It happened

I've always heard stories of this happening and today it happened. We were finishing up lunch, (Titus, Mac & I). Titus said, "The cheese is up my nose mommy!" Oh no i thought, this is not good. I told him to blow and instead he sniffs (no good!) I look and sure enough a piece of cheddar cheese is up there. I went and got tweezers. I got a chunk out but had to get a flashlight to make sure I had gotten it all. I think I got it all. If something smells like it's rotting in about a week I'll know what it is!

We got to celebrate my birthday by going out to my restaurant of choice. We are celebrating a little early because Jeremy & I won't be together on the actual day. We had a fun time tonight. My boys looked good. They all had a collared shirt on, which in our fam is dressing up a little. We all looked good, then went out for yummy mexican. It was delicious as always. The boys were good and we had fun. Thanks boys! Happy Birthday to me!! Oh yeah, and before we left to go out, Jeremy told Titus we are going out for mommy's birthday. And Titus sang "Happy Birthday" to me. He also said he got me balloons and a cake (he didn't, that was from a video he watches.)

Pretty stinkin' cute

Being a mom is so fun. It makes it even more fun when your kids are cute. I think my job is a blast.

Isn't He Wonderful?

wonderful isn't he?
Jeremy took me out this weekend on a date. We decided to celebrate valentine's day early. We are so in love we just couldn't wait till v-day :)
That isn't really why celebrated early, we went this weekend because we had a free sitter this weekend (jeremy's mom).
Anyways. Jeremy planned the date and it was a total surprise. We had so much fun. We went to Enid,OK. Now we didn't have a blast because Enid is a hopping town. We had fun because we totally got to reminisce and talk about our life and how it was 7 years ago when we first moved to Enid. Jeremy and I moved there very shortly after we got married. We lived there almost 2 years.
Jeremy made reservations at a nice restaurant we used to eat at with our 80 year old friends. We enjoyed our dinner while listening to the same piano player who was there 7 years ago. He is really good.
After dinner we went to our old neighborhood and we took the walk that we had taken many times before. We took walks all the time while we lived there, there wasn't much else to do! We drove around town and just got to talk and hang out. Jeremy surprised me with a wonderful date. He is wonderful. Thanks Babe. I love you too!

Santa Claus is Coming to Town!

We are excited for Christmas here at our house! Today the boys got to see Santa! Titus rambled a long story to Santa while he sat on his lap. It was pretty funny. We don't know what he was saying, but the last words were "tennis ball."

Santa asked titus what he really wanted for Christmas andT was posing for the camera and answered, "Cheese." Santa thought it was funny that he wanted cheese for Christmas!

Mac was just chilling there on Santa's lap. He would have fallen asleep there if he held him much longer. Santa loved holding Mac. Santa said he wanted to keep holding him, he was being such a good baby.

Titus' world view

Titus gets to play with our camera sometimes. It's usually under our supervision. The other day he got a hold of it and walked around the house and just kept pushing the button. It is funny how they are in order of how he walked. It made me see his view from way down there. These pictures are all his photography work!

Our Thanksgiving...

Our Thanksgiving was fun! Hopefully yours was too. Thank you God for everything, especially our families, our health, and Your Love.
Here are some pictures of our day.
Mac w/ his great grandma, our family, Jeremy w/ his dad, bro, & sis.

My new little niece

Her name is Alyssa Michelle Garcia. It is Jeremy's sister's baby. Congrats to them! She is a sweetie, only 4 weeks old. I am privileged that her middle name is named after my middle name. (That's what i tell myself anyway) :0 Her mom & I have the same middle name so it isn't after me at all, but i think it's funny to say that.

Ice Patch

So the other day in kansas, we were walking out of jeremy's mom's house to get into the car. There is a small patch of ice about 1ft. x 1ft. It is the only patch of ice on the entire drive way. Titus is definitely my son because he steps on the ice and totally wiped out landing on his butt with his feet flying up in the air. Pretty funny. Jeremy & I being great parents just laughed. He could have hit his head pretty hard, but luckily his thick coat he had on didn't let his head hit too hard.

