keeping up

Here we are a little over a week from Nick's 1st birthday and his birthday party. The past week was pretty great. I feel a little more stress free getting the birthday party out of the way. And the nice weather makes for good moods too!!
So this past week on thursday we tried real whole milk for the 1st time, He didn't even notice the difference which is a really good thing. I put it in his bottle for a few feedings while I shopped for some new sippy cups that I thought he might really like putting his new milk in, we were do in for some new big boy sippy cups because his other ones were 6months plus.
Well the new sippy cups he likes, but only to sip water, i tried the milk in there and he just literally sips, doesn't down the whole 6oz of milk like he does in his bottle....so I guess this is where the challenge begins.
I cant complain, I think we have been pretty lucky with him, his teething has never been bad, or any other new introductions like new foods he always takes to easily too, there was bound to be a challenge lol!! But im not worried and im not gonna pressure him, i know this is doable, doc said it could take at least 3 months and we are barely on 3 days..so we have time!
He is also walking, taking slow baby steps, short distances, he is doing very well im proud of him, he is gaining more confidence. The other day was hilarious because he was using his little plastic bat as a cane sort of and he walked from the living room to the kitchen !! HA!!
He ejoys watching his daddy work on yard stuff outside, he loves playing with cars and drives them all around the house. lets just say he knows how to make a mess, but its ok, I actually kinda love when I put him to bed and I come back to the living room to clean it up and it just makes me happy to see all the toys he plays with. I really do enjoy being mommy to this awesome sweet boy!! He is just the best!!

The Birthday Party

Nicolas' birthday party was this past saturday april 9th 2011! and let me tell you it was soooo freaking awesome!! Let me start from the beginning. I intended on waking at 7 to give me time to fix my hair w/o a little booger demanding attention, well i was so exhausted from friday night, stayed up late putting goodie bags together and finding creative ways to put the plastic utensils out lol.. anyway so i woke up at 8 and as i get out of the shower Nick wakes up! little man must of known it was gonna be his special day!! So he was good though, hubby fed him breakfast to give me time to fix my hair, and then set up the tables and chairs and few decorations outside.

Then my sister inlaw shows up with the fabulous cakes, and my mom was in charge of the food. So on the invitation I put starting time at 12:30 because I know my mexican peeps are always running on what i call mexican time. which means show up to a party two hours after the scheduled time on the invitation. Well you can count on just about everyone to get there at 2:15!! I started freaking out a little because the petting zoo got there at 2pm to start setting up and they would be ready for the kids to play at 2:30. So yes everyone was super late but im very glad they all got there in time to enjoy the zoo til 4pm.

Then it was piñata time. We had a cute cowboy boot made to go with the cowboy theme of the party. That sucker was made to last, after all the little kids hit it, the big kids took turns and these kids were 8-12 and they had the hardest time breaking it!! lol. Then followed the cake, that was fun too!! Aunt Laura brought cupcakes with little farm animals on them, then a sheet cake with nicolas' picture on it framed by Wanted sign, and then a mini personal cake specially for nick!! We all sang happy birthday, made a wish and blew out the candle, and out nicolas got to dig in to his mini cake, and boy did he make a mess!! but we all got great pictures for memories, and nick even gave daddy and I and tast of his cake. After the cake the kiddo was such a mess i took off his clothes in the tub, and gave him a fast bath lol!! and some new clothes and he was back outside to say by to most our guests.

poor guy was pretty exhausted, he took a nap while we chilled outside with a few leftover guests, after he woke up we decided to open presents, he got an awesome amount of clothes for the summer!! and a few pretty cool toys too!!

Im so glad the party was such a success!! We kept it small and all about the kids!! Everyone had a great time!! Oh and i forgot to mention..we had a pony for pony rides come along with the petting zoo too!! Cathyscritters.com we got the babies for babies pkg for kids under 3. they are so great!

