Two Years Old!

Guess who is two years old today?! Ipolito Ismael!! Two years ago the good Lord blessed us with the most amazing little boy. Ipolito is such a sweet boy and we are proud to be his parents.

Ipolito you are 35.5 inches tall, weigh 30 pounds, wear size 2T-3T, size 5 diaper, and size 8.5 shoes. You are all legs,arms, ears, and feet! You love to run, jump, play basketball, and you think you are older than you really are. You love your cousins especially: Max, Mateo, Marcus, Maya, & Bubba. Those are the names he says the most. You love to dance and tell me all the time when DWTS is on to, "Get up Mama! Les (Let's) dance!" You absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE grapes. You love to read every night and you are just like Mommy and Papi....you like routine. You sleep in our bed right now and are sleeping 8-11 hours. You love when you wear cool shirts and have to show everyone. You are like Mommy and can be a bit on the hard headed side. You are like Papi because you are so easy going and take everything in stride. You pray every night and can bless yourself in a cute almost right way. You are strong willed and get so angry when you do not get your way (like Mama). You have started throwing tantrums and let me tell you they are not fun. You are starting to spend a lot of time with your hands folded (timeout). You love to take baths and brush your teeth. You love your Flintstones vitamins. You are obsessed with "Melmo" and "Mickey Mou." You wear your houseshoes all of the time just like Papi. You randomly get my attention and say, "I love you." You always smile such a sweet smile. Your eyelashes are still like 1.5 inches long.

Where has the time gone? I remember carrying you in my stomach, praying for your heart, holding you for the first time, the first time you got sick, and the many smiles your father and I have shared over your head. You surprise me everyday and I am proud to be your Mama.

I love you Ipolito Ismael!

Fall 2010

This Fall we have been super busy. This has been far the busiest semester in regards to school. I finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. In September we went to Oktoberfest in Addison and Ipolito and his friend Genesis had so much fun (but I think their Papi's had more)! He stayed up late that night until 1115 and partied hard! He rode some rides there with Papi and had a smile on his face that lit up the sky. We also went to a the YMCA Trunk or Treat with some of our boy cousins and cousin Marrisa. We walked there and he would have preferred to walk but Mama was not walking with him for 1 mile. He had fun trunk or treating and he loved looking at all the other kids in their costume. Our little guy was the cutest monkey there! While there Ipolito also seemed to get bitten by mosquitoes all over his head around his hair line. Poor thing! I guess they just love sweet little boys. The next week Jose and I took him to the Spring Creek Farm pumpkin patch. His eyes were so big when we got there! He absolutely loves pumpkins. He had so much fun feeding the goats or as he referred them the "cows." He took his time picking the right pumpkin too...I think he preferred rolling them around and he was biased to those without stems!! Lastly we went on a hayride and he just had so much fun pointing out all of the "cows" aka horses. After we were done there we went to Bucca di Beppo for a late lunch with Papi before he went to work. Ipolito ate so well!

The Friday before Halloween we went to our cousin's Halloween Carnival at their school. It was so much fun to dress Ipolito up again as a monkey. He had fun playing the carnival games over and over. He has amazingly good aim for a 23 month old! People kept commenting on it and he had so much fun. Papi surprised us by being off for the night too so he got to come and have some fun too!

The Saturday before Halloween we went to Boo at the Zoo in Ft. Worth with Cowboy Keenan, his wife Margarita, and their daughter Genesis. It was our first time to take Ipolito to the zoo. He of course enjoyed seeing the monkey's, the elephants, the fish, and the bears. He did not want to get too close because he was little afraid, but all in all he had a great time. We went Trick or Treating there and played carnival games. Ipolito surprised us again with his great aim and love for candy. Afterwards we went to eat hamburgers, french fries, chicken strips, and milkshakes at Pappas. Not a healthy dinner but a good one.

For Halloween we had our 2nd Annual Flores Trick or Treat party with all of our cousins and our friend, Angela and her son Xavier at our house. We had pizza before then suited up all of the kids and went house to house! Papi went with us this year too so he could see Ipolito Trick or Treat. It is funny because by this time he knew what candy was and that the good stuff was being handed out. You see he has never been given candy or too many sweets until this weekend. It was so cut to hear him say, "Where's my puntkin?" when we would arrive at a house. He would stick it out and then immediately dig in it for something to eat. He wasn't picky either....it didn't matter if it had paper or was in a box b/c he tried to eat that as well. As soon as we got home the candy was put away for his pinata. We sure got plenty of use out of our costume this year. I think my money was well spent.

Ipolito has grown so much in the last few months. He speaks so much and says short sentences. Everything round is ball and his favorite "ball" is grapes. He could eat them anytime or anyplace. We go through about two bunches a week. He loves eating pancakes, cereal (Honeynut Cheerios), fruit, yogurt, Danimals, or oatmeal for breakfast. For his other meals he isn't really all that picky but he is not a big red meat eater. He loves to eat and will actually tell you, "I want to eat" when he is hungry. He loves drinking water, milk, the occasional juice, and V8 Splash. He loves all fruit but of course prefers grapes. He also loves cherry tomatoes and cheese quite a bit. He loves spaghetti, beans, cheese, and pizza. For my birthday my brother was messing with him and he told him, "No...you watch football" and pointed at the TV.

