Garza Crew

Rylan's last soccer game

2011-11-16T10:55:00.001-06:00

This past Saturday was Rylan's last soccer game. I wasn't sure how the season would go when we started. Her first two games she cried the entire time. Then the next couple of games she would just stand on the field and watch all of the other kid run past her. Half way through the season she would run will the pack down the field but she followed behind..... way behind. By the last two games she was actually running with the pack and even ~~accidently~~ kicked the ball a couple of times. I couldn't have asked for the kids to be on a better team their first year. (they both had Coach Cardenas). It takes ALOT of patience to coach 4,5 & 6 year olds and they did a GREAT job. Coach Baggs's goal the entire season was to get a smile out of Rylan and he FINALLY got one after the last game. I really think the kids enjoyed every minute of it and even though shy most of the time they had a blast. Thank you to Brady and Brianne Baggs, Richard and Jackie Cardenas and the rest of the Sharks and Mighty Mites parents and teammates for making our first year so great. Can't wait for next season.

Rylan and her Trophy

Rylan, Coach Baggs, Coach Cardenas and her Team

By George, I think he's got it.....Maybe

2011-11-08T13:46:00.004-06:00

We have been working with Colton sometime now on potty training and most days it doesn't go good at all. When he started school in August he wanted no part of it what so ever. Some days he will tell me that he needs to go but most of the time he doesn't say anything at all. If you ask him if he needs to go potty the answer is always "NO!!!" A couple of weeks ago we were in Dollar General (picking up pull ups) when he asked me if he could get some "panties." I said sure but only if you are going to wear them in which he replied "Maybe."

Yep this looks promising.

So we get them and guess what?!?!?!?!? He refuses to wear them....... Imagine that!!!!

Out of the blue yesterday morning he tells me that he doesn't want to wear his pull up he wants to wear his big boy "panties."

And yes he calls them "panties" because he told me undi-wear was a funny word.... what ever floats your boat kiddo.

I didn't let him wear them yesterday (yes bad mother I know) only because I was really nervous. I mean there hasn't been 1 whole day that he didn't go in ~~his pull up~~ the toilet every time he need to go. This morning he wakes up and refuses to put a pull up on. I'm talking throwing a fit, crying cause he didn't want to put it on. I gave in and let him wear "panties."

Is it so bad of me that I ~~won't~~ don't want to put him in "panties" all day at school???? It's not that I don't want him out of pull ups because I am soooooooo ready for that. I think I am just afraid for him only because I don't know how ready he is.

He has made major improvements just since August and I know he will get it (crossing my fingers for soon) when he's ready

My baby is growing up and I just don't know If I am ready for that!!!!!

Just a funny random picture of Colton

(yes he is crying and I don't remember why)

On Cloud 9

2011-10-21T14:13:00.000-05:00

I never got Rylan's ears pierced when she was a baby. Something I have always regretted. I just knew that she was going to be a big ole chicken (like myself) and talk herself out of getting it done just thinking about the pain it would cause.

Yes I know it's not painful but my mind tells me it is..... so therefore it is!!!

She started questioning me about getting her ears pierced after thoroughly inspecting Nana's ear rings. On the way home from soccer practice Tuesday (15 min drive) she started asking a lot of questions. "How do they make the hole in your ear?" "Is it soft?" "Is it a needle?" "Does it hurt?" After some thinking she tells me that she thinks she will wait until she is 6 and get them done. Then after some more questioning she tells me that she will get them done when she turns 5. (and yes this is all still within the 15 min drive home). Right before we turn in the drive way she decides she wants to do it Saturday after her soccer game.

OK this now only gives me 4 days to freak out and even pray a little that she might change her mind.

Thursday morning on the way to school she decided she wanted to do it that day.

Wait?!?!?! What?!?!?! I have not had time to finish my freaking out yet and she drops this bomb on me.... what is she thinking.

So Thursday after work Nana, Lori (aka Baboo), Colton, Rylan and myself set out to New Braunfels to get Rylan's ears pierced. OK it was really because Lori wanted to go shopping and Rylan getting her ears pierced was an added bonus.

Pulling in to the parking lot at Walmart I start to have an anxiety attack (crazy yes I know). Rylan is ready and excited I on the other hand am about to throw up. She didn't want to sit in my lap (cause I think she knew that I couldn't do it) so she chose Nana. And she did GREAT!!!! She never cried. She did have a look of horror on her face when they did the first one BUT she never cried. After it was over she kept chanting "I got my ears pierced. I got my ears pierced." She was sooo excited. She even woke up this morning on cloud 9.

