No movies!

Today we woke up very early even though we went to bed really late. Alexis was tired but since my mom woke us up, we stayed up. We went to the park for two hours and played with balls, called birds, played with dirt, in the slide, and played with cars in the dirt. Charlotte was also enjoying it. It was cute to see Alexis running around but he did not do it nearly as much as usual, I was starting to worry but then I saw him rubbing his eyes and remembered that he was tired. We came home and I checked his pull ups, he did not pee! and he was eager to go to the bathroom. I was so proud of him. He did really good today with his potty training. We were so busy with so many different activities that he did not even ask to watch a movie until it was time for him to go to sleep. What a kiddo, he is amazing, he makes me smile every day with every little thing he does. I love my chubby!

Sleeping away!

Like always, Sundays are really hard for us. We took a really long nap, making Alexis go to be at 11 pm! Since he is being potty trained, we got a diaper off him while at my parents' house after church, well, he pooped in his underwear, not too much but enough to make me hate doing laundry. He is starting to eat a lot more since he was sick, he still looks skinny but cute like always. I love that he stays in the nursery without any problems and he loves doing what they do in there and sharing with others, which is something really rare for him. Well, I am tired so I must go to bed, I will post more pics. next time.

Gees!

We decided to go to the park during the evening and get some food for the gees. When we got to the park, Alexis noticed the poor things in the water and he got a little worried. We finally got him to get close to where they were and to throw some bread at them, they came really fast, and got really really close to us. He couldn't be happier, he was so happy to be able to give them food that he almost didn't care that they were about to attack him for food. It was so much fun, then he played with a almost 3 years old and they were having so much together that when it was time for both of them  to go, they cried and extended their arms towards each other. Hahaha, you got to love when they get really dramatic! It was the perfect day, specially because I got to sleep until noon and Alexis got lots of play time with his daddy!

Driving!

We went to make a payment in the car and naturally, Alexis got really happy with so many cars around. There was one that was opened and he was quick enough to notice it. He got in and pretended to drive it! It was really cute, but it was hard to take him out of it. Then we had to do some shopping and again, it was an adventure with the two kids, good night!

"Oh No, duckies in the agua"

Today I did not see much of Alexis, when I woke up (12 noon) he was gone with my mom. She told me though, that in the way they saw a little lake with duckies and Alexis pointed out the car window and said: "oh no, oh man, help duckies in AGUA, oh man, OH NO" hahaha, you have to love that one. Poor kiddo, he must have thought that they were drowning or something, I tried to explain later that the duckies like to swim in the water but he was still a little worried! I love my goofy son.

Translation Please!

It was raining today and Alexis pointed at the window and said: "Wa-ter" I was like "what?, it is raining" then he said "Wa-ter, wa-ter" I asked "what are you saying, I don't understand?" He looked at me with an impatient look and said loud and clear "AGUA" right! he was saying water! I couldn't believe that he had to translate for me, but in my defense, he has never said water before, he always said agua. Funny how your kids can correct you most of the time and they suddenly acquired the parent look instead of you.

Just a normal day

We played a lot today, specially with Woody which he calls "poo poo" and sometimes Woody. It was amazing to see how he puts into play what he learns everyday. Like, talking to Woody to explain him that he is going to turn off the Luz so he can go a mimi and finishing with an "OK?" to make sure that Woody understood and accepted it. I would reply with my Woody voice and say "OK!" and then he would turn off the light! and that became a game, he will turn on the lights and greet Woody and then do the little explanation and turned them off again. It was really cute to see and it made me happy the fact that he knew what we do, and he understood really well what we try to do. I love that he is patient, and sweet even though he wants to do something against what we told him, and he doesn't do it. I love my little baby!

Runaway Puppies!

We decided to have a family home evening outside because we want to take advantage of the nice beautiful weather. Who would have thought that in the way we could have had two runaway puppies? Not me, but the thing is that one is a real puppy and the other one is my son! An older man was taking his few months old puppy outside, he stopped so Alexis could play with him. It was so cute to see Alexis calling out: "come on, come on" smiling at the dog and bending a little while clapping his hands for the dog to get close to him. Then, the dog got himself out of the leash and well, an old lady couldn't run as fast to get him so I helped while Cameron stayed with the stroller but Alexis ran behind me and Cameron behind Alexis with the stroller. It was a funny scene so at the end the old man caught the puppy, I caught Alexis and Cameron and Charlotte caught up to us. Alexis pet the puppy a few more minutes and off we went to the park to enjoy the rest of our already interesting night!

Father's day

Alexis woke up a little better but still not perfect. We went to church and then got home to celebrate father's day with my family. We did a horrible jot at potty training him this weekend so we thought to put his underwear on, well... it ended up being dirty due to a bowel movement that by the way, Alexis did not mention and he is usually really good at telling us when his diaper is dirty but ummm, for some reason he did not tell us this time. He also saw his old penguin in the dirty laundry, which I am keeping to wash and then give it to my parents before we leave to Utah, and Alexis said "eww" and went and grabbed his new penguin. Of course I would have done the same thing, specially because he got his penguin wet and now it smells like a wet chicken. If you don't know how a wet chicken smells don't worry because I am not sure either but I didn't know a best way to describe the horrible smell of that penguin. Thank goodness I am going to wash it tomorrow, and Alexis went to sleep not very happily because it seemed like he wanted to stay up a little longer but he is sick and needs as much rest as he can.
P.S: he went by himself to take a nap, I felt horrible because it felt like my baby is such a big boy now! :(

A fever and a new Penguin

Today we were supposed to go to the zoo but last night we stayed up with Alexis. He had fever all night and threw up few times due to Flem. Cameron laid in the couch with him so he could be in an upright position so his Flem will come out faster. Alexis seemed to get tired of being on top of Cameron and decided to sleep in the other half of the couch. When I got up around 7 am, I saw them and it was a nice little pic that I didn't take because I was so tired, and Charlotte got up at 3 am thinking that we were having a party because she was so excited that we were all in Alexis' room. My poor boy, I really wanted him to go to the zoo. My dad was supposed to go too with my mom but he ended up working, the reason why is because they wanted to get him a new Puiqui puiqui (Penguin) since the old one is... well, very old and ugly now. My mom got to our house and gave Alexis the new penguin and he was sleeping so he just looked at it and thought that it was his old penguin but clean and with a fixed eye. Hours later, he woke up and he was really excited about his penguin. He was in much better mood but still sick and talking like Donald duck! My poor little boy, I hope he gets better and I hope I get better too to attend him more.

just the begginning

Alexis was still not feeling good, we were at home the whole day except at night because we had to do some grocery shopping. He was such a good boy in the store even though he was tired. We got home at about 10:30pm and he went right to bed. Poor little guy, I think his illness is just starting.

My sick boy

You never know how much can a little macho kid change until he is sick. He was so dramatic! he will cry even if he thought he hit himself, he will look at me and cry so I could console him and give him a hug and a kiss. I guess he got that from his dad :) It was a really hard day for him but we managed to play for a bit and we even went to take a walk during the evening. It was so nice out, I know he is going to be better tomorrow but I do also hope that he eats, he is such a bad eater and this illness, only makes it worse. I love my baby, but he talks funny now that he is sick, it actually sounds really cute. I hope we all get better tomorrow so we can enjoy the day a lot more.

Illness

So I woke up feeling a lot better but Alexis didn't. I still feel bad but so much better than yesterday...except for my sore throat. This morning my little guy went to wake me up saying: "esa es momma!" I kept saying: "no, she hasn't come home yet baby" he then replied: "esa es momma, come come, momma. Come on, out momma!" I got up to show him that my mom wasn't here yet only to find the door of  the apartment opened and my mom outside the building, calling me, and knocking the door. My little guy didn't come out of the apartment, which is a relief, but he was so right about my mom being out there! He is so good, I am amazed every day of how good he is and how patient he is. He is very loving and understanding, I love him so much. Anyway, today he had a fever and we were supposed to go to a doctor's appointment for Charlotte and to drop off the new van we got so they could detail it. With this said, Alexis wouldn't have been able to take a proper nap but my mom offered to take him home so he could take a nap and so we didn't have to wake him up after an hour. This worked perfectly, when we picked him up, he greeted me with a huge smile and ran towards me so I could hug him and kiss him. He seemed in better moods but he didn't eat anything, which is understandable because I was not in mood to eat either, because of the sore throat. I am so glad that we got to play today though, even though he was sick, he was eager to play with me the whole day. At night, he was feeling much better, so naturally he was playing a lot and laughing a lot. I went and chased an ice cream truck so I could buy one for him but I ended up buying one for all of us. We had a great night, read the scriptures and did our normal routine. Now he is asleep and I am ready to go to, I hope tomorrow we can enjoy the day even more.

Difficult day

I got sick so as it is to be expected, my little guy had a horrible and difficult day. He did not play as much, he was just quietly sitting down almost the entire day, he watched movies but nothing out of the ordinary. I think he felt lonely and I felt even worse about that. I told Cameron to let him watch the movie that he wanted and stay up a little later than his bed time because of this. I think he was happy but I still missed him, he came and gave me a big kiss goodnight which made me feel really good in no time. Hopefully tomorrow I feel better so I can make up for today.

