This weekend was a busy one that's for sure and of course Monday always comes too soon! On Saturday we went to Papi's work to do some paperwork and afterwards we went to Stride Rite at Firewheel in Garland. Ipolito LOVED walking around outside and he got two new pair of shoes! Afterwards we went to eat at Cristina's Fine Mexican Restaurant and boy was it bueno! Ipolito immediately started eating the chips and hot sauce. He loved it! He kept dipping his chips in the hot sauce and eventually started to try to pick up the bowl so he could just drink he but we told him no! So, what did he do next?! He got a big spoon shaped chip and started using it to slurp up the hot sauce. We also got some queso since he loves it so much and he ate all of that with his "pizza" or "TILLA" aka his tortilla. The boy can eat!! Of course he fell asleep on the way home and that was all the nap he needed. 

You can see he is going to town on the salsa in the pictures above. Soon after he started eating it he just moved the bowl (that was mine) closer to him!

 Later after we got home, we also got to spend some time with Cowboy Keenan, his lovely wife Margarita, and their beautiful daughter Genesis.

On Sunday we did our normal routine. We went to Church, had lunch at my mom's, and then had family nap time (i.e. Mommy & Ipolito nap time).  Afterwards we just relaxed at home and watched some football and Ipolito sat at the computer watching his favorite, "Mickey Mouse."  All in all it was a great weekend and of course too short. In the coming week, Jose and I will celebrate our anniversary and we are going to Houston just to "get away" before school starts. Here are some pictures from my parent's house of Ipolito playing and me just playing with the camera.

 See what I have to put up with?!

 Take 2: Not much better than take 1!

 Ipolito playing with the kitchen at Grandma's house. He made everyone something to eat!

 Eating the food he made and sitting with Joy & Bubba

 Playing pirates

 My little cutie!

 Wearing Grandpa's hat

 Goofy boy

 My wonderful Mother and I

Have a great week! 

Thursday night-Friday fun!

Well last night we went to the mall for some shoes and were unsuccessful at Stride Rite. They are coming out with new designs within the next month so they aren't replenishing their stock, which sucks for us. I mean, my son needs shoes now, not next month! So...tomorrow we are going to North Park to look for some shoes for the boy.

Afterwards we went to my mom's house for some Thursday night fun! I took the other 5 pack of hot dogs and some chips and guess what?! Ipolito had another 4 wieners for dinner plus some tomato and a small amount of chips! Oh I can't forget his 3/4 of bun he ate too. Where does this boy put it all? The doctor told me to let him eat what he wants (healthy foods) since he is so skinny but still!

We got to have dinner with the Marcus, Matthew, Marissa, Bubba, and JJ as well. Ipolito just LOVES JJ. Once about a month ago we were saying our prayers and he said, "JJ too." It is always JJ this and JJ that. The moon and sun set on JJ.

Ipolito with his cousin JJ.

When we came home last night I set out to clean Ipolito's bathroom for like the 4th or 5th time in the last week to do a final disinfecting since we all had been sick for the past week. Well I realized that he was very quiet and if you have little ones you know that isn't always a good thing. Well, I found him in the family room watching "Olivia" eating the chicken strip he had tried to eat the night before! He was eating a cold piece of chicken! I just shook my head, got the camera, and let him be. He said it was good or "yummy" in his specific words. I guess he must have got that from my side of the family. We, Beserra's, loves our chicken.

The chicken thief.

Today both Jose and I went to get Ipolito from Ms. Shari's house together since he is off today. Ipolito jumps up and down and gets so excited to see his "Papi!" Afterwards we went to that buffet off of I-20 called Furrs. Ipolito ate well (as if he wouldn't). He had some fish, chicken, veggies (carrots, peas, and green beans) and some French fries. I actually had to get up to get him more veggies and French fries after I was asked so nicely by Ipolito. Then he had some sugar free Jello (red) and asked for more, so I obliged and brought him some blue as well. Well, the child ate it all and I'll be darned if that blue Jello had sugar in it! He was just talking, dancing, and being silly! It was funny and cute but I am glad we do not give him sugar all that often.

Well tonight is a supposed to be relaxing night for all of us! Hope you are having a wonderful Friday and a great weekend planned!

I'm trying...

I am trying to be better at blogging since I am doing this because for my son as much as for myself b/c I will probably have Alzheimer's when I am older and what better way to record history than blog?

I also take numerous pictures everyday since Jose isn't with us much during the week and the boy does many funny/irritating things. For example, last night he was really catching up on his lack of eating the past week. After dinner, he had snacks of apples (x2), a couple of Danimals, some cheese (to stop it all up), and his fave-grapes! Well, as soon as I started to talk on the phone to my mother as I do every night I heard the refrigerator open up. I'll be darned if as soon as I got off I see him closing the door with a piece of leftover chicken in his hand! I said, "What are you doing?!" Ipo replied to me nonchalantly, "I eating chicken!" I explained to him that it was not time to eat chicken, it was cold, and that he was seriously about to be sick from the amount of food he had eaten that evening. He of course didn't care but he did put it back for me.

