We spent the afternoon at my mom and dad's to celebrate Father's Day and had a carne asada meal prepared by Patty and Mike- it was delish!!
After dinner we let the kiddos run around and had fun taking pics of the babies. Broderick and Ally are best buddies already- aren't they cute???

I can't get enough of Ally- she is at such a cute age! and so fun to photograph.

Daddy's girl!

I'm so grateful to have such great men in my life--- I can't imagine my life
without them!
I'm specially grateful today for my dad- who will always be so special to me!
Thanks for everything! Te quiero papi!

Andy's Big Day

My little baby graduated from Kindergarten on Friday. He is such a little smart cookie! Andy made so many friends this year and learned so much! It was really a great year- one full of learning, fun, growing, and acquiring new skills!

In Andy's own words- "My favorite thing about Kindergarten was everything!" He especially loved recess, playing soccer, and playing with his best buds- Cameron, Micheal, & Brooklyn- aka= girlfriend.

 

Now he's off to 1st grade and a full day of school- which I must say- I'm pretty excited about.

Standing Ally...

My little Ally is already 9 months old! It seems like everything happened last month- she started crawling (more like scooting), clapping, standing on her own, got her 1st 3 teeth (all within a day of each other) and her 1st word--- "mamamama"... So crazy! She actually learned to clap to the World Cup song- "Wave your flag", she was so excited seeing her brothers dance that she started clapping her hands...

So, this is what I find every time she wakes up from a nap- Ally smiling and standing in her crib.

 

 

 

 

 

 

She is really such a good baby, she was never even fussy through the teething phase! She is always so happy, clapping, dancing, smiling, and giggling away!

Allison Nicole's 8 months...

This is what Ally was upto last month (May 2010)...

 

Spider man Room

I finally got around to working on Andy and Sean's room and to no one's surprise the theme they chose was--- Spider man!!! I was a little reluctant at first and not too excited that they wanted a Spider man room because I knew It would be hard finding Spider man bedding that had the classic Comic book art look vs. the Movies look. But I finally found just what I was looking for from Pottery Barn Kids. Everything including the bunk-bed came from there!

 

 

My favorite is the giant wall mural that covers the whole back wall and the boys love it too. Sean keeps trying to climb up the wall and tries shooting webs from his wrist at Spider man, Andy now has changed his sleep position so he can see Spider man when he goes to bed and has had all his buddies come up and see his "cool room". I'm so glad it worked out great. I still have some work to do with their room but it's a good start.

 

Ally is amazed by it too- she just stares at it...in a couple years she'll be spinning webs with her brothers.

Park Days....

I love the warm weather- we go to the park every day. Andy, Sean and Allison have such a great time and I love the fact that they get sooooo tired from all the running around in the sun that they go to bed early!

 

I love seeing their cute little smiles and hearing them laugh with joy- totally priceless!

Allie- all smiles!

I must have the happiest baby alive... she is all smiles. I can already tell that she is going to be a social butterfly. everywhere we go she smiles at everyone. It's super cute!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Me la quiero comer!

Happy Easter 2010

Here's a few pics. of our Easter this year. The kids got Easter baskets that were loaded with candy, toys and other fun sruff and we had an Easter Egg Hunt!

 

Later that evening we celebrated Pao's B-day! and had some yummy yummy food!

 

We really had a great, peaceful, and beautiful Easter Sunday with family and close friends!

My sweet little girl is 7 months!

We took Ally to the Dr's for a routine visit yesterday and what do you know- She's tall and skiny like her mommy!

Weight- almost 16 lbs- 40th Percentile
Height- 27 inches- 90th Percentile
Head- 75% Percentile

She is growing so fast and is right on track with all her motor skills! As you can see in this pic.- she's a pro at sitting!

 

She is getting soooo fun! always smiling and has turned out to be such a good baby. I was a little worried at first, but she's so good and such a great little companion! I love her more than words can say.... but don't we all just love our little kids!

Andy's Goodnight Prayer

I love hearing Andy pray- it's so sincere and sweet. Tonight he offered the prayer and one of the things he said just about melted my heart.

"Heavenly Father we pray that we will do what you ask us to do, because you are our father and we are your children".

