Saturday with Mommy!

Starting this Saturday, March 26th, Abe will be attending a class at Carroll Community College to get his A+ Certification. This means Mama is going solo at home from 7:30- 5ish. The first long Saturday went just fine, seeing that I am their Mother and am quite used to taking care of them :) It was just long and of course I missed Abe! We pretty much played all day long. We ate cereal for breakfast while listening to some of our favorite songs, watched Cars and the Princess and the Frog and lots of Disney/Nick/Sprout shows, played with dollhouses and cars, played with blocks for awhile, played some bowling and some basketball, colored, and put together puzzles. And somehow I still managed to do all 3 loads of laundry, dust the washer and dryer, finish all te dishes, fix lunch, and put them both down for 2 hour naps. Not to shabby when you're outnumbered 2-1! Here's some pics of our lazy Saturday together! Alex being silly before getting dressed

Amaya being a little builder

Cheesin' for the camera
Eating some cereal

Our New Ride

Well the benz was nice while we had it, but it sure wasn't the best investment we ever made, and unfortunately, it started having major problems on us about a week ago. We did try to get it fixed, but the repair shopcouldn't find anything wrong with it and the benz continued to stall on us even more, so we decided the timing was right to go ahead and sell it and buy something new! So after a few long days and nights of searching, calling a million places, visiting several places, and curching numbers until midnight, we finally brought our new ride home on Saturday afternoon. We got a 2010 Chrysler Town and Country Tourng Plus. Yes--a mini-van and we absolutely love it! It has all the bells and whistles, heated leather seats, dual dvd players, sirius tv and radio, etc, etc. But the most important thing--it's safe, and we no longer have to worry about our stalling in the middle of the road and possibly causing us ot get rear-ended or worse. Check our some picture of our new baby!

Alex's Other Birthday Party!

Alex is very fortunate to have two sides of loving families, but unfortunately my side of the family resides about 200 miles away. So he always gets 2 birthday parties! One here in Baltimore, and one back at home in far Western MD. This year we celebrated his other birthday party on Saturday,March 12th at my Mom and Dad's house and kept it very small. It was just his Pappy, Nana, Uncle Brandon, Great-Grandpap Hambone and Great-Grandma Glenrose. We invited some other cousins and such, but they were not able to come. My Mom got a delicious ice cream cake from Dairy Queen, knowing that ice cream cake has always been my fav and my own bday gets a little overshadowed in all of this :) We had a few Cars decorations, sang a birthday song and Alex got some much needed cash from his Great-Grandparents, a lot of spring clothes and a keyboard from his Grandparents and a cool Road Ripper Car from his Uncle Brandon! Most of the rest of the day we all sat around, talked and enojoyed watching the kids play. It was a really nice day with beautiful spring weather and a couple birthdays to celebrate! Now the Arceos don't have another birthday to plan until early November..phew!

Amaya getting ready to leave the house...she is ready to party!

Alex with his ice cream cake and his new car!

Alex and Amaya playin with the new keyboard from Nana and Pap
Alex looking studious in my Mom's glasses..LOL

Alex's 3rd Birthday Celebration at Port Discovery!

Our little man turned 3 on Saturday, March 5th (and I turned 27 the same day- btw!) So we threw him his first birthday party away from home at Port Discovery Children's Museum in downtown Baltimore. What a really cool place to have a party! The kids had so much fun running around the 3 story warehouse style building full of climbing equipment, interactive science and historical exhibits, slides, art, mock stores, etc. Amaya of course loved the Tot trails room, a sensory room deveoped for babies ages 0-24 mos. Alex had a blast climbing on the 3 story kid works junge gym with his cousins and also loved the egypt exhibit, especially the the neat little pulley system that took him and Matthew for a ride! After playing for close to 2 hours, we retreated to our party room and our very nice party host, Ms. India led a craft activity centered on a story and pirate's treasure chest. After the kids created their craft, we had some delicious pizza and juice, followed by a Cars birthday cake and ending with Alex opening his presents. We want to thank all of the friends and family that attended his party as well as the staff of Port Discovery for helping us celebrate such a special occasion! After the party we ventured over to the inner harbor and had a smoothie and walked around letting Alex look at the big ships. Miss Amaya of course dozed in her stroller the entire time we were walking. What an amzing day and to have the party on our actual birthday made it that much more special! I can't believe our little man is 3 already! Time sure does fly by when you're having fun! :)

Matthew, Dylan,and Alex having fun at Port Discovery!

The birthday boy posing for us in the wooden train car

Abe as a farm boy! lol
Miss Julia paying on a bean bag chair Amaya sure did love this turtle in the baby/toddler room!Alex while being sung to..with his Cars cake!Amaya playing with her friend from daycare, Gabby, in the egyptian exhibit

Our wild party full of toddlers

Amaya chillin on the windowsill of our party room with a juice box in handMe and my best little birthday present smiling at the inner harbor after the party! Happy birthday to us- March 5th!

The birthday boy posing with Daddy :)

3 years...

3 amazing years have flown by so quickly, almost in the blink of an eye. Our little boy is turning 3 on Saturday and I just can't believe how big he is getting. It amazes me even more to think about what my own mother must be thinking since 27 years have flown by for her, but that's another story. Alex arrived very quickly and unexpectedly 11 days early on the night of my 24th birthday, March 5, 2008. I didn't even feel labor pains before my water broke and I was on my way to the hospital by 4:30 PM that day. By 11 PM, he was in my arms and Abe and I were basking in the miracle of the best birthday present I could ever have asked for. His mouth is shaped like mine, and there's something very familar about his smile and his eyes, but he has his father's complexion and his father's hands-- My confidence and his father's logic. He is an amazing little boy and everyday I spend with him I am so thankful he is my son. I can't wait to see what the future holds for him, and I am so excited to help guide him on his way to whatever it is he choses to be in his life. But for now, he is my 3 year old, still my baby who occasionally asks for his ninny at night and will ask me to kiss his boo boos no matter who else is around. He is our little boy who loves animals and will fight like crazy with his sister but always stands up for her when the anyone messes with her. He is a little fighter, driven to prove himself and never content to settle for what someone else says he should do. He does things on his own terms and his own time, but is kind and sweet and very good at remembering his manners. And let's not forget, the boy is pretty good-lookin' and I am not just saying that because I am his mama :) He is our first born and we couldn't be more proud of him! Happy 3rd birthday to our amazing little man! Here are some pics to look back on to remember him at different stages...Alexander Gabriel Arceo

March 5, 2008 10:51 PM

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