a few QUOTES & QUIRKS

from these two

 {their tipping tower they built; 

Brend's nose caught his fall down the driveway hill, OUCH}

 Cohen Quotes:

 - Riding in the car he says "Mom, I want to pray." I said ok and he said, "Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ and Santa Claus, I want goggles and other presents for my birthday. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen." Took all I had not to laugh.

- "Excuse me your heinous, I've lost my toy truck."

- Mom: Co, where are your pants?

Co: On the floor, I took them off.

Mom: Why did you take them off?

Co: They were driving me BONKERS!

 - "Mom, do you know how we got to earth? Cause I do. We dug a HUGE hole in the dirt and poked our head through and saw the city! Then we jumped down."
- Cohen was doing something naughty at the dinner table and said, dad did you see me? And Brock said it doesn't matter cause guess who can always see you? Co said Heavenly Father. Brock said so when you get to heaven Heavenly Father is going to give you a big hug and then spank your bum. Co said Dad, we'll see.
- Cohen was doing addition and is getting very good at it, and after he finished I said Good Job! You can add all by yourself, thats called addition. He then said, "Yes, does that mean I can go on my mission now?"

Brend Quirks:

- After he wakes up, he insists on bringing his little stuffed penguin and both blankets out of his crib with him. There is a small freak out if they are left in there.

- He runs his finger tips over his soft blanket or penguin as lightly as possible when he's tired.

- If I asked him if he wants to do something {ex. go to the park or library} and he's really excited and happy about it, his surprise/excited face is priceless. Still trying to catch it with the camera. His whole body tenses up in a good way and he squils.   

 Dad's phone pic from the boys Sunday walk/adventure before church.

P.S.

  I made my first apple pie this week. I used a recipe from the Food Nanny cookbook. TO DIE FOR! We have almost finished it in four days, and it's a race to the end to see who gets the most. Not the prettiest, but perfect with vanilla bean ice cream!

Me & Him

  

He took me out on a well-needed-long-over-due date. 

Between sickness and crazy school schedule we haven't had the chance to get away in awhile. I was giddy when I woke up that morning, and was anxious to get ready, style my hair and put on a little extra make up for my hot date.

We went to Casa Rita's for Mexican, then browsed Home Depot to window shop and pretend we had a $5,000 dollar shopping spree we had to spend all in one night. We could totally do it! Then we went to Keva for some MOUTH WATERING GELATO. Oh baby, if you're in this town, you need to stop by Keva for Gelato. I'm a sea salt caramel kinda girl, but I actually tested two new ones and I went for the caramel cookie crunch. Delicious! Brock got Peanut butter something and we shared. We were the only ones in the shop and we sure acted like it. Made ourselves at home on the sofa, put our feet up, and we laughed. I had tears strolling down my face at some point. I could sit and do/say nothing with Brock and be the happiest girl. He's my best friend.

After we got home and the boys were in bed, we popped open our bottle of sparkling cider from Valentine's Day {we had the flu, so we saved it for another day} We watched an episode of our favorite show, White Collar. We save our bubbly bottles just like Neil and Kate do off the show.

Perfect Date. Alone time with HIM. Happy girl.

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So I'm starting something new...

An on-going list of the many little quirks of Brock and I.

So far I've come up with:

Brock & Lis

She feels claustrophobic when her shirts are too high up her neck. He rubs his feet together when laying in bed trying to sleep. She checks the door locks and her kids twice before bed. She is scared of the dark. He is scared of spiders. He likes slimy eggs, she likes hers burnt. She chews on her nails when she's nervous. He talks to himself sometimes and she loves it. He puts his pencil behind his ear when he's waiting to use it. She can't go to sleep without him next to her. He puckers his lips when he's trying not to smile.

And the list will keep growing and growing.

             

Valentine's 2013

 Traditional TRAIL to find their goodies.

They each got some flip flops and yummy 

treats and chalk and play dough.

 Cohen couldn't shovel the candy in fast enough. This is one of the two days of the year that he can eat sweets before breakfast. ;) We had berry kix by request, and I threw some pink milk in there for fun. The boys and Brock got me CHOCOLATES {the best way to my heart} Itunes gift card and a sun hat.

 Brend still had the flu, but was on the mend. Just so weak and no appetite, poor boy! Cherrios and Gatorade was about all he ate that day.

 Cohen had his first Valentine's Day party at Preschool. He had a blast exchanging Valentine's and frosting cookies.

 While Co was gone, Brend and I had some good snuggle time, and we got the new play dough out.

Brendon played with it for quite a while and I think he liked having some quiet alone time with Mom. :)

 I surprised Brock with this bedding for us and his gift was a new desk chair, our favorite chair broke after 5 years and we loved it so much I got the same one from IKEA.

