Chris' First Day of Preschool!

Today was Chris' first day of school. He has been ready to start for months now. He is so bored at home since there are no kids his age around the neighborhood. Our play time is very limited because there is only so much I can do with MiaLuz by my side. So he would get bored easily and then start trouble because of the boredom. Ever since he turned four, he would say he is now a big boy and can go to school. He just couldn't understand why he had to wait all summer long! I, in turn am excited for a couple of reasons: For one, I can now have some "MiaLuz" time, which is something I have yet to have with her. Grocery shopping will be much easier with only one child in the cart instead of trying to fit the food around the 2 kids! And the most important, I can have nap time along with MiaLuz. Going into month 3 of my pregnancy, this has become a priority and I notice if I am not able to nap I am ready to pass out by 3 o'clock! So this was a great day for the both of us!

The minute he woke up he was asking to get ready. I just wonder how long this excitement will last! lol

Outside the school...

He was literally rushing me to get in the building...

His class is called the "Rockin' Redfish", very suitable for a fisherman!

I wasn't able to take a photo leaving him because he started acting kinda funny so I just left, but I did take this one when I picked him up. He was having so much fun!

Smiling for me one last time while getting his lunch box!

I must admit, it was really weird getting into the car minus a child! I thought to myself, "What the heck am I gonna do with myself!?!" I went to Target right after and was so amazed on how smooth the shopping went. When it was nap time for Mia, I walked out of her room and it was so quiet; it was almost a little eary! But I got a couple of things done and went down with her. AH, the first nap without 5 interruptions...it was GRAND!

All in all, a wonderful day. I was even entertained for the rest of the afternoon with Chris singing 2 new songs that he learned. He had a wonderful day, and so did I! ; )

Princess Bday Party

My friend Shayleen had her lil' girls' birthday party this past weekend. The theme was princesses and it's the first dress up party that the kids have gone to so you know I had a ball taking pictures. We didn't want to spend too much on the costumes so we dressed Chris up real nice and I made him a BIG crown. Mia is too small for the dresses and when she does try them on she gets frustrated cuz she can't walk without tripping so I just put her in a tootoo and gave her a wand to hold. She doesn't have enough hair to put a tierra so I just put a big shiny barret to match the wand. Not much, but it did the trick.

Chris and Hannah, his little girlfriend!

My precious babies, ready for the party!

A couple of girls had a snow white costume on. Mia sneaked away one of their tierras and wore it for a bit. Or for as long as it would balance on her head; she has no hair to keep it on! lol

Bubble time; one of Chris' favorite parts of the party!

Mia is already eating by herself. She does great with the spoon, holds it properly and makes it in her mouth without dropping the food. I guess that's part of having a kid that LOVES food!

The kiddos, all dressed up!

Mia actually put this on herself. She would have worn it the whole time but it was so big her head kept falling in into the middle!

She found of the the girls' snow white heals and wore them the rest of the time we were there. The look on her face was sooo- cute. I'm in big trouble when she is big enough to have some of her own!

Just like Daddy!

For a while now, Chris has wanted "daddy's job clothes". He has put on all different kinds of clothes to match the look as best as he can. So Chris finally bought one for him at the PX. Chris was sooo happy. He kept saying, "This is so cool, Dad! So so so cool!" and "Now I can go to work with you!"

Mia liked the hat so Chris gave it to her to have so she can look like daddy too!

Soon after he had the clothes on he disappeared to his room. Two minutes later he came out with the only boots he has and a gun to hold. He said, "Now I look like Daddy. I had to go get my boots and my gun to protect myself. Now let's go get the bad guys daddy...LET'S GO!"

Fruit Pizza

We had the fruit pizza for the first time at our ward's pot luck last weekend and Nomi and I fell in love with it so we got the recipe and made it the next day. Well, this past Friday the Colonel invited his staff over for dinner. I thought the fruit pizza would be a hit and I was right. No one had ever had it before and loved it just as much as we did! I took a picture to show the great artwork that Noemi put into it. She took so much time on it. Chris was laughing at her, asking if she was measuring the inches between. She told him yes and to quit making her lose her concentration. It was so cute. Thanks Noemi and good job on your masterpiece!

Surprise to daddy!

I did it! I finally blew up the picture that I took of Chris and lil' Chris on the boat fishing. I decided to put it on canvas, to keep the natural look. I wanted to surprise Chris with it so once it came in I had little Chris have daddy close his eyes and he was holding it when he opened them. Lil' Chris was so excited that he was in this "painting". Here are some pictures of it to get an idea. The lighting isn't that great, sorry!

16 x 20
this one is more of the realistic color
Chris loved it. But now we are trying to figure out where to put it!

Passing the tradition down!

Chris is into this superhero dress up thing. Everyday he changes AT LEAST 5-6 times, going from his Wolverine costume, into Diego when he is watching it on TV, then into his Spiderman pj's; you get the picture. Well, football isn't something he is watching on TV or anything. He just really likes the Cowboys. So for the last week now, he will come to me all dressed up in his uniform and will ask me to put his football shoes on (his soccer cleats) He somehow found out Mia had a Cheerleader costume (Meemaw sent to her last year and I'm saving it for Halloween this year cuz it's still a bit big on her) He has been bugging me to put it on her. He says, "I'm Tony Romo and she is my cheerleader!" I finally gave in and put it on. The skirt practically hangs off her booty, but she loved it the minute I put it on. The next thing I knew, she was bringing me her white church shoes to put on her feet. (Does my girl know style or what?!?) Once everyone was ready they had so much fun modeling, throwing the football, etc. MiaLuz just loves hats and helmets but the poor thing can never keep them on her tiny head! So here's the adventure!

There's MiaLuz trying to put the helmet on while holding the ball. Not gonna happen...as my boy poses behind her!

if you look closely you will see MiaLuz's big lips poking through the hole on the helmet....so cute! lol

always giving besitos to each other!

My lil' Cowboy fans...

Baby #3 on the Way!

So here's the story. I took the test at 7:30 this morning, even though my body has known for a while now that I was prego. I decided to lay out the results for Chris to find when he came home at lunch time. I layed it out just as in the picture on our clean vanity so there would be no way he would miss them. Easy right? Well, he was home 2 hours before going to the bathroom. When he finally makes his way over there, I waited a while to see if he would yell or run out of the room, something.....NOTHING! So I go to the bathroom to see that a towel has been layed over my display! He had gone to the restroom, washed his hands and touch up his face without seeing it. How does that happen? Are you serious? So right when he is about to kiss me to leave to work I couldn't take it anymore. There was no way I was going to make it another 5 hours without telling anyone. My mom and sister are here and I couldn't tell them until he knew! So I dragged him to the bathroom and stuck his face in it! He literally looked upclose for about 10 seconds before freaking out on me! He picked me up and it was a perfect moment. Well, almost....If only he could have just seen the dang results on his own!!! lol We are super excited.

As for my news to the family. I brought out the camera and told them I wanted a picture of them and the kids. Instead of saying cheese, I said, "1,2,3 say Blanca's Pregnant!" I was waiting for a crazy look from them to snap the photo. Well, in the typical DeAlejandro fashion, they kept their smiles until I snapped the picture, as to not mess up the photo, then freaked out afterwards....NO FUN! So neither of my plans worked today! What a mess.....

But yes, we are super happy. This will be the first pregnancy that Chris will be here for. He is so excited to be apart of it all, little does he know.....Pregnant Blanca is NO FUN!!! lol