My Birthday and The Easter Bunny

Well, last week was my 28th birthday and I celebrated with my family. Ruth Ann took me out to dinner at Tahoe Joe's before we had left for our Easter weekend trip. It was so delicious and they served us so much food. Above in the picture is my brother Jr, his girlfriend Jackie, our friend Maria, my Best-Friend Jeanette, my sister Victoria and of course, Jon and I. My brother Matt went too but he was taking the picture. We went to Dave & Busters which is like an adult Chuck-E-Cheese. We had so much fun!

Here's Maddie & I coloring Easter eggs. She would put the egg in the dye, hop off my lap for a little bit and then come back just in time to take it out.

Here's my best friend, also known as my little brother, Joseph. I miss him like crazy since I moved to Hanford but we talk every other day and we never run out of conversation. He's a 7 year old who has a lot to say about the world and of course, the second grade.

Here's Madison sitting with 5 of her 6 Easter baskets. She is so Loved and Spoiled. She wants to thank Nana Pappi & her uncles, Nina Vicki, Auntie Maxine, Ma (Grandma Ruth Ann) and Tia Kathy for her baskets and all her goodies. She got cups, clothes, a necklace, toys, her favorite snacks, juices, reading/color books, a Sesame Street movie, a couple of Disney Classics, Alvin & the Chipmunks,..... and the list goes on. These baskets were like the Mary Poppins bag- things just kept coming out. Thank you to everyone for all the nice gifts.

Daddy helped Maddie with the Easter egg hunt this year while I worked our camcorder and took pictures. It was so exciting to see her hunt for eggs since she was too young and couldn't walk last year.

Madison is counting her eggs with Daddy. When she found about 2 eggs, she would wonder off and then come for another egg,..etc. It was so funny! So she was kind of interested in the egg hunt. She had fun but I think Jon and I were more excited about the event and watching her.

Maddie and Daddy found 4 money eggs which was a total of $8.00. She made sure that she fed her piggy when we got back to Hanford.

Here's 4 generations: my abuelita Olga, my mom Patty, me and of course my precious cutie pie, Madison. I was really glad my grandma agreed to this picture because she doesn't like the camera too much. But she might be upset if she knew I posted this picture in my blog because she's in her house dress.

*** Overall, we had a nice Easter. I went to church and we spent the day with family. I had a nice birthday and got nice gifts. From the time I had walked in the door from work to the time that I went to sleep, Maddie kept saying " Happy Birthday, Mamma". She most definetly made my day.

*** Angela, Jon is going to send you a video of the egg hunt. He tried to add it to our blog but for some reason, he is unable to do so.

***Madison has been hanging out in the farm- ALOT! She helped Ampa unload the pigs about a month ago and then a few weeks later was there when twin lambs were born. When she went back 2 days later, she got to pet the baby lamb which made her day. When she goes in the pigs pen, she takes Ampa's bat to heard the pigs. It's amazing how she remembers everything Ampa and Maga teach her about the pigs and baby lambs. We have the cutest video of her with the pigs on the farm and it's funny how she has to wear her pink rubber boots and overalls just like Ampa. We'll try and post the video. We hope everyone is doing good.

Fun Filled Weekend!!!!

On Saturday, we took Maddie to have her Easter pictures taken at Sears. The photographer was really great and Maddie cooperated as well.

Here's Maddie and her new cousin Hayli. They met eachother for the first time and had alot of fun playing with eachother. Lisa, Bill and Hayli came to Hanford for Ruth Ann's birthday. We had a nice dinner with cake and ice cream. It was a nice day.

The Park and the Potty

Madison and Jon found a new park so they took me today. It's really nice and clean too. She just loves being there and has so much fun. There's this really cool swing that fits the parent and child and then it locks you in. Madison and I had alot of fun swinging on it. It's so nice to spend time with Jon and Maddie. I miss them terribly when I'm at work so I dedicate my entire weekend to them.

We finally brought out the potty this weekend. Maddie has been off her bottle for 2 weeks already and it's been great. I should've got her off along time ago. She doesn't rely on a sippy cup to go to sleep and she has never used a pacifier so we don't have that problem. She doesn't like to wear diapers and we have to be constantly chasing her to put it back on. So I put a pull-up on her which she doesn't like to wear but she is understanding the concept of pulling it up and down like underwear. When she goes to the bathroom, her toilet automatically plays music and we have stickers as a reward too!!! She is so excited about her potty. Once I'm done with the pack of pull-ups I have, I'm going to start using underwear because pull-ups are like diapers and we want to get rid of those not to mention save money on buying them. I'm going to try the plain cheap undies and when she is fully potty trained she can graduate to cute character underwear as a reward of becoming a big girl. I know it sounds cheesy but I want to make it fun for her. She has been telling us for months when she has to go the bathroom so we'll see how she does but I'm not going to push her.