Jeff's family has an annual tradition around Christmas, called Bake Day. A glorious day full of baking and eating scrumptious, terrible for you, who's really counting how many you've had, I'm sure the calories don't really count, treats. We have not been able to go for a few years, so we made sure to make it this year for Aiden's first one! We got to see lots of cousins, including the Fezler Family from Colorado! His family also combined it with their annual Brockett Family Christmas. Aiden got a bunch of great gifts from the family! Thanks, everyone! We actually forgot our camera *gasp*, so here's a slideshow from Aunt Lainie...enjoy!
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Saturday, April 4, 2015
Saturday, March 21, 2015
Thanksgiving
We had a FULL house for Aiden's first Thanksgiving! We had Grandma and Papa Mike, Great Aunt Susie and Uncle Tom, and the Mitas Family Fab 5! Everywhere you turned, there were people. Crowded and crazy at times, but worth every moment! We loved having everyone here to share in this special holiday. We hung out, did arts and crafts, played games, enjoyed the beautiful weather, and of course, played with Aiden!
And with all these people around to help out, I hardly had to cook! Bonus!!! Bobby (and Betty) made these delicious pies...yummmmmm!!!
And of course we had to put Aiden in the turkey costume! Following in his cousins footsteps! Thanks, Stephens Family for the hand-me-down!
And with all these people around to help out, I hardly had to cook! Bonus!!! Bobby (and Betty) made these delicious pies...yummmmmm!!!
And of course we had to put Aiden in the turkey costume! Following in his cousins footsteps! Thanks, Stephens Family for the hand-me-down!
Sunday, March 15, 2015
Aiden's First Halloween
For Aiden's first Halloween, my mom took him took him to visit us at our offices. Jeff's work was dressed up like Harry Potter. Aiden wasn't too sure about what to think of Daddy's costume.
My office, having recently switched over to electronic medical records, were dressed up as computer nerds. He came and had fun playing with us during our potluck lunch.
Aiden's second costume was a cute little monkey suit, complete with stuffed banana! He didn't mind being all bundled up because of course the first rain of the year would land on Halloween! And boy, did it rain! It was time for bed around when all the kids were braving the storm, and fortunately he didn't wake up to the doorbell ringing over and over again.
And Grandma and Papa Mike came to visit for his first Halloween, and Daddy's birthday!
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Labor Day Weekend
For Labor Day weekend we had a bunch of visitors. Aiden got to meet more of his cousins...The Mitas Family! Jordan, Andrew and Sofia were all determined to make Aiden smile and laugh, and were great at entertaining him. They also got to experience him having a total freak-out, hysterical meltdown...crying and screaming non-stop from 9-11 pm! Eek! Sorry again Mitas Family (and neighbors) for all the noise!
The next day Aiden got to meet his Great Aunt Susie and Uncle Tom. Aiden fell in love with Susie right away and loved getting some snuggles in with her! We also got to do our Fantasy Football draft for our family league, The Brockett Blitz. It's the first time we've gotten to do it with other people present. Lots of trash talking and nerves! Hopefully Aiden will be our good luck charm this year!
Grandma and Papa Mike also came to visit after a roadtrip to Oregon and got to see the whole gang. Grandma stayed the whole week to babysit while Nonni was at a conference in Las Vegas. Thanks again, Grandma for watching Aiden! We appreciate it!
We took Aiden to his first BBQ at Jeff's co-worker's house. He made friends with their 6 month old son, Owen...affectionately called "Tank." He weighs 27 pounds and is already wearing 18 month clothes! And we thought Aiden was big!
Aiden graduated from the sling in his bathtub, and took his first bath with just the little bench in it. He loved being able to splash in the water! We all got a little wet!
The next day Aiden got to meet his Great Aunt Susie and Uncle Tom. Aiden fell in love with Susie right away and loved getting some snuggles in with her! We also got to do our Fantasy Football draft for our family league, The Brockett Blitz. It's the first time we've gotten to do it with other people present. Lots of trash talking and nerves! Hopefully Aiden will be our good luck charm this year!
