Horrible mom alert!

Ok so it's pretty close to Halloween and I DO NOT HAVE A CLUE what D is going to be!!!!!!!!! I S-U-C-K!!! Sure he has said about a 1,000 different things that HE wants to be but we haven't been able to narrow it down to 1 thing and actually create it...well buy it! Hence, I am a horrible mother!! So, what do you think?? Below are the top 5 that he has mentioned, help me pick 1:

1. Ninja
2. Batman
3. Ghost
4. Army Guy/Soldier
5. Creepy Guy (????)

So, the choice is yours (at chuck-a-rama...sorry, i had to sing that in my head). Tell me your favorite pick for the little dude cuz' we seem to be havin' some trouble choosing!! :) But, hurry cuz' Halloween is "sneeeaakin'" up on us really fast!! TTFN!

#35!?!

Happy, HAPPY, Happy Birthday to my Mario-cart!!

Mario hit the BIG #35 on Sunday September 27, 2009

I love you SOOOOOO much and I appreciate all you do for me and our family!

I am so glad that you were born and that you chose me to be with you for eternity!

(thats a looooooong time!!) :)

I hope your day was a great day (it better have been cuz' i was the one in charge!)!! Here's to another great year...and MANY more!!!

xoxoxoxo,

Luigi (me)

Happy 5th Birthday Dominic!...(better late than never :))

So, I don't have a computer at my house (or i should say i dont have the internet at my house - i know, i know - why don't i just get out a rock and chisel what i want to say and snail-mail it!) so I haven't been able to post anything about Dominic's BIG day! Plus, my camera was broken and I had to wait for the person who was kind enough to take pictures for me to email them. I am really trying not to make excuses here...oh whose kidding who?? I am such a horrible mom! Gad!! Anyway, like I said - better late than never, right...right!

Dominic celebrated his 5th birthay on Sunday September 13th, 2009! He was lucky and spoiled enough to get two WONDERFUL birthday parties that day! We went to Grandma Santos' house in the afternoon where we had yummy food, snacks, an AWESOME monster truck cake (handmade by Cat - scrumptious) and more presents than a little boy knows what to do with! I wish my camera had been working to capture the fun time we had with Grandma, Aunts, Uncles and cousins on the Santos side!!

Ok so here are some pictures from his birthday party - on the Ralston side - that same evening:

A WAY cute card from Scott and Helen! It said: "It took us ALL 5 fingers to wish you a happy birthday!"

Dominic is VERY into Army guys and Pirate guys and Police guys - this is him opening one, of many, of the aforementioned. He LOVES them and plays with them NON-STOP!

But we do take time-out to sharpen our skills in the pre-k learning book he got from Uncle Rick and Aunt Jeri! Believe me, it's a short break away from the Army guys!!

And more Army guys/stuff from Desi! Notice me saying "WOW - more Army guys - yay!"

New bike from mom and dad (helmet and pads sold separately and not pictured!)

Dominic and Skylar saving and protecting the universe!! Hee, Hee - I love it!!

Not the greatest picture of either of us but, it just kind of illustrates the present-storm that entered our living room that day!!! Again, Dominic got SOOOO many presents from our wonderful families - I know we didn't get pictures of all of them and then to try and post what we did get - I would have to create a new blog all together!! Again, so unbelievably spoiled and loved!

And the best cake EVER!! If I do say so myself!! I made a - from scratch - chocolate cake. Oh YEAH baby!! Anyway, I made a #5. Not from a mold - oh no - I cut that bad boy into the shape of the #5 with my little paring knife - oh yes, it was all me and my extensive creativity!! It was AWESOME!! I was so flippin' proud of myself and Dominic thought it was great and LOVED it!! LOL!

I thought this would be a better shot at the #5 but...I guess not! You will just have to take my word for it - it ROCKED!!

Thank you to all our wonderful family for making Dominic's day so fantastic - yet again!!

And HAPPY, happy, HAPPY birthday to our "little" boy!! We cannot believe how BIG you are getting and how quickly time literally flies! How did you get to be 5, a "whole hand"?!?! Sheesh!! We LOVE you SO, so, so, SOOOOOOO much Dominic and we are even more blessed to have you for our very own! You are the BEST "little" boy EVER and we are SO proud of you - we could have NEVER asked for anything more!! Thank you for being the greatest 5 year old there is!!! XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

"So, I was thinkin'...that I love you"