Anthony in Baseball

Anthony batting

Nice Catch!!

Anthony running home!!! Yeah!


Cute Pitcher!

Anthony is in fall baseball and he pitched the last game. He did so good. We were very proud of him.

Omar's Graduation. YEAH!!!! (finally!)












My 30th...oops I mean 25th birthday. LOL!

4-wheelin in Donnelly in the rain. Lots of Fun!!! Camren hiking in McCall.





My twin sis (Cat) and me at a friend's wedding. I was also told that weekend that I was the "fat" twin by a family member. (sniff sniff) Oh well. We had fun that weekend.

Family time. 4-wheelin in Kuna













Camping with our new camp trailer in Cascade. We had lots of fun.










Family trip to Lagoon.

Omar and Me in Vegas for our 11th anniversary. Can you believe it's been 11 years? I can't.

Weight

For those of you who don't know...I've been working my a** off to lose weight. I've lost 24 pounds since September. I know it sounds like very little to only lose 24 pounds in 7 months but it's been hard. I feel guilty going to the gym during the day because then I have to put Camren in the daycare there. I also feel guilty going during the weekend because I feel like I'm taking time away from Omar and the boys. So I've been going to the gym before I work. That means I wake up at 4:45am and go the gym at 5:15 and work out until about 6 then shower and get ready there and then go to work for 12 hours. It makes for a long day but this way I don't feel as guilty. I hate it that I don't get to see them before work but I see them afterwards. I'm also wearing the bodybugg. I really like it. It tells me how many calories I'm burning and I log my food intake so I know if I'm burning more than I'm consuming. I'm really proud of myself. I've accomplished my first goal which was to get down to pre-pregnancy weight. YEAH!!! Now, I have a new goal and I have 7 more pounds to lose to get to that goal. I've been making small goals so that it doesn't seem impossible. I like to tell myself that losing it slowly means that I'll be able to keep it off in the long run. Right??? Since I've been exercising, my asthma has definately decreased by a lot. I feel better too. Wish me luck! Oh, and if anyone wants to workout with me, I would love it. My workout partner moved away last month. Just let me know.

Haircut

I wanted a change before my 30th...I mean my 25th..birthday. My birthday is next week. I decided I wanted a bold haircut (bold for me anyway). I chopped most of my hair. It's about chin length. It's definately a big change for me. I love it though. It really is faster to style in the mornings especially when I get ready for work at the gym. Omar isn't really excited on the length but he hasn't said anything mean about it so that's good. I mean what can he say...it's not like it's his hair right??? I'm the one who has to style it and deal with it. I think one reason he doesn't like it is because it looks similar to Catrina's haircut. Oh well. What can I say we're twins. I will post pics once I've taken some. Just thought I'd update you. Have a nice weekend.

News

My brother-in-law Lionel's, and sister-in-law Marbella's birthdays were a couple of weeks ago. The in-laws came to town. We had a get together and Omar and I decided to get a few things before we stopped by to help Lionel celebrate his birthday. He truly was the princess of the party. Check out the pics. It was hilarious. We had a great time. For those that haven't seen what the in-laws (women) look like check out the pics.

A few days ago my sister-in-law Marbella gave us some news. Her and Kort are having a baby. YEAH!!! Another nephew/niece. How exciting. She's only about a month or two along. We are all excited.

Camren's Birthday

Camren't birthday was on the 30th of January. We celebrated his birthday at Chuck e cheese's with family. I can't believe that he is 2 already. He's been in those terrible two's for some time now. I'm at least grateful he's stopped his bad habit of biting. I think being out of daycare for 3 weeks during Christmas did him some good. He's still pinching and hitting, but one thing at a time. He's good at throwing tantrums at the worst times. He's also a charmer. He will look at you and smile and you forget that you were mad at him. Lately he's been trying to sing and it's so cute. He's been singing parts of ring around the rosie for a while but now he tries to sing a lot. He's also a talker. Granted, I can't understand about half of it, but he tries. As far as potty training goes...it's not. At least he's not scared of the toilet anymore but he just sits there and plays with the toilet paper. It's cute but he's just not ready yet. Maybe this summer I can put underwear on him and let him run around outside and if he dirties himself I'll just spray him off with the hose. Hmmm...that sounds fun to me. I'm not sure he'll like it too much though. Don't think I'll do that but it does sound fun and funny.

Sorry I haven't posted in a while...

A quick update for everyone. Christmas was a lot of fun. We went to California and spent Christmas with Cat and Cory. We were in for a big surprise on Christmas Day. Cat and Cory's gift to everyone was a folder. Inside the folder, much to everyone's surprise, was a copy of their marriage certificate. WHAT!! You read correctly. They were married in November and kept it a secret. Rude right?!? Nah...they just wanted it to be a surprise. I was/am happy for them. I think it's about time. Camren and Anthony had a great time there. They both spent a lot of time playing Guitar Hero World Tour. Ok, I admit it, they weren't the only ones. We all played that game. I think Rufus and Keely were happy when we left. (Rufus and Keely are their dogs/kids). Camren kept chasing them and grabbing their short tails. They weren't too impressed, but they never hurt Camren. Always a good thing. We always love visiting. It's just too bad they didn't live closer. Oh well. We came home safely and we missed all the snow that the valley received while we were gone. I'm not sorry that I didn't have to drive in that.

