Bam Bam's World

Hello???

2011-02-24T16:27:00.004-07:00

It's been so long since I've posted anything, but don't want to lose what I have here. So much is going on, Josiah is now 3 1/2 and such a great kid and we are very excited to be welcoming number 2 this summer. My due date is on Joey's 4th b-day...crazy! We've been in planning mode already! Unfortunately we still have over 2 weeks before we find out if we'll welcome a boy or girl. I am thinking we will be blessed with 2 boys and oddly enough I am okay with that and even excited! I think having 2 boys will be tough, but hope they grow up close. That's all I've got for now, but hope to be back in the next week or two!

Oh Boy!!

2009-08-06T14:35:00.002-06:00

On Wednesdays I get to drive straight home as that is Rich's early day and he picks up Josiah from Buela's house. So, I come in and walk upstairs to the loft where Joey is playing. I kneel down to give him a hug and then I think he's heading back over to play with his toys. Instead, he stands behind me and grabs at my waistband and says..."Mama you got poo? Noooo!" OMG...I laughed so hard. They pick up on EVERYTHING!!!

Summer in Pictures

2009-08-03T10:02:00.027-06:00

Heading to visit Josiah's new school.

Visiting his classroom and getting a new backback!

Josiah's first FULL day of school. He is as excited as he looks, not at all excited.

One of my two favorite guys! Having dinner at Vista Ridge.

4th of July at Vista Ridge.

Daddy and Joey enjoying the boom booms!! :)

"Helping" Daddy mow the lawn!

I'm a star (but you already knew that)!

My Birthday lunch with Josiah, Michelle and Imani!

Happy Birthday Mama! Love, Silly Joe!

It's pool time!

More pool fun with Aviva and Tanya!

First visit to The Children's Museum

More fun at The Children's Museum

Hanging out with Carrington. She's so much fun, Joey had to take a nap!

Hanging out at Bob's Farm. Josiah loves loves loves Tractors!!!

Really?!?!

2009-02-17T13:15:00.008-07:00

Boy...talk about a long break from blogging!

Sleep wise, this has been one long weekend for us. Josiah has been giving us a really hard time when bedtime rolls around. This has been going on for a while but we are usually able to get him down in our bed and then transfer him to his crib. Not so much anymore. Friday night Rich put Joey in his crib thinking he was still asleep but no such luck! Josiah immediately stood up and started screaming and throwing himself around. He managed to bump his chin and cut the inside of his mouth. We both panicked at the sight of his bleeding mouth thinking a tooth was loose. Luckily, it was just a bruised chin and a cut to the inside of his lip from his tooth. Not pretty but he was okay...

Unfortunately, that's not where this ends. Sunday night I had the pleasure of putting him down. This time he was awake but I thought I'd place him in his crib and let him cry it out. As soon as I turned my back to walk out I heard a loud THUMP! I turned back around to see Josiah lying on the floor next to my feet. He managed to flip himself out of his crib! I was crying, Josiah was crying, it was chaos! Once we calmed down we checked him out and he was fine. I think he scared himself more than anything. So, at 9:30 Sunday night Rich and I were lowering his crib to the lowest level. I truly don;t know what we'll do once he grows another inch or so. I think he'll still be too young to convert his crib to the toddler bed. Bedtime will really be a chore!

Parade of Lights

2008-12-08T14:41:00.010-07:00

This past Friday night we went to the Louisville's annual parade of lights. My mom picked up Josiah from daycare and we met some friends at the Waterloo Restaurant. The Restaurant is right on Main street where the parade was being held and they got a table in the front. It was perfect! We had dinner and when we were done we walked out the front door and had a front row seat for the parade.

Josiah had his big coat, gloves and a blankie. It was a chilly but he stayed warm! We waited outside for about 15 minutes before the parade actually started. I was a little nervous that he'd be restless sitting in his stroller that long but he did great. All of the towns firetrucks led the parade down Main Street. It was loud and there were sirens and flashing lights. Josiah watched in amazement. He was a bit tired so he stayed pretty mellow throughout. It got pretty cold toward the end of the parade but there was only about 10 minutes left so we toughed it out. I didn't want Joey to Miss Santa. I know he has no idea who Santa is, but what kind of Mom would I be if he missed SANTA!?!?!

All in all a great time was had! Joey talked the whole home about the truck saying "WOW TRUCK" and "Bye, Bye truck"! He didn;t even fall asleep he was so excited. I can't wait for the parade next year!

