Weekend of Fun!!!

This past weekend was packed with so much fun!!! A refreshing Beth Moore Conference in San Diego Friday and Saturday....and some shopping too!! I came home to a clean house and two beautiful napping babies on Saturday afternoon and then we headed over to Irvine Spectrum for some sushi and playing in the water fountains. On Sunday we went to church and spent the eary afternoon playing at the pool and had dinner at the town center with Todd and Andren.

Beth Moore Conference in San Diego

We stayed at the Marriott downtown that had been renovated from a bank in the 1920's the architecture and details inside were amazing!!

Saturday afternoon we enjoyed the 85 degree weather and headed out to our favorite...SUSHI!! Were already getting the kids ready....chopsticks and all :) :)

"I'm such a big girl"

"I'll get the bill daddy"

"Am I CUTE or what!!!"


Now that the kids are walking all the time they got to check out the water fountain and loved it!!

Look at me GO!!



Sunday Afternoon at the pool!!





During lunch at the pool Jacob had his first Caprisun juice box and figured out that if he squeezed juice would shoot up through the straw, this caused squeals of laughter over and over for the longest time, we loved every second of it and so did Mia!!




Here is a comparison shot from last year, look how big our sweet boy has gotten!!
2007
2008

...and after the pool we headed off to dinner at the town center across the street from our house. Now that they are both walking they love being out and going, going, going!!

Jacob likes to play "peekaboo" with the big fountain :)

Mommy's Prayer

Dear Lord, it's such a hectic day,
With little time to stop and pray,
For life's been anything but calm
Since You called me to be a mom--
Running errands, matching socks,
Building dreams with wooden blocks,
Cooking, cleaning, finding shoes
And other stuff that children lose,
Fitting lids on bottled bugs,
Wiping tears and giving hugs,
A stack of last week's mail to read--
So where's the quiet time I need?
Yet, when I steal a moment, Lord,
Just at the sink or ironing board,
To ask the blessings of Your grace,
I see them, in Mia and Jacob's face,
That you have blessed me all the while --
As I stoop to kiss those smiles!!

Happy 14 months Jacob & Mia!!

Mia and Jacob turned 14 months old on Tuesday! Time has never gone by so fast or been filled with greater joy. Our home is filled with squeals of laughter and so much pitter-patter!!!

Mia and Jacob are:
*walking!!
*taking all the books out of their bookcase at least three times a day!
*climbing up and down the stairs
*flushing the toilet :)
*digging through their toy boxes looking for that "perfect" toy
*turning the TV on and off
*pushing their chairs up to the couch so they can climb up the couch and open the blinds
*putting the phone to their ear and talking
*brushing their teeth :) yes we have teeth!!!
*Mia has pig-tails and a ponytail :)
*climbing, climbing, climbing!!
*chasing the dog!
*reaching for a cup whent they are thirsty!
*sleeping consistently through the night for 12-13hrs everynight!!!
*bringing books to mommy and daddy to read
*loving ice cream!!
*climbing up the slides and then coming down belly first :)
*pushing their own stroller.

Dinner at The Pascua's

So lately dinner time at The Pascua's has not been very fun. As most of you know Jacob has been in Occupational Therapy for "feeding" since November. We started to notice that he was having difficulty moving past pureed baby food and consistently would gag or throw up anything that was more than pureed. Since then we have been able to move up to Stage 3 baby food that has texture in it but its still a battle at every meal. So far they have started to diagnose him with a tactile sensory disorder related to oral aversion. Wow that sounds like a long diagnosis but all it really means is that he is extra sensitive to different kind of touches, mushy or squishy foods like pasta, steamed vegetables and meats. All of these foods which contain important proteins and important carbohydrates. He should even be eating more than the average 14mth old since he was a preemie and is way under the growth chart. We just transferred to a new an incredible OT office so were praying and walking by faith that God will heal Jacob and we can start getting some fat on his little frame. Please pray with us that we will start to see amazing progress soon!

So this is what a typical meal looks like at our house everyday :)

Miss Mia relishing in every second of her meal, she LOVES to eat!!


....and Jacob, this will usually stay on his tray, he will rarely touch it and then after 15-20 min we end up eating baby food

Opening weekend for The Angels!!

We had so much fun sitting in season seats at the opening weekend for The Angels!!! Nana and Grandpa joined us, it was a beautiful day!

"Whats that Grandpa?"

I LOVE my new hat!!

"not a chance I'll get hat head"

Its a Playdate!!!

We met up with our sweet friend Jayden at the mall. The kids love to play in the toddler tumble area!! As soon as they are tired we head over to the food court so Sarah and I can catch up and have some lunch!! We just love hanging out with them!!


Yes Mia is checking out her new shoes....pink pumas!!

Sweet Sleeper

Mia and Jacob go down a little early for their morning naps on Sunday morning so they are well rested to play in Sunday School. We dress them for church early so we just have to scoop them up and put them in the car on our way out....this is how we found Mia sound asleep last Sunday!!

a "BABIES" shower!!!

Last Saturday I had a "babies" shower for my best friend!! Traci and I have been best friends since we were 12 years old, we have walked every milestone of life together from first dates, proms, break-ups, engagements, weddings and the birth of her first baby and my babies!! Now we are looking forward to another set of twins coming Memorial Day Weekend!! Here are some pics from her shower, I had so much fun decorating!!

These are the flowers and party favors that everyone got to take home.

My first diaper cake!!

I made this for Hailey for all her first bows!


Mia's favorite part of the party!! Balloons!!

...and cake with Nana too!!