Family Pictures

Just wanted to post some family pictures.

Our pictures were done by Heritage Photography. I'm so happy with the results. These are just a few of the pictures.

Update

Well, it has definitely been a long time since my last post. So...here's a quick overview of what has been going on in our lives since the last post in May.

CAMREN: Camren's leg is now fully healed. He had his cast on for a total of 2 and a half weeks. He had a limp for a couple of weeks afterward but he is now running around as if nothing happened. He is currently 21 months old. He has the fit throwing down pat. Camren dressed up as superman for Halloween and was adorable. He had so much fun. He wasn't sure about it at first but after we went to the first house and saw they were putting candy in his bucket he was eager to go to the next house.

ANTHONY: Anthony is now in 3rd grade. I can't believe it! We just had parent teacher conferences and his teacher just had nice things to say about him. He is very smart and is a good writer. Maybe he'll be an author when he grows up....hmmm. We'll see. We bought a Wii this summer and Anthony has been playing guitar hero and loving it. He's decided that he wants to play the guitar, so for his birthday we bought him an electric guitar and he is now taking lessons from his uncle Kort. He's actually getting pretty good.

CHRISTINA: What can I say about myself??? I've been actively trying to lose the baby fat and have lost 10 pounds since June. YEAH!!! I try to go to the gym before work (yes that is 5 am). I've also been working more. Can you believe it?!? I now work about 24 hours a week. I also chopped my hair...got an A line haircut. My sister-in-law Marbella did a wonderful job. I love it. I also darkened it with some reddish color in it. It's fun. We just took family pics today so hopefully they turn out great. Can't wait to see them. I haven't taken a picture with my new haircut yet. I'll post some family pics once I get them.

OMAR: Omar is still going to school. He is scheduled to graduate in May. Can't wait. His job has not been affected by all the layoffs going on....yet....hopefully never but I guess we'll see what the future brings. I guess that's it for Omar. He's pretty busy with all that.

We took a family trip to California in June and visited my twin sis Cat and her boyfriend Cory. We went to Pacifica (it was cold) and Anthony did some body surfing. We also buried Cat in the sand and buried Anthony in the sand. It was so much fun. Omar and I spent a night in Tiburon without the kids and we had a lot of fun. We plan on going back for the holidays. Well, that's it for now. I will try harder to keep you updated.

Friday evening

Friday evening as I'm cooking dinner, Omar and the kids were outside and Omar thought it would be a good idea to put Camren on the trampoline with Anthony while he mowed the lawn. Camren started to cry so Omar brought him inside to me so I comforted him. When I tried to put him down he wouldn't stand up. I just figured he wanted to cuddle some more until I tried to put him down again but wouldn't stand on his right leg. We decided to take him to the ED. Before going decided to call a friend of mine who works in the pediatrician's office who later called the pediatrician. The doctor in the ED didn't even look at Camren's leg...just ordered the xrays. He later came in and said that we could go home because there was no break. We were relieved. He told us that Camren would be back to normal in no time. The next day called that friend of mine back to update her. She then called the pediatrician and she called me. His doctor was worried because Camren was still not bearing weight on his right leg by Saturday morning. She went in to the office on Saturday just for us. She wrote an order for more xrays on Monday if he still was not bearing any weight on that leg. All weekend he didn't walk. He finally started crawling on Sunday. So Monday morning we went in for the xrays. Later that morning the pediatrician's office called and the radiologist didn't see a break. Since he was still not bearing weight on his leg she wanted us to go to an orthopaedic. We went and he looked at the xrays taken that morning and he saw a fracture in his tibia. Camren now has a cast from his toes to his thigh. He was such a trooper when getting the cast on. He was all smiles. He even has a little boot for when he's walking. It's so cute. He gets really mad because he can't move around as fast as before. He barely started to walk this evening. When he crawls he has to drag is right leg. He's so cute but oh boy has he been moody. We love him still.

Storytime

I wanted to share a story with you all. It was August 1995. My favorite Mexican band, Los Tigres del Norte, came to the town I lived in. I went with my twin sis and younger sis along with my parents. I met up with my boyfriend there. My boyfriend and I got into an argument there so I didn't have a good time with him but I had fun anyways cuz I had a guy friend there and he made it fun. We danced so much to such an awesome band. That night a boy, who was 15, met my twin sis and he asked to be able to visit her sometime. She agreed. Well, this boy lived in St. Anthony which is over an hour away from our town. He begged his cousin who was 16 and had his night license to drive him because he didn't have a night license. His cousin agreed to drive him. That cousin put off a date with his girlfriend at the time named Christina. I was in a bad mood when they came over to the house and I was rude to him. When he asked me if we had a garbage can, I responded sarcastically "no, we live like animals." Apparently, that didn't thwart him cuz he asked to call me. My boyfriend and I broke up and he and the other Christina broke up. We became boyfriend and girlfriend and this July we will be married for 10 years. Well, I wanted to share this story because in March that same band came to the Idaho Center. Omar bought us tickets. It was so much fun. My sister-in-law and brother-in-law went as well as Omar's parents. It was amazing! There were other bands there too, butThe best one of those was the singer Graciela Beltran. She was great. I can't wait for Los Tigres to come again. I've included a picture of Los Tigres and of Graciela Beltran. If you are able to play video check out this little clip of Los Tigres playing. Hope you enjoy it.