Grandma and Papa Mike also came to visit after a roadtrip to Oregon and got to see the whole gang. Grandma stayed the whole week to babysit while Nonni was at a conference in Las Vegas. Thanks again, Grandma for watching Aiden! We appreciate it!
We took Aiden to his first BBQ at Jeff's co-worker's house. He made friends with their 6 month old son, Owen...affectionately called "Tank." He weighs 27 pounds and is already wearing 18 month clothes! And we thought Aiden was big!
Aiden graduated from the sling in his bathtub, and took his first bath with just the little bench in it. He loved being able to splash in the water! We all got a little wet!
Monday, August 4, 2014
4th of July
Nonni and Papa Bill came up for the 4th of July. They helped Jeff do some major yard work...we rented a trencher and trenched along the perimeter of the yard to run sprinkler/drip lines for future planting along the fence. Since we had the trencher for the whole day, they used it to dig giant holes in the ground to plant some shade trees to help save our grass, decrease our water use, and hopefully help cool off the house. We planted two shade trees (Chinese Pistache and Red Maple) and a dwarf Comice Pear (to rival Harry & David) tree. It will be nice when they are fully grown...stay tuned in 10 years! Ha! While they were all working hard out in the heat, Aiden and I stayed cool in the house. Thanks for all your hard work, Jeff, Mom and Dad!
We also had more visitors...family friends Ellen (aka, Elkie) and Dana were passing through on their way home from Monterey and got to meet Aiden. He stayed awake for most of their visit and then promptly passed out after they left.
We didn't actually see any fireworks on the 4th. Everyone was exhausted from the heat and hard work, and they moved where they shot off the fireworks so we can no longer see them from our house. Bummer! But we did enjoy a yummy BBQ of hamburgers and corn on the cob, and dressed Aiden in his cute little outfit!
Aiden also experienced his first blowout diaper. Well, we all experienced it. Of course it happened while I was nursing him, so he got poop all over himself, me, the Boppy and the pillow I had the Boppy propped on since I was still in bed. Needless to say, everything promptly went in the wash and Aiden got a bath. I knew it was bound to happen one of these days, but I'm hoping there aren't too many of them in our future!
Hoping you all had a fun and safe 4th of July!
We didn't actually see any fireworks on the 4th. Everyone was exhausted from the heat and hard work, and they moved where they shot off the fireworks so we can no longer see them from our house. Bummer! But we did enjoy a yummy BBQ of hamburgers and corn on the cob, and dressed Aiden in his cute little outfit!
Aiden also experienced his first blowout diaper. Well, we all experienced it. Of course it happened while I was nursing him, so he got poop all over himself, me, the Boppy and the pillow I had the Boppy propped on since I was still in bed. Needless to say, everything promptly went in the wash and Aiden got a bath. I knew it was bound to happen one of these days, but I'm hoping there aren't too many of them in our future!
Hoping you all had a fun and safe 4th of July!
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Father's Day
We didn't do much for Father's Day. Aiden had been suuuuuuuuper fussy the day before. I'm talking wanting to eat every hour, crying non-stop for 30 minutes after and then sleeping for 30 minutes. Rinse and repeat from 2pm to 7pm. We all wanted to cry by the end of it. Needless to say, we weren't in the mood nor did we have the energy to do anything exciting.
Aiden gave Daddy a Star Wars shirt and wore a cute onesie in honor of the occasion.
We also gave Aiden his first bottle. He was not a fan of it at first and took a while to warm up to the idea of it. But once he figured it out, boy did he love it! He was wondering why we had been holding out on him!
Jeff is such a great daddy to Aiden. The love he has for him, even when it is the middle of the night or he when he is crying uncontrollably (Aiden that is) is precious. He rushes home from work every day to come see his little man. And there is no denying that Aiden is Jeff's mini-me. He makes sure we all get fed, looks after the dogs, and runs errands since Aiden and I are pretty much under house arrest until he gets all his shots. Thanks for all you do, Daddy! We love you!
Aiden gave Daddy a Star Wars shirt and wore a cute onesie in honor of the occasion.
