It snowed

So last Monday it snowed her in Contra Costa County. It was so awesome to see. We didn't know what to expect when we woke up Monday morning but in our neighborhood there was no show. Tyler was so bummed because Mike had told him the night before that there should be snow when he gets up. Now being that I grew up in snow I wasn't too excited about it I hate being cold and wet so for me it wasn't something I really cared about... That was until I took Tyler to school and saw car's with snow on them. I dropped him off and it got me wondering where did it snow. I drove towards Clayton and there it was it was really beautiful. The mountains were covered in a blanket of snow and it really made me excited. Had I known I would have taken Tyler to Clayton before school to let him play in it. It was a once in a life time experience and I was a little sad that he was missing it. So on my lunch hour I picked him up from school and before taking him to Mimi's and Papa's I surprised him and took him to see the snow. I found a little hill that hadn't been touched yet. He was so excited and so was I. Here are a few picture of our time with the snow. It was truly a beautiful sit to see. I'm sorry for anyone who missed it. We did save some snow for Carissa cause she was pouting about not being home. lol

Our Christmas Tree

Our beautiful Christmas tree. Mike Tyler and I enjoyed Thanksgiving morning putting up our Christmas tree. I'm surprised how well Jake has stayed away from it. I really thought I would be fighting him everyday to stay way from it. I even put all the ornament up higher so he couldn't play with them. I think once I put presents under the tree it will be a lot more exciting to him.

9 months

Our little Jaker is 9 months already!!! He's 19lbs and just a bundle of joy in our lives. Now that he is starting to be a little more independent Tyler seems to enjoy him a little more. Tyler is still very much in love with his little brother and is a very good big brother. Jake loves Tyler and just wants to be where ever Tyler is. Mike and I feel very blessed to have such beautiful and wonderful boys in our lives.

Thanksgiving and Black Friday shopping

Thanksgiving was a very quiet but nice day, we started the morning off with hot Cinnamon rolls and decorating the Christmas tree. Tyler and Jake has a good time. Mike worked on the front yard trying to get the out side lights up. We headed to my parents for an early dinner and watched Santa Buddies with Tyler to finish the night off. It was nice, the food was great and I really loved being with my parents.
I decided this year I wanted to see what shopping black Friday was all about. So at 11:30 I dragged my sister with me to Toys R us for what could have been the longest line I had ever saw. Luckily I found some friends who were in line and let us cut in. It was a really fun night. I really enjoyed getting out and being with my sister. My mom even joined in the fun around 3:30am. We really didn't find much to get up so early for but it was a great bonding experience for us all. I love it and I'm thinking we should do this every year!!!!

Happy Halloween 2009

We had a great time this yr trick or treating, On Sunday before Halloween we went truck or treating at the church with my sister and best friend and our families. Tyler had a parade at school on Friday. Then on Saturday we all went to my sisters eat pizza with my parents and then went trick or treating around her neighborhood.

Jake is 8 months

Such a busy little guy, but hes so much fun and brings our family so much happiness. A true blessing

Tyler is 6

Where does the time go. I can not get over how fast the years just seem to fly by. Tyler is 6 years old. We celebrated hes birthday with lots of friends and family. My parents we nice enough to let us have it at their house.

Jake is 7 months

So Jake is 7 months wow how time flies, he has gotten so big so fast. He now has 5 teeth and is into everything. He is very loud and makes it known when he is in the room. He crawling has improved and hes very fast. He HATES being held down to be changed its a challenge. Hes a pretty happy baby. He lights up when Tyler walks into a room. He started to say Da Da and Mike just loves it. Hes always rubbing in. :o) Jake's has now started to eat foods like gold fish crackers and things he can munch on. We feel very blessed to have such 2 wonderful children

Tylers

So Tyler started school a few weeks ago and it seems to be a better year then last year already. He really enjoys the daycare he goes to after school and his teachers. This year he has 2 teachers. Tyler is repeating Kindergarten, Mike and I along with his teacher from last year and the principal and a few other people we had to meet with think it was a little to early last year. Tyler started last year as a 4year old almost 5 year old. We both agree that his attention span just wasn't there along with some maturity that he needed. This year he is one of the older kids and I can already see a big difference in him. He seems to be able to handle directions a little better and has been asking me to read to him which last year we made him sit down and listen to us read to him. I'm really happy with this decision that we made to give Tyler the gift of time and just let him grow a little more.

Jake is 6 Months old

So Jake is 6 months, I cant believe its been half a year since he was born. Time is just flying by and I cant seem to slow it down. I want to capture every moments of Jake's life. He's growing so fast. Hes amazing in so many ways. Hes such a great baby, he is so smiley and loves being held and kissed on. He loves his big brother and is trying to keep up with him. There are so many new things that hes doing. He's full on crawling now, pulling him self up on everything and has learned the art of crawling and then sitting him self up. Its so crazy to think how much he does for someone who's only been on this earth for 6 months. Here are a few pictures of Jake at 6 months

San Ramon water park

Today Corrie invited me and the boys to join here and the girls to the water park. Tyler had a great time with his cousins. He was so happy to play with them. The weather was so hot today so it was very nice to get out of the house and do something fun even Jake got into the water. Thank you Corrie for thinking of us. Hopefully we can do something again before all the kids go back to school.

