10 things

• New piece of furniture at an excellent price makes me so very happy.
• Humidity + curly hair= no bueno
• I have seen Shrek & Shrek 2 way too many times. I am starting to quote lines...and think I'm funny.
• Garden is looking real sad, maybe next year will be better.
• Iced Chai tea is addicting.
• Did I mention I am loving my new piece of furniture? Now to fill the China cabinet with some pretties.
• Lots of changes at work. Not good or bad just changes. Trying to not be scared...just roll with the punches.
• Need to get the boy to sleep in his own bed.
• Birthday party planning is in full swing.
• Pull my finger/Fart jokes make my Sonny very happy, which makes me laugh the most. That boy kills me!

4th of July-Weekend Update

We decided last minute to head to California for the 4th. So grateful for Uncle Ted, Carmen & Nic for letting us just pop in when we need a break from the AZ heat.

We go there at 10 PM on Friday night and headed home at 10 AM on Monday morning. Of course the only day I took pictures was on the 4th...during the day.
We woke up and headed to Santa Monica Pier...so here we go with the pictures.


Brandon sitting at the top of the stairs with Misty...I'm pretty sure Misty was trying to hide from him.

Brandon chasing Misty all over the front yard. Poor Puppy!

Nic, Brandon (too cool to look at camera) & I on the Pier.

Brandon finally tired of sporting the shades.

I love this boy so much. I can't wait to really spend the day at the beach with him. He wasn't really digging the waves this time. Hopefully next summer.

Say Cheese!

You think I look like this to him? This was taken earlier this year.

But all weekend he kept getting our cell phones and telling us "smile!" okay...it's more like SMIOOOO...so darn cute. How can you not smile?

3-4

Ugh...the big 3-4...I really don't like birthdays. But I have to say yesterday was a good day. Started with the little one sleeping through the whole night in his own bed...Ya Brandoncito!!! He woke up around 6:30 and we put him in bed with us to watch some toons...who doesn't love Handy Manny at 6:30 AM? My love let me take a long shower while he watched B and made us all breakfast. Then it was on to get B to his 18 month doctors appointment by 10...for the first time since he has been born...we made it to the appointment early! They got us right in. The boy did excellent. He was a little hesitant to let Dr. Z look in his mouth but once she got out popsicle stick he was okay...I think he thought he was going to get some ice cream. Ha! She said everything looked and sounded good. And we passed on getting him tested for Autism. I think for now he is good. I did appreciate the fact that they ask and have you do a questionnaire. After B gave Dr. Z a big high 5 and knuckle bumps we were out of there. I had a free b'day coupon from Starbucks so off we went to get me Chai tea. We dropped B off with the sitter and P and I went to see Sex & the City 2. I love Carrie and the girls! I had a great movie date with my love. Afterwards we went to get us new flip flops...another birthday coupon from Famous Footwear. $20 off...Hell Yeah!! I got 2 pair of chanclas! Then we went to pick up B to have a early dinner at Pei Wei. It had been too long since I had been there...I don't know why I don't go more often...I love that place. Brandon had never been...so I was a little worried...turns out he loves Pei Wei too. Then home to watch Suns/Lakers game...Oh it was so close!
All in all it was a great 34th Birthday!!

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Potty training...sort of

On Saturday night B decided he wanted to take off his diaper...so P asked him if he had to go potty. He took off running to the bathroom door so I went and sat him on the toilet...nothing. Sunday night...he does the same thing...taking diaper off so I walk him to the bathroom and again I sit him on the toilet. This time I ask if he needs to poop. He just smiles at me...so I figured he did...he started pushing and the next thing I knew I felt something wet on my foot...he had peed out side of the bowl...onto my foot. I was so excited didn't even care that I had pee on my foot. Ha! Yes, I'm offically a mom when pee on my foot doesn't bother me (well my sons anyway). He was so proud of himself. I can't believe how big he is getting. What's next????

Easter

We started off by going through basket that the Easter Bunny brought...clearly he is not happy with the socks...LOL.

I wanted to have a picture of him sitting in basket like I did last year...yea, not going to work this year.
Look how sweet he looked here...in serious need of a haircut! 04/09 Back to this year. He wasn't all that excited about waking up from a nap to have to go outside and pick up things we had put on the ground for him.

He is used to us picking up after him not the other way around. He was really upset that we were making him pick things up...look at that face! I don't know where he gets that from...(cough**Mom**cough)But he did enjoy eating the eggs afterwards so that was a good thing. He ate 3 whole eggs, yolk and all. We had a very low-key day but it was beautiful....and Blessed.