It's Potty Time!

Well, it's not quite potty time yet, however, the potty is officially put together!  Cruz was a big helper in putting the potty together.  He helped with the screws and loved twisting the screwdriver!  He also enjoyed using it as a drumstick on each piece of the potty!  We had a pretty laid back weekend, we did a little shopping on Saturday and then Sunday hung out and watched some men pour the concrete of our splash pad.  It's very exciting and coming along great!!  I'll post some pics when it is finally complete.  Other than that as you can see we put together a potty!!  Why do the weekends fly by so quickly?  It just isn't fair!!  Oh well, I guess if we didn't have the weekdays then the weekends wouldn't be so special, right?  Happy Monday everyone!!  I hope this week flies by for you and you all get a long weekend for Memorial Day!

Cheers!

Peek a Boo

Hello everyone.  I am so sorry for the lack of posts lately.  The blog site that I do this through just "updated" it's site which means it doesn't work for me anymore!  I've been working on how to rotate the pictures so they are not all sideways ... apparently I'm going to have to change the way I take them for now on because they all seem to be sideways as below!  Well, enough about my complaining time to catch up on the past month ...

I don't even really know where to begin!  The weather here is getting hot, 100's this whole last week, low 100's at least for now!!  That makes it hard to do much outside so I'm really starting to rack my brain about what we're going to be doing this summer!  ;o)  The nice thing is the splash pads are all open now in town and the pool will be open at the end of the month.  I think we'll be there a lot!!

As far as what Cruz himself is up to these days he is just talking up a storm and now that he can link most words together that he knows he talks and sings all the time!!  It's great and so much fun!  The best part about Cruz learning new words all the time is that I can teach him any words I want, and of course some i didn't want to too!!  He's getting pretty good at his t-ball and golf games as well!  He loves wearing his baseball glove and playing ball while he watches daddy play baseball and softball, it's so sweet!

New word of the day ... Murse!  Yes obviously mom taught me that one!!

"Miwk or Wader?" can't decide so I'll take them both!!

I won't wear a real hat but I'll wear a diaper on my head ... go figure!

Well we miss you guys and I do apologize for the sideways pics and the long gap of no updates.  I promise I'll start taking pictures holding the camera the other way and keep you posted on our lives.  

For all of you mom's out there, especially my mom and Mario's mom HAPPY HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

XOXO  

18 months!

This amazing little boy came into our lives 18 months ago today, a couple minutes ago! I can't even imagine my life without him, it feels like it's been forever but also just yesterday if that makes any sense!? He is such a joy to watch grow and so much fun to play with! I was hoping to post you a picture of Cruz today with a big whipped cream smiley face on his pancakes or a big half birthday cupcake for him to dive into but he's sick this weekend so we have had a mellow, Elmo filled day!! It's so sad to see Cruz sick, he is usually so funny and filled with energy but he is just laying around and all I want to do is hug him and all he wants to do is lay there (and not hug me- haha). He does seem to be feeling a little better today than yesterday so hopefully we are on the upswing!! Mommy and daddy love you kiddo!!! Happy Half Birthday!!

Just "hanging" out

Cruz is growing each and every day! He is so proud of himself that he can crawl up on any chair and just sit, so he does. We were just playing around the yard so I decided to take some pictures to share with you all! This past week and weekend were pretty mellow. We spent lots of time playing and enjoying the nice weather. Cruz got his first little bike this week too!! Sorry no pics yet as I have to assist with the bike so will try to get some pics soon. It's a YBike so not as scary as a real bike, not just yet anyway!
Cruz's favorite thing to do ... hang. He will hang from anything if he can reach and get his hands around it. It's pretty funny! Apparently he figured out that he can hang from the windows in his play house, who would've thunk! The best part is if you ask him what he's doing he'll say "anging"!

Our post bath time ritual is to wear our towel and go scare daddy which entails a big "ROAR"!

Night night! Since it's been so nice out we were able to break into our summer pj's. Who would've known that one would be so proud to be wearing Elmo jammies! He was so proud of himself and he kept pointing to every picture of Elmo on his pants saying "Elmo!" like he was suprised to see him!! So cute!!

Sweet dreams!

Easter Weekend!

HAPPY EASTER friends and family!! We had a great Easter weekend. The weather here was great and Easter was pretty hot! We tried to fully enjoy Easter activities as you can see in the pictures below. Some were a major success and some (egg dying) were not so much! The eggs did turn colors so that was good, but they were all thrown around and cracked like humpty dumpty. That is the one time I don't blame him for throwing his food, they did look like colorful balls!!


Saturday we went to the Peoria Sports Complex. It is one of the spring training facilities. They had a candy hunt in the outfield which was broken down by age so Cruz was with all kids around his own age and had fun.

Around the park there were bounce houses and little children's play theater people and carnival games and a petting zoo and best of all, pont rides!! I wasn't sure if Cruz would enjoy riding the pony, I know he loves to look at them but he's never ridden one before. As soon as he was strapped in and the pony starting moving I knew we had nothing to worry about. He had a smile from ear to ear and he didn't want to get off! Needless to say he got to go on two pony rides!!

Some of the animals in the petting zoo were a little much. They were jumping on the fence and trying to get food but Cruz still loved most of it. For those of you who know me well, Yes, I was obviously on the other side of the fence looking in!

Easter morning we had our own egg hunt in the backyard. I wasn't sure how Cruz would like it or if he'd even really get it but I was wrong. He loved it and totally got it! Of course I didn't hide too many eggs and once he found them all he wanted more. Next year I'll stock up so I can hide them all over, inside and out!

After our Easter Egg Hunt and delicious brunch we went golfing. All three of us packed all our clubs and ourselves in a golf cart and played 9 holes. It was a big change from when we tried this last time, only a month or two ago. This time Cruz was so into actually bringing his own clubs and balls onto the course and playing along with us! He's been working on his swing and he will soon be better than I am!!

Most of all we missed YOU, our friends and family! It is always hard to start your own traditions for holidays when you just want to be with family!! We had a great Easter and hope you did too!!!!

XOXO

April Fools

Well time is flying by! Something that has become apparent is that Cruz is growing TOO FAST!! He loves golfing and playing tball and the weather has been perfect for that! He is also still really into books and cars. His new favorite thing to do is hang ... on EVERYTHING!! I don't know when he realized he could hang and support his whole body weight but he did and he does! He just swings back and forth, very funny!

Shoes shoes and shoes! Cruz loves to try on our hats, socks, and most of all shoes! He goes into the closet and brings out all of our shoes to try on! Some of them are a little harder to walk in than others, ;o)!

Another fun game we play is to climb in, on and under! It doesn't matter what it is if we can get through or under, we try!! Cruz will crawl under the table with a ball and roll it out between the chair legs and then yell, "ball, ball, ball" so I roll it back and repeat! The stool is much easier to get into than out! That usually requires a little help from "mama"!

Fishy Fishy

Fishy Fishy, or as Cruz would say, "Mishy Mishy" sometimes "Bishy Bishy". We went to Anthem Days this weekend. It's a carnival that comes to town and takes over the large park in the center of town. Cruz is still too young to go on the rides but we went anyway to check out the carny folk and to people watch I guess. Mario played a game and won Cruz some goldfish. Cruz was so excited about the fish!! He kept pointing to them in the bag and saying "Mishy Mishy" every once in a while he'd say "Nemo" so now we have a family pet, two goldfish both named Nemo! He likes to watch these little mishies swim around. Only once has he tried to grab one! ah!