Christmas Tookies!

So we decided that we were going to let Luke try and help decorate Christmas cookies this year since he has a lil more hand, eye coordination compared to last year. I made some plain old sugar cookies and gave Luke his own lil bowls with his green and red frosting. He was prepared with his mini Gerber kids knife and ready to roll. G- ma and G-Pa came over in their Bronco and Nuggets Santa hats of course to help decorate also. At first Luke did try and use his lil butter knife but after about 3 attempts of spreading the frosting on his cookie he of course resorted to finger painting as most toddlers do. And then after a few attempts at finger painting his cookie he decided to bypass the whole cookie thing and put the frosting directly into his mouth. What can I say the kid is efficient! The green and red frosting soon turned into a gray mixture on his face and everywhere else but he didn’t seem too concerned. He “decorated” 2 cookies before we put a stop to the madness as he was going to have a seizure from the amount of sugar in his system. We washed his face and changed his close as it was time to drive around and look at Christmas lights. He really enjoyed this also, ohhing and ahhing at all of them it was quite precious if I do say so. So all in all it was a good old fashion family time and Im am thankful to have shared it with my favorite peeps and hopefully next year Big Luke will have moved back that punk!

Where the Hell did 2010 Go!!!

So as I sit here at work and realize its New Years Eve (loses some of the luster when you cant get into black out mode with the rest of the drunks!) I can’t believe another year has gone by already! I hate that everything goes by so fast now that the Lil man is here. He’s going to be 2 before we know and have a partner in crime! Im just so thankful for the year me and my lil family has had, so many blessing wrapped in 1 year. I just hope 2011 is just as great!! Hope everyone has a save night and gets to enjoy it with the ones they love like me :) Peave and Love!

Christmas Time!!

So this year we decided to take Luke back to Bass Pro Shop to get his picture with Santa. We like the idea of getting a ticket with a time to come back and wait in line for less time then if everyone was waiting in one huge line! So we had about 45 mins to kill in the store, which is huge with all kinds of fun stuff so it went buy fast. Luke got to check out their huge fish tank and all the stuffed life size animals through out the store. He even got to shoot a fake rifle with dad. And before we knew it was time to get in line for Santa. Now this almost went terribly wrong as when I went to go buy Luke a snack while we waited in line someone (the guy behind us) grabbed our ticket out of our cart!! Can you believe that who steals someone else’s ticket while in line to see freaking Santa Clause!! So I decided that I will let this douche bag behind us slide as long as they let Luke get his picture taken once we get to the front of the line, because if not and we had to get a new time card I was going to let that man have it and make a scene of a lifetime, knowing its better me then Josh hahaha as he would probably just punched the dude. Josh is usually pretty calm unless you’re messing with Luke and it’s a whole nether story. Luckily the "elf" at the front didn't care that we didn't have one but believe me if looks could kill that guy would be dead! Alright enough of my rant, so I was a lil worried how Luke was going to do with Santa this year as he’s a lil shy at first around Strangers and I knew we wouldn't have enough time for him to warm up to him. So Josh put him on his Lap and Luke wasn't really sure what to think about the fat man but he definitely wanted Josh to pick him up. He didn't cry so that was a plus, but hopefully next year he will be a lil more excited :) Here are some videos I shot with my new Flip Camera, that I absolutely Love and would recommend! Fits in your purse for videos on the go!

Baby Boy is Gone!

So My friend Katie and I were hanging out at my house while Josh repalced her breaks, when my Mom came in with Luke complaining that he needed a hair cut. Now I wasn’t so keen on the idea as I love his messy hair but she wasn’t the first to say “that boy needs a hair cut” So I thought what the hell Katie is here who is a hair stylist so I asked her if she would cut the mad mans hair, which of course she agreed too. She began to cut his hair and Luke was having none of it, wiggling everywhere, whinnying, etc… So when she was done she said “I dint mean to cut it so short but he wouldn’t sit still” haha so as you can imagine it was pretty short considering his hair was super long. She cut it so I could do a lil faux hawk and it turned out SUPER cute! But for the next 2 days I cried a lil bit because he looked so grown up, (now I blame the crying on these hormones solely!) He looks very handsome of course with his big boy hair cut but I have decided to let it grow out again as Im not ready to lose his babyness quite yet!

Baby Dos on the Way!