Monster Munchies

My little goose woke up at 8 am like usual even though he went to bed late (11pm). He played with Gordo a lot, I guess is more like they fought a lot for which movie to play, and then for food and water. Then he took his nap and asked for his tete but there was not more milk left and I had no car so I asked Cameron that on his way home, if he could buy some milk and food. Alexis woke up in the middle of his nap like he normally does to drink his tete but when I told him there was no more he said: "come on, go, dame tete" I laughed and he got mad but I explained that I was laughing because he is so cute and I can't believe he is talking more and more every day. I told him I was sorry but there was no more milk to put on his tete, he seemed to understand even though he was crying and then finally got up, then came back to bed, laid in there and got up again and told me to follow him so we could play. He was not happy when I carried Charlotte to bring her along with us to play, I explained that I couldn't leave her alone specially because she was awake and wanted to play too. He decided it was not a bad idea and let her come. Then after doing our normal routine: picking up the room, brushing teeth, going potty, putting diaper and pajamas on, reading scriptures, reading a book, praying, and then saying our good nights; we could hear Alexis talking. We thought he was asking for his penguin but then Cameron remembered that he had it with him so we couldn't really understand what he was saying through the door. I realized that he was just playing in his room or talking to himself which he does often when we put him to bed and he is not that tired. Cameron went to get his empty bottle from his room and found a book on his bed, HE WAS READING! and guess what book: Monster Munchies!!!

Like every other Sunday

We again had a long day, went to eat with two different families. We stayed longer in the house of one of them, until like 7 pm and Alexis was playing a lot with my cousin Mariesther who was very persistent on playing with the daughter of the family who is 12 years old and was annoyed to have to play with Mariesther. Alexis though, was trying to imitate her and was cracking up at every thing she was doing, I have to mention that Mariesther is a down syndrome girl, very smart, and not sweet at all like the regular down syndrome kids. LOL, she is very quick at thinking and it is very hard to believe that she has down syndrome, unless you see her features in the face and body. We got home and Alexis was so happy that he immediately got his cars out of the box, all the balls, and every toy he could get out. My poor little boy missed his home and I let him play until very late, then Cameron told him it was time to sleep and he was really happy to go to sleep. Charlotte fell asleep before him which is very unusual. My two kids were really tired but so were Cameron and I. Good night!

Dinner and dance in church

We got our new van and it is a Honda Odyssey!!! we are so excited even though it still needs to be cleaned and detailed. We will come back on Tuesday for this, but when Alexis saw it he was like: "oh cool, oh wow car" I couldn't wait for him to see it and obviously we didn't take him with us to buy it because he would have gone crazy again at the dealership. How we missed him though, I made a phone call to my mom to see how he was doing and he was not doing so well. He broke a glass, threw water on the floor, wanted to pour more water in the carpet, and got mad because my mom wouldn't give him her Ipod. My little sweetheart was not in good moods but also I think is because nobody was paying attention to him, if some one was really watching him, I doubt the glass would have fallen from his hands because nobody lets him grab a glass cup. He didn't do this on purpose either, just to make things clear. But he did pour water on the floor on purpose, and he screamed for the Ipod on purpose too. Sometimes I get a little frustrated because he needs attention for the grandparents too and I dislike when they just let him run by himself around the house while there are big knifes laying around all over the place because they are too lazy to pick them up, or garbage, and small candies too. Enough venting though, I just wished my mom would do a little  more than playing in the computer and talking to her "friends" because there is a real little person than is eager to be loved by her. Anyway, after we picked him up we went to a dinner and father's day dance at the church. It was kind of good because Alexis had fun but the music was kind of lame. Oh well, at least we enjoyed the food.

Finally a night at home

Today was the start of the world cup at 6 am! I did watch it at my parents' house but I took Charlotte with me and left Alexis with Cameron who was going to drop him off on his way to work. I was so worried the whole time though, because I always get scared of: forgetting him alone at home, or taking him to work with Cameron instead of dropping him off. I know that this won't happen but I always get scared because it happened to me when I was little. Do not worry, nothing like that happened. It was later than usual though when I called Cameron at home because it was past 8:30 am and they still were not at my parents', turned out that Cameron felt asleep because the alarm didn't go off. Alexis was all over the place like always and took a long nice nap. Then Cameron picked us up and we had a nice night at home, we played, we laughed, and we talked. What a relaxing night after such a hectic week.

Car dealer..

...and Alexis was so happy because he got to go with us to the car dealer to buy a van. He kept screaming happily "car, car" and pointing at each one. He got in a van that we are thinking about buying but couldn't quite do it because misunderstanding issues with the dealer that was there today, our sales guy had the day off, and Alexis was so crazy with the van. Also he kept trying to open the other car for display that they had, with our car keys. He really loves cars but I do really hope that he won't like racing because I will be so worried every time. He was also restless because they had us there for almost 2 hours just to tell us no, and then us saying "we'll be back". When we got home, he felt asleep really quick, my good boy did horribly but he can't help it. So many cars and there were BIG!!! I better go to sleep too!

My brother's graduation

YAY!!! my brother's graduation was today and we were so happy to go, well... more me than anybody else of course. It was not easy and we did not hear almost anything, we spent the majority of time either walking Charlotte, chasing Alexis around the halls, or both things at the same time. Don't you love special occasions? I do but I just wished that I could seat for at least an hour and hear something at the same time but I guess that won't happen as long as there is terrible twos and more kids to go through that :) That is the fun of it though, and that time passes by really quick.

Daddy's b-day celebration

Since we didn't have time to really celebrate the b-day during the weekend, we decided to do it today because we just knew that we weren't going to have time during the rest of the week. Alexis was a little thrilled with the whole thing because there was so many people, just family but still, and he could just run from one side to the other to be the center of attention of everyone. Thank goodness it was not his birthday, otherwise I don't know what he would have done to be "the show" of the night.

Making a mess

I mean literally. I started potty training him today. First he fell asleep around 11 am, he went by himself to his room, laid in his bed, and fell asleep without drinking the bottle. Of course, I took a nap with Charlotte and it felt really well after 3.5 hours of napping time!!! Then he woke up, and by the way I had put a diaper on him while he was asleep, he hadn't poop so you can imagine the consequences... yes, a sad face telling me there was a "problem" in the living room and there it was. It didn't take long to clean it up, I cleaned him up and that was it. Then I was trying to watch a movie that we have gotten from netflix but couldn't watch because I felt asleep the entire movie. Anyway, I was playing with Charlotte, cooing and smiling at her and with Alexis I was playing baseball and all while watching the movie. Then, I hear a splash and I looked over and Alexis was walking towards me and pointing at the trail of poop that he was leaving behind him, I held him away from my body and put him in the bath tub, then went and cleaned up the mess while Charlotte was looking at me from the bouncy seat, and then I went to the bathroom to give her a bath too while also Alexis was being washed! What a day but this is sure one of those memories that I will keep forever.

A fireside and a sleepless boy

Put together those two and the final result will be... a disaster! what did I hear or learn at the fireside? I guess the answer will be that toy cars can make a lot of noise in the gym floor and expand so much that can make heads turn. Also, that telling a kid to be quiet could just mean that they just learn more ways to tell you to be quiet. How fast a kid can run back and forward without getting tired, etc. Very entertaining if I dare say.

Another day with Lee

This time it was Cameron's b-day and we decided to spend the day with our friends too. Alexis was such a good boy the whole day. First we went to clean the church at 10 am, then we went to eat at our friends' and then to Monkey Joe's, after that we went back to our friends' until 8 pm and finally home. Let me tell you that Alexis still doesn't like the slides that they have in Monkey Joe's, and for me it was really hard to climb up with him in one arm while he was forcing his weight down because he didn't want me to climb up, and with my other arm I will hold on to a rod so I wouldn't fall from an aprox. 40 feet tall stairs of an inflatable slide. At the last few steps, I had to throw him up because I felt like I couldn't keep going but we did it, then I literally drag him with me so I could sit at the top of the slide with him in my legs, I looked down and I said "I am so sorry I made you do this" I was a chicken myself, it gets pretty intimidating to do it when looking down. We went and it was so scary but it seems like on our way down he was smiling while I was screaming, I hope he wasn't making fun of me, it was a long day so good night and Alexis got more scratches from Lee.

A day with a... friend?

My best friend's b-day was today, she also has a two year old just older than Alexis by two months and two days! He tends to be a little violent sometimes so that was the case today. He kept hitting Alexis and Alexis will just say: "stop, don't" or just look at him like a little mosquito (compared to him, this little kid seems very little). Sometimes it takes more than that for a kid like Lee to stop hitting like getting mad, pushing away, or crying and it worked but not for long. After the night at my friend's house, Alexis could already say "Leeeee" and he was really sad to leave but he was tired too so he was happy at the same time. It was a long day though night though because Alexis started having fever due to the vaccine which never before had an effect on him. He was sleepy the whole day but at night he seemed a lot better.

Vaccines Day!!!

The well-being visit went really good. Alexis did pretty well, except if you consider not wanting to get on the scale to know his weight and saying "no" to anything that the doctor asked him. Besides that, everything went well. He was 42" long, and 40 lbs. meaning: off the chart in height and in the 95% for the weight for kids his age. Yeah, they couldn't believe that he was 2, the nurses thought he was 4 or 5 specially because he also seemed advanced intellectually for his age. With that big of a body he has to try to keep up my poor little baby. It is still amazing to me that just 2 years ago I was in a hospital bed, holding him and thinking "this is what it feels to be a mother" it was a love that can't be compared to anything in the world, and the feeling that you can do anything you can to keep a smile in that little angel's face. Also, I came to understand our Heavenly Father's plan and his love for each one of us. I want to teach the way he teaches us, with love. I love my son and I can't believe he is so big already. Where is my 19" and 9 lbs baby???? I think he will always be that baby though, even when I see those clothes size 5T I still think that they are just to try to fool me into thinking that he has grown. :)

twisted ankle!

