Future Soccer Player... Header!

Twice a month on Friday's V has been going to the Church of the Cross for the TreeHouse. It's a big playarea, 3 stories high, that V will climb all the way up by himself! I'll upload pictures of the TreeHouse in a future post, but wanted to share this video of V there. He loves hitting things with his head (ummm, not so good, eh?). It started several months ago when someone taught him to headbut them when we say "tope" (said toepee). Now he "topes" things all the time... including this time. Looking back, this is exactly how you head the ball in soccer...

Poolside

I just spent 30 minutes writing a great blog... and lost it all! It was about marathons and losing weight. Darn it.. I'll have to try and rewrite it later.. for now... here was my second post.. I'll save the marathon pics for the next one which I'll try and get to tomorrow.
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Memorial Day Weekend we dipped in the pool for the first time this year! It wasn't cold at all.. I can't wait for the rest of summer. We got a few good shots of Vince in front of the pool. He is pretty careful about not getting in the pool... although he likes to throw rocks in the pool and we'll have to work on that. He is also doing much better on the trampoline.. ever since he fell off, he doesn't get close to the edge! Can't say he's not smart - he learns from his mistakes! I got a couple shots of him putting his chair on the trampoline.

By the way... I was trying to change the intro picture and couldn't get it.. .it's too late.. will do later.

A Wild Weekend

We had a great weekend.. Lots and Lots of friends were in town for a wedding. Vince stayed with my mom both Friday and Saturday night but did attend the church ceremony with us. David and I were actually a party of the wedding so my sister Jessica came along to help out with Vince… Good thing too, he doesn’t understand that he’s supposed to be quiet, so at inopportune times, he would yell out, Da Da!

The wedding was a whole lot of fun and ended at the bride's parents house eating barbacoa and tamales at 2am (yum)... the bride and groom are now in Italy (jealous!).

On Sunday we took Vince to the Fort Worth Zoo. We had never been there and were very impressed. The weather was perfect and Vince had a great time looking at all the animals! I was also very impressed that he did not think they were all Leila :).

There was a wide variety of animals and they were all beautiful… we even got to see the Lion roar for about a minute.. Some of my favorite animal pictures from the zoo are below...

More Shenanigans

Vince is still up to being his funny things... I don't catch half of what he does on camera... but I'm glad I catch some... like I FINALLY got a picture of him looking through his legs!! He's been doing this for a couple months now... I don't know what spurs it on...

He's also been a rockstar lately... he even rocks with no pants!!

And lately he has found a great hiding spot... the kitchen cabinet... one day, David went to see what he was up to and all he could see is V's little feet hanging out of this cabinet... he likes to take everything out and back himself in there...

This video is of Vince on the attack... whenever we are on the ground, he loves to attack us... (probably not the best thing)... he yells and gets in his little "i'm going to bite you" mood... This isn't the best quality video as it's taken with my old digital camera...

One more video I captured... Vince going nuts... just going round and round in circles until he falls!

Fucilli Vinci (bc he's silly!)

Vince has been pretty silly lately...

He always wants to do what we do... so here he was trying to put my sunglasses on. Later, he also was trying to get my headband on along with my sunglasses. And this past weekend David was taking care of him... he grabbed one of my purses, put it over his shoulder, and was ready to go! OMG... we got to teach this boy that boys don't wear purses!

He loves to get in the middle console in our couch. It's quite funny.

Same day... I was drinking a glass of water, and he wanted desperately to dip his hand in it... the mommy I am, of course I let him, and he starts putting the water all over his hair like he is washing it. We think it's because that's how we fix his hair... but either way, it was so funny.

And we think he is teething a lot... we gave him one of his baby pacifiers to chew on after we kept trying to bite us, bite his leg, bite the cabinets... so here he's just chillin in his chillin squating pose he loves chewing his paci....

My little man... this is going to be a hodge podge of pictures and stories since I took a little hiatus on updating this blog. Enjoy the randomness!

This is his cabinet that he loves to take everything out of... all other cabinets are Vince proofed, so this is the only one he can have a field day with... and boy does he. He also likes to carry the bowls around and put them in random places like the dryer (he likes to show off his diaper with low riding pants too).

We also guess that he is left handed by the way he writes his ABC's.. yes, he's that smart =)

David's brother and his family visited us a couple weeks ago. Two of his cousins were here to play with him. Stephanie, age 5, and Junior, age 11. They are all pictures below with V's other cousin Warren, age 8. The Longhorn blanket in the picture is V's "blankie". He loves carrying it around (he picked it... what a longhorn he is already).

David took Vince out to the bluebonnets the other day and Vince just kept pointing to planes that were landing. Vince LOVES planes. He's going to be a pilot when he grows up... after he finishes playing kicker in the NFL...(he does loves ball's so much you know)

David took Vince to Irving Bible church during Easter Weekend and V had a field day there. He learned about putting eggs in the basket, played with all sorts of animals at the petting zoo, bounced himself silly in a bouncehouse, and got his face painted with a little chick on it.







