Mikey C turns THIRTY!

Mike turned 30 on Saturday and I forced him to have a little fun! We had intended on heading up to where he lives, but I did not take into account that I am 36 wks pregnant! No traveling for me!!!!!!! Instead he came down to us and his other friends for a steak dinner, a little party, a round of golf, relaxation topped off with a trip to an old bar we all use to go to. I think that Mike had a pretty good time with all of us and he was so sweet with the kids and helpful. I hope the year of being 30 brings great this to Mike and maybe a special lady to join Sara 2 and I!!

This is what happens.....

When Auntie Sara watches Madison!! They found a few makers and Madi did the most damage to her body:) I just love it! These pics are not even that good, because it was WAYYYY worse!

Chris at work!

Here is a link to what my brother-in-law, Chris' does at work. He is the Senior DI at Camp Pen and man does he know how to scream. It takes a minute until he speaks, but I love how some of the boys look at him (notice they all have newly buzzed heads) with 'holy shit' faces! It is such a different world to me!! To make men into soldiers, Chris, thank you!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glt9X_AnM-g

Out for some fun!

Those line dancing gals!


He was a good sport about going to a country western bar...good thing Big Ben was there!


Pregnant ladies can have fun too:) Rebecca, Caitlin, Me, Teren, and Mariah


Not sure what was going on there, poor Teren could not get around my belly!


Mariah said, "take a picture of me, take a picture of me!"

Last Saturday we got a sitter (Auntie Chow) and headed out for some fun with the Rodriguez's, Teren, Mariah and Matt, one of their friends, and Rebecca. We started at Cait's house for some apps and a few cocktails (well none for me) then to Montana's. I did not want to tell Derek that Montana's is a country western bar, so it was hilarious to see his face and hear his reaction when he saw line dancing, antlers everywhere, and of course all of the cowboy hats! It was a fun time to see the girls dance...I had no idea they were so talented in the ways of line dancing!

35, yikes!!!

On Sunday we headed back to the our old stomping grounds to see the Ayala's for Al's 35th birthday! There was a TON of yummy food and people...oh and flies! So gross, but with the heat and all of the food it was not too much of a surprise. Happy birthday Mr. Al and you guys are the only reason why we miss the area:(

Bath Time FUNNNNNNN!!!!

The kids always have fun with Auntie Chow during bath time!

Nice Derek!

On Sundays I sleep!!! Derek does a great job of hanging out with the kids, making us all breakfast, cleaning up, and taking the kids on short errands. This past Sunday I woke up to this....

Derek and the kids had put the crib together, cleaned it up, and even put the bedding on it! Love that man!!!!!! The bedding is not my first choice, but since I can not find what I want online anymore (discontinued) I have chosen this. Ya now what I really like it! Of course, that meant that I had to continue the momentum of 'getting ready for baby' so we added the curtains, some wall hangings, and took down the closet doors for more room. Now all we have left is curtains for the closet, finish the walls, organize the clothes, buy drew a new mattress & dresser, wash everything, find places for baby stuff, continue on Drew's room, pack bags, find sitters for the kids while I have the baby, and....OH MY GOODNESS so much more to do!!!

Baseball!

We love going to baseball games! On Friday Jo came over to watch Emma while Derek, Drew, Kelly and myself went to the Angel vs. Rangers game. The game SUCKED and even though we had club level seats with in seat service and everything, we left after the Rangers scored 3 homers in a row!!!! Even though we left early Drew was not a disappointed boy at all! He got a red rally monkey from us and Mr. Kelly got him a a new Angels hat. He had soda, peanuts, popcorn and nachos and loved watching all of the stuff (ie balls and pieces of paper) float in the air. Oh and once we got to our typical post-game drinking hole (Chili's) Drew got ice cream with sprinkles...all to himself! I am not sure if he enjoyed the game or having time without his sister, hummm???

New buds!

