Wesley is movin' and a shakin'

Wesley reached quite a few milestones this past week. On Monday, I decided to check to see if a tooth had finally broken through, (I seriously feel like he has been drooling for about 3 months and was wondering the entire time if a tooth was coming) and finally, yes he actually has both bottom teeth now. On that same day, I had a work meeting to go to, so I left the kids with my sister-in-law for an hour. When I came back to pick him up, he was army crawling around . . . what? When did that happen? Wesley also learned to finally get back into the sitting position after laying on his back or belly. Now, I don't have to go pick him up and put him on his bum all the time. My little man is growing up so fast. Now if he could learn to NOT crawl and put his head in small places, then I wouldn't have to bail him out all the time when he is stuck.

Random Pictures

Since I haven't been wonderful at posting during the last 2 months, here are some pictures of random happenings in our lives.

Wesley Obama waving to his supporters.

Rafael creating a sled park in our front yard. I guess he at least made good use of the HUGE mound of snow. The neighborhood kids loved it, but we did have to have a look out for cars, because he kind of sent it straight into the street. We are great parents, . . . I know.

My two kiddos, actually looking happy to be with each other, or should I say Wesley is actually happy and not screaming because he is scared for his life. Lydia really is a great big sister, just loves a little too much sometimes.

Wesley apparently enjoying his sock! Yum!

Ready for church. I guess Lydia felt the need to pose, . . . not uncommon.

Slacker . . . I know.

Yeah, so I have not been good in the last little while, about keeping up with my blog, but for a good reason. I started working as a Realtor with Zip Realty and it has kept me very busy for the last 4 weeks. I am really enjoying the job and have been able to take out several clients in the last week to view homes. I'm hoping to write my first offer this weekend. So, I will try to keep up a little better, now that I am getting the hang of things. Of course I've got to plug myself . . . know anyone that wants to buy or sell a home in Utah? Send them my way!

Lucky or Unlucky?

Seriously, what is the deal with Rafael and cars? Ha ha, cry, cry. As he was driving to work this morning, he was following a small truck. Well, something came flying out of the back of the truck and smashed into the hood and then into his windshield . . . shattering it. There is glass all over the place inside the car. He is doing fine, but thinks he may have swallowed some glass . . . he went to the E.R. and I'm waiting for an update. Now to the title of this post, are we lucky or unlucky? It seems like we've been pretty unlucky, but I'm deciding that we are lucky. I have heard of so many horrible stories when people are hit by flying debris on the freeway, and the outcome is not good. I will have to say that Rafael came out of this pretty lucky. Of course now we have to fork over money to get the car fixed because the person that owned the truck pulled over, saw what happened and took off. What you say, took off? Yeah, what a loser. So, maybe we are a little unlucky.

But wait, let's look at things again. I'm pretty lucky because I have these two little kids that remind me everyday of just that . . . how lucky I am to have a great family.

Where art thou . . . Art?

So, many of you probably know that I have a degree in Art. It has been quite awhile since I have actually had the time to work on any art pieces, but I have decided that is something I need to make time for. To help motivate me, I have created a new blog dedicated to my artwork. Obviously, it is just in it's beginning stages. I'm hoping to add some more info as well as more pictures of my past work as well as and most importantly, new artwork. So stay tuned . . . and check out my new blog - Montero Art.

Christmas in Cali

We decided to surprise my Mom this year for Christmas. We usually go to California for Christmas, but this year we told her we didn't think we would make it. On Christmas Eve, we knocked on the door and surprised her to the point that she dropped to the floor crying. I was expecting a scream or something, but no just akward silence as we watched her cry. Just kidding Mom. We had a blast and really enjoyed the warm weather by visiting the beach. Here are some pictures from our trip.

Montero Christmas Party

Mauricio, Keegan and Ireland were in Utah visiting and so we decided to all get together for a little Christmas party at the Funke's. We played a few games and had some yummy food.