Halloween 2009

The theme for this years costume was "going green" and by that I mean reusing costumes! :D Emma wore Miah's old costume and was a Hunny Pot, while Miah borrowed AJ & Jayme's old costume and was a bumble bee. This year we had a mini-mini party with Jenner's side of the family (thanks to Annalou & family for making it festive with Jack-o-Lanterns and halloween goodies!) All week before Halloween I told Jeremiah that we were going to go trick-or-treating and how it would be like. He kinda got the concept of it all with the help of the Disney Channel & Sprout, but I was surprised how well he did! He had so much fun going from house to house with his cousins and sister. When we went to the first house, the other kids said "Trick-or-treat!" when they answered the door and the kids held out their pails Miah held out his pail right along with them. When the person put candy in it, he kept the pail up and waited for more. By the third house he got the routine down. Holding Jayme's hand he would wait at the door for someone to answer & when they came he'd say "Trick-or-treat", wait for his candy, say "Thank you", then wave & say "bye-bye". I'm so proud of him. He had a lot of fun. Only problem now is that everytime we drive down our street to go home he'll point to all the houses and say "Candy! Ha'oween!"

Emma's 1!

I wrote this post after Emma's birthday, but I guess I was so exhausted that I forgot to actually post it...




Happy 1st Birthday to my precious baby girl, Emma Michelle!!! Emma's birthday was Saturday, but everyone was soooo exhausted from spending the day at the park to celebrate Emma and Jeremiah's birthday that I didn't have the energy to get on the computer & blog.
I can't believe how fast the year went! It seems like just yesterday I was complaining of being extra preggo & wanting to give birth already! haha. I can't believe how fast Emma is growing! I think because there was so much going on with having to raise 2 kids I never had time to anticipate what developmental stage was coming up next for Emma and I was always surprised that they came up so fast!
My Emma is a character just like her brother! I love watching them interact! Emma loves Jeremiah-especially when he's doing something he's not supposed to and it's hard to tell him to stop because Emma enjoys it so much! Jeremiah was the first one ever to get Emma to laugh! They have such a sweet & special bond and I hope they grow up to be best friends! (ya, good luck, huh?! I can dream!)

Our baby boy is 3!

My miracle baby boy is 3 today! I can't believe it! Just typing those first two lines has already made me start tearing up. I literally fall asleep looking at him sleeping every single night and think to myself how blessed I am that Jeremiah is in our lives. Every night I think of how God gave him to us and how he just started out a tiny tiny cell...yes, I do, I literally picture a little cell, dividing and growing bigger and bigger -and then I think about the miracle of life...his life...every single night before I go to sleep. Funny, I know, but that's how I start my prayers of thanking God for my family. When I look at all his pictures in the hospital from 3 years ago, I can't believe how teeny tiny my little boy was! I knew in my heart that Jeremiah would thrive and get stronger every day. I like to think that that was a big reason he did so well - I like to think that my 2lb 10 oz baby boy could feel the extra strength and love that Jenner & I brought with us everyday, just for him. I will never forget how overjoyed I was when I gave birth & they put him on my chest. I felt a love that I had never felt in my whole life and in those few seconds I blocked everyone else out and it was just me and my Miah. My little Jeremiah has, so far, grown into a little character making us laugh every single day. I can't believe how smart he is and am in awe of how he thinks and what he is capable of learning. He is what I've always wanted in a son and more. God has truly blessed us and I can only hope and pray that we will raise him to be an intelligent, loving and caring person.

Happy 3rd Birthday, my Jeremiah!

Mommy loves you! Always.

"M is for Emma!"

