tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294793140812568142024-03-12T19:32:43.310-05:00The Rodriguez 5Nicole Rodriguezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10456522920812143914noreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629479314081256814.post-55980554856557252832012-06-22T13:01:00.003-05:002012-06-22T13:02:14.974-05:00Lazy<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">i'm sad to say there has not been much going on in our little world lately. we had a nice father's day - which also happened to fall on my birthday this year - so we had double the fun ;) who makes who breakfast in these situations??? i say my birthday trumps his father's day considering he wouldn't be a father had i not been born. no? yes? anybody???</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">anyway - we hung around the house most of the day after church and then that evening roy's parents came over to watch the boys so the two of us - yes - just the two of us! - could go out to dinner. it was such a nice treat! we went to bj's brewhouse + restaurant - we just got one and it opened about 2 wks ago - and it was delish! their pizzas - i die. roy pursuaded me to not get dessert and to my surprise when we got home - his mom had made me a chocolate cake :) they all sang happy birthday and we had cake and ice cream. it was so good!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">oh - and one more happy memory - roy got me an iPad for my birthday! yay me! i love. and i might or might not have already read the first two books of the fifty shades trilogy and am halfway thru book 3... just sayin'...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">we have some family coming in town this weekend and us girls are getting pedi's in the morning and then we are all heading to the new hawaiian falls water park for the day. can't wait!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">aidan's birthday is in less than two weeks - july 2 i will officially have a teenager. eeek!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">oh - we also snuck away to go see madagascar 3. it was really cute and the boys loved it!</span><br />
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<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nicole</div>Nicole Rodriguezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10456522920812143914noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629479314081256814.post-40169177889751835472012-06-10T19:07:00.000-05:002012-06-10T19:12:16.126-05:00What we've been up to this week...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we have had one heck of a busy week! we had VBS each morning from 9am - 12noon at church - and i was a leader with a group of 6 5th graders. aidan was my assistant leader and we had a blast each day! ryan and cole got to enjoy VBS also in their classes and they woke up excited each morning to get ready and go!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">on thursday our children's ministry director talked on stage to all the kiddos and explained to them how much JESUS loves them and how important it is to ask HIM into their hearts. she prayed a special prayer with everyone and asked for those who took that prayer seriously and had asked JESUS into their hearts for the first time to let their leaders know so we could write down their name and phone numbers to turn in for follow up calls. after she was done speaking - one of my kiddos came to me and told me that he had prayed that prayer and truly believed that JESUS was his savior. oh. my. i got so emotional and my eyes just welled up with tears. i couldn't have been smiling any bigger!!! i am so happy for him and i hope he knows what an important decision he has made!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">we also had lots 'o fun at the ymca this week! we went just about everyday after cole's nap. i would go workout while aidan played basketball and the little boys went to their class and played. then - we would all go swimming after. the boys love swimming and really had such a fun time! ryan is the most timid in the water - but each day he got a little braver ;) now he's pretty much a fish like his brothers!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">we have been practicing writing letters with ryan and this week he wrote his name by himself for the first time! he was so proud of himself and i must say - i was very proud also! he's getting so big and learning so well. only a 2+ months till kindergarten...eeek...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">i am loving summer so far and it's just getting started! i love being able to be home and spend this time with my boys - even if they might have driven me crazy one or two times this week ;)</span><br />
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he ended the school year well - for the most part - he did have a little mishap with some behavior issues in athletics which ultimately affected his grade. grrr...<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">only two more days of school left for aidan and then we can say that summer has officially started! </span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nicole</div>Nicole Rodriguezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10456522920812143914noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629479314081256814.post-65421346304933863642012-05-25T23:10:00.000-05:002012-05-25T23:11:22.874-05:00More Pictures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">i hope everyone has a happy and safe memorial day weekend! thank you to all who serve!</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nicole</div>Nicole Rodriguezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10456522920812143914noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629479314081256814.post-55447145823494180532012-05-24T14:30:00.000-05:002012-05-24T14:30:18.107-05:00Reunite<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">yesterday was a bittersweet day for my husband's family. his uncle tom (roy's mom's brother) passed away on monday morning and his funeral was yesterday. bitter because of the loss of roy's uncle - and sweet because we were able to spend a lot of time with his aunts and uncles and cousins and now their children. i love roy's family. they have embraced me so graciously and love our boys. that's all this girl needs in life :) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">my husband's uncle was a wonderful man who was full of life and his greatest wish was to see all his family be together. he would have been a happy man yesterday. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">i have to share this detail because it just brought joy to my heart: tom's favorite beer was lonestar - i know can you believe?! ha! - and so all the cousins and his daughters went to his graveside after the funeral and burial and we all sat around talking and they reminisced about growing up all together and we just sat out there in lawn chairs and blankets and drank lonestar. we had a big cooler full! it was something that I know his daughters and his nieces and nephews will cherish for a lifetime. that's what tom loved to do - hang out with his family and drink his lonestar! isn't life so simple sometimes?!