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...

Vince's & Elmo's world

Vince loves phones and Elmo... he has been dragging Elmo all over the place these last couple days... poor Elmo. And phones... anytime he hears a phone ring, he puts whatever he has in his hand to his ear and says "heo"... sometimes it actually sounds like "hola". My mom was trying to get a picture of him dragging him around by his feet, but instead caught a couple different pictures. I love how Elmo is randomly in these pics. Anyways... we had some pictures of Vince taken this past weekend.... I hope to get them and post soon, so stay tuned...

Just another weekend

I ran 5 miles on Sat morning with Team in Training. Only 21.2 miles to go to run the San Diego Marathon in May… man that sounds scary. 5 wasn’t a cake walk. Anyways, I was tired when I came home so I followed Vince around while he explored the house and got the camera out. I was really trying to catch him do this new thing he’s been doing… when standing up… he puts his hands on the ground, followed by his head and looks through his legs upside down. I’ve tried before to get a picture of this and got as far as the picture below.



Instead of doing his little headstand, he decided to play in the ball crawl… followed by playing with the remote and changing channels… followed by removing all my pans from the cabinet.





On Sunday, I got my camera out to catch him messing with Leila’s food. He always tries to mess with her food and water. If he is carrying anything when he is in the laundry room, it ends up in Leila’s water. We usually close the laundry room door, but I was doing laundry, so he started messing with her food. It started out innocently enough…

He went on to get Leila’s food all over (first pic). I watched him carefully as I was doing laundry to ensure he didn’t eat any of it… but it was worth it to keep him busy… I got to fold a load, put a load in the dryer and one in the wash. Leila ended up cleaning up and I just had to wash V’s hands.

Vince is ONE!

So I started writing this blog this morning, and stopped quickly because I almost totally forgot about Vince’s 1 yr old appt. It was 10:47am and his appt was at 11! I was supposed to pick him up… but thankfully my mom ended up meeting me there.

His 1 yr old stats are:
30.3 inches - 75%
21 lbs – 25%

He is lean and mean. But he was sick last week and is still recovering, so I think his weight is lower than normal. He was 22.5 lbs last Weds at the Dr’s.

Anyways… Vince turned 1 this past Saturday!!!

We had a small party and invited all Vince’s little friends (well… he only met some of them that day… but they are still his friends :). He had a great time, pounding on the ice chest with his buddies.

He thought blowing the candle out was too easy, so he put it out with his hand, which made him sad.

But then we gave him ice, and he enjoyed that before digging into his cake.

Later, all the babies, bigger kids, and Vince took turns hitting two different piñatas.



And the night ended with some quality time spent with Vince’s buddy, Damien.



All in all, everyone had a great time. We were all tired after a full day and fell asleep before we got to catch Saturday Night Live. A few more pictures from the party are below.

Vince the Fish

Vince’s last swimming class was this last night. We have been taking swimming classes for almost 5 months now… since he was a little over 6 months old. We had not been to class since before Christmas, so we were a little worried that he would forget how to hold his breath, but he surprised us and didn’t miss a beat! He had such a good time last night. He was kicking and kicking when he was in his motor boat chasing balls.




He also held his breath for 10 seconds under water! He started at one second when we first started going and have been adding seconds ever since. Yesterday was the first time he did 10!





We will probably sign him up for more classes sometime in the next couple months. We want him to be really comfortable with the water since we have a pool at home.

Changing the subject… this past week we bought this neat soccer ball field blow up thing for Vince. We say it’s for his birthday party, but I think we just wanted to buy it. It came with 25 balls, but Vince loves, loves balls, so we made a trip to Toys-r-us Sunday morning and bought him 250 more! The balls were making his hair very staticy as you can tell in the picture.

In other Vince news... he found that if he puts things in his mouth, he can crawl easier.