Lucy

2008-12-01T09:31:00.017-07:00

Lucy, I never meant to fight with you in such a way that you would just pack your bags and go! I'll miss our middle of the night cuddles and early morning pet sessions. I still make sure you're not at my feet when I get out of bed each morning. I know Josiah was tough on you, but he loved you just a much as the rest of us. You were so good with him, even when you he loved you extra rough. Even Ethel will miss you. I know she loved you much more than you did her, but you did love her in your own way. Rich misses you too. You still have a home should you choose to come back. If not, just know we loved you very much. You were our first baby. I'll never forget how we caught you from Aunt Jack's back yard. We brought you home and you were a wild kitty. So much so that Rich wanted to call animal control. You soon settled down and became our baby kitty. Bye bye kitty...

CHANGE

2008-11-05T09:29:00.005-07:00

As Josiah would say...AMEN! We finally are getting a leader we can believe in. I just wish Great Grandma Susan was here to enjoy this!

Happy Halloween

2008-11-03T21:46:00.019-07:00

What a great second Halloween we had with our monkey, Josiah. It started with Rich taking a half day so he could bring Josiah to a Halloween party at my office. Joey had such as great time. When the trick or treating began he followed the bigger kids into the first office and laughed as they said "trick or treat" and got their candy. No "trick or treat" for him though. He just kept on laughing and followed them out. He sort of got the hang of it after a while. There were about 14 kids that ranged in age from 3 months to 8 years. We had a crab, shark, flower, skunk, bat, Batman, princess and many more costumes! The kids got pumpkin bags filled with balloons, bubbles and some other treats.

From there we headed to Grandpa Joe's where I let him have 2 bites of a kit kat bar. Of course he loved that! We stayed long enough to have a soda (me) and beer (Rich). Once we left Grandpa Joe we headed over to Abuela Toni's. We had dinner and got to hang with Josiah's cousin Pia. She is 6 months and dressed up as Mickey Mouse. She looked SO cute! Ethan also dropped by with his mommy and daddy. To our surprise both boys were monkeys. They looked super cute together! Joey's Cousin Angelo also made an appearance as a firefighter. What a busy trip to Grandma Toni's!

Once we left Abuela's we headed to Grandma and Grandpa Cook's house. Joey got to see his cousin Aviva. She was dressed up like a princess. She even wore Great Gran's earrings. She looked so pretty. Gran would have loved it! We passed out a bit of candy and then headed for home. Unfortunately, we didn't get any pictures of Vivy; she had a bit of an accident and changed as soon as she got home. She was very upset that she the princess had an accident. We had to remind her even pretty princesses have mishaps!

Just as we pulled into the driveway we saw Jack the Choo Choo, Jess and Jose. They were heading back from trick or treating. They joined us for a little more trick or treating around the neighborhood and them came over for a bit. We let the boys burn off a bit more energy and then we all headed to bed after a long, fun Halloween!

Choo Choo

2008-10-24T21:48:00.010-06:00

Josiah is learning so many new words each day. I love coming home and hearing some of the new words he's picked up during the day.

He recently learned what a train is after seeing one in real life. From the moment he saw it he was hooked! That weekend we took him to the Orchard Town Center to ride the choo choo. He is so funny though because he never really smiled. This was serious stuff!

Last weekend we visted a pumpkin patch near our home and they had another choo choo but this time he had to ride alone. I thought he might be scared but again, he was very serious and had lots of fun. We know because he cried when he had to get off of the train.

We are really enjoying our little man. Here he is my favorite Halloween outfit. This was purchased with lots of love by Grandma Sue.

Autumn Fun

2008-10-11T22:33:00.004-06:00

Our family headed to Breckenridge the last weekend of September. We were joined by our good family friends, The Licata's. We had a fantastic time!

Make a Smilebox greeting

August Fun

2008-09-16T21:31:00.009-06:00

We had a fun filled month! It started with Josiah trying out his new ATV from his Cousin Tina. As you can see below if is a hit. So much that we had to bring it inside the first night we had it up and running. Josiah thinks is an ATV Pro!

The following weekend we headed out in the pouring rain to Lafayette's Annual Peach Festival. We had the pleasure of taking Josiah's buddy and our (soon to be) Godson, Jack with us. It only rained for a bit. We stopped for lunch and once were done the rain was gone and the sun was shining. It ended up being a beautiful day! Unfortunately, I left the camera on the kitchen table so I only have pictures of before we headed out but as you can see the boys looked really cute in their raincoats! The following day we joined the Greco's for Aston's sixth birthday celebration!We had lunch at a great little mexican restaurant. Josiah always loves hanging with Ashy, Tristan, Chloe and Owen.

Football!

2008-09-16T21:18:00.007-06:00

Fall is in the air and what better first sign than football! Joey attended his first tailgate party for the CU vs. CSU game (GO BUFFS) over Labor Day weekend. We had lots of fun. We drove down to Denver with Grandma Toni and met Uncle Ted (the tailgate KING), Auntie Mary, Connie, Jerome, Laura, Garfield, TJ, Ian, Sandra and Chris.

