a man of many hats

My lil katie resting after a day of swimming
Wow...a week has already passed us by..I cant believe its going to be the 4th of july next week. This year is going by soo fast. This past friday, I went to a banquet where thr gave me a check for $2000 to donate to my charity of my choice..which I chose to give to My friends house here in plano. It was a lot of fun, but we had to slip out before it ended. I went to the red cross training for disasters, I think its time that I get back involved with the red cross. Katie is moving sooo fast, she zooms up the stairs and she loves dancing to music. She has the cutest laugh ever!! Carson is so protective over katie when we go out. He is always loving on her and doesnt want anyone else around her. She is very observant, she will watch carson do something and next thing you know..she is copying what he was doing. One thing she does as well as carson is eat!! This kids are going to eat me out of a house when they get bigger! I love my family! they are so awesome!!! Carson found my different props for my photobooth that I had set up for a birthday. He loves the glasses..hopefully he wont inherit my bad eyesight!!

5 year anniversary

5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY~~~

Wow, Its hard to believe that I have been married for 5 years already!! My parents got us the best anniversary present ever...they agreed to watch both of the kids for the weekend!! Yippee!! Chad and I didnt know what to do without the kids and our conversations revolved around the kids. Of course I couldnt go a day without seeing the kids, I stopped by the house to see them!! We went to the boardwalk and to the casino and to our favorite restaurant..ernests. Chad even ordered a cake from the cakery that made our wedding cake. It was as yummy as I remembered it.

Carson and katie had a great time spending the weekend with thier pou pou and paw paw. I think they adjusted well - thank goodness for a schedule!! Carson just soaked in all the attention he received from them!! I think it wore my mom out though... lol...my mom is a tough gal, but taking care of a baby when you arent used to it can be very tiring!!

Carson is taking swimming lessons, he is doing pretty good..although at first it took the good first half of the session for him to even get in the water. He is practicing blowing bubbles thru his nose, digging and kicking. The teachers are trying to teach him to put his head in the water when he kicks..I asked him how come he didnt look down in the water and he said he didnt have his googles. lol - that boy...and his reasoning...he's got a point!! Sometimes he is so silly..I always say, carson..you're so crazy! and he responds and says..mommy..you crazy too! lol...

And katie...she is crawling like a champ now and cruising on all the furniture, it wont be long before she is walking...i hope she is still crawling when we go on vacation! I can tell she is going to be very independent - I have no doubt that she will be able to stick up for herself against carson!

poppin wheelies

she's everywhere!!

Guess Who!! Peek a boo!!
On the climb!!


Katie is getting into everything now that she is mobile!! Those thunder thighs are slimming down and she is crawling like lightning! Last week she started climbing up the stairs and made it to the 3rd step..so it was time to put up the baby gate! It so hard to believe that Katie is 9 and a half months old! She is in the 85th percentile for weight, she weighs 1 pound heavier than carson did at that age but she is slightly shorter. I can feel Katie's bottom teeth coming in, I think there are 2 of them. she hasnt been that fussy with it coming in. She is such a great baby. I love her so much!!

Happy Mothers day!!

Well..sorry for the late post, but we have been really busy! I just wanted to write about our adventures for mothers day!! well, carson was really excited that both pou pou and papa were going to be coming in for mothers day- it just happened to be alexanders and anne marie's first communion and they just happened to be the godparents! So it just worked out.

anne marie with her godparents

we were planning to go to the gaylord texas for dinner, but mom had thought it might be a bad idea, so we decided to go to the shops of legacy and eat. We had a great lunch and even ate gelato! it was really yummy! They had a fountain that carson was amazed with, so they walked around it and watch the water fountain shoot high into the sky!

it sure was windy that day!!

Katie was worn out!! THank goodness uncle eric carried her around! SHe is sure getting heavy!!

katie with uncle eric

Carson and Katie got me an IPAD 2 for mothers day!! exactly what I wanted!! I have been having a lot of fun playing with it!

carson's first musical

Thomas the train!!!
As big of a musical fan as I am...I was so excited when Thomas the train musical came to town. I won 4 tickets to see it and couldnt wait!! Chad had tried taking carson to the movies a few weeks ago which turned out to be a disaster, but I had high hopes for the musical. And sure enough..he did an awesome job!! 90 minutes long and no emotional breakdown!! In fact, he was clapping and singing and smiling so big! Awww...mission accomplished! Hopefully, he will love to watch musicals as much as his mommy does!!

Carson with his favorite..cotton candy!!

Chad and I volunteered with make a wish foundation, for the Wish Night gala. This is my second year volunteering and Chad's first.

Its always such an emotional night - listening to the kids stories and all of their wishes. It makes me want to get back on one of things on my bucketlist..which is to start a non profit organization!

While we were at Wish night...Carson and Katie stayed the night with their nin nin. Carson spent the night once before, but this was Katie's first night. Supposedly, they did well!

We went to pick the kids up early, a few weeks ago, when I had signed up for a membership at the museum of nature and science I saw they had a special event for members for Sid the Science Kid...so today was the day to see SID!! Carson was so excited, he made me keep the flier on the fridge all this time! Although he was still a little sleepy from the previous night..he had a blast seeing sid (actually he was a little scared), but he had a blast getting his face painted and playing in the childrens museum again. as did katie!!

running away from sid

Look who loves to learn!!

carson visits the dentist

Jamming it out!! And watching TV! (where's the beer?!)
Keeping an eye on everyone..

..I know I know I know...this is a very late entry ( March 28th). But I wanted to include this monumental moment in carson's life. As a prelude, Carson loves candy, actually he loves anything sweet thing he can get his hands on. And although we brush his teeth, we noticed that his two front teeth were blackish in color. Uh oh...so my search for a dentist began. Considering how bad my teeth are, and not quite sure if bad teeth is hereditary..I was thinking he might be visiting the dentist quite often, so I searched for a pediatric dentist. and I am so glad I did. carson did so well during the visit. Not stressed in the very least. And the reason for the black teeth?? They said it was because I took a lot of iron while I was pregnant with him??!!! Well anyways...one visit down...lots more to go! 

where does the time go??

With Chad's schedule constantly changing on the weekend, i have come to the conclusion that I am going to have to plan "family day" with or without him. Honestly, I love family day. I want to instill in my children the importance of family and want them to enjoy being able to share their time with each other. I have been so fortunate to have grown up with the best sisters and uncles and aunts and grandma's and grandpa's ever. Oh..and I cant forget the cousins!!
So, this past saturday I went to the museum of nature and science. there was a dinosaur exhibit there and I thought carson would really enjoy it..which he did!! He kept yellling at the animated dinosaurs to "wake up"..and he would have a strange sense of timing where every time he said it, the dinosaur would open his eyes and roar!! It was our first time to the museum, and honestly I was blown away by what they had to offer there, we didnt even get to everything, but they have a children's museum in there as well which carson found a firetruck and they had play firemen outfits..this 8 year old boy informed Carson that Carson would be the junior firefighter and he would be the real firefighter...carson took what he could get and thoroughly enjoyed putting out the fires with the 8 year old boy!

They also had an area for kids 2 and younger..so Katie got to get out of her stroller and crawl around and find adventures of her own!

Carson got his school pictures back last week..and i am biased but..I thought they turned out great. I cant believe he is 3 years old..a toddler?!! He started calling me momma...what happened to mommy?? !!

On the other hand..Katie just started to say mama this past friday, yep...mama...not dada!! I cut her hair today..I think it kind of makes her look like a little boy..but a cute little boy!! I was getting tired of seeing her hair look more like a hair piece!! I cant believe she is 8 and half months old!! boy how time flies!!