It touched my heart to hear this truth coming from my dear 6 year old son. I thought about how easy it would be if we had this thought in our hearts everyday- to know that we are truly his sons and daughters is a blessing that brings so much comfort to my heart.
When he finished I told him what a sweet prayer he had given and gave him a kiss- He quickly looked up at me with those beautiful blue eyes and said,

"Mom did you know you can talk to Heavenly Father and Jesus like they are your friends?"

We have much to learn from our little ones, I learn so much from them everyday:
-to be more forgiving- kids get over things so easily and quickly
-to say as Sean does over the littlest of mistakes- "I'm shory mom"
-to not take things so serious- it's all about play and laughter
-to smile, laugh and love as they do
-to trust and be so open

I could go on and on.... These are but a few of the hidden treasures we learn from our little angels.

Sean Hannity in Salt Lake City

Sean Hannity came to Salt Lake City today to kick-off his book tour- "Conservative Victory". Many of you may not know that Tom is a big fan and loves politics... so Tom and I went to Borders in Murray hoping to buy a copy of his book and have Sean Hannity sign it. Little did we know that we were also going to have the opportunity to be part of the live audience for the taping of "The Sean Hannity Show" that airs every night on Fox News. We never thought we'd get in since there was only room for about 100 people, but we were lucky enough to get some passes from a very generous man who picked us out of a room full of people...

Sean came across as a very down to earth, nice guy, and a great American with some very good objectives and solutions for all the craziness that's going on in Washington! We got to speak with him briefly. He asked us if we were dating- we said "no, we've been married for almost 8 years and we have 3 kids"- his response was, "wow 3 kids, you guys look like you're 18". He went on to give us some marital advise and told us to stay close to our faith- cool huh! it's not everyday you hear people in showbiz (or politics for that matter)- talk about values and the importance of staying close to God and Christian principles. It was really fun to be a part of a live taping- 'we had our 5 seconds of fame' and an experience we will never forget.

The Living Planet Aquarium

We woke up Friday morning and decided to have a fun family day. It was totally spontaneous as most things in our family are. We took the kids to The Living Planet Aquarium and they absolutely loved being among all the animals! Andy and Sean's favorite was touching the sting rays and seeing the "scary piders and snakes" (as Sean calls them). Sean also loved the nemo's (clownfish) and kept saying "mom there's anoder one". Even Ally was super entertained- her eyes were super big the whole time. Andy's favorite was the Anaconda exhibit- "it lives in the water and land, how cool"!

 

 

 

We really had a wonderful day.... Wouldn't it be great if everyday would be like this- to able to do what you want, with whom you want, whenever you want, for as long as you want? That's our dream!

6- months

Wow 6 months have already gone by- my 7 lbs 9 oz baby is 17 lbs now and growing, growing, growing. The only sad thing about all this growth is having to put away all the clothes that no longer fits- this always makes me a little sad. But then again having a new wardrobe every few months is kinda fun.

Here's what Ally has been upto this last month.
She has been nothing but smiles. It's fun to see a little bit of Andy in her personality- social and sweet. She loves to smile at everyone!

We've had lots of dress-up sessions- My mom calls Ally my "muneca" (doll), she says that's all I do- play dolls with her (and she is my doll). and I must admit I love dressing her up! It takes me back to when Patty and I played dolls together as little girls and dreamed of being mommies some day.

Ally has been practicing sitting up unassisted and just perfected this!

She loves to eat her toes- I always love it when babies do this it's so cute!

We had our first solid foods- rice cereal, bananas and apple juice. She's not too crazy about the rice cereal and seems to like it much more when I add a little banana or apple juice in the mix.... I think she'll be a good eater like my other 2.

She can hold her bottle and loves to drink juice from it!

Ally loves her tongue! She plays with it and makes noises by smacking her lips. I often find her sticking her tongue out- it's pretty funny and also pretty adorable. I don't remember my boys doing that so that's a first for me.

Ally is a great sleeper- she takes about 3 naps a day and pretty much sleeps through the night. She is now on the same schedule as her brothers and often goes to bed before they do! I don't really know how this happened, but it's great to have all 3 kids sleeping by 8:30.

I can't believe we are half way from her 1st B-day- that just seems crazy to me, before I know it she'll be talking and walking all over the place... Here's a few pics.