Marking the spot

The first ear

The second ear

One Happy Little Girl

GO Mighty Mites

2011-10-19T14:56:00.000-05:00

This past Saturday was Colton's last soccer game...... and he actually PLAYED!!!!! That is a HUGE improvement from the beginning of the season (all four games). He did push a little girl into the soccer net once I ran out to talk to him about it and all he said was "But Mom I was just trying to get the ball." Other than that we had no other incidences. After the game was over the kids got medals for all of their hard work (more like the coach needed one for his hard work trying to get a bunch of 3 yr olds to play soccer). It was quite entertaining watching them run around. It looked as if someone was trying to herd a bunch of cats. Rylan still has 4 more games left and once that is over we will be waiting for our next season of some sort of sports.

Colton getting his medal from his Coach

( I did get a picture of his team but for some reason it wouldn't upload right.... and I'm sure it has nothing to do with operator error)

3 Years Old

2011-08-29T09:55:00.004-05:00

3 years ago today we were blessed with our sweet little boy Colton Walker Garza! He definitely keeps us entertained and on our toes. He is 100% little boy. He loves race cars, tractors, trucks, tomtrucks (dump trucks), fire trucks, pman cars (police men), bulldozers, hairplanes (airplanes) and mootercycles (motorcycles). Most of the time he would rather sit and play by himself than have to subject himself to his sisters torturous games, ie... dress up, prince and princess. Sometimes he will give in and play but I think it's just mainly to get her off of his back. Some of his favorite movies right now are The Wizzard of Oz, Jungle Book, Finding Nemo and Cars. He still does not want to have anything to do with potty training, but we are slowing working him there..... keeping my fingers crossed that he gets it soon. People say that raising a boy is way different than raising a girl and I have to totally AGREE with that statement. But we love our little Colty and we wouldn't trade him for the world... most of the time :)

This past weekend me and the kids, along with Uncle Ross, loaded up the car and headed to see my Grandmothers for the weekend. My Granny, who is 91, came home from the Nursing Home last week. She is doing very good and is really enjoying being home. While we were there my dad decided that we need to clean out her store room. We started Saturday morning and finished around lunch because it was SSSOOOOO hot!!! My Granny is a bit of a pack rat and never throws anything away. We kept getting side tracked from cleaning because we were too busy looking at all of the stuff we had found. (Yes I should have taken some pics of some of it but I wasn't thinking... sorry). 91 years of memories (and crap) are in this room. It was really neat to see all of it.

While we were there I got to meet my new niece Hattie Jane Williams for the first time. She is so sweet and precious. Someone asked me if I was ready for another one after holding her and I just kindly replied "Absolutely not." :)

We also had a small birthday party for Colton with my moms side of the family. He LOVED it!!!!! When he went to bed last night he took with him his fire truck hat, fire truck and his race car keys. He took his crane took school with him today and took a bath with some of his other trucks last night after playing with some of his new race cars. ALL of his presents are being used and getting quality attention :) He had a blast and is loving everything he got so Thank you all for everything. It was a busy on the go weekend but it always feels so good to spend it with family.

DRAMA

2011-08-15T14:38:00.004-05:00

Well we survived our first week at Little Pirates.... YEAH!!!!! We only had one melt down and that was Wednesday morning when I dropped the kids off. Rylan was supper tired (AKA Needy Nelly) so she was screaming for me as I walked out the door. (And I admit that I cried when I got into the car and she could no longer see me) The rest of the week went good. Colton is LOVING it but I think it will just take some time for Rylan to get use to everything. She did tell me this morning when I dropped them off that she (and I quote) "Hated Little Pirates because they make me play centers and go outside and I miss Mrs. Percy"...... Seriously?!?!?!?!?! What kid HATES going outside and playing centers?!?!?!?!?! UUUGGGHHH she is soooo full of drama. She is going to be the child that cries everyday in Kindergarten. She just doesn't do change very well so it takes a while for something new to become part of her routine. We shall see how week 2 goes.... Wish me luck!!!

Growing up

2011-08-05T08:50:00.003-05:00

Today is a bitter sweet day for the Garza household. Today is the last day that the kids will be going to Mrs. Percy's. Rylan has been going there for 4 years and Colton almost 3 years. She has been so good to us over the years and I'm not sure how I am going to handle the next couple of weeks without her. The kids are growing up and now it's time to move on to bigger things. Both of the kids are starting Little Pirates Learning Center on Monday. It is a daycare/preschool and I know that the kids will LOVE it and make lots of new friends as it prepares them for Kindergarten (oh just typing that word makes me want to start crying). I can't BELIEVE Rylan will start Kinder next year..... where oh where has the time gone.

