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And it begins....
As all of you who read this know for the past 15 years or so my family's life has revolved around softball. Now, I kind of resented this as a kid since I was THE ONLY one who didn't play, but now as a Mom I'm totally looking forward to spending my days at the field.
Last night was Gracie's first day of T-ball practice. She's playing with the Rancho Cucamonga Pee Wee league on a co-ed team. She's on a team with Jacob, Mandi's son, and Cole, another boy from her class so she's super excited about that. Best of all, she's a Dodger!
I was so happy that she actually paid attention and wasn't in the back picking the grass :) They had her on first base and she was loving that. All kids have their parent playing the position with them, since they are only three afterall and just them on the field would be insane! She loves when it's her turn to hit and she's doing well at bat.
Now...if someone could just teach my poor girl how not to run like "Phoebe"!!
The little guy turned 5 months yesterday! He's getting so big, so fast. Here's what he's been up to.
To say he's a talker is quite an understatement. He LOVES to talk. Sometimes he sounds like an owl, sometimes a cat but it's just about my favorite sound of the day :)
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a roller! He's rolled a couple of times here and there throughout the month, but nothing consistent. That was until this morning. He must have rolled himself over in his crib a good 5 times between 5:00 am and 6:30 am. How do I know this? Well that would be because every time he did, I had to go in his room to roll him back over since he was not a happy camper after he ended up on his stomach.
He's now eating his cereal and bananas every day and loves it. We're on to oatmeal and then veggies later this week.
This guy LOVES his sister beyond words. She can make him smile faster than anyone! The minute she enters a room he's in (and trust me, everyone can hear when she enters a room) his whole face lights up.
He loves to be in his baby einstein exersaucer and his jumperoo. I love this becuase it means free time for mommy...not to blog of course ;)
Just after a bathtime
My obligatory nudie cutie pic
I know that most of you know that Gabriel does ALL of the cooking at home. I know, I know, I'm really lucky, but I do appreciate it beyond belief! We've been trying to eat a lot healthier lately and so Gabriel's been cooking up some really yummy new stuff. We love turkey burgers and always used to eat them with fries. Tonight however, look what he made instead. He got this recipe out of the Biggest Loser Cookbook and it was delicious and super healthy!
Speaking of eating. I mashed some fresh banana into Dylan's cereal this evening and he LOVED it. I couldn't get it to his mouth fast enough before he would start grunting for more.
After several unsuccessful attemps at feeding Dylan cereal it seems that he's finally got the hang of it. He was actually enjoying it tonight. Well, for the first 5 minutes anyway. I'm thinking that he really just might not like the cereal so I may just try to give him food and see how he does with that. Here he is eating away!
You know those nights where everything just seems to go right? Where dinnertime, bathtime, storytime, and bedtime all go so smoothly? Well you have no idea how glad I am to say YES ladies, tonight was one of those nights!! They have been coming few and far between so I surely celebrate them when they are here. To share my celebration, here are my two little angels right after storytime being oh so sweet!
It was nice to actually stay local this weekend after spending the last two weekends in Havasu. Saturday, after getting rained out at a birthday party, we headed over to my parents house to see how my dad was doing. He had surgery on his rotator cuff and he was recovering pretty darn good. Since the weather cleared up, we decided to take the kids to Early California Days (the church carnival). As you can see, my little daredevil had a blast going on the big kid rides and was not happy when it was time to go.
About a month and a half ago my mom and I bought sewing machines. I've always wanted to learn how to sew but I never thought that it was even remotely possible. Anyhow, there was a great deal on Joanns.com and when my mom said she was getting one, I said what the heck and got one too. So on Sunday, my Auntie Mary (the sew master) invited us over to teach us how to work these beasts. I'm proud to say that with the help of her and my Grandma (the teacher's aide) I have mastered my machine! Quite frankly I am feeling pretty damn sewtastic!! I completed one whole project there and am almost done with a second.
Thanks Auntie Mary and Grandma for an awesome Sunday!
Well, we've made it to Friday! My 5 day workweeks always go by so slow! Anyhow, on Friday's I'll be posting pics from back and way back in the day. Here's a fun one to start things off.
Gabriel and I circa 1994 dancing the obligatory waltz for Evelyn Lugo's Quinceñera. Would anyone ever have guessed that we'd be married 10 years later??
Have a great weekend everyone!
Well it was another great weekend in Havasu for the Valdivia Fam. Driving up at night was definitely the way to go and both of the kids were great! We woke up and hung out for a while and in typical Arellano fashion, didn't head out to the lake until about 1:00 pm. So there we were in the Marina waiting for Gabriel to park the Suburban and get back to the boat.
We've got the kids all geared up
Sunblock on - check
lifejackets on - check
hats on - check
sunglasses on - check
icechest filled - check
towels, blanket, dylan's bumbo - check
alarm sounding on boat - check
Yep, that's right. Before Gabriel got back on the boat, the stupid alarm went off AGAIN!! Yes Tracy, it was Deja Vu! We just had the water pump replaced and the boat serviced at a hefty price last month when this happened. This should not have happend again. We brought the boat back in, which does not make for happy ,hot, sweaty kids. We took the boat back to the shop, left it there and headed back to the house. This is where having a pool makes for a great plan B. The guys had went to the market earlier that morning and had picked up some great food to BBQ later and so we just ended up enjoying the afternoon in the pool and the guys heated up the grill. Gracie's getting a lot braver and is doing better swimming without her floaties on. She'll definitely be swimming on her own by the end of the summer. Dylan went in the pool for the first time and LOVED it.
The guys picked up the boat later that night and all was fixed. We headed out to Moabi on Sunday and spent the afternoon there. All the kids were great as usual and they had a blast.
Nathan loved hanging out in the boat pretending he was driving. Although, he seemed to have gotten a bit distracted when Uncle Gabe turned up the jams and the girl next to us proceeded to jump up and down, up and down, fake boobs and all! Hmm....thanks Uncle Gabe!
We ran into some of Rudy's friends from work and they were in full party mode (Oh, the good 'ol days). They had Rudy bring out the beer bong and we had two very interested onlookers. Dang...where are those kids parents?? Don't get any ideas kids, you've got a good twenty years 'till you're having this kind of fun!! Stick to your sand toys for now!
We wound up our weekend by celebrating Grandpa Mike's birthday. We spent the afternoon at my in-laws with the family enjoying some more great BBQ. Gracie woke up this morning and the first thing out of her mouth was "Mmmm...that was some good birthday cake Grandpa Mike had!" Silly girl, she must have been dreaming about it! Happy Birthday, Grandpa Mike!!
