Easter and Family Pictures

Happy Easter, a little late!

Easter was a lot of fun here in the Sanchez household!  I hosted it for the first time ever.  Let's not kid anyone, it's the first holiday I have ever hosted!  I am no Martha Stewart, but it turned out ok.  Cesar's parents and the girls came over and Sgt. F and his family also joined us.  Sgt. F recruits with Cesar and they are from SC so they have no family out here.  I am still getting used to the mexican Easter!  We grilled out carne asada and chicken and had beans and rice, tortilla chips, salsa, ect...  It was great and the weather was great too.  We had an earthquake here, a 7.2, center in Mexico but Papa was the only one who felt it.  As a friend posted on FB, He has risen and the earth has shaken!  I am still not sure if that's a good thing or not.  The kids had a blast hunting for eggs, but Isaiah was really scared of the Easter Bunny.  Enjoy the pictures of Easter!

Noah's 1st Haircut!

On Saturday we took Noah for his first haircut!  It was getting a little long around his ears and getting like a mullett in the back.  It was bittersweet for me.  I was excitied to see him expirence another "first" but sad at the same time because every "first" for him is a "last" for me.  This is my last baby and while I am ready to be done with the baby stage I am sad at the same time.

Noah before the haircut

Noah after his haircut looking so grown up!

Birthday Pictures

Happy 8th Birthday Zachary!

It's hard to believe that my little boy turned 8 on the 16th of March! It seems like not that long ago when it was just me and him living in our first house in Shelbyville, learning how to be a family. So much has changed since then. He now has two little brothers and a daddy. We live all the way in California now too. He is the most amazing 8 year old I know. He is super smart, smarter than me that's for sure and he loves school. His test scores are super high and he tested for the Gifted and Talented Program at his school for next year. Math comes super easy for him, I think he gets that from my dad. He loves his brothers and helps out so much. There is no way I could do it with out him. He loves to play baseball and is a great hitter. He is getting into sports now. He is starting to understand the games and the statistics and is a great play by play announcer. Unless it's a tight game and then it's quite aggravating! :) He is a U of L fan, but also a KY fan too. I think he does that to drive my nuts. He loves the Dallas Cowboys and the Philadelphia Eagles for NFL, the Lakers are his team in the NBA and he bleeds Dodger blue for sure! He is polite and I am always getting compliments on his behavior, it makes me and his daddy really proud. It has been an amazing 8 years and I look forward to seeing what he accomplishes in the future!

Opening day Baseball 2010

Play Ball!!

Zachary has started baseball again and boy are we busy!  There is practice at least twice a week and two games a week too.  I am worn out with being at the ball park!  I have to admit, I love baseball.  It reminds me of my granddaddy and I love just about anything that reminds me of him!  I can remember spending lots of summer night at the park with my grandparents watching American Legion games and loving every minute of it.  I can't help but think of how Granddaddy would love watching Z play.  Opening day here in CA is amazing.  I have never seen anything like it for youth baseball.  They named the park after an older man who they called a "friend to baseball".  I started crying listening to this, all I could think of was granddaddy.  They have an opening pitch, a parade of all the teams with their banners and flags, it is a sight to see.  Zachary's team this year is the Padres.  Of course I have outfitted us all in Padres gear, pretty easy here in CA!  We all load up and go to the park 4 nights a week.  Cesar, as busy as he is, hasn't missed a game yet.  He is such a great daddy!!  Here are some pictures of Zachary's opening day and some games and practices.  He also got the game ball on his birthday!

Isaiah in mascara

Isaiah's March antics!

If you have read this blog before you know that Isaiah is a wild one to say the least.  Now that I am not nursing I thought that it would be easier to control him a little bit better, WRONG!  Now my issues come when I am putting Noah down for a nap.  I put Isaiah on my bed while I went to give Noah his bottle and put him down for a nap.  I was gone for a total of 10 minutes.  Well when I came back into my bed room I saw a huge wet spot on my bed and Isaiah nowhere in sight.  When I found him he was in my makeup and covered in mascara!  The wet spot on my bed was a water bottle that he dumped out!  Here are the pictures that I took to capture the moment.

The past 6 months in pictures!

A quick overview of the last 6 months, or as much as I can remember!

Wow, it's been really busy here in the Sanchez house the last few months. These boys sure know how to keep a mommy busy! I am loving life with them, and trying to enjoying the little things. Noah is getting so big, he will turn one next month. Where did the year go? It seems like yesterday I was bringing him home and now he is walking everywhere and getting into everything. Isaiah is a mess! He is still into everything and nothing phases him. He could care less about time out and spanking just makes him laugh. He will be the death of me, I am sure. Zachary just started baseball and is on the Padres team and is loving it. He is super smart and got all O's on his last report card. Since I blogged last Zachary had a birthday and turned 8, we had a visit to KY and celebrated our first Christmas in California. I will post a few of my favorite pictures for you to see!

I hope to start being consistant in the blogging, I have a lot goin on with these boys and I am sure you will want to read all about it!

I'm Back!!

Wow, the life of a mom with three busy boys leaves little time for blogging! Well that an now a new obssession with facebook! :) I am missing so much by not sharing all the crazy things that my boys do so I have made a decision to start blogging again. My boys, especially my middle one, do such great funny things that I want the world, well ok the 3 people that read my blog, to know about it! So look for weekly posts, if not more depending on Isaiah's new tricks! The first update will come at nap time today so check back for a recap of the last 6 months!

