My lil cowboy

We attended our playgroup's First Annual Rodeo party last week. All the kiddos got dressed up in their best western attire and had a blast! Of course, nothing around here comes without difficulty lately. I've come to the conclusion that David has fat feet! I purchased some boots especially for this party and thankfully I got them at 30% off because although they slipped right on his little fat feet the day they arrived; four days later was not the case. Ugh....talk about frustrating! I tried with every ounce of gentle force to get those darn boots on his feet, I think I even broke a sweat trying. In the end we were 10 minutes late to the party and the boots were half-way on. Poor thing, thank goodness he humored me for the first 5 minutes so that I could snap some pictures! Thank you Katie and Miss Lachlann for being such great hostesses and throwing a super fun rodeo party!

our attempt at the zoo....

I am starting to think that overall trips to the zoo are not for the Roser family; last year the extreme heat and this year one cranky toddler. We did not even make it to the children's area because he was such a mess! Not even the ice cream break, which we had to take within the first ten minutes, made it better. The funny thing is when I uploaded the pictures from this fiasco I had to laugh because he actually made it look like he was having a good time (again, it is the posing for the camera thing). He was more interested in taking pictures than he was looking at the animals. He didn't want to sit in his stroller so he was allowed to walk only if he held mommy or daddy's hand which "Mr. I want to be in control" was not so happy about majority of the time. At one point he just threw himself on the ground right in the middle of a a busy walk way! I had to pull the "David if you don't get up and walk with mommy we will go bye-bye." I was horrified until a mother passing by said " I can't tell you how many times we have had to say that today!" I think the only thing he did enjoy was the elephants; they seem to be a fav around here these days. Needless to say we will not be going to the zoo again anytime soon!

"CHEESE"

So someone around here has decided he does not hate the camera anymore! He will pose and say cheese for you as soon you pull it out. A complete 180 since Christmas; which is leading us to reconsider an upcoming 2 year photo shoot. Here are a few pictures to wet y'alls whistles; since I apparently have been MIA for hmmm....a month. {don't worry I just uploaded over 100 pictures that I will start sifting through and posting over the next few days from our trip to the zoo and his first rodeo party...boots and all!}

Be Mine

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Here are pictures from some of our festivities over the week. Our play group had a Valentine's party on Wednesday and one of our mommies, who is an amazing photog, did a great job capturing the moment!

The goodies; the bears and the puppies on the bottom right are from us!

My silly little valentine

The kiddos, aren't they cuties?? Mine was not too happy!

photography by Amanda Green Photography

Sesame Street LIVE!

That's what his face looked like for the majority of the show, jaw dropped in awe that Elmo and friends were right in front of him! It was, as miss Abby would put it..."magical!" To see such joy and innocence in your child's face is truly a perfect gift from up above and definitely a memorable one.

Cancun 2010

Honey, we are all so proud of you and your success in 2009. We thank you everyday for working so hard to provide for our family. Thank you grandma and grandpa for watching David so Mommy and Daddy could celebrate another great year in Cancun!! We had such a good time with food, friends, and much needed r&r.

Our first day was spent mostly traveling, but it worked out okay because it was raining in Cancun when we got there. That night we had regional breakouts and dinner.

Dave and I before the meeting started

Allison, Dave's boss's wife, and I before the meeting

The Roser's and The Volpe's

The next day we had some sun, but it only lasted for a few hours. This is our first year that we have been in Cancun with an actual beach; they are still in recovery mode from the hurricane that hit in 2005. So we spent the time we had on the beach sun or no sun. That night we went to dinner with other Houston contest winners and their spouses. We went to a restaurant called Harry's and enjoyed delicious surf and turf!!

On Tuesday I was treated to spa services while Dave got to play golf. That night we had the usual office dinner at a yummy restaurant and even made it out dancing full bellies and all!!

Houston Contest Winners 2010

The Wives

We spent our last night as a date night, since we don't get those too often. We enjoyed a lovely dinner at one of the newer restaurants in Cancun. The best part was the dessert; they leave this tray on your table and it is literally all you can eat.....dangerous!