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">uncle tom ~ your presence will be greatly missed - but you will never be forgotten. you can bet this family will keep your memory and spirit alive. may you rest in peace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">i know tarelton is a great school and in the end - does it really matter where your degree is from?! no - probably not. but i had my hopes on baylor and am kind of mourning its loss. hey - at least i got accepted right?! ;) i can always hold that near and dear to my heart! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">so - our week was fairly quiet. we did join the YMCA the week before last - so i have been kind of addicted to going there. aidan and i met with one of their trainers and had him walk us thru a good work-out session for us both in the weight room. i'm so glad about that because i really have no clue about those kinds of things. clearly. just look at me. i love cookies. and cake. and brownies. anyway...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">we've done the weight room together and the treadmills and the stationary bikes. i like all those things - but i tend to get bored if that's all i do. so wednesday i tried a body shaping class with a friend from church and i really liked it! i was probably one of the worst ones in there - but who cares. that's one good thing about getting 'older' - you tend to not care about that stuff anymore :) then thursday i tried a yoga class. i'll be honest - i have always thought yoga was for weird people and not something i would ever enjoy - but i LOVED it! it was so relaxing and i left there feeling long, lean, and limber! now don't get me wrong - i was sweating like a pig and wasn't the greatest at all the poses/movements - but i gave it my all! and i'll definitely be going back :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">last saturday we all traveled to nacogdoches for the day to see my little brother graduate from SFA. it was a long day with 3 boys - but i wouldn't have missed it! it was nice to see some family that i haven't seen in awhile and just enjoy the day all together. i am so proud of my brother. </span><br />
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</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nicole</div>Nicole Rodriguezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10456522920812143914noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629479314081256814.post-62255613913896682882012-05-11T16:17:00.001-05:002012-05-11T16:17:42.817-05:00Slowly catching up<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">i added ryan's 5th birthday post - you can find it <a href="http://therodriguez4.blogspot.com/2012_03_01_archive.html" target="_blank">here.</a> i'm still trying to play catch up! my semester just ended - so i can finally breathe :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">scroll down to see what i also posted today...</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nicole</div>Nicole Rodriguezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10456522920812143914noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629479314081256814.post-916963697333361102012-05-11T15:43:00.000-05:002012-05-11T15:43:08.853-05:00Stache-no-more!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">aidan thinks he's a man now - as if he didn't already! he has been sportin' what we like to refer to as a "douch-stache" - haha! i know that sounds so wrong - but we all think it's so funny! it looked just like derek holland's mustache - you know - the RANGERS pitcher ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">anyway - it was time to do something about it. i tried to take him to get it waxed - but he refused. he's only 12 - so i wasn't quite ready for him to shave yet - but roy promised me it wasn't going to grow back in full swing overnight. he better be right. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">so - daddy got after it and showed him the ropes on how to shave. {insert me crying here}</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">{don't mind the hair on his back - ha! - i had just cut his hair and we hadn't cleaned him up}</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">how we've gotten to this point - i'll never know. everyday i'm watching him turn into a young man. {sigh}</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nicole</div>Nicole Rodriguezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10456522920812143914noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629479314081256814.post-39886131729738372462012-05-08T21:44:00.001-05:002012-05-08T21:47:11.365-05:00Kindergarten Round-Up<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ryan had kindergarten round-up tonight. kindergarten already?! excuse me a sec while i go cry...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">i just can't grasp the fact that he is 5 and starting school in a few months. i know i've been thru this before, but it's just as hard this time around. and i'm sure will be again when cole starts. i'm having a hard time accepting that i am out of the having babies stage and getting more and more into the having big boys stage. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">anyhoo - kindergarten round-up :) it was fun being back at the elementary school and seeing how much it has changed since aidan was there. aidan had fun seeing old teachers and i <strike>bawled</strike> laughed as they couldn't believe how tall he has gotten and how grown up he is. {sigh}</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">we got to meet the new kindergarten teachers and see the classrooms. we don't know who his teacher is yet - but it was nice to be able to meet them all. ryan was so shy to talk to the teachers and is very intimidated by this whole process. but - he did love seeing all the neat stuff in the classrooms! good thing we have all summer to get ready! we are going to need it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">i know he will love school and he will become such a big boy there. hopefully roy will be a big boy too when we drop him off on the first day ;)</span><br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nicole</div>Nicole Rodriguezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10456522920812143914noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629479314081256814.post-68574242511042894822012-05-04T22:55:00.003-05:002012-05-04T22:55:19.596-05:00Bullets<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">eeek! it's been a looooong week. i just have some random stuff i want to download from my brain! so i'm doing a bullet post :) in no particular order, might i add.