A Meeska Mooska Good Time!

Mateo could not wait for his party. The Mickey theme was so much fun to do! So many fun things to make (the goodie bags, Mickey rice crispie ears and Mickey cookies, Mickey pasta salad and the cake..all so yummy!) Mateo had a blast with all his friends and cousins. He learned how to jump down his slide catching only air until the bottom...oh the joy to turn 3. He could not get through his presents fast enough.. I could barely keep up. It's funny, you take your little one to so many birthday parties during the year, they watch other kids open gifts and blow out candles and assure them their day will come, then it does, and it happens so fast it's kind of sad, at least for me. I guess my job is just to make sure Mateo enjoys himself!

But one thing I know, I love planning Birthday parties. Pretty soon there will be 2 for me. More cakes, fun ideas and planning planning, planning. I overdue it and I love it.

Getting in a good nap before the fun begins!


Some of the fun stuff I made for the party!



Yumm, all the goodies

The cake... I love how it turned out!

Mateo and Thomas, deep in conversation








Sweet hugs for cousins!


What a good looking group!

Mateo and his bud Derek!

Are you done taking pictures yet???

Mateo's new room.

We finally finished Mateo's new Big Boy room. Just ask Jeff, this ended up being a lot of work. After researching a bunk bed set for what seemed like forever, it was bought, delivered, taken out of the box and put in the room. Then woila...they had the one I really wanted at the Costco warehouse. Poor honey had to take everything back and we bought the new set. The good part about it...it saved us over $500.. woo hoo. And good thing for that, cause who knew that mattresses were so darn expensive! Now that it's done, Mateo loves it! I just realized I only have these two pics, will have to add more later. Now on to getting a baby room ready!

Happy 3rd Birthday Little Man!

This year we went back to Gilroy Gardens for Mateo's actual "Birthday". Last year we had so much fun, it was just so unbearably HOT! I was a little worried about it this year being that this time around I have a big ol' belly, but the weather was perfect and we had a blast! Mateo loves the rides and the water park. It was a great day that ended with the traditional ice cream cake. (Too bad Baskin Robbins didnt realize until the last minute that they didnt have the cake toppers I ordered.. i guess they did ok with their "fix")

Happy 3rd Birthday my little man. I love you more than you will ever know. You have made the past 3 years so memorable and wonderful. Watching you grow and learn is truly amazing. You are such a smart little man and never cease to surprise me. Your personality and your smile light up the room. Yes, you have your moments, and your drive me crazy (a lot) but I wouldnt trade it for the world. It's hard to even remember before you were here. I am looking forward to all the new memories we have in store for us!! Your next big event... preschool...

Mateo is a little thrill seeker and loves rides. These rides are pretty minor but his favorite.. rides that go fast! Love this little man!




Sooo much fun playing in the water!



Mateo and his new best bud "Buddy"!

Such a big boy going down the very high water slide!

Yummy, time for cake, "Happy Birthday To You"!!

Happy 4th of July!!

Pictures to come soon. This year we had a fun, relaxing Fourth. We started the day by Yikes - going to Manteca to buy some fireworks. Not allowed in Tracy - go figure, what's the difference? Well Jeff thought it would be fun and Mateo would like it. Poor little man tried so hard to have patience to wait until it was dark out so we could do them. But once darkness hit, it was a blast. He LOVED the sparklers...maybe a little too much - No Fear for a little boy. We had snakes - which seriously are the dumbest things ever but I guess not to an almost 3 year old little boy. Fun flowers, piccolo pete's which took him a second to get used to and good old fun ones that makes lots of sparks! He loved it all. Then to make it even better, the neighbors in the court next to us had the real fireworks. We had a perfect view. Never had to leave the house. All in all a fun, relaxing 4th!!

Potty Success!