So Josh and I are expecting another baby here in June! This one was a planned baby which I found much scarier then Mini Luke our “Surprise” baby hahaha We didn’t really tell people we were “trying” because I didn’t want people asking me every time they saw me “so are you pregnant yet” as I wasn’t sure how long it would take, I’ve heard stories of years so could you imagine people asking you for a years! I the “easily annoyed one” as some like to call me could not, so we kept it to ourselves mostly and a few others. Of course it only took one time to knock me up again so I really only would have had to hear the questions for a few days haha us Chavez’s don’t mess around, I am half Mexican remember :) So this time we knew right away that I was pregnant unlike with Luke which I didn’t know for 2 months! So I wanted to keep it a secret till I got a lil further along but Josh and my dad are the worst secret keepers ever, So most of you of course know but now that I am about 15 weeks I thought I could blog about it now. This pregnancy I have been SUPER sick all day and even in the middle of the night! I puke about everyday and just feel really hung-over all day but with out the reward of having an awesome night before!! Im also super tired no matter how much sleep I get. Josh is convinced it’s a girl because “its sucking the life out of me and that’s what women do” hahaha I died laughing when he said this and if it is a girl we wont tell her daddy said that. I think it’s a boy but Im sure it’s just because I have always said I wanted boys so we will see, we don’t find out for another month! I’ve tried to explain to Mini Luke that there is a baby is mom’s tummy, but every time I point to my stomach and say “baby” he just points to himself and says “baby”, so we will see how he takes it, so far not so good. Other then that we of course are so excited to be adding to our lil family, but this is it people, there’s no way I’m doing another 9 months of this! I would also like to say that it rocks that my cousin Tess will be having a baby a month after me so that they can grow up like siblings like Big Luke and I did with our cousins (too many to name :) ) As long as they both are not girls, as the world does not need another Val and Tess combo trust me! I don’t really have a bump yet as there was still some “let over” form Mini Luke (bless his soul) but as it arrives ill post pics, Peace and Love

Lukes First Nuggs Game!

So my company had a bunch of Nuggets tickets for sale a couple weeks ago and it was “Youth Night” so I thought it was a perfect opportunity to take Luke to his first Nuggs game and see how he did considering there would be thousands of other lil brats running around the Pepsi Center. Unfortunately Josh had to work but Bill Bo and Wendo were able to join in on this first. I was completely shocked at how well he did. I figured we would have to leave around half time since Luke’s bed time is usually around 8 and the game didn’t start till 7! I was able to buy some decent seats since they were discounted form our company so we got to sit pretty close. He was really entertained and of course loved the mascot Rocky, (he is the best mascot in the league you know) any time he would start to get a lil restless we would just say “where’s rocky” and he would look around for him and then just watch whatever crazy antics he was getting into. He also started waving with an open hand that night if that makes sense hahaha you know how kids wave bye bye with what I like to call the one hand clap yeah that’s what he use to do but after watching all the other kids waving to Rocky when he would get close to them he started waving like a big boy :) I also bought him a lil Rocky stuff animal because the kid behind him had one and Luke was all about it, so I figured why not, once he forgets about it in 2 weeks ill take it over to Billy Bonny’s where you can never have too much sports memorabilia. He made it the whole game without one Luke Chavez blow up (both big and mini Luke have these) he even stayed awake the whole car ride home so I think he had a good time and we will definitely take him back!

Luke’s Half Birthday!

So Luke’s half birthday was on November 4th so Wendo and I decided to take him to
Chuck E Cheese for the first time. I should have taken him on his actual half birthday which fell on a Thursday but we ended up only having time to both go during the weekend. Which was a huge mistake! I will never go again on a weekend, it was insane! And my lil man is entirely too polite to go back for a while! He’ll have to wait till he has figure out how to push back haha. He did have fun though on the rides that G-ma and I were able to box out for him. He would just stand and wait patiently until it was his turn which is not the rules of the land at that place. I could only handle a good hour there before I was going to start thumping other people’s kids. But he got to eat pizza, play all his tokens, and dance with Chuck E so it was a successful trip, but we wont be back for awhile :)

I'm Fired

Alright so I know my bid for mother of the year 2010 is probably not going to be selected as I have not updated in almost 3 months hahaha but good thing its almost 2011! There’s always next year people!! So holy hell where to start?!? SO its looks like my last post was in September so let’s start with Halloween and go from there.

I was about to write I “always” like Luke to go as something original for Halloween when I realized this was only his second and I better wait on that “always” till he’s about 10, but anyways I decided that he would go as John Belushi’s character in Animal House, John Blutarsky. Random, yes, but my parents have a couple of those cards that play a lil tune when you open it at their house and Luke loves the one that is from Animal House in which it chants “Toga, Toga, Toga” every time you open it, he walks around with it chanting, hence the Blutarsky costume was invented. So he had a toga outfit for when he was inside and a COLLEGE sweatshirt for when he would go out to trick or treat considering we live in Colorado and it’s always cold on Halloween. I did wait till the day of to make his costumes but I think they turned out alright. He wouldnt sit still for me to take a pic of his college sweatshirt so they are both a lil blurry but as good as i could get :)

No more open mouth kisses????

