BLUR

How can time fly by so fast but at the same time I’m like, “is it their nap time yet??”  These past few years have been a blur so I must remember to blog once in a while so I can remember these moments!

It’s so weird.  I feel so emotional all the time.  It’s been 16 months since I birthed a baby last…when does everything get less hormone influenced?  Is it the hormones or is it just the fact that there are 2 humans that depend on me, whom I love to infinity and beyonnnnnd.  I think my children are the cause of this sudden urge to be in the moment.  They are growing so freaking fast.  It’s so fun to watch them grow…it’s still amazing to me, that these two kids are mine.  So these kids I speak of…they’ve had birthdays.

Max will officially be 3 1/2 tomorrow and Rio is 16 months a little over a week ago.  I want to just share a few pictures on here so I have their birthdays documented somewhere.  Someday I will make those scrapbooks and photo books I have been promising myself to make!

Now for an update on Max:

We cut his long curly hair so he would look like a big boy at his 3rd birthday party!

These are the “AFTER” shots.  We didn’t get too crazy.  We knew we’d miss his long hair if we went too short.

 

 

These are just a few pictures from his party from my phone:

Party was on November 16, 2013 (his godmother’s bday) but his real bday was on November 18.

He chose Monster’s University for his theme as this was the current movie we were watching ALL THE TIME.

I decorated the cakes myself and my aunt made the cake pops 🙂

LOL.  I wish I had time to crop myself out of the photo below…but, oh well.

With his best friends.  Wes and Jaden.

Day after.  Watching Monster’s University with his best brother and all his Sulley and Mikes.   Yikes!

Max,

You bring me so much joy.  You always want hugs and kisses and I love giving them to you.  You will always be my baby no matter how much of a big boy you think you are.  The thing is….you really are becoming a big boy.  You are learning to dress yourself and put on your shoes yourself.  Although it’s so frustrating for you (and mommy and daddy) sometimes…one day soon, you will put your underwear on right side out and frontwards each and every time you try and we will miss the little boy who needs our help with such a  mundane but very important task.  Unless you like to go commando like some people I know.  Ha.  You can sing all your favorite songs, scream and shout, pearly shells, frozen heart, fixer upper, and so much more.  You can count.  You love your big boy scissors and want to cut the tags off of everything.  You love your “cooking things” and your “food toys”.  You play with your little figurines everyday they are your favorites!  Ocean toys, animals, and bugs.  You still need a snail for your bug collection, so you tell me.  I must say you are always one of the most enthusiastic kids with SO MUCH ENERGY and never shy in all your “kid activities”.   We’ve enrolled you in your first classes and sports.  You are currently in your first session of swimming lessons and soccer.  You love it all!  You always ask to go to “kids places” because you absolutely LOVE being a kid and seeing other kids.  You make me miss being a kid so much because you are SO GOOD AT IT.  You love to play and be happy and you always want everyone to play and be happy with you.  If you see me mad or sad you’ll say, “mommy, why aren’t you happy???  Be happy mama!”  and you’ll show me your big smile and give me a hug.  You ADORE your baby brother and you always take good care of him (except for when you are grabbing your toys away from him).  You introduce Rio as YOUR baby or your baby brother everywhere we go.  You are stubborn and have your melt downs at least once a day but I can see you learning to show your emotions and control them and that is a great thing.  I love you so much more than you can ever imagine.

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Now for Rio’s update!

Rio turned ONE YEAR OLD on January 7, 2014.  We had his first b-day party at Dalton Hall at St. Thomas More Parish.  We chose “Hot Air Ballons and Clouds” for his theme and it was so much fun!  I couldn’t help myself with this theme…I think I’m addicted to parties.

I apologize in advance for this unorganized picture post.

(Photos by Daisius Photography) He was taking his first steps already at the time of his party, but didn’t really start walking around on his own until a month after.

I’ll start with…CAKE TIME!

Some photos of Rio’s guests:

   You may notice a lot of Seahawks gear…it was GAME DAY!  I think this is the day the Hawks won the NFC championship!  So it kind of seemed like a Seahawks themed party which is very fitting for Rio since he already seems to be the athlete of the family.

With Grandma and Grandpa

Thank God for Lolo cooking and video taping!

Lola and Lola Imelda making things happen in the kitchen

US (and Olivia :)):

Some more details:

Cotton Candy Clouds    Cute Cloud Cookies baked by Rio’s Godmother, Kim
Cloud Cake baked by Rio’s mommy, ME 🙂

Adorable Cake pops made by my aunt, Tina.

 Hot Air balloons that my mom and I made.

Didn’t get a good pic of the set up crew because we set up EVERYTHING in an hour:

 

Clean up crew aka. best fam ever:

The hot air balloon from the photo booth was a little disheveled by this photo.  This was at the end of the party when I finally got some Mama and Rio time 🙂  He didn’t mind getting passed around at the party like I though he would.  He loved the attention!

With the best daddy ever

The day after back at home.  He loved his crown that I made for him that I forgot to use at the party!! 

Dear Little Rio,

You are 16 months now and sitting on my lap as I type this.  You complete our family.  You bring so much laughter to our house.  Your big brother thinks you are hilarious and you love to make him laugh.   You are so independent.  I’ve never seen such an independent baby!  Every time we go to a park or play area everyone is amazed that you can climb up the stairs and go down the slide all by yourself.  You know what you want and you don’t stop until you get it.   Sometimes I call that being stubborn, but later on I know it will serve you well.  You love to tickle feet, sing songs, eat snacks, drink everyone’s beverage, play with mama’s hair, read books (for 10 seconds at a time), balloons, and most of all…you love to play with balls.  I know all kids love to play with balls…but with you, it’s kind of obsessive for lack of a better word, lol.    Some words/phrases you know:  Ball, juice, again, mama, dada, lolo, lola, snack, book, bird, moo, no, shh, “turn down fo what”, “let it go”, hot, cold, and you can copy noises like a pro.  You love to dance and you already know choreography to Frozen’s “let it go” and Disney Jr’s “D.J. Shuffle”.  You love to copy your brother and I must say, he is your number one teacher.   You are so cute and I just want to eat you up every single day.  You know how to give kisses and hugs and it’s so sweet.  Unfortunately, you don’t really enjoy cuddling that much unless you don’t feel well or if you’re tired…you ain’t got time for dat.  You’re always too busy playing!  I want to cuddle with you 24-7 but you won’t let me!   I’m sorry I don’t blog as much as I did when you’re kuya Max was a baby, but it’s tough with two active boys.  I love you so much my little baby and you are growing so fast.  I’m not complaining though, I just need to cherish every moment.

You and Max are watching Frozen right now and it’s almost done and you two are starting to complain of hunger so I better end this.  And now you are licking my leg.  WTH.