John Deere Fun

I am so excited for Jeremiah's first birthday!! I can not believe my baby is going to be ONE!! We are having a BBQ at our house to celebrate him with friends and family. And its all about John Deere. I think I'm going to see green and yellow forever! I've been searching every store for anything and everything for this party (the cheap way though). Here are the invites my friend Laura made. Many pictures to come!

Diaper Derby

Last weekend was the 49th Annual Almond Blossom Festival here in Ripon. Every year they have a diaper derby on Saturday morning for all crawling babies under 1. It is an adorable race to see which baby can crawl across a mat the fastest. There were 6 different "heats" with about 8 babies in each heat (totally a baby boom this past year). Of course Jeremiah was in the last heat. As we watched the first 5 heats take place I start getting nervous as to how Jeremiah was going to react to the loud cheering crowd and the crawling. We watched many babies not move an inch, or even cry because they were scared. Finally it was our turn. Here is what Jeremiah did..... (he is the blue shirt)

Took off as fast as he could.

Was schooling all the babies!!

Having a blast and smiling as usual.

Thought we has a winner on our hands!!! He crawled halfway over the finish line and.......

SAT UP!!!! What a stinker!!

After a few seconds of sitting there he turned around and crawled back to Jon.

We really had a good time but as the "Mama Bear" I was so sad my little one didn't win. I think I was so sad because in a heat before us a mom picked up her daughter the minute she touched the line and they let her win!! Oh well.... Jeremiah is the winner in our hearts!!! =) We got it all on video and are going to have a blast watching it when he gets older! What fun memories.

Almond Blossoms

This is my favorite time of year here in Ripon. All the orchards are blooming with beautiful white flowers that fill the air with a sweet scent. I am so happy that we live here now to be able to enjoy these few weeks. This coming weekend is the Annual Almond Blossom Festival. A carnival comes to town,  a parade comes down main street, a diaper derby race, a 8k race, and a lot of delicious food and family time to be had! Jeremiah will be racing in the diaper derby. I am so excited to see how he does! Jon will be running in the 8k race. We will be enjoying the parade with family and enjoying  the short walk to the carnival. What a fun weekend to live in a small town!
Please pray for the rain to hold off for a while! Not only so the festivities can be held but mostly for the blossoms on the trees. If there is rain and cold weather, the blossoms do not get pollinated and then they do not produce! That would be horrible for all the farmers.

Jeremiah enjoying the spring like weather!

Valentine's Wreath

Here was my attempt to make some decorations for our house!! It only cost $5!!! Love that.

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Super Bowl

As Super Bowl was approaching, we were sad that we couldn't attend the annual party at the Douma's in Chino. So we thought we should have our own! The weather was beautiful, the food was delicioius, and the kids had a blast. We had 18 adults and 10 kids (all under 6). It really was such a great day.... I wish I took more pictures!

Spring??

On Saturday the weather was BEAUTIFUL... now when I say beautiful I'm now talking as a Nor Cal person because it was probably 66 degrees and sunny! We haven't had a lot of sun lately. Jon and I jumped on the opprotunity to take Jeremiah to his first park! Here are some pictures of our fun.

Ruffled Pillow

Here are my creations so far this week. I am sewing with a friend on Thursday so there will be more to come!
1) J shirt for Jeremiah!

2) Ruffled Pillow

When I came across this tutorial, (click here to view) I immediatly fell in love. I think this was even before I owned a sewing machine! I was super excited to try it and had the perfect place in mind to put the pillow. Total cost was only $13 and I love every penny of it! I also bought a deep red fabric to make a few for my couch.

Ok... I just can't blog without a picture of my little bug-a-boo. Here is what I caught him doing this morning. I secretly think Jon is teaching him climbing techniques when I'm not around. HA