I think Miah has a thing for the letter M. It's always the first letter he picks out from a picture of the alphabet. Anyway, tonight the kids were hanging out in our room (by "our" I mean all 4 of us! haha. Em's crib is by our bed & Miah still sleeps w/ us...which is TOTALLY fine by me! I like how we end up looking like a human "H" in the morning. haha) and I pointed out a picture of a snail on his pajamas and so he started sounding out an "s". After that he started saying "m. m. m" then this comes out of his mouth..."M is for Emma!" Jenner & I just laughed and corrected him, but I thought that was pretty clever for a 2yo. haha. Anyway, after that I tell him, "D is for Daddy!" and he repeats me. Then I say, "M is for Mommy!" and he says, "M is for ...DAD!" ya, he calls me dad. He calls Jenner, daddy. gotta love him!

btw, Happy 6th Birthday to my niece, Keilani!!! Love you! -Auntie Jen

Happy Birthday Mikaela!

today's my niece Mikaela's 13th birthday! i can't believe she's 13 already! it seems like only yesterday i got to witness my sister give birth to her! that was one of the greatest experiences of my life! back then my mom and i used to live with my sister, Donna, and her husband, Rex, in a house we rented by the two story McDonalds on paradise valley rd (if you're from east side you definitely know the area i'm talking about! haha). i think it was on mesa vista way or something like that. anyway, i had class that morning at southwestern college and when i got home my mom told me that my sister went into labor and Rex's friend, Jojo took her to the hospital. i remember Rex coming home from his job at the Catamaran all calm- mom was laughing at how calm he was and tried to hurry him up to go to the hospital. haha.

i'm not sure how i got to the hospital, but it seemed like we were waiting for mikaela to make her debut for a loooonnnggg time, so rex and i walked to a fast food restaurant across the street from the hospital to get some food. i secretly didn't wanna go cause i was afraid we were gonna miss something, but at the same time i was really hungry! :)

when we came back, my sisters back was really hurting bad and she had this tennis ball to massage her back. she had me pushing that tennis ball against her lower back so hard i was sweating! haha
anyway, when it was finally go time, we got in position-rex on my sisters right side, me on her left side with a camera and stine up by her head with the video camera! oh ya, and jojo was behind the curtain. lol
then we saw the top of mik's head! oh boy, did i lose it! tears kept filling my eyes and i couldn't wipe them with my hands so i had to blink so fast to get them out! it was amazing! i finished the whole roll of film just taking pictures of her when they moved her under the heater; i forgot to leave some for a family picture! luckily there was extra film.

later that day everyone came to the hospital. mg lynne saw me and asked me how it went and i just started crying! i couldn't even describe how awesome it was to see her birth! i can't believe that was 13 years ago! and now she's a teen! how time flies!

Happy Birthday Mik! I love you! -Auntie/Ninang Jen

cousin bonding

This past weekend the kids and I went to visit my sister and her family up in Corona. The four of us had gone up for a couple hours last weekend and since then Jeremiah's had been asking for "Kai's house" everyday. Jenner worked that weekend and had to stay home, so I packed up the kids and drove up during naptime. I think Jeremiah was too excited cause we were already past Temecula when he finally fell asleep. Our cousin Stine and her family came up as well. It turned out to be a great family bonding weekend!

Everyone got there on Friday afternoon and we decided to stay in for dinner. I cooked some fish tacos and my sis made some turkey lettuce wraps (yummy!) Saturday the mom's went out to get a haircut (thanks to my sis for treating Stine & I) then we sneaked over to Berrysweet (thanks Mg Stine) for some yummy yogurt (don't tell Kiana cause she sooo wanted some Berrysweet that weekend). Anyway, that night we ALL went bowling! It was the first time for Jeremiah and luckily I got to capture his excitement with a photo. I guess we were having so much fun bowling and playing in the arcade that we didn't leave till almost 11pm! Luckily Mg. Lynne got to come by the house that night to partake in Mg. Stine's de-li-cious graham cracker/brownie/marshmallow dessert! It was so yummy that we made her make it again on Sunday! haha.

my Miah

Miah's such a riot! Yesterday I told him to go call his daddy and he says, "Baaaabe!" Jenner & I looked at eachother and I said, "Did he just say babe?" and Miah looks at us, smiles, and says it again only louder! Then, today Emma was w/ me in the kitchen standing by the microwave and Miah comes over and says, "Hi Emma! (babbles something i couldn't understand while patting her back) okay?" then gives her a kiss on her head, says ba-bye and runs off to play w/ his trains. He cracks me up!