Addam's Birthday Surprise

So Addam thought all I had planned for his birthday was going to my MOPS meeting and then he had a massage. He thought he'd come home and we'd be having dinner all together. WRONG! Addam loves to go on date nights and I always seem to get him to want to bring along the kid's. He enjoys date nights, and so do I, but they are something that we are trying to do more of so I surprised him with dinner at a very nice restaurant and just US! He couldn't believe it! We dropped the kid's off with my Mom and Don, and then headed downtown to the Firehouse (the yummiest food!) for a romantic Mommy and Daddy dinner. I love being with just him and being able to catch up with eachother. Sometimes it's hard to do after a long day at home or at work. So I have now made it a priority to have more date nights and we do a lot of family things to! So we are both happy! Happy 29th Birthday Addam! We love you!

Tyler in Mommy's shoe's

Running!

Hi Mommy!

So I know I've posted in the past that Tyler has worn my shoe's, but this time he put on my heels! What a crack up! He could actually walk in them and even attempted running! We just all sat there laughing and enjoying being together as a family. What a great ending to Addam's birthday!

Our little preformer

Tyler clapping to the beat.

Waiting for the music!

I attend a Mother's of Preschooler's group (MOPS) and I bring the boys with me so that they have some interaction with other kiddo's. Today also happens to be Addam's birthday. So myself and the boys left to give Addam a morning to himself to do whatever he would like, and then I surprised him with a massage at the same place I went for my birthday! Since it is the holiday season, the classes for each age group at the church put together a musical for all the Mommy's as a gift. I was told my Tyler's teacher that he was the "leader for the class". I didn't get it until I saw him doing his favorite thing, singing and dancing! He was the only one in his class who knew the words, sang them and did the motions! I was cheering him on, I was so proud and it was at that moment that I realized he's growing up toooooo fast! But what an amazing gift! He sang a version of Joy to the World. We are so proud of you Tyler!

Another birthday visit!

The day after my birthday my Grandma and Aunt came up from the bay area to celebrate my birthday. Tyler loves to show off to Nona (My grandma) and "Z" (Short for Zia Judy, my aunt). We had a great time meeting up at my Mom's place and having lunch and of course being together. Here is my Grandma with her favorite Great Grandson's!

30! Already?!

I needed all the help I could get!

My inferno of a cake!

The boys and I.

I can't believe that I have officially turned 30. I told Addam, "I can't be that old already!". My loving husband surprised me with a day of pampering! I was first given envelopes at breakfast and was told to not open them until certain times. The first one I opened was for a massage at one of the spa's in El Dorado Hills. A 1 hour massage at that!!! It was great! I will definitly be going back! Then after my massage, the next envelope I opened was for me to go and have my hair cut and colored and to get my make up done! I had a blast going back to being blonde and getting a new hair cut for turning 30. Then it was home to see my wonderful hubby and our beautiful boys. Usually we always go out to dinner with my Mom and Don, my brother and all of us. So we all met up at BJ's in Folsom, a great pizza place if you haven't been to one! And all of a sudden our friends start walking in! He surprised me with not only my family but all of our friends as well! What a great birthday!! Husband you are the best and I know that I have been truly blessed with the bestest husband. Thank you for a day just for myself, since you keep telling me I need to do it. I love you! Thank you to my family and all of our friends who shared in my day!

The Thumb

Yep, Trevor has discovered his thumb and is just like big brother Tyler... too cute!

Thank you Grandma Rache'l!

Trevor received a very lovely present in the mail today all the way from Missouri! Addam's Mom Rache'l and her husband Don live there and she sent such a special gift. A hand crafted gift, you know I love those kind because they are made with so much love! She knitted him a beautiful hat and matching sweater! Just adorable and just the right size! Thank you Grandma!!

SNOW!

Tyler walking in the snow in EDH.

My brother's house.

Our house.

