Chief Vega

There are no words for this one. I mean, come on. He obviously runs a tight ship.

I Guess I Was Good, And Here Are The Kids

If word didn't get out, let me shed some light on the uninformed. My dad got me a laptop for Christmas. And I LOVE IT. *shout out and a big thanks to you, Dad*

I could go on and on about my love of the laptop computer and whoever was genius enough to invent it, but honestly, I'd lose a lot of you. So, I guess I'll move on to the updating of the family.

This is Sebi at his Thanksgiving celebration. I don't know how he scored being the chief amongst all the other Pilgrims and Indians, but rest assured I was a proud and beaming mama. and then I overheard the teacher say that nobody wanted to wear the "heavy headpiece". *cough* And I raised my head a bit higher knowing that my sweet boy took one for the team. Or was persuaded to...

And this is Homer and Gabriel at their Thanksgiving celebration...

I am proud. Homer's cup is hiding his face, but you can pretty much get an idea what it looked like by checking out Gabriel. They also threw a major fit as soon as I got there because *gasp* I was 7 minutes late and other parents had shown up and they were feeling left and abandoned and forgotten and felt I needed to feel their pain. I'm sure that's how it went down. It was fun times. Especially since I was the only parent with screaming 2 year olds that both wanted to be held at the same time. And they aren't newborn weight anymore. I hope that the other parents saw past my profuse sweating which was brought on by the carrying of close to 70 pounds of joy. I smiled and made conversation over the wails, and maybe, just maybe- they didn't notice.

The brotherly love is here and it's strong. And I LOVE IT. Each time that I get to see Sebi voluntarily taking care of his brothers, it completely melts my heart. Here they are at Texas Jumping Beans. I was prepared to take a picture of someone coming down the slide. I had no idea that it would be two of my boys- and that Sebi would be holding one of his little brothers!

By the way, the brotherly fights are also alive and well. I just never seem to think to grab my camera in the midst of those bouts. I have no idea why.

I believe I mentioned the day that Sebi snookered me into letting him skip school for a day at Chuck-E-Cheese. Here he is having a blast. That face made it totally worth getting behind in my studies.

















I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that I didn't take many photos over the past few months. The computer issues that began at the start of my school year sordof made me throw in the towel on the picture front. So, if you can imagine a lame drum roll....this is all I've got of Christmas.





Sebi decorated the whole tree on his own. The chair was there so he could put ornaments up high. Now, if you don't know me, this is a big deal. Decorating the tree is a big deal for me. I get anal and Christmas becomes not fun, but a project. A project of hanging ornaments equally spaced and hung on branches, not resting on them. It's bad. But this year, Sebi was so excited that I gave him the ropes. I had absolutely no problem with those three red ornaments that you see in close proximity to one another. None. Because he had fun. And it wasn't about the tree being perfect. It was about making memories for my precious boy. He did a great job.





See.





Oh, tilt your head right. sorry. still figuring out the new laptop.







And by the way, the tree is still up. I'm doing another passive-aggressive challenge to see how long Sebastian will allow this. I'm betting we'll be seeing Christmas in July. any takers?

Besides all of that, there has been a whole lot of this going on. The kids have been battling a stomach bug that rivals all others. Seriously. I'm just praying that everyone will be well by Monday as I get to start my 2nd semester next week.

They're gonna let me do I.V.'s, people.

Vintage Video

I really have no idea when I took this video. It has been on my camera for some time, though. I think it may have been close to 6 months ago. I do know that it was right about the time that Homer and Gabriel FINALLY started playing together and not just one or the other with Sebi.

I love how Homer asks Gabriel before either of them throw the ball, "Ready Gabriel??" Gabriel usually answered with a, "Yes!" or his ever-so-popular, "Yes Sir!"

Hello, Blog. Have We Met Somewhere Before?

O.k., so I've been slacking on the blog. I know. But seriously, I'm waiting for my NEW LAPTOP to arrive- because y'all know I'm all about staging photos in blogs that have nothing to do with my family.

I'm trying to make the come-back. I'm thinking about it. I actually blogged in my head today when I was jogging. So hang in there. Or hang around.

Estimated ship date of the laptop (courtesy of my parents): January 13, 2009.

And by the way, Happy New Year to all!