These next pictures of from St. Patty's day weekend and my cousins house... Vince decided to dress up real cute and pose nicely for the camera.

These next few are of Vince in HIS chair. It's so cute (of course a mom thinks everything is 'so cute').. but he goes and sits in his chair all the time now. Cookie monster is pictured here... he loves Cookie and Elmo. They are his buddies. Vince started watching Sesame Street too... he likes it a little too much... he gets mad when we turn it off... and he loves dancing to Elmo. (Sesame Street is dominating our Tivo right now).

This picture is after Vince fell off the trampoline... =(... I wasn't there but went outside when Vince was crying. Thank goodness he was not hurt, just scared... hopefully he will be more careful when running around next time... he thinks its a game to catch him when we just want to make sure he doesn't fall!

I think I have a few more pics to share but my camera's battery died and I didn't get to download all the pictures... but I do know I have some good videos to share as well... Stay tuned! I'll really try and be better about updating this... I don't promise though... but I'll try.

What's been going on...

This post is all words, no pictures… but I will upload pictures and little stories about them this afternoon… right now I just wanted to say a little about what’s been going on.
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So I have been urged by a friend who says I need an update! So here I am. I honestly thought maybe one person read this… now I’m happy to know at least 2 people do so I am writing for a purpose =). I guess I haven’t been able to write much lately because I got a lot going on with a new job and working out a whole bunch and really just trying to keep our lives on track. I am actually training for a marathon… which is coming up way too soon by the way… so I run 4 times a week with one long run on Saturday’s. This past weekend, I ran 17 miles! A huge accomplishment for me. Although I have always been athletic, I consider myself a non-runner. But it is honestly not hard to do with a schedule and some commitment (and family support to watch Vince). I did outdo myself last week though and have a “medial tibular stress reaction” in my lower leg… I have to start biking and swimming more to give my legs a break… Okay, I was off on a tangent… back to what’s been going on with the little one…

Vince sometimes makes me not want an additional kid anytime soon. [Is that bad to say?] He’s just a handful. (Except when he’s sleeping, then he’s my little angel). Lately he is throwing tantrums when he doesn’t get what he wants… and he is too little to reason with. We tell him no, but he either laughs or gets really mad and goes limp. I guess that’s the problem when kids get to their terrible two’s – you can’t reason with them, but the thing is he’s only 14 months… so I’m a little scared to see what’s in store for us in a few months. He has his good moments too of course and I think he is the most adorable thing in the world. He’s learning things like a sponge. Mimicking our dog Leila by barking like her…. He loves dancing and moves his hands up and down when he wants you to turn on the music. And he LOVES picking the yellow flowers (that are actually weeds) every chance he gets. He does not like any other flower other than the yellow weed ones. After he picks them, he likes to put them in a cup so we always have to have a cup ready for him when he comes inside.

Back to Vince learning…. Like I said, he’s learning fast…. So David and I are trying to figure out the best way to get him to learn more. We both work and my mom stays home with him so David and I don’t feel like we can directly teach him a lot since time is not on our side during the week. We also want to give my mom a break from watching him day in and day out (did I say he was a handful?)… so we tried a Mother’s Day out program at a local church that is T/Th from 9-2pm. Day 1 was really bad. Vince cried for 45 minutes straight (sorry ladies who watched him). They tried to comfort him, but all he wanted was his “Da” – which is me. (David is da da – V can say mnam mnam when he wants food, but can’t say the ma sound for me yet). I know I was the hovering mom calling a couple times that day and observing at lunch, but hey, it’s my son and I have no idea how he’s going to react to other people and I just want to stay informed. I did see V steal another kids sippy cup when the ladies were not looking and pull another kids hair. Day 2 and 3 were a little better, only about 10 minutes of crying when I dropped him off. Day 4… well there has been no day 4. Vince got a cold and that was my excuse not to take him on day 4 and 5. And the program ends next month so I think we are calling it quits. I have several reasons why, but mostly because by the time he gets used to other people, the program will be over, and I don’t think “the ladies” teach him anything, but really just babysit him. In September another class starts with older kids where they do crafts and music and I think he will have a lot of fun there…. So hopefully that’s where he will be in a few months.

That’s really all that’s been going on… me running, Vince learning and getting mad when he doesn’t get what he wants (but then again, don’t we all… I guess as we grow up, we learn to reason and deal with it). David and my mom have been so great at watching Vince while I fit in my runs. I have also started working from home lately once a week. It’s greatness. No getting ready in the morning and driving to drop Vince off, then to work, then back home for lunch, then back to work, then picking V up. I have even fit in my runs on my lunch break when I am working from home. I am really liking my new job.

Well, that's it for now... I'll revisit this page soon and post some pictures...