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Thankful for you all!

Just wanted to wish all of our family a Happy Thanksgiving, we are thankful for each and everyone of you in our lives. Enjoy!!

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brain fart

So as im loading pictures, im thinking to myself that I never shared the pictures from the balloon fiesta! Its so exciting for us with the little ones, we went 3 different days this year. Enjoy the recent pictures as well!

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What black and yellow and goofy??

Rylie and Ryans halloween!! We had a good halloween. Ryan was excited to get candy! His face was great!! We went trick or treating at Joshs work friday night and we went around the neighborhood last night with Joshs cousins. Enjoy the pictures!

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ITS BEGINNING TO LOOK LIKE HALLOWEEN

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California dreamin

We just returned from a very fun and busy 6 week stay in the Golden State! Rylie, Ryan and I went out to California to attend one of my longtime friends weddings, I was one of her bridesmaids. We also went to spend sometime with the Frutos side of the familia. I havent been able to see my Dad since 2007 and my Mom since Ryan was born. So to say the least it was way over due! We had a blast playing and spending time with my brother Paul's kids the first week. But we still got to play with my sister in law Kristi and cousin Soren. Rylie loved to have cousin Cameron ride his bike over to my parents house and play. We were also able to see Papa, GG and Nina and enjoy dinner and music in the park. Rylie loved to go over to Aunt Mandys and Uncle Marks to feed all the animals with Kelsey and try on all her high heels. Ryan took his first steps on my Dads and Josh's sister Jessica's birthday! Rylie and Ryan loved watching Grandma Frutos sew and make them little drawstring bags. Grandpa Frutos would give horsey rides, read stories and make it rain in the backyard. We went to the San Diego zoo, San Diego Wild Animal Park, Santa Ana Zoo, Orange County Zoo, Orange County fair, huntington beach, newport beach, balboa beach, laguna beach and Aunt Mandy took Rylie to DISNEYLAND!!We unfortunately had one accident, Rylie and I were kicking the soccer ball back and forth in the front yard and she slipped on the ball and cracked her head on the sidewalk. She was such a trooper though, she had 4 stitches and didnt cry once in the ER, the drs and nurses kept saying that they wish they could tape her because she was doing so well!
While we were soaking up the sun in California, Josh was working hard and was ask to open a new project and go to Florida to train for 2 weeks. We enjoyed our time with my parents and seeing some of my siblings. We created a lot of memories. enjoy!

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PURA VIDA

We just got back from JACO, COSTA RICA!!! We spent a week with the whole Reza clan! It was a blast. Its so green and beautiful there and I will definately be going back.It reminded me alot of Brazil. We stayed in condos on the beach and it was such a fun time. The kids did awesome, even with a red eye flight. A monkey bit my lip, that was exciting. I took LOTS of pictures ( dont act suprised!). Rylies favorite part was the "car". Let me explain. . . there was a convience store that we went to almost everyday and there was a toy car that you can ride in, it cost 100 colonies, which is like .10cents. She went on it everyday, and that was her favorite. We walked up and down the beach looking for shells, and I found a whole sand dollar!! I was sooo excited, but unfortunetly, SOMEONE (cough cough Josh)broke it in his pocket. I was sooo bummed. The ocean was so warm, Josh would boogie board and the kids and I would watch and play in the waves or sand. We went down the main strip and looked for souviners. Josh and I were able to go on a ATV tour with the other family members, and Ann stayed with our kiddies at the condo. It was such a beautiful place to be all together and I cant wait to go back!!!

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Visit from Aunt Mandy

So I mentioned it in the post about Rylies ballet recital, but heres a entry dedicated entirely to AUNT MANDYS VISIT!! She flew out to see Rylie dance and we loved having her here to play with. Enjoy the pictures!

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BALLET

So Rylie just completed her first ballet recital and she did amazing!! Aunt Mandy flew out from California just to see her perform! She was very excited to dance on stage. There were 3 performances and I think it was too much because on the last night she didnt want me to leave her side. She had a mini meltdown. But all in all she performed great! I will be getting a video of the performance for all of those who didnt see it. But here are some pictures to enjoy!

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So Proud!

My brother David graduated from Chapman University of Law and will be taking the bar in july! im so proud of him and all he has done for his family! Hes one of the most intelligent people I know and I am honored to be his sister! I love you beany boy!!

1 year old and 3 year old

We celebrated Ryans first birthday this week. I cant believe he is already one year old!! It went by sooo fast! Hes crawling all over the place and pulls himself up on anything that is taller than him. He's very vocal, loves to scream and babble. Ann and Jessica fixed up the backyard for the kids for Ryans birthday. There is "grass" and a sandbox out there. Rylie and Ryan both love going outside and playing. Rylie is totally and completely potty trained!! Its awesome....she hasnt had any accidents and wears big girl underwear all the time now. There isnt too much going on here, Josh is putting in 50 hour weeks, so hes busy at work. But we are here, so feel free to come and visit!! Enjoy the pictures! Love you all!

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Easter

I am sitting here and I dont know what to write, but there are things that happen and I think to myself I need to post that on the blog and now my mind is blank. We celebrated Easter together, the Easter bunny came and Rylie enjoyed that. Josh's hours switched again so he was able to spend Easter with us.