A lot has been...

A lot has been going on since the last time I wrote. Anthony started his spring season of soccer. Omar is his team's coach again. Anthony has definitely shown improvement in his game and is doing very well. We are very proud of him.

Anthony is also doing very well in school. His progress report states that he is at a 5th grade reading level which is awesome since he's only in 2nd grade. He will be getting an accelerated reading award later this month. We are proud parents.

For spring break we decided to get out of the valley and went to Portland for a few days. The weather sucked while we were there, but we still had a lot of fun. We went to Newport for a couple days. It was cold and windy but you better believe that we still went to the beach. We also went into a lighthouse. It was cool to see how people used to live in lighthouses. We visited my aunt and uncle in Salem also. It's always nice to see them. We did some shopping at the Woodburn outlet mall. It was so much fun shopping for the kids. Not as much fun shopping for me but oh well. We visited the OMSI before we left the Portland area. That place is amazing. There is so much to see. I recommend visiting the OMSI if in the area. We wanted to go to the zoo but the weather did not permit that, but that's ok cuz we had fun. Camren did pretty good in the car.

For all those of you that knew Camren hadn't been doing well at daycare, he is now happy at daycare. He was moved from the infant room to the one year olds room and is doing great. He gets to play in the jungle room, play with older toddlers, and gets to go outside when the weather is nice. He has his days when he's not as happy but we all have those days once in a while. I'm just happy to not hear that he is crying for hours in a row at daycare anymore. I feel better about working.
Well that's a little update. More to come.

1st Birthday

Today is Camren's 1st birthday. I can't believe it! It's been a year. It seems like it was just yesterday he was born. Anthony didn't have school today because of the weather/driving conditions so Anthony and I were able to spend all day with Camren. We spent some time playing in the snow today. Camren was curious about the snow and was kicking it. It was cute. After Omar got off of work and was done with school we went out to dinner at Red Robin. Anthony chose the place because he wanted them to sing happy birthday to Camren. The food was good. I think Anthony was a little dissapointed because the waiter didn't sing to Camren because he was "only 1 and would not even know why they were singing to him and it might scare him." Oh well. Camren still got a sundae and Anthony enjoyed sharing that with Camren. We had a good time. We decided to celebrate with just a dinner since we had the cake and ice cream when we had family visit.

Walking???

I've been hoping that Camren would walk around the same time that Anthony did when he was that age. I know, I know I shouldn't compare. When he didn't walk at nine months I was hoping he would walk before his first birthday. As his birthday was getting closer and closer I didn't think it was going to happen. My sis Jolie tried to make me feel better about it by telling me Camren can be lazy like her kids and walk at about 15 months. Her words not mine. So then I was hoping he would walk before 15 months. Camren had taken a few steps back and forth between Omar and me, but Camren has been having a hard time at daycare and has been refuusing to take any steps on his own for about a week and a half. During the family visit Camren took a few steps with encouragment. On Monday, Jan 21st Camren all of a sudden got up all by himself without holding on to anything and walked towards a ball. It was so exciting. Catrina was still here visiting from California so it was especially exciting for her to see it. I was excited that he walked before his 1st birthday. YEAH!!! He is pretty much only walking, hardly crawling anymore. He even tried running the other day. He's so cute. He loves to clap at himself and loves it when we clap at him. He's so funny. The picture I've uploaded is of Catrina and Camren bonding. Cute.

Family visit

My aunt and uncle from Oregon, my mom, and my twin sis Catrina visited us about 1 1/2 weeks ago. We had fun. We had a nice dinner at my house Saturday night. We went up to Bogus on Sunday which was so nice. There was so much powder so it didn't hurt to fall. I'm still in the learning phases of snowboarding but I'm getting pretty good. Anthony is learning how to snowboard as well. He's gone twice & he's getting pretty good. This was his first time getting on the lift. He was pretty scared to go on it, but he did great. If you can see the video that I've uploaded, Anthony is in the red coat coming down. We are so proud of him. My younger sis Jolie and her husband decided to go snowboarding also. They've gone once before, but it's been many years. It was so much fun. I fell pretty bad and rolled a few times down the mountain but it didn't hurt cuz it was so soft. It was pretty nice because my mom, aunt, uncle, and brother David went also so they were able to watch Camren and my niece and nephew in the lodge. After we came down from the mountain we decided to celebrate Camren's birthday early since they were all in town. Camren got a little cake for himself and it was so funny watching him digging into his cake. It was a really fun weekend. The first picture is Catrina and Anthony. The 2nd picture is me in the purple coat and white helmet, my sis Catrina in the white and purple coat and black helmet, any Jolie coming down on the snowboard in the blue coat. The 3rd picture is of Omar and Anthony getting on the lift.