Toddler

I am officially the mother of a todder!! Its so crazy to me, yesterday I would think back to being in the hospital, and at 4:50 my baby boy was born, today he would only be a day old!! But here we are a year later and we have the best little boy we could have asked for!

So yesterday was so busy and crazy but a great first birthday for our little boy. Morning started off with a 9am doctor appt for his 12 month checkup. He got 3 shots =(  i felt worse than usual about them because it was his birthday! Then to make me feel even worse..I had to take him to Quest Diagnostics to get blood drawn, than wasnt fun!!

But we got through it and there went our morning! then daddy wanted us to meet for lunch. So we had lunch with daddy. After I had some shopping to do for his party, then we had to pick up my sister from school.

We made our way to buil a bear factory. It was fun, he picked out a cute puppy. And we dressed him with a bandana. And my mom met us there, then we played by the fountain at the mall and joined my mom and sister for their late lunch.

finally at about 4pm we headed home, it was time for nick to take a nap. So while he napped i caught up on house work and chatted with a few friends on facebook. Then daddy got home, took us out to dinner, and came home to meet grandparents and uncle alex from daddy's side. Nick was in such a good mood and was he entertainment like always, and we had a mini cake and we sang happy birthday to our baby.

And it was the end of the night...it was a great day full of happiness and love for our baby boy!! Now for more fun at his birthday party tomorrow!! Im so excited and cant wait to see the look on nicks face when he sees the set up and all the balloons which he loves! And all the little activities we have planned for he kiddos!! And remember im bad at postin pics on my blog so check them out on my facebook!! lol!!

3 More days til the big ONE...lol

Jeez..So in 3 days our little man will turn ONE!!!! Can I believe it?...NO!! these last few days Iv just been thinking back to all his firsts. all the first holidays, all his little baby discoveries, and all his silly little things he does. I swear he is a baby comidian... or a clown as his daddy calls him.

This week is going to be soooo crazy for me! Tomorrow I am taking him to take his One year Birthday pictures. And between working, and getting last minute birthday party things out of the way, then he has his 12 month check up on the day of his Birthday!! Im excited about his birthday party, celebrating with friends and family. We have some fun baby things planned for the party.

Its funny this sunday my sister in law was holding him and giving him kisses and she said, next time I see Nick he will be ONE!!!!

Its crazy I will officially have a toddler!! I will catch you up with the birthday week hopefully thursday or friday..If im not too busy going crazy !! lol!

almost there....

Oy...its the end of march. Big week this coming week, Fall 2011 Market at work, blah its gonna b crazy!!

So this weekend was great..not nearly long enough but great weather puts me in a super mood!! Nicolas enjoys it too because we spend more time playing outdoors. We just installed his bike seat on my bike and he totally loves it!!. We are also giving our backyard a face lift to get ready for Spring, we will be spending a lot of time out there BC nick is such a boy and loves the outdoors!!.

He is still being too chicken to let go of furniture to walk to us, he gets down and crawls instead. But in a way its ok I'm enjoying carrying him around still.

His birthday planning is going super. Have most of the shopping done.

At the moment my little goof ball is trying to bite my toes lol. Oh and he is expanding his "vocabulary" he says ball=BA, dog=woow woow. And when he bumps into something says ouch.

One week from today and our boy will be one!!

keeping busy...

I should really get my new post thoughts together before starting each post, but keeping up with an almost 11 month old keeps me so busy its hard to think straight..EVER!! Thats why sometimes I just ramble on these posts, also I always try to type up a blog post on my cell in between being a mom, and keeping my house together and in between working from home!!

New Stuff!! Nicolas took 1 step the other day! I was so Excited!! But he continues being a little chicken about it lol!! Another Fabulous thing is my wonderful husband got a job with Farmers Insurance Claims Department, He starts his first day on Monday Feb.28th! We are very happy for daddy he really deserves this job!

