Lilly's "Eye-pple" Tower

Lilly found me this morning to show me her creation she made out of Lego's. I asked her what she had built & she told me it was............. "The Eye-pple Tower"...lolol...

Just For Fun...

Just thought we'd stick our tongue out at you!

Yep..It's Official now...

Gerardo got the 'official' word today. He will be starting his new position as Bailiff in Stockton Court House on Monday March 16Th.

He has mixed feelings about the change, as with any new job/position there are good points & bad points, but I'm sure he'll share those feelings with some of you. Hint, hint Efren...get a couple of Cheladas ready for my hubby!

I did get in 'trouble' for blogging earlier about his transfer. He told me..."Have you told Noemi??"..."Because I want to tell her!"..

Oops....I had to tell him that I had already Blogged it..my bad. So, sorry Noemi, G wanted to give you the news himself, but I couldn't contain my blogging excitement! lol.

My Hubby..The Bailiff....

OK, I might be jumping the gun here (so to speak)...but I just had to let everyone know our great news!! I'm only saying that because the word hasn't 'officially' come from G's Lt.

Gerardo has been on vacation for a week and today he started receiving phone calls from some of his fellow deputy's that a transfer list had come out.

We have actually been dreading this list coming out because Gerardo was afraid that he was going to be transferred to a very dangerous part of Stockton!

But...the list came out and Gerardo is being transferred...to...Court Services!!! Yes, he will be a Bailiff in the courthouse!!! So, G might think this is gonna be kinda boring, but I am estactic that he will be in a much safer environment!

Don't get me wrong, Gerardo is happy for the move. It will be a normal schedule of Mon-Fri, with weekends off & all holidays off since the courts aren't open for holidays. So he will hopefully be spending more time at home!

Our Playdate to Chuck E Cheese

I know we just got back from Disneyland, but the fun continues...

We decided to get out of the house today & have a play date with our kiddos & Noemi and Baby Damian!

It was so much fun! The kids had a blast, they ate tons of pizza & ran around like crazy!!

funny!

Just thought this was funny. This is how my babies fell asleep last night!

Zoo pics

These pictures are from our trip to the Los Angeles Zoo last August. While Gerardo was in training in Long Beach, the kids & I took a trip to the zoo. I was really fun, it was pretty hot. And we were super tired out from a lot of walking!

Princess Lilly looking pretty as usual!
Jacob & Lilly in front of the flamingos.

Aaron was right up against the glass & this HUGE gorilla was right on the other side. He wasn't scared at all until the gorilla turned around & looked right at him...then Aaron jumped down & screamed...I don't have pictures of that because I had to drop my camera to grab him before he had a heart attack..lolol!

Click here to see all the pics of us at the LA Zoo.

Jackie's Quince

Okay, okay, so I'm behind about 3 months...but better late than never right? I finally got the pics of Jackie's Quince up on Phanfare. A lot of the pics were not in focus or were really dark, so I did my best to fix them up. I'll blame the camera...not the tequila!!!

So, click here to see all the pics of Jackie's Quince.

So, we've been crazy-busy lately & we feel so out of touch with our friends & family! But it seems like so much has been happening in our lives lately, it's hard to even catch a breath! We have been enjoying some of these early spring-like days & playing outside w/ the kiddos.

If some of you did not know we officially became foster parents last week & got two foster children in our home. A 4 1/2 yr old girl that is bff's with Lilly & a 10 mo old boy that Aaron is...well, let's just say...uh, not too fond of...hmm, we have to work on some issues...lol!

This first week with 5 kids has really run me ragged! I almost threw in the towel! But, as the week went on & I got into a routine, it has been getting better & better. Hopefully things will continue to go good!

Gerardo is moving out of the house that he has been renting a room in. If you all haven't heard, there has been major drama at that house that could really cost him his career if things get more out of hand. But Thank God, he has found another place to rent a room, and it's with another Deputy from his department so it should work out! I'm so happy for this change for him.

G bought me an early Valentine's Day present & so these pictures were taken w/ my new Nikon CoolPix camera! Thank you Hunny...love you! He even got me a pink one...he's so sweet..sometimes...lol j/k!! We have officially paid off the Honda...and G called me from the bank to tell me that for the first time in his life he actually OWNS a vehicle!!! But the best part is NO MORE $400/month car payments for that car!! Yeah!!

Lilly and Aaron have been so much fun lately. Lilly just comes up w/ so many funny things, her little mind is just totally amazing. I LOVE to just sit and have conversations with her, actual conversations about all the little things that are important to her, like My Little Pony's!

Aaron is sooooo bad!!! He is a total boy!!! All dirt and bugs and being mean!! He is really keeping us busy, so busy, so busy, I can't even explain what a handful this boy is!! And he talks sooooo much. He has a huge vocabulary, I believe it's because of Lilly and Jacob, he mimics them all the time, he pretty much copies every word that they say, it's really cute. He's started putting 2-3 word combos together, which is amazing..except that the combos are "Let Go!", "It's MINE", & "Let Me Go"...among others that are equally bad...did I mention that he's a handful???

Just a few pics of us...Just in case anyone forgot what we looked like. Since it's been months since we've seen any of the Flores family!! We've been so busy the last few months, it seems like so much has happened.

Nothing totally exciting we did get certified and we are officially ready to get foster children, we are just waiting for the phone call that we are having kids placed with us. Jacob changed schools. Gerardo went back to his old shift after a shift change he had for a few months. Aaron is talking a lot and it totally active and really funny. Lilly is getting ready for pre-school, she should have already started but she is STILL not quite fully potty-trained so we had to find a pre-school that will take her, we starting to get worried cuz she'll be in Kindergarten this year...yes that last few years just flew right by. Other than that we have just been totally busy with a million little things like bills, bills, bills, re-financing our house, paying off the Honda, doctor appointments, planning Jacobs birthday party...oh, the list just goes on and on and on...

Jacob in Toon Town!

Deputy G w/ Lil' G on the Tea Cups in Disneyland.

Mama and Aaron on the Jungle Cruise in Disneyland. Aaron has been having some trouble swallowing and has been choking at night so we have been in and out of doctors appointments regarding this problem. The latest is that we have to spend a couple of days in San Jose so he can have a "sleep study" done, that will determine exactly what the problem is and then we will finally know how it will be treated. We are hoping that he doesn't need surgery, but if he does, at least the problem will be corrected. But we have been told that surgery on such a young child has many, many risks. So we have been pretty stressed out about this.

Mommy and Aaron eating lunch at our 'beloved' Plaza Restaurant in Disneyland. We ate almost EVERY meal at this restaurant, Gerardo wouldn't eat anywhere else, it was expensive but sooooo worth every penny..it was totally yummy!!

My princess with Princess Snow White. She was so happy to meet the princesses. She's so funny and precious. She talks so much now and has all her own ideas and though processes. It's so fun to hold a whole conversation with her, she's very smart.

One little story about Lilly: When we were at Disneyland, we were in the hotel room one night. The kids were running around wild and Aaron pushed a button on the clock radio that was sitting on the nightstand. Music started to play, SUPER loud, Spanish music. Before I could get there to turn it off, Lilly and Aaron stood in front of the radio dancing, and Lilly looked up and told Gerardo and I "Oh, this is Grandma Chayo's favorite song"...it was so sweet, I guess she just associated the Spanish song with her Grandma Chayo, I don't know, I don't really have an answer. But it did put a little tear in her daddy's eyes!!