Okay here I go with the blogging...

Look how our little man is growing strong. He's already 6 weeks old. He's almost a teenager....

We celebrated my father-in-laws birthday at Bj's. Home of the Pzookie! Mmmmm....

We went to disneyland a few weeks ago and as we were walking on over from California adventure to Disneyland and we were met with all sorts of characters. I was happy thinking Tyler would be stoked. I was wrong, he was scared of just about everyone but Max (goofy's kid). I'm thinking because he looks liie the rest of mickey's friends.

Who in the heck is this big scary black character...anyone? Is it Jungle book?

Safe!

He was even afraid of Winnie...what?

He clenched John's from this weird guy from Lilo and stitch.

One day Tyler and I were coloring and he picked up the white crayon and said, "mama, mama, mama (always says my name 3 times), crawn not working". I knew what he was saying. He was coloring with a white crayon ON white paper. No color, not working. I hear ya son. Who uses those white crayons anyway.

Tyler keeps me on my toes. What a toddler can do while you are not feeling well...goes outside, gets the hose and sprays everything down out back...then shows me while he runs on our white freshly clean floor. but does a good job cleaning himself...
and the floor...
then I give him cheetos!
We are also in the process of potty training...hows it looking boys? It's not Sports Illustrated it's a disneyland magazine, but it's "reading" material.

Life in the Fab lane

So it's been awhile since I posted pictures and caught you all up on whats been going on. A lot has been going on...I will post pictures sometime in the next 24 hours. A lot of good stuff, so hang in there. Okay, I don't want to hype it up...it's okay stuff. It has to do with my babies and my family. So it's great!

tat-ta for now!

Love him!

Super Dad! Super Husband! Super Hot! Super Cool! Super Duper!

(is it me or do I have a lazy left eye?)

Precious!

WOW! Alot of stuff has happened in a week...

Well first off I will snswer the tag that my brother Justin gave me. I'm suppose to list 8 "interesting" things about myself that you don't know. So here it goes...




1. I don't own a ipod, mp3 player or infact any player that lets you download songs for free, for money, or illegal for that matter.




2. I hate driving on overpasses. In fact the new ones that are being bulit off the 60, 91, and 215 freeways almost make me pee my pants. I mean those suckers are man made from the ground up. Do me a favor and check one out next time...how on earth does it work like that?




3. I like to read the "direction label" on just about everything even if I know how to take it. I'm just interesting like that.




4. Back in the 7th grade I was on a basketball team, and during the game I went the "wrong way" and actually attempted to make a shot for the other team. Good thing I missed, right? But I got the name "wrong way" from that...especially from Justin.




5. I can watch the discovery health channel, or any channel that shows blood and guts and surgeries while I'm eating.




6. I have to make my bed before I leave to go to work, or the house. And if so happens I don't (or John takes a nap mid day) I have to make my bed before I go to sleep. It's just something about pulling back those covers before resting my head.




7. Speaking of resting my head, I can fall asleep within seconds of..."Dear Jesus thank you for my day...ZZZZZZZZ"




8. I absolutely love my kids and my husband without a doubt, and if I had to lay down and die for them.




So, you are suppose to like choose 2 people to tag, but everyone I know has already been tagged. So oops!




Next...




JOHN TURNED 30!!




Saturday we started the celebration off by going to Northwoods Inn (where esle?). The quote of the day was, "Can people actually stay here?" That right there my freinds came form Justin. He had a good point. Things that end in "Inn" usually are places where people can lay their heads. Anyway, we had a good time eating steak, chicken, yummy bread and throwing peanuts on the floor!



Then on Sunday (the real birthday), I made homemade cheese enchiladas and got John a ice cream cake. Very low key just for John, because that's how he likes it. No fuss! He had a race too that day and he came in first place. How awesome is that! What a great way to end the racing year and to turn 30!! Congratulations babe! You are wonderful!!

Next...







DAVE MATTHEWS BAND!!







Which kinda links to Johns birthday. John's parents got him 2 tickets to see DMB on Monday. It was wonderful. Loved, loved, loved it! We had alright seats, I mean there really is no bad seat anywhere at the hollywood bowl, and at a dave matthews concert. John had a good time, I had a good time. Great times! We also sat in front of what we think was Dave's biggest fan and San Diego Padres's biggest fan. The whole time we heard (in a whiney voice)..."Babe, I hope they turn the cameras on..." "Babe...this venue is amazing" "Babe, this our song..." "I LOVE YOU DAVE..." "WHOOOOOO" "OH my gosh, they turned the cameras on!" Then Romeo kept on texting his friend back and forth about the padres game. I mean all I heard was Dave playing in the background and "the score is tied now" What?

(Sorry if the camera moves alot...I had to hide it in my purse so the security people wouldn't take my canon)

Next...

MY 3 WEEK OLD AND MY 2-1/2 YEAR OLD

I can't believe Gavin is 3 weeks old now. Tyler is doing so good. He is actually wanting to be close to him now. I swear I didn't make him take these shots. He did it on his own!

Lastly...

BEE UPDATE #3

KB homes called us and said they will pay for the removal off the bees. So we are getting reimbursed! Yay! So glad. Because I would have fought if I had to! I will put away the boxing gloves for now!

Good night! Zzzzzzz...

