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10 Months Old, My Ella

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Dear Ella,

Unfortunately in the midst of all the chaos that has been going on I forgot to write to you on your 10 Months and talk about all the things you are doing.

Every day I fall more and more in love with you. You crinkle your little nose and give big smiles and you are just a loving soul. You’ve learned how to kiss and LOVE to give kisses.

You are such a smart little girl. You have started to imitate people and that has just opened our eyes that you really are learning things ~ your brain is soaking up everything it possibly can.

You try really hard on talking. You have quite a vocabulary, and you will even tell me baba if you want a bottle. You watch our mouths when we talk and try to repeat us. You love to shake your finger and everyone telling them no! no! Speaking of no no, you know when you’re up to no good! When you hear the words no no you freeze and put your head down ~ that’s when we know you knew that you weren’t supposed to be doing that….. like I said, smart little girl!

The walking. You definitely know how to walk, yet you’re still a little scared of it. Sunday at church you actually walked a good distance. Afterwards you clapped, which you always do after you accomplish something, or hear the words YAY. I am excited for you to walk, but there’s no rush. My heart is aching at how quickly your baby years are flying. I love the vibrant personality that shines through more and more every day. There’s no doubt that you’re definitely a Leo.

You love Jayden. When he walks in the room your face lights up and you literally squeal with delight. He picks you up a lot and you smile and laugh. It’s so cute. I love how close guys are and I was so scared that with the age difference, but I think it’s working out perfect.

You finally started sleeping through the night. That happened shortly after you turned 9 months. I just want to say THANK YOU!!!!! You know, your brother actually slept through the night at like 8 weeks. After the 3rd month I kinda gave up, but you have been a beautiful, sleeping angel at night and I am SOOOOOOO THANKFUL!!

You don’t eat baby food anymore. I try to give you 1 jar of veggies/day, but sometimes I kinda forget. You just eat whatever we eat and there hasn’t been 1 thing yet that you don’t like. I can already see you and your dad at seafood while Jayden and I go eat pizza. Jayden is so picky like me, and you just are a disposal w/food like your father.

I love you, Ella. I truly feel blessed that you were sent to us and are a part of our family.




One more thing to add ~ anytime you hear music you dance. You LOVE to dance.

Jayden loved swim camp!

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Jayden absolutely loved his swim camp! I went to my first water aerobics class last night and had so much fun. We’re going to go every Mon, Weds & Fri ~ I think I’m going to sign Jayden up for a couple of all day camps now that I know he did so well. They have a pirates week and they have a super soaker week (which has water slides!) I wish I had done this for him last summer.

Healthy, Fun Summer

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We found a fun thing to do for the summer!! We FINALLY joined the YMCA. We signed up Jayden for 2 1/2 day camps that each last 1 week long. The first one is a swim camp from 1pm-4pm starting Monday. He will get swim lessons and learn safety things about the water. The next week he has no camp and then the following week is Swim & Gym. This one I think he will love. It’s also from 1-4pm and he’ll spend half of his time swimming and the other half doing gymnastics. If he does well with these then I think I might sign him up for a whole day Pirates Week summer camp. That goes from 8am-3pm….I’m sure he’d do fine especially with something soooo fun!

Yesterday we took a tour and got to see everything and Jayden saw some kids doing gymnastics and it looked like they were having a lot of fun. They offer so much stuff and I’m even excited. Mon, Weds & Fri my grandma and I are going to do a water fitness class and we’re going to start doing yoga too.

I’m quitting curves. I joined, I liked it, but they have some twisted hours and it no longer works with my schedule, so it looks like we’ll just be doing the YMCA thing for now.

My Fro Head

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Well, I missed Tackle It Tuesday, because I’ll be honest – I DIDN’T TACKLE A THING ~ I missed Kitchen Tip Tuesday, because my poor family hasn’t even had anything from my kitchen in a week, so basically I have no right to even talk about my kitchen. Works for me Wednesday ~ nothing worked for me this week – so let’s just back track a little bit in life and join in on Sincerely Fro Me To You.

Notice the Fro’ in this carnival ~ Kristen had an awesome Fro so that’s where she came up with this title. Well, I wanted to show the world that my helmet hair headed child actually at one point in his life did have a Fro’ and it was cute. I made the dreadful mistake of cutting it and now it’s straight as a board.