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">project #3 - i'm obsessed with canvas' and saw <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/thenotsoblankcanvas?ref=seller_info" target="_blank">these</a> on etsy. well - needless to say - i thought that surely i could make one myself. and so i did. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">i knew the phrase i wanted to use without even thinking about it. i love mercy me and their song "i can only imagine" means the world to me. it speaks my heart about losing alex and what it will be like in heaven when we are reunited and seeing jesus' face when He hands him to me. oh how i love and miss that baby boy so much... the verse goes "will i sing hallelujah, will i be able to speak at all, i can only imagine." i can only imagine.</span><br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nicole</div>Nicole Rodriguezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10456522920812143914noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629479314081256814.post-3134356194278365772012-04-24T16:57:00.001-05:002012-04-28T00:54:30.857-05:00Random-ness<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">i have more catching up to do - but it's the last 2 weeks of school for me - so i thought i'd make this short and sweet with some iPhone pics of my boys!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">i just downloaded the blogger app on my phone - am i behind or what?!?!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and i'm not real sure how this is going to post...so bare with me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">one more thought: my heart is heavy from reading about all the children who have been taken from us too soon. i'm still going thru each story. i go to bed every night with swollen eyes as i cry with each of y'all. praying, praying, praying.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">i miss our sweet boy more than words can even describe. </span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nicole</div>Nicole Rodriguezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10456522920812143914noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629479314081256814.post-68840248113793777302012-04-18T16:05:00.000-05:002012-04-18T16:05:42.847-05:00Playing Catch-up and Weighing In...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">i have a lot of blogging catching up to do! i started on some of it today and was able to at least get aidan's 12th birthday posted and cole's 2nd birthday posted. i even figured out how to post them in the correct order :) i'm a genius. you can find them <a href="http://therodriguez4.blogspot.com/2011/07/happy-12-aidan.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://therodriguez4.blogspot.com/2012/04/hes-2.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">i also want to mention about my weight loss journey. i think it will help hold me accountable and be fun to go back and be able to read about my journey on here. i love that it's called a journey - it really is just that!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">i joined weight watchers february of last year and as of june of last year had lost right at 25 lbs. i was so proud of myself and was ready to keep on trucking. well - i had to stop paying for weight watchers then because we just needed to cut back and that was one bill that got cut. i thought it would be no biggie and i could just continue on my own - but after a few weeks i fell off the bandwagon and never jumped back on. then the holidays came - and i mean there's no control at that point!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">so just to put it out there - i gained back ALL 25 lbs PLUS another 5. kill. me. now. ugh!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">well - on march 31 of this year - i joined back. thank you hubby :) i am weighing in on wednesday mornings and as of this morning's weigh in - i have lost exactly 5 lbs. i have a LOOOOOONG ways to go to get to goal - but i'm taking it one pound at a time. i mean - is there really any other way? i know it works and it's not a hard concept - so no turning back!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">ok - welp - cole is waking up from his nap and it's time to go get aidan from school! back to it :)</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nicole</div>Nicole Rodriguezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10456522920812143914noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629479314081256814.post-69850582894651552442012-04-17T21:47:00.000-05:002012-04-17T21:47:16.570-05:00Open Wide<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">yesterday the boys all had dentist appointments at 9am. why i do this to myself i'll never know. really it wasn't that bad. this was a new dentist for all 3 of them, so i needed to get there early to get paperwork and insurance done. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">clearly i have not been the most consistent blogger of all times, but i want to be. i really want to have this little blog made into books that i can always have to look back on. and maybe an added bonus to that will be that my boys will appreciate it all one day. or maybe their wives. eeek...daughter~in~laws...okay that's a whole 'nother post...moving on...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">i have vouched to blog more consistently.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">the alternator in my expedition went out. yay.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">my boys pretty much ransacked my house while having a good 'ole time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">i cooked. all weekend. every meal. this is huge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">ok, i guess that pretty much sums it up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">i might go back and do some catch~up blogging throughout this week ~ just to be able to have it on here for the future :) obviously the order will be completely out of whack ~ but who cares really?!?!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">p.s. ~ all 3 boys have dentist appointments in the morning. pray for me.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nicole</div>Nicole Rodriguezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10456522920812143914noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629479314081256814.post-84380491107130472802012-04-13T19:59:00.008-05:002012-04-15T15:23:02.048-05:00Boyzzzz<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so...i know...it's been awhile...but <a href="http://www.kellyskornerblog.com/">kelly's korner</a> is doing a link-up for MOMS OF ALL BOYS and i just couldn't resist ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">i have 4 boys, one is already in heaven and three are still with us. i LOVE being a boy momma. my boys are fun and silly and dirty and loud and they just fill our home with laughter every. single. day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it's funny because people ALWAYS ask us if we are going to try for a girl and i have to laugh. my usual response to that is, "how do you think we've ended up with all these boys?!?!" ha! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">our oldest son is aidan. he is 12 and in 7th grade. he is my first true love. i had no idea what love like this was until he was born. he is handsome and funny and shows me his love daily - he is a momma's boy even still...</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">alex is our second son. he was born still on march 26, 2006. we loved on him for as long as we could until we had to say goodbye. he will always be my sweet baby boy. we are closer to seeing him as each day passes.</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">our third son is ryan. he is 5 and starts kindergarten in the fall. he is our blessing after our loss. our calm after the storm. he has no idea how he helped heal our hearts. he is sweet and shy and has a servant's heart.</span> <br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">our youngest son is cole. he is 2 and is wild. he completes our family and always keeps us laughing. he is dramatic and crazy and demanding. but i wouldn't want him any other way.</span><br />
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</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nicole</div>Nicole Rodriguezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10456522920812143914noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629479314081256814.post-67431888030755054662012-03-24T16:13:00.000-05:002012-05-11T16:14:03.216-05:00Ryan is a 5 year old!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">today ryan turns 5! my sweet, shy, soft-spoken boy. {sigh} 5 is a big deal! it's the turning point from pre-schooler to kindergartener - that's a big milestone!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">i can't believe he is 5 already. he will start kindergarten in the fall and he is just turning into such a big boy. he is just the best thing ever and loves us to no end. he loves to be snuggled between his mommy and daddy and always tells us he doesn't want to get married and be a daddy - he wants to live with us forever :) wonder how long that will last! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">we had his birthday party at the bowling alley and it was so fun! it wasn't a huge party - but still a success! he wanted a power rangers theme and a red ranger cake - so that is exactly what he got.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we all had a fun day - especially the birthday boy! i love you ryan alex! you are such a blessing to me.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nicole</div>Nicole Rodriguezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10456522920812143914noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629479314081256814.post-82722853250297830162011-11-03T15:48:00.003-05:002012-04-18T16:54:43.924-05:00He's 2!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">my baby boy is 2 today! i'm not sure how i feel about this?!?! i just had him last tuesday!!! i just love this boy with all my heart. he has completed our family and has definitely made his mark!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">he is witty and silly and dirty and loves to be in control. i mean LOVES it. he is demanding and dramatic, but is cuddly and snuggly and sweet. he loves his momma and thinks his daddy is the funniest. his bubba (aidan) is an idol and his brother (ryan) hung the moon. he calls aidan bubba and ryan brother - and i love it. and we all know him as DEET!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">we celebrated cole's birthday at a jumping place and it was so fun! our family and friends came to celebrate with us and cole loved every minute of it - unless i was pulling him away to take pictures!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">how could i have ever known how much my life was about to change. the overwhelming feeling of hearing that first cry and seeing that baby for the first time still makes my heart skip a beat as i think about it now. i was instantly in love.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">aidan - you are my one and only. my first true love. i had no idea what was in store and man has it been a ride! i love every aspect of your being - even the smart mouth ;) you are inspiring and an absolute joy in my life. i love you so, so much!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">we took him to lunch first at his favorite - the cheesecake factory - YUM! </span><br />
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</div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">they spelled his name wrong - but it's chocolate - so you can't really complain ;)</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Just wanted to share a "normal" evening for us :)</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nicole</div>Nicole Rodriguezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10456522920812143914noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629479314081256814.post-61259283756736649732011-05-08T22:13:00.001-05:002011-05-08T22:16:00.303-05:00Mother's Day<div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">I had a nice Mother's Day today with my boys. Roy let me sleep in this morning and the boys woke me up with beautiful flowers, a HUGE balloon, and cards. It was so sweet! At first I thought maybe the balloon was so big so it would carry me off and we would all have a nice day... ;) Just kidding!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em>"If you know someone who has lost a child...and you're afraid to mention them because you think you might make them sad by reminding them that they died, they didn't forget they died. You're not reminding them. What you're reminding them of is that you remember that they lived, and that's a great, great gift." </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em>~ Elizabeth Edwards</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nicole</div>Nicole Rodriguezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10456522920812143914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629479314081256814.post-59754431401536192112011-04-01T15:49:00.002-05:002011-04-01T15:54:06.205-05:00Celebrate!<div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Last Saturday we celebrated Ryan's birthday at <a href="http://www.jumpnplace.net/index.html">Jump-N-Place</a>! </span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">We had such a fun time...so did the kids! Ha!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">That place is GREAT too because they do ALL the work! They set up the party room for me while all the kids were playing and jumping. All I did was give the thumbs up! </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">It was so laid back and easy!</span></div><br />
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