Scub a dub dub in the sink

Today was one of Gavin's "first" first. We broke out the baby book and put it in. He was such a good baby. Didn't even cry once, which makes it easier. The whole family got involved in this milestone event. There is even a video!! WHoo hoo!

Had to sensor this one with a black sensor strip.

Tyler wanted to help clean Gavin. Not drown him, although he looks like he's up to something.

Pop the popcorn!

New and old

My family came out to see Gavin for the first time on Sunday. My little Grandma was crying because she knows she is old and wants to be around for her great grandchildren. I know she is happy that she got to see Gavin. Here is a neat picture of what new life and a "mature" life resembles...

And here is just a little cuteness...I don't know what is up with Kali. She absolutely loved Tyler when he was a baby, but then when he started moving and making more noises...forget it! Now it's the same with Gavin...it will be over soon enough.

The spiderman kiss: reinvented by Tyler

thinking about it...

sizing it up...
go in for the kill...
the after look...
Now the live action video...note that I ask him not to suffocate Gavin...Tyler just really wanted to plant one on him!

My husband the magician

My day

So this was my day...

Tyler loves his tunnel and had fun playing with daddy in it. But by the end of the day he was pooped. He climbed in our bed by himself and got under the covers and conked out. That little fart always wants to sleep in "mama daddys bed". But we try to be strong since he already has issues with his big boy bed...

Tyler is "adjusting" well I guess. I can tell he is like unsure if this little Gavin is going to stay or what. But he hasn't hit him yet, so I guess we're on a good road. When he wants me and only my attention he says, "baby sleep"...as in, "put the baby to bed and love on me". One of the reasons I cry every day (besides the baby blues) is I fear that Tyler will feel less loved by me or John. I go so out of my way to make him not feel that way. Man I love that little guy so much as I now do with Gavin. Tyler has been Daddy's little boy the last week. He doesn't really go to me much or I'm usually his second choice. (sniff sniff) Oh well, in time.
Sleep. I need it so bad...

Big Bee Update 2

So this one is of all the honeycomb/hives/dead bees that were in our strucure of our home. Pretty crazy. These are 4 black trash bags filled to the rim.

This one is...wow...honey anyone? If you can see closely that on the other side of the honeycomb is plywood, which on the other side of that is drywall and tyler's bathroom. Crazy!!
I just can't believe this is what was being built by those bees inbetween the front of our house and the inside of our house...pretty scary, huh?
They had to literally take apart each facia boards from top to bottom to make sure they remove everything.

By the way did I mention this was done like 2 days before I gave birth, and KB actually painted a sealed "additional" gaps in our home while I was giving birth. Yes that's right folks, I did say "additional". John walked around our house with the bee removal experts and spotted our to John other gaps. What a nightmare...still in the process of getting KB to help with the bill.

"Make a joyful noise to the Lord"

That indeed was the song that was playing in my little CD player in my room when Gavin Robert Cram was brought into this world on tuesday September 11th at 8:25am. Right smack on his due date. I'm still in shock of all how it went down, but I am so glad he is finally here and healthy.

I know I said I would write before I went to the hospital, (and I almost did) but John talked me out of it and boy am I glad, because the way things happened I could have had this baby in the car. What I mean is...

As soon as I rolled out of bed, BAM! Ouch! Crap! Hee hee hoo hee hee hoo...whoowhoowhoo. I didn't even bother to write them or count them. I knew these were the ones that get babies born. So I got ready real quick called my mom at 7:04am and then woke john up at 7:08am and then I called my sister and Rod at 7:09am (Rod watched Tyler for us), called John's mom at 7:14am. By 7:27am we were getting in the car leaving for the hospital hitting all the nicely paved streets of Riverside (joking). John ran red lights and honked and flashed his lights at slow people on the freeway. I was worried, but they needed to go a little bit faster. We arrive at Parkview Hospital at 7:47am they wheeled me to labor and delivery. My room was ready since I called ahead. My nurse Judy checked me and I was at 7cm, totally thinned out and at 0 station...WHAT! 7cm? I knew at this point there was no way i was gonna have a epidural. I began to panick (I was contemplating throughout this whole pregnancy...epidural? or no?--I even told John in the car on the way over I was definately having a epidural because I was such in pain). I just remember crying in fear that I was about to face the worse thing in my life. It actually wasn't that bad. It does feel good to push, really it does. And when all is said and done, you feel good. Anyway, I progressed real quick. Judy checked me a total of 3 times. First I was 7cm. Second my water broke and I was at 9cm. Lastly, I was completly dilated. After that last check I was like I have to push. I suddenly felt weak, but really had to push. Good thing the doctor was there getting ready. The nurses were asking John how long I pushed last time. Heehee...PUSH! I have to push. At first I thought no one was listening to me. So yeah I pushed, pushed, pushed...Gavin was born! Yeah! Of course they had to take all the precautions since he passed meconium (his poop), so they really suctioned him good and John did the honors of cutting the cord.

He spent a entire hour and a half on my chest. It was wonderful. I remember hearing the background again on my CD player, "How great is our God"...perfect songs for such a perfect occasion. Here are some pics that you are dying to see...

8 lbs 7 oz 20 1/2 in

feetsy

fingers
his eyes are already blue...looks just like tyler

my favortie picture so far. Tyler just came right up to us and said baby and curled up next to me...


Proud daddy again!!