This morning as we were getting ready to head out the door for Ms. Shari's house I hear, "Mommy I see you!" Of course I turned around and what do I see?! The boy is on his "car" with a flashlight attached to it! I couldn't help but laugh and grab my phone to take a picture. I guess he takes after his father with that one.

Well, I am off to run some errands before I pick up my little guy then we have to run to the mall to get some new shoes from Stride Rite since his other ones are falling apart at the toes! I wonder what size he is now?!

Hot Dog!

Well, apparently Ipolito loves hot dogs! He had 4 of them for dinner! Now, he only had the wieners and only one bun but still he had 4 of them!! I also gave him a few chips and some apple slices as well. Now, this is the eater I have missed for the past week! We have all been battling a horrible GI bug and are now feeling more like ourselves.

In other news this is the proud mama of a little boy who sleeps in his own bed!! Woo hooo!!! Let me tell you how excited I was. We ended up making his bed into a crib again and allowing him to watch a show for 30 minutes before lights out, but it works! He also has the hall light on as well to ease his nerves since we think part of the problem was that he is afraid of the dark. He has now been sleeping in there for a week! Now, let me tell you about my bed. Not only is it wonderful but I got new sheets since I had been making holes in the my old ones from my restless sleep. I woke up each 1-2 hours and constantly moved around. Apparently after about 10 weeks of this I finally made a hole in my sheets. No fear...I bought new ones that feel like cardboard, but we have some 1000TC Egyptian Cotton sheets on the way.

Ipolito is also quite the talker now speaking in whole sentences for the past month and very opinionated. Some of his favorite phrases are, "What happened?" "I don't want to!" "I want some dinosaurs!" "I love you" and my favorite, "You're pretty mama!" The last one of course is a product of my lovely husband's teaching!

Well, I think this is enough updating for the day. Stay tuned...I hope to be better at this blogging in 2011.

December

Some of the December happenings in Flores family included taking Ipolito on his first train ride to an AGGIE basketball game and a trip to the dentist to get his teeth cleaned.

As far as the dentist goes, Ipolito was a rockstar. I was super nervous on how he would act and was pleasantly surprised. Ipolito was very calm and cooperative with him. I guess it helped that I had been talking about it for a few days telling him the dentist would count his teeth and clean them for him. I almost cried (I know a bit over the edge, but I am a crier) watching how calm he was. I was so proud! I asked the dentist if everyone acted like this and he said, "No way! This never happens, especially with 2-year olds!" Afterwards we went to see Santa Claus. Again....I was surprised. He went right to him and sat with him. I got a very serious picture of him in Santa's lap. He wouldn't smile unless it was at me. Well, of course that translated to him looking down so we decided to take the serious approach and get him looking at the the camera.

Lastly, we took a ride on the TRE train to the American Airlines Center to see the Texas Aggies play basketball. Ipolito was super excited and did very well on the train and at the game. He loved eating popcorn and saying "Choo Choo!" We can't wait to take him to a football game next year!

Well, this is all for the December happenings at the Flores home.

Christmas Time 2010

Well, Christmas 2010 has come and gone in our home. This Christmas was totally different from the past ones. Ipolito was super excited and loved Santa Claus. He loved the tree, lights, and seeing the house all decorated. This year we let him decorate the smaller tree we kept in the dining area and we put the train around the larger tree. He loved that train and made us turn it on for him each night. I did enjoy shopping with him and buying things right in front of him and him forgetting about it 5 minutes later. I know that won't be the case in the future. Ipolito also loved singing Christmas carols and his favorites were "Jingle Bells," "We Wish you a Merry Christmas," and "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer."

We went to the ICE exhibit at the Gaylord Texan and Ipolito wasn't too crazy about it. It was harder this year since I went without Jose, he can walk much better, and he wanted me to hold him with that big bulky jacket on. He was super excited to go down the big ice slide and he had to go by himself. Well...he got stuck halfway down, got scared, and started screaming loudly. I wanted to cry. This lady behind me said, "Well, he is too young to go by himself." I wanted to smack her. The attendant told me it happens all the time. Someone climbed up and slid with him the rest of the way. Once I got down there my mom said it was happening to lots of people, so I didn't feel so bad.

Christmas was at our house this year with my family. We had lots of fun, food, and a great time with the family. We played the Kinect with all of the kids and I showed everyone my dancing skills. Ipolito loved opening presents and kept saying, "More presents please." He got many cool things and on Christmas evening after work he told me and Jose, "Santa Claus is coming." We just laughed and told him yes he is then he opened up his big present: a little motorcycle that has been name his "car."

All in all Christmas was absolutely wonderful in our home.