Big News

Yeah, I know, I still owe a bunch of posts... BUT...
A woman from Sydney Australia contacted me through my www.quiltsbykista.com website and wants to sell my stuff out there. First she ordered eight things to show around for about a month and then she will let me know if she still wants to do it. I am really excited, but shipping is pretty expensive and when I mailed it today, the post office worker told me that she will probably be paying some kind of fee at customs since it is merchandise. So, obviously she has to love my stuff enough to make it worth paying for all that extra stuff. At first I thought it was a scam, but we have been talking for three weeks now, and it is for real! She said that she found my stuff online and has seen nothing like it.
WOW! Okay, so yes, I am really excited and a little nervous... I have a lot of blankets to start working on in this next month, because if she decides to go with my stuff, she is going to order bulk! Crazy!
But even if she doesn't, it will have given me the opportunity to get ready for the next craft show season without using James as my sweat shop :)

New toys are Awesome!

Joan and Bailey gave Landon this awesome wagon
Grandpa pulled Landon around in it and Landon thought that was the coolest thing ever!

Then, they played with blocks . Look at those faces! They must be related!

Such concentration!

I even got in on some of the fun!

Grandpa sorted all of the foam blocks just to make sure all the pieces were there.

Whoa! I have the coolest toys ever!

Smashing the cake... or not?

I don't know what to do!
James was trying to figure out how to use the camcorder and Landon was ready to go

He took his finger and went right for the eye, don't want to fight that kid when he gets older!

Love this picture! You can just see him thinking about what he put in his mouth.

Haley, Caitlin and Bailey were some good cheerleaders

Warning: This video is pretty long...

Cinco de Mayo party

Having fun at the party
Daddy feeding Landon some yummy Mexican food

The only picture of the food I got

We had a sheet cake for everyone to eat since the other one was purely for smashing

Singing Happy Birthday

Opening gifts. James loved this book when he was a kid, so he got really excited when Grandma Marker gave it to Landon for his birthday.

Haley giving Landon encouragement

All done! What a great night!

We were in Joan's basement which is where James and I lived for a long time before we bought our house. It was weird to be back, but it is such a great and open space for parties! We had two kinds of enchiladas, home made beans, salsa, guacamole and some Brazilian soda. I feel like I am forgetting something, but all in all, it was fabulous! Oh that is right, James insisted on making tortillas as well. (Yes, we make them from scratch as well)

Presents before the party

You want me to do what?
Like this???

I think I got it...

Why don't we do this everyday?!

UH! This one is hard to rip...

These pics were from my mom's camera...

Over head shot

He loves this book! (Peek a Boo, I love you!)

Some cool toy that I can't remember what it was...

Okay, so these are foam blocks and they are AWESOME! He loves them and I love them because when he throws them around, nothing gets hurt or damaged. I highly recommend.

Monkey Smash Cake

Grandma did all the hard work
I just mixed the colors and supervised

The final masterpiece!

Mom found a star cake pan in Ross and we decided to make it work for a monkey. And I have to say I am very please with the final product. I do have to say that at first, I was a little nervous, but together we made eyes the same size and found splotchy places to fix. I couldn't stop taking pictures of it knowing that it would be destroyed soon.

Funky BUM Rash and Mexican Food

So... Landon got this funky rash on his bum, that started to look like scribble on an etch-a-sketch pad... The nurse at the Dr. office said to trace it with a pen to see how it progresses.

So Grandpa held him while I drew on his butt with a pen.
It was a rather interesting process.

Then Grandpa fed Landon a banana. Yeah, they have pretty much bonded!

Of course, that didn't stop Landon from coming and tugging at my shorts while I was making all of the food for the Cinco de Mayo party (more on that later)

Here is Landon giving me some tongue when all I wanted was a kiss...

And here is Landon having a blast with Grandpa

And smiling for Grandma taking the pictures

For the last three years we have had a Cinco de Mayo party to celebrate James's birthday. We make awesome Mexican food and eat a ton. This year, we decided to combine both James and Landon's birthday and have it early so that my parents could participate. I made our family's home made bean recipe (takes 3 hours) and the spanish rice on Sunday and the plan was to make two pans of enchiladas (from scratch) on Monday along with a smash cake for Landon...

Granpa and Grandma Alba come to visit

Grandpa Alba and Landon became best buds real quick
It might have had something to do with the fact that Grandpa was always feeding him something...

Grandma had to get the naked tub shots

Naked boy with an audience

Grandma and Grandpa thought it was funny how we double team it when getting Landon ready for bed.

Look at those puffy eyes, I love babies when they first wake up!

Okay, so I am majorly overdue for this particular post. They came at the end of April... Anyways, we had a great time. It was a lot busier than I would have liked, but I will take what I can get with them living so far away.