Cael's New Pet

I forgot to tell everyone of Cael's new pet. He got this cute little fishy at the Walk for Autism. They were giving them away as prizes for a game. I thought Cael would really like it. He loves fish tanks and Papa Wayne's fish pond. I am surprised it has survived this long with how long we had it in a ziploc baggie on the way home from the walk. Plus the cats are really intrigued by it too. You can see the little scratch marks on the side of the fish tank.
Cael loves his little fishy.

Why is it when I feel sick the boys have tons of energy and don't want to take naps?



The miracle of motherhood, I guess.

Walk for Autism

Today was the San Diego Walk for Autism. It was so great. There were so many people there and so many different booths ranging from insurance to therapies. We even saw a booth that is AYSO for special needs children. I am so excited for that because I've been really wanting to sign Cael up for soccer. But I knew that he not understand it enough to play on a rec team. I can't wait to hear from them about when the next season starts.
I want to thank everyone who helped us raise money for the walk. I am so glad that I was able to be a part of it and I know that I'll be doing this every year for a long time. Before the walk started they announced how much money had been raised so far for this year. $100,000.00 was raised and I'm sure that more people brought in pledges today, so the total will be even bigger. I am going to try to raise more money next year than I was able to raise this year. Cael's Crew raised $865 and next year my goal will be $1000.
Thanks again for everyone's love and support.

I forgot to take my camera down there, so we just used Adam's phone for pictures. If I ever figure out how to transfer those pictures, than I'll add them to this post.

Here are pictures that I took once we got home from the walk. I didn't take any pictures of myself. But here are my boys. All three of them.

18 Months Old Already

Ev is 18 months old now. How is this possible? I was just pregnant with him just a little while ago. I can't understand how my boys are getting older, but I'm staying the same age. He had to go in this morning for some puppy shots and they gave me his stats. I was a little surprised by them because I thought that he was pretty big for his age.

26 pounds 4 ounces, 50% for weight
32.5 inches, 50% for height
49.5 cm, 90% for head size

That is right, my kid has big brains. He is just average for his size. I just think that he is perfect.

Happy Birthday Gracie

Happy Birthday Gracie Mae Galyan. I can't believe that you are five today. You are growing up so quickly and becoming such an amazing girl. You are so smart and you are such a great big sister. I'm so lucky to have you as a niece. I love you.

Here are some of my favorite pictures of Gracie from the last five years.





















This is Gracie the first time I met her. She is so beautiful already. I love her.






















Gracie at her first birthday party. Look at her little pony tail. I love her.

















Giving kisses to the camera. How can anyone resist this face? I love her.






















Gracie as a chick for Halloween. That has to be the cutest chick I've ever seen. I love her.

















Gracie playing with Ev in the bounce house at Lucy's first birthday party. She is such a sweet girl. She is a great cousin too. I love her.

Back to School Night

Yesterday was Cael's back to school night, but early afternoon is more accurate. I had to go between 2:00 and 2:30. I met his new teacher Diana Salazar. She showed me around his room and we talked about what we need to work on more with Cael at home. It made me so proud when she said that Cael is the potty example. I guess he is the only one potty trained in the class, so whenever he goes to the bathroom, he takes a different boy from class and shows them how to do it. Yay Cael. He is really good about going potty all by himself. I still have to remind him sometimes, but he will go on his own when he needs to. He is one of five boys in his class. I think that he is doing so good with school. He is learning so much and growing so fast. He still isn't loving the early morning wake up call for the bus, but he is doing so good other than that.

I love my Cael.

Randoms

Our computer has been running super slow lately, so I haven't wanted to do any blogging on it. Here are some random pictures from the past week or so.




















Everett is trying to wear Cael's jammies.
















Licking the beaters clean.





























Cael trying to play some Guitar Hero. He has underwear on too, don't worry.