We also gave Aiden his first bottle. He was not a fan of it at first and took a while to warm up to the idea of it. But once he figured it out, boy did he love it! He was wondering why we had been holding out on him!
Jeff is such a great daddy to Aiden. The love he has for him, even when it is the middle of the night or he when he is crying uncontrollably (Aiden that is) is precious. He rushes home from work every day to come see his little man. And there is no denying that Aiden is Jeff's mini-me. He makes sure we all get fed, looks after the dogs, and runs errands since Aiden and I are pretty much under house arrest until he gets all his shots. Thanks for all you do, Daddy! We love you!
Sunday, January 1, 2012
2012...
Well hello my loyal and devoted blog followers! Bet you thought I had forgotten about this little bloggy here, didn't ya?! Well I apologize for the lapse in entries, and I hope you didn't think we never returned from our honeymoon since I never finished writing about it. How I wish that were true.
Truth is, I've been busy with work. And frustrated with work. And really I didn't know what to write about that wasn't me whining and complaining about having to work so much and so hard all the time. And then I finally would get motivated, and then Blogger wouldn't work or would take to long to load my pictures and then I'd get frustrated and give up on the whole thing.
So let me do a little wrap up on the end of 2011 for you. Sorry, the only pictures I have uploaded are from my iPhone. Haven't gotten around to uploading everything from my camera yet...
Thanksgiving...was spent at our cozy condo. Jeff's family came to join us, so we had Mike, Becky, Melissa, Derek, Grady, Kendall and Jeff's Aunt Linda all in 950 square feet. Oh, and don't forget about Blondie! We were cozy, but it was a success and it was great having everyone together. We even made a trip out to see the Monarch butterflies, which I'd had on my to-do list for years!
Christmas...was spent on a plane. I wish I was kidding. We were in Hawaii the week before Christmas with my family, and enjoyed amazing weather where I finally got to thaw out. We even tried stand-up paddle boarding, which was definitely something everyone wanted to try. We sadly flew home on Christmas day, and then had to drive all the way back up to Atascadero after landing at 10:30 pm. Yuck. We got in at 3 AM and I got up at 6 to go to work. No fun.
New Years...was spent at home. We went to Jeff's co-worker's 40th birthday party on the 30th. She had hired DJ Bob (yes, from our wedding), and we spent the night dancing away. After staying up late that night, it sounded great to just stay in. We watched Harry Potter 7.2 and then decided at about 10:30 that we had no desire to make it to midnight. So we kissed goodnight and went to sleep instead. Are we getting old??? Mike and Becky came to visit us on the 1st and spend a few days with us. We celebrated a late Christmas, and Jeff took them to see our McMansion while I went to work on the 2nd.
Which brings me to...
The McMansion...for those of you who don't know, we put an offer on a house in Paso Robles on October 17th. It is a short sale, so basically everything has been moving at a snail's pace. The seller accepted our offer right away, and since then, it's been sitting with the banks. The main lender, Wells Fargo, has accepted the offer and agreed to give the second lender, CitiBank, 10% of their loan. While we were in Hawaii, we signed more papers where CitiBank now gets an additional $650. The seller has moved out of the house and is expecting everything to go through. We are anticipating hearing a final decision from the banks by the end of this week or early next week. Should it go through, we will then move onto inspections and escrow.
So how big is the McMansion? Well, it's 6 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, about 2800 square feet and on about 1/3 of an acre. We did not want this big of a house, but we fell in love with the neighborhood and the house was pretty much the only thing in our price range because the owner has not done any upgrades to the house. *fingers crossed* Hopefully we'll be moving on to the next steps soon!
So that pretty much catches everything up. I will try my best to be better about updated the blog! I'm anticipating exciting things for 2012! Happy new year, and hopefully the Mayans are wrong! ;)
Truth is, I've been busy with work. And frustrated with work. And really I didn't know what to write about that wasn't me whining and complaining about having to work so much and so hard all the time. And then I finally would get motivated, and then Blogger wouldn't work or would take to long to load my pictures and then I'd get frustrated and give up on the whole thing.
