Beverages

When Eli wakes up in the morning I ask him what he dreamed about. He always takes a while to think about it and then answers that he dreamed about milk, water, or orange juice. It's never been anything else. Funny kid!

During breakfast I give him orange juice to start off with and by the time breakfast is over he often has three cups in front of him; OJ, milk, and water. He likes to drink!

Cute Pictures

Swimming with cousins

Matching clothes: Eli- 2 years 8 months Diego- 12 weeks

Playing

Cesar and Eli making pizza for our Family pizza/movie party

Diego swaddled up and peacefully sleeping.

Vacations

Cesar took a Maymester Southwestern Architecture class (three week class in between Spring and Summer). As part of the class they took a 9 day "field trip". It was a road trip to Arizona, New Mexico, and part of Colorado. They visited different sites a long the way. Cesar had a great time! I'm glad he got to go and enjoyed his vacation.

While he was gone, Eli, Diego, and I spent four nights at my parent's house. We had a great time also! We missed Cesar a lot though!We went to a festival in the Park. Eli enjoyed playing with this big soccer ball and trying to Hula-Hoop. It was so cute.My mom and I tried to take the boys on a hike in Castle Rock. We didn't get very far at all! Eli just wanted to be held, and carrying Diego was killing my back. We walked a short distance and found a picnic table where we stopped and had a snack, then we walked back to the car. Eventhough we didn't make it to the top, it was still nice to be out in nature for a short time.

We played outside a lot and I got to go in the hot tub and relax. Eli slept great at night and even took one nap while we were there. Diego mostly slept in his car seat carrier. I'm glad we got to spend time with my parents. Eventhough they only live 30 minutes away, it still felt like a vacation!

Here is a quick video of Eli:

At the end of the week we got to pick up Cesar from the light rail station and be together as family again.

Out with the old, In with the new

My glasses broke in half Wednesday. I had had those glasses for 6 or 7 years! It was time for new glasses.
My new glasses! I like them a lot and they are transition lenses. I'm so glad Cesar had the day off Thursday so that he could come with me and help me pick the frames. He also got glasses, but his won't be ready for a week. Luckily, mine only took a couple of hours.

Two Months Old

I love that Diego is getting bigger and older. I have never loved the newborn stage, so I'm happy that the time is going by quickly.
Dressed for the cold weather. Last week we had snow (in May); hopefully now we can have warmer weather and enjoy the Spring and Summer.

This is Diego getting cleaned up in the sink after one of his huge poop outs! He doesn't poop that often, but when he does it's a lot!

Happy Day

Yesterday was a great day! Nothing spectacular happened; it was just filled with normal things, but I felt a lot of love and joy! I really am happy with my life and I enjoy being a mother of 2 and a wife!

Diego and I taking a nap on the couch.

Diego and I outside enjoying the sunshine.



Cesar and Eli planting our tomato plant. I'm very excited to have tomatoes this year. I've never planted anything, so I hope it is successful. We don't get a lot of sun in our patio, but hopefully it is enough.

We rearranged Eli's room so we could fit his new toddler bed. We have very limited space, but I think it turned out pretty good. Eli slept very well in his bed last night for the first time. He stayed in his bed all night and slept great. I'm proud of him and I hope it goes that well every night.

Eli has a new Job Chart. He enjoys doing his jobs and putting a sticker on the page.

In the evening we took a family walk with our new double stroller. We walked to Walgreens to buy a few things and then went to a neighborhood Mexican restaurant that we had never been to. The food was pretty good. Diego made quite the scene though. He was crying really hard and loud. I tried to feed him, but he wasn't interested. He really liked walking in the stroller so maybe he just didn't like being stationary while we were eating. There were not many other people in the restaurant thankfully.

Eli also got to ride his new tricycle while we were outside today. He can reach the pedals, but doesn't know how to work them yet. I'm sure he'll figure it out pretty soon.

Diego's Baby Blessing

Yesterday Cesar gave Diego his baby blessing at church. It was a beautiful blessing and the Spirit was felt. Cesar felt so strongly that Diego is such a special sweet spirit.
We all had a great spiritual day together as a family.
Cesar, the bishopric, Bro. Manning, my dad, and Troy were all in the circle to bless Diego. I'm so thankful for the Pristhood.