A Real Man Does The Dishes

 

Help Please!!!

About 3 weeks ago we did a family photo session with a wonderful photographer, Lindsay Chavez, and she blogged about us today! I wanted to share some of the amazing photos she took as well as ask you to comment on her blog and help us win a gallery wrap. Please go to the site and PLEASE comment onher site! Feel free to send this to ANYONE and lets get the 100 comments, I would LOVE a gallery wrap of my handsome little man!!!
Thanks!
 Here's what I can win:

25 comments - 8x10 print

50 comments- 11x14 print

100 comments- 16x20 Canvas Gallery wrap!!!!!


Comments must be added on the blogpost on www.lindsaychavezphoto.com/blog

San Diego Fun!

Last weekend we packed up the car and headed south to Mom and Dad’s for a relaxing weekend away in San Diego! We drove out Friday night and got to have a very lazy day Saturday watching movies and eating yummy yummy food. We finally saw the Social Network and RED, both very good for a lazy day.  Taylor showed all his best tricks to Grandma and Grandpa and loved playing with Brutus. Saturday night Gus and I stepped out in style and went to dinner with Mike and Ash and even went to a dive bar after! I only lasted till about 10 pm before I was almost falling asleep at the table and we trotted on home. Sunday we went to Urban Spoon for brunch with mom, dad, Mike and Ash, it was SOOOO yummy! I had Eggaroni, breakfast mac and cheese, how can you go wrong with that? We had such a lazy weekend that I forgot to take lots of pics so here are a few from brunch. We had a wonderful weekend and can’t wait to do it again!

Stay Classy San Diego!

 

Dinner

We had a rough night last night. When Tay doesn't feel good he refuses to eat, which is exactly what happened at 6 yesterday. His tummy was bothering him so after a little battle I got him calmed down and all he wanted was this little toy. What is so funny to me is that this thing freaked him out about a week ago and now it's all he wants. He got it up to his mouth and nibbled on the ear till it was sopping wet. It was so cute I had to snap 50 pics and even take some video.   I think teeth are on their way!

 

Bringing Home the Bacon

Tay and I hanging out at work! He rotates from the swing, to the bouncer to the playmat for his awake time and he LOVES it! He is such a good baby that he just chills out with me and I can get my projects done. I LOVE having him with me!

 

Elated

Tomorrow morning marks my new favorite day.  It will be the 1^st day Taylor gets to come to work with me until he is 18 months old.  I can’t begin to describe the feelings of excitement, relief and joy that are running thru my veins right now.  I have always known that my life’s purpose was to be a stay at home mom but unfortunately my expenses, bank account and So Cali location doesn’t grant me this honor yet.  I look in my son’s eyes and I just KNOW that raising him each and every day completely fulfills me to my core.  I have been blessed with a wonderful job with amazing benefits that is way too hard to walk away from.  Especially when they keep throwing things at me that make it harder and harder to say “no.”  Tomorrow for instance….

My company runs private schools servicing families with children 6 weeks – 8^th grade on 8 different campuses.  Taylor has had the blessing of being cared for at our Brea campus for the past month.  He loves all his teachers and is doing really well there minus the constant cold.  He has been sick since his 2^nd week there and we just can’t kick it.  I know you daycare mommies know what I am talking about.  Three weeks ago my boss came to me with a proposition, how would I feel about having Taylor in the SAME building as me?!?!?!  UH YES, TWIST MY ARM!!!!!  So the stage was set, we were going to transform the conference room into a daycare room and hire a daycare worker to care for Tay for a month until the 2^nd office baby would be arriving (miss Adel now 2 weeks old) in March.  

As my excitement grew the process slowed and the scene wasn’t really being set.  As I drove my son to school yesterday and he was coughing SO hard that the only thing that calmed him was holding my hand I knew I would be leaving work early to pick him up.  That triggered a thot- Taylor has been sick for a month, and if he continues on this path he will be sick for another month.  Meaning when I bring him to the office he will just get little miss Adel sick.  Being a little selfish as well as not wanting to put any other mother thru a babies 1^st cold at 6 weeks I approached my boss.

“UM are we still planning in doing this?”

I lit a little fire, and it sent them running.  I lightly hinted to her that my son is sick and he will need at least 2 weeks to get well before he is in the same room with miss Adel (who is her granddaughter btw) or he will get her sick.  Two hours later I has the green light to bring him to work with me “full speed ahead.”  So tomorrow I will haul all my gear, and my son to work with me.  I will get the opportunity to pick out a ton of new gear for him over the next few days but for now I will take what I have to entertain him.  I will be watching him for the next month at the minimum until we reassess having a day care worker there.  And that means NO MORE PUMPING!!!  Thank goodness, I don’t think my freezer can take any more :)

Well that’s my big news and I am elated!!!!

Gus Got His Bootie Kicked.....

I had to break the sad news to my hubby that Taylor TOTALLY beat him out for the best V-Day gift, and he agreed.....

When I picked him up from daycare they had this and a little box of chocolates for me, I just LOVE that tiny little hand!

Saying "I Love Us"

There is a Hallmark commercial playing right now for Valentine’s day saying take the time to say “I love us” this Valentine’s day and it really hit home with me.  That is exactly what I wanted to say to my wonderful hubby to honor the love we share.  Gus and I celebrated Valentines a little early since our weekdays are so hectic with work; we decided to have our special dinner Sunday night. I set the table with a few fun things and we enjoyed some yummy filets. We shared a very special bottle of wine that we have been saving for 2 years from Cougar Winery in Temecula; it was WONDERFUL with the steak!  Thank you to my amazing husband who inspires me to be a better wife, mother, and friend each and every day, I love you! 

This morning Taylor got his awesome Valentines outfit on and we sent him off to school for a fun day with all his friends. He is still a little sick so I am hoping that his wonderful little friends stay the heck away from him so he can get better!

Gus surprised me with Wendy's help with this beautiful necklace from Stella & Dot and I am rocking it today! I have gotten so many compliments; I can’t wait to find more fun outfits and occasions to wear it to!  

Hope you all have a wonderful day with the ones you love, HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

Wendy's 35th!

This month we celebrated Wendy’s 35th birthday at Melting Pot with her family! We had a private room and some really yummy food. I LOVE LOVE LOVE their cheese and chocolate and I can’t wait to go again. Taylor stayed home with Grandma and Grandpa so we got to have a hot night out, thank you! We had such an amazing time of laughter, fellowship and magic. Roy did a few tricks for us and he got Gus pretty good on a few of them. ~Wendy I wish you an amazing year, you are such a wonderful friend and you show me the power of strength, patience and love every day. I am so unbelievably blessed to have you in my life, thank you for being a wonderful friend for the past “30” years! We love you!

 

February Fun!

Saturday we had a birthday for our little friend Tyler and I just had to take this picture of Gus and Taylor. I loved that he picked out a little spot away from everybody to give Tay a bottle, love that man!

 

I am kicking my own bootie to get back to working out again so this weekend I crawled back on the treadmill and boy am I outta condition!  I need to get back to my old stamina of 4 miles in 40 minutes, I only got to 2 in 30, YIKES!  It will take some time but I will gat back up there!  Tay played in his playmat and was laughing at me while I was running-thanks son, thanks.

And here are more pictures of this boys cuteness!