So yesterday after picking lil man up from daycare I was asking him for some smooches and instead of coming at me with his mouth wide open he puckered up his perfect lil lips for me! Now don’t get me wrong I’m going to miss his frenching but I will not miss having to wipe away the after math of such kisses haha. But I may be getting a little ahead of myself because this morning when I asked for smooches before I left for work he planted a nice wet open mouth kiss on me and Josh was like “see he didn’t pucker up for you” Now I was expecting this type of comment from my wonderful loving boyfriend but lil did he know I got proof of this exchange Luke and I had the day before, sucka hahaha

Mini Chatty Cathy

So Luke is growing up so fast I can’t even stand it. He is starting to say a lot more things besides his favorite Ball. I think me saying “everything can’t be ball Luke” after he would point at everything and say “ball” is starting to work! His new favorite word is Dudie yah that’s right dudie. But he doest say it in regards to potty training, our dog’s name is The Dude but over the years it has turned into Dudie and now that’s what Luke calls him. He will follow him around the house just saying it over and over. Bless Dude’s lil pug soul because he takes a beating from him. Luke thinks they are Wrestle Mania partners or something, maybe because he’s the only thing smaller then him that moves haha. He has also learned how to say “more” of course anything food related he’s going to catch on really quick. So whenever he wants more he can communicate it now instead of just whinnying which is kind of nice except I hear “more” 60 times a day. He knows the difference between his bot ball (football) and his other ones and notices “bot ball” when it is on t.v now too. He has also been known to say bye bye on occasion along with “tequila” haha ok the last one is a joke but he does have one of those singing and dancing stuff animals you get at Walgreens and places like that, that dances to that song Tequila by The Ventures or made famous by Pee Wee Herman when he danced to it at the infamous biker bar hahaha. Anyways Luke loves to dance with this silly stuffed dog and one night my mom and I started it for him and at the end he tried to say tequila, it was Hilarious and would have won us 10,000 bucks on Americas funniest home videos but of course he wouldn’t do it again when I pulled out the video camera, oh well can't quit my day job quite yet! Incase you forgot Pee Wee’s dance here it is… Enjoy, imagine Mini Luke dancing around to this haha

Dancing Queen... I mean King

So we have a dancer on our hands. And he is not a one trick pony, oh no he loves it all! Considering Josh likes Hip Hop and R&B, And I tend to listen to Classic Rock and whatever 93.3 is playing, God knows what his G-Pa has him listening too over in that garage, and of course G-ma’s favorite Kid Rock. Needles to say Luke has been exposed to a lot of different types of music and now has different dances for each. He has a hip hop dance which involves a lot of hand swaying back and forth, he likes to what we call “stomp the yard” to any type of music where he will stomp just one foot on the ground as he dances. And then he has the swaying hippie dance we call it, who he had to have pick up from his Uncle Luke. Now like I have said in previous posts Luke is really aware of when he is being videoed so I was able to capture this video while at my friend Katie’s house in the dark while he wasn’t paying attention so I apologize for the grainy footage.

I’m in trouble!

So for Luke’s 1st birthday I thought it would be a great idea to buy him a lil skate board so him and his dad could “ride” together. And by “ride” I mean josh hold him while he scooted him around on it. Well Luke had other ideas. This kid already stands on it all by him self and does this jumping motion while on it. Now I thought it was the cutest thing at first while we watched him figure it out downstairs on the carpet a month ago. I remember thinking to myself he’s just so smart and picks up on the most random things. Like I’ve said I ask him where his damn nose is everyday and he still will not cooperate but watches Josh play Skate on the X-Box once and is all of a sudden a skate pro. So while we sit downstairs just watching him Josh says to me “watch this” he proceeds to pick Luke up on his skateboard and take him to our bottom stair. He puts Luke on the board and acts like Luke does some crazy jump off the stairs as he holds the board to Luke’s feet. Now we all laugh and clap but after Luke is done clapping he picks up his board and goes right for the stairs. Yep, puts his board up on the stair and stars climbing up the stairs and gets on the board, of course Josh thinks this is Hilarious and that he is the next Rob Dyrdek I on the other hand start having flashes from the future involving hospitals and neon casts. Now we have created a monster! I don’t mind him playing on it downstairs on the nice fluffy carpet but he will pick it right up and maneuver his way up the stairs with board in hand to the wood floor where he knows the board actually rolls! I’ve been trying to get video of this phenomenon but Luke has a sense of when the camera is on and stops whatever he is doing and wants to watch what you’re watching on the screen which obviously doesn’t work for me trying to capture these moments so it’s a work in progress

The Boy Genius is at it again!

