A Texas Anniversary

No, unfortunately we didn't get to go to the BEST state for our 4th anniversary but after one of our friends heard our anniversary plans she said, "now that sounds like a Texas anniversary". She couldn't have given a better compliment :)

Boots.... he looks darn good in them too!

Gun range! It was a lot of fun shooting the handgun. If anyone breaks into the house while Isaac is gone I feel bad for them. I got all "kill shots" and only missed twice...it hit the legs :)

We summed it up with a yummy steak dinner at Mahogany's.
So glad I married him 4 years ago! I am one loved and blessed woman.

I could never be on Fear Factor.

Yesterday I had a not so brilliant idea. I decided to go up in the attic. I am deathly scared of heights. When I was in middle school my siblings talked me into climbing into a small tree house. I was stuck there for hours crying and my sister who is 6 1/2 years younger than me had to show me how to get down (thanks Jerusha!). So you would think A. I wouldn't try to go into the attic B. I would have stopped when I got halfway up and looked down and broke into a sweat. Nope, not me! I got to the top and went through all of our boxes finding Isaac's old 3-6month baby clothes for Israel to wear. While I was up there I also found bibs, socks, glider, bouncer,johnny jumper, and bathtub....kinda funny since Isaac said he looked through every box and couldn't find these items! Anywhoo, I collected my goodies and was ready to head back down. That's when the drama began. I had to call Isaac over. Before he came up though he tightened a bolt on the ladder which really made me freak out. Once he came up he showed me 3 different ways I could get back down the ladder. None of these ways made me feel better. All I could picture was slipping in my own sweat and my brains being all over the garage floor. Instead I sat on the attic floor and cried big crocodile tears and told Isaac was going to starve to death in the attic ( yea, I know I'm pretty dramatic ha ha). Eventually I made it down, shaky and sweaty. Needless to say Isaac is going to have to get every item I need before he deploys :)

Little Isaac says the darndest things

Ever since Isaac turned 3 it seems like he says the cutest and funniest things. Here are a few of them.

2 weeks after I had Israel Isaac was trying to fit between our couch and our pillar.

Isaac: Ugh! I can't fit I'm too fat!

Me: you're not fat Isaac don't say that.

Isaac: I'm not fat you're fat.

Me: You mean me and Daddy is fat right?

Isaac: No Daddy is strong. You're fat

Isaac looking in the mirror and smoothing his shirt out before he left the house one day

Isaac: Ugh! I still look fat. Oh, well lets go.

One day Isaac came in while I was putting on some Spanx with a dress

Isaac: Mom mom what is that?

Me: It's something that makes mommy look skinnier

Isaac: Oh it makes you feel all better?!

On a recent trip to TX I turned around just in time to see him picking his nose and eating a booger

Me: Gross! Don't do that!

Isaac: But mom mom I be so hungry!

We went to the mall and I was in a hurry

Isaac: Mom mom can I play

Me: not today

Isaac: candy?

Me: no candy

Isaac: Ride the car?

Me: Not today we are in a hurry

Isaac: *big sigh and slumps his shoulders* I'm having a baaaaddd Day mom mom. A bad day!

LOL I love my Isaac I don't know what I did before him or what I'd do without him!

Jan's infomercial about infomercials

Anyone that knows me, knows there's nothing I love more than an infomercial. I totally fall for practically any and every product. So you better believe when I saw the infomercial for the "Perfect Brownie Pan" that I had to have one. Lucky for me my sweet friend Joy sent me one. However, she did send it while I was pregnant. While I'm pregnant I don't know what the following words mean, a.) Self control b.) portion control c.) exercise. So, you better believe I put the perfect brownie pan to good use....along with many a drive thru. Thus I gained well above the 35 lbs the Dr. said I should gain at a maximum! It doesn't help that when we first moved to Oklahoma I didn't exercise and that resulted in a 20lb weight gain. All that being said three weeks after I had Israel I weighed 181 lbs. Yowzers! Lucky for me I saw another infomercial for a workout program called Insanity. I bought it off craigslist for 1/2 the price. Here's the results of both infomercials....

Perfect Brownie Pan
Insanity

Perfect Brownie Pan

Insanity

Perfect Brownie Pan


Insanity

What is Insanity you ask? It's an awesome 60 day program that kicks your butt and makes you lose the pounds! Here's what I love about it

* After 60 days I lost 18lbs and 20 3/4 inches (overall body)

*It kicks my butt everyday, but it's fun

*If you have an 30min or an hour to watch tv or do you hair and makeup you have the time to do Insanity...no excuses it's all about prioritizing

* I can workout at home with is awesome with 2 kids

* The people on the workout have to take breaks too so I don't feel like a total loser

*The hardest part is getting into my workout clothes and pushing the play button

*I never get bored with it b.c. it's a different workout everyday

*You can do it as many times as you want to b.c. you can never finish the program...it is about how far you can push yourself each time

* This program has not only made it about losing weight, but I want to keep doing it until I can master every push up workout.