I stumbled upon this picture on my computer just now while I was looking for another picture for Sincerely Fro’ Me To You, and my heart jumped at the site. Sadly, it was only 5 years ago, but we look SO DIFFERENT! We all looked so young. Well, this is dedicated to my Jayden ~ You did have a fro’ and I loved it….. and I will always love you my freshly kindergarten graduate.

Fear Running RAPIDLY Through My Veins

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The phone rings, caller ID say my son’s school.

“Hello?”

“Hi we have Jayden marked as absent today.”

“UM NO! I dropped him off at school.”

“Okay, Mrs. Garibay, hold please.”

2 minutes go by and I’m getting Ella strapped into her car seat and ready to go searching for my baby – yes, he’s MY BABY!

“Ma’am, they’re not in their classroom can I call you back.”

Lots and lots of profanities coming out of my mouth – I’m LIVID! She gets the hint and goes to find where his class is…. and where’s Jayden? WITH HIS F*&%$&^&* CLASS!

My heart is still pounding.

A Teary Mommy Moment

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Tomorrow morning I will go to the cafeteria for an assembly at Jayden’s school. He doesn’t know it yet, but they will be calling him up for Student of the Month. I’m so proud of him. He’s come such a long way since the beginning of the school year, and I’m starting to become overwhelmed with emotions.

Jayden only has 1 more full week of school. His Kindergarten graduation is on June 10th and I’m almost feeling how I felt on his first day of school. It’s such an emotional thing to see your baby slowly become their own individual. I can’t get over how far he’s come this past year and I can’t believe how quick it went. All the advice I’ve ever gotten from people who’s kids were already grown and out of the house was, Treasure EVERY moment…. it goes by faster than you’ll ever think. They weren’t kidding.

I’ve been trying to grasp onto every memory that I can of Jayden as a baby and as a younger boy. I wish that I had been a blogger back then ~ I feel guilty that I wasn’t. I feel guilty that his first 6 years weren’t blogged. I feel guilty that sometimes I can’t remember him as a baby. I feel bad that I wasn’t always the best mom, but I can say I’ve tried my hardest. I grew with Jayden. I learned with Jayden. I sometimes feel bad about that, but that’s what’s made us into who we are. I guess I didn’t do too bad of a job, because his manners shock people everyday. They even shock me. If you’re in his way he kindly says, “Excuse me, pardon me.” His little soul is so special and I’ve known this forever.

I can’t even express my gratitude to Heavenly Father for blessing me with such an amazing little boy. He touches the hearts of everyone ~ I love that he’s not a rough boy, but a loving boy. I love that he sings. I love his patience. I love his smile. I love his giggle. I love more than anything how he loves his sister. I love that he is who is he is and I hope that he always stays true to himself.

I love him. I hope that I can be everything that he needs me to be. This is a picture of him kissing me goodbye on his first day of school and a picture of him walking to his class with his daddy. A day that seems just like yesterday.

His Foot Says NO!

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Going back to school after a long weekend is always hard. This morning Jayden was no different from the rest of the children in this world, he just did not want to go. I was helping him with his shoes and he said, “My heart says yes, but my foot says no.” I kinda giggled and said, “Your foot?” Jayden says, “I mean, my heart says yes but my brain says no!” LOL ~ he makes me laugh everyday. That in itself is a blessing.

Where does he get this stuff?

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Gino and Jayden had a father/son day and went to see Iron Man. Whenever they go to the movies Jayden always gets popcorn, soda and candy. Nothing but a bunch of junk, but I don’t argue it’s “their” thing. I’m not one that has ever said anything like, “If you eat junk you’re gonna get fat.” In fact I’ve never even talked to Jayden about stuff like that ever – nor do I talk about that stuff concerning any of us. Basically, there’s no way Jayden has heard what I’m about to tell you in our home.

I asked Jayden if he had anything good to eat and this was his reply, “No, I had popcorn and candy and soda. Just a bunch of junk, huh Mom? I better eat some strawberries so I don’t get fat.”

WOW ~ the stuff he comes up with just blow me away sometimes. Gino and I kinda had a little giggle together about it, because stuff like that just sounds so weird coming out of a 6 year olds mouth.