So let me do a little wrap up on the end of 2011 for you. Sorry, the only pictures I have uploaded are from my iPhone. Haven't gotten around to uploading everything from my camera yet...
Thanksgiving...was spent at our cozy condo. Jeff's family came to join us, so we had Mike, Becky, Melissa, Derek, Grady, Kendall and Jeff's Aunt Linda all in 950 square feet. Oh, and don't forget about Blondie! We were cozy, but it was a success and it was great having everyone together. We even made a trip out to see the Monarch butterflies, which I'd had on my to-do list for years!
Christmas...was spent on a plane. I wish I was kidding. We were in Hawaii the week before Christmas with my family, and enjoyed amazing weather where I finally got to thaw out. We even tried stand-up paddle boarding, which was definitely something everyone wanted to try. We sadly flew home on Christmas day, and then had to drive all the way back up to Atascadero after landing at 10:30 pm. Yuck. We got in at 3 AM and I got up at 6 to go to work. No fun.
New Years...was spent at home. We went to Jeff's co-worker's 40th birthday party on the 30th. She had hired DJ Bob (yes, from our wedding), and we spent the night dancing away. After staying up late that night, it sounded great to just stay in. We watched Harry Potter 7.2 and then decided at about 10:30 that we had no desire to make it to midnight. So we kissed goodnight and went to sleep instead. Are we getting old??? Mike and Becky came to visit us on the 1st and spend a few days with us. We celebrated a late Christmas, and Jeff took them to see our McMansion while I went to work on the 2nd.
Which brings me to...
The McMansion...for those of you who don't know, we put an offer on a house in Paso Robles on October 17th. It is a short sale, so basically everything has been moving at a snail's pace. The seller accepted our offer right away, and since then, it's been sitting with the banks. The main lender, Wells Fargo, has accepted the offer and agreed to give the second lender, CitiBank, 10% of their loan. While we were in Hawaii, we signed more papers where CitiBank now gets an additional $650. The seller has moved out of the house and is expecting everything to go through. We are anticipating hearing a final decision from the banks by the end of this week or early next week. Should it go through, we will then move onto inspections and escrow.
So how big is the McMansion? Well, it's 6 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, about 2800 square feet and on about 1/3 of an acre. We did not want this big of a house, but we fell in love with the neighborhood and the house was pretty much the only thing in our price range because the owner has not done any upgrades to the house. *fingers crossed* Hopefully we'll be moving on to the next steps soon!
So that pretty much catches everything up. I will try my best to be better about updated the blog! I'm anticipating exciting things for 2012! Happy new year, and hopefully the Mayans are wrong! ;)
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
A Late Valentine's Day...
This past weekend, Jeff and I drove down to my parents' house/LA for a late Valentine's Day celebration. Yep, that's how we roll...Valentine's Day at the end of March. A designated day for celebrating with the rest of society isn't our style, especially with the schedules we've both had lately. We've both been busy with work, and what little free time we have seems to get gobbled up by wedding stuff.
For my V-day present, Jeff got us tickets to Beauty & the Beast at the Pantages Theater. We drove down to T.O. late Friday night, something that will be repeated several times in the next few months, and spent the night at my parents' house. Saturday we went into LA for lunch and the play, which was wonderfully done. There were tons of kids, with little girls dressed up like princesses. Adorable. And one of the highlights was a little girl shouting out during a quiet part..."I have to go pee-pee!" Classic. And the whole audience burst out laughing.
That night we had an early birthday dinner for my grandpa, since Judy, Kirk & Megan were in town for 1 more night. It was great seeing everyone, and there was delicious Nothing Bundt Cake for dessert. Yummy!
Another morning of sleeping in on Sunday, with lunch at The Counter. Delish! And we watched my March Madness bracket fall apart, and Jeff's come together. With the right wins in the remaining games, we could potentially win $375 between our two companies. Sweet! And then the long drive back up after another weekend gone by too quickly.
Wedding updates:
-All the bridesmaid dresses are ordered...good job girls!
-The cake has been ordered after a scare of losing our baker after waiting too long to book...she is booked for 6 weddings that weekend already, but squeezed us in since I talked to her so long ago! PHEW!
