Christmas

Zach never let's Zoey play with his footballs so Santa brought her one.

Well, we hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas, we certainly did! John and Linda came over at 7:00 am Christmas morning to watch the kids open presents. It is so nice that they come over and watch the kids, Zach looks forward to it. Then we went to my parents for an early dinner. It was a wonderful day! Zach even said how he had such a great day and how he couldn't believe he got everything he wanted. Santa brought him "Rock Band" for the Wii, it is so fun!! Zoey got a little kitchen from Santa. Zach also got a Nintendo DS, with some games from us and Grandma and Grandpa Romero. At my parents house Zoey got a little rocking chair to match her room (pink and chocolate) and Zach got a nerf game for the Wii. It was a wonderful Christmas. I hope everyone was as blessed with as a wonderful day as we had. Here are a few pictures.

Special Delivery from the North Pole

Zach and Zoey had a special package arrive today from the North Pole. The package had an elf inside with a special note from Santa. The note said "Dear Zach and Zoey, I am sending one of my elf's, Andy, to watch over you during the holiday's. Andy will be giving me a full report on your behavior every night. So make sure to be good and kind to one another! Love Santa." There was a cute little elf inside with a book about the elf and why he arrived. Every night the elf fly's back to the North Pole to tell Santa how they have been acting. The next morning the elf hides in a new spot so Zach and Zoey have to find him. There is one rule though, you can not touch him, or he will lose his magic. On Christmas Day the elf will fly back to the North Pole with Santa and will come back next year. I think that Andy may be making some stops throughout the year to check on their behavior though. So I told Zach even though he doesn't see Andy after Christmas doesn't mean he is not just hiding somewhere watching him. Here is a picture of Zach with the elf that Santa sent him.

Pretend Play

Zoey is already into pretending. She is so funny. We were at my mom's a couple of weeks ago and she had a plastic play pizza and Zoey kept pretending to eat it and would say mmmmmmm. I thought she was to young to already start to pretend play. So we asked Santa for a little kitchen set with play food. Last night she made her own make shift play food. She got into one of the cabinets in kitchen and took the lid off of one of my quart jugs and she found her own idea of a spoon and was making what we thought was soup. She kept walking through the house saying mmmmmm and was trying to feed us. It was so cute I had to take some pictures.

School Christmas Program

Zach had his annual Christmas Program at school today. It was called a "Cowboy Christmas." I finally got the video to work. So here is the video along with a few pictures of Zach once we got home. He did so good. He must have some of my blood because he has some rhythm. He is front and center in the green hat.

Gingerbread House

Well, Zach and I finally thought we would try and make a gingerbread house this year. I have always wanted to make one and so I though this year he would be old enough to do it. It was a little harder than I thought it was going to be, but we had fun and it turned out pretty good. Zach had a great time decorating it.

Santa

Well, the kids went and saw Santa yesterday, and as you can tell Zoey LOVED him!

Zoey's B-day Party

Birthday Girl!

She just loved her Rudolf. His nose would light up and his head moved back and forth. He could also talk and sing.

Giving her new Hippo loves from Grandma and Grandpa Romero.

She just LOVED her cupcake. She ate the whole thing, and was licking her fingers when she was done. I have never seen a kid devourer a cupcake like her.

The end result. She was a mess but we loved every minute of it.

Here are a few pictures from Zoey's Birthday party. She had so much fun!

Happy Birthday Zoey!!

Well, our little princess is now one years old today. It is hard to believe, this year has gone by so fast. When we started this journey we never thought it would turn out so perfectly. She brings such joy into our lives. All of the painful shots and long trips to California was completly worth it. Thank you Zach for being so patient with us when we were going back and forth. I think he was just as anxious to have a little sister as we were. You never know true joy until you see your kids laugh and play together. They love each other so much. When I was pregnant with her I was afraid after having such a perfect baby the first time that she would be the devil. She lights up everyday with endless smiles and laughter. She is truely a blessing. Happy Birthday princess! We love you!

Zoey I can't wait to celebrate your party tomarrow. I love you! Love, Brother

Thanksgiving

Zoey just loved her Uncle Sig. She would not stop giving him loves.Zoey at Grandma and Grandpa Romero's.

This was the only picture Zach would allow me to take. He was to busy playing with is cousin to stop and take any pictures. I am thankful that I at least got one!

Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. We had a great one visiting with everyone. Linda your dinner was wonderful. Thanks for the leftovers. Here are a few pictures from the day.

Zoey's 1 year Pictures

We had Zoey's one year old pictures done last week. I haven't gotten all of the pictures yet but I did get this one from the photographers website. Saturday is her actually 1st birthday. I can't believe it, it has gone by so fast.

Us and a boy

This is photo of us all in Denver on the final night.  They had a dress up booth and you guessed it a face painting booth for the kids.

Denver Trip

Cute little Zoey!!

This tiger kept pacing by Travis and Zoey, I think he thought Zoey was dinner. You can tell by looking at Travis he was a little uncomfortable.

Zach in one of the fish tanks

Zoey's first plane ride. She did great. On the way home she got her own seat because the plane was pretty empty, and she thought she was a big girl. Travis sat with Zach and I sat with Zoey in the row in front of them. For the first hour she looked through a magazine and played peek a boo with daddy and Zach, then she went to sleep.

Zoey got to experience her first snow. She got so excited!!

Zach was hoping for snow. It wasn't in the forecast when we left, but Zach opened the curtains our second day there and was pleased to see it snowing. It was snowing so hard we couldn't see the hotel in front of us.

Denver's local aquarium. It was pretty cool.

