Isaac Highlight

Isaac is getting older! He grew out of his old cloths and he is talking a lot and making friends. He is sharing with Allie and asking mama for things instead of crying (not everytime!). I love to see him make friends and play with other kids. He is really nice to other kids. And he can count to ten! Its funny to hear him when he's by himself, "one two three five six nenen eight ninen ten" But if I count with him can do four. He loves to say grandma. I'm not sure if he's asking for grandma or he just loves to say it. His fit throwing has gotten much better. I have learned to be consistant and patient and help him feel like it is his choice to do what I want him too. He does refuse to go to bed sometimes and that is why I have so many pictures of him asleep on the couch. He loves to play in the new van and go places. It is getting a bit hot for the playground but Grandma Parks got Allie a pool for her birthday! Its the kind that adults can sit (not stand) in with their kids. So its fun because we can all go out together - to be outside having fun but keeping cool! As for the patio - it is getting there! It rained for a week and then we were really sick and then when Jonathan dove right back into it he cut his finger on the table saw. That was a huge blessing because any run in with a table saw could easily result in losing a finger or hand. We are very grateful that it is healing and now he's doing other dangerous stuff like climbing on top of the structure to work on the roof. I am scared. The other day I saw him hop the latter along while on the tippy top so he didn't have to get down and move it...i let him know how i felt about that. : ) He is working really hard. I guess its weed season and he is pulling like crazy. A section of our front lawn was really bad (we bought it real bad) so we just pulled everything and reseeded. Hopefully that will turn out well! Today I'm gonna work on the big prickly weeds in our back yard that just went crazy. Allie taking steps! She has taken up to 8 but averages around 3. But she is working on it! She will not take steps when we prop her up and try to have her go to her momma or dadda. She will only do it when she wants too, but that is quite often. She just gets up and takes steps! She has started to choose to play with toys insted of momma but only once or twice. She is getting older! She Turns one this month! So I have been sooooo tired. Both my kids sleep through the night and I get plenty of rest and I"m still so tired and I've gained weight so....I now go running with a friend at 6:30 am everymorning. I've only been doing it for a few days but the results have been great! I am awake and happy and have more energy! I think it helps me get a better sleep as well as the other benefits of exersizing. And then I can spend time with Jonathan in the morning before he goes to work. I had been thinking about running for a while now but I finally got the inspiration I needed when someone at church asked me if I was pregnant and when I said no asked me if I was sure. I started running the next morning! : )

New Car!

We got a new car! Its a 2004 Honda Odyssey EX. It was funny because we drove around to dealerships and only one had a van of any kind in our price range and this one had 3. But one had almost 200,000 miles on it and the other one was a dodge caravan and it had goods specs and we were thinking abou getting it. Then he opened the door and reeked of cigerette smoke. It was really bad so we thought we would just have to keep looking. Then as we were about to leave he said they got a new car in and it was getting a new transmition and it would be ready wednesday. And it was a 2004 odyssey! It seems so funny that there are no decent vans in our price range except for one and its super nice. It has the upgraded features like leather warming seats and a dvd player. I was really willing to give up a lot to get car that will last and I'm super happy to get one that is the best of both worlds. (I know nothing is for certain, but we can hope! It has good mileage and a clean carfax. Its a Honda and a lot of the other cars were 2001) I'm grateful to Jonathan who works so hard and lets me stay at home and got me an awesome car. We are all sick right now so I think we're just going to relax this week. Except Jonathan, he doesn't relax. He'll probably build me a roof on my patio. He's the best.

Things have been crazy latley. Isaac is improving his fit throwing skills with lots of practice. He is also getting very good at understanding and talking. It is such a relief when I can tell him to wait until we get home or that I am getting him a snack. Althought it is a little embarassing when I'm talking him out of church and he yells, "BE NICE!!!!" Gotta love Isaac. He said his first prayer. "Please Food. Please Food. Please Food." Jonathan has been working so hard on the patio! He just has to put the roof on now! I am so happy about how well he has done!. He is also finding names to add to his family tree. He has made a lot of progress there as well. I am proud of him. Allie can take a few steps. She is mostly crawling.I am enjoying her still being my little baby. The weather hasn't gotten too hot yet so we have been spending lots of time outside. At the park and in the backyard. We bought a lot of stuff at the dollar store for summer fun. Isaac is loving his bat. He LOVES to play baseball. When Jonathan first taught him anything was the bat and Allie and my heads were the ball. He seems to have let that go and will play with his real bat and ball. He loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. He says, "Mou! Mou!" Life is going well. I've been a bit stressed with all of Isaac's fit throwing but having lots of fun at the park and spending time with my friends. Katie Colton made that cute bow Allie's wearing when we had craft night. oh ya, Isaac and Jonathan had their very first Father and Son campout! It was great! I wasn't there but they had hot dogs and smores and Isaac played with another 2 year old who said Isaac was his best friend! I had a great mother's day. Jonathan made me a very special breakfast and i got a new shirt. Yay for Summer

Building a Patio Cover!

We're Building a patio cover! Jonathan is doing most of the work but you can see that Isaac and Allie are great helpers! And I have helped with the staining! Jonathan dug 3ft deep holes. Then made 400 lb cement cylinders and then put the posts up and support beams and dragon joists. (a funny name we call the braces). He has been working so hard day and night. I wake up to him working on the patio and sometimes go to sleep to him working on it. And he spent his whole day off working on it too. He's so wonderful! He plans on making it really cool looking. Thank you Jonathan!
OH ya, and the onions are just growing in a patch in our yard! I feel like a gardener!

Happy Easter

Messes!

With Jonathan working on the Patio the kids have been inside and they are making lots of messes. Allie reached up and stole Isaacs sandwhich he was eating in his high chair. He was soooo mad. It was halarious. She found his yogurt and dumped it. Isaac loves putting stuff in the toilet. They have each taken a turn playing in the fireplace ashes. Allie can now pull herself up onto furniture so she pulled herself up on the fireplace ledge and started playing in the ashes! She's getting to old!!! She took her first step! My little baby! She mostly crawls but she likes to practice along things. Isaac can talk pretty well. He climbed up on the changing table while i wasn't around and I heard him yelling, "help momma! Down! Mama! Mama! Help! Down!" So cute! He is very well behaves. They now both go to bed by 9 and we have the evening to get things done and relax.
We have had a heep of huge blessings! Our AC went out and Jonathan's Dad's friend who is an AC Repair man fixed it for us. Then our Garbage Disposal went out and Jonathan's dad fixed it for us! Then Isaac threw our TV remote in the kiddie pool and Verizon is replacing it for free! We are so grateful! We got Allie a few dresses at the Dollar store, thats where we got the cute white one is the purple flowers and my dear friend Marta - who is feeling much better! - gave us her daughters old cloths. And gave us her sons old cloths for Isaac. Things are going great at the Ramos'!




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