-The tuxes have been figured out...info to be sent out soon
-The showers seem to be taken care of...thanks hostesses!
-The rehearsal dinner sounds like its details are falling into place...good job Mike & Becky!
If you have not yet booked your hotel room and are planning to book under our group, there are only 5 rooms left. Not that I'm anticipating them booking quickly, since most of the people I expected to book them have already done so. But I also know a few people who have not yet booked who I want to make sure get the discounted rate.
I feel like I'm in a constant push and pull of checking things off my to-do list and adding more things on. It never stops! And I feel like there are so many things I'm over-looking. What if there's something big I'm forgetting about?! What if people don't like the decisions I make? What if things fall apart at the last minute? Oh wedding woes...I'll get over it, hopefully.
The next few weeks we'll be busy with visitors and working on more wedding stuff. Hope the beginning of spring is treating you well. Enjoy the sunshine!
For my V-day present, Jeff got us tickets to Beauty & the Beast at the Pantages Theater. We drove down to T.O. late Friday night, something that will be repeated several times in the next few months, and spent the night at my parents' house. Saturday we went into LA for lunch and the play, which was wonderfully done. There were tons of kids, with little girls dressed up like princesses. Adorable. And one of the highlights was a little girl shouting out during a quiet part..."I have to go pee-pee!" Classic. And the whole audience burst out laughing.
That night we had an early birthday dinner for my grandpa, since Judy, Kirk & Megan were in town for 1 more night. It was great seeing everyone, and there was delicious Nothing Bundt Cake for dessert. Yummy!
Another morning of sleeping in on Sunday, with lunch at The Counter. Delish! And we watched my March Madness bracket fall apart, and Jeff's come together. With the right wins in the remaining games, we could potentially win $375 between our two companies. Sweet! And then the long drive back up after another weekend gone by too quickly.
Wedding updates:
-All the bridesmaid dresses are ordered...good job girls!
-The cake has been ordered after a scare of losing our baker after waiting too long to book...she is booked for 6 weddings that weekend already, but squeezed us in since I talked to her so long ago! PHEW!
-The tuxes have been figured out...info to be sent out soon
-The showers seem to be taken care of...thanks hostesses!
-The rehearsal dinner sounds like its details are falling into place...good job Mike & Becky!
If you have not yet booked your hotel room and are planning to book under our group, there are only 5 rooms left. Not that I'm anticipating them booking quickly, since most of the people I expected to book them have already done so. But I also know a few people who have not yet booked who I want to make sure get the discounted rate.
I feel like I'm in a constant push and pull of checking things off my to-do list and adding more things on. It never stops! And I feel like there are so many things I'm over-looking. What if there's something big I'm forgetting about?! What if people don't like the decisions I make? What if things fall apart at the last minute? Oh wedding woes...I'll get over it, hopefully.
The next few weeks we'll be busy with visitors and working on more wedding stuff. Hope the beginning of spring is treating you well. Enjoy the sunshine!
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Easter...
For Easter, Jeff and I headed up to his parents' vacation home in Kernville (well, really Wofford Heights), to spend time with his family. We were joined by Melissa, Derek, Grady, Bob, D and the Mitas family. Family everywhere! Although it said that it was supposed to rain and snow while we were there, we didn't get any. Just lots of wind! So we took Grady up the mountain for his first trip to the snow. He kind of liked it, until he got too cold and tired.
But Grady wasn't the only one having fun in the snow...
And some of us got a little worn out by all the snowball fights...
And what's Easter without dying eggs, Easter baskets and having an Easter egg hunt?!
All in all a great trip, and a wonderful time seeing everybody, including celebrating Grady's 1st birthday a few days late! Happy birthday Grady! We loved spending time with you! (and everyone else too!)
But Grady wasn't the only one having fun in the snow...
And some of us got a little worn out by all the snowball fights...
And what's Easter without dying eggs, Easter baskets and having an Easter egg hunt?!
All in all a great trip, and a wonderful time seeing everybody, including celebrating Grady's 1st birthday a few days late! Happy birthday Grady! We loved spending time with you! (and everyone else too!)
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