On a different note..... This year is going to be a busy year for us (and exhausting for me I have a feeling). I have signed Rylan up for Dance and I think she is going to LOVE it!! This sort of thing is right up her ally. I know I loved dance class when I was younger and this will bring back lots of memories for me as well. Rylan is also old enough to start the CCD program at our church and she can't wait to learn about Jesus! I also signed Rylan and Colton up for soccer (this will either turn out good or really really bad). Colton is very excited about soccer and he will really love it.... I mean what little kids doesn't want to run around chasing a ball. So to recap we will have Dance on Mondays, CCD on Wednesday nights and Soccer games on Saturday mornings and sometime during the week Soccer practice. I'm not going to lie I am actually looking forward to watching the kids be involved in things.

So on my sad day I look at all the wonderful and fun things that the kids are going to be doing and be involved with and that does make me happy.

First Visit to the Dentist

2011-01-18T09:47:00.002-06:00

Yesterday the kids had their first visit to the dentist. I was really nervous because I wasn't sure how it was going to go. Rylan did AWESOME!!! She let them take x-rays, she brushed her teeth (they even let her pick her own toothbrush out) then they showed her how to brush them, then they put her in the chair and cleaned and counted her teeth. I was soooo proud of her. Colton did very well also but all he wanted to do was go play (and he didn't have a nap) so he got a little grumpy towards the end. I forgot to take pics but they did give the kids this cards to hang up. Also Colton went to the ENT yesterday for a follow up with his ears and he has 1 tube that has fallen out.... YEAH!!!! 1 down 1 to go.

Playing Dress Up

2010-12-08T13:53:00.003-06:00

The other night the kids went and stayed with my mom. Lori was upstairs (getting dressed to go somewhere) and the kids went also. Rylan wanted to play dress up in Baboo's clothes and well Colton is at that age were he wants to do EVERYTHING RyRy does. So when Lori got done this was the out come. Clint had a little fit but I thought it was HILARIOUS!!!!!

The Princess & the Frog

2010-11-01T10:12:00.005-05:00

Rylan knew from the very beginning this year what she wanted to be for Halloween.... a BEAUTIFUL Princess. Soooo she was. Hers was very easy to find, but Colton not so much. When we went shopping everything we picked up or pointed to he said "NO"!!! Then he decided he wanted to be a frog. I still don't know why he picked a frog because he is scared of them. The had a GREAT time and got a TON of candy!!! They will be on a sugar high for the next week or so :)

Rylan in her sponge rollers getting beautified for the evening

(thank you Mom or never throwing anything away)

The Beautiful Princess

The Frog

They were busy watching tv while I was trying to take their picture. I was trying to get them to look at me but neither one of them would have any part of that.

Anaconda on the loose

2010-10-27T13:05:00.003-05:00

Ok so Clint goes to get in his truck the other day and finds this hanging from the tree right were we park. We believe it is just a chicken snake (but I don't care cause all snakes are the same to me). Clint took it down to measure it and it was actually 2 snake sheds. 1 measured 4ft 9in and the other 5ft. So now I'm convinced that we have a Anaconda loose at our house. Oh the joys of living in the country :).................. (P.S. I have NO idea how I made this underlined or how to get it off)

Helping hands

2010-10-25T13:55:00.003-05:00

This weekend the kids and I decided to make some cookies. Usually we just do break-n-bakes but this time I decided to make them from scratch. So we loaded up to run to the store to get what we needed. When we got back I asked the kids if they wanted to carry a bag inside for me. They both said yes, so I gave them each one and told them to head inside while I grabbed the other bags from them car. Good thing I was paying attention because when I walked inside the door I almost tripped over their bags.

The abandoned grocery bags were in the doorway and the kids were already in their room playing. I guess it's hard work when you help carry grocery bags in :)

And if you are wondering..... the cookies we made were DELICIOUS!!!!!!

I'm Back..... Hopefully

2010-10-21T09:12:00.002-05:00

This one is for my sister Lisa......... hehehehe!!!!! She has been bugging me for a while now to get my blog back up. I think she has finally worn me down ( and she wonders were her daughter gets it from). It has been so long since I even touched this thing that the only person reading this will be Lisa, but that is ok. I hope to have some pictures up soon.

