A typical evening in the Flores home!

Music is a big part of our lives. Whether it's listening to country, hip-hop, tejano or salsa, the kids have a blast singing and dancing to it all. Big Chris is a HUGE Jay Perez fan and occasionally he puts his album on in the home. Lil' Chris is great at distinguishing what moves go to what type of music. It only takes one time of him watching us before he is ready to try it himself, and does it exactly as shown to him the first time! He loves dancing, as I'm sure most of you know already!

So the music came on right after dinner, and the kids came running out of their rooms. Chris and MiaLuz are starting to dance with each other more and more, rather than with us, so it was time they learned the "proper" way to dance. We showed them the closed position. MiaLuz had a hard time because she is still so small, but as you will see in the video, Chris knew exactly where her hands needed to be and used his chin to keep it in place while placing the rest of the body in proper position. It was so funny to watch.

Once we were over Tejano, Chris put in the Twilight soundtrack. My boys LOVE this album! (Lil' Chris is always singing the song that is used in the last scene of the movie...too cute!) Well, I was expecting to see his usual bopping of the head, with a bit of break dancing and spinning...but what he came out with literally put us on our knees with laughter. And MiaLuz, well she has her own style that I like to call the "ribbit"...(she tries to imitate Chris' floor moves and ends up hopping around like a frog, while saying ribbit!) Hope you enjoy the video as much as we do!

David and Goliath

For a while now, lil Chris' favorite Bible story has been David and Goliath. He asks us to read it several times a month and is just so amazed how a young boy could "beat up" such a huge monster. The other day, he brought me the scraps of a project I was working on. I didn't understand why he was asking me to tie it around his waste and head until he came back into the room with his "sling shot". (He always uses this red scarf as his sling shot!) He yells out, "I am David, Mommy! Where's Daddy?" (Poor Daddy is always Goliath!) He also brought out another red sash so Mia could play along; what a good brother!Before I knew it they were in full theatrical mode. Daddy started stomping around as Chris swung his sling shot in the air...

Then with a "thud", down went Daddy, safely on the bed of course! lol

The kids quickly got up on the bed and started attacking. It was so hilarious. What's even funnier is that 90% of the time Chris actually does hurt Daddy. (he gets a bit carried away!)

Meanwhile, MiaLuz enjoys every minute of it and is cracking up at the whole thing.

Well, the next day I had gone to the Dollar Store to pick up several little toys to give to a charity the RS has been working with. While looking for his own toy to snatch, Chris comes across a REAL sling shot! He got sooo excited and couldn't wait to go home and test it out. He kept saying, "Now I can REALLY be David!"

It was quite a difference from the pretend sling shot, but once I showed him how to use it a couple of times he got the hang of it. He was thrilled at how far the ball launched and couldn't wait to use it on Daddy when he got home!

Aren't Dollar Stores the BEST! All this glee and excitement, for only $1!

(I sound like a commercial ad., lol)

UPDATE on BABY ADAN!

Okay so the Doctor has scheduled my inducement date to Tuesday, March 30th. I would like to make it to that date just because it will be much easier to "plan" the delivery instead of having to call someone without notice to come take care of the kids. But I honestly don't think I will make it 1 1/2 more weeks. Baby Adan is literally "knocking at the door" trying to come out. He is extremely low, lower than I ever held the other two. I feel like I am walking with a watermelon between my legs and even the tiniest movement from him gives me extreme pain. I had my last appointment this past Tuesday and when the doctor came in the first thing I told him was that I was not leaving the hospital until he took this baby out! He just laughed, but I really wasn't joking...but unfortunately, my demand didn't help the process one bit. I have yet to start dilating, but I never dilated with the other two until I was in the hospital so I have learned not to go off of that measurement. He is already 6 1/2 lbs which means he will be at least 8 lbs if I make it til the 30th. I have had two 6 lb babies so that number really freaks me out! YIKES! Anyhoo, so it's any day now.
We have had to resort to a PLAN C, now that Mom will not be able to make it out here for a couple of months. (Chris' mom has to have unexpected knee surgery so she is no longer able to make it.) The Relief Society is trying their best to do their part to make this transition easier for us, but I still find myself overwhelmed and a bit depressed that Mom won't be here for the birth. With Chris being gone the last two deliveries, she has been my rock, emotionally and physically. It feels weird that none of our family will be here to meet Baby Adan until the summertime, but that's part of the military life. We know they would be here if they could.
So that's the update in a nutshell. We will keep you posted as the day arrives.....
To Mom, we love you and are praying for you. You are doing great and we are proud of you and how well you have adjusted. Keep progressing so you can come meet your new grandson!

Christopher's First Primary Talk

A couple of weeks ago, Chris gave his first talk in Primary. He was so excited to talk. He practiced all week and I drew little pictures to remind him of what to say since he can't read yet. He dressed up in his suit and tie (and BOOTS) for the occasion. He did really good and all the teachers were so proud of him. Bishop Strickland was even in there to hear him and he was able to sit in from with him while he waited for his turn to talk. He was literally beaming ear to ear and just kept looking up at him the whole time he was sitting by him. After he finished we saw the Bishop whisper something to him that made him smile. We found out later that he promised him not 1 but 2 candies after church for doing such a good job. Then the Bishop told us later that he was trying to persuade him to give him 3 because he did sooo good. That's our boy! Chris wanted to record him saying his talk so Abuela could hear how good he did. You can see my little amateur pictures on the bright yellow pages. Hey, I tried...(Please ignore the watermelon lady sitting beside the cute little boy!)