Alexis fell twice and twisted his ankle, not enough for him to cry or anything like that but as a mother I still worried enough as if he broke it or something. He couldn't enjoy his day at the park as well as other days but he sure try to call the birds by putting his hands in a circle around his mouth and saying: "come here", the birds were stubborn though, and wouldn't come. Besides that, he had a great day but I am trying to explain to him that tomorrow is doctor's day and that he might get some shots! I hope he does well, he is a really brave boy and I won't be able to see him crying, I am so scared for him but I must be brave so he can be brave too. Wish me luck!

nothingness

I am ashamed to say that today we did nothing, we didn't even come outside to play. For some reason the three of us (Alexis, Lottie, and I) were so lazy... it was like the weekend got us really tired, enough for the whole week. Anyway, we spent the morning coloring and watching movies. Then took a nap and Alexis woke up around 6:30pm so he did not feel so glad when bed time came, Cameron told me that he could hear Alexis playing in his room until very late at night. And that was the whole day for Alexis

Memorial day

 It rained the entire day, meaning we couldn't be outside. The good thing is that our morning was really fun, specially because daddy was with us, we played some music. I thought that Alexis was going to dance along with me but the little guy was just playing with his cars the whole time. When I told him "let's dance dance' he just bowed his head few times and said "dance dance" but walked away! Oh well, maybe when we go to a party he will be more interested. Then we went to my parents house for the rest of the day and he wouldn't take a nap, so as expected, he fell asleep at 8 pm while watching a movie. We got home and he did not wake up, he was sure glad to be in his bed though. He had a long day of running around my poor little boy.

Tired...

We were tired after church today but it seemed like Alexis was not because every time we will say that we were going to sleep, he will run as fast as he could away from us. We felt asleep finally at 5pm, which is pretty late. Cameron had a  meeting in church so he had to leave at 6:30pm and since then until about 8:30 pm Alexis just kept kicking me so I could get up from bed to get him a "tete". I was not getting up thinking that eventually he will give up because I did not want him to drink any more milk so he could have a good dinner but after 2 hours of me trying to sleep and him being mad right next to me and screaming "tete" over and over, I gave in. I gave him tete and he felt back to sleep for few minutes and woke up again asking for tete again but this time I said, no and that he had enough. Luckily Cameron got home after that and took him, but I already was wide awake and woke up and Charlotte noticed that I got up and cried and woke up too. Alexis though, was running around like his crazy usual self until he started playing with cars. We did not do anything but oh well, he seemed to have enjoyed his time in his own little way.

Busy

My poor little guy and us had a very busy day. We are in the process of getting a van so we decided to take a look at some today. Our car doesn't have AC and it was 90 degrees outside, so my two precious kids were sweating and in bad mood and of course we were sweaty too and with headaches. We then decided to drop off Alexis at my parents' and take Lottie with us but in my mom's car because hers does have and an AC. So Alexis enjoyed his time at his grandparents' house and was running around like crazy, then he took a nap with his grandma. After that we bought pizza and watched movies on my parents' new HDTV, it was awesome but we got home late and Alexis was so tired that he was pretty excited when told that it was time to do the "list".  What a little guy, he sure is a little character.

Long weekend just started

Alexis watched Jumanji for the first time and, as expected, he was scared the whole time but not wanting to stop watching. I realized that his love for lions kind of diminished after this movie, LOL. It is a good feeling, though, when your son goes running towards where you are seated so you can hold him and seat him with you to "protect him". I love when he does that because it makes me feel special, then he was not in good moods because he was tired, he took a sort of long nap and then we headed off to the park once Cameron got home. Again, we had fun but this time we went to a different park. It was a 1/2 mile walk or a little over that, to get to the park. We had to cross a main street and then some smaller streets, Alexis did great. He will not like us to grab his hand when crossing but he did anyway because we told him to. Then we will let go of his hand once we were in the side walk and he would stay by our side. In the park, we ran and play chase, then he threw branches at me so I had to run so he couldn't reach me with them and we were laughing and enjoying each other while daddy had Lottie. After that we were so beat! but we sure had a nice time and we are trying to enjoy the weather as much as we can.

A park and ice cream!

Who would have thought that going to the park, even for just a little bit, will be so refreshing and fun? It was so fun to be able to play all together, except for Charlotte who was sleeping in the stroller, we ran. We took our shoes off and ran through the grass, we played with the balls and got tired. Then we decided to go to Jewel walking to get some ice cream, I wanted to chase the ice cream truck but it was nowhere to be seen, and then came home to eat those ice cream. We were so happy and I just felt this warm in my chest of so much love towards my beautiful family. I love my kids and husband so much, it is really fun to be able to let go and be a kid too! The nice breeze sure helped the mood, it was warm but nice! Alexis couldn't stop smiling and he would throw himself on top of us, he would run from one side to the other! I am sure he felt that he was special and he IS! I love my son so much and I am so grateful that I have him in my life, I am grateful that he trusts me to be his guidance and because of that, I am bound to be better. In the end, I think one can learn a lot from a sweet toddler.

Don't go...

We went walking to Jewel which is pretty close to our house, it was a really hot day outside but we went early so that we could enjoy the day a little better and not die of dehydration. On our way back, after like 1 1/2 hours, we saw some pretty birds flying around and walking in the grass. Alexis, of course, saw them too so he decided to enter to the park that is like right in front of our building. We went with him even though we were tired and sweating like crazy, Charlotte was not happy. That park is part of a Methodist Korean church and it also has a big backyard that is obviously fenced. I sat down and then I turned around to see Alexis, it was the funniest thing I ever seen, he was chasing the little birds, he will go from one to another and as he was like right about to touch them, they will fly away; leaving my son with a disappointing look in his eyes but then he will go to the next one and so forth. After like about 20 minutes of non stop running, it was time for him to go home, he was tired, thirsty, hot, and defeated. I told him he did great and that birds are one of those things that are hard to catch and that he did great, I think he got in better moods but once we entered our nice cool apartment he really got happy and started to eat anything that was in his way and drink lots and lots of liquid. Charlotte was happy about this too. After we came inside, Alexis kept looking out the window to see the birds fly away.

2011 American Idol?

Tuesday evening and I was trying to take a nap when all of the sudden Charlotte and I jumped when a loud music starts entering the room. It was Alexis with Cameron's mp3 player which has a built in speaker that Alexis love, I was about to turn around and tell Alexis to listen to it outside but when I turned, he started singing into the mp3 player, it was so funny. His voice is very strong, and loud but I wonder if he can make it to the next year audition for American Idol... I will definitely vote for him, and he should sing that same song: "we crawl" by rise against. I love the things that kids do but this is one of my favorite, Go ALEXIS!

Sleepy and moody

Today I was really tired the whole day, but it seems like it wasn't only me. Charlotte spent the whole day sleeping and Alexis kept asking to take a nap, which at the end he wouldn't because there was too many things going on around him. He made a mess in the house today though, he poured yogurt on the floor, got a box of clothing all on the floor and got all his stickers in the walls around the house. That is a pure sign of him being tired, I was sleeping with Charlotte while my mom was "with him" but I think she was sleeping too because he normally wouldn't make a mess like that unless there is nobody watching him and I doubt she would just let him pour yogurt on the floor so, enough said about that. We woke up and my mom left, we played a lot but Charlotte got hungry and sleepy again, so I went to the bed with her and breastfed her while Alexis was playing right next to me with his cars, then I started to fall asleep and I turned and he was falling asleep too, Charlotte was already asleep. Cameron got home and we just had fallen asleep, after an hour Alexis asked for tete and Cameron took the chance to steal him away and wake him up. Let's say that he was not happy with this and was really mad, it seems that after a while he calmed down until he asked for his tete again and Cameron wouldn't give it to him so he could eat instead of drinking milk. He was so mad, he would push Cameron away from him, scream no, and hit him too. Cameron was laughing the entire time but it seemed that chubby was not going to give up easily because he came to me to tell on Cameron, finally Cameron gave him the bottle and put him to sleep. My poor little boy was not having a good time today with his daddy, hopefully tomorrow is a different story.

We did it!

Have I say how a wonderful little guy I have? I guess I have but I can't stop saying it, or in this case writing it! Since we had to go to church this morning by ourselves, meaning without daddy's help. We had to wake up early, or at least me, to get things going. The night before, I left our clothing, my jewelry and the diaper bag ready to go. So I hoped for a easy going morning and I had it, Alexis woke up at 7:30am and I started getting him ready, the only problem he gave me was when I had to button the button of his shirt collar. He gagged and almost throws up just because it is too close to his neck, he doesn't like ties either for the same reason but I usually distract him to get his tie on. Today we agreed that I was not going to button his collar but he had to wear the tie and it was not going to be too close to  his neck, he was ok with that and did great. There were few times when I saw gag but did not complain about it until church was over and he was more hot than sick of the tie, I took it off him while telling him how great he did that day. I am glad that he is willing to compromise because I don't know how will I do it, he was very helpful on getting the bottles out of the fridge and putting them in the diaper bag, also on calming Charlotte while she was crying for attention. My little helper and I, did it today! hopefully next week on Sunday is just as good!

Sleeping in anyone?

So naturally, my little baby woke up at 6:30 am after going to bed so early and he didn't wake up at all. So much for a Saturday to sleep in, I got up with him or better yet, stayed up because Charlotte did not sleep a whole lot the rest of the night. It was tough because I was so tired that I couldn't focus very well. We played with cars, we wrote on the floor and Alexis showed Charlotte the stuffed animals that he has, making the sound for each one but he made a mistake with the penguin, he made the sound of a dog and when I pointed it out to him... he laughed, and laughed. It was pretty cute, Charlotte kept smiling too. We had to go shopping and the Alexis slept in the car on the way to the store, he was such a good boy the entire day. He did not complain at all, he slept also in daddy's arms while shopping for food, Cameron had quiet a work out! Finally came home and put him to sleep for a long day at church tomorrow, I am going by myself after Cameron leaves because he has meetings earlier than me, and I have to be a little earlier than usual because I am the new librarian and I have to open the library 20 mins. before sacrament meeting so my mom can't pick me up. I hope everything goes well tomorrow with Charlotte and Alexis... wish me luck.