On wednesday of this past week I had to take Nicolas for his first dentist visit. What happen was that he was standing holding on to a chair and he slipped and hit his mouth on the chair, his gum got cut and I was afraid it could be something more serious so I took him to he dentist to get checked out. Everything turned out great thank God!! His gum was just a little swollen and made the "trauma" as they called it look worse than it was. Whew!!

So we are working on Nick's first birthday party..I know still 5 weeks away but we want it to be xtra special because its his 1st and of course he is the first grandbaby on both sides of the family. We have such good and fun ideas planned...but I cant give it all away in this blog bc I want somethings to be a surprise for our guests. Even though we are Mexican we are trying to do this more White style and make it about the kiddos and not so much for the grown ups lol!! and we are cutting down the hours too!! Very Kid friendly!

In one week and 2 days I will have an 11 month old!! But he is soooo great and I thank god every single night for him. For giving us this wonderful little boy to look over!

I also need to give a "shout out" lol to my awsome friend and co-worker Lindsey Gore!!  She has a little two month old baby girl named McClain and we are just two crazy mommies! We love sharing stories about our kiddos and our mommy experiances. I really enjoy working with this Girl she is the GREATEST!!!

I know its about time!!

Sorry friends its been a loooong time!! Iv just been soooo busy watching my baby grow and learn and just flat out enjoying him. I swear I couldnt have asked for a better baby boy! Its the middle of february and I will try to remember all that has been going on since I last blogged back in December.

So Christmas was great I dont remember if I talked about that in my December blog. We had Christmas dinner at my moms house, and we opened presents. Cant beleive Nick stayed up so late to play with all his new stuff.

January-it was an odd start to the year, all the festivities were over, we were shopped out from all the Christmas present shopping. I have to say I am glad the month didnt go by extremly fast, so we were able to enjoy the begining of the year. Now about Nicolas...he stands very well on his own now, his legs are very strong..but the little booger is too chicken to actually take steps on his own. He crawls super fast and stands from any piece of furniture, and he gets into sqwat position and back up super easy, he has some serious baby muscles in those legs!!! We stand infront of him when he is free standing and tell him to come to us but he just gets all excited and lets himself fall forward lol!! lucky we are there to catch him.

February-Baby's first Valentines day!! He wore a shirt that said Mommy's Heartbreaker! Hubby and I dont go all out on Valentines Day, we hate to go out to croweded restaurants on a special day like that, so we would rather just cook up something out of the usual and enjoy it at home. We cooked up some ribs, mashed potatoes, corn, texas toast. And for dessert Ice Cream and Cake!! Yum!!!!! And yes we lite a candle to set the mood lol! And baby sat in his highchair and enjoyed dinner with us.

Nicolas now has gotten so creative at playing with his toys, I enjoy watching him when he plays on his own. He also loves to play with his bouncey ball with us. we sit across from him and he throws it, and it bounces pretty good toward us. And sometimes it bounces away from us and he crawls to go get it back and sometimes he gets mad at the ball and crys on his way to get it, maybe he thinks crying with get the ball to stop rolling away from us lol!!

He likes to make funny faces, loves to give kisses and is super cuddly with mommy!!! Its the best thing in the world, and will never get old.

Eating habits. Just has two bottles a day. And 3 solid meals. We give him chicken and broccoli, corn, apples, pears, beans!! he loves mexican home made beans!! like his mommy!! lol!!

He also loves books! I hope he always will, I always loved to read and still do! He likes when we read to him and even when he is playing or riding in a car we carry books for him and he likes to look thru them. its so cute!

So Nicolas is a little over 10 Months now and he weighs 20pds and is 29 inches long. And with his birthday about a month and a half away we are already planning. We have the theme set. And we have gone over everything, now we just have to shop and get all the supplies and order stuff we need to order ahead of time. Its gonna be great! Im excited but I dont want it to get here too soon. Im in no rush for him to be 1 lol!!

Well until next time...I know I need to post pics! But if your reading this you are more than likley my friend on Facebook and I have plenty of Pics!!