Catching up Halloween style

Halloween was so much fun this year! Nana Rencher was nice enough to buy Oliver his Superman costume and he actually did really well with it. I really thought that he would keep ripping the cape off, but he didn't even really notice it!

We started off the Halloween season with Oliver's very first happy meal. My dad told me that they were giving away trick or treat buckets with happy meals so we went and treated Oliver. He did really good and chowed down his whole meal!





Oliver's daycare did trick or treating a few days before Halloween so I dressed him up and took him treat or treating around the high school where his daycare is -which is actually the high school that Uly went to! Uly came over and met us half way through after a job interview.







His VERY first sucker, he was completely captivated by it!

We took a guess and managed to show up at my old ward's trunk or treat, Uly's very first time! It was actually really fun, they had a mini carnival inside with good eats and then started the trunk or treat up outside. Oliver got a great haul which we of course gave him one piece of and quickly hide the rest to dole out throughout the months as bribes, I mean rewards for good behavior. ;)







Superman to the rescue!!



Candyyyyyyyyyyy...



Halloween morning we went out to breakfast and then to downtown Redlands and Victoria Gardens to trick or treat. Oliver was less than impressed with this type of trick or treating but we all had fun none the less. Uly and I were very inventive with our costumes...He woke his Laker jersey and I borrowed a Laker jacket of his! Seeing as the people bleed purple and gold here AND there was a Laker game that day, our "costumes" were a hit!





Uly's nephew Lalito was an adorable pirate who refused to wear his hat for more than 5 minutes at a time.



His sister, Abby, was Tinkerbell!



This is what Oliver did through most of downtown Redlands!



Yay for candy!



Uly's brother, Jake...I'm still not entirely sure what he was...



Yeah for candy!

A Post!

I am so majorly behind on blogging that I don't know if I'll ever catch up! On the bright side there's actually a slight chance that I will be able to catch up, now that I have a laptop and amazing internet at my place. My wonderful boyfriend was amazing enough to lend me the money to buy a laptop since I start school NEXT WEEK and I won't be getting my tax return or financial aid until next month. He is pretty much the best thing every and I'm crazier about him today than I was when I first started blogging about him! :)
Things have been going well. Uly started school at Cal State here in San Bernardino and is loving being a university student and of course already has a 4.0 without breaking a sweat. I start school next Tuesday at Riverside Community College and I'm super nervous and excited about it! Between work and school I'm going to be super busy, but Uly and I are looking into a couple programs that will forgive my loans when I'm done with school so I'd be able to take out the max amount of loans and focus on school only.
Work is going ok. I'm just not a retail person and so I struggle with that, and I'm not the hugest fan of the people I work with. I'm actually going to go in tomorrow and see if there's any way that I can transfer the Nike outlet in Ontario which would give me a lot more flexibility with my schedule and a huge cut in commute time!! So cross your fingers for me, because if they can't help me with that it'll be time to start searching for a new job and who knows how long that'll take.
All in all, everything is going well and I am loving my life. Oliver is going to be 2 soon, and not too long after that will be Uly and I's 1 year anniversary which will be so fun. Hopefully I'll get my pictures loaded up on here soon, until then here's some from my phone!




My adorable little Christmas tree...Uly found the tree and the lights and my mom sent us the ornaments!



Oliver and I at Uly's nephew's birthday party. He had the cutest, biggest pinatas I've ever seen!



His curls are gone! :( I got brave one night and chopped them off...And now he needs a major hair cut fix!



He learned how to "go potty" from Uly and loves to do it now. Makes me a little nervous to think that I'll be tackling that in this next year to come!



New Year's Eve 2010



Superbowl 2011



Riding the carousel at Victoria Gardens



Bling-bling baby! This is before I cut off his adorable curls...

Wwwwooooowwwww....

I'm finally uploading some pictures onto my blog, but at this point I have so dang many that I don't even know where to start! Hopefully I'll be able to post consistently enough that I can get them all up here! Until then, here's a few adorable pictures of He-Who-Was-Called-Silas-But-Now-Is-Called-Oliver. :)



Thanksgiving 2010



Big Bear, CA seeing snow for the first time!



Superman to the rescue! Halloween 2010

Pictureless Post

This is going to be a boring update post since I'm taking advantage of the internet at Uly's house and none of my pictures are on here!
I FINALLY got a job working at Cole Haan in the Desert Hills outlets in Cabazon. It's only part time, but it's LOTS better than nothing! I'm supposed to be moving out of my apartment tomorrow, but after been given the run around with my dream apartment and then asked to pay a 750 deposit without a good reason, I'm searching like mad for something that'll work until I can really afford my own place. I've got a couple of good leads thanks to my wonderful boyfriend sooooo I'm trying REALLY hard not to stress. Honest, I am!
Uly and I are about to hit our 4 month anniversary - my longest relationship yet! I honestly cannot complain about a single dang thing. He is so wonderful and kind and loving to not only me but also to Silas, who adores him!! I'm on the waiting list for daycare so in the meantime he has been amazing enough to step up and watch Silas for me while I work, poopy diapers and all! They came and ate lunch with me on my break which was such a nice treat! I feel so lucky to find such a great, wonderful, understanding guy; I think it's safe to say that I have finally found my dream guy!
Hopefully I will be updating with PICTURES soon from my new place! Keep your fingers crossed for me, please!!! :)

Photo Shoot Attempt

Everyone always has such adorable pictures of their kids on their blogs that I thought I'd tried and do an at-home photo shoot with Silas. Needless to say, he wasn't really having it. I still managed to get some cute shots! :)



Every once in a while, he tolerates kisses from Mommy! He's actually very good at giving loves and kisses, I just eat them up! Oh yeah, I cut my hair! I'll put pictures of it up sometimes soon!







This is Frank, the $4 STEAL we found at a swap meet about 2 weeks ago. Unfortunately, Frank meet his early end during a trip down the not-so-Lazy River at Wild Rivers in Irvine, CA. Maybe we shouldn't have bought the one that had been sitting in the hot sun all day!











This kid LOVES to be naked! LOVES IT! It's so cute to see him running around with glee, his cute little bum jiggling the whole time! :)

This weekend we're headed down to San Diego to go to the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park as part of my birthday weekend, I'm soooooo excited! We will make sure to take tons of pictures!

Random pictures!

Here's some random pictures that I haven't gotten around to posting!



I went up to check on Silas once while he was napping and found diapers ALL. OVER. THE. BED!! He was so proud of himself!



His first time in a pool, in Palm Springs!












The view from my balcony. LOVE IT! Oh and my car in the bottom left of the picture and Uly's car is across the street to the right!