Feeding time ....

... for Charlotte. Alexis tried to feed her but she refused completely, she had already had the breast but Alexis was stubborn and thought that the reason why she was crying was because she was hungry. We tried to tell him "no mas" but he said NO to us that she wanted tete. She will just get very few drops in her mouth though, so not to worry, I let him do this but I was really nervous even though I was right there with them both. I just like him to feel useful. Anyway, most of the milk will be in her chin and he will clean it up with a burp cloth. It was so sweet that I wish I had a camera with me at that moment. But there will be many more to come for those two, so I am not that worried! And today, once more, no nap! so naturally, Alexis fell asleep at 6:30 pm, I guess a long night awaits for us!

Finally the four of us!

After going to my mom's house, we came home and spent the rest of the day at home... except for my little toddler. He went and played outside with his daddy and some kids around the neighborhood, it started to rain so Cameron came inside, also because there were more kids outside and Cameron was afraid that they were going to throw some stuff at Alexis because that is how they were playing. Alexis got really upset and cried for a while, until Cameron decide to come outside again with him but telling him that if it was raining harder, that they were going to come back inside. Alexis was really happy because it seems like he thought that they were coming inside the first time so that he could get a baseball of his own and go back to play outside. So I am glad they went to play for a while more, Alexis was extremely happy once they came back inside for good, he enjoyed his time outside and it seemed that he had enough of the rain because he was really wet!

When your child teaches you to read!

So I want to home school, therefore, every day is a learning experience but in a fun way. I have been trying to get him interested on reading without any success, then I figured that if I wrote the words of things that he likes he will be more willing to read them. Well, this worked! he knows when I am writing airplane, car or cars, ball, dog, etc. Today I introduced him a name "Gordo" which is my brother's nickname and what everybody calls him since he was little which means "fat boy", for the record my brother is a stick but eats like a fat boy, so this is what happened: he pointed at the words written on the floor, with washable crayons, and said them: "airplane, cars, ball, and ..." he looked at the word and I said "Gordo" then he exclaimed: "Gordo!!!" and went back on the list. I thought that he was just going to restart the reading with airplane but instead he pointed at the words in the floor and named each one "Gordo, Gordo, Gordo, and GORDO!" and laughed out loud!!! I laughed but said no in there it says airplane and he said: "No, Gordo" got up and left and looked at me as if I was the dumbest person in the world. I told him that in my defense, I need to know what he was thinking by naming Gordo all the time, but he put his little index finger up and said "no no no" smiled and left me more confused than ever. I guess he thought I was not a good student.

Car time!

I did not spent a lot of time today with my chubby because I did not sleep at all during the nigh and ended up going to bed at 11:30 am because I had to do some stuff outside of home. So I finally went to sleep and I felt Alexis a couple of times in the bed right next to me but I guess because he missed me, he didn't take a nap so he was again restless. Who would have thought that a tired kid could get so hyper active? Alexis is one of those, so when he is really tired, he runs around even more than usual and starts fake laughing. Anyway, I then had to go to a Volleyball game in church and I took Charlotte with me so Cameron and Alexis could spend some quality time, I heard it was fun but even though Cameron tried countless time to wrestle with Alexis, he would just choose to play with the cars, legos, or play baseball but no fighting today! weird, he is usually the type of kid that likes to wrestle and fight as one power ranger, yes, he is into power rangers lately so he imitates the voices of the bad guys but fights and do the power rangers' moves! But not today, he only wanted to play with cars, by the time I got home... he was already asleep.

Gloomy!

I guess because Mondays are always the hardest but, it was so hard for Alexis too! he was tired, so he got restless, he kept asking for his nap but yet, he wouldn't sleep. Then he was in a really bad mood, he wanted to drink coke and I don't let him because he is too young for that, plus the caffeine will have him instead or running, flying. I don't know the effects of a really active kid plus caffeine yet and I don't want to find out. Then he wanted to take the wipes out of their little box. Then he was hungry, which of course we fed him, but then he wanted his "tete" while he was trying to fall asleep but again, he wouldn't fall sleep so we didn't give him a second bottle and he did not react to well to that. Poor Alexis, it seems like Mondays don't set too well on him either, and on top of that, it was a very gloomy day outside, so we couldn't even go outside to play! Maybe tomorrow..

Like always...

Church, eat, sleep, and sleep again! Except that Alexis did not take a nap but we sure tried to anyway because we were exhausted! Sunday, like always, are long days! we did nothing special, Alexis was sure tired too though, specially when it was time to sleep at  night!

Lond day

I didn't sleep all night, as I was laying in bed Charlotte woke up again to eat just when I put her in her crib and as I was feeding her, Alexis woke up and poured milk on the floor unintentionally though. I decided to play with him since Cameron was not waking up at all, we played with Legos, with puzzles, with the cars, I organized some things, got the garbage out. We did a lot in the morning but I was so tired, I think he knew because he wouldn't ask too much of me, he was being really patient even when I was slow at realizing something, give me a break I was sleepy! Anyway, also I was potty training him and he did fairly good but he hates to stop doing something to go to the bathroom so several times he held the pee but there were two times where it was so long without going that he started peeing before getting to the potty. When Cameron woke up I could finally go to sleep for a bit and I knew I would miss my son, I felt so good to be able to play with him more than usual though. He again, ate very well but was too tired because he did not take a nap, I am usually the one that puts him to sleep but since I was sleeping when it was time for his nap, he didn't take one! Poor guy, I love him so much and he is so patient, I hope he loves me too and I really hope one day he is able to say it, as in for now, he doesn't care about saying that because I think he knows that I want him to say it because he looks at me and smile but with a "no way" type of smile... I had a great day with him today and I hope I get to have more days like this without being tired the entire time.

A well behaved boy

We went out to eat and then to buy a pair of shoes that I saw at Burlington, and also to get my contacts that arrived at Wal-Mart. It was surely a long day, as usual we went to my mom's house and he got so tired that when I was sleeping with Charlotte, he laid right next to me and started kissing me, I asked him for kisses and he would return them and so forth. When I asked one more time for a kiss he put his lips together like he was about to kiss me again but closed his eyes and felt asleep. I was in heaven, having my two kids at each side of me! After that, we went out. I can't express how grateful I am for having such a good kid, he endured all the time that I was trying on shoes, specially when I didn't want to take the ones that I originally wanted but something different, he did not complain. He asked for his cars and played the whole time with his cars, when Charlotte was crying he would hand us the cover up thing to breastfeed her, he is a real sweetheart. He ate really well today too and I can tell that he enjoyed the day too. I love my sweet boy!

fun with tomatoes

Who could have known that tomatoes could be so fun? well, I am sure glad that Alexis found that out. He stuck a tomato in his mouth, a cherry tomato, and then pushed out with his tongue and laughed about it. I tried not to laugh but after few times of seeing him do this in creative ways I laughed, except for the part where he is trying to feed this same tomatoes to me, but then he figured that squeezing them will be more fun. So he grabbed a bunch and started squeezing them one by one, I could see the juicy stuff going up and then falling in the floor or the table. He was cracking up at this point and the worst part is that I permitted this! It was truly hilarious specially seeing his face as he was doing it and then the reaction afterward... priceless. Also I figured it was a good way to let him learn about cause-effect! what a creative way to do it and to enjoy our dinner, by the way, he never wanted to try tomatoes before but now he loves to at least put them in his mouth!

A day out!

Today after we got from my mom's house, Alexis wanted to stay outside and play, so Cameron went inside of the house with Charlotte and I stayed with Alexis outside. He was playing with the ball that our neighbors were playing with but were kindly enough to let him borrow it. Then the kids jumped a fence to go to the park and of course Alexis asked me to carry him over the fence which I did not do, instead we walked there and it was a pleasant walk. He ran a lot, played with me a lot! but then he wanted to run where there was grass in the park, which is a big yard, but the night before was raining so I didn't really like the idea but he still ran towards it and of course I did too. We got home with muddy pants and shoes but we sure had fun.

Normal day

Again today was one of those days were it wasn't that excited. Unless you call exciting when your son is all of the sudden white color because he decided that it will be a good idea to pour the desitin cream on himself but then realizing that it is sticky and hard to come off! Then he went for something different: Vaseline, good times! I guess he was really into trying out cream and lotions today. Besides that, it was a normal day and he was good the rest of the day!

At home with my two kids again.

Today I stayed at home with my two kids again by myself because I had things to do. It was a good day, we played, we watched a movie, ate lunch together, laughed together, and even wrote on the walls together. Definitely fun for both of us but not so much for Charlotte who got bored most of the time, Alexis didn't exclude her from the activities, he wanted me to carry her every where we went. Then Charlotte started getting tired so I fed her while laying on the bed with her, she felt asleep immediately and Alexis kept pulling the blankets from us. We now sleep on a mattress in the floor because our bed was way too big and useless, it was a water bed that I couldn't use because pregnancies and kids, so we got rid of it and since we are moving in a few months, it didn't really matter. Anyway, Alexis took Cameron's pillow and most of the blanket and laid right next to the mattress in the floor. After few minutes he was asleep too, it is so hard to lift him up now that he is so big! but I was successful and did it, I put him in the bed and I was happily sleeping in the middle of Alexis and Charlotte, I felt like I was in heaven, it was really cute, I was hugging Alexis and I could feel Charlotte holding onto my shirt on my back. After our nap we ate lunch and Alexis said "Vamos bye bye?" I said yes, "Okay, vamos bye bye!" he was so happy that we were going outside to play that he kept running around the apartment for half and hour with me chasing him to put on his shoes while he was yelling "Vamos bye bye, donde esta my shoes shoes?" I kept telling him to stop running so I could put his "shoes shoes" on! it was fun, we finally went outside and played and he did have lots of fun, went to bed a little earlier than usual but happy to have enjoyed his day!

