Visiting Jeaner

We got the chance to visit one of my best friends Jean and it was so great to catch up and see her beautiful family. She has an almost 4 year old daughter Anne and another daughter that's almost 2 named Katie. As you will notice from the pictures, Katie and Mateo make a great future couple!!!

Mateo Van Gogh

Mateo decided he wanted to paint since it finally cooled down into the high 80's by dinner! He is so adorable when he paints because he acts as though he is doing a high priority job. He loves washing off his paintbrushes in water. As you can see by his artwork, he is well on his way to becoming a distinguished artist...hehe.

Summer Update

We have been taking Mateo to swim lessons and he has come so far in his water confidence. He's kicking like crazy and loving being in the pool with his cousins! This was his first day and obviously pre-haircut. A few weeks back, we went to Palm Springs and the hotel had an amazing pool. Here's Mateo with his Nana.

This isn't a great picture but there is a slide in the top left hand corner and Mateo loved it! I wa a bit scared to put him down it but Cesar was at the bottom and it went really slow.

Guess Who Got a Haircut?

Ok, so I have mentioned quite a bit lately that we might want to TRIM Mateo's hair. I absolutely adore his curls, so a trim seemed appropriate. Well as you can tell by the pics, a trim did not take place. My poor little man is left with scarcely that...but he's still beautiful. My mother-in-law gave Mateo a squirt bottle to play with while he was getting his hair cut and it worked like a champ. He didn't fuss a bit until the very end!So the first pic is the "BEFORE"... Here is daddy, starting the job.



Here's Mateo towards the end...

And the final result...

Choo Choo

Mateo was so excited to ride on the "choo choo". We took the metrolink train to San Juan Capistrano and checked out the mission. I had never been and it was amazing. It's incredible how much history has been preserved there.They have this amazing pond in the middle of the courtyard with the biggest Koi fish you've ever seen! Mateo wanted to get in it so bad!

Tag, I'm It!

Please copy and paste this list, obviously changing the answers to your own, and post a new blog.

A--Attached or Single? Attached. Married 2 years

B--Best friend/s? Shannon

C--Cake or Pie? Apple Pie

D--Day of Choice? Saturday or Sunday

E--Essential Item? Insulin

F--Favorite Color? Green

G--Gummy bears or worms? Worms all the way

H--Hometown? East Oly.

I--Indulgence(s)? Shoes and Starbucks ham and cheddar breakfast sandwich

J--January or July? July for sure.

K--Kids? 1 son Mateo

L--Life is incomplete without? My family, laughter, and an iced americano

M--Marriage date? July 29th, 2007

N--Number of siblings? 1 brother

O--Oranges or apples? Washington apples baby

P--Phobias or fears? Losing my son or any more family memebrs

Q--Quotes? "It's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all"

R--Reason to Smile? Mateo's laugh

S--Season? Fall in California, Summer in Washington

T--Tag 5 people? Amy, Sue, Kim, Cherrise, and Brandie

U--Unknown Fact? I HATE seafood

V--Very Favorite Store? Right now it's ALDO

W--Worst Habit? biting my nails and never removing water bottles from my vehicle

X--X-ray or ultrasound? I've never had an x-ray and ultrasounds are so cool

Y--Your favorite food? Mexican all the way (maybe that's why I married one)

Z--Zodiac? Gemeni

That's Mama

So Cesar has this blonde Bud Light woman cut out in our garage and I was walking outside with Mateo when he points to her and says "mama" and smiles. I was ROLLING. So I ask him "Who's that Mateo?" and he looks at her and then me and says "mama"! Well at least he thinks his mom is that cute right?!? Here is the pic.

FYI- That's strawberry on his forehead!