My first Mothers Day.

Luke...The best gift of all!  Although my Pedicure was pretty nice too.

Being a Mom is not something you can learn or be taught but instead it is something that you ARE.
It has become who I am and I feel I can add it to the list of what defines me as a person-
Wife, Daughter, Friend, Mother. Luke has truly changed my life!
 

Look at me standing tall!

 In Celebration of Mothers Day this year- Greg brought me beautiful flowers and a bracelet. Little did he know all I needed was a day with this guy...
My best friend, Kari came down to celebrate the weekend with us. I think Luke remembered her from her visit before because he couldn't stop smiling around her.
Kari Kenzie Jerry and the twins came down form LA to celebrate with us too. It was so fun watching Luke play with the girls.  He kept trying to steel their paci.  I don't think they minded much.. He is quite the flirt.

Note- she has his paci in her mouth..

We spent Saturday at Sea World - Lukes first time. We missed the sharks and Shamu but managed to see lots of other sea life that he seemed to be interested in. It was a bit crazy with lots and lots of people- we got 2 year passes so we can go back as much as we like!

 Sunday we ate a yummy breakfast at Naked Cafe- Luke didn't quite make it through breakfast so Greg had to go out and drive him around, leaving Kar and I to enjoy our breakfast.. What a guy!!
After breakfast I even manage to sneak in a much needed pedicure.
Then off to Grandmas house we go...

Luke was quite the entertainer- Between the dogs and a baby we had no shortage of noise and excitement around the house. 
He has 6 teeth now (3 on the bottom and 3 on the top). He has 2 more coming in on the bottom and 2 more on the top. It was a challenge to get a lot of photos without his hands or toys in his mouth but we managed to capture a few.
So on this Mothers Day- Cheers to all the Mothers out there- We have a very special job in this world!

A tribute...

A tribute to my husband.. Greg! 

Now most days I am thrilled to tell you all about the "major" accomplishments of my rapidly growing boy. Whether it is to tell you about his new tooth or the amount of square footage he is covering as he crawls around the house, but today it is to tell you about Greg.

So 3 years ago he decided to make a complete career change.. Not an easy thing to do at any point in your life. But even harder when you are about to get married and start your family.

But after a dismal sales and marketing career he decided to make a change into the medical/firefighting field.

Now we knew it would be a long road, in fact at one point we had the timeline outlined on the front of our refridgerator just staring at us every day.  - fire classes (check) Emt (check) Medic prep (check) Medic school (...) and Baby-
It even mapped out when we would have kids.  I remember looking at it and just thinking it seemed so far away and 2011 is too long to wait for babies.  So wait we did not.  We decided to have Luke a few months "ahead of schedule" and pushed back the medic school application process by 3 months.

thank god.. for not waiting!

So two weeks ago the long awaited medic school application process started.
Out of 80 guys - Greg was one of 30 accepted into the fall medic school program at Palomar.

I could not be more proud and happy for him to be following his passion. 
I can tell he is really happy when he comes and goes from work.  He is doing something with purpose and meaning and will never have to try to sell a copier to an uninterested consumer again.

It is so great to see my two boys happy....

So in celebration - after the champange and tequilla shots we decided to cut down a tree. 
Well the next day - after the alcohol wore off a bit. 

I figure I have to get all the projects out of the way now...

And I think Luke is pretty happy about all of it as well!!!!!