My boy is Brilliant! Well when it comes to food anyways

So I thought I would share with you guys a lil ditty that happened yesterday while I was at work. I get a phone call about 9:00am from Josh hootin and hollerin in my ear. When I finally get him to stop laughing in the phone he told me that our son is a genius. Yep that’s right you heard me a GENIUS hahaha. Now don’t get too excited it’s only in the “feed me” department. So here it goes, Josh and Luke are downstairs watching some good old fashion Sesame Street when Josh turns to Luke and asks “are you hungry”. Now this type of question is usually answered by him yelling something that you don’t understand and him “running” or walking fast upstairs to the kitchen where he knows the goods are. Well that day he didn’t say or should I say yell gibberish. He simply kept watching the Street. So Josh walks up stairs and starts to cut a banana up and put it in a bowl for him. As he is on his way down he sees Luke ready to eat. Which means he grabbed his chair from his toy corner lifted it up on to the couch, then shimmied his way up onto the couch and then sat down in his chair and waited patiently with his tray in hand for Josh to come down with his breakfast all by himself. I tell ya the kid can’t tell you where his freaking nose is but when it comes to eating he’ll figure it out :) Till we meet again friends, Peace and Love

I'm on a Boat!

We took Luke to Cherry Creek Reservoir last weekend so he could take his first ride on my parent’s boat! He was of course in what we like to call "baby ahh" where he’s not quite sure how to act and he just stares at things hahaha. But I think he had a good time, although if it was up to him he would have just played on the shore the whole day. His girlfriend Presleigh came to hang out also and we got some really cute pics of them!

Going back back to blogging blogging

Holy Hell its been awhile since I have wrote! Unfortunately I have been crazy busy at work, and just haven’t had the time to blog. But hopefully now that it’s a new quarter at work I will have a lil more free time to post about my BFF. SO a lot of shenanigans have gone down during my hiatus. Luke turned 1! He’s freaking walking! We moved into a way bigger house that happens to be across the street from my parents, just to name a few.

So First. Luke’s 1st steps!

So our lil man took his firsts steps 3 days before his 1st birthday! Josh and I were both there which totally rocks and we both cried hahahaha. We were in the living room just hanging out on Josh’s day off and he took 3 whole steps from me to Josh it was one of the most amazing things I had ever witnessed besides the Broncos winning their 1st Super Bowl in ’98 and Luke’s lil face the day he was born :) Any ways, he’s been on the move ever sense. It’s 2 months later and its weird to see him crawl now. Crazy how fast things happen!

Next Luke turns 1!

Can you believe it! Fastest year of my life and I have a feeling they are just going to get faster! I can’t believe it has been a year since our lil man came a month early. I can’t even put into words how much I love him and what a true blessing he has been to not just me but my family also. (yep crying a lil at work while writing hahaha) He is the greatest thing I have done with my life and I thank god everyday that he is mine! Alright enough of that lovie dovie crap. So on his actual birthday I took the day off and we took him to the Zoo for the first time. He loved it and I was surprised how alert he was and interested in all the crazy animals. We also we had a party at our house that weekend and of course the weather is sketchy in May so it was cloudy which sucks but we got everything in before it got too cold. He had a few “friends” come but mostly adults hahaha. I made him his own monkey cake to get at which he had no problem with. Josh and I opened presents since he wasn’t really into it and was overdue for a nap! He was completely spoiled by our friends and family, which we are lucky to have! Here are some pics of his days..

Moving Day!

So after finally convincing Josh (I always get my way haha) we have moved in across the street from my parents on good old Cathay St! I know this may sound crazy to 90% of you reading this but everyone knows Luke and I have a special and different bond with our parents that not a lot of people have. I am very thankful for this and am so excited and happy to be just a short walk away! Especially for Mini Luke’s sake, well and for my peace of mind when he’s acting like his alter ego Hell boy! The house is the exact layout as my parents with just a few differences. Usually it takes me awhile to feel at home after moving but I feel like I have lived here my whole life, weird maybe because I have, just across the street haha. I haven’t decided on how to paint still so its definitely a work in progress but I want to make sure its exactly what I want since we will be here for a long time! We have our very own neighbor hood watch which includes Bill Bo and Wendo and they are always on high alert, which comes in handy when you fall asleep before turning your water off in the front yard :) Its nice to have soooo much space now, the house doesn’t get as cluttered so fast which rocks because that is less cleaning for me!

Family Pics 2010

So my long time friend Jessica Chavez is quite the photographer (no we are not related, weird I know), so I had asked her to come over and take some pics of us considering I'm never in them because I’m always the one taking them! Therefore a couple Saturdays ago she came over in the morning before Josh had to go to work. Now taking into account that I am a first time mom, I didn’t even think about scheduling around Luke’s much needed nap time. So the whole time he was just salty, he was just having none of it! As a result there are maybe 3 pics out of a crap ton that he cracked a smile for us haha what can you do. So don’t mind Luke’s permanent wrinkle brow…