Titus' Prayer

Titus usually prays for us when we all sit down to eat dinner together. It usually makes Jeremy & I chuckle at what he prays for (he's usually just looking around the room praying for whatever he sees like the clock, or whatever design is on his cup.) But the other night we had to just laugh out loud.

To set up the story, T's favorite thing to watch right now is a Bob the Builder dvd. The theme song goes, Bob the Builder-can he fix it? Bob the Builder- Yes he can!

So Titus' prayer the other night went, "Jesus, thank you for the food, thank you for Bob the Builder, can he fix it? yes he can." Jeremy & I immediately looked up at each other and cracked up. I know it's one of those "guess you had to be there" moments, but it was cute.

Halloween

"Look it's Batman........... oh AND ROBIN! How cute!" This is what we kept hearing throughout the night, while we pushed Batman & Robin on their batmobile aka double stroller through the jack-o-lantern lit path at the okc zoo.

Batman had fun getting treats from people, and Robin laid back and enjoyed the ride. People kept commenting on how good Robin kept his mask on. Not once did he even try to take it off. It was like he knew this was his chance to be incognito.

Balloon

I've been sitting in the back seat with my boys this weekend because my Jeremy's dad is in town and when we go places i give him the front seat. So on our way to church saturday night. Titus was pointing and said balloon. Well there weren't any balloons that we passed driving down the road. I soon realized that i had blown a bubble with my gum and he saw it and called it a balloon. It made me smile. He is so cute. Of course he wanted me to do it again :)

Milestones

Mac & T both have had some major milestones in their lives this past week. Titus has gone number 2 in the toilet a few times in a row now. YEAH!!! And Baby Mac rolled over by himself for the first time also. YEAH!!! So my boys are getting bigger; it is very exciting. It's also about time to have another baby then I guess. Not really (don't get too excited there grandmas)!
So the other day when Mac rolled over it was cool. He had rolled half of the way (he was on his side) and he was trying to roll all the way over. I was standing behind him cheering him on, "Come on Mac you can do it, roll over!" He was trying to see me so he pushed with his little foot and rolled the rest of the way over. It was so exciting for some reason. I was cheering, " YEAH Mac! Way to go!" I was so proud of him!
As of Titus and pooping in the toilet, he thinks it's pretty cool. He gets icecream when he does it. So of course now he is straining to get some poop out everytime he goes to the bathroom. He's actually in there right now trying to get something out, even though he's already pooped 2 1/2 times today!

Going on Vacation!!

I'm so excited I get to go on a trip! going to Cali for my cousin's wedding. Taking my baby Mac and i get to see my parents, sister and brother, and lots of cousins i haven't seen for years!

My Jeremy

That's right he's mine, I know with this picture of jeremy with a nice mustache is tempting for a lot of women, but he's taken. HA HA! Actually i can't stand this picture of Jeremy, the picture is ok, but when he has a molestache in person he's always trying to kiss on me, and i won't kiss him. It just grosses me out, and he knows it too. When he took this picture of himself he put it as my screensaver on our computer. AAGGGHHH!! My Jeremy is always making me laugh though. That is totally what attracted me to him, and also the reason that I married him. I know for a fact that when we are like 80 years old he'll still be hiding in a dark room behind the door and will jump out at me so i will scream my head off and he can laugh at me! He doesn't just chuckle at me when he scares me, he is rolling on the floor laughing at me so hard. I'm glad he thinks it's funny.
I remember one of the hardest times Jeremy and I laughed together was in college. We had been in the library on campus "studying" and Jeremy and i ran into someone we knew (a freshman guy who was really nice). Anyways the guy left his backpack on a table while looking for books, so Jeremy found a book and placed it in his bag.Meanwhile Jeremy and I went outside and sat on the bench to watch him come out. Well there is a sensor on the books and before going out the door of the library there is a little arm bar that you have to push out (it's about hip level). Well the book jeremy put in his bag (that he didn't know was in there) did not get desensored! So here goes the guy getting ready to walk out the door. So the little alarm went off and at the same time the arm bar locked and he ran right into it and totally racked himself!! We expected the alarm, but not for him to get racked. The look on his face was priceless. He was totally surprised! Jeremy and i were on the ground we were laughing so hard!

