First Bike Ride!

Colton went for his first bike ride on Saturday and he loved it! We finally found one of those seats that attaches to your bike and after about a hour and half of assembly we went for our first ride! Colton was talking and laughing the entire time.... I on the other hand almost died. I have put some weight on since the last time I rode a bike not to mention Colton's 30 pounds. It was quite the workout! We are looking forward to this rainy week being over so we can go for many more bike rides!

Ah, cuddle time for mommy! Colton loves to cuddle up on the couch and watch a little TV before bedtime... and I never argue with him! He is still my baby, even though he is getting so big so fast!

Weekend at the Waterpark!!

We spent last weekend at the Grand Rios Waterpark in Brooklyn Park with my dad's side of the family and we had a blast. We our course did lots of swimming and played some Catch Phrase... and my team won like always. It was so much fun to get together with all the aunts and uncles and cousins. Colton had a blast in the water park, he especially liked the water slides!The Winning Team.. yes we always win!
Colton and Great Grandma Sand
Colton and Mommy on the waterslides!
Colton and Auntie Marissa
He was so worn out after day two of swimming!

We miss her so much!

It has been a hard week for us. On Wednesday night we gave Liberty, our 4 year Husky, to a new home. It was so hard to let her go but we know it is for the best. Lately she has become a little bit aggressive with Colton... I know she would never have hurt him but it still made us a little uneasy. So we started to spread the word that we would be willing to give her to a new, loving home if anyone knew of some looking to take her in. And we got a call from someone who heard about her through word of mouth. And the family seems awesome.. she is going to be treated like a queen there!! They have two boys, a 10 year old and a 17 year which is exactly what Liberty needs. She loves to play but with Colton she just wasn't sure how. So anyways, it is has been very hard not having her here with us but we know she is safe and getting so much attention! We still have Sampson our lab and he has adjusted better than I expected. And Colton is so young that he didn't really understand. But when only one dogs comes back in the house he always says Puppy Bye-Bye and then points to the front door so I do believe he knows she is gone. I still cry when I think about her becuase she was our baby, our first baby. And she was very much a part of the family. Her new family said they would keep in touch and send pictures and I hope they do so that we continue to know that she is being loved. Anyways, give your dog a hug... becuase you don't really realize how much you love them until they aren't around!

One of those weeks!

This week has been one of those weeks that just seems to never end. It has been a normal week but for some reason it just seems to drag on! Let's see on Monday Frankie started his new job. For those who don't know he accepted the job offer while we were on vacation! He is the new Executive Chef at the Science Musuem!! And so far he seems to be loving it. And the hours are awesome.. no more 15 hour days... he is usually home in time to eat dinner with the family (which is something that didn't happen a lot with the old job). Also on Monday Colton and I started swimming lessons!! We are in a toddler/parent class and he loves it. It is every Monday night for 8 weeks. We practice kicking and floating and we sing songs and play games... mostly it is just to get the kids comfortable with the water! And he is such a little fish! About half the toddlers in the class cried through most of the first session but not Colton. He was splashing and dunking his face in the water... and the last 5 minutes of class they get to jump in... that was his favorite part (he thinks he is such a big boy when he gets to jump in). So yeah to say the least Monday was a big day for us. Tuesday and Wednesday were late days at work... we were there until almost 6pm both nights. We have been putting in a lot of overtime lately.. but that paychecks are very nice so I don't mind! Then last night we actually got out of work early... so we grilled out and tried to enjoy the heat wave! The night was going great until Frankie checked our bank account and there was a $50 charge for Pizza in Kentucky!! So he called and sure enough someone had stolen our card number so we had to cancel his check card and hopefully there won't be anymore charges coming through. Being worried I was looking at our account a little closer and I found something funny. I went to Quiznoes on Wednesday to pick up Subs and for some reason they decided to charge me 6 times. So I have now paid $138 for 4 subs! I am still trying to get this problem sorted out becuase Quiznoes says they only have one record and only charged me once. So today at work I have made several phone calls trying to get back $110 that is rightfully mine.