Hanging out with Auntie Mary and Ian

He had a great time watching the CSU marching band and kept signing for more once they were gone. My guy loves his music!

Joey and Grandma

We didn't stay for the game though. No naps and a 4 hour football game didn't sound like such a great idea! All in all we had a fantastic day and can't wait for his first actual game when Daddy can join us!

Josiah's First Family Vacation

2008-08-06T10:21:00.028-06:00

We took our first family vacation this past July. I sweated for months about how Josiah was going to do on his first plane ride. To my pleasant surprise he did great! We left home around 8:30 as our flight was at 10:30 and we were parking in a lot that required us to take a shuttle to the airport. I was careful to not let Joey fall asleep on our ride to the airport. Everything was so new to him once we were at the airport so he had no problem with staying awake. Once we were seated on the plane and about to take off I nursed him and he was asleep before the plane left the ground. SCORE! He slept for about an hour and once he was up we played, looked out the window and had a snack. Then we landed. It was perfect!

Once we arrived, we got our bags and headed to the grab our rental car. Then we were off for our long weekend of FUN!

We headed down to Agoura Hills to our hotel. We checked in relaxed a bit and then headed to Burbank to meet the rest of the family for dinner.
After dinner we did a little bit of shopping in downtown Burbank and headed back for the evening.

Saturday morning we woke up early (6 a.m. Hello time change) and headed out for breakfast and the beach! Malibu was so beautiful and Josiah just loved the ocean! He was a bit skeptical at first but once he realized he was in good hands he had a ball! We headed back to the hotel full of sand. A sure sign a good time was had by all!

Then we ventured off to do some outlet shopping. Daddy and Joey bought matching Lacoste shirts and Mama came home with a new Coach wallet. :)

Saturday was the big Christmas in July party for Cousin Merrie. It was held at her friend's home in Tarzana. What a beautiful house with a pool and tennis court and the most pretty rose garden!

Josiah loved blowing bubbles and playing in the large back yard. We had a lovely Christmas dinner of turkey, green beans and sweet potatoes. Unfortunately, we called it a earlier night than Rich and I would have like but Josiah was tired after a busy day!

Sunday morning we were up again very early and had some pool time before a big breakfast with the family. This was the day everyone (but us) was heading home. We said our goodbyes and wished everyone well!

Then, we packed up and moved down to Redondo Beach for the last 2 days of our vacation. Once we arrived we walked down to the beach and took in some sights. Later that evening Josiah go to meet some more of his family. This time from Mom's side. We saw our Cousin's Kevin and Josh and met our newest cousin Andrea (Andie), Kevin's daughter and Josh's 1/2 sister. We also had the pleasure of meeting Rita, Kevin's better half. :) What a great little family!

We had dinner at the Redondo Pier and headed back to the hotel for a little R & R before our finale...DISNEYLAND! Oh...and the earthquake!

More later!

2008-08-01T12:53:00.001-06:00

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Happy Birthday My Love

2008-07-22T21:04:00.008-06:00

Josiah,

One year ago today my whole world changed. After 12 long weeks I saw you, the payoff! I've never felt anything better in my entire life! You were so little and perfect. You are still perfect but not so little. You were 2 hours into this world and getting your first bath! You're now one year, 2 hours in and sleeping in your own bed! Your vocabulary is amazing and you sound like a little parrot. We'd better be careful what we say. You walk like a little champ! Your daddy is SO in love with you lust like me. We couldn't feel any more blessed.

No more keeping track of weeks, then months. It's years now buddy!

We love you!

Mama and Dada

11 months!

2008-06-23T13:18:00.011-06:00

My "little" boy turned 11 months yesterday....it makes me a bit sad to think how quickly these months have gone. He is such a joy to me and his dad. He is SO close to walk and does this cute thing with his hands when he starts to walk. He flaps his hands as if he is getting ready fly. I'm going to try and get video b/c it is so cute! He also walks up and down his castle slide and climbing wall. He is also loving his swimming lessons. His last class is Saturday. We can't wait to get him into another one. I think we have just as much fun as Josiah!

Growin up

2008-06-05T21:48:00.003-06:00

Josiah is so much fun he talks up a storm! Mama, Dada, hat, Ethel, hi, bye bye, ball, kitty...most of the time it's Dada and ball though! He does the funniest thing when you say crazy and shakes his head left to right (grandma taught him that one...crazy grandma)! He has also been standing unassisted. Most times he doesn't even know he just standing there.

One drawback has been bed time. It sure is a struggle. He suddenly doesn't fall asleep nursing like he used to and is now boycotting his crib. We will continue to work on this one. Wish us luck! He sure is peaceful once he does fall asleep.....

10 Months Already!

2008-05-28T21:12:00.001-06:00

Wow! Josiah is already 10 months old and I am finally getting around to starting a blog. Better late than not at all I suppose!