Mikey turned 2!!!

Mikey turned 2 yrs old yesterday. We have now had Mikey living with us in our home for 10 months. He has grown leaps and bounds. It is amazing how much he has grown over the past several months. He has gone from screaming whenever any child came close to him to now being the one to initiate contact from children. He loves playing with his sisters. He has recently become interested in interacting with his baby brother.
Mikey's favorite things are trains. So when his sisters gave him a Thomas the Train ballon yesterday he was very happy. He carried it around with him the rest of the day.

Mikey loved his Thomas cake I made him. I should have taken cake decorating classes. I was actually pleased with how the cake turned out since I do not have any artistic talent. The important thing was Mikey enjoyed his cake and overall had a great birthday!

We are looking forward to his adoption in 2008. He has been a blessing to our family. His sweet smile can melt your heart. We love you Mikey!!!!

Christmas @ the "Happiest Place on Earth"

Yesterday we went to Disneyland with Becky (my sister), Victor (my brother in-law), their 2 daughters Carly & Emily, Sophia (one of my best friend's), Mark (her husband), and their 2 daughters Emma & Sabrina.
My mom stayed at our place and watched Michael, Jonathan, & Jason (my sister's baby). Sophia's sister watched her baby. So the 6 girls had a great time together and it was great having 1 adult for each child. The 3 older girls are all the same age and the 3 younger girls are all the same age.

Carly, Robyn, & Emma

Emily & LoriAnne

Emma, LoriAnne, Sabrina, Robyn, & Winnie the Pooh

Emma, Sabrina, LoriAnne, Robyn, & Tigger

LoriAnne enjoying herself on the carousel

Robyn, Emma, LoriAnne, Carly, Emily, Santa Claus

The light show and music at the castle was amazing. We were also able to see the Christmas parade. The girls had a great time. We went to Disneyland on a good day. Most of the rides only took us 10-15 minutes to get on. I hope this blog makes sense. I am so tired while writing this :)

Tag #2 The ABC's of me

attached or single- attached to Dave and I always have at least one kid attached to me :)
best friend- Dave but I have many best "girl" friends that I really appreciate!
cake or pie- depends...I like both but I don't eat them too often.
day of choice- Sundays...my 4 kids all take a nap after church and I get a couple hours of "ME" time to read or just relax.
essential item- toothbrush...I hate bad breath
favorite colors- green...green...green
gummi bears or worms- gummi bears...I don't like the thought of eating worms.
hometown- Whittier, Ca
indulgences- ice cream...I LOVE ice cream so we do not keep it in the house
january or july- January
kids- Robyn (4 1/2yrs.) LoriAnne (2 1/2 yrs.) Michael (2 yrs.) Jonathan (almost 11 months)
life is incomplete without- my family & friends
marriage date- July 20, 2002
number of siblings- 1 sister (Becky), 4 brothers (Matthew, Daniel, Jeremy, Timothy)
oranges or apples- no preference. I like them both the same
phobias or fears- I don't like the dark...my siblings use to hide around corners and jump out to scare me so I have always been afraid of someone hiding around the corner to grab me.
quotes- none that I can think of at the moment
reason to smile- my children they make me laugh and smile most of the day
season, spring or fall- I love the spring
tag 3- no one
unknown fact- I was a vegetarian for a period of my life. I have not been a vegetarian for many years but I hardly ever eat red meat.
worst habit- have to drink bottled water
x-ray or ultrasound- both
your favorite food- jalapeno pizza & Green Beans
zodiac- Pisces

Tag #1

The Rules: Each player lists 6 facts/habits/secrets about themselves. At the end of the post the player tags six people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Have fun!

1. I am obsessed with having my house clean. This is not a good thing when you have 4 children 4 and under. I am working on being more relaxed about it. However, I almost always have my house clean before I go to bed. It helps me to wake up in a good mood :).

2. I enjoy doing my girls hair. However, they do not like me to do their hair. I also like my boys hair to be cut short. I gave them both hair cuts last night but I am sure to most people they did not need a hair cut. I just like the "clean cut" look on boys.

3. When I was younger (allot younger) I wanted to have 26 kids. Yes, 26 kids! What was I thinking :) I love being a mom to 4 kids and if I could physically have more kids then I would. However, I am not sure I want to go through this adoption process again.

4. I love spicy food! I would eat jalapeno's with everything if I could convince my family how good they are :)

5. Before Dave and I got married I did not cook much (Dave would probably say not at all). Dave actually taught me how to cook allot of things. Now I enjoy cooking and I think I have made allot of YUMMY dishes over the past 5 1/2 years!

6. I do not like to sit down. I always have a project to do or somewhere to go. I love to take my kids places. I wonder where Robyn gets all her energy and why she can't sit down to relax for a few minutes :)

I won't tag anyone since everyone I would tag has done this already.