Yes you read right, we had snow!! It's been a few years since we had our last dusting of snow. But man, this was HUGE! We had a pretty good amount of snow at our house. Tyler thought it was sooooooooo cool! This from the child who cried at the snow last year. :) Then my brother called and asked if we could go and check his house since he was at work. I thought, "This is what sister's are for, I'm sure he's just got a dusting like us". We started up to his house and had snow flurries and at least a 1/2 foot of snow! We headed to Target bought snow gear and played at his house for a long time! What a great day, too bad the guys were at work!

Folsom Tree Lighting

Unkie Steve giving Tyler a lift.

Kim and I with our kiddo's!

Jack, Tyler, Me, and Trevor

Sword fighting!

Tooooo cute!

This year we were invited to go to the Folsom Tree Lighting with our friend's the Keeton Family. Jack and Tyler have been going to gymnastics together at the Little Gym for a long time now and are great little buddies! We had dinner at Pizzeria Classico in Old Town and then hit the streets to see all the lights, the horse drawn wagon's and the snow machine's making fake snow (well, bubble snow!). We were told treelighting was at 6p.m., but the city of Folsom was not on time like EDH, so it didn't happen until about 7 or later! I invited our friend's the Rudnicki's. Kim and I went to nursing school and worked together at Kaiser, and our husband's went to Chabot College together and work for Metro Fire now.. such a small world, but we have been blessed with such an amazing friendship with them! Kim and her 2 kiddo's (and one in her tummy!): Rylee and Brody met up with myself, Tyler, Trevor and my brother Steve. We bought the kid's light up swords and they had a blast trying to beat eachother with them, we just hoped no one would end up hurt to bad! :) We rode the horse drawn wagon and that was a lot of fun. Then watched the tree lighting happen from the top of the street and then headed out. What a great night with family and friends. We know we have been blessed with such great friend's and family! We love you all!

Our flooring saga....

Trevor smiling through it all!

Tyler dancing away!

Cement and hardwood... the final outcome is soooo much better!

Well, as most of you know, we decided to get new flooring in our house since our carpet was on it's last leg between 2 adults, 2 kid's and a crazy dog. So we decided to splurge and get beautiful hardwood floors.... little did we know what we were getting into! The demo wasn't so bad, but it was the fact that after the demo and installing 1/3 of the wood that they figured out that the woods did not match and there was a manufacturing problem. To say the least I about fell over and had a hissy fit because I couldn't believe it! We had a representative from the manufacturer come to our home and look at it and even he couldn't believe it was wrong... we had about 7 planks in our house of the correct wood! GRRRRRRR!!! So to say the least we will never be doing anything else to this house because it's always toooooo crazy and there's always something wrong.. LOL! But in the end we were compensated since we had only a little hardwood and a whole lot of cement floors for about 3-4 weeks with two small kid's. Basically everyday we moved to a new house and came home to sleep. Thank you to my Mom and Brother Steve for letting us crash at your houses and for feeding us! We love you all! Our floors look amazing now, and though I was told I would forget about it, I haven't, but I love the floors anyways!

El Dorado Hills Tree Lighting

Our Family

Trevor bundled up!

Haily, Tyler and Steve

We were invited by our friend's Fritz and Morgan to attend the El Dorado Hills tree lighting with them. We of course were late, thinking who lights a tree on time, well apparently they do in EDH! But Tyler had a great time dancing to the music and running around. Steve and his girlfriend Haily came with us to and it was great to all hang out! What a fun night!

Thanksgiving

Alissa & Trevor playing.

My Grandparent's and Trevor

My Grandpa ("Nono" is what the kid's call him) & Trevor

Happy Thanksgiving! We seem to always have about 50 different places to go for holidays. But it does help that our families both live in the bay area, so if we do both families in one day it's usually a short drive to either home. We first went to my Grandparent's home in San Pablo and visited with my family. It was the first time my Grandpa had meet and held Baby Trevor. It's soooo wonderful to see my Grandparent's holding our children and knowing that they have such a special bond with them! It makes my Grandparent's day to hear about the kiddo's and see pictures. (I've got to keep this blog up and going or else!! hehe..). We then headed to Concord to see Addam's family at his Dad & Stephanie's house. Everyone was there and it was great to see everyone and for all the cousins to play together and hang out. It was a long day, but a great one since it was spent with family the whole time!