My Titus

This is Titus aka T. He is so cute and I have to say I think he is pretty smart too! He can sing most of the ABC's song with little help. He loves little yellow diggers (the tractors on construction sites that scoop up stuff). He likes these because his memaw bought him a pop up book named "Little Yellow Digger". Titus always points out trucks on the road while we are driving; he constantly has an eye out for a little yellow digger (kind of like me looking for an ice cream shop, i can spot them a mile away!)

Titus is such a nice boy too. One thing he does is say "HI" to just about everybody he passes. At the gym when we are coming or going there is usually always someone else coming or going too. Well someone ends up usually holding the door for us because T can't open it yet, and i have my hands full holding Mac in his carseat. So anyways Titus always says thank you to the person who holds the door for us! Today at Target he said "HI" to probably 5 people. They all said "HI" back. It made each one of those people smile.

Titus I love how you are not shy! Your personality is wonderful. You make me, your dad and Mac smile all the time. "Thank You!"

My Mac

Mac is absolutely so much fun! I think he's adorable and so MMMM... I just want to kiss his little face all day long. This is one of the best stages of a baby. Mac is getting used to the world, he knows his schedule and just seems to be enjoying life. He smiles everytime someone comes into the room. He loves getting the attention, which is making his big brother a little jealous. But Titus is a W-O-N-D-E-R-F-U-L big brother, seriously! T is really starting to have fun with Mac. His favorite things to do with Mac is give him bear hugs, slobbery kisses, and jump over him (he does it with his hands on the ground, and jumps over him with his knees.) It's not quite as scary as it sounds.

Mac is wonderful, and I'm loving being his mom!!

Okay... so it's been a while....
To blog that is.
My friend lorren wrote a blog and it reminded me that i did too a long time ago so i thought i would blog again tonight! (her's are good though)
Life is good first of all (well most of the time!) A ton has changed in my life this past year. The year has flown by. I can't believe it is already September. Tonight Fall was in the air. I love the summer so i'm a little sad, but then again Autumn time means Christmas is around the corner. I Love Christmas. It's no longer because I'm excited about the gifts, but because I miss my family throughout the year. My brothers & sister (and their kiddos), my parents, I miss them all right now! I can't wait to see them again. One day we might live in the same town and that would be a blast.
This blog had no rhyme or reason, i was just sharing my thoughts.
I also am trying to enjoy each minute of life. A wonderful point in the message this weekend at church was that it is a blessing to have needs. It gave me a different perspective on my needs. It was a good message, like it always is at our church.

Today was a Thursday pretty much like any other Thursday. I went to work at the church to do child care, we had lots of little babies, mine being one of them. I was just saying this morning to my friend whos baby was clapping that Titus hasn't clapped his hands yet. Guess who started clapping his hands today? He clapped quite a few times through out the day. He was doing it like he had been doing it for years:) He's funny... it was like he heard me say that comment this morning and just wanted to show me up! He also pushed off and stood all by himself today too for the first time. He is just getting big! He's a lot of fun! Jeremy & I can video tape him and then we just turn around and watch it right after we record him. We really can't get enough of him!
Speaking of the child, he is fussing now and ready for bed!

Winter Camp was a good time had by all! The weekend went pretty well. Jeremy did a great job organizing the 150 people that went. He always does a wonderful job organizing the cabins and all the transportation of cars and trucks up the hill. Only two students went to the hospital, that isn't bad for all the tubing and sledding that went on. It snowed all day on Saturday, and there was already lots of snow up there, it made it a beautiful view. Ken our senior pastor did a good job with the services, i know God used him big time to speak to the students. He really got on their level and gave them practical life applications to help their selfworth and others selfworth.
We are a blessed family to get to serve God by working with jr. high & highschool students. We hope this weekend not only was a good time, but that God changed lives! He is awesome!