Happy Birthday Derek!

This was Derek's birthday party on his actual birthday.

This was the front of the invite.

 This was on the back

We just had close family and friends come over and enjoy some food and cupcakes together.

At this point Derek isn't walking yet but walks well holding on to things

He got many things but one of them was this helmet. He'll be able to go on bike rides with daddy now. YEAH!

Birthday Party #1

When my mom found out that I was only having a birthday dinner for Derek's first birthday, she decided to throw a big party for him. It was a swim party with most of my dad's family. It was a great turn out, and Derek had a lot of fun as well.

 I loved this banner Rosy made!

 Derek loves the pool, it was a perfect day for it too!

 He enjoyed digging into his cake, and it was his first time having cake ever!

 Pinata time!!

I loved how everyone got up to grab the candy that fell from the pinata, I guess we don't have a lot of kids in the family

 Here's Derek with his presents. He's a happy boy :)

It was such a hot day but it was fun. A big thanks to my mom and Rosy for an awesome day for Derek!

One-Year-Old Derek

The day arrived much too quick, Derek is one-year-old today. I can't believe he's been in our family for a whole year. We've been so blessed to have him in our lives. He's has added more happiness and joy to our lives. It's is definitely difficult sometimes to be a parent and but it is a blessing better than any other. Derek is just such a perfect son for us and I couldn't feel more grateful to my Heavenly Father for allowing us to be his parents. Derek's at a point where he explores and learns so much, it's amazing to see how quickly he learns. Some things I want to remember about him at this time in his life are:

-He's such a happy baby, he smiles a whole lot!
-He loves to look under any table.
-He endures the many trips to the stores as his mama coupons.
-He still loves bathtime.
-He wakes up once at night (I finally get a good night sleep).
-He only has the two bottom teeth, but not for long. I totally thought he'd be getting another one today.
-He not nursing anymore (not even at night).
-He drinks everything from a sippy cup now, no more bottles either.
-Since he does miss his bottle, he takes a pacifier a little more these days. (he was so close to not using it anymore)
-He walks along the walls, always holding on to things but not on his own. He does stand pretty good now.
-He loves zuchinni
-He very alert, he hears every siren outside and everydog barking.
-He loves our dogs Fender and Piston.
-He loves to go up the stairs, he can't go back down though.
-Eats all kinds of foods, even spicy foods (well, not too spicy)
-He loves stroller rides.
-He falls asleep in the car a lot now.
-He loves to bang on the guitar as it's connected to the amp, and loves to bang on the piano, but doesn't like when I play anymore for he wants my attention on him and not on the piano.
-Wears 9 mos clothes and 12 mos.
-Can say "more." As in he wants more food.
-He loves to hear daddy on the phone ( I'm going to have to take a video and post it, it's too cute)
- I love that when he's playing by himself he'll grab a book and babbling as if he's reading.He still enjoys books.
That's all for now if I think of more I need to add them so I can always look back and remember.

This was today at his little birthday party. He had a cupcake for the first time!

First Real Haircut

Derek's hair was getting too wild. It looks just ok in this picture but there were some days when we couldn't tame it. We've trimmed it twice before but it wasn't much, we decided it was time for the clippers.

So this is Derek right before his haircut.

 This is right after the haircut, not too shabby!

He looks so much older now!

Pool Time!

We had a few really hot days and decided it was time to take Derek to the pool. I thought he would be kinda scared, but he does love bath time so this was a just a big bath tub for him. He just wanted us to let go of him. He was enjoying himself, he seemed to be fine with the cold water too.

We put him under a couple times and he did great!

We're so glad he liked the water, for he cried when we did take him out. This will be a fun summer!!!

Glen Ivy

I am fortunate to have such an awesome sister-in-law. Heather had a couple of Glen Ivy free passes. She called me the day they expired and asked if I would come with her. Derek was kinda sick, but I couldn't say no, I was in need of relaxation. So my mom agreed to watch Derek, and Heather's husband watch her kids and off we went to rel;axation paradise.

 This is us at the mud bath, I came out kinda funny but oh well, they're the only pictures we have.

Their food is so pricey so we decided to share these nachos, they were so delicious and big we were glad we shared.

Thank you Heather for such an awesome day. Love You Tons!!!

First Time at the Beach

For Memorial Day we went to the beach for the first time this year and this was Derek's first time at the beach ever. He wasn't too sure about the sand especially the wet sand but he did have fun too. We didn't put him in the water all the way, only his feet.

 Anyway, it was a perfect day to go. Cameron got some sun and had fun trying to boogey board, for the current was too strong.

Solar Eclipse: May 20, 2012

 Now I know lots of people were looking at the Solar Eclipse this past Sunday, and some even have amazing pictures of it. This is the best we were able to do.

We were at Cameron's parent's house when we decided to find out what time we'd be able to see it. It happened to be happening right at that moment, so we ran outside and saw it through some welding masks the Robbe had in his shed.

We thought we looked funny, so Christine took some pictures

Derek didn't know what was happening but was happy to be outside for a while

This is probably the best picture we got, the sun looks like the moon, the reason why it looks green is because we took the pictures through the welding masks.

So glad we were able to witness something to incredible.

Quarter of a Century Old

We celebrated my birthday twice this year. Once with my family, which was a surprise and the other with Cam's family. I'd just like to thank everyone for making my 25th birthday fun and for all the fun things I received. I got a bunch of candy, Our Best Bites cookbook, new running shoes, new phone, new sandals, cash, jewelry and yankee candle diffuser and I might be forgetting somethings since it takes me so long to blog.

I'm getting old quick, better start using up my time wisely and be a better person!!

3rd Place

May 12 was when I ran this 5K. It was a lot of fun and I was excited that I finished 3rd in my category (Ages 24-28). It was a fun course around the outlets. I hope I can participate in many more events like this, perhaps run a 10K next time.

We didn't get great pistures but this is me crossing the finish line at 26:59. Which was way better than the last 5k. 

Four Years

I hadn't realized I hadn't posted this, it's been saved in my posts for a while, sorry folks!

 As of last month we've been married for four years. Four years ago I made the best decision in my life, to marry such a wonderful person. He is my best friend and my everything. So to celebrate we planned some fun things to do, some with Derek and for some we had to leave him with my mom. We started by going to the Griffith Park Observatory. Cameron had never been there so we thought it was something quick we could do as a family.

Then we went to the Peterson Automotive Museum

Cameron wanted a picture of everything in there, so these are just a few.

For our actually anniversary day, Cameron surprised me by taking the day off to do more fun things. So we dropped Derek off and went straight to the Threshold Indoor rock Climbing. We only took videos in there so I don't have any pictures. We learned that rock climbing at Lake Perris is so much easier, or at least for me. I was only able to climb twice :( Cameron did a lot better.

This whole time, I didn't know Cameron had planned for the day so I was just riding along with him and waiting for my next suprise. We drove out to Corona and arrived at an Indoor Sooting Range. Once I saw the sign, I got so excited and scared.

I ended up doing better than Cameron...HA!

On the left is Cameron's and mine is on the right. I hit nine in the middle green!!!

After this we went to Indoor Kart Racing. It's one of our favorite activities, whenever we can we hit the track! I beat him at shooting but he beat me at racing. I'm so glad I can both do and enjoy the same things, we had a blast!!!