Overall, it was a great trip! We were ready to get back to our little nugget, though. It was 4 1/2 days away from him! He did great for grandma and grandpa, but was not too happy with mommy. He refused to speak to me on the phone while we were there and gave me the cold shoulder for about 10 minutes once we got home....payback!! Mommy and daddy made up for it though with a trip to see Elmo on Saturday; I should hopefully get those up mid-later this week but he had a blast!!

early riser = sleepy mommy

Okay, so first.....we are still here. I know, I know its been a whole month since I last blogged or close to it, but it has been a busy month that has just flown by. The time that I usually get to sit down and share my thoughts, document milestones, or just let y'all know whats been going on, a.k.a nap time, has been spent searching for beach attire for our upcoming trip to Cancun, projects around the household, planning our little nuggets upcoming birthday (I cannot believe he will be two soon), and taking a little time here and there just to have some mommy relaxation time. Oh, and I cannot forget to leave out cleaning the house! We have also been busy visiting and applying for colleges...okay not really, but it sure feels that way! Seriously, who knew that there was such a demand for MDO programs; mothers get in line at 3am at some of these churches just to make sure their kiddo gets a spot! Crazy. We are applying to 3 different churches that are on a draw system; our first choice being our church but there is no guarantee. We will find out February 17th which ones he gets accepted to for the 2010-2011 school year. I'm telling you....crazy!

On another note, David turned 22 months this week and the terrible twos have officially hit the Roser household. Generally, he is a well behaved and bright minded little boy (well, I like to think so), BUT these little tantrums of emotional/angered screaming must stop!! If someone angers him or things do not go his way...watch out and be prepared for the loud and I mean awful scream that my child can and will produce anywhere! Now I have tried telling myself "it could be worse, at least he does not hit or bite like some little boys are doing right now," but I don't know it's pretty bad. So, for now "no David, it is not nice to scream" is being heard a handful around here! Along with the terrible twos comes the need for independence and control, which in turn has caused some long evenings and early mornings for us. My child, who has practically been one of the best sleepers since he was 10 weeks old, has started to fight going night-night. I swear he thinks his crib is a jungle gym; he feels the need to run around it during nap time and at bedtime instead of sleeping in it. Oh, and let me not forget the kicking...yes, kicking the wall, which happens to be mommy and daddy's wall. This occurs at night and early morning, and when I say early I mean 6:10 am EVERY morning. I don't know what it takes to get this kid to sleep in, but it is like clock work no matter when he goes to bed. Needless to say, after much research, we are led to believe that this behavior is due not only to the need for control, but over tiredness so we have started to lay down the law around here. The rainforest (fisher-price) has been removed because the "soothing" sounds and "peaceful" lighting it once brought to my infant boy is now a bright obnoxious distraction to sleep! Nap time is set for 12:30 and bedtime is set for 7:30, no earlier and no later....lights out, and mommy and daddy are out of the room. Instead of rockabye baby lullaby renditions, we have natural white noise ALL night. Last but not least....NO watching Elmo after 4:30 in the afternoon! Anyways, you get the point; this is serious business.

To leave on a lighter note, or should I say less negative, he is growing up so quickly and we do feel blessed to have such a wonderful child (I do mean this, lol). He is super-scary smart; counts to ten and knows all but 5 letters of the alphabet! His favorite game right now is "what's that." I will draw letters on the etcha sketch that Santa brought him for Christmas; he loves to ask "what's that" which in turn he wants me to ask "what's that" and he will then shout with much excitement the letter that I drew! He does this with all of his Melissa & Doug fruits and vegetables, too! He has an amazing memory; every time we drive by the pool he shouts "pool, dada, weeee" in regards to going down the big slide with Daddy this past summer! He loves to sing and dance. He is very talkative; I think the only time he is not talking is when he is watching Elmo. He is always looking for a response and requires a lot of attention. Sometimes, in the middle of playtime he will just come up to me and give me a kiss or hug for no reason, which melts my heart. Through all the yelling and screaming, I do know that he loves his mommy and no matter how tough these times can be I love him more than anything, he is my baby boy.