Failing on my Blogging Job

2009-01-20T14:39:00.002-06:00

I am failing on my blogging job. And I could come up with every excuse in the book but really I don't have a good one. I started a new job Jan. 5 and like everyother working mom my evenings are a mad house with dinner, bath and bed time. I will also be honest and tell you that I haven't even taken any pictures lately. I just have that " I will do it later" attitude. Rylan asked me the other day if she could have a back pack (Dora) party for her birthday. I can't believe she is about to be 2. Where does the time go!!!! She has really added a lot of words to her vocabulary just here in the past two weeks or so. She's never quiet now I can't imagine what she is going to be like in a couple of months or so. She is quite comical though. Colton is almost 5 months old and such a big boy. I took him to the dr yesterday and he weighs 17lbs and is 27 inches long.
He weighs as much as my niece Molly does and she is 2 months older than he is. Love Ya Molly!!! For those of you that don't know Clint got a promotion at work back in Oct or so(a little late letting everyone know). He was promoted to CPL. He likes it so far, a lot more paper work he says. Anyways, nothing more new with us. Hope to have some new pictures up soon.

Holiday Time

2008-12-17T22:49:00.005-06:00

I apologize that it has taken me so long to get up new postings. Something was wrong with our computer for a little while and would not let you down load pics, and I've been slacking. With Christmas around the corner things have been crazy. I decided I was going to take a picture of the kids and send them out on cards. Well that DID NOT go so well. Either Colton or Rylan were crying, and once Rylan started she didn't stop. This first picture was the best and I dropped the ball and never got around to sending it to my sister for her to do them, and the computer was acting up. May be ill do them for a late x-mas sort of thing, who knows. I'm sure ill forget by then. My favorite is Colton sitting in the chair by himself, he looks like such a little man.

A couple of weeks or so ago(i don't know any more, i loose track these days) we hung x-mas lights outside. And of course we enlisted the help of Rylan and Colton. Both of them loved being outside. Rylan did more playing of course, but she was so excited when we turned them on that night, she was sooo proud of herself.

Rylan

2008-12-17T22:25:00.005-06:00

As you can see Rylan likes to help with everything. She is a mess, some days i don't know what to do with her

It's tiring rocking your baby to sleepRy helping Nana put up x-mas decorations

Rylan getting into the x-mas spirit
Rylan helping Paw Paw fix her wagon

Colton

2008-12-17T20:15:00.008-06:00

Colton is almost 4 months now and "growing like a bad weed" as my mom would say. Ok she got mad for saying that. She said she didn't mean he was bad but the he is growing way to fast. (she wanted me to clarify for everyone...lol)

Colton plotting against us
And still plotting

Spoiled, Spoiled, Spoiled!!!

2008-12-04T20:47:00.004-06:00

Last night we went over to grandma and grandpa's. Before we left grandma kept asking Rylan if she wanted to take a bath and Rylan kept telling her NO. Grandma finally gave up and gave Colton a bath instead. While Colton was taking his bath Rylan decided that she did want to take a bath but only in the baby bath tub. Well grandma let her. I took this on my phone so it is not the best in the world.

Party Party Party!!!

2008-11-18T22:16:00.014-06:00

This past weekend we went down to Cleveland ( Texas not Ohio) for my Aunt Jan's 50th birthday party. I spent most of my time inside with the kids but from what I heard fun was had by everyone there especially the birthday girl. The rest of the weekend we just played with the kids and did as little as possible. I mean come on, what else do you do at mamaws.

The Whole Family

Aunt Lisa & Rylan

Little Miss Molly

Clint at the end of the night

"Aunt" Jenny..After sipping from the bottle

Ross & Mom

Aunt Jan the Birthday Girl

Rylan & Rah (Uncle Ross)

Susie Homemaker? NOT!!

2008-11-18T22:06:00.003-06:00

I don't sew at all. I don't even sew on buttons and I have been told that is the easiest thing to do. Well this past weekend I turned to my mamaw for help. She showed me how to use a sewing machine. It wasn't the best job in the world but I can say that I did it all by myself. Don't expect me to be sewing anything big ANY time soon!!!

Just Relaxing

2008-11-18T21:49:00.003-06:00

Here lately we have tried not to do a whole lot and succeeded for the most part. Rylan has been dying to get into Coltons bouncer. She is more fascinated with the lights and the music than Colton is. So the other night Lori put her in it and turned it on and she sat there for a long time, she didn't want to get out. Yes, I got a pic of her and put it on here. Colton is getting so big and starting to smile and talk. I love this age because they laugh at you and have no idea that you really are not that funny, but it makes you feel so good

Halloween

2008-11-01T14:39:00.002-05:00

We took the kids out trick or treating last night. Rylan was a lion, and a very scary one at that, and Colton, well he was just Colton. It was a lot of fun but i don't know if I'm looking forward to the days where we have to go to every house. Right now we can just get away with going to a few and we still got tons of candy.