 Then we built this fort so we could watch a movie in it.

Literally, 30 seconds after I snapped this pic......

 Cohen threw up ALL over the living room.

I was just waiting for him to catch the flu bug from Brend!

Poor boys. They are so patient when they are sick. 

 I had one of the boys favorite meals planned {muffins, hashbrowns, bacon} but sweet Co couldn't even eat any. Brend picked at it which was progress for him.

 Later that night I started feeling the FLU BUG coming on. BLAH!

So Brock and I didn't even drink our bubbly. We went to bed early. The next day was NOT GOOD. I woke up sick and DEFINITELY had the flu. Poor boys were so patient with me just laying around. It was sorta a blessing that they both were still not feeling the greatest, so we were all lethargic together.

My sweet friend found out we were not feeling good and within the hour she dropped of this basket of movies to borrow, soup and cider and juice and granola bars.

We are grateful for good, loving, caring friends.

We are taken care of here in Texas.

       I'm sick of sickness.

I hate seeing my boys sick and I hate when I'm not 100% myself to give them the love and care I need to.

As I type this, Brock is on the couch having his turn with the flu. On a positive note, at least we all are getting it over with at once.

Spring, come soon!

Let's hope you don't bring more sickness with you.

Thank You.

Happy Valentine's Day/weekend!    

IKEA with the Garza Girls

 Did you know IKEA offers free daycare while you shop?

They only allow you to leave your kids for an hour and they have to be potty trained. They put a band on the kids wrist and you take a pager and exchange info. It's right when you walk in the store, and it's AWESOME! They have a way fun play place and plenty for the kids to do. The pager goes off when you have to come pick them up. You better believe we dropped Co and Brooklyn off! They were begging to go anyways, and I'm sure they had WAY more fun there than shopping with Melis and I. I only had intentions of buying a new desk chair for Brock for Valentine's Day, but ended up leaving with new bedding as well. Ha! Oops. We have been looking forever and thought it would be fun to surprise Brock with it as a gift for BOTH of us.

{post coming later with bedding pics.} 

 We packed lunches and at up at the cafeteria.

Then went back to the toy section to let the kids play for a bit.

We LOVE the IKEA,

but love the Garza's more.

   

family    DATE

 We went to a park, the boys little piece of Heaven.

Played until it was almost dark.

 {photo credit to COHEN} 

He's getting pretty good at picture taking.

 Swings, slides, baseball, throwing rocks in the river.

 The boys got kids meals from seeing Santa at the library back in December, so we went to get dinner at Whataburger.

As you can see our table, we had plenty of grease and sauce to last a lifetime. Blah. Taste so good in the moment, but never settles well with me.

 

We love being together!

Our date was lovely.

A few of the "SMALL THINGS"

I don't want to forget...

We call him Babes, or Baby, almost always. I just don't see it being different anytime soon.
Brend is silly. He likes to try and scare me by sneaking up to me and giving me his best Rrrrrr like a tiger out of the corner of his mouth. Oh how I LOVE watching him Roar. The shape of his tiny lips, the way he puts his whole body into it, and how bright he lights up after getting my "scared to death" reaction.
He has been hating when we drop Co off at Preschool twice a week. Brendon copies Cohen's every move. They are becoming such good friends (that still fight and make each other cry) and he misses him when he's away for two hours at a time. This is just a recent thing, so I've been trying to be extra creative at going in fun dates with Brend while Co is at school.
Today was not creative but fun. I had to fill our cupboards with food badly, so before shopping we played in the toy aisles and rode the bikes for a good 45 minutes. Then we got a free cookie half way through our shopping. See how wonderful Walmart can be?! While exploring in the toys he found lions and tigers, and you better believe he was letting out some serious growls!
I love him. We love to put our noses together and giggle.

I hope this lasts a long, long time.

He is becoming quite the ham. Snack time before bed, he thought it was hilarious to keep his finger in his mouth the whole time whether yogurt was quickly being shoved in or not.

 My sweet Cohen

I love when this boy gets a hold of my 

phone to play games and this happens...

  We go to church at 1:30 now, and if there is too much time to wait until we leave, he gets a little anxious. Last Sunday the phone camera helped the time pass.

Can you see his puffy eyes? Allergies and probably Asthma. We went to the Dr. this week and he is now taking Singulair, and it seems to be helping. We'll see. He's a patient boy.

 Co's church pants are almost floods when he stands, and Brend will be as tall as him sooner than I think. I love seeing them learn and grow, and become best friends. Being a mom is extremely exhausting physically and emotionally, but the rewards of the job out weigh the hard stuff.

Best title in the world....

MOM.