Saturday we went to Jaxson's 3rd birthday party. The theme was a construction site and the kids were crazy! Teren had brown bag lunches for the kids, crafts to do, adorable "construction" decorations, a pinata (that sucker would not break), cupcakes, and wheels (donuts) to take home in case of a flat! Good job momma Teren:)

As we were driving there I was thinking if Drew would connect more with the other boys? Not that he does not know them or anything like that, but I wonder if he would play with them more and so on. Well, Drew sooo connected with the kids more! He was running around and playing with all of the kids this time...I guess this was the party to connect. It was too funny for me to see Drew throwing things at Em and Jaxs would throw to the side of her...what a sweet boy Jaxs is. It was very sweet to see him grow up a little.

Shower for Lillian

Last weekend my good friend, De Anne, threw a baby shower for myself and Lillian! It was simple, sweet and perfect! I did not want to even have one, but as De Anne and Em put it, "it is because we want to/we love you." Well, how could I say no to that!! There was about 15 of us, yummy finger sandwiches & cupcakes, games, and lots of love. We received many gifts that I need for the baby, but one special gift from Suzie. It is a necklace with all three kids names engraved on it along with each child's birthstones. Of course I cried as I read the card and even more when I opened the gift. It was a great time and I am so blessed to have such wonderful people in my life. Thanks everyone:)

Chris reenlisted

I just wanted to say "thank you" Chris for serving our country for the past 12 years or so and the fact that you have signed up for another 4 makes my entire family very proud! Thank you for being a great senior DI that trains our strong men and women into strong soldiers!

Take a quick look

http://dianaisgonnaloseit.blogspot.com/
Take a look at this blog. I think that it is brutally honest of my friend Diana to write her weight loss journey for all of the world to see. I love this gal, of course you too Melissa, and love reading her blog. Thank you Diana for sharing your struggles with women of all shapes and sizes!

Celebrating Emma turning two!!

The baby girl turned two, so of course we celebrated!! However, we did nothing fancy or big..way too pregnant to deal with that. On the 19th we had a family birthday party for Emma and we were very happy that it worked out for when Patty was here! Em had her "Abby" birthday party and loved all of her gifts!! She got a lot of baby doll stuff and books...which I loved! The kids played dress up a lot and hung out in the little pool that Gramma Linda let the kids have. It was hot outside, but a great time was had:)


On Emma's actual birthday Darci and Gwenie came over for some pool time and lunch. Emma opened up her presents from them (a shirt and cutie pie dress), sun blocked the kids up and headed to the pool. We were there for a few hours and ate yummy sandwiches and fruit then headed back for nap time:) OH and of course I have to mention how Dar saved Emma from death by picking her up out of the water when Em fell through her tube...thanks Darci!!




Later that night, after we dropped Drew off at Gramma's house, Derek gave Emma her flowers (two this year for turning two) and then went to dinner at Hero's. I know it may seem kind of strange taking a two year old to Hero's for her birthday, but she LOVES it there!! All of the stuff hanging from the walls and ceiling keeps her attention through most of dinner or lunch. After dinner we went to Toys-r-us to let her pick out a toy....she was so excited to be by herself with us and when she picked out accessories for her doll house she had the biggest smile!!! It was too cute. Then home and off to bed for her, well after daddy and her played doll house for a bit:)

Emma Girl is 2!!

Two years ago today little Emma was born! Words can not describe the love I have for this little girl, but I do not think words really are suppose to..are they?? When I was pregnant with Drew everything was "boy this, boy that, is he going to be like daddy, I wonder what sport he is going to play, is he going to have Derek's huge head or funny ears, will he be healthy even though I had high blood pressure?" Then when I was pregnant with Emma my thoughts were, "is Drew going to be fine with the baby, who is she going to look like, how in the world is this baby going to wear all of these clothes we have in her closet, we have our perfect family of a boy and girl, please let me be able to deal with 'Downs' if she has it, I hope she does not get my legs!!" Of course, this is not all I thought of, but you get the point. Now Emma is running, jumping, skipping, talking so much, counting, loves to read books and watch Elmo, must have a bow in her hair all of the time, wears dresses without complaints, wrestles with her brother, loves her baby cousin Hannah, plays dress up all of the time, loves the water, and plays with her baby dolls with such care! We love our pretty girl:)