Well today I'm going to do a recap of March since I am coming close to the end of May and still haven't posted anything about March, April or May. In March we had a ton of fun. We went to the rodeo, we celebrated my birthday, we had spring break fun, did some home improvements and we had a great st patricks day.
For some reason this year it was still pretty cold in the beginning of March. We took Dalton to Chuck E Chesse one weekend when it was still chilly outside and he had a blast. We went with my mom, Aaron and her boyfriend. I used to think he loved this place when he was smaller but if that was loving it then I have no idea what to call now haha because it seems now he just can't get enough of it and would like to live there. He is all over that place wanting to do everything and wanting to do it all a thousand times a piece.
This was also Dalton's first year to the Rodeo. I didn't know how he was going to do but I had a hunch he was going to love it with all the animals at the livestock show. Well I was right but not about the animals Dalton loved all of the trucks and tractors that were there. I think we rode every "big truck" and "tactor" that was in there. One thing that was funny was this month was when we started doing alot of home remodeling and one of the things that we did to help start our bedroom was get a king bed. Well I built our bed so during the time that I was working on it our mattress stayed in our room on the floor in front of our queen bed. I would take Dalton and jump up and down with him and we would sing "I like to party, I like to party" over and over. Well he will tell me "party" when he wants to get up and jump on the mattress. When we were sitting in one of the trucks at the rodeo Dalton noticed that there were a TON of mattresses out for people