a couple of months have gone by and.....

Well here we are almost November. I can believe how fast this month has gone by. Well as i was reading my last entry i realize it's been forever since I had written anything and since both of my kids are taking a nap right now(miracle) I decided I would update my blog instead of cleaning the house. (he he, like I'll miss doing that).

My in-laws took us and Jenny, my sister in law and her two boys to the State Fair. I've never been to one before, so I felt like a little kid. Julia loved petting the animals, looking and admiring everything around her. Josh had a great time, although he is too little to truly enjoy any of this, he just sat on his stroller with a big smile the entire time

Julia had a blast going through all the rides and spending time with grandma and the cousins.

I also came to realize that my daughter is fearless. She got on a horse without hesitating. Takes after her mommy that's for sure. :)

Julia this summer...

Julia has developed a certain love for art. She can do this all day long: Paint, paint, paint.

She also, for some weird reason, loves to make the longest lines with her toys. She would start in our family room and some times go all the way to the kitchen with it. The coolest thing is that once she is done with the line she would lay at the end of it.

The poor sweetie got tired of working so hard on her line of toys, she felt sound sleep next to them, at the end of the line

Julia Can:

-she can count up to ten in English and up to 5 in Spanish.

-sing the songs from her favorite shows

-sing(partially) the ABC song

-open the fridge by herself

-do her bed and hep mommy do hers

-feed baby(when mommy is not looking)

-unload the dishwasher

-dress herself (doesn't match most of the time)

-put a VHS movie on the VCR and get the TV ready for mommy to play the movie

-drink out of a glass (without breaking it)

-say her prayers and blessings by herself most of the time.

Favorite movies are(rank form 1 to 10 in Julia's chart):

1)Mulan, 2) Sleeping beauty, 3)Cinderella, 4)Little Mermaid, 5)Tarzan, 6)Toy Story 2, 7)Toy Story 1, 8)Monsters Inc., 9)Cars, 10) Incredibles.

I took Julia to the movies for the first time on a mommy daughter date to see Wall-e. if we would own this movie it would be #1 for sure.

Julia has this Wall-e pj's she loves to wear, and if you ask her who is it she can make you the sounds that E.V.E. and Wall-e make. Favorite TV Shows:

Little Einsteins and Mickey Mouse club house

Favorite Food:

veggies, specially baby carrots. She loves to pick between them and find the biggest one and say that's the mommy carrot and then she would find a little one and with a really small voice say: oh the baby!.

On to the man of the house....that is the little man of our house

Joshua this summer.....

This little guy loves to smile. this is just one of my favorite pictures.

He gets so mad when we start to eat. We have to hold him on our lap and he tries so hard to reach for anything that he could put on his mouth. Well, i guess after 5 months of formula-eating you gotta start hating it. Right guy!!

So that same week I started him on Rice cereal and I swear he can smell it when I start making it, because his little legs and arms start going a million an hour.

Favorite TV shows

Unfortunately his sis got him hooked on TV. He enjoys watching all the shows his sister watches. Play House Disney you got another victim of your shows.

Favorite things to do

He loves watching us. Specially Julia, and I love to see them bond as siblings the way they do.

Bad habits

He is a boy, and I've learn they come well trained on boy things.

Burps and passes gas like no other. Screams for attention. Loves to bite mommy's face.

Fun facts

He would suck on his arm and on his fingers. Sometimes he would bite his fingers so hard, it would make him cry, but after that he'll try the same thing again.

Joshua can do:

-He can sit up just for little bit, he rather stand.

-he can roll over, although sometimes i think he is too lazy to do it.

- can eat rice cereal

-he can definitely burp.

-he can follow any object

-he can find mommy anywhere.

-he loves to smile at her big sis.

He really does love standing.

I admire his little spirit. He has been sick for the past couple of months with colitis. If you saw him on a regular basis you couldn't even guess he had it.He is such a happy little bug. He gets this horrible cramps that make him scream sometimes, but once they are gone he goes back to smiles and happiness.

You are such a trooper Big J.

Our dear grandpa Smith. "A.D."

We couldn't get Julia to say or understand that this amazing guy was her great grandpa so we told her he was grandpa's daddy and that's how she called him from that moment on.

Last week we found out that he was closer to Jesus. He died October 8Th and we had the privilege to go to his viewing and pay our last dues to him.

When Julia saw him laying down I'm sure she thought that he was sleeping, because when they were moving him to the other room to start the ceremony, she said SHHHH! gran pa daddy is sleeping.

I'm amaze on how sensitive this kids are to the spirit. A couple of days ago we drove to Bountiful, and we have made it one of our traditions to find and point to the temple every time we go by it, anyways out of nowhere from the back seat of my car I hear: Mommy grandpa's daddy sleeping in temple.

It is hard for people sometimes to comprehend the concept of eternal lives and families, but here she was a two-year old explaining that beautiful promise to her mom.

I feel so bless for my kids spirits, there is no doubt in my mind that they are children of our Heavenly Father.

I have to admit, it is so hard to say goodbye to those who we love., I mean It's been 7 years since both of my grandparents passed away and missed dearly every day of my life. I am so thankful to know that I'll see them again.

See you later grandpa....