Sleepless Sunday

It was mother's day and we spent the day at my parents after going to church, he was not happy to get up early to go to church. I don't think anyone was happy, then we went to my parents' house to eat lunch and ended up eating at 4:30 pm! Alexis was really tired as I was too, I was falling asleep when talking to my grandma in the cell phone. I did not want to leave my parents' house though until my cousins did because I knew that once they were gone, the good food was out like: Salami! I love salami, I drool every time I smell salami! but my cousins wouldn't leave even though they said that they were going to do so right after eating, this was pushing Alexis' limits, he was too tired and therefore hyper. He wanted to run outside, he actually ran away twice while my dad was cooking in the grill, he was running and laughing but he was in his diaper and it was cold outside, plus it is not good to just go outside and run, I don't want him to think it is ok for him to do that and then going into the street. When Cameron caught him it was a show! he wouldn't stop crying nor screaming, he was so mad, nothing could calm him down. This is the first time that he has stayed mad for so long, and he wouldn't forget, my dad open the apartment's door again and he ran again and Cameron got him again and there was another show. I tried to explain why he couldn't run outside but as soon as he saw me kneeling down in front of him he understood that I was going to say something like "you can't do what you want to do right now" even though that is not exactly what I say, at the end it is the simplest logic one can conclude and Alexis knows it. Finally I told Cameron to try to play "Little Einsteins" for him and immediately he calmed down. Uff, how something simple can calm and stubborn baby from doing something that he "desperately" wants, still amazes me.

Pizza Hut

We spend the whole day at home, Alexis was enjoying his father's company in the morning and also his uncle Gordo's company. We had to take care of my brother this morning because my mom had a meeting in the stake and my dad was working. I spend the whole morning sleeping with Charlotte and didn't even see my brother, then we were invited by my parents to Pizza Hut and I was then invited to the movies, not with Cameron nor the kids because it would have been impossible to watch the movie with them both. Anyway, Alexis made my dad spend all his quarters and to get some more because he wanted to grab the toys from the little machines. He got like 6 dice and 3 plastic balls. He ate a little bit of pizza and cheese sticks, but boy how he ran around. After that it was time for them to leave... it was one of the hardest things I have ever experienced, seeing my family go it was like seeing three parts of me leaving one little tiny speck behind! I almost cried, but it was a decision that Cameron and I took few days ago when my parents told us about the movie theater night! I know we agreed it was the best choice but still I couldn't help but feel uneasy the whole night. I called a few times to make sure they were doing good, Cameron told me that Alexis went straight to bed and did not even ask for me... thanks Alexis. LOL, oh well, at least Charlotte missed me and Cameron but sometimes I wish that Alexis was a little bit less independent, I am like that too though, I am not as affectionate with my parents but I love them and I am attached to them but I know they love me too so I feel like I don't need to try to hard for their love. Urgh, why did I have to have a kid like me in that sense? the good thing is that, we both understand each other. When I hug him really tight to bug him, I am really saying I love you so much! and when he pulls away from me and hits me I know he is saying " I love you too" that how I am with my dad! He hugs me and I go away and hit him! Weird? yes, but I know Alexis is confident about my love for him so much, that he doesn't have to do anything for me to love him!

Missionaries cooked for us!

Well, so today there is not really much to tell, it has been a long day but I am sure glad that is Friday, Alexis slept a lot until about 6:30 pm so he did not go to bed early. As I said, we did not do much, just that he finally ate carrots again today, he really loves them but for some reason he just did not want to eat them after few months! However, he adds ketchup to them now! as long as he eats them, I am fine with it but trust me; it is not the greatest sight you could have!

Thursday madness

My son is coo coo, he ran around all day at my mom's house. Jumped a lot, tried to get something that was on top of the refrigerator, just by standing on top o a chair, and then spilling all the milk in the floor while trying to pour himself some milk in his bottle without asking us because he knew we were going to say "it is not time for your bottle". He is smart but he is so rough when he does things, he is a boy after all but it is funny to watch him, he is very observant, you do something once and he does it or says it! I have to be careful every time when I open a door because I don't want him to learn to open the door yet, I don't want him to escape to the streets and all other doors in the house are kept open! but he tries to watch me do it. We had to walk to my cousin's house and get some milk for him later, and he grabbed a vase that had icicles for a Christmas tree and he wanted it so bad, I kept putting it back thinking that there was nothing really interesting about it, but he kept saying "this one, Ok!" then my cousin told me that it has chocolates inside and that he probably saw her (5 months ago) putting them in there for Christmas but they were hidden, you couldn't even tell they were there. I gave him the vase to see if that is what he wanted, and he put his hand all the way in and got happy all of the sudden then took it out and there it was, a Hershey! I forgot to mention that he has a very good memory when is convenient to him or necessary. I hope he doesn't remember that I took the rest and hid them!   

First day with Alexis and Charlotte by myself!

Well, my mom has been coming to my house ever since Charlotte was born almost every day, not Saturdays and Sundays because Cameron is here. Since there are only few months before I go to Utah, I haven't really told her that I don't need any more help so she can enjoy the kids more and so that they remember her next time we come or they go visit. Today though, I couldn't go to her house neither she could come because Cameron is using her car while ours is in repair and I had a meeting with the new president of the YW in my house in the morning. It was quite interesting but fun, I was so busy with them both plus trying to get the house ready to clean tonight. While the meeting was going on though, Charlotte was sleeping and Alexis was playing with Layla's son who is the same age (Layla is the new YW's president) his name is Lee by the way. So Lee and Alexis were playing at hitting each other with swords and pretty much fighting for them and for the cars! It was fun to watch them but Alexis is so much bigger than him that when Lee tries to pull him by the shirt Alexis almost since motionless by this! They are starting to actually play more than before so that is a good thing, specially hide and seek.  After that, I cooked his lunch and he ate it really well, he is a picky eater, and then it was time for his nap but I have to be patting his chest, belly, or butt when he takes his nap and that is when it became tricky. I had Charlotte in one side of the bed while breastfeeding her, and Alexis in the other side while he was drinking his bottle and me patting his belly with a crooked arm. It was not easy because Alexis gets restless and still wants me to pat him but starts getting hyper! It was a fight but at the end he felt asleep and Charlotte too so I decided to take a nap too. When Alexis asked for more milk though it was hard to get out of bed with those two, Alexis had his legs on top of my hips and Charlotte had her nose in my back, she came from where she was all the way to my back, she always does this. She likes to be as close to me as possible and Alexis is just a crazy sleeper. It was hard but I did get up from bed and went back to it and again, I had them both on me. I felt nice to have my two kids so close to me, but my back hurt horribly for not being able to move from an uncomfortable position. Then he got up and like always made a mess while I was still sleeping and when I opened my eyes he immediately pointed to the laundry baskets and said: "oh oh" yeah, that oh oh meant that somehow, all Charlotte's and his diapers got in the laundry baskets and not only that, but the lotions, baby oil and wipes too! He is such a good actor that when I started taking them out he said: "oh men, what happened?, oh oh" with a surprised face. I couldn't help but laugh and then I asked him to help me put everything back which he did. At least it seems like he was feeling guilty enough to help or he was trying to cover up his act! LOL, I love that goofy kid, he makes me laugh every day with every new stuff he does, even new ways to walk like walking with the legs wide open and tilting the head forward while making a tiger's sound. It looks more like Godzilla but I still tell him what a good lion or tiger he is!                                                

At my mom's again

So I think I mentioned this before but I am not sure, we have been going to my mom's house this past few days because our car is in repair and my mom wants to help me with the kids. So Cameron drops us off in the morning at her house (he is using her car)and then pick us up. I slept a lot today for some reason, I think I have anemia or something because I find myself really tired and with strong headaches, it doesn't help that I forgot to take my vitamins for a few days. So anyway, then he slept and then we shower together, it was nice to at least do something together, then we had to go to the church because the YW had a Volleyball game and I really wanted to watch. After that we came home and put him to bed, then Cameron, Charlotte, and I stayed watching "The Blind Side" which is a really good movie, I kept thinking the whole time on how much I love my kids and how Alexis needs to grow up knowing that we love him and being grateful for what he has. I want him to feel compassion towards others too and I know he will, he seems to have that naturally on him but at the same time he is such a bully when he wants to. If I teach right from the start then I am sure there will be more chances for him to be good when older.

Family Home Evening almost success

We spent the day at my mom's house and it was good but I slept a lot, I felt tired the whole day for some reason, maybe because I forgot to take my vitamins for few days and it started affecting me, I am not sure. Alexis kept destroying my mom's house, when I came to my brother's room (his favorite room in the house) I saw this huge "drawing" in the wall for which he pointed and said: "oh oh, oh men, what are you doing? oh no!" I of course laughed because I knew it was himself who did this but he is a great actor and I had to give him credit, also my brother's bed was so wet, he poured a whole bottle of water in the bed and got all his stuff out. What a kiddo, after I woke up he was being a good kid. Then he took his nap and he looked so cute and cuddly, I wanted to squeeze him, I love my little boy. When we got home it was time for Family Home Evening and Cameron successfully made him stayed for the hymn and for a little of the lesson, then again for the last hymn and prayer which is his favorite part! We can't push him too much on this but I think it was almost a success, plus Alexis really enjoys singing hymns!

