4th of July

We had a nice time celebrating the 4th of July this year! CJ stayed awake for the first couple fireworks but then crashed on his Daddy's chest and missed the finale. There's always next year!

Whoa, Dude!!!

In practically 2 short months our boy will be 2! Amazing how time passes in the blink of an eye...I never really knew this truth until having a child of my own. The first year is really the only time they're a "baby"...after that 1 yr. mark they grow and change rapidly. Cristian has really taken off lately - it seems in the last week or so he's learned new things and doing new things and talking in phrases instead of just words here and there. One funny example recently - he was walking and slipped on the wood floors and busted out with "whoa, dude!" :) H-I-L-A-R-I-O-U-S!!! He sounds like a little surfer! Priceless, I gotta get it on video one of these days!

Cristian is an amazing little boy who makes us laugh everyday and inspires us more than we ever could have imagined! He is the brightest light in our lives...we love you, CJ!!

Our Boy...is amazing!

Cute Kid Alert!

My little one is a week shy of turning 1.5 years old!!! I'm already thinking his 2nd b.day is gonna be here before I know it!

Cristian is such an amazing little boy! He's so loving and fun and silly and smart...just the best son I could have ever asked for and then some!!

We love that Spring is around the corner so we can start hitting up our usual fun spots like the park. CJ loves to play outside. He has fun in the backyard throwing balls around, going up and down the deck, playing in the the dirt (aka Mami's flower pots!), and going up the hill in our backyard. Soon I can see him running and rolling down the hill...I did this when I was a kid at my Grandparents house and I'm sure Cristian will do the same!




Uncle Kevin is a Fireman in Knoxville, and in honor of him Cristian loves to throw on his fireman hat and run around the house! Too cute!



This face, this little boy, this miracle...who is my heart...I love you, CJ!!

Cristian's 1st Haircut!

My little man has curly hair and I love it! But around last November it was getting a little too bushy for my liking...lol. So we decided it was time for Cristian's 1st haircut. We took him to Pigtails & Crewcuts. Cristian was such a big boy...I thought he might cry but he didn't shed one tear! My little one surprises me every single day! The kid's salon is so cute - he got to sit in a fire truck seat - we thought it was fitting being that his Uncle Kevin is a fireman. Cristian loved the bell on the fire truck and that helped keep him distracted while his precious baby curls were being snipped off!

Pre-haircut Pic



During and After haircut pics








After Cristian's haircut we thought we should visit Santa so we hit the mall for a visit with the jolly big man! Here's CJ waiting on Santa to return from feeding his reindeer! :)



I thought CJ would scream...but of course, he surprised me and just stared at Santa like "who are you"? :)



All in all...this was the makings of a wonderful day!

I'm so blessed to have these two wonderful fellas in my life...I love you JJ & CJ!! xoxoxox

Rewind...Oct. 2009

I have missed out on some blogging the last few months and thought it would be nice to catch up a bit...so I'm playing catch up from October 2009.

For Halloween Cristian dressed up as a Blue Monster and he was so darn cute! Halloween fell on a Saturday last year and that was nice b/c we didn't have to rush home from work or anything. We've made it a tradition of sorts to have chili for dinner on Halloween - something tasty and easy - so we can enjoy passing out candy and watching Ghost Hunters (lol)! We always get a lot of trick-o-treaters and we go thru a ton of candy and its a lot of fun to see all the kid's dressed up!




This year was Cristian's first year trick-o-treating and it was fun, but it was raining all day long so we only made it to a couple houses and didn't get a lot of candy for the little guy - not like he could eat it but still...oh well, there's always next year!

Happy New Year!!

Back in the saddle...kind of how I'm feeling today as I officially end my wonderful Christmas vacation! Back to the 9 to 5 and the daily grind...blah! It was so heavenly to be at home with my two boys for 12 straight days...just heavenly! I'm so thankful for the wonderful time we spent together with each other and our families during this time. I miss my boys so much and wish we could spend everyday together...a girl can dream!

We had a blast each day and I'll be updating my blog with some new posts and pics about our vacation...stay tuned.

I'm excited to see how 2010 unfolds...excited at the thought of the endless possibilities that a new year brings. I'm hopeful it'll be a wonderful year...and am grateful for all that I have been blessed with. Here's to making this year even better than the last! Happy New Year!