my cat Mia

Mia (bumpers)

June 1991- May 2009

I'm very sad to post that my beloved cat Mia passed away last month. she came into our family when I was 11 and she has been there for every milestone in my life. when I moved to Santa Cruz, she moved with me. she was my baby. when Vaughn was born, since she was used to being an only child her whole life, we decided it was best for her to live with my mom. thank you mama for taking care of Mia during her last year where I knew she was loved, cared for and very happy. we will all miss you my dear cat!

new link

This link works better for the clip of me charming Anderson Cooper. :) I'm still trying to find the full version of the show online...

click on Thursday's recap if it doesn't automatically play.

http://tv.yahoo.com/daytime/video/regis-kelly-gma-the-early-show/13565947/

Wake Up Call of a Lifetime!

I've been entering the Travel Trivia on Live with Regis and Kelly's website pretty much since Vaughn was born. 17 months later, it totally paid off! June 4th at 6:19am, I answered my phone and it was Kelly Ripa and Anderson Cooper! are you kidding me? fully sporting the groggy morning voice, I managed to make both of them and the audience laugh a few times. I was actually having funny banter with Anderson Cooper at 6 in the morning! during the conversation, I ran to my laptop, logged on and had Google ready to go. since I started working Mon-Wed, I record the show everyday, but don't always have the chance to watch it. I wouldn't have known the answer if I didn't Google it... luckily it was an an easy answer to find. What is MC Hammer's real name? STANLEY! I will know that for the rest of my life! I won, I won! I actually won a 7 day trip to Barbados! I am still in shock! after watching it a few times, I wish I would've said more to them... when will I ever get another chance? but I was happy with how it turned out, and how all the stars aligned to make this possible.

never in one million years, did I think my 10 seconds a day to enter my name would pay off. I am so thrilled! anything is possible! it is crazy!

here is a link to a clip of the show. http://tv.yahoo.com/daytime this really happened!!

May days...

mother's day

it was extra special with a surprise card from Vaughn (he made it at daycare!)

we celebrated my birthday with donuts, yum!

visited family in the heat in Paso Robles. V wth Maddie.

all the second cousins (finally) together!

summer fun!

they finally meet! Vaughn and Roxy, forever friends!

photos from Easter

searching for eggs...

Vaughn loved finding the eggs with m&m's in them...

not so much the ones with socks!

grandma was here for the weekend. Vaughn loves his "meema"!

my happy boy!

searching for more m&m eggs... I think you ate them all buster!

this is my favorite picture! pretty much sums up our past few months... snot!

march madness

singing spring

we are all better! it seems like the past month has been a haze of antibiotics, sleepless nights, ear infections, snotty noses and cough cough coughing. BUT, the sun has been shining and healing our family and we are out of the dark clouds... I hope for a very long time!

some updates: Vaughn is a walking and talking machine! so fun to hear him repeat everything we say and to watch him explore new territories. he loves playing with all his toys and walking around with daddy's old cell phone pretending to talk on it. he got two molars in and looks like such a big boy with 10 teeth so far! I started working part time at O'Neill and Vaughn loves his new day care. it was a bit of an adjustment, but I think we are getting back into a routine. Keith is travelling a bit more, in Brazil at the moment, but we try to cope the best we can. we skype often and Vaughn says "dada, dada" throughout the whole conversation. :)

here are a few photos from the past month. enjoy!

Vaughn hanging out in his new chair reading a book...

doing his best Tom Cruise from Risky Buisness impression...

new crocs and hanging with his favorite toy: the cell phone.

we miss Aunt Nay Nay and Uncle Goyo!!!