Enjoying Some Chocolate Milk

The Gruezos got a bunch of chocolate milk from a local farm, Batista Family Farm, that they wanted to support during these tough times. Nina did a whole drive around to all of the homies' houses to drop a jug off to each of us.

Zoë finally gets to enjoy some of it today. And she really loves it.

Opening Late Gifts

Zoë finally received her gift exchange from our friends gift exchange. We, of course, had to miss out this year because we weren't sure when Jaxon would make his presence known. Anyhow, Nina, wanted to come visit the baby as well as drop off Zoë's gift.

Zoë's finally opening those gifts today!

She loves them all!

A Visit from Auntie Gen

Auntie Gen came by to visit and see the new baby boy!

Happy Birthday Wes!

We celebrated Weston's birthday today!

It was over at Nickle, Nickle in Garden Grove so it was in a super cute video game theme. Really loved the PacMan deco.

And Zoë enjoyed all of the fun games!

Happy Birthday Wes!!

Double Booked - Diego's Baptism/1st Birthday & Dustin's 3rd Birthday

We're double booked today! Yeeks! Still, we made it all workout. We made it out to Diego's baptism, but unfortunately had to skip out on his 1st birthday celebration since we had to make the long drive over to LA, where we were late to Dustin's 3rd birthday party. At least we made it to both!

I also didn't get any pic of Diego getting baptized. He seemed to like it though!

And here's Dustin blowing out his candle to celebrate turning 3.

Zoë Turns Four!

OMG she's four! It's so crazy how fast she want from teeny tiny infant to walking talking sassy toddler. Watching her personality shine through as she's grown has had it's ups, downs, goods and bads, but all so worth it! Happy early birthday baby girl. Hope you enjoy your Moana themed celebration at the beach!

Jeric had to get to the beach at the crack of dawn so that we had a pit for a bonfire once the sun went down. Meanwhile, I needed to get everything packed into my car along with Zoë a few hours before the party was set to start so that we can setup.

While setting up, Zoë plopped herself right down onto the sand and had a few snacks.

Meanwhile, I was totally trying to get the hibiscus paper flowers to hang on the outside of the canopy, but with all the wind blowing, it wasn't looking so good. I was about to through myself a hissy fit or something because I've been working on these cute flowers for quite some time now. And they were pretty! I really wanted them up. Luckily, I found out they might stick if I hang them from the inside of the canopy where the canopy might be able to shield them a bit from the wind. Which, they certainly did! The still blew around a bit, but it worked!

Mom, Dad, Denise, Ray, Liz and Marky also helped out a lot with packing stuff up and taking it to the beach, which I am very thankful for! It was a shit ton of stuff and we didn't have wagons. Doh!

Denise, Ray, Dustin, Liz and Marky arrived not far behind I did, so that was cool! That also meant Zoë had a playmate! Her and Dustin dove right into playing in the sand.

Once Mom and Dad got to the beach and everything was pretty set, we were able to get a cute girl pic together with the guest of honor!

I also brought a giant Pua stuffy with us, but Zoë totally didn't want any pics with it. *sigh* Oh well, it's her birthday! And at least we got these cute pics of her down by the shore!


And a few shots with Mommy and Daddy.

While hanging out by the shore, Denise and Ray helped catch a ton of sand crabs. Of course the kiddos wanted to take them back to our spot, which they did. They were certainly amused with them for a good long time.

All of Zoë's friends were starting to arrive, so I went to work and put together some cute little goodie bags.

And while the kiddos all played together, the adults (minus me of course) had a few drinks together!

Once mostly everyone had arrived and before we started to lose people, we brought out baby girl's cake...

And the kiddos gathered around her and we all sang her Happy Birthday!

And then we were left with just a few of the kiddos who, not only eyed the frosting, but got some on their noses and dug on in! Hahaha!


Mommy and Daddy hope you enjoyed your birthday at the beach!

Pool Party for Mattox and Eli's Birthday

Summer is here and it's time to celebrate Mattox and Eli's birthday! They threw a pool party, which was just what everyone needed to cool off in the heat.

I got in the pool with Zoë first, but then she got used to sitting on a floaty and I wanted a bit of a break, so Jeric took over with her in the pool while she relaxed on a Taco Floaty!

After pool fun and eating food, it was time for the pinata! It was the string pulling kind, so that was nice and easy for the little ones. Zoë went up, but bummer, she didn't pick the right string. Still, there was plenty of candy for all the kiddos when the winning string was finally pulled at the end!


Penny and Zoë also had a lot of fun playing with each other.


They even sat together while they drank their Capri Suns.

Of course, that was before Zoë teased Penny a bit and Penny decided to play with Cara instead. Lol. Eventually they made up though and all was good.

And before we all left, we attempted a kiddo picture, but the boys were goofing around a ton and the girls were totally not having it. LOL


Happy Birthday Mattox and Eli!

Celebrating Wren & Cara's Birthday

Happy Birthday Wren (5) and Cara (1)!!

We all had a fun time celebrating with you two cuties and really enjoyed the super cute singing and dancing entertainment from them and their cousins!

Zoë especially loved her balloon animal. She did request to have a guinea pig though. Lol, the guy couldn't do it and made her a bunny instead. She knew it was a bunny, but called it her guinea pig. Hahaha. At least she was happy with it!

Celebrating Reese's Birthday

Me and Zoë are ready to celebrate Reese's birthday!

When we got there, I tried to get Zoë to eat real food, but she only had eyes for the yummy Macarons.

She was also clinging to me when we got there. I kept trying to push her to go and play with all the kiddos, but she was still being shy. Eventually, she did play, but mostly on her own and was really interested in the grass, flowers and dirt. Oi vey. Lol. She did find this baseball though, but still, she only tossed it to me.

Then it was time for the pinata. She was looking forward to this, so this, thankfully, got her to venture on her own and among the other kiddos.

And finally! She got comfortable with Penny and the two of them decided tire exercises was were the fun was at. Can't tell what their routine was about. Was it hopping through the tires? Tire flips? Or maybe tire lifts? LOL.

Guess that workout worked up quite the appetite and nothing like a good ol' chocolate donut with sprinkles couldn't fix.

Happy Birthday Reese!!