Alexya's Dora Room

We redecorated Alexya's room...goodbye Princesses and hello Dora. She was having nightmares about green monsters from StarWars so she was scared to sleep in her room. Dora is her favorite so we went out and tried to get the most cost effective stuff to makeover her room, but not spend too much in case she changes her mind again. ;)

Dora sheets and comforter, Dora plush blanket to hang on the wall. Dora wall art and stickers. Since she already has a Dora suitcase, PJs, books and toys...it wasn't too bad. :) And after a week of battling... she will finally sleep in her room, usually... ;)

She wanted to keep the Ariel light switch cover she got from Izzy's party. She also has glowing planets and stars hanging from her ceiling that she helped put up.

Two monkeys in the bathtub!

Sonny's Room, New Flags & a Truck

Sonny's room got a small Spiderman/Raiders makeover. He loves Spiderman so we got him a new poster and sheets. We already had the Raiders blanket and we made him the bear at build a bear a while ago (army bear w/raiders shirt for uncle Chris). Now he is sleeping in a big bed and it feels like he's such a big boy now...even though he's only going to be 20 months next week! He is talking nonstop and imitating whatever Alexya does and says. Sometimes it's really cute and sometimes there is just constant noise coming from my 2 little angels and I need some quiet time! ;)

We got an ARMY flag in honor of Chris being over in Iraq and put it up, along with an American flag, outside our house. I really like having it up because it makes me think of him every day and feel proud that he is over there. We also got a webcam from my dad/sush for my birthday and so now we can see him and talk to him all the time too! Sonny & Alexya really like being able to talk to him and see him and look forward to the calls. Sometimes Alexya gets shy but Sonny just wants to see Chris's face on the screen and he gets all happy and talkative...it's really cute.

Oh, ya and we got a new truck, which you can see in the picture below. It's a Dodge Ram 1500 and it's really huge inside and can fit 6 adults and even Toretto in the back! Robert's very excited to finally have his truck and with 0% financing...I got to keep my Acura!! So everyone is happy now! :)

Isabel's 3rd Birthday Party

We went to our friends, Debbie and Ben's, daughter Isabel's birthday party yesterday. She's one of Alexya's best friends and she never gets to see her since they live in San Jose, so she was pretty excited!...and we were excited cause we got to see our friends too!

The party was held at the kids center in their gym, which is this giagantic indoor playground! It was the size of an indoor hockey rink and had a giant play structure w/slides and then other things to climb on and a basketball court and video games and even a room full of soft things for the kids to climb and jump and fall on. It was so much fun! Even Robert was running around like a kid!

Afterward we got to hang out, just us, at their house and let the kids relax and watch football.
It was a great day and I realized how much I miss my friend! It's funny how kids, and other life factors, can just take up so much of your time...that unless someone lives close to you, you rarely get time to see them. :(

So I made Alexya pose for me on the monkey and got a pic of Sonny going down the little kid slide.

Isabel's little sister, Zoey. She is Adorable!!!

Alexya with Isabel and friend. It was a princess party theme, she wore the dress for 5 minutes (it was "stopping me from climbing up the slide.")

Gabriela's Baptism

My neice, Gabriela was baptized last weekend and we got stuck in traffic and missed the ceremony :(
But at least we got to hang out with everyone afterward and see how big & how cute she has gotten!
Here's my mom, Alexya and her cousin Gabriela.

Such a cutie! 3 mo old.

My grandpa holding his 6th great grandchild...and she's so comfortable she's falling asleep in his arms! So sweet!

Sonny having a great time eating all the watermelon! ;)