January

Welcome 2011. I love the New Year's first days. there is something about starting a year that makes things fresh and gives you a good and new perspective about life.

Things I am looking forward to:

- Julia is starting Kindergarten this year. We have entered in a lottery to attend a Spanish based charter school.
- New Costco’s opening this year which might equal to new opportunities for our family
- Josh is starting preschool this year I am looking forward to doing Joy school with a couple of other moms from my ward
- Andrew will be turning 1 this year. Amazing this boy is growing too fast. I want a girl next; yes I am baby hungry already. My body doesn’t learn. I am stubborn and regardless how painful being pregnant is to me I am ready for another little sunshine. Bad thing is that I keep thinking of boys names, let’s hope my intuition is wrong.
- It is due time for a family vacation. We’ll see how well it turns out to take a 9 month old baby on a 7-hour car ride.
- I’ll be getting rid of the changing table on the boy’s room. I am so excited to re-do their room layout.
- Will be celebrating 10 years since the day Spencer and I met on a cold October night on Myrtle Ave, a Brooklyn corner in NYC.
- Will be celebrating 10 years since I graduated from High School. All my friends will be getting together for sure and I’ll be missing them all
- My birthday this year will be 11/11/11. This only comes once in a hundred years!!!... I know I am such a dork for thinking this is special, but oh well. I think it definitely deserves some extra celebration.

These are some of our big events for this New Year, some are getting closer than others. I am so excited for all these new goals and challenges that we are about to start.

January is a very unique month for me. It is just hard to go back to routine after you have had so many days off where you could sleep in and so many nights of staying u late. Having freezing temperatures and a little baby don’t make things easy when you are trying to get rid of your cabin fever.
We had to come up with ideas to make this month a bit more exciting.

Josh and Spencer had a father/son day. They went to the Union Station in Ogden to see the trains. Josh is obsessed with trains and it is not only a crush. He is really into them. He can name you 5 different parts of the train; his favorite daily movie to watch is the Polar Express. His favorite books to read are TRAINS. Spencer and I borrowed some books from the library after reading the book to him for the first time the next day he remember the name George Pullman, which is mentioned in one of his books. Now his little train conductor’s name is George Pullman.
It is amazing to see his interests grow and have such a determine admiration for trains. They fascinate him. It thrills me to see such passion at such early age. I know this little boy is capable of anything; I feel such a great responsibility to widen his horizons, support and encourage him and help his mind grow.
Speaking of Josh, this boy made a HUGE accomplishment this last year. I have forgotten to mention that at the short age of 2 he is potty train. We started potty training right after Thanks Giving and was about to give up because he was just soaking those pull-ups. On the beginning of December I ran out of pull-ups and decided to buy diapers instead because they are less expensive.
Wouldn’t you know? He hated wearing diapers again. He said they were for babies like Andrew and refused to put them on. Ever since, he is been wearing his underwear and has had but a couple of mishaps

On the other hand Julia and I had our own private time. We went to see Tangled. This was such a beautiful story, so clean and non-scary. Every time we’ve gone to the theaters with Julia (2 other times) she gets really nervous during scary parts and hides her face behind the seats in front of her. This movie just kept her smiling and very interested the entire time.
The best part was the ride home. She was talking to me in such a grown up way that it was shocking. She recalled the entire movie and even asked me questions about some scenes that she didn’t understand.
I think she is the reason I am baby hungry. I see my little girl slowly but definitely evolving into this beautiful young girl full of sweetness and love. I love to see her put lip gloss on and tell me which cloths she rather wear, but I did not think the time would come this fast.
I miss my little Julia, my baby Julia, the Julia that cry the second I left her in nursery because she needed to see me nearby. The Julia that had to fall asleep holding my hand and listening to my voice. I miss those tender moments. In a way I am glad that she has moved on, because there other two little sillies that need my attention, but I guess I’ll just always miss those first moments together.

A.D had his first fall from the couch. He is starting to wiggle a lot and somehow managed to get out of his boppy pillow and landed right on the carpet. He didn’t cry and I think I was more scare than him. He is really trying to make himself mobile. He scoots backwards and is even starting to swing back and forth on attempts to crawl. He is also developing separation anxiety, where he freaks out the second I am out of his sight. It’s very nerve-racking but I am glad he loves me as much as to want me around all the time.
Today, January 25, A.D’s two bottom teeth finally broke in. We’ll have to start him on cheerios and expand his eating abilities, which by the way are going fantastic now. Andrew loves to eat everything, well everything except green beans. He can spit those out of his mouth to the other side of the room if he needs to.
Finally, we have started primary and nursery again. Thank goodness for the church programs, otherwise I don’t think I could make it through church, especially now that it starts at 1:00 pm.
Julia is on CTR 4 this year. She loves her teachers, her new friends and her new sitting spot during Sharing Time.
Josh is still in nursery, He loves it, adores his teachers and his friends. He can’t wait to see them every Sunday. He loves to wear his suit to church and show off his black shoes.