Water Play Table

Kadin got a water play table from Aunt Laura, Uncle James and his cousin Dylan for his birthday. (Thanks guys!) After our morning walk, (3 miles) I set up the pool and water table. It was so nice outside and I didn't want to be inside all day and I'm sure the boys didn't eirther. The boys loved it! They love, love, love water. They love taking showers and long baths, swimming and playing in the pool. I guess that's a good thing considering Robert surfs.
The pool water was so cold, they would jump in then jump right back out.

I went outside to dump the water out of the pool and it was warm like bath water so I let the boys get in one last time.

Quality Sister Time

After cleaning up the house I decided to take my sister out for lunch and some much needed quality time together. We went to the Elephant Bar for lunch then got our nails and pedicures done. We did a little shopping then headed home to hang out with the boys. It was so nice to get to spend some time with Natalie. She is my baby sister, the youngest of 4 girls and I am the oldest, we are 10 years apart but are so very much alike. I can't wait to spend more time with her in a few weeks when we go home to visit my family in Florida. I miss my family SO much!

Surfboard Cake

Here is the finished cake. It turned out better than I thought it would. Thank you so much for your help Natalie and Monick!

Kadin's 1st Birthday Party

Today was a fun filled day. It went by so fast, all this planning (I started in January) and it goes by in a blink of an eye. I have so many picture to share so I just did a slide show, sorry but I can't turn the photos that are sideways. Enjoy!

Making a cake

It's FRIDAY!!!! Kadin's 1st birthday party is tomorrow. I have so much to do and SO little time. My little sister Natalie came into town yesterday to be here for the birthday party and to help me out. (Thank goodness).

Today we started making the surfboard birthday cake. I thought this was going to be an easy task but turned out not to be. None of us had really made a big cake like the one we made nor had we really had experience working with fondant, so every little detail came to us as we were making the cake one step at a time. Thank you to my friend Monick who came to help out also. I don't know what I would have done with out you or my sister.
Natalie is so creative, (just like me) she decorated a cake board to look like the beach with water and sand, then sprinkled brown sugar on the brown frosting to look like real sand. It turned out really good.

Finished product of the cake board. Right now we have not finished the cake we still have to add more fondant so be sure to check out tomorrows post.

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Birthday Cake

Today Kadin turned 1. I went to Stater Brothers to pick up a mini cake and he got it for free, the lady said the 1st birthday cake is always free. So after dinner I put Kadin on top of the table with his mini birthday cake and have at it. He really was not into eating the cake, he was more into eating the candle and streamers than the cake. After a bit we let Tristan get some cake, he really enjoyed it more than Kadin.
Tristan was trying to feed Kadin some cake. Too cute!

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY KADIN!

Kadin,

One year ago today at 10:49 pm you were born. A day I will never forget, the day you completed our family. I must say this year has flown by too fast for me, I can't believe you are one today. It still feels like I just had you.

I love how you follow your older brother Tristan and you look to him for guidence, I know you will be the best of friends. I love how you love to be held and you give lots of hugs, kisses and smiles. You are such a joyful and happy baby, a true blessing from god.

I am so proud to be your MOM! I look forward to the many years we have to come and the ups and downs as mother and son. I will walk beside you forever. Thank you for being who you are and who you will become. I love you!

Happy 1st Birthday Kadin!
Love Mommy

Weight Loss

For a year now, since I had Kadin I have been trying to lose the baby weight and it's just not comming off. I have never had a problem with weight until now. I have tried a lot of dieting, shakes, clensers, you name it. I even got myself a membership to La Fitness and a personal trainer 3 times a week. I stopped going to the gym recently because everytime I leave Kadin in the child care he cries the whole time, then the other kids start crying so the child care worker has to call for me to come get him. I have a teadmill at home and try to get on it while Rob is home so he can watch the boys or I go to the track and field by my house and walk/run with my jogging stroller for about 2-3 miles. I have been trying to do an hour of cardio about 3-4 times a week. I'm done taking the OTC pills and stuff because it's just not working. I am trying to drink a gallon of water each day and I eat fairly well, lots of fruit smoothies and veggies with my dinner. My problem is just not eating. I'm trying to teach myself to eat and snack more throughout the day. So I'm thinking I might start a new blog about my weight loss journey. I will keep you posted.

1st Day of School

I have recently realized that I want to be a part time working mommy. I am so thankful that Robert owns his own company so I can work from the comfort of our home. Even if he didn't have his own company I would still want to go back to work part time. I decided it was in Tristan's best interest to go to preschool part time because the whole babysitter thing was just was not working out. I will keep Kadin at home with me, he is still at the age where I can let him play for an hour or so by his self with out needing a LOT of attention. This morning Kadin and I took Tristan to his first day at school. All week I had been telling him he was starting school on Monday. When we walked into his new class room he had a huge smile on his face. He was so excited and eager to play with the new toys and make new friends. I of course got teary eyed as I said bye. I called around noon to check on him and his teacher Ms. Juila said he was doing very well, he ate his lunch good and took his nap right away. Rob came with Kadin and I to pick up Tristan, he was excited to see us but did not want to leave, he cried all the way out to the car and on the way home. I guess that means he liked it.


Here he is checking out his new back pack. He loved wheeling it around the house.

Life

Life is too short for drama & petty things,

so laugh hard, love truly and forgive quickly.

Live while you are alive.

Tell people you love that you love them at every opportunity.

Forgive those who made youu cry.

You might not get a second time.

~Unknown~

Easter Sunday

This year we celebrated Easter at Grandma Linda's house in Lakewood. Kayla and Kylie came down from Bakersfield and stayed at Grandma Sharlene's, they came over Friday night for pizza and some catching up. (sorry no pictures were taken).

Here is Kadin finding his first easter Egg.!

Cousins! Kylie holding Dylan, Kayla holding Tristan and Kadin and Lucy the dog.

Mine!
Which one looks better?
Opening one of many Easter baskets. They got one from us, one from Aunt Rachel, one from Uncle James and Aunt Laura, and one from Grandma Sharlene.

Pictures

I decided to try out my new lens I got for my birthday back in November. Here are some pictures taken in our front yard (mostly) of Kadin, he's very photogenic and loves the camera, Tristan is total opposite and hates having his picture taken. Kadin loves sitting on this bench

Grandma Sharlene gave to them.

This would be a better picture

if the shadow was not partially on his face,

I still love the photo of him.Finally... a good picture of

Tristan and he's even smiling!
Kadin and Daddy, you only see his chin.

Easter Baskets From Aunt Rachel

In the mail today the boys received an Easter basket from my sister, their Aunt Rachel. After nap time I let them rummage through the box to find lots of goodies and candy. Check out Tristan's bed head. Thank you Rachel!
I NEVER let the boys have candy but Tristan managed to get the candy bar and Lolly pop unwrapped so I couldn't resist. I didn't let him eat much of it I just wanted to see what he would do, he really could not decide which one tasted better. Chocolate or Lolly pop?

Kadin managed to swipe the Lolly pop from Tristan while he was sucking on the chocolate bar. Yum tastes good!

Egg Coloring

This morning we decided to dye eggs for Easter. I found some really cute aprons at the dollar store for the boys to ware so I didn't have to worry about ruining any clothes. They even came in their colors blue and green. Tristan's color is blue and Kadin's color is green. Tristan was really excited and had to put an egg in each of the cups. Kadin loved throwing the egg on the ground. Concentrating on getting the egg in the cup just right.

Finished!

JC Penny Pictures

JC Penny Pictures (Kadin)

I took the boys to JC Penny's to get some pictures done for their birthdays. Here are Kadin's pictures.

JC Penny Pictures (Tristan)

Here are Tristan's pictures taken at JC Penny's for his birthday.