Another trip to Urgent Care for Isaiah

Monday afternoon started out like any other afternoon in the Sanchez house. Z was upstairs doing his homework and I was nursing Noah on the couch in the playroom while Isaiah played. Is this starting to sound familiar, nursing Noah, Isaiah playing...seeing a pattern here? Isaiah comes up to me and tells me he had "mocos" which is Spanish for snot. I tell him to let me see and I try to get it out. Those who know me well know I will pick any kids nose in a heartbeat. I don't see anything right away so I finish feeding Noah and then get Isaiah on my lap to take a better look. Well what do I see but a piece of plastic stuck up his nose!! I try to get the tweezers to get it out but I can't. So I yell upstairs to Z to get his shoes and off we head to the Urgent Care. Grandma is at the doctor herself so I have to take all 3 boys with me. We get to the Urgent care and the doctor gets it out and we head home. Just another day in the life of Isaiah! Here are the few picture I took!

August pictures

Stress Relief for my BFF! ;)

I have been a bad blogger so tonight at the request of Cara Beth I am going to upload some pictures and post some happening here in the Sanchez household, or the Sanchez zoo as I like to call it!

We love living here in sunny CA! We have been making trips to Disneyland and the Urgent Care, they know me by name now! Since my last post we have celebrated Noah's 4 month birthday and Isaiah's 2nd birthday. Zachary has been in school a month and a half now and he got the Behavior Award for August! The weather has been so hot here the kids are not allowed outside for recess at school. They have not been able to go outside for almost 2 weeks. The fires are really bad here and we get the ashes all over the cars along with the horrible smoke smell. They are starting to get some of them contained but a new one started today. We are spending a lot of time with Grandma and Papa due to the fact Cesar works A LOT! I am not complaining, the food there is great!

Enjoy the picture from August!

He is going to be the death of me!!

Here goes the Isaiah story of the day! While I was once again nursing Noah, I guess he will just have to stop eating, Isaiah was doing his new dance while watching the Wiggles. This all seems pretty safe, well as safe as Isaiah can be. He is really getting into it and all of the sudden he trips and falls landing on the video chair. He is crying and so I put Noah down, much to chunk's disappointment, and go to check out the damage. I was shocked to see the huge bump over his eye and his nose bleeding! I call the doctor's office and head over to have him checked out. When I get to the doctors office we are waiting for Dr. C and I am just sitting back watching Isaiah. He is climbing on the rolling stool and pushing himself across the room, he climbs onto the front of the table/truck and falls in the front window, he pulls down the paper from the table while trying to climb on top of it. I am thinking, at least if he falls here were are in the right place!

Dr. C comes in and starts to look at him. He tells me he is going to check for bleeding in the head, WHAT?!?! I really didn't' think it was that bad, I just wanted his eye checked out. He goes on to tell me that you can tell if there in bleeding internally by looking in the nose, eyes and ears. I am starting to get a little nervous here and wishing we were back in KY at Dr. A's office! He is just chatting away about Natasha Richards and how they should have checked her ears and they probably could have saved her. All the time I am thinking, is it that bad, does my baby have bleeding internally. He then pronounces him fine and to watch for other signs of internal bleeding such as vomitting, slurring speech(come on, he's 2 all his speech is slurred) and disorientation and sends me on my way. I am thankful he is okay but left a lot more worried then when I came in!! I am sure it will be worse tomorrow so I will post some more pictures!

Isaiah's dare devil pictures take 2!

Isaiah's dare devil pictures

Why do I open my mouth?!?!

I will never learn! As I sat at the computer trying to update the blog with yet another Isaiah story I think he is safely in the playroom watching tv with his brother. When what do I hear..."Mom, he climbed the gate!" from Zachary. I get up and running towards me is my own almost 2 year old Houdini! He used the grocery cart, turned it on it's side, pushed it to the gate and climbed right over! Someone help me! I took the grocery cart out and decided the rest of the post below was going to have to wait until nap time. Well the phone rang and I had to leave the playroom to get the cordless and then I see him using the door part of the gate to climb over again!! I am not sure what to do now. He is going to drive me batty!!!

**UPDATE**
As I sat down to post this during the boys naps Noah started crying. I headed upstairs to get him and while I am changing his diaper I look over my shoulder and see Isaiah! He was SUPPOSED to be in his crib. He climbed out....AGAIN!! He climbed out Saturday but I put the mattress on the floor and it seemed to fix the problem, until today!! I have no idea what to do now. Once again the phone rang and I went into the bedroom to answer it. As I come back into Noah's room Isaiah is in the crib with Noah!! If he wasn't so cute I would strangle him!! I headed to Babies R Us to see what they have and ended up deciding to child proof the room and then turn the crib into a toddler bed. So I take Isaiah and Noah to Grandma's and start the child proofing because my husband works all the time and who knows when he will be home. I get the crib turned into the toddler bed, and made up so nice, and start feeling pretty good about myself. I can do this with out Cesar I think, I am woman!! Well then I start to put the latches on the drawers, because I DO NOT need him throwing out clothes all night long, and they don't fit! So now I am sitting here posting this before I go pick up the boys so I don't lose my mind. I need a little down time so I used the blog to destress for a moment.

~~Classic me...I made him do it all over again so that I could capture it on film. Enjoy the pictures.~~

Guess what Isaiah did now!

Yesterday I went upstairs to take a nice hot bath while Cesar had the boys. When I turned on the water I noticed it started coming out funny. So I turned it off and looked under the faucet, this is what I saw.





I tried to get it out with my hands and no luck. So I headed to the garage to get a screwdriver. I finally got the obstruction out and this is what it was...




It is the bubble wand from some bath bubbles! Stay tuned for what he does next. I am almost scared to see what it is!!