Sunday madness

Not a good day for Alexis, we woke him up at 6 am because Cameron and I had meetings in church at 7 am so he was saying NO the whole time that Cameron was dressing him. Then we got to church and he was doing good except that it seems that all the little kids in the ward agreed to riot against sacrament meetings on Sundays because all of them were acting horrible and Alexis seemed to be the leader this time. I had to come outside with him and he thought he could play but little did he remember that I was going to hold him in a chair on top of my legs like I did 1 year ago to make him understand that even when we are outside the sacrament room it doesn't mean that he can play because he could use that against me and make a fuss every Sunday to play outside. I explain all this to him while he was trying to use his force to free himself out of my arms, at the end he gave up and stayed calm but laughing at other kids running and pretending to be hit by his penguin. It seems like a lot of mothers were outside with his kids too but as I said, they were running around so I don't think they are going to learn their lesson! Poor guy, then he went to his nursery class and he did great, for what I heard, and after wards Cameron had to stay to count tithing and my parents took Alexis with them but left behind his favorite friend, the penguin called: puicki puicki! When we got to my parents house, we forgot the penguin in the car and when he finally got it he was so happy. Then we came back to our house after eating at my parents but forgot the penguin at their house and they had meetings in church so they weren't home. Well, Alexis cried and cried which he never does like that, he was in such a state! I felt horrible, he kept asking for puicki puicki while I was trying to make him take his nap, I told him that it was at his nona's house (grandma's) and with his papa and coco (his grandpa and gordo, my brother). so he said, "OK" and got out of the blankets and said no mas! he was not going to sleep without his penguin. I felt asleep and Cameron came outside with him, I woke up to feed Charlotte and then went to check why everything was so quiet, I found my two men sleeping in the couch, it was a cute sight. Alexis again woke up in a really bad mood and crying again, finally my parents got home at 9:30 pm and Alexis happily hugged his friend. AWWWW finally he was happy and in good moods but it was already way passed his bed time so sadly we had to do his nightly routine and say good night.

Long day and a good boy!

Again, we had such a long Saturday. First we went to the church early in the morning because Cameron wanted to play soccer with the rest of the brothers in our ward. So Alexis, Charlotte, and I stayed inside of the church playing with balls and cars, since it was a little cold outside. We had fun but then Alexis wanted to run out to the streets and he ran and opened the doors to get out of the church, I was with Charlotte in my arms so the only thing I could do was to literally drag him in, I felt horrible but I was so scared that he could run out to the street! He obviously cried and sobbed for few minutes and there I was feeling guilty thinking that I probably hurt him, or made him scratched his knees. I checked him and he told me to stop checking him so he could play, so I guess he was ok but I was still feeling horrible. Then he tripped and fell so I was devastated but you have to do what you have to do. On our way to Pizza Hut, he felt asleep in the car but our car started overheating and therefore we never made it to the pizza place nor house, we luckily made it to my parents house and then ordered pizza. Every single time we will drive the car for one minute, we will have to stop for like 3 minutes to let it cool down and Alexis did wonderfully, he was asleep at first but then he woke up and was even smiling the whole time with sleepy eyes. Thank goodness Charlotte was asleep too. Then we went to Walmart only to find out that the money that was supposed to be deposited in our account was not in yet so after picking the food, a full cart with stuff we had to go home and report the problem. Alexis looked at all the food, specially the stuff that he picked sadly but we still could get him some stuff and as soon as we got home we gave them to him. He was happy and he didn't complain at all, he is a really good boy, and that is why whenever I have to "drag" him I feel terrible, and I know sometimes I push him too much when he is just a little innocent boy growing way too fast for his age and I am not only talking about his height but his intellectual, he is growing too quickly and I still push him forgetting that he is a kid. I have to constantly remind myself how much I wanted to have a normal childhood but couldn't because of the studies for being a smarty one. I want my kids to be kids and to enjoy their time so sometimes, I make that huge mistake but I am glad that I am able to recognize it quickly and hold back a little. I also want to enjoy him! and I am glad I can and I am also glad that he is still just a baby to me and I think he will always be.

No mas!

So today we had a long day, Alexis didn't take a long nap as usual. He spent the morning at my mom's house because my brother was sick and I didn't want him to come to my house because he could Charlotte sick, so my mom decided to take Alexis with her in the morning which I didn't like and I told her I was going to be great with both of them but she insisted. I felt so lonely without him in the house, Charlotte and I spent the morning sleeping until 1 pm when he returned, Charlotte continued sleeping. I was so happy to see my little boy again but he was tired so I immediately put him to bed, once he woke up I knew it was going to be a long day because he slept only 2 hours. We got the movie in the mail of "Astro boy" so we decided to watch it with him and he liked, I guess, but at the last scene he got so sentimental; he was trying not to cry and kept rubbing his eyes that started getting wet with tears! I felt so bad, I was trying to calm him down and he was quietly shedding some tears, he was on top of Cameron's legs so Cameron kept holding him tight and telling him that everything was ok, that Astro boy won and he was ok but he wouldn't take that answer. The movie finished few minutes after that and Alexis wanted to still watch some more but it seems that he couldn't find what he was looking for because he said "no mas" and grabbed the controller and turned off the TV. Then he told Cameron that it was time to go a "mimi" (sleep). We were amazed the rest of the night with this tear incident!

My little boy wants to be a big guy!

We went outside so the kids could breath some fresh air and also to wait for Cameron to come back from work. There were some kids right outside our house, so we didn't go to the park but stayed there. I had Charlotte in a baby carrier, the diaper bag in one hand, and Alexis' hand in the other. I don't know how other mothers do this but it is hard to come out with two kids outside and try to protect them at the same time! Anyway, the kids were playing soccer so Alexis wanted to join in, the girls were nice enough to let him play but the boys were not too happy about this, but luckily the ball was from one of the girls. Then he saw the boys riding bicycles and of course he wanted to, but I didn't let him because obviously they are too big for him and I wasn't going to ask the boys to give up their ride! Then he saw them running into the street and he wanted to do this too, on this one I dropped the diaper bag near by and held his hand really tight,which is not easy because he is a big guy and he is strong and heavy and after all, I had Charlotte with me too. Not easy to stop a kid from running in the street but I did tell the kids to not run in the streets, they almost get hit by cars once and it is so irresponsible, they are not little either, they were like 10-11 years old! Where are the parents of these kids??? Oh well, at least I am glad that I am there for Alexis and I am always going to be there for my kids! they are way too precious for me but I feel really bad for Alexis that wants to do everything that bigger kids do, even talk to them but the boys would look at him weird and ask me why couldn't they understand what he was saying, I explained and they were a little more open with him but you know, young kids don't want babies to play with them but I gladly sat with Alexis, and Charlotte still on me, to play with his cars on the grass and he loved it and appreciated it! I love those moments with him!

Pirates!

So we had an ok day, we played with Legos, with cars, with the balls, we watched movies, etc. The best part is when at night, our movie was "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead man's chest" and he loves the parts with the sword fighting in which Jack Sparrow, Will Turner, and the Commodore are fighting at the same time. He got his swords out of the room and ran excitedly  towards me to hand me one and to start fighting, the only problem was, that I had Charlotte in my arms because I was feeding her and Cameron was not home because he had a meeting at church, so it was hard, the only thing I could do was to protect Charlotte and myself with the sword, I couldn't attack for fear that he will swing the sword and hit us! He was disappointed but I think he kind of understood because he stopped but looked at me with a smile, I guess he knew that I was trying to do two things at the same time! Well, I will make sure I take a duel with him soon with the swords! Wish me luck!

Guilty

So we didn't do a whole lot today, we woke up at 7 am and we played until 11 am, my mom got home and I took a nap with Charlotte who didn't wake up until 1 pm and that is when I woke up from my nap. Then we ate lunch and it was time for Alexis' nap (2pm), he didn't really want to take a nap but I feel terrible when he doesn't take his naps because it is so important for kids to be on their schedules and routines and also sleeping is really important at this age. So finally he felt asleep, I still have to pat his tummy or chest so he can go to sleep, I am not sure how he is going to take his naps once we are in Utah and I have no one to watch Charlotte while I put him to sleep, I guess he will learn. Then he woke up at 6:30 pm which is a little later than usual, and Cameron was home and they played a little and then it was time to go to sleep. It is really hard to spend quality time with him while I have a newborn in my arms but I try... except for today, I still feel guilty that the day went by so quickly and we didn't get to play as much as usual. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day!

A nice day out!

Today I didn't get to play with Alexis because I woke up really late (Charlotte was up for a while the night before) then we went to the park where he would chase me with his two chubby hands full of little tiny rocks to throw them at me, it is funny how they can have fun with little things like this. Then he tried to chase a dog, and thought that an old man from far away was my dad, so him and I ran towards the man, who was at the other side of the park and once we got to him Alexis said: "Oh man!, oh no! oh oh! donde esta papa?" (Where is grandpa?) pretty funny and specially when he was saying all this in front of the guy who was not so old when up close! LOL, my little guy is so funny sometimes but then he remembered the dog so we had to go back to the other side of the park where my mom, my brother, Charlotte, and cousins where waiting for us! He was really happy to see them but sat down after running around so much and going up a hill! We went shopping and he did really good, we also had him sitting in the shopping cart so he wouldn't run around, and he was tired, but after such a nice day out, he was ready to sleep, or eventually he would be, and he gets cuter and cuter every day!

