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.