June Birthdays

 Jacob and I celebrate our birthday's three days apart. Mine 16th, him the 19th. I've never been big about my birthday. Try to avoid it by going out of town or to somewhere people can take their minds of trying to make the day about me. I'm not a fan of attention. SO it couldn't have been more perfect for Jacob to have come into our family in June. now it can be about him! So that's what we did.

We threw a birthday party for Jacob on the 16th. Invited all his little friends to the splash pad for some piñata fun and bahama bucks. The kids had a great time and the weather was perfect! Cool enough for the parents but warm enough for the kids to play in the water. We had a great time and my little man got the party he wanted.  I had a few parent fails, like forgetting a rope to tie the piñata, and a lighter for the candle, but we improvised with imagination.

 

Mark tried to hold the piñata at first, but we quickly realized the kids are vicious and it was a bad idea. haha

This is my 'hey I'm 34 now' selfie. Mark competed that morning in a crossfit competition, I judged. It was a fun event. Then we had Jacobs birthday party, then shopping with my mom alone and then dinner at Joes Farm Grill. It was a good day. I got a pair of lifters and lots of gift cards, just what I wanted. Wahoo!

He looks like such a little kid in this picture. Where is my baby?!



This was my actual birthday, but Jacob joined me in blowing out the candle. love my birthday partner.


Now, prepare for picture overload! (in no special order)

Then Tuesday was Jacobs actual 3rd birthday. We celebrated this boy by going to see the Incredibles 2 movie, Lego land and donuts. He had such a blast and did surprisingly well with his first movie (minus the last 10 minutes when he ran around the theater). Lego land was his favorite. This kid loves to build. He enjoyed building cars and buildings with his family. I'm noticing more and more how he is changing out of baby mode into kid mode. He loves love loves toys! All toys. He could spend hours building with his legos, riding his cars around the playroom or having his transformers fight his ninja turtles. He has a very big imagination and also really good at putting things together. He is a picky little eater, but loves to eat bread (probably cause we never have it) and cucumbers, cheese and drinks like a sponge. He has the cutest little lisp and talks a lot! Like when he asked me to open his Capri Sun 'so I can be a man' or Yesterday woke me up saying 'mommy I need to take your car to the baby store to pick up my little brother,' which he is also obsessed about  getting a baby brother someday. He moves non stop! I don't think he can sit still for a minute! Which may be why he is such a good solid sleeper. He loves transformers, super wings, ninja turtles, pj masks, Cars, and the list goes on and on. He is still the most cuddly little monkey and when we cuddle at the end of the day, it is like finally taking a deep breath. I want to hold him forever! Love my little man so much!

May to June 2018

I've been procrastinating on this blog/journal thingy. Though there are still a couple days left in June, we'll just report on the month anyways. I have a ridiculous amount of photos, so I'll just update using those. I may be off in my order of things, cause it's been too much time for me to remember when this stuff happened exactly...oh well.

My girl completed her last day of Kindergarten. She has gotten wiser, taller and is so pumped for first grade. I'm dying a little inside thinking she won't be half day anymore. But I'll survive...maybe. She loved her teacher Mrs. Eckhoff, made lots of friends who she wants to envite for a pillow fight at our house. haha. Her favorite subject is still math, but she's doing a good job with her reading too. We are hopeful that the next school year will be just as great!

I had a few girls nights with friends in may. One with my church friends, going to Ikea and spending money on things we probably do not need. But then there was the ladies night with my girls from CFST. It was themed 'Prom night' only I didn't realize most would be dressed as 80's prom! They all looked amazing! I channeled my inner 90's kid and went with the twisty butterfly clips hairdo. We had such a good laugh taking prom pics and Summer and I frolicked in Dawns orange grove. It was so fun being with these hilarious ladies. And I won the games, Oreo on your forehead to mouth and the cheese ball toss game. And yes, I'm proud of myself haha. You know you've found your tribe when you can act like this and no one will judge you. Can't wait for the next ladies night.

Mark and I spontaneously signed up to run in the TMC 5k race in Tucson. We had such a fun time, as usual, racing this race. I was worried about my time, since last year when I ran a 5k it took me almost 41 minutes which is really slow! but this time, I just made it my goal to not stop running, keep a steady pace and pick a point of reference (someone to beat) while I ran. The first time I ran this 2013, I trained for months and was 20lbs lighter then I am today, and I ran it in 36:40 some minutes. In 2014 I ran this same race 20lbs heavier then 2013 and got 39:38 minutes. This time, 2018, at same weight as 2014, but much older, I ran this in 37:38! Only a minute slower then my fastest time AND 2 minutes faster then my 2014 time! I sprinted the last .10, and when I finished felt that I could have pushed harder through the race. It was a great feeling to see how much stronger I've become just by consistently working on my physical goals.