Long Sunday

It always seems like Sundays are days that never end! We go to church and usually we have invitations to go somewhere else, and then church meetings, etc. Now it has gotten a lot better than staying in the church from 10 am until 6 pm! but still, this past Sunday we had an invitation from one of the members to his birthday, it was really nice and specially the "Posole" which is like a Mexican soup, then they had a family  home evening and, of course, the birthday cake! but we got home really tired, the four of us actually. Alexis behaved so well though, he didn't get cranky even though he hadn't taken his nap, and he was pretty smiley and playful the whole time. During church though, a lot of kids come close to our seat and try to take his cars away or distract him, it gets me really mad because it took a long time to get him to seat for a whole hour and to be calm, but thanks to mothers that let kids run around or jump from on seat to the other, my little boy stays with me but won't seat down. So yes, is a fight again. I am so excited to go to an English ward for this reason! I know that they are better at controlling runaway kids during sacrament meeting and I hope that Alexis behaves once we are there. Well, not much to say since we didn't really do a whole lot today, all I can say is that Alexis is getting better and better about hit temper tantrum every day.

My little helper!

This week has been great with Alexis. Today he was really mad after his really late nap, but I think is jut natural since he was still tired and it was 8:30 pm when he woke up from a 2 1/2 hour nap! He kept whining and complaining about every single little thing, poor guy... but it is no wonder when he was helping the whole day! His day started a lot earlier than the rest of us, I think he was up by his usual time (aprox. 8am) but I was up by 10 am and that is because I heard a really sweet voice: "momma, diaper, come on" I got up and looked at him and he had already the diaper in his hands and he immediately laid in his back on the floor so I could change his diaper. Then, I warmed up two pancakes and he devoured them, then he ate one big piece of pizza from last night, and cereal! The poor guy was so hungry!!! he didn't even had his morning bottle because I forgot to do so when he asked for a bottle at 4 am! My little man is so good and I feel like such a horrible mother! Cameron did not wake up at all either until almost noon! and Charlotte the same, and Alexis kept helping me with little tasks without me even telling him, like for example: handing me a diaper, giving a bottle of formula for Charlotte, getting me her burp cloth, her blanket, then giving me water to drink, giving me pizza to eat. It was so cute to see him doing all this things just because he knew I will need them eventually. I can't believe how smart and intuitive he is for his age, my parents came by and my mom was changing Charlotte's diaper but she didn't know which diaper (we have several different sizes already that people has giving us) and we moved the room around so she didn't know where Charlotte's diaper was and as I was heading towards the room to tell her where (right next to her) I saw Alexis grabbing the right size diaper and handing it to her! My mom was laughing because she couldn't believe that she didn't know but Alexis did, and I hadn't even told him where I put them today (today was when we moved things around the room). Then my parents were saying goodbye and Alexis thought that he was going too so he grabbed his diaper bag and started getting it ready... awww, he is such a cute boy but my dad kindly told him that he will gladly take him but he was sure that I will miss him so he had to stay, and he said: "Okay!" and put the diaper bad where it belonged! As I said, I can't believe that my little man is growing so fast and is able to understand everything that is going on around him. It was so hard for Cameron to put him to bed tonight because Alexis was not tired (at 10 pm) but still, my little guy went to sleep! He is really obedient, but not every time, but very close! The terrible twos is a great age for both parents and kids, I love it!

Is Friday!

So many things to get ready for the weekend, clean house, kids' nails cut, YW's class reading, and making sure we have a full fridge to feed a hungry woman and her husband! Also, make sure the bills are paid! Doesn't sound like much but with two kids, is a lot. Alexis though, usually fights me when cutting his nails while he is asleep. Today I tried a different technique... while he was awake! and I am proud to announce that we enjoyed it a lot. Then we watched the movie "Spirit" and laughed in the funny parts and made the horse sound for the rest of the movie, and played with the Legos again, also with the ball pit. What a nice day, I couldn't get him in the bathtub, no matter what I did, but that is ok, tomorrow he will for sure have one. At night, we had a mother and son date type of thing, we watched "Pirates of the Caribbean: dead's man chest" and he got scared with few parts but he loved it for the most part, so much that at 11 pm, he didn't want to go to sleep because he wanted to watch it again! I promised him tomorrow we are going to watch it. I think there will be a lot of sword fighting in our family tomorrow too after this movie, so I am very excited to wake up tomorrow and play with Alexis! Good night!

A loving son

Today it was another one of those good days in which you feel blessed to have such a good two year old. Again we played but not with Legos for some reason, we watched the Lion King and I felt so good to explain to him each animal and he would look at me and smile every time I will say something like "I am a monkey uh ah ah ah" (the sound of the animals). I have been doing this personification of animals since he was like 6 months and he learned it ever since then, so every time he would see an animal he would say "I am a" and I had to say "I am a bird, twit twit" or stuff like that, but recently he doesn't say that anymore, maybe because he got bored of it or something, but I am so happy that he still smiles when I do that and asks for more. It is such a nice bonding experience for me to be right next to him and see his little sparkly eyes beaming at me like I am the best in the world! He is so adorable, I feel so good specially now that he is more vocal and understands more, it gets better and better every day and I thought that it was impossible, but I guess, once more, I was wrong. Having kids is one of the hardest things in the world because they are the future of society but that is why it is the best thing in the world, because society gets another chance to be better thanks to good parents that teach good values to their children everyday. That is my motto, I love you Alexis!

Fun with Legos!

Today it was such a great day. We played a lot, we played with cars, with puzzles, with balls and Legos. I made a racing track with the Legos which Alexis loved and destroyed so I could re-build it. It was awesome, he was really excited for it and I know that he was really happy that I was doing that for him because he kissed me several times and couldn't stop smiling the whole day. The funny thing is that simple things make a two year old smile and you don't need to dedicate them your whole day, just a little of your time and show them how much you love them and they are happy but once you give them your all, they'll appreciate you forever. Also, he is been getting a lot better with his sister. He caresses her, thinks that she can play with him too, points at her nose and makes sure that she is doing good in the swing and having fun. He will seat right in front of the swing and talk to her, but he doesn't like her feet showing, he tells her to stop and to put them away because they are "eww". I think her feet just grosses him out because they are small and wiggly but poor Charlotte, every time I am eating and I put her in the swing, she gets the same lecture about her feet but also a nice caress and smile from Alexis.

Crazy day and moody boy!

Yes, he was moody almost the whole day because he was for some reason, tired. Even though he slept 12 hours at night, which is what he usually sleeps, he was tired. He was angry the whole day, he didn't want to do anything and if you said anything that he didn't like, he will scream NO! even when I wasn't talking to him. It was a little hard today but at the same time nice because I had a chance to play with him in the morning while Charlotte was sleeping and then I gave him a bath and we played with water, the bathroom was a mess though, it was great but as I said, not so much when he was angry. I tried to put him to sleep, he sleeps if someone is right next to him in my bed, but it didn't work out the first time. Then the second time it was after a nap and at 3:30pm, a little later than usual but finally he was resting. He got up around 4:30 pm (his naps are usually 2-3 hours) and walked towards the couch saying "no" the whole time and then walked back to my room, laid on the bed and asked for tete, finally he was asleep again until 5:30 pm, when Cameron arrived and still he was moody. We put him to bed around 8:30 pm and it was 10:15 pm and I still could hear him complaining in the room. I am not sure what other thing was going wrong with him because he was tired but I wonder if maybe a tooth, or ear, or stomach pain... I don't know but hopefully he is in a better mood tomorrow, I will just have to watch him closely tonight and so far no fever! Good night!

Goodbye grandma!

Today Grandma Dora left to PA, Alexis was not so nice during the weekend but I was glad that he was able to say goodbye with a kiss and a wave of hand. We went to the airport to say goodbye to her and obviously there were a lot of airplanes which he loves except that a big one passed right on top of us while in the parking lot and the sound of it made Alexis run towards me with fear in his eyes and facial expression... I have to admit that it was cute and that I loved it because it made feel like he still needs me :) Also, he was afraid of the train, we had to go on a mini train to get to the terminals and he didn't enjoy the ride at all, it was really funny to see him so scared of it but at the same time, again, it was cute. He is still my little boy and no matter how tall and how old he is, he will always be my baby. In the airport though, I realized how jealous I am; people were looking at him as he was talking and waving to everyone and of course they were trying to talk to him back and saying how cute he was, I didn't like that and not because I don't like people to compliment him but because it made me feel like I had to protect him more, specially in an airport so it was a little hard for me. Also, people were looking at Charlotte a lot but that is a different story! I love my little boy and he will always be my little baby boy and that makes me happy!

Eating eggs and finally wearing a cap!

Well, after egg coloring the eggs needed to be eaten! but not by Alexis, by Cameron because Alexis gets grossed out! so we took a video, for some reason I can't post videos in this blog so I have to change the settings, and it was really funny. Alexis crawled away and Cameron caught him and sat on top of him and Alexis was just laughing the whole time, even when Cameron was eating the egg in front of him! What a curious little boy, other times he would have thrown up but I am glad that didn't happen today. Also, he never wears a hat or anything to cover his head, not even in winter... well, we had to make him wear his cap in winter. Today was different, he wore a cap with pride and wore it the whole day, it was my dad's cap but I guess now is his... sorry dad!