*My new after picts are now my new before...that's right I am doing Insanity again. Check out my blog again in 60 days to see new results! :)

Look who's 3!

Isaac loves the cartoon Max & Ruby. His favorite character is Super Bunny. I wonder if it's bc they both repeat words and phrases over and over and run around for forever, never seeming to run out of energy:)

Isaac turned 3 last Saturday! Crazy! I feel like I just brought him home from the hospital. I said that last year too, I wonder if that means I'll feel that way every year. All I know is that he is so much fun and I am very proud to be his " mom mom". Love you Isaac David!

He's here!

Israel Gabriel was born July 18 @ 10:24pm. He weighed 5lbs 10oz & 20in. He was 9 days early so it was a bit of a surprise. But a good surprise! Each day I fall more and more in love with him.

Isaac is a great big brother. He helps out with Israel and is very proud of him. I am excited to watch them grow up together and be best buds :)

Isaac is a super proud Daddy of 2 now! He did a great job in the delivery room. Minus the part where he ran out to get the nurse. With both sons I told him he was not allowed to leave and both times he remembered what every button on the bed was for, with the exception of the nurses button. Yet one of the many reasons I love him! And I def. needed him there with me! So, glad to be married to such a great guy!

I love having 2 boys! Isaac is his great little self. And it is a joy to have a tiny baby around the house again to snuggle with and watch his little personality develop! I love you Israel!

My Mom. My Hero.

I know I am supposed to write a little something about our new addition. But I had to write something about my mom first. She's the strongest most amazing woman I know. Every time me or my siblings have ever needed her she drops everything to help us. She went to everyone of our basketball games, football games, track and field, and volleyball games and was our biggest fan. She kept the house spotless and we always had yummy homemade meals. My Dad was/is a pipe welder and she has either followed him around the country or sacrificed and let us go to one High school even if it meant being away from her husband for months at a time. She always has a smile on her face and good advice. I don't know how she has done what she has. All I know is that with Isaac being in the Air force there is an automatic support system and friends are made easily. She came from the Philippines and rarely gets to see her family. She didn't have a support system or automatic friends wherever she moved. But she always did it with a positive attitude. If I am half the mom she is then I'll be a good mom. Thanks Mom! I love you!

You know you're ready to be unpregnant when...

1. You use words like "unpregnant" b.c. the baby has officially taken all your brain cells.

2. Your husband makes you go to bed b.c. it's after 4am and you insist that all the baby clothes need to be washed and put away, the house needs to be spotless, and you can't get your closets organized enough.

3. While organizing your closet you stumble upon your prepregnancy "fat" jeans and think 'wow, I can't wait to be that skinny again.'

4. Whenever you go for your weekly Dr's. apt they know not to tell you your new weight.

5. You laugh your butt off when you're reading a pregnancy book and it says you should get a shirt that says... "I'm due July 27th, it's another boy, I feel fine."

6. When your 2 year old keeps telling you "no, that's daddies shirt. Here's your shirt."

*** if you're a pregnant woman feel free to add to my list :)

I love my little guy!

Isaac with his Froggy

Short story # 1:

Little Isaac melts my heart. Here is one story why. I've been trying to get some "mom nights" in since I know with a newborn I won't be able to leave the house by myself for a while. So, the other night I went to a spouses meeting. I was putting on my shoes when the little guy walks in and and says, " I go get my flip flops mommy" I told him he didn't need to b.c. he was going to hang out with his Dad and mom was going to go hang out with girls. He replied, "but you will miss me mommy!" Ahhh so true. Isaac said while I was gone little Isaac checked the front door multiple times and the garage. After hour number two of being gone he called my cell phone (yes, he knows what # his Dad and I are on our phones) to tell me how much he missed me and I needed to come home. I finally came home around 11pm to find him in the guest room watching cartoons. He got up gave me a hug and a kiss goodnight and went straight to his room to sleep. To top it off in the morning I found his little Car's chair in our formal dining room facing the front window. All I know is if he is that concerened about his mommy heaven help his little girl when he grows up!

Short story #2.

