Kal-el's First Snow!

Well we didnt get alot but it still counts! I love snow. I only wish we had of had a white Christmas this year. Super was still too young to really enjoy it and it was definitely too cold to have him play in it but I do hope we continue to get snow through out his childhood years. I really want him to grow up knowing what its like to build a snowman!

Lunches with Super

My favorite lunches...are the ones where I get to see my favorite little man in the whole wide world, my wonderful husband, and my precious grandparents! Chris and I have different work schedules so he is with Kal-el during the mornings and heads off to work in the evenings...its vice versa for me. It is always such a special treat when they meet me for lunch since I dont have time to drive all the way home from my job. We have done this a few times a month ever since I went back to work when Super was almost 9 weeks old. Now he is 9 months old going on 10 and I'm so happy to say that we still have are bi monthly (sometimes more) lunches. Today we went to our local buffet. This works out great for Kal-el b/c he is so over baby food at this point and has a varity of foods to choose from. It worked equally well for me b/c I'm once again doing a low carb diet (shoot me lol). Among the favorites Super fed himself today was crab meat, meat loaf, cream potatoes, shredded cheese,chicken, and a roll. Of course he only has a sampling or two from each food. He makes a pretty good size mess as we watch on and enjoys himself throughly the entire meal. Another trait he gets from his Mommy. Each time I get my Super baby fix at lunch it makes that particular day just a little more special!

Ting Ting, Buddin-Buddin!

I've always overheard the funny, endearing, and sometimes goofy nicknames that mothers provide to their poor unsuspecting offspring. I just never thought I'd be one of them. As you know I refer to Kal-el as "Super" quite often since Kal-el IS Supermans real name so this seemed witty and not obnioxous. Well this has all changed recently. Kal-el has several new eye rolling names but as his Mommy if you laugh at them I will kick you with my stileto :) It would seem that in the Borquez house we have a real problem staying away from superheros. Mimsy invented this new nickname and it has really stuck. Kal-el has a hard figurine toy that he plays with. We found it at Nannie's house so I'm thinking it must of been Zach's. Like I said its hard and more like a 7 year olds toy but Kal-el loves it so I allow him supervised visits with it. Its a figurine of The Thing from Fantastic Four. Kal-el is so robust and ALL boy so we refer to The Thing as his "baby". Its so sweet makes me laugh! Mimsy playfully started calling Kal-el "Ting Ting" for The Thing. When he is not being lovingly called a big orange rock creature from Marvel comics I have yet another name for my sweet boy. Buddin -Buddin. You know, the sound that a car makes. I call him this because he is always on the move and he is sooo fond of the car that Poppa got him. He is ALWAYS pulling up on it! We can hardly keep up with him. I expect one of my next bloggs to be about his first step he is SO close to offically walking and he is so brave it sometimes scares me! He has so much heart. He is the perfect match for Chris and I! We love you always Ting Ting Buddin Buddin Hulk Super Munckin TallyW! :-)

The Super Tree

Back months ago when Super was floating and all warm in my tummy my grandfather got a brochure in the mail for a free tree from a place he does alot of business with. We decided that this would be a great idea to plant in honor of our little bundle of joys birth. We had several choices of trees . We picked one that we knew would grow up to be a beautiful tree and could prosper well in our area. When we ordered the tree we knew it wouldnt arrive in time for Kal-els birth so we had just planned to put in in the ground on the day it arrived. As months rolled by I forgot all about the tree, being busy with raising a new baby and all. Kal-el's tree couldnt of picked a better time to arrive. We planted his tree on New Years Day and we picked a very special place to plant the tree. We put in right in the middle of our property line and Nannie and Poppa's. What a wonderful way to start off the new year. I can't wait to watch my baby boy and his baby tree grow big and strong!

New Years Eve...waveing bye-bye 2009!

As 2009 nears an end I reflect on what this year has brought and taught me as well as my family. I'm not really big on New Years resolutions. I kind of subscribe to the belief system that if you know you need to change something or make it better why not live in the present and do it now since none of us ever really know if the new year will make it or better yet if WE will make it to the new year. Instead I like to reflect on the year that is closing, the lessons learned and the memories made. This past year has definitely been one of the best years of my life. It will always and forever be the year of mommyhood for me. The first chapter in my book as a mommy so it will always hold a truly special place in my heart. The one thing that I always want to keep in the forefront of all I do whether its July or January is to be grateful and never take any of my many blessings for granted. Each year as the new year rolls around my family tries to get together to "enjoy" some hawg jaw and black eyed peas its a southern tradition that too be quite frank makes me cringe just a little...well that word hawg jaw does anyway...this year we didnt really make any plans to celebrate this way ..some of our family members were a little under the weather. I decided that it would be a neat idea to create some Borquez family traditions of our own. I was researching how different people, places, cultures etc celebrated the arrival of the upcoming year and I ran across one that I thought was marvalous...Donuts! Woo hoo tradition in the making. It symbolic in the same way that a ring is in the since thats its a continuation, a never ending circle not to mention the fact thats its super yummy! So what did we do? Well our little family of three along with two of our good friends hit up the local Krispy Kreme. Kal-el had a great time and I think it might just be a great way to continue starting each new year. I cant wait to see what 2010 brings. God Bless and Happy 2010!

Like Mommy like son :)

Yay I'm thrilled it finally got cold enough to pull out some cute furry winter clothing. I think I'm one of the only people I know who adores cold weather. Kal-el's fur hat is getting lots and lots of play this season and he's only had it for a week. I've got to try and locate some more! The one I'm wearing is from a photoshoot a few years back dont even know where the thing is...but hey who says Mommies and their little guys cant dress alike! Now if I can just talk Chris into wearing one ...how fly will we all look? lol :)

Super is crusing!

Walking is offically just around the corner. Kal-el is "cruising" now as they call it. This usually means that walking is a few weeks if not days away! He pulls up to literally everything now which meant Chris and I had to move extra fast on baby proofing! Luickly the cabinet locks made it on just in time which is apparently his new favorite pull up spot. Wish us luck walking will be a brand new realm and I have a feeling its going to make crawling seem like it was a breeze lol.