Egg hunt

Because in my culture/religion, we don't celebrate Easter. Culture: in my country they don't do the egg hunt but they talk about the resurrection. Religion: I am Mormon and in Venezuela the catholics celebrate the resurrection with a type of march and carrying around a life size cross and Christ, therefore; we only remember why Christ die, and what happened in those moments. Since I don't know how to paint eggs and my mother in law was coming to town, we decided to wait for her and do it with her! it was really fun, Alexis loved to put the eggs in the paint and didn't really know what to do once they were hidden but we came up with the idea to use a flashlight and ask: "Donde esta?" (Where is it?). Then he knew we were looking for something because that is the method that Cameron and him use to try to find lost cars around the house. At the last two eggs, he was really happy to find it, he smiled and clapped like he usually does once he does something good! Anyway, it was really a fun day for him until the night came and Cameron and I went out on our date, he cried for 5 minutes after we left and finally felt asleep in the floor! poor little guy... I guess he wasn't used to his grandma but I know one day he will be able to recognize her and get more familiar with her... I least I hope so but for that we need to get more visits and visit more often!

Grandma gives Alexis new cars!

Yep, that is right... he got 5 more new cars from Dora. As anyone can guess it, he became more friendly towards her. Today he was very smiley and didn't care much about me since he got new stuff to play with, then my mom came to say hi to Dora and he made her build a tower of 200 legos so he could hit it down with a bat! He had a blast and my mom was really tired after picking them up and building the tower several times, well imagine putting together 200 pieces and then watch it coming down in a matter of seconds! I just love his smiles and today was one of those days were he seemed happy and that makes my heart melt so bad... I love him. Today I felt like it was another good day, except when he pushed my face away because I told him it was time to go to bed but no worries, I laughed and he did too!

PA Grandma is in town!

So Dora arrived to Chicago nice and safe! Alexis, of course, ignored her like she was not there which is typical of him when there is some one that he hasn't met yet... unless is a cute little girl! We were outside for an hour to wait for Cameron to arrive with Dora, so he played with the other kids that live around the area and I discovered that I am a hawk, I couldn't take my eyes off him nor separate from him; if he ran I ran too with a diaper bag and baby in arms! The kids had a mini skateboard and a ball so naturally Alexis took them and said "mine", the kids didn't mind at all but they were asking a lot of questions about him like: "why doesn't he go to school?" I responded "because he is too young", "but he is so big", "but he is only two". I could have been more patient but those kids have a newborn brother too but it seems like the parents didn't care to tell them what they do, how babies act, or they didn't even care that their kids were almost hit by cars because they will go in the middle of the street and play like it was normal. urghhh.. I don't like that and that is so irresponsible for some parents, one little kid, like 5 years old, was almost ran on by some of our friends when they were backing up because the kid went towards the car just to play like the other kids were doing whenever there were cars coming! Thank goodness nothing happened. I am just glad that I am there for Alexis and if I can't be there, then he is not going to be there either. Anyway, hopefully tomorrow he likes Dora better, I am sure he will start to adapt!

When a toddler misses his nap...

Thanks to my mom being with me in the mornings, I can sleep what I don't sleep at night, which is usually none sleep the whole night. So I didn't get to see my son much during the morning, only for like 2 hours and then 1 hour at noon. Then I woke up at 2pm again for good, my mom had to go because she needed to do her house chores too, well I started doing the laundry and trying to follow up with the long list of things to do for today. Alexis was not happy at all, he didn't want me to carry his sister Charlotte. He threw himself on the floor when a car slipped from his hands, and screamed because he wanted to stay in the laundry room when I said no. Later, he kept screaming for little things, and poured all the baby detergent in the couch... then I got mad and told him that he knew he couldn't grab that but still he did and it is my fault because he just wanted attention and finally got it the wrong way. After telling him that I was really upset because I had to clean the couch on top of everything else, he got mad because his cars got some detergent too. It was not a fun day today, but I know most of it is my fault because I should have pay more attention to him. Cameron got home and he got a little happier but he was tired. He went to bed a little earlier than usual, normal time is 8:30pm, which was 8pm! I know the poor guy wanted me to put him to sleep for his nap but with a crying one month old it was really hard, and this got him really mad and he wouldn't go to sleep no matter how tired he was, but the results of this is a moody toddler. Not fun and I have to figure out what to do next time that he does this, like for example: stop the house chores and play with my son... I am a clean freak so this is really hard for me but I love my son the most so anything to make him happy!

More Cookies!

Well, I am glad and should be sad about the fact that Alexis got really mad today. It was almost dinner time and Alexis wanted a cookie, we said no so naturally he screamed. Then he asked for his bottle and I said no because he needed to eat his meal first. I promised him that he was going to have one cookie after his dinner. We finished eating and immediately he asked for his cookie so I gave it to him, after finishing that one he asked for more, Cameron and I discussed about it, whether to give him one more or not, we were wondering if it will harm him the fact that I said only one cookie... usually I do as I say unless is too irrational. Finally we decided that we were going to give him one more and explain to him that there was no more cookies for the day, I did but while trying to explain to him that I was going to give him only one more cookie... he screamed and moved his arms and hit me with them! It was really funny because I was just trying to explain but he wouldn't listen, he thought I was just going to say no, so I grabbed the cookie and said: "after this one, no more cookies. I love you and I am giving you this second cookie because I think only one was not enough for you tonight!" Then it seemed like he understood me, finally, and left happily and didn't return for more!. I guess is just natural to try to come back for more, but I think if he would have come back for a third cookie, it was definitely a NO!

Forced cookie!

We played outside since it was such a nice day. Alexis saw a kid the same size as him but like 3 years older so he decided to play with him by the garage of our apartment, so we didn't go to the park but stayed around. Alexis loves baseball since he watched "Everyone's hero", so he has his baseball bat and ball (they are not that hard, so no worries) but this kids had a plastic bat with drawings of super heroes and an old tennis ball... of course he wanted those so he demanded the kid to give them to him: "Dame (Give it to me), this is mine." then he told the kid : "Go, ball" meaning that he wanted him to throw the ball at him so he could hit it with the bat, he told the kid exactly where he wanted him to be and how to do it. After a while, the kid did not like the fact that he had to give his toys to Alexis, so he attempted to hit him and then I had to interrupt by saying: "those are not his, but you are playing with his  toys too, don't worry I won't let him take YOUR toys to our house. You are only letting him borrow them. But hitting is not good" he did hit Alexis in his hand very softly but Alexis did not care since his hands are a lot bigger, and probably didn't really feel it anyway. The kid got mad anyway and then turned to his a lot bigger brother and started hitting him. The kid though, felt like he needed to do what Alexis told him even though he knew that Alexis is just a baby but I don't think that he believed it too much because of his size!
Then we had a doctor's appointment for Charlotte and went to McDonalds to eat. We always ask for cookies and when it was the moment to eat the cookies... Alexis got really happy, I split one cookie in half and gave him both halves. I got the other cookie without splitting it and prepared to take the first bite when I suddenly see him giving Cameron his pieces quickly and taking the whole one from my hand, I guess he doesn't like when I split his cookies. Towards the end it seemed like he could not eat a whole cookie because, while he was standing up in the seat right next to Cameron, he shoved the last piece of cookie into his dad's mouth and finally said: "No mas" I guess that was it! so Cameron ended up with a very "yummy" piece of cookie and with a laugh! Alexis sure has a very strong and demanding personality, he is willing to share a little more now but at the same time he can be very bully like. I usually just let him be with other kids because I believe that he will learn when he sees the other kids' reactions but at home I try to explain and demonstrate that he can't have everything he wants, only certain things we are willing to give him and share with him but not everything. It is certainly not easy but slowly he will learn. I just hope he won't "force cookies" to everyone else.

Blessed Sunday

I feel as if Alexis mature this last couple of days. I usually want him and try to encourage him to share so I always ask him for one of his cars, one of his cookies, or one of his balls. Usually he will share with me his balls and cookies but not his cars; and this hasn't really changed. Today, before I even asked him for candy or whatever he is eating, he came up to me and game one mini chocolate. Then I noticed that he has been doing this for few days, also he sits down at the table before I have to tell him that he needs to sit down to eat. He always likes to eat with a fork or spoon now, he knows that he needs to get his hands VERY clean with a napkin, and also that once he is finished eating, he doesn't need to push the plate and scream NO, he only needs to say "No mas" (no more) and he patiently waits for us to put him down (he has a booster seat). His attitude seems to have changed incredibly, we went to church for the first time as a family of 4 and Alexis saw the gym... he knows that means: balls and games. I thought to myself "oh boy, I will have to chase him and drag him to the sacrament room while carrying a newborn little girl". I said to him: "baby, we have to go inside and you know today is Sunday, we don't play at the gym today" he gave one last glance at the gym and then walked with determination towards the sacrament room and sat down without any complains. I felt so happy that he finally understood! I felt so proud of him and felt like my heart was melting for him. I love my little boy so much, and even when a lot of people were coming towards me just to hold my little girl, he never showed a sign of jealousy and sat calmly. Eventually people noticed him and said hi to him, and they also noticed how calm he was and commented on how well he was behaving! He is usually eager to come out of the sit and play but obviously I don't let him run during sacrament meeting and if he cries, I go out of the room with him and seat him on my lap and gently explain him that even though we are outside he still won't be able to play because that is the time to be calm to wait for the sacraments. I have been doing this for a year now, and he sees other kids with frustrated mothers that let them run and complains a little, but I still don't give in to that cute face of his. I guess today is showing that, one year of discipline is finally paying off. I didn't have to worry about him the whole sacrament meeting and Charlotte was asleep the entire time. It was a truly blessed Sunday but today was the best for Alexis, even though we stopped going out of sacrament room 3 months before Charlotte was born but today, he really showed me how much he understands!