I've been having crazy pregnancy dreams. And I've been seeing things. Nothing too crazy, things like bugs that are not there. So, the other day when I woke up to make breakfast I saw a frog in the hallway. I was not in the mood to catch a frog so I told Isaac to get the frog out of the hallway. He gave me a weird look and continued with his morning routine. So, when I asked if he got the frog he replied, "mmmhmmm". 'Did you even look for the frog?!' I asked. No, he had not. When he finally went to the hall he came back and told me there was no frog. I insisted that I had seen a frog. "I'm sure you did babe. Maybe, that can be yours and Isaac's big adventure for the day. Finding the frog" How dare he! He didn't believe there was a frog. And he was talking to me like I was 5! Well, I did find the frog later that day. I thought he was dead. But when I went to scoop him into the container he moved. So, little Isaac and I gave him some dirt, water, grass, and bugs (ok, so little Isaac caught the bugs) and the little frog made a full recovery. Of course we had to let him go. We let him go in the sprinklers after church and little Isaac was devasted. He thought the "froggy" was his to keep and that we were just giving it a bath. And now he won't quit asking for it. So, on Monday when we get paid we are going to buy him a frog at Brookstone. Fun stuff :)

I made a chocolate cake yesterday afternoon. Over half the cake is gone. My husband had one piece. My son had none. I guess that leaves me as the main culprit. I try to justify it. I had a slice for breakfast, a slice for snack, a slice for lunch, another snack....you get where I am going with this. Plus I always have a glass of milk with a slice...so that makes it healthy right!? I told my husband about my "problem" and he said, "throw the rest away." WHAT!? Why would I do that?! There is only one time in a woman's life when she doesn't mind hearing, " You're belly's getting so big!". I know I'll regret every extra pound I'll gain after I give birth and still look like I am 5 months preggo three months later. But for now I think I'll go have another piece of chocolate cake:)

Fabulous Jan Bag

When I found out we were having another boy I was super excited. Isaac is a blast. So another boy will just make things better. However, the house has alot of non girly things. There's lots of blues, greens, military, cars, trucks, power tools, mini power tools, real guns, toy guns....guy things. That's why the one thing I really wanted was a diaper bag. Not a blue diaper bag, or one that said I had a little boy. I wanted one that reminded me that once upon a time I used to have a purse that matched every outfit. So, when I saw this designer purse that is the size of a diaper bag that also happens to match anything I will be wearing I had to have it (Heck, if I am going to be carrying this thing around for 2 years it better look fabulous right!?) And thanks to my awesome husband it's mine! Yay!

As parents we try so hard to protect our children. When a woman is pregnant she gives up certain foods and drinks. When the baby gets here we buy the safest strollers and car seats. When they are toddlers we baby proof the house (which is nonsense...you can never really baby proof anything). Parents set aside money for college. Sacrifice their own wants and needs to give a child something they want or need. I've watched my own parents continue to sacrifice for my siblings and me. It is so true when they tell you that you won't understand certain things until you are a parent yourself.

I think that one of those "parent" moments hit me tonight. Because I try to hard to protect little Isaac from everyday things, like what he eats, what he watches on tv, what music he listens to, that he doesn't run into the street, etc. So, when something happens that I can't control and I know is going to effect Isaac and Israel it crushes me and gets me all panicky. The first time I felt that way was when Obama was elected. All I could think about was, " Oh, crap. What does this mean for little Isaac's future?" Then today they passed the Health Care Bill. I was planning on going to bed after I found out the results. Instead I found myself going crazy with the thoughts of how bad this was going to be for our Country and what kind of life Isaac and Israel are going to have to face. And that I couldn't protect them. I waited until big Isaac had gone to bed before I started crying on the couch and worrying. And then I heard little Isaac say "I want mama!" and he came in the living room half asleep and crying. I picked him up and rocked him. And as I did this all I could think about is how much I wanted to be held and rocked and told everything was going to be ok for my kids. And then part of an old hymn I used to sing to Isaac when he was first born came back to me...

How sweet to hold a newborn baby,
and feel the pride and joy he gives;
But greater still the calm assurance:
This child can face uncertain days because He lives!

Because He lives I can face tomorrow,
Because He lives all fear is gone,
Because I know He holds the future,
and life is worth the living just because He lives!

That song sums it up for me. Nobody holds the future for my children except for God. And He also holds me. And that's all I need.

Why My Husband is Awesome

Now that we've announced we're having a new little Cavazos in July I have to share some of the reason I fall more in love with my husband everyday.

For starters this pregnancy is way different than little Isaac's was. With him I had morning sickness all of three times. I was super tired. But I got to stay home and sleep all day b.c. I didn't have any kids. And I didn't have any cravings.

The week after we found out the big news I pretty much couldn't hold anything down. Then of course I would cry b.c. I was hungry. And Isaac would hold me and run out and get me random things like Sushi and cereal. B.c they don't smell and I could eat them. Also, if I even smelt a hint of grilled chicken I would toss my cookies for hours. One evening I couldn't find him and he was in the cold shed grilling chicken for his lunch. How sweet is that!?

And when he comes home and catches me sleeping on the couch (pretty much all the time) he doesn't complain. Instead I wake up to folded laundry, clean dishes, and a happy toddler that has a new playmate.

His latest and greatest thing that he's done...One night I was craving watermelon like nobodies business. But of course they are out of season. However, I saw an add for some in a local paper and he drove 45min at 11pm to go get me two of the smallest, saddest, ( we're talking maybe the size of softball) expensive melons.

I am so thankful for the man God's given me! He's such a great Dad and Hubby!