The kids got an inflatable pool and slip'n'slide, we've been enjoying the backyard. Looking forward to getting a trampoline soon, but we have a huge Sisso tree we need to cut down first and a Patio to extend. Lots of projects on my list.

We took the kids to a cemetery on Memorial day so we could teach them about the meaning of the holiday. It was a great learning experience for them, and for us.

Ms. Lily is growing up! She is liking the store Justice, wanting to do makeovers, wanting to buy clothes instead of toys...what is going on?! I'm loving it, BUT sad that my little girl isn't my little baby girl anymore. She finished her math and writing workbooks and was rewarded with a girls night. Facials and staying up till midnight was her request. Love my little lady.

Lily attended a one week dance camp. She loved being able to learn how to dance. We've decided to sign her up for a local dance acadamey starting in August. It'll be a good way for her to express herself.

Bah! love my little lady!

this was at her camp recitle. She was so fun to watch. And so were all the other little dancers!

Celebrated this wonderful man right here. Such a good father to his little minions. He's patient, caring, very hard worker and always looking to put his family first. We got pretty lucky to have this guy in our lives, I love him so incredibly much. And watching him with his children, makes me love him even more!

Fathers day, have to recognize all the fathers in my life. Especially my own. He's always been kind to me, even in his own recluse way. But he is turning out to be a great grandpa to my children. Thanks dad.

I'd signed lily up for a cooking class, but on the day of the class she woke up with congunctivitus :( She was so sad she was going to miss her class. SO, I decided to make homemade cherry pie with her. She did such a good job pitting the cherries and following my instructions. I think we will be cooking together often. Blessing in disguse. And the cherry pie? DELICIOUS!

Lily completed her first season of Basketball. I think we found her sport! She loved it and actually participated. Now that Jacob is 3, we are going to start signing him up for sports, he is so excited.

caught her putting on my red lipstick. She loves makeup, I hate her wearing it! lol

Sadly my last living grandparent passed away in May. My Abuelita Maria Vilugron Fernandez passed away two weeks after having a double stroke. Pneumonia ended up taking her life. My mom was so sad, killed me. Her and her mother shared a birthday and would call eachother every year to sing to eachother. My mom is worried about her birthday next year without her. I don't blame her. I'll just have to try really hard to have a baby on her birthday. Luckily my mom got to see her a couple weeks before she passed in Chile. An inspired gift from my brother Daniel. He wins favorite kid point for sure. My Abuela was 87 when she passed.

The ridiculous Sucker mark brought home from a business trip. Jacob was in love.

and the giant water melon gummy. It was so yummy.

Mothers day with my little mommy. Love her so much!

Still working on my physical goals. I've upped my time in the gym from 5-6 hrs/week to 8-9 hrs/week. It's surprisingly going really well and I'm not burnt out! being doing this since March and so far down 15lbs, reached some weight lifting goals. Getting stronger every day!

Met my back squat goal of 180 lbs (the pic is at 165, didn't get the pic of 180) but man it was hard to get up from the squat! I got lifters for my birthday, which help out a ton. But I've still got a long way to go working on form to make it less ugly. New goal on back squat is 190lbs.

Jacob is such a fun brother. He lets lily dress him up all the time! He thought he looked like a fierce tiger. I thought he looked like Rum Tum Tugger from CATS. haha

Mark and I participated in the MURPH challenge at CFST on Memorial day. We've done this in the past, but have never completed it in full. the full is: 1mile run, 100 pull ups, 200 push ups, 300 Air squats and end with another 1 mile run. It was tough, but we'd been practicing for a couple months. However, I thought my time was a lot slower then I'd been practicing with some half murph workouts, I should've been under an hour. Then later that night I was explain the workout to my mom, telling her how I split the sets, 20 rounds of 10-10-20 and then realized that I split the sets incorrectly since I usually do 5-10-15! I had only completed 10 rounds of 10 pull ups and it'd thrown me off.  I'd done 100 more air squats then I was supposed too! My legs were dying the next day and now I understand why my time sucked so bad. haha, won't be making the same mistake next time.