So its April..

March flew by and its already April 7th... Rylan has started "talking." I went to the shooting range for the first time. Rylan got his first stomach bug.  I ran 100 miles in one month. Rylan turned 9 months old and got his first hair cut. I ran a half marathon and Tony and I celebrated our two year anniversary. We also celebrated Mom's and Michael's birthdays and had a tree fall on our power line. That's all I can think of at the moment from looking at pictures. And we are off..

Rylan's first word was "Da Da." I keep working on him to say Mama but he is not interested.

We noticed one day that the lights kept flickering on and off in our house and our cable wasn't working. We called our cable guy and found out a tree in our back yard had fallen on the cable and electricity lines. Tony bought a drill and got to work. 

Tony took me to the shooting range for a date and then to CC's pizza. I wasn't a very fun date. After a few turns with the gun I was done. Even with the noise ear covers, it was just too loud. The smell of the gun smoke didn't sit well with my stomach either. Glad I got to go once though and experience it.

Mom's birthday was the 30th of March. I got to use my cricut to craft some of her gifts. You can tell I am a beginner but it was fun. Love my mom SOOO much. She is an amazing women!! Happy Birthday!

Michael had a birthday too. We got to go to the park and grill hot-dogs and play at the playground. This was the first time we have taken Rylan to the park. We couldn't understand why he didn't appear to be enjoying himself. Later we found out it was the beginning of a three day stomach bug. We did get a few pictures though.

We also made a cake for Michael's birthday. We are thinking about doing something like this for Rylan's party as well in July.

And to end March. I ran 100 miles total in the month of March. Feels good to see this!

We took Rylan in for this first hair cut. He did SO GOOD. There were no tears and it turned out so cute. Thanks Brenda!

I ran my 6th half-marathon on Saturday with Teresa and Lizeth. (Missed ya Nora!) It was perfect weather. Everyone did SO good.

Tony and I celebrate on 2nd year anniversary this month. We got each other Nike+ GPS watches for running. I used it for the first time at the half. Cant wait to use it more. Tony also wrote a sweet note for me on facebook. I don't get nice notes like these too often so I have to share it has much as possible when I do get them.

"I'm so happy that I made the decision to track this girl down 3 years ago. Today is our two year anniversary. Its been really amazing. Im glad that I have a small family and not lonely in this world."

And last but not least....our baby boy turned 9 months old. Today I took him into the doc for his nine month check up and blood draw. He didn't like the blood draw very much.

Here are his stats: 

Weight-16.4 (5%)

Height-27.3 (9%)

Head- 18.3 (87%)

He is a little boy with a big head but is still growing as he should. Love him SOO much!!

And that's all folks!

End of February at the Cruz's

This is my favorite time on Sunday mornings. Although 1:00 church start time is rough on us, I really enjoy my Sunday mornings while my two boys sleep! Ahhh silence. :)

We have been to lots of Birthday Parties this month. Most recently Evan West, turning 1 and Yahir Perez Jr, turning 3. This last year as flown by! I feel like Trixie was just bringing Evan home. Rylan loves visiting his cousins and playing with them. We are so lucky to have so many cousins his age.

Texas weather has been crazy. 80 degrees one day and 20 the next with freezing ice. We have been trying to make the most of the sunny days.

 We took Ry to Bass Pro shop for this first time yesterday so he could see the fish. He was tired, so he wasnt very interested, but we got some good snap shots.

Tony starts a new job on Friday. We are nervous but feel very blessed and excited for this new opportunity of our family. Wishing him the best of luck! I've been working and training for my half marathon. We are up to 10 miles, which we ran yesterday. It was real tough but I'm coming along. Rylan is 8 months today and is such a good baby. We love him SO much!! Cant wait to see the new things he learns this month.

Happy Valentine's Day

I have never really cared for Valentine's day until this year! Holiday are SO much better with a baby. This year I sat and thought about why we celebrate Valentine's Day.. We celebrate LOVE and love is awesome. 

I love my baby boy! I was excited to get such a great shot of him with his Valentine's goods. He brings such joy to me. Love him SO much.

I love my husband! He is truly an amazing man. (You'd have to be to put up with my crazy mood swings.) :) He is such a great dad and great example to me and Rylan. I love him SO much.

These were our gifts from one another and we went out to eat as a family at Olive Garden. Like I said above, I have never really been a fan of Vday but I really enjoyed seeing all the posts on Facebook of how everyone celebrated and showed their love. 

Tony just finished his season of Church basketball. Our ward won the Championship. It was fun bringing Rylan to the game to cheer Dad and the team on. 

This is Rylan's primo Julian, cheering their dad's on.

Rylan has been growing like crazy and walking everywhere in his walker. He Loves food and always begs for more. He is  army crawling everywhere and getting into everything. No rest for this mama.

I have been keeping up well with my running. 7 more weeks until my half marathon. Below is a picture form our last race. It was a 5 miler. Michael is taking the picture. Everyone did great.