Making Cookies

2008-10-30T20:06:00.003-05:00

Tonight we decided to make Halloween cookies and Rylan got to help. And she was such a BIG help! The counter, floor and chair probably had a whole pound of flour on it by the time she got done.

hanging around the house

2008-10-30T19:49:00.003-05:00

We haven't done much lately. Here are a few pics of the kids just hanging out. And no I did not put Rylan in the laundry basket, her daddy did.

Grandma & Grandpa's House

2008-10-20T13:01:00.006-05:00

Sunday the kids and I went and spent the day at Clint's mom and dads. We usually do on the weekends I just remembered to bring my camera this time. Clint's sister Mandy came down and his other sister Amy and her two girls Abby and Alyssa also came over to play. Rylan and Alyssa are about 6 weeks apart and for the most part play very well together, they do have their moments. Rylan loves to go over there because Grandpa will take her outside to play ALL day, and she can do what ever she wants. Grandpa has a golf cart and takes the kids for rides just around the yard and they love it. By the time we get home Rylan is so tired from playing all day.

Rylan & Aunt Mandy

Rylan, Alyssa & Grandpa

Grandpa showing Ry how to drive the car

Rylan, Alyssa, & Abby

Bath Time

2008-10-16T19:03:00.003-05:00

This is not Colton's first bath, it's just the first bath that he didn't scream the whole time. He realized that he does like the bath, but he does not like getting out.

Baby Sydney

2008-10-16T18:49:00.005-05:00

Our friends Lee Ann & Nathan Drzymala had their baby Monday Oct. 13. Sydney Diana was 7lbs 6oz 19 1/2 inches long. Her and Colton are about 6 weeks apart and yes we already have the wedding date picked, ha ha ha. Poor thing looks like her daddy. Kaden is so excited, he says her first word will be his name because she likes him the most.

Big brother Kaden

Fair Fun

2008-10-07T21:22:00.009-05:00

This past weekend my mom, my sister Lori, Rylan, Colton and I loaded up and went to visit my sister Lisa and my niece Molly in Rockwall just outside of Dallas. While we were there we went to the Texas State Fair. All the kids were good, for the most part. Molly wasn't so sure at first, yes that's her crying in the first pic, but she soon fell asleep. Rylan enjoyed seeing all the animals, and Colton, well he mostly slept. Us adults had a good time as well. Other than that outing we just enjoyed the weekend by relaxing.

our parade of babies

a few of rylan's favorite animals

Rylan taking a break from sight seeing

BIG TEX

huge sand sculpture

1 month old

2008-09-30T18:10:00.005-05:00

Colton turned a month old yesterday and changing everyday. I can't believe it has already been a month. Time flies so fast. If only they could stay little forever. Before you know it they are a year and a half and you want to pull your hair out most days, when your not too busy laughing Rylan's getting to the age where she tries to repeat some things you say. And some of the things she comes up with...some days I'm not so sure about her. She definitely keeps us on our toes.

Hands Full

2008-09-18T10:43:00.005-05:00

Sorry i haven't posted anything new in a while, as you can tell from the last two pics my hands are a little full. Colton is looking more like his daddy everyday and is grumpy and has a temper already, for those of you that know Clint then you know that Colton acts like him too. just joking, kind of :)!! And for those of you that are wondering my mother tells me that Rylan acts just like me, or at least how i did when i was little. Nosy, drama queen, tattle tale, pure little girl, i know what i have to look forward to and its not going to be good. i have a feeling we will be butting heads quite often.

colton doing what he does best

rylan helping nana water plants

or should i say watering the porch

Something New

2008-09-05T19:07:00.004-05:00

Welcome everyone!! I'm trying something new, my sister, Lisa, convinced me to start a blog. Well she set it up for me. I am the worlds worst at taking pics so maybe this will motivate me to take more. I will try to keep new pics up but if i fall behind just remind me. My time will be limited due to the new addition and chasing Rylan around. Our newest addition to the family arrived Aug 29. at 7:58 am. Colton Walker Garza 7 lbs 12 oz and 20 in long. We are so happy. Rylan is a little upset with us but she will get over it. So far she is very helpful though.