Brotherly Love

Tyler has been asking everyday to hold "Trevor on my lap Mommy". So we put him on his lap and let him hold him. He thinks it's the greatest thing! He will give his little brother a hug and a little kiss on the head too! It's amazing to watch how much they are growing together and how much they really do love eachother! Love you two!

The "Stache"

Well, from the heading you may or may not get it. Yep, my husband who has always had a clean shaven face the entire time we have been together has grown a mustache with the rest of his crew! I was also informed that they are all keeping them until they get a fire! EEKKKK! They are also doing it as an awareness for colon cancer. Can't believe everyone has one.. they all look so different! But Addam has been getting a lot of compliments from other's saying, "You can pull it off!". Not that I want a fire, okay, well maybe a small garbage can fire can happen and it will be shaven off!! :)

Station Visit

Tyler and Abby in the Engineer's seat.

Hanging out in the day room.

Tyler pretending to be his favorite Engineer, Eric! As he quotes, "Eric drive the weeoooooo FAST!"

Not the normal engine, but the kid's didn't care!

One day I decided since Addam was having his Engine day at work that we would go and visit him and invite our friend's the Lange Family. Jenn and I both have kiddo's similar in age, I have 2 boys and she has 2 girls. We always joke Tyler and Abby act like an old married couple when they play. Abby had never seen a fire engine up close and we figured what a great way to have her see one and know that it is not something scary but they are there to help you. The kid's had a blast playing in the engine and all over the station. Thanks guys for letting us hang out!

Slacker...

I promise tonight I am going to post a LOT of pictures of the boys and update everyone on what we have been up to. It's been a little crazy around our house with 2 little boys.. but I am loving every minute of it as is Addam. Check back tomorrow and I hope I've got a few things up!

Cute pictures!

Just had to post some updated pictures of the boys. Trevor is about 3 months old in this picture and Tyler is almost 2 1/2 years old! Love these boys!!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! Happy 1st Halloween to Trevor! Addam took great pride in decorating our house this year, pumpkins, cobwebs, fake spiders and even a fog machine with spooky music! What an amazing job! We headed out when it got dark as a family, but that didn't last long because Trevor was ready for bed! Tyler and Addam had a great time and enjoyed getting all sorts of candy! Then we all snuggled on the couch and read books! What a great night!

Halloween Pumpkins!

The Mummy

The Scary Scarecrow

Pirate Pumpkin for Station 53

Addam looks forward to Halloween each year and mostly enjoys picking out which stencil he's going to use to make a carving. He always pick one that I think will take him all day, and he always surprises me! This year he did all 3 pumpkins while the kid's were napping! We get sooo many compliments each year. Who know's what he'll do next year! Thanks Husband!

Night of 1000 Pumpkins

Spider Man ready to go!

My Mom and Tyler

Trevor all dressed up!

The City of Folsom was putting on an evening event the night before Halloween called, "Night of 1000 pumpkins". Addam unfortunately had to work, but my Mom was able to meet up with us and come for the fun! Tyler kept trying to blow out the candles in the pumpkins, but they were the flameless candles and he soon caught on! :) We walked through Old Town Folsom and just had an amazing time together! After we went and grabbed a frozen yogurt with Ammy! Thanks for coming Mom!

Apple Hill... again!

This time we went to Apple Hill as an outing with my MOPS (Mother's Of Preschoolers) group. What an amazing morning. The air was crisp, but such a beautiful sunny day! Addam was off and was able to join us and I had a chance to chat with the other Mommies while Tyler and Addam explored. Then we all explored High Hill Ranch and had lots of fun, and of course we had to have some goodies while we were there!

Steve's Birthday

Happy Birthday to my little brother Steve!! We had a great evening all together. I made his favorite cake, white cake with funfetti frosting. He of course had just started an intense diet and new workout plan, so we decided he could cheat and have some! We went out to dinner, came back to our house and had cake and ice cream. Steve let Tyler blow out his birthday candles adn Tyler was soooo excited about that. He talked about it for a week straight it seemed like! Happy Birthday Steve!!