Merry Christmas!!!

What a wonderful day Christmas was! Jesus Marcos got lots of fun gifts and we really enjoyed watching him get so excited opening them. He was so excited about his gifts that he didn't eat all day. We couldn't tear him away from his tractors (he got 2 remote control tractors, one noisy tractor and one BIG tractor - THANKS AUNT SHAN - that he can ride on). One of my favorite parts of Christmas day was when Robert gave me my gift. It was wrapped in newspaper and glued shut!!! He couldn't find tape. It was the best wrapping job ever. :)

Our babies dressed up for Christmas Eve service.

Christmas morning, JM wakes up and walks past the Christmas tree. The big tractor catches his eye and the look on his face said "Wait a minute, this stuff wasn't here when I went to bed last night!?!?!" He puts that hard hat on everytime he gets on his tractor. He also totes all of his tractors into his room when he takes a nap or goes to bed and then he brings them all back out when he wakes up. He is his Daddy's dream boy.

The only reason that JM let Loie stay on the tractor was because she was pushing on the levers and it was making all sorts of cool noises.

Daddy helping put a tractor together.

Loie is loving the little bear blanket that Aunt Dottye sent her. Aunt Dottye's "Crafty Ladies" group at church made her this little precious bear.

He gets it now. The gift is not the paper but what it is wrapped around. To all of you first time moms - don't buy any Christmas presents the first 2 Christmases. All you have to do is put tissue paper in a bag and they will play with that for as long as you let them. ;)

If you want to read 2 books consecutively you can put one on your head so it's ready and within reach when you want it. Brilliant my little genius!!!

Our trip to So Cal...

A special and big thanks to Auntie Janine and Zander for giving up their room and letting us completely take over their house! WE LOVE YOU!!!

We got a lot done in the very short time that we were in So Cal. First, we went to lunch with Gammi - had a blast!!!

Don't they look beautiful!!!

Awww, how sweet!

Papi loves his little Loie! We had a great time with Papi and lots of friends at dinner.

My new little nephew, Beau, is so precious that he almost made me cry! Its crazy that Loie was this small only 6 months ago! **Go check out some great pics of Archer and Jesus Marcos at the C'deBaca blog!

Next we went to the Aquarium in Long Beach. Jesus Marcos totally flipped out when he saw Dori in the first tank. He has been obsessed with Finding Nemo and now he can really say that he found him!

This pic is classic. Jesus Marcos is holding Nemo, Loie is holding a starfish and Zander is holding a piece of pizza left over from the day before! Zander also has a turtle on his tray!

Jesus Marcos FLIPPPPPED when we got to this tank. He found lots of Nemos.

This was one of my favorite tanks. My brother, Coop, got stung by a baby jellyfish in Baja and said it hurt like crazy. Its a great story - ask him about it if you know him. :) I can't even imagine being in this tank.

Zander and Jesus Marcos looking out for Dori and her friends.

Now we are back at Auntie Janine's and getting ready to go to bed. Our trip in So Cal has come to an end.

I give this pic Two snaps up a twist and a kiss!!!

These last 2 pics are taken somewhere on the coast. We decided to take a trip up the coast and had no idea that it would take over 10 hours!!! It was worth it!