Where did that little Red-Headed boy come from???

Papa and his grand kids...

I love this picture of my dad with my children! He will be 69 this year and is still having a fun time with his grand kids!!

I also think it's a great picture because you can see how different all of my children look! Lilly looks mostly like her dad, she has a lot of 'Flores' in her face and in her character.

But, my boys are almost ALL Chavoya! They both look just like me and have Chavoya personalities...lol!!!

It's so funny to see my boys with their heads close together like this because you can see how different they look! You would never think that they are brothers, Jacob has such dark, black hair (which he actually gets from my mom)...and then there is my Red-Headed boy Aaron...

I know that Gerardo had light colored hair when he was a toddler. But I truly believe that this red hair comes from the Chavoya side of the family. My grandmother's brother's had bright red hair.

This is actually a picture of a couple of my cousins that have been blessed with red hair...just in case you don't believe me...lol...

Chavoya Red-Headed Cousins!

Aaron's Favorite Thing to Do:

I have a 2 year old that is addicted to the Internet. This is his favorite thing to do and his favorite place to be: right in front of the computer.

His favorite website is nickjr.com, he watches Yo Gabba Gabba, Ni Hao Kai-Lan, The Wonder Pets, Go Diego Go, Dora the Explorer and all of the others...

I really cannot complain too much about his addiction to the computer and to the t.v. because he is actually one of the most gifted 2 year olds I have ever seen!...

He knows, by sight, about 1/2 of the alphabet, and even knows the sounds that they make!! Just yesterday when we were walking into Kohl's, I asked him what each letter was and he KNEW K, O, H, L, S,...he said without missing a beat!!

He can also count to 10 and knows, by sight, the numbers 1-10!! If we get into an elevator I can tell him to push "3"...and HE WILL, he won't push any other buttons except the number that I tell him to!!

Even though I am his mom, I do believe that he is advanced for his age, I may be wrong as far as the exact milestones should be, but I am just going by/comparing Aaron to my other two children, both Jacob and Lilly learned their alphabets and letters around 4 years of age. Am I bragging...yeah, maybe..but hey!...he's my kid..that's allowed right???

He is a special boy! And his Tia's have even said that he is 'super special' and 'marches to the beat of his own drum'....he is one heck of a kiddo!!

Good Job Aaron!!

Please Click Here to see all his computer pics!!!!! :)

cousins...

When I looked through pictures from this weekend, this one just really stuck out to me.

Cousins..pure and simple..having fun!!

With all the beach/fun/food we had this weekend, for some reason this fountain at The Fisherman's Wharf in Monterey had the kids attention the most!!

You can see it in Lilly, Aaron & Ivan's faces, they are having just plain fun!

I will post all the pictures of the Pajaro Dunes/Monterey weekend soon, but I just had to post this one now....it is very 'blog worthy'...lol...:)

Dancin' with Yo Gabba Gabba

So the babies are soooo into Yo Gabba Gabba right now. Especially Aaron he is totally addicted.

They know all the words and songs by heart. They even have the dance moves memorized.

This is their favorite episode, it has Jack Black in it and it's pretty funny if I say so myself.

They love this song, I'm not sure of the name of it, but they love to sing and dance to it.

Please excuse Aaron's terrible eating manners, he doesn't quite understand why he can't eat and sing at the same time :-)

Stitches...

On Saturday Gerardo was trying to be nice and take us all out for a nice lunch. We decided to go to a new diner that just opened here in Madera.
The kids were so excited because the 'theme' of the restaurant is country with bears. When we walked in they had so much neat stuff to look at and they had the most beautiful, delicious strawberry pies, which we were all excited to taste!!


Then...just as we were starting to sit down, Aaron tried to pull out his own chair and sit down...and then it happened.....

All I heard was a blood curdling scream and saw Aaron lying on the floor and next to him was the big wooden chair that he was trying to sit in. I jumped up, grabbed him and noticed blood pouring from his chin. I rushed him to the bathroom where I tried to wash him up, but the blood seemed to be pouring from his face! It looked like a scene from a horror movie, I had blood dripping down my neck from him clinging to me, he had blood all over his face...it was all I could do not to faint right then and there.

Well, after we got the blood to stop rushing, we could see a big gash on his chin. To me it looked like he might have bitten all the way through his lip to the outside of his chin, I had seen that on an episode of Jon & Kate plus eight..and I was just sure that is what happened.

After a frantic phone call to Kaiser and speed-driving across Madera county to Fresno Kaiser, we made it to the doctors office. At this point Aaron was actually in good spirits and had quit most of the crying....

Until, that is...he saw...the doctor...

That's when screams in a decibel I had never heard before began! And he screamed.."mommy", "daddy".."mommy"..."daddy"....for the next 2 hours.

The doctor said he would need stitches and he was taken to a surgery room. He was wrapped up 'papoose' style so he couldn't move and then his face was covered with a sterile drape. This made our baby boy cry even more and yell out to us for comfort. Which, of course, made me cry just about as hard as he was!!

In the end, he fell asleep while getting the stitches. He got 2 stitches, which he will get removed this Thursday. The doctor was actually really wonderful and patient. He did a great job with the stitches...even though Gerardo and I kept looking at each other and praying he would hurry up...we are glad in the end that he took his time because the last thing we want is a big, ugly scar on our cute boy's face.

So, like Noemi says...there is ALWAYS something happening in the Chavoya-Flores household...and I don't see it slowing down anytime soon...lol!!!

Aaron the Photographer....

This is what happens when your 2 year old gets a hold of your camera....

Flores Family Father's Day Celebration...

For Father's Day we decided to go to Bass Lake to have a Flores Family Father's Day Celebration!!



It was sooo much fun!!

We had such a good time, we ate and ate, had good company and good food.

We all got great hairstyles from Tia Delores...You are the BOMB by the way...luv ya Dee...

All in all, it was one of the best Father's Days we have ever had!! Thank you to the whole Flores Family for making in happen. We have been spending more and more time with the Flores Family...and we LOVE every minute of it!!!

Click here to see all the pics and make sure to turn up your speakers!!!

Happy Birthday Ollin....

Just a note to say Happy 2ND Birthday to Damian Ollin...We love you! Have a wonderful birthday and we wish you many, many more happy birthdays to come....

Love, your Nino (Nano) G, Tia Amy, & cousins Jacob, Lilly and Aaron....

In a Circle, In a Circle, I'm going in a Circle....

Aaron recently discovered all the joys of 'spinning' around and getting dizzy!!

It is so funny to see. He spins around and around until he falls over. We try to get him to stop, but he just loves spinning around!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SUNSHINE BOY!!!

Happy 2ND Birthday to the Cutest Little Red-Headed Toddler that I know!! I love you more than words can say!! I am so blessed that you came into my world 2 years ago! I wish you so many more wonderful birthdays filled with love!! Today my 'baby' boy turned 2 years old!! I can hardly believe it! He has grown so much in the last few months he is a lot of fun,,,, and a lot of work too!!

He is a total handful...just plain 'bad' is what I say, but Gerardo would disagree...LOL!!

But, he is a joy! He is very, very smart! Has great language skills and the funniest little personality! It is so wonderful to see the dynamic between him and his siblings!

I will post later all of the words he says and funny things he does. For now I just wanted to say:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AARON!! I LOVE YOU, DADDY LOVES YOU, YOUR BIG BROTHER JACOB LOVES YOU...AND EVEN THOUGH SHE DOESN'T ADMIT IT ALL THE TIME, YOUR BIG SISTER LILLY LOVES YOU TOO!!!!!!!!