22 months old

Oh my! How you grow so fast! Everyday you get cuter, smarter and even more destructive ! Just the other day you laughed so hard as you unrolled and threw an entire roll of toilet paper in the toilet! The week before that you got artistic and drew all over our beige couch with forrest green marker. However despite all of these acts of destruction your favorite things still include giving mommy and "amie" lots of besos, playing with sissy and running to Sandy the second we open the front door every evening! You eat well, and you are healthy. You love to help with chores and never fuss when we get you dressed in the mornings.
I love you more than ever!

Besos buddy!!!

Big Girl Party!!!

I know I a almost a month behind here, but the big girl birthday party pictures are finally up! This year we had Issy's birthday party at a Bowling Alley in North Attleboro. It was a blast! We were able to invite a lot of kids and all of them talked about how much fun they had weeks later!

Of course....Little Miss loved being the ceter of attention and enjoyed getting spoiled by all her friends.

The rest of the pictures will be up shortly! :)

Sept. 23, 2010

We have a birthday party planned for Issy and her friends at a bowling alley next week. When we moved she announced that was afraid that when we moved she wouldnt have anyone to celebrate her birthday with her. No family, No friends, but we knew better. We sent invitations last week and I was happy when I got a nice long friends list and lots of phone calls on her special day.



Dear Issy.

Happy Birthday Pretty Girl! We have been extreemly lucky that you have been a part of our lives for 7 beautiful years. I knew one day, we would look at your face and see a little girl, but I never imagined that this day would come so quickly. These days your favorite things include Webkins, webkins website, music (Hannah Montana, Taylor Swift etc) , you love watching cartoons on Disney channel, arts and crafts and being outside where you can run around. You are finally becoming aware of fashion (like the skinny jeans you requested for back to school) etc. I have been so naive thinking those things would come later on. You love to read books, which we love to see. Right now, you can't get enough of Where the Sidewalk Ends (thanks Nana) and the American Girl Books.
You are such a sweet and loving girl, stubborn a lot of the time, but you have this drive for learning and figuring things out that I love about you. Since you were little your biggest passion have been animals, last year you told us that you wanted to become a Zoologist.

There is so much we can talk about now. I love every single second. I wish I could keep you this way forever! You are my favorite daughter! I am so proud of you.




For your birthday we had you open presents. Nat's gift showed up about a week before your birthday to torture you, so we let you open hers first. Nat: Thank you for the awesome books, and Webkins. She loved everything!

For weeks, you begged us for Pumpkin Pie with Whipped Topping...That is exactly what you got! I must say, we all enjoyed it too. Yumm!

This one was the gift from Aunty Blanca, who overnighted her gift to make sure it came on time, however we also need to thank Grandma, Nanna and Nanny #2 in Flagstaff for sending Issy a little love. Know that Issy really wanted to spend all of you, but understood that we are just too far to make it possible and it meant a lot that everyone remembered her on her special day.

Love you all,

Toilet Lids

My kids do not lie. If anything they are too honest. The other day I was folding laundry when everything got really quiet all of a sudden. I knew...I so knew that something was up. A I went to look for Jax, when he came running at me with a worried look in his face and a big "oh-oh".
This is what I found....


he cleaned his ears, threw the q-tip in the toilet along with one of my make up brushes. Haha!



Great!!! So long make up brush!!!



This is why toilet lids must be closed AT ALL TIMES!! :)

Boston Public Garden

We made another trip to the City and by train. First of all, I am happy to report that the train lines are making more sense, and each trip seems to be less and less hectic. I almost feel like a local. Ha!

I love everything about this city. If you are bored here, it is only becuase you are a boring person. There is so many fun places to visit. This weekend, we FINALLY made our way to the Boston Public Garden. Since we found out that we were going to move here, I have been dying to bring the kids to this park for a visit.


Its hard to tell with this pictures, but the Public Garden is right in the heart of the city. The trees block out most of the noise, but right outside those gates, there is a whole lot of traffic and people. The park is like a peaceful little gateaway. Brandon and I sat on the benches, while the kids ran around carefree.

Jackson was obsessed with these short iron gates, and made it a point to walk along as much gate as possible.
That weekend also happened to be the equivilent to the Boise See Spot Walk and we got to pet a million dogs along the way.




My favorite part of this whole trip was the incredible willow trees. Beauty surrounds this park and I honestly could not get enough of it.



We walked by the famous swan boats. This is a tough year for the almst two year old, who has too many important things to do to just sit around and enjoy the ride. Next summer, we will be riding for sure.


Also, the famous duckling statue of the momma duck and her darling little ducklings. This one was also another of one of my favorite parts.


...and of course, we also saw real ducks swimming near by.

It was a really fun trip that ended with an ice-cream cone and a long tired train ride home. I'd say this was one of my favorite trips in to Boston so far.

Brandon's Vacay to D.C.

Amazing isn't it? I know....Please excuse me while I turn green with Envy!!! (wink).

Family Hike!

A couple of weeks ago, Brandon and I decided to take the kids to a hiking area that sits just behind a resevoir here in town. We kept seeing this large water area in our GPS and were curious about what it was like. Being that we were all overdue for some excersise we decided to go for it.

As soon as we started walking we were approached by two four legged friends. One of them a cute black lab pup and the second a male golden retriever. The kids and Sandy (our dog) loved having them around...and honestly the were very well behaved so we just let them tag along. It was abvious that the lived near by and were very comfortable with the area. At one point, we started to go in one area, but they, in a weird way made us follow them in the opposite direction. They actually lead us to a nice beachy area along one of the hiking paths...crazy isn't?



Can guess which golden is Sandy? (hint: the one with the red collar)


This is the beachy area the dogs lead us to. It was such a pretty area that we decided to just hang out there the rest of the afternoon. Brandon said that this place reminded him of Cascade, Idaho. When he and his siter were little, their dad would pack up the dogs, folding chairs and they too, got to hang out and play with the dogs all day.


Jackson loved having the extra dogs around. He ran until his little legs could not support him any longer. The black pup was his favorite, he was wilder and had a huge personality.



Of course Issy, becoming a young lady before our very eyes...posing for the camera.

Labor Day 2010 Part 2

On Monday (Labor Day), I decided to take the kids to the Roger Williams Zoo in Providence. By the time we left, my feet were swollen, Jax and Issy were taking turns riding the stroller, and they were exited...but oh boy did we have a blast!!!

The Little Bro. Poor little guy tried to climb on every single fence so that he too could see all of the exhibits. I love this picture.

They had elephants! They were Jacksons favorite!

The girafes were beautiful. They were Issy's favorite.

Jackson was eye to eye with this next fam animal and could not believe what he saw..."look he said to some stranger..."LOOK!!"

This is what he saw: It's a Dexter cow and its smiling...Can you believe it? Hahaha!

We wrapped up our trip, and within 2 minutes...both kids were out cold! Thank god for paid days off. They are very important to me, because time with your kids is so sacred when you are a working Mom. I feel so blessed to have such great kids and proud to be their Mom.

I love you guys!