5 Years?

The best 5 years! We have done so much together on our journey! Beach trips, California trips, date nights, car searching, Seattle trips, birthday celebrations, adopting our pets, Broadway Theater, Blazer games, house hunting, hospital trips...and the best, my sweet Felix!

Walter and I don't really celebrate an anniversary, but we just know it has been around 5 years. We have built an incredible family together and became each others best friend. We have such a beautiful life and have so much fun together...we read each other like a book, no spoken words necessary!

I remember meeting him for the first time like it was yesterday; what I was wearing, where it took place, his amazing smile and who introduced us. I love you Walter and cannot wait to build a bigger family!

2.5

Felix is two and a half today! My boy is full of life! We had a good morning playing at the park, painting our nails, eating lunch and playing in the pool.

He started eating mac and cheese in the last couple weeks, which is a new food for him. He still likes fruit and cheese. His favorite food of all is Fage, honey yogurt.

Music is still a big part of our daily life. We listen to our iPod or the radio and he dances up a storm. He likes to play along with his drum also. He also just started an art class at the community center. I love the classes there, the young teachers are wonderful. Music Together will start back up in the fall.

His favorite toys right now are his cars and he has quite a collection. The trains are a close second and he loves playing ball. Snowbaby is still #1! He loves that baby so much!

Happy 2.5 years sweet baby love! You are so amazing!

July!

This month has been busy, but we got a lot done.

We have been slowly working on our backyard for months. When we moved in 2.5 years ago it was mostly overgrown weeds. Having a baby, working during the week and wanting to have family time meant our backyard makeover was put on hold. Last Summer we put in a new, bigger patio and made the chicken coop. That meant this Summer was the new grass. A couple weekends ago we rented a rototiller and went to town on our backyard. Walter worked so hard to get it all done. We spent 9 hours one Saturday tilling, raking and planting seed. We have built a fire pit and laid down gravel. It is definitely coming together. Our grass is really growing!

This past weekend we decided to have a garage sale. I had never had one before. Between Walter and I, we have a lot of stuff to get rid of. I sat out there all Saturday w/o many customers. Our neighbors were our big spenders! I didn't get rid of everything, but we made a good chunk of money. By the time Saturday evening rolled around I was exhausted. We had a really long, busy week and I worked my butt off!

I'm really proud of how or backyard is looking and it was all done on our own. It's very rewarding! I knew we were a good team, WRGA!

29 Months

The sentences are clear, new words everyday and with so much expression! He is becoming such a big kid!
Felix has become a little exhibitionist. He goes to his bedroom, shuts the door and reappears with his diaper and pants around his ankles. That was when we decided to try potty training. On Saturday, I took his diaper and pants off, brought his potty chair into the living room and started this new journey! I sat him on the chair, with his water and Little Bear...he used the potty chair!!! Walter and I yelled, hi-fived, hugged...and I teared up! I am so happy to be taking this next step, but it just is a reminder of how fast he is growing up. He used the potty about seven times on Saturday. Sunday he decided to take his own diaper off and try, we were not as successful, but he did use the potty chair multiple times. This morning as we changed his clothes he sat on the chair...and he went! During the week it will be a little harder, but at least we have moved beyond the refusal to sit on the potty chair!
He has quite the personality and loves to be silly. Felix cracks us up and makes some pretty funny faces. He is still a timid little person, but it comes and goes.
He is still picky, but loves his sweet treats! I would say right now he is loving noodles (noonoles) with parmesan cheese. He does like eggs quite a bit and fruit is high up on the list.
He loves the songs "We Are Young" and "I'm Glad You Came" and can sing along with them. He likes to dance around to all types of music. His snow baby is still number one! That baby has seen some brighter days, but man does he love that thing! He likes to run, jump, climb and most of all swing! Another thing we cannot leave the house without are his cars and trains. I try to limit what he brings with us, but somehow we always walk out the door with multiple bags.
We are busy! Walter and I are so proud of the person Felix is becoming, a little sad to say goodbye to our baby boy. It fills my heart knowing that he is a happy, growing child! Love you bigger than all the mountains FRG!

Vaca Week

We had a great week off as a family.

We started off by having a BBQ at my mom's, to spend time with my cousin in town from LA. Father's Day morning we woke up, had breakfast and gave Walter his gifts. Felix made him a fabulous tie (which he wore all day) and Cameron made him a bookmark. We then headed to Lincoln City. We were all excited. Once in Lincoln City, we had our Father's Day lunch at Mo's. We roamed around a little on the beach there, but we were excited to get back to the beach by the house we were staying at. The house was great. Cameron LOVED it! We spent a lot of time on the beach there, had a fire, roasted marshmallows and relaxed. It was such a great time. We were sad to leave, but ready to be home.

Wednesday and Thursday were beautiful! The kids played outside a lot, we went to Blue Lake, bought flowers for my yard, BBQ'd and just hung out. It was so wonderful.

Cameron and Madison went back to their mom's on Thursday. They missed her and were ready, by it was nice having them for an extended period of time. We managed to get a lot of pictures of the kids together!

On Friday we went on a date to the movies and then to dinner with Felix and my mom. We spent a lot of the next couple of days doing stuff around the house and spending time with Felix. He loves his time with mommy and daddy.

We built a lot of memories and loved our time together. I loved celebrating what a great dad Walter is and making his day feel special. Now back to the real world, I'm sad to leave Felix, but I know he will be fine. I just love being with him day and night!

Seattle Quick Trip

We spent Saturday and most of today in Seattle, visiting Chris, Signe(Siggy) and Satchel. It was a very fun quick trip.
We got up there in the early afternoon yesterday. We took a trip to Kubota Gardens, which is absolutely beautiful. It was such a nice afternoon and the little boys loved running and exploring. So many fun bridges and little pathways. It was a low key evening, but sweet watching the two boys communicate in their own language. This morning we had breakfast together and then headed to the children's theater for The Very Hungry Caterpillar. It was a great puppet show and the boys were really into it!
We packed a lot into the short trip, but it was so worth it! I love Seattle and our family up there!

My boys and me

We had a fun, busy weekend! It was filled with all things we like. Felix LOVES having time with just us. He doesn't want to do anything on the weekends without "mommy" or "daddy".
We had swimming Saturday morning, which he wasn't so into. We left a little early and headed to 96th and Sandy, where there was a car show going on. I follow Tow Mater on FB. He said he was going to be at the car show, so of course we had to head over! Felix was loving it! He talked about it all the way to brunch.
Walter had been wanting to make a little trip to Multnomah Falls for a while, that is where our Saturday afternoon was spent. We took a trip there last year with the older kids, but they weren't interested in climbing to the top. We made it to the top this trip. I don't remember ever climbing to the top as a kid, but this was something absolutely beautiful. The climb up was hard with Felix in his stroller, but we kept trucking! Lots of rocks, trees and water to dip our feet in at the top. Once we were up there we parked the stroller and climbed around. Felix and Walter skipped rocks and I just enjoyed watching my boys and the beautiful scenery. The walk down or should I say run down went a lot easier and Felix loved the fast pace. On our way home we stopped for dinner, where we were even serenaded by a mariachi band. Totally our style and something we LOVE! Felix and Walter were happy as can be!
It was a long day, but one of the best! I love my time with them, watching them bond and hearing Felix say "Agua Fall"! There is no love like ours and it keeps growing!