"Coco Bite"

The other day Jayden was going outside to feed his puppy, Zipper and Zion was just standing at the back door's edge peeking out. I said "Zion, go on out and shut the door." Zion replied, "NO", I gave him a gentle push and said "go on", he pushed back and said "no momma, Coco bite!" LOL..... Coco was the lab we had before Zipper but Zion hasn't gotten the names straight yet. As cute as can be.

The Power of a Praying Child....lol

The other night I was on my knees beside the bed praying and Jayden and Zion came in to see what I was doing so I invited them to join me. I realized Manuel wasn't there so I had them go get him and we began to pray together as a family. I had Jayden go first, he had his little 7 year old spill. I went next, I had my little 33 year old female spill. Then Manuel went last, he had his little 36 year old male spill. As Manuel was concluding our family prayer and we were rising from out knees, we heard this "bzbazfifzabazzzzbberassead" it was Zion PRAYING! He had his little head cupped in his hand and he was going at it loud enough for us all to hear. In his little mind it was his turn (how cute is that). We looked at each other, bowed our heads and let him jibber jabber it out, then suddenly he said "Hay Men" (amen). They do say the darndest things.

"Deck the Halls"

Over the past couple week's my nephews and sister has been staying with us until she get her own place and last night we decided it was time to decorate for Christmas. Zion was exhausted so he didn't get to participate in the festivities, but we had plenty of help with Jayden, Josiah, and William. It was like herding cattle on roller skates (lol)! I wanted to claw my eye balls out.

"Sea ya lala"

Today Manuel took Zion to the dentist for a cleaning. This was his 2nd visit. Some time ago he developed a contusion above one of his teeth that was coming in and everything was fine. It eventually went down, so he's not afraid of the dentist. Manuel said he marched right into that office like he owned the place. He played on the lobby with the other kids and really got a kick out of walking through the sharks mouth. Once they got him back to the exam room, the nurse was a little nervous that he wouldn't behave because he's so little. But, just like a big boy he layed down on the table and opened right up. The only thig was that he would only let them clean a tooth or two before he needed to take a break. He's hop up and say "all done", try to get off the table, then they'd convience him to do a couple more. This went on the entire visit. Manuel said, they all laughed when the cleaning was completed. The nurse said "he did real good, he just needs to take alot of breaks". As they walked out of the office, Zion said "sea ya lala".

My big boy My BIG helper

Last night, Rudolf The Red Nosed Reindeer came on TV and Manuel was really excited about watching it with the boys, so he called me when he was on his way home and told me to turn to the station and have the boys ready because he was going to be pushing time to make it there when the show started. I got off the phone and told Jayden to take a shower and get into his bed cloths because dad was on his way home. Zion was throwing a fit to keep playing with Jayden so I had my hands full finishing up the dishes. I Jayden to undress Zion and put him in the shower with him and I'd be in in a sec to wash him. By the time I made it into the bathroom both Jayden and Zion where getting out of the shower. I said "Jayden don't turn the shower off, I've got to wash Zion" he said "no you don't have to I already did". Of course I didn't think he could have possibly gotten him all that clean so I spelled the both of them and it was obvious the had both been well washed. I still don't know how he did it with ease. It's so hard to hold onto that wet baby when I do it. How he was coordinated enough to was both of them is beyond me. But, that's my big boy my big helper!

"Daddy Locked"

After being home with the boys a few days in a row, Zion will often get up looking for me. This morning, Manuel said he got up crying and went to the bedroom door, pulled on the handle and said "daddy, lock, lock, lock, lock!", Manuel opened the door and Zion proceeded into the living room to shout (around his passy mind you) "mommy, mommy, where at, mommy". Once he discovered I wasn't there all "H" "E" double hockey sticks broke out and he was fit to be tied. It's nice to be loved, appreciated, and missed. It's just not the way Manuel wanted to start his day.

"Tank you daddy, Tank you"

It was cold this morning, in the lower 20's, Manuel got Zion all bundled up in this lined coat with the fur around the hood. After they dropped Jayden off at school they headed to Mrs. Perry's house to drop Zion, a few minutes into the trip Manuel said, Zion was screaming "Hot, daddy, Hot!". After a few minutes of the unbearable ear piercing screams, Manuel finally pulled over, rolled the window down and reached in to take Zion's hood off. A few moments later, after driving down the road a bit, Zion started screaming "Cold, daddy Cold". At this point Manuel was aggitated and determined to make it to their destination without stopping again. He looked in the rear view mirror only to discover that he had left Zion's window down and the poor baby was freezing. Even is little lips wer blue! Manuel rolled the window up and a few seconds latter, Zion said, "tank, you daddy, tank you".