Oooopppssss...

I have recent pictures of Aaron and Alec, but where's Aiden... My poor baby hasn't had a recent picture since he was 7 months old.... BAD mommy! I will take him soon, I promise Aiden!

"Hit it hard, run fast".... quotes from the famous Coach Avila!

As most of you may know Aaron "AJ" is in tee ball. It's a lot of fun and he really enjoys it. I wish I would have put him in earlier. He improves every practice and game. Every time (never fails) that he has a game my tummy hurts and boy do I get a stress headache, no joke! "I" get the butterflies not him, weird huh! I just want him to do his best...us mommies know what I'm talking about. Gooooooo Blue Dawgs!

Mi bebote grandote (like Buela Luisa says)....

Here is my Alec's 1st year Headstart school picture. Ay, my chiquito bonito de mama!!!!

Our first night without Daddy :-(

My Papas received good news from his work "a little promotion" about a month ago which required training in order for him to be certified. I know it's something involving the DWI breathalyzer machine. I was very happy for him when he received his news. He had only been at his work a little over a year and they (his boss and the chief) selected him to attend this training. Way to go Papas! The only down fall was that the training was going to be in San Antonio for a WEEK. We have never been apart from each other for that long, not when we were dating, not when we were married w/o children, hora menos with boys. So today arrived, the day he would be leaving for training with 3 other co-workers. Our boys didn't really understand that Daddy was going to be away for 5 days. Ariel went to give the boys a kiss good-bye; they were to busy with the idea that they were going to the beach. So they gave Daddy a kiss Alec said "bye dad, see you laler, i love you", Aaron being the big boy that he is only says "bye dad", and as Aiden is waiving bye he sees Ariel getting in the car and he starts crying which made me tear.... Anyways, the day goes on and we take the boys to the beach so they won't feel that their daddy isn't here. Well as soon as we get home, after baths and eating, the boys start asking for Daddy, questioning "when is coming home", "why did he have to go to school" the questions are non stop and the crying starts.... "i miss my daddy", "i want him to come home"... Boy does this break my heart... I think the crying lasted about 3 hours ~ no joke! I even had to bring Buela for the rescue. I had Ariel on speaker and the boys couldn't even talk to him, con tanto sentimento... I love my husband! We have our ups and downs and drive each other crazy, literally, but I would never ever leave him. I miss him soooo much too and we are just on day one. Hopefully the days get easier for me, especially the boys.... My little sister had a good idea, for the boys to make him a little something each day he's gone so they can show him when he returns.....

My Dad...

Well some of you may know (the ones I've told), my dad is here visiting for a couple of months. He and I have not had the best relationship as a matter of fact we have had almost no relationship. If you read my previous posts you get a better understanding of that; a little. Anyways, he hurt is back on the job so he is on workers comp. He decided to take advantage and come be with his mom (my grandmother) for the time being; which is cool I guess. He had been here for a couple of weeks and I had not seen him until Easter. Aaron is in tee ball, so when one of my sisters told him that he was in tee ball he got excited cuz he likes the sport. Well on Easter he stopped by for a couple of hours. I had previously told Aaron that his Grandpa Jerry was going to come over and teach him a few tricks. Since Aaron's only seen him a handful of times he said "which grandpa, the one with the black and white hair or the one with the beard" LOL I don't know which grandpa with a beard he was talking about. So when my dad arrived at my house Aaron right away had this bright smile and said "Grandpa you played baseball are you going to teach me how to play". Going back to the beginning of this post, me and my dad didn't have a good relationship as I was growing up and to hear MY son call him grandpa with such excitement in his eyes just touched my heart... My children deserve to have their Grandpa in their lives, I just don't want him to disappointed like he did me... I know this is God's way of making me realize things. I believe this our (Me and my Dad's) second chance. I've held on to this grudge too long. I'll leave the outcome to the Lord above. I just pray that my dad doesn't hurt his grandkids... You know the weird thing about it is that when he's here my boys treat him like they've known him forever.... It brings a smile to my face when I look out the window and see my dad playing with the boys....warm feeling!

Happy Easter!!!

Easter Sunday was fun and relaxing... The weather wasn't that good but we still enjoyed being outside. The most enjoyable part was having Ariel (daddy) with us ALLLL day. He didn't have to leave to go to work. He hadn't had Easter off in a long time. The boys took advantage and enjoyed it with him; daddy did the same. My dad is here visiting from Michigan and stopped by for a couple of hours which I enjoyed. My little sister and her family came over and one of my cousins and her kids and family friends joined us as well. We cooked hamburgers and hotdogs, chips and of course ALL the sweets..... The kids hunted for eggs that had candy and money.... We had a good ole time. I couldn't of asked for anything more... Love you Ariel!!!! I'll post some fun pics later!!! Hope everyone enjoyed their Easter!!!

Another tooth bites the fairy dust!!!

Yup, my little BIG Aaron lost his second tooth Wednesday, March 19th. This time it wasn't that bad, he didn't cry, he played it off like a big boy. The tooth fairy brought him a wopin $5.00. Man, we never got $5.00 for a tooth, it was more like 25cents, 50 if you were lucky; gosh how the economy changes, LOL. Aaron is now missing his two bottom teeth. He looks cute!