These pictures didn't get downloaded in the order that I wanted them to, but I wasn't going to do it again. We went to Denver this last week for a Hemophilia Convention. It was the first time that we were able to attend. We had a great time. Zach had a blast. He got to join their kids program that took them out into Denver while we were at meetings. It was great for him to see that he is not the only child with hemophilia. He is starting to struggle with the whole idea of having hemophilia so Travis and I thought that is was very important for him to be around kids with hemophilia so he could see that he was not the only one. We had a very long but fun week. We all really enjoy Denver.

Obama

I just read my cuz's blog and I just had to put up a post of my own.  Obama won and this is a good thing.  First we get someone in office who will help get health care for everyone.  Stem cell research will get funding again and maybe we could find a cure for Zach.  Another thing is he may start to end this war, that we should have never been in this long.  We are defending a country who is generating a surplus in their economy, while our country is losing money hand over fist.  W. has been the worst prez in history, that is a fact!!!  In 8 yrs. we have lost all our allies, scientific research, thousands of soldiers, the WTC buildings, good gas prices, ect. ect.  Bush you suck!!!!  The country is thankful not just for Obama winning but for the end of W. in Washington.

Zach's Final Soccer Game!

Well, soccer season has come to an end. Zachary had another great season. He really enjoy's soccer and it is a great way for him to get out and run around. He is really pretty good. I think that is because he his not afraid to get out there and be aggressive. Here is a few pictures from his final game. He is so darn cute. Tomarrow we are headed off to Denver for the National Hemophilia Convention. We are all so excited. I will post pictures when we get back.

Traci

Halloween

Well, hope everyone had a good Halloween. We didn't do much, Zach went trick-or-treating at our local mall on last Sunday so he already had a lot of candy. We took him out to a neighborhood and he went trick-or-treating for about and hour and a half. He then wanted to come back to our house to hand out candy. It was Zoey's first Halloween and of course she had to be a princess. So I dressed her up as Snow White. Zachary wanted to be a storm trooper from Star Wars. All and all we had a good time. Here are a few pictures of the kids.

Zoey is starting to walk

Zoey is starting to try to and walk so we bought her a new toy to help encourage her excitement. Hopefully she will be walking by her first birthday in one month!!

Dangerous ZOEY!!

Zoey is now all over the place. She thinks she can walk/run however, she can't!! She has absolutly no fear what so ever! She will just let go and try to run, not walk, and ends up face planting into the floor and she doesn't even cry. Most kids when they first start to walk will realize that they have let go and will sit down. Not Zoey, she thinks she can run. She is so funny. This is her newest thing. She just figured out how to get on the couch by herself. I don't know why my videos keep coming out so dark, I had every light on in the house. As you can tell in the video she scared the crap out of me. We are really going to have to watch her!

My Apple

So I was off the last 5 days and got ahead of all my classes for the next week.  I got a MacBook when I when back to school about a month ago.  I really like it, and being wireless is awesome.  I have not got a chance to use some of the apps. but maybe when school is out on X-mas break I will get more of a chance.  MacBook and I typed once in class together for note taking, however, in Chem there are so many formulas I was going back and forth from pen to keypad.  I think I'll go with pen from here on out.  Anyways I am now part of the apple generation!!

PS- John started my diet and exercise this weekend, only 20 lbs. to go.  Yeah still down 10.

Zach is 7

Zach is going to be 7 years old on Sat.  How the time flies!!!  We went to Vegas on Thursday so he could have some fun for his birthday.  We went to Chuckie Cheese, Toys-R-Us, and then to a pumpkin patch, it was his day.  We have not done to many things together as a family lately, but we all had a great time the other day.  The next birthday is Zoey...one years old already in 2 months!

While in Vegas I had a meeting with an instructor from Western States Chiro. College in Oregon.  This is probably where we are going to move next year.  There is a chance of Texas still, but I think the family, as a whole, wants to get as far away from the heat as possible.  The meeting really got me excited for chiropractic school.  The instructor was just down to earth and was easy to talk to .  It was cool to just talk to someone for about 45 mins. on what they could do to help me.  He would be one of my instructors that I would have every year I attend there. I look forward to going to the college early next year.

Update on Trav's School

Just thought I would update everyone on how Trav's school is going. He is taking a full loan (17 credits). He is doing well. So far he has an A in all of his classes including Chemistry!!!! He has his first Chemistry test next week, so hopefully it will continue to go well.

My school is going okay. I have to do my student teaching and then I thought I was done. I talked to my college the other day and since I haven't been enrolled in the teaching program for a year and a half, the state has added more requirements for the program. I thought I was done and I found out that I now have four more classes to take, 3 of them being sciences. I was so upset. But, there is nothing I can do but complete the classes. I am just hoping to have everything completed by spring so I can start applying for a job before the schools are out. Otherwise if I don't find a job we may be stuck here for longer than we wanted.

As far as how things are going with Travis' Chiropractic Program, he is meeting with someone from one of the colleges in Las Vegas in October. He is considering two colleges. There is Parker Chiropractic College in Dallas Texas and Western States Chiropractic in Portland. Texas has stricter guidelines for teachers so depending on my test score, that will decide if we go to Texas or not. They will accept the Arizona Teachers Exam but I have to score higher in order for them to accept the score. We have been watching the weather in Portland, and oh my gosh it is nice!! After Zach's first soccer game at 108 degrees, Portland is looking WONDERFUL!! But each place is appealing in its own way. What ever happens, happens and it is meant to be.

That is it for now, I will post pictures of Zach's soccer game soon. I just wanted to brag about Travis for write now.

Zach's Tooth

Well, Zachary lost his first tooth today at school. I was excited yet sad. I was looking forward to pulling it myself. When he showed my I cried because he is getting so big!!