I do have something positive to report from today: I won the Rising Star Award for February at work! This is what my co-worker said : Mandy has made incredible contributions with her increasing quality and productivity. She has also helped raise the overall team moral with her personality and dedication to the success of the team. She also personally motivates me with our friendly daily case count competition. Mandy is always willing to lend her knowledge of Lifecomm to ensure cases are completed by commission cutoff. It is always nice to be nominated let alone win.. so my day is going better. Also I get a $65 Visa Card for winning so I am going to buy myself something fun.. I am not sure what yet... although I really want the game Loaded Questions so I am sure that will be part of it!

Well I hope everyone else is having a great week and it's Friday so things have to get better from here on out!! Yeah for Weekends!! Gotta Smile:

Much Needed Vacation!

We are on Vacation and loving it! And you are probably wondering why I am blogging on vacation but we are justing hanging in the hotel room killing a little time so I figured why not! We flew in Tuscon, AZ on Thursday. We went to Sabino Canyon, which was beautiful. And I am still in shock at how big the cactus are, I had to idea. Friday we drove up to Phoenix and did some sight seeing.. tourist things of course! Then on Saturday we drove to Silver City, NM where we will be staying until Tuesday! We drove throw Texas Canyon on our way to Silver City! It is gorgeous here, mountains everywhere you turn. Today we drove down to Palomos, Mexico today and I was a little nervous I wasn't gonna be able to get back across the border! All you need is a driver's license and a birth certificate. Well mine don't match becuase of getting married and I never thought to bring my marriage certificate, but thankfully border patrol didn't care! Although when they asked my citizenship I said "Yes" and the guy looked at me like I was NUTS, the correct answer would have been United States, oops. On our way back to the hotel we stopped at St Clair Winery, have to pick up some of the local wine... even though I don't even like wine! And then best part of the day was when we went to The City of Rocks! Amazing!! Tons of giant rock formations formed long ago from a volcano eruption, we did lots of hiking and took over 70 pictures! And the weather ins't too bad either, we hit 75 today with lots of sun! Anyways, that is all for now, we are headed down to the hot tub! Sabino Canyon (above)

Texas Canyon (below)

City of Rocks!

Big Day in the Berberena Household!

Well we have had a very interesting weekend. Saturday morning I put Colton in his crib so I could shower... I figure this is the safest place and I give him books so usually he is okay with it. Well yesterday he got out!! Yes the little escape artist got out of his crib. So today we spent the morning converting his crib into a toddler bed and making sure there is nothing dangerous in his room in case he gets out of his crib and decides to explore. We went this afternoon to buy a guard rail for his bed just becuase he tosses and turns so much when we sleeps I was afraid he would roll right out! So tonight will be the true challenge. Will he sleep in his new bed? We have been talking about it all day and about an hour ago he went and got his blankie and crawled up into his bed and layed down... but that only lasted a minute! Hopefully tonight it lasts much longer. I will keep you posted, and keep us in mind when you are getting a good night sleep tonight! I guess this just proves our baby is growing up! No more high chair, no more crib now if we can just get rid of the diapers!

We also got cool foam letters for the bath and he loves them! Actually he likes it when I stick them all up and he gets to rip them of the wall! Whatever entertains him I guess. And just in the past few days he started to smile when you ask him too! All you have to do is say " Show me your smiles" and this is what you get:
Cute huh, I am not sure why he squints his eyes but he does it everytime!

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Hope everyone has a Great Valentines Day!! No big plans for us, just hanging out together tonight and eating some Valentines candy! At work we got to pretend we were back in elememtry school and we all decorated brown bags in our team meeting yesterday morning. And then this morning we all passed out Valentines.. it was quite fun! Makes me want to be a kid again so I can do fun things like this everyday. Although everyone in the office is gonna be a sugar high and we may never get anything done. Oh well, who cares it's Valentines Day!!


Colton had to leap of the couch to get his balloon back... the good news no injuries, YET!!

GO GIANTS!

Well let me start by saying that I am happy the Giants won. We watched the game at my parents house and it was so much fun! I like watching a close game... especially when my brother is cheering for the other team. Other than the Superbowl not much going on around here. We decided on Saturday that we had enough of Colton's crazy hair and we buzzed it all off. His hair is so short now and it looks really good. He looks very clean cut and much older! He also discovered tonight that he can get into his toy box all by himself! But he doesn't fit in there with all the toys so as soon as he gets in he throws all of the toys out. Well he usually keeps one or two of his favorites in there so he has something to play with! Okay that is all I have for now... I know nothing too exciting we are leading a pretty boring life right now!