Amor Trip

Last weekend, a group from our church took a day trip to Mexico to work on a house for a family in need of one. It was awesome! The slab was done and the house was framed. We knew it was going to rain so we got straight to work. We plummed the house and got the roof done just as it started to pour. We put the bailing wire around the house, the paper, and the chicken wire. We got the door and windows in. We all got soaked to the bone, but it was such a blessing to be a part of something like this. Knowing that we were leaving Travita and her three kids with a dry place to sleep that night. Her house should be stuccoed soon and then it will be done. So excited for this beautiful family.

More to come....

Jake enjoying cake at his 1st birthday party.

Jake

This little boy is going to be ONE in 2 weeks! He is walking, climbing, laughing, and growing so fast.

Summer

Time flies when you are having fun...or busy or forget you even have a blog. It is already the middle of August. Jake is 9.5 months old and getting cuter daily. He is working on more teeth, right now I can feel 6!

We just got back a couple of weeks ago from a 2 week vacation. It was fabulous! The first week was traveling to Paso Robles, San Jose, and El Dorado Hills to visit family and friends. It was so great to see so many people and show off the little guy. Thank you to all you who hosted us and fed us and took time to see us. We are sorry for all the people we missed but are so grateful to have been able to make the trip. The second week was spent at a time share in Palm Springs. (Thanks you mom and pop Quezada) It was so wonderful. We had just the right amount of activity, rest, and family things. We took a trip up the Aerial Tramway which was beautiful and about 30 degrees cooler than at the base of the mountain. Dan had a golf day and I had a little spa treatment. We slept and swam and played. It was perfect.

Here are some more pictures:

Growing So Fast....

Jake is growing up so fast. He is 8 months old and crawling. He is pulling himself up on anything he can find and he is trying so hard to walk. He walks holding onto the couch and anyone who will walk with him. He has 4 teeth now. Two on the top and two on the bottom. We had a great time visiting some of my family in Colorado at the end of May. We got that plane ride in just in the nick of time too. I can't imagine what it would be like with him now being so mobile. We are getting ready for a long road trip and much needed and anticipated vacation. We will spend a week driving to Northern California to visit family and friends and then thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Quezada we have a week in Palm Springs. First real vacation since our honeymoon. So excited. It will be crazy hot but we all like the water so that should be just fine.

Time is speeding by. Jake has his nine month check up next week (I know it is a couple weeks early but we wanted to see his doctor). I go back to work full time in August. That will help with the financial part of things but I am going to miss my special day with my boy. Some day maybe I can work part time. Jake is trying to hit some of the big milestones for me before I go back full time. :-) It has been crazy hot and humid in San Diego lately. Jake is loving time in the pool and being just in his diaper. He would love to be naked but we just don't want that kind of mess!

Colorado

We did it! We survived our first flight with the little man. Wednesday May 25th we got up at 4:30am to get loaded up and headed to the airport. The recommendation was to feed Jake a bottle on take off and landing and that would help keep his ears open. Well it worked like a charm. Jake took his bottle as the plane took off and promptly fell asleep in my arms. He slept for about half the flight. Then he was his happy, bubbly, must touch everything and put it in my mouth, self. We got our rental car and started the drive to Crestone, CO where my Grandma Rie, Uncle Greg, and Uncle Rob live.

It was so wonderful to have the time and the opportunity to see my grandma and have her meet her great grandson for the first time. They both had a blast, constantly making each other laugh. My whole immediate family was there. Parents, Nathan and Livvy, and Daniel and Sammi. It was amazing!

We played cards, ate great food and not so great food, we laughed and hiked and enjoyed the beauty that God created.

Jake has two teeth now and we think he might be working on his third. He is 7 months old now. He is eating veggies and rice cereal and we have just started fruits. For the most part, he is now sleeping through the night - which is fabulous! He smiles, loves to stand (with help of course), and any time he can jump he is a happy boy!

Dan and I are keeping busy. Amor has just entered its summer season, and we will be mostly building in Rosarito so that should be a lot of fun. Dan is managing logistics and getting to take things apart and put them back together, build showers, and baños, and chalk camp, and take care of vehicles and tools and the list goes on. He is a very busy man!
I am still assisting the directors but I have also taken on Donor Relations Coordination. I am processing gifts and sending receipts and cleaning up our database and managing that. It is a great challenge and I am learning a lot. I love that I am growing and learning and loving my job.

On other news, my brother's wife is pregnant and due in 3 months. We are so excited to have Jake's cousin so close. We can't wait to meet little Noah Russell. It will be fun to have them so close in age and close enough to hang out and play.

Promised Pictures