went through his head but from then on he will not wear a diaper and he tells us when he needs to go (for the most part) he has been sleeping with big boy undies on, with no accidents during the night!!! I am a proud mommy and very happy that AJ is now potty trained! Now if I can just get little miss potty trained then that will cut costs on diapers all together!! Ok I know she is only 14 months old, am I asking to much!!!?

Mother's Day 2009

I hope all the mommies had a great Mother's Day!!!
I had a great Mother's Day! We went to church with Ricky's family and it was very nice, The kids gave us mom's a flower. After church we went to Kara and Hector's house (Ricky's brother) We had a good lunch and the kids all played and went swimming with the daddies!! I got to visit with my mom for a few hours and it was nice. It was a relaxing day! I got 3 very nice cards from my babies and my husband. AJ made me a gift at school with his feet and hand prints, I love it! I am very blessed to have a close and loving family, I wouldn't have it any other way.

AJ and Daddy...


Annabel and Tio Hector...


Daddy and AJ...

Happy 3rd Birthday AJ!!

Well our boy is growing up so fast! AJ turned 3 on the 9th! We just had a small get together here at the house with his close friend's and cousins. It was very very hot outside, so next year we will find a better alternative...haha! He loves the movie Cars so we decided to go with that this year, and he loved it! He is doing very well in school, learning so much. He also had a party at school. He took cupcakes and took pictures with all his friends. We are working on the potty training thing, but he still wont do it here at home. At school he is doing great with the potty. He amazes us everyday with new things he learns, so lets see what this next year has in store for us! We love you AJ!
AJ and some friend's from school (yes the faces are blurred)


Birthday Boy...

His cool cake...

Past 2 weeks

Ricky and I pulled AJ from school for a bit. His school is fine, just worried about the you know swine flu that seams to be going around like it's the new spring thing to have. We have had an adventure this past 2 weeks. One with all the rain, my parent's house flooded. (everything is fine) They are getting things taken care of and the house will be like new in a few days!!
Ricky, Me, and Edward traveled to Dallas to ride in the Dallas MS150. I must brag on myself for doing it alone. Thanks boys for leaving me behind after the first hill! I did great, just talked to the voices in my head and sung to myself you know the norm. Then it started to rain. But it was fun and I had a blast!
AJ will be going back to school tomorrow, let me just say I can't wait!! But I will miss him here with Annabel and I to keep us busy. No I love having him home with me but school is important. Here are a few little videos of our time home!