We love you very much and the boys wanted to sing happy birthday to you the way you sing Happy Birthday to them.
We hope that you had a great day.
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007
The Changes of Life......
Since Erico is the oldest of all the boys, he will get to experience many changes before his brothers. For example, in less than the nineteen days that we have had in the month of June, Erico has transformed. See pictures below.
This picture is from June 5, 2007 (bottom right tooth)
This picture is from June 14, 2007 (top front tooth)
And this last picture is from June 17, 2007 (Father's Day) (The other top front tooth)
I love seeing the changes that losing teeth has on a person's face. But if he looses anymore teeth by the end of the month (which he shouldn't), the "Tooth Fairy" will go broke!
I love you Erico and you are an amazing kid and an awesome son.....
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
My Husband.........
I can run through so many things that make him such an incredible man, husband and dad, but it might bore a few.
Gil, I love you very much and want to thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to us as your family and to our house! We have been through many hurdles over the past ten years and we might have stumbled over a few, but we keep getting up and pushing forward.
Our 7 year anniversary just past on June 6th, and even though we did not go out to do anything special. Just having another year with you is special enough to me.... We have love and that is enough to keep me wanting to stay together forever.
Monday, June 04, 2007
Family Update..
Well, it has been about one month since I have last posted to my blog. A lot has happened since my last post. We are almost finished with our renovations, we only have a few things to complete and then I can say GOODBYE to the dust bunnies. One thing that I have never liked to do is dust and I think I have to clean dust off of everything at least twice a day.
Erico and Elkin had their last soccer game in May, Erico is out of school. He is on his way to the 2nd grade. I am now going to be working for my mom only from the house, unless I have to go into the office. I am so thankful that I can still work from home and bring in some money, and to be able to be home with the boys instead of them having to go to a daycare type place, because right now, it would be too much for our wallets.
As far as the house, we finished putting the rest of the chair rail and crown molding in the formal living and dining room, Roberto and one of his workers painted the two rooms while Gil and I were at our semi final soccer game, which went to penalty kicks and I missed my two shots on goal, so needless to say we did not advance to the finals, but we had a very good season overall. Muchisimas Gracias a Roberto por tu ayuda pintando los dos cuartos durante el partido y tambien muchas gracias a la Abuelita para cuidar a los ninos.
The laminate floors were installed on Wednesday and now we just have to finish the touch up painting and installing the rest of the doors, and then take a break to get ready for Erico's 7th birthday on the 20th of this month!
Also, I am trying to come up with some ideas for a business that I can run from home and I have had some good feed back from the few that I have told, and I will run it by a few more people to get some more ideas and to get some help to get the ball rolling on my ideas.
Here is a slide show of some of our events during this month. Hope you enjoy....
Love always, Jodie
Thursday, April 19, 2007
New Addition to the Barbosa crew
The other day Gil was working on his mom's new house that she bought a while ago, and he came across a dog that was lost. He kept it with him at the house all day and tried to find its owner. So we decided that if the owners could not be found, we would take the dog into our home.
The boys named her Marina and my brother-in-law "Rick" said the she is a Shelti.
Our dog Bianca loves playing with her and so do the boys. she is a very friendly and loving dog. She fits well into our family.
"Scrappy"
Kitchen Renovation almost complete!
We did most of the work ourselves, which we are very proud of. But for certain things like the travertine and granite, we had to hire a company!
A Special thank you for those that helped either with the electrical (Rick) or painting (Roberto)or just helping with the kids (Abuelita)!
Please enjoy the slide show below! (you can clik on the + sign to make the slide show go faster)
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Another baby tooth is gone!
He was so excited and he was jumping up and down! So we washed out his mouth a salt water rinse and then he remembered that "Grandma" (my mom) had told him to let her know as soon as his tooth came out. Right away he asked me if he could call her to tell her.
Then as he went to sleep he put his tooth in his Batman pillow my mom bought him a while back when he had another loose tooth, it has a little pocket in the front that can hold the tooth and that can be swapped out for a little surprise from the "Tooth Fairy".
Yes, he believes in the Tooth Fairy. I think that with the way our society is, kids need to hold onto traditions like Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy. He will eventually learn that all of these things are made up, but it is all worth it when I see the look on his face when he pulled out the surprise that the Tooth Fairy left him!
I will post a picture later........
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Sunday, April 01, 2007
April Fools!
Gil had to go to Lowes this morning to buy some things so we can paint the ceiling, and other remodeling things. So when he was in the shower, I went with Esai and drove Gil's truck around the corner to the lake that we fish at. Erico and Elkin were my lookout at home.
Then about 40 minutes later, Gil goes outside to leave and he comes in and says in a shocked voice "Jodie, come outside, I have to show you something!" So I went outside and he says, "Jodie, some one took my truck." I opened the door to the house and told Erico and Elkin to come outside, and I told them that Dad thought someone took his truck, and they yelled "APRIL FOOLS!"
I was so glad that we pulled it off, now we have to come up with other things to do during the day!
Happy April Fools Day to everyone and keep an eye out for the tricks"
Kitchen renovation slide show!
Here are some pictures from the kitchen/family room renovations. In about 2 -3 days there should be some BIG changes. I will post more later.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
UPDATES.....
Our kitchen/family room renovations are coming along pretty good. Our kitchen ceiling has been rewired and put back together. We have drilled a path into the floor from the wall to run electric and Internet to the island that will be installed within the next two weeks.
We have knocked down all of the popcorn from the ceiling and have put the crown molding up in the kitchen. (I say we, but I actually mean Gil. There is not much I can do in that area.)
This weekend we will have removed the remaining kitchen cabinets, stove, refrigerator and dishwasher out. and primer the walls, ceiling, install new cabinets and then on Tuesday the granite people will come in to make our template for the counter tops.
After Tuesday, Gil and I will start to install the travertine floor in the kitchen and paint the walls in the kitchen and family room and finish crown molding and chair-rail.
During all of this we start our new season of soccer April 3rd and the boys still have Tuesday and Wednesday practices and games on Fridays.
We are definitely stressed at times, but we know that we are blessed to be busy and to have a schedule full of things to do for our home, the kids and for each other.
I will post a slide show in the next day or so..... unitl then, take care!
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Mission Complete!
Trip to the zoo
The kids and I went to the Brevard Zoo last Thursday with the Chason family. The Chason's have three kids. The oldest is named Charlie, he has played on Erico's soccer team since they were 4, and the other two are twins Patteson and Casey, which have played with Elkin since they were 3.
They are are very nice family and I was excited that Carolyn (mom Chason) had invited us to do something during Spring Break.
The zoo was great. They had all kinds of animals, and a train ride and a small petting area. The kids loved being there and especially hanging out with their friends. And just because Esai is the smallest, he had just as much fun chasing the kids and walking or I should say "running" around.