We celebrated Josh's 28th birthday. Im so thankful for him in my life and the life that we have created together. He has come so far and overcome some very difficult things in his life. I love him with all my heart and am so proud of him and all he has done. He is an amazing father and works so hard for us all.

Rylie is entering her "ask a question about everything" stage. The other day we were sitting in our room and there was a noise outside, like a leaf blower or something. This is how the conversation went:

Rylie : Whats that noise Mom

Me: I dunno Ry

Rylie: Maybe a bee

Me: Maybe

Rylie: What is it doing

Me: I dunno maybe making honey

rylie: where is it making honey

me: i dunno maybe in its beehive

rylie: wheres its beehive

me: maybe in a tree

This is just one of the MANY conversations of constant questions throughout the day. Some are real inquiries and others are her just being silly,because she knows the answer. So that conversation goes like this (when she knows Joshs at work)

Rylie: wheres Daddy

me: daddys at disneyland

Rylie: NOOOOO Daddys at work

Sometimes it gets very overwhemling especially if Ryan is fussing and crying. But I try and remember that shes just curious.

Ryan has conquered the art of clapping! Its adorable to watch him and I love this age when they are figuring thing out. Its so neat to watch them grow and learn. I love to see him smile and laugh about nothing. He is experiencing true happiness. He gets excited to see his family and doesnt care about things. Its such a neat stage. Hes waving byebye and thats also such a cute thing.Hes trying to master crawling and is getting pretty good at it. His right front tooth is breaking through, so he has 2 top teeth and 2 bottom teeth. I cant believe we will be celebrating his 1st birthday next month.

So hopefully you all will be attending a wedding May of next year. Although Josh proposed Christmas 2008, I was pregnant with Ryan and a wedding was the last thing on my mind. Now that things have become more settled and both babies are getting bigger, I need to sit down and get to work with the planning. So save the date May 7 2011.

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Love you all

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Pictures tell the story

So theres a lot to update so I will mainly just describe the pictures instead of boring everyone with a paragraph. Rylie is potty trained! YAY!! Still has a problem with the poop, but doing well!! Ryan is babbling and starting to crawl! We made a trip back to California as a family and enjoyed Josh's Aunts wedding and Disneyland! Rylie and Ryan visited the easter bunny! Enjoy!

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Happy St Patricks Day!!!

I will get on here and update soon, its been hard with both kiddies being sick. But they are doing better....so in a few days I will get on here and add pictures and updates! Love to all!

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Long Time No Post

So its been awhile since I updated everyone on our little familia, its overdue. I posted the holiday preview pictures of the babies with santa. Well we had the chance to go have breakfast with santa at the mall, it was an activity through the kids club that Rylie is a member of. Rylie wanted her cousin Brianna to come, so we went and had breakfast with santa, made reindeer food, colored pictures, got a balloon animal and radio disney was there giving things away. It was a fun activity to pass a saturday morning with. We also were able to go visit santa at Josh's work. They had a fun little activity for the kids with Santa with cookies and punch. They had fun. Rylie also started ballet before Christmas. A friend from high school moved out here and she has a little girl the same age as Rylie, and she has her little girl in ballet and she recommended the studio to us. I was really nervous when I took her, because I though oh no shes going to want me to go in the class with her and she will be scared not knowing anyone, WHOA was I WRONG! She went right up to the teacher and turned and said bye mom. She looks adorable in her little ballet shoes and leotard.She loves being in the class with all the kids and twirling and jumping. She has a recital in June and I expect you ALL to be there. The next big update is SANTA came! Rylie was so excited, she wanted more more more!! Ryan was really into it too, it was cute to see him pull on the paper and once he saw the toy or clothes, he was yell or scream.Very cute!Josh's dad was able to come home for Christmas, which Rylie was THRILLED about. She was hanging on him and following him the first night he got home. Josh's Aunt Lynn and Uncle Marty and their son Allen came right after Christmas and spent a week. It was fun to have them around. Then unfortunately my laptop DIED :(! But we were able to get a new one and my connection to the real world has been restored!Unfortunately I havent transferred the pictures from that one to my new one (its cost $100.00 to get it done) so I dont have all the pictures that I wanted to share. Then we celebrated Rylie's 3rd birthday!! I cant believe its been 3 years. It seems like just yesterday she was so tiny just sleeping in our arms. Now she tells me NO MOM, or I want this or that.....wow how fast time flies. We celebrated Rylie's day here at home with ELMO decor! I made cupcakes and a cake, we had balloons, cousins, aunts, uncles, and friends to celebrate her special day. Ryan has become very vocal lately, he likes to yell and belly laugh. Its such a fun age. He loves to move himself on his belly and play with his big sister. Josh's work is steady and he is keeping busy. The company he works for was bought out, so things are changing a little bit, but it doesnt affect him too much, just no more overtime. My parents recently got skype on their computer in South America, so I have had the chance to talk with them and see them via internet quiet a few times. Its so neat, and Rylie loves talking to Grandpa and Grandma Toes. Well its short and sweet, but thats the 411 on the Frutos-Reza Clan.

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