Yay! We have hit a major milestone! No diapers in the house for over a week. And yesterday, Mateo went poop in the potty 2 times. He is doing such a good job. We stopped the diapers last week and went to Big Boy underwear with a pullup on top, or sometimes we just went with a bare butt. Except for 2 little accidents.. he always told us when he needed to go "pee in the potty". At night we put on a diaper for just in cases but he has woken up dry too for the past week. He goes pee when he wakes up in the morning like a champ. Last week we were out shopping, he kept telling me he had to go potty, (remember at home he always goes in his potty chair, not the toilet) so we tried one store. He didn't like it and changed his mind. Next store, same thing, went to the bathroom, which was kinda gross, he looked at it and said No. He didn't want to come home, then on to store #3. Again he wanted to go pee, we took one look, and turned around it was so gross. He told me he could hold it til we got home, we came home and woila.. the little man went in the potty!! Such a big boy! Well pooping has been harder.. he holds it til he can't hold it anymore.. says he has to poop, goes to the potty and refuses to go. End result...a poopy mess in his underwear thats uncomfortable. Well yesterday, he pooped 2 times in the "toilet". We are so proud of him and he gets so excited he has to show whoever is here. We are just glad to be done with diapers.. at least for the next few months that is! But the best part... We are ready for Preschool.. YAY~~~

The little Fishy!

Whenever Mateo sees a pool, he's ready to strip and go in...the funny thing is, he hasn't really been in a real pool since he was 10 months old in Hawaii. So this time we took advantage and he LOVED it! He loved his floaties with the fishies on them and his "tuba" with the froggies. He loved to "swim" and float by himself. He got very comfortbable really fast. I am sure lots more pool days are in our near future!

Mommy's Birthday and A day on the Lake

For the weekend we decided to get away and go to the lake. We had to get a mini vacation in before I got out for maternity leave in August. We decided to head up to the lake, fish, and fool around. We had a great time, Mateo loved it, but keeping a little kid occupied on a boat all day, and convincing him it was cool to wear a life jacket all day... no easy tasks.. but we managed and still had a great time. Just a little too much sun.

My two captains!

The little fisherman

27 weeks pregnant...sitting off the side fishing with a Spiderman pole.. Happy Birthday to me!!

Sleepy little man


My cake, the day we got home!

Father's Day ~ 2009

We were on vacation for Father's Day.. so we just took everything with us. Mateo surprised Daddy with a Jurassic Park Hotwheels set Daddy had his eye on. They had fun playing with it. Forgot to take pics of that.. then we headed out to the lake to do some fishing from the shore.

Happy Father's Day daddy.. We Love You!!



Had to sneak the potty one in...we brought it along to help with the transition and it worked pretty well!!

In Double Digits~

Where has the time gone? I can't figure out if this pregnancy is going by faster or slower than the last. I think it took forever to get to 20 weeks but since then time is passing pretty fast. Especially since we really have nothing done for this baby and we are now in Double Digits.. the ticker today says 92 days to go, which in reality is even less since I am having a c/s. No date yet but hope to have one soon. The furniture for Mateo's big boy room arrives tomorrow. It will be spending some time in the garage since we aren't ready for that yet either. Hopefully if all works out we will be painting his room in a few weeks. Once his room is done, then we will move onto babies.

Update on the Big Brother. Mateo is finally going Pee in the Potty on a more regular basis. Definitlely accidents but he is getting better at telling us and using the potty. Good thing since preschool is creeping up on us very quickly. He loves to hug his baby brother. He hugs my belly all the time and tells me "mommy I love the baby". It's pretty sweet. But let's see how much he loves the baby when he comes home with us to stay!

Lots of fun stuff planned in the next few weeks, with Father's Day, My Birthday, a short family vacation and Mateo's Birthday and Party we are going to be pretty busy. Will keep you updated~!

Daddy's Birthday!

Mateo loves Birthdays. He loves to say Happy Birthday.. and this year he even sang to daddy, I will upload that video soon. He loves to yell "surprise" for anything and most of all, he loves to blow out candles. (not only cake candles, I cant even keep a regular candle lit around here because he blows it out!!)

This picture is my favorite!