He loves reading and our favorite book this fall have still been "Goodnight Moon," "Night Night Prayer" and "Goose and Duck Find a Pumpkin." He loves all of them points out pumpkins everywhere we go. He also knows some of his letters such as A, E, O, U, C, M, T, and B. He will point them out as I drive. He has been doing this since the summer. I am also told he is very friendly and lovable especially with the kids and their parents at the sitter's house. Of course I agree but I am biased.

Our biggest challenge this Fall has been Ipolito's bed time. He for some reason does not like to go to bed anymore. For the past 4 weeks he has cried as soon as the time comes for me to turn off the light and put his aquarium on. It started with him crying for 1 to 1.5 hours at a time before tiring out and falling asleep. Then the time went down to 45 minutes, then 30, then 15, then 10. All of a sudden this past weekend he bangs on the door and flips out even more. He will stay up and make a mess of his room and just cry. As soon as one of us gets him or tries to calm him down he is fine but if we put him in the bed he becomes stiff and screams and cries. We have tried rocking him to sleep and then putting him in his bed but as soon as he touches the mattress he stiffens, wakes, up and flips out. The only thing that has worked has been letting him sleep with us. The only thing is, is Jose and I are TOTALLY AGAINST this. We both love our sleep and enjoy our bed. We have tried putting his mattress on the floor but he does the exact same thing: stiffens and flips out. We are at a loss. So right now the last 3 nights he has been sleeping with us. If you have any suggestions I am up for them. We really don't want him sleeping with us.

Stay tuned for the 2 year old birthday bash, Thanksgiving, and Christmas!

Summer 2010

Well...where to begin??? It sure has been a LONG time since i have updated this blog. I have good intentions of course, but I seem to never have the time. Working, going to school, doing clinicals, being a great wife, and being an even greater MOM seem to take all of my time. I read many blogs at night to de-stress but never seem to have the time to update my own and let me tell you we have been B-U-S-Y!!

Let's start with the summer of 2010! In May we went to Playa del Carmen to see Jose's fraternity brother Roque marry Diana and of course no trip would be complete without Ipolito! The trip was so much fun and we had a blast as a family. Ipolito LOVED the water, the food, and was great on the airplane (with a little help of some Benadryl). On our first night there he actually peed on me! It was embarrassing but at the same time....what are you gonna do?! It was also a little weird having to go cut our nights shorter than everyone else but well worth it. One night we went to an Italian restaurant and the chef brought out Ipolito's food before ours (they know hungry kiddos when they see them) and I'll be darned the boy scarfed it down fast and was asking for more. We spoke to the waiter and soon the chef himself brought out the food to us. He wanted to meet the little boy who ate so much. To our surprise he ate all of this as well! Everyone at the resort knew us too! I guess it is beneficial having a little boy with such a unique name.

This summer we also had what I referrred to "Activity Day" with my nephews Marcus, Cezar, and Jack Jack. My mom, sister, and I would take the boys to Six Flags, Chuck E Cheese, or the pool. Ipolito had so much fun at Six Flags and rode all of the rides he could. He loved watching the big boys and getting out of the stroller every now and then to ride some rides himself. As the summer progressed he actually got mad when he wasn't able to get on the ride too. We also discovered that Ipolito and I have something in common with Grandma: we LOVE popcorn so much! The boys enjoyed it as well. Ipolito enjoyed the pool and really loved just splashing around as much as he could. He isn't afraid of the water as his mother is.

Now Chuck E. Cheese was an adventure all by itself. Jack Jack got sick from spinning round and round on the merry-go-round and ended up throwing up on the way there and at Chuck's two times. All that aside, Ipolito enjoyed himself. He did not want to ride any of the little rides there, but of course he loved anything that had to do with balls. He enjoyed the basketball game and the other ball game that was there.

Throughout the summer Ipolito became such as great sleeper. He went to bed at 9 and woke up anywhere from 730-815. It was bliss! I would do school work when he went to sleep and we got into a comfortable cycle. Finally I had my sleep back, not as long as before Ipolito, but more than i had been getting.

He also spoke more words and loved his peanut butter crackers, fruit snacks, and all fruit. He had a very strict schedule and I saw him flourish intellectually. He enjoyed his books at night and even began picking them out. His favorite books this summer were, "Goodnight Moon" and "Night Night Prayer." We have the same routine every single night. He takes a bath, we read stories, say our prayers, and go to bed. He says, "Amen" and from time to time wil try to say the "Our Father."

Ipolito also loves to dance and watch Elmo. I wish I remembered specifically which words he was saying at the time, but I do not. I know he went through a phase of saying only "Mama" when he referred to either of us. He speaks so much now and I know he did then as well. I do remember that he has always LOVED anything round and bouncy. Everything is a ball to him and he loves all types.

Keep a look out for a post on our Fall.

It's Been a LOOOONG Time!

Well, my Ipolito is now 17 months old!! I have not updated this in 5 months!! I really try to...I promise. It is just with school, work, and the baby it is so hard!

Well, now I am off to clinical. I will try to finish updating soon!!