Late April - Mother's Day

So after doing a lot of NOTHING in March and most of April, we spent the last part of the month having some FUN doing some "firsts" with Thunder.

First, after Thunder's follow up dentist appointment for the "chipped" front tooth, (I left out that story, but it happened in mid-March) we took Thunder to Putt Putt for the first time. We thought he would love it, since he loves playing "golf" on the Wii. I think we would have had a better experience if we had brought our nieces and nephews with us. The problem is that another party playing had someone named Isaac with them, and the second he heard that name he thought it was his cousin and totally lost interest! Luckily we took him inside to play video games and he forgot about the other Isaac!!!

Our second "first" was that we went bowling!! This time we got smart and took Isaac and Jackie with us. We had two lanes, one for the kids with bumpers and one for the adults!!! Thunder did great and actually beat his cousins in the first game, but lost to Grandma in the second. I do have to brag a little because I beat Jesse in our second game!!!! And believe me I should have played on the kids lane!!!

May has started out great and this past weekend we went to our good friend Jennifer Tillman's little boy, Easton, first birthday party. Thunder was a "good boy" at the birthday party and got to play with his "friend" Giovanna! I am looking forward to Memorial Day and the start of Summer Hours! So be ready to see a lot of summer pictures!!!

March through Easter

OK, so we really didn't have an exciting month!!! Sorry, two snoozer months in a row! Thunder is now fully potty trained!!! (Thanks Becky Burke for the potty training tip! Except you forgot to tell me how to end the training, but luckily I was able to figure that out on my own!!!) Thunder's vocabulary has really expanded and he is so much fun to converse with! Here are a few of his favorite sayings -

• "Mom I in trouble?" (This comes out a lot)
• "I wanna play Wii!!"
• "I need to close my eyes" (This is when he sees people either kissing on TV or when he sees the girls on Dancing With the Stars half clothed!)
• When he pronounces Pirate Ship it comes out as "Pile of S#it!" (Too Funny)
• "Milk makes me strong"
• "No wear socks, they make me hot!"
• And he pronounces Chewbaca as "Chewbaba" (too cute)

And lastly for Easter I made a bunny cake. Normally when I make cakes it's for a birthday party so on Easter we had to sing "Happy Birthday" to the Easter Bunny. Of course we all know Easter is about the resurrection of Christ so we prayed before we sang, but it was so cute because he would not let us cut the cake before we sang to the Easter bunny!

I like to move it

The second movie we took Thunder to watch at the movies was Madagascar 2. If you've watched the movie you know the theme song. So once the the video was out, we had to buy it. Here is Thunder's dance tribute to the song. It includes a little break dancing and his version of the running man! I hope you enjoy!

February 2009

Ok, I'm sitting her trying to think about what happened in February and really not much happened!!! Thunder for the most part is fully potty trained! Yeah!!! With the occasional "Poopy" exception! For some reason he doesn't like pooping in the potty! I know TMI..

In this first picture here he is on the big potty! I know he'll hate me one day for posting this picture!

For Valentine's Day we bought Thunder the one gift that we weren't able to buy him for Christmas (Target ran out of stock), his Batman Castle cave! He loved it and it has become his favorite toy!!! Mommy likes it because it is made for his age which means he can't break it into pieces!

In the last picture depicts a typical Friday night for us! Fast food and cartoons! And yes he's watching Family Guy! Luckily he doesn't understand the humor but loves the "baby" Stewie so I think we still have a while before we have to stop his Family Guy consumption!

Stock Show Here I Come!!!!

Thunder got his first real pair of cowboy boots for Christmas and loves them. He'd wear them every day if I let him. Of course he can't wear his boots with any 'ol pair of jeans so we went and bought him a pair of Wranglers and real cowboy belt. Now he's ready to go to the Stock Show!!!!

Christmas 2009

Christmas this year was a more low key than last year. Jesse had to work this year, which was hard because we had gotten used to having him the entire day. Thunder of course was more into Christmas this year because he knew he was getting presents. Santa brought him a VTech gaming system and a Police Helmet so he could be like Daddy. Momma and Daddy also brought him his first pair of cowboy boots and he loves those things. He'd wear them everyday if we let him!

Late November - Early December

Ok, it has been an extremely long time since my last post (Thanks Leah for "forcing" me to update ;0)). The end of November and beginning of December was a busy time for us. We had Thanksgiving, I had to travel to Puerto Rico for work and Carlos (Jesse's little brother) graduated from college. I will have to say that the trip to Puerto Rico was harder than any of the previous trips because Thunder actually knew I was away from home. Luckily I won't have any trips for a while. We've adjusted to Jesse being back on patrol - but miss seeing him every night.

On November 29th, Jesse and I celebrated our 5th Anniversary and had a date night. We went to dinner and then out Tejano dancing in Dallas. We had a great time but missed Thunder and wondered if he missed us!

We also took family pictures - it's been 2 years since the last set. I think they came out great and our hope is to have another family member (maybe a girl) by the next time we take pictures - one can only hope!