Getting Sleep in!

My Bug is an active little guy, but when he stops he is dead weight.  He only stops when he is sick or sleepy, and i have been in awe over the last two years of the positions that he stops in.

Sometimes he looks like he is in the most awkward positions, yet he makes you wish you were sleeping as good as he does when you look at him all the time. I look at him and smile and i look at him wishing i knew what it was like to sleep as hard and good as he does. 

I caught my self looking at all the sleeping Bug pics i have and decided to share, b/c i truly enjoy them and him so much. Maybe one day he will look back at his pics and wish he could recreate this good sleep haha.

1st bake sale!!!

My inner Martha Stewart and Bee Smith was rejoicing last night when i got to make goodies for the Bugs first ever school fundraiser!! 

I kept my skills quite low key and contained as this was my first.  Didn't wanna jump out the gate with to much but at the same time didn't wanna under do anything either.  So i made a batch of gooey scrumptious sweet fudge brownies. 

Not to much and not to little for the first bake sale right?!? I mean we have years and years to come of bake sales and other fundraiser events to come so ill let my skills and talents slowly make their way out to the magnificent wonders they can be! Cant wait for the nights to come when all the aunts including the Bugs oh so talented God Mommy will be over for baking night, and assembly line production etc creating goodness.  The Bug has a big team pushing him to success.

I handed them over and people were looking at me like i did the most of something, but to me this was not even a sprinkle of how talented i can be! I LOVE THIS STUFF! I was quite shocked that none of the other parents who bring their kids in early came empty handed.  I was even more shocked because i was so eager to be baking for a cause. I mean the brownies may have cost me $8 to make but all the cash they make for the kids is what counts. But you never know whats going on in peoples lives, or even if that was an activity they would have enjoyed.  All i can say is i think i did pretty well for our first bake sale fundraiser and i am excited for all the next ones that will follow.

Drive-in

When i was a kid we went to the drive in quite a lot! As an adult i now know this was a very practical treat for my parents, but i didn't know that or care back then. So this weekend i thought about the pro's and ended up taking my Bug to his first drive in movie!

A few Pro's to being a parent and taking your kid to the drive in...

1. You get to go out with having to pay for a sitter

2. Getting to bring your own food and snacks lets you avoided paying an arm and leg at the concession stands

3. Your kids can talk, be whinny, roam around and you wont disrupt anyone one else, but those in your car

4. Its CHEAP! It cost 7$ per adult (which is cheaper than the regular theater) and children under 5 are FREE...AND you get two movies for that price

I haven't been to see a movie since before my Bug was born, so this was a long awaited treat.  Two movies for 7$, in the comforter of my own with my own...amazing.

When we arrived at the drive in it was the bugs normal bed time.   So being in a car at bed time meant one thing, Sleepy time and he was KNOCKED out in his car seat before we pulled in. We chose our screen and paid, our two-fer special was Cars 2 and the Green Lantern. 

Cars 2 was up first and as soon as he heard the cars on the screen he popped up.  My Bug was wide awake the entire movie laughing and watching with intensity! We had a snack while watching the movie, he had a chat with me in his gibberish, and he pointed at the screen talking every time he saw Lighting McQueen.  Then the movie was over and the credits begin to roll and he decided it was time for bed and knocked out in my lap.  I laid him down in the back seat and got to watch the Green Lantern in silence.  WONDERFUL Saturday evening.

If your a parent, or not this was a great deal! The theater was packed too,I'm glad this is a place that has not died off but is still alive...i will be going back with my Bug again this summer!

Church

We have been attending Crossroads Church in Corona and i have to say i love this church.  Its really like a second family when we get there, and i do not think i ever felt this way when i have arrived at a church.  I am starting to build relationships with other members and hopefully we will be able to attend more fellowship activities and get involved more when our schedules get a bit defined in the future. 

I really love knowing my Bug has an enjoyable time with people who have God in their life guiding them.  Helps me know that the things being said and care be given to my son is all grounded by a common faith. It is also great to know that he gets to class and is EAGER to get in his classroom and fellowship with his teachers and peers!  Makes me wish i had the means to send him to this school full time.

All his crafts he creates he walks out of class holding as if he really knows "I did this, and i know what it is" I LOVE it, and God willing this motivation and love for church, our faith and beliefs is something that he will grow to know and love with each passing day!

A FEW OF HIS CRAFTS

Rice Bowl "I was hungry and you fed me-Jesus"

Apparently he wasnt into coloring this day

July 4th, 2011

2011 fourth of july has been one of the best!

We went to hang with Uncle tre's Girlfriends family for the day and had a blast.  The bug was a little unruly but it was a holiday so it was OK.  There was water playing for the kids, table tennis, football, double dutch action, a mini pool in the front yard, music and so much more. 

My Bug was a champ when it came time for fireworks too. He had a bit of break down b/c he had to sit still for a while but then fireworks started and he was in awe.  He looked in amazment and said " oooh wow" LOL CLASSICLY FUNNY.

A fire work fell over from the neighbors firework show and shot to the drive way where we were sitting..scary at the time but now funny.  It started raining, yes in the middle of fire work action it started POURING rain.  We hide for shelter in the garage watching all the fire works in the sky and my niece Baby J looked up and said "are we hiding from the fireworks so they dont kill us" b/c she was afraid of the fire work that had fallen over later...can you traumatized for life! LOL

Great food, family friends and fun times equal memories that will last us a life time...now only if we had taken a picture or two...LOL

Beach Birthday!

Beach Day was amazing. It was the Bugs first time at the beach and his birthday, surrounded by friends and family and good times.

The Bug LOVED the sand, but didn't care for the water much. He ran and ran all through the sand from our pit to the water.  When he got to the water he IMMEDIATELY turned around and ran away.  I picked him up and held him and walked in the waves...instantly he turned into a spider monkey with a death grip.  It was funny but i didn't want it to be traumatic.  I put him down and instantly he ran away from the waves and jumped in the nearest family members arm who was no where near the water.

Besides playing in the water he loved the sand, hot dogs and family. I use to LOVE the beach as a kid, but now as an adult the beach is exhausting! It was a lot of work just walking from the pit to the water, it could be i was out of shape or im just old, but despite the workout i got i think it is a day we will repeat again sometime this summer.

We are TWO!

We weigh 28.5 pounds and stand 28.5 inches tall...83rd percentile! GGOO BUG!

Eating Chocolate Cake His Grandpa Made for his birthday

Great Grandpa was in town and had him some birthday cake as well,with his broke hand and all...