Darens Birthday

On Saturday August 8th, Mikes cousins where in town from Texas visiting. It was a family party and a surprise party for his cousins Daren who will be turning 40. It was a cowboy themed birthday. We had such a great time. I really enjoy being around his family. I don't have alot of family around so when we get together with his cousins I really enjoy it. My family is kinda scattered all over from Utah, Wyoming Texas, Minnesota. I have 1 uncle here in California but no cousins here. So I always tell Mike how lucky he is to have so many cousins that live so close. Although it doesn't seem like we seem them that often. His family lives in Pleasanton, Stockton, Fremont so fairly close. Here's a few of my favorite pictures from the party. Thank you to Uncle John and Irene for hosting such a wonderful event. We really enjoyed out time. Happy Birthday Daren and I'm so happy we got to see everyone at the party.

How fast things change

Today I was home from working taking care of Mike he had a tooth extracted yesterday and need someone to take care of him. So I had some time today and I decided that since Jake has been sleeping in his crib since he was 3months it was time to say good bye to the baby cradle that has been sitting in our room filling up with laundry I was to lazy to put away. I love it when our room is clean and neat so it had been bothering me. It was so sad to see the cradle go. Corrie did such a great job making a new bedding for me and I hardly got to use it. Jake is such a restless sleeper and it was better for me and him that he started sleeping in his own room. We both weren't getting enough sleep. He is pretty much sleeping though the night once in a while he will wake up. He is such a good baby I feel so blessed. So good bye to the cradle until the next baby! Lol

Santa Cruz

On Sunday Mike and I with my parents the boys and Corries 2 youngest ones went to Santa Cruz for the day. We has such a great time. Tyler was so much fun. He loved riding all the rides and was up to going on anything. Jake and Papa hung out most of the day. Here are a few pictures of our fun day. Thank mom and dad and Corrie for letting Jewel and Emilee tag along for Tyler.

I forgot.....

I forgot while we were at Tylers appointment Jake got his 2nd tooth. yah poor baby!!!!!!

Tylers dental appointment

Yesterday I had takin Ty to my office to clean his teeth and have his annual 6 month check up. He is so easy going, he doesnt mind me cleaing his teeth and his such an awesome little patient. He look forward to his check ups at my office and we will have to go back in a few weeks to seal his 6 year old molars

Jake is 5months

Jake turned 5 months on Monday I think?? lol He is doing so much he has mastered rolling over and has now started the first stage of crawling. I thought for sure Tyler was my only child that would grow so fast and that Jake was going to be so much slower... Ha ya right Jake is following in his Brothers foot steps. Over last weekend he also got his first tooth and just this morning I can see a second one making its way. Poor baby explains why such a bad night for the both of us. So I told myself I was going to try to be better at this whole blogging thing now that my life has starting settling down and things have become more normal around here. It was a few weeks of adjusting to Jake then I went back to work a few days a weeks. So I finally feel like I have a handle on life. Tyler is doing great he finished T-ball and with 2 trophy's he couldn't be happier. He had a great year of playing I think by far this was his bestest year. Next year he will move up to coach pitch. As for Mike he has takin a new job and it's nice he works 4/10s and has Fridays off. So he should have 3 day weekends but he does side jobs on those days. He trys not to work Sundays and be home for family time. He's working hard right now because we both want me to be home more with the kids and also we are planning on going to Disneyland at the end of the month. YAH but Tyler doesnt know. Ok so thats the 411 on us for now. Things are great life is great. Heres some new pictures.....

Jakes is 4 months

Jake is 4 months old, He is so happy and such a great baby. He just started to roll over this week and I think he's teething :o( I cant complain he is amazing he sleeps through the night and is so easy. He's beautiful blue eyes have remained blue and the are so amazing. I get so many complements on them. When Tyler is around Jake lights up and is all smiles for his bother. Its the cutest thing ever. Tylers asking for another bother! lol

Happy 1st birthday Mariyah

Mine and Mikes god daughter turned 1 on the 3rd of May. Her 1st birthday party was so amazing. It was at a park in Brentwood and had a circus theme to it. My best friend Veronica did a great job with her party. She had thought of everything. Jump house, a clown, a taco truck to cater the event. cotton candy and the cutest goody buckets for all the kids. Mike and I was so blessed with such great friends and feel so lucky that they have choose us to be Mariyah's god parents. He are a few pictures of the party. My father in law too almost 800 pictures of the party.

Jake is 2months old already

I feel like I have been so busy lately, I forgot about this blog thing. So my wonderful co-worker Paula informed me that its been 4 weeks since my last update. So here my update. Jake is 2 months old and getting so big. He is a very good baby he is almost sleeping threw the night and when he wakes up in the morning his smiles are so big. He's a very happy baby. The only time he gets really mad is when he's eating and you take a break to burp him. He's eyes are still very blue so we are thinking that he's going to keep them. I think it would be cool. One Brown eyed monster and a blue eyed monster. Here's his pictures I took on Monday the 27th. I also mailed out his very cute baby announcements today. I cant wait for everyone to see them. I think they turned out so good. Tyler is doing ok. He's been a bit of a handful this last weeks but we are working it out. His school year is coming to an end and will be here before I know it. He's really enjoying T-ball giants and golf lessons. Its something he look forward to during the week and weekend. I'll try to be a little better on posting.

Jake is one month!!

Wow how time flies I cannot believe Jake is already a month old. He doesnt go back to the Dr.'s until 2months, but I can tell he is getting big. He is sleeping pretty good through the night. He gets up once around 1 or 2 am. He has started to smile and cooing. Its really cute. He reconizes voices, oh and his newest thing is screaming until he's bright red. Im not sure how to break that. I dont like it. Here a picture of Jake 1 month!

Just some cute pictures!