Big Boy Bed…

Well, it has been done. Diego is now sleeping in a big boy bed!!! Eric and I spent all day Saturday getting his room setup.

Diego's New Bed

Eric had to go pick up the bed from Lazar’s Juvenile Furniture Store in the morning. Once he got home with the boxes, we had to dismantle the crib. Then we realized that we need to clean the room’s carpet. So, while Eric cleared it out, I ran out to Dominick’s to rent one of those carpet cleaning machines. Setup the machine and Eric cleaned the carpet.

Then, he started to put the bed together. We got him a Flexa day bed. It is low to the floor and has a railing all around the bed except a spot where he can get in. The great thing about Flexa is you can get accessories for the bed for when he gets older. It can be a bunk bed or put legs on it to make it into a loft so you can put a desk underneath it.

While Eric was at the store picking up the bed, he found a quilt, some shams and pillows that would be perfect. We wanted to find something that would go with the room but it needed to be big boyish. What he found was the Montana Kidsline bedding. It is really cute. He got the quilt, two pillows (the denim one and one that looks like the quilt) and the three throw pillows. After looking at the other stuff they have, we decided we are going to look for the hamper.

So we needed to find some sheets and a waterproof mattress cover. So off to Target we went. We got that and a clock for his room. By the time we got everything washed and dried, it was 9 PM and he had fallen asleep.

I was worried he wasn’t going to be happy but he slept all thru the night. It has only been one night so we shall see.

Diego the Giraffe…

I am so excited today. I got Diego’s new costume in the mail today. The minute he saw it, he wanted to wear it. But after a few minutes, he got hot really fast. So he was trying to take it off hence the pitiful look on his face. Poor kid! He barely stood still so I can take the picture.

I can’t wait for the Halloween festivities to begin. Yay!!

Diego the Giraffe

Diego’s 2nd Birthday Bash…

Happy Family!

This was a blast. We had the family party at the LaBaugh Woods on July 29, 2007. It was the bomb! It started at Noon and ended roughly at 8 PM. Well, that is when the honoree went home. Diego was pooped. No nap at all for him, which amazed us. He did have one moment of weakness and that was went he threw up. But there was no ill affect afterwards and he continued living in the moment. We had two cakes and one of them was gone in record time.

It was a blast. Check out the slide show here or you can see the pictures thru here: Diego’s 2nd Birthday Bash.

Little Gym Party…

DSC06034

Well, we finally had Diego’s Little Gym party. It was so much fun!!! The party started at 10:30 am, so we packed up the wagon with the goody bags, the cake and the kiddo. 🙂

DSC06027

We had 9 kids plus Diego. Everyone that RSVP’d came. That made us very happy! They had the run of the gym for about 20 minutes and then they did some activities (parachute, air bouncy thing, bubbles, balls). Then once again the kids (and adults) had free gym. They left the air thing until it was time for cake. Diego was very sad when they put it away. He loved it!

We sung Happy Birthday and Diego blew out the candles. Plus he did not do the blowing with the spitting so everyone had a clean piece of cake. 🙂

DSC06037

After having cake and juice, the party was over. But our college friends went over to our house to continue with the after party. We opened presents and Diego loved everything he got.

DSC06061

Once that was done, we had a small BBQ. We had grilled cheeseburgers and hot dogs. Then we went upstairs to the roof and hung out up there. We also brought out the kiddie pool.

Everyone left at 3ish. It seemed that everybody had a great time. I love having parties. Lots of work but at the end, I was a happy camper.

Now, time to get in gear for the next party. 😯

Happy Birthday…

I can’t believe Diego is two already.  I see a wonderful little boy who is growing up very quickly.  He is starting to express himself, knows how to count to 5 (sometimes even to 10!) and just knows how to get his cute self get out of trouble.

Happy Birthday Diego!  I love you forever!  From Mama

Day At The Races…

Happy 4th of July!! What better way to celebrate by going to see some horse races.

Eric had a great idea this morning. We had no idea what to do before going to a BBQ. He suggested going to Arlington Park. So we quickly got ready and left a bit after 12 PM. The first race started at 1 PM. Got there in the nick of time.

When we got there, we thought it was going to rain. There was hardly any sun. There were these really angry looking clouds moving across the sky. The good thing thought was even thought it was hot, no sun to add to the misery. The sun did come out right after the third race though. But it was fine since we were planning to leave right after the four race.

DSC05921

We saw 4 races. The last one was the best one because they were practicing right in front of us and Diego got see the horses.

DSC05925

Not a Mint Julep

While we were waiting for the races to start, there were activities for the kids. They had pony rides and face painting which Diego participated in both.

On the way home, he just knocked out.
So Tired

It was a good way of ending the day at the races.

New Chapter in the Potty Saga…

Diego did #2 today in his potty.

I noticed that he had been trying to go for a while.  I took him upstairs a couple of times thinking I had to change his diaper but they were all false alarms.  So I decided to stay up there and see if he would sit on his potty.  At first, he did not want to stay so I put the diaper back on.  Then he acted like he wanted to sit on his potty on the condition that I sat on the toilet myself.  😆  But after waiting for about 20 minutes, he got up because he had done his business.  I am so proud of him and gave him lots of praise.

Let’s see when will the next chapter will be written.

False Alarms…

My aunt had called me yesterday during the day that that smoke alarms were going off. Completely freaked her out. I know she was cooking so I told her to open all the windows so there could be some wind blowing thru the house. We got home and all is well.

Well, this morning Eric opened the door to the balcony and the door alarm when off. I was up stairs getting Diego ready when this happened. Poor kid freaked out and held onto my legs. I had to rush and turn off the alarm so I had break Diego’s death grip on my legs. I just left him laying on the floor. Poor kid! But even when I turned the alarm off, the fire alarms kept going. 😯

Eric is pressing the reset buttons on the alarms and they quieted down for a bit and they started again. So, Eric called ADT to see what can be going on. They told him to vacuum the alarms and change all the batteries. So we did. Six alarms, six batteries. Thankfully, we had them in the house because I bought a four pack 9V batteries about a month or so again plus there was a two pack already here. Phew!

All thru this time, Diego is just clamped on me like nobody’s business. My poor baby was so traumatized during this time he was just shaking like a leaf. 😦

So I took the day off to make sure the alarms did not go off again. I wish it was on better terms this impromptu day off happened but here I am. Got to take care of the family.

Softball – Week 6

After two back to back losses, they finally win. The score: 11-5. Not bad. They seem to play better today. A little bit aggressive but they were having fun. Lots of nail bitting and “what the %^$@?” moments but they came thru. Hope this is the beginning of something.

On the other hand, I wanted to run three miles while they were playing. I took the jogging stroller and was dressed to run but Diego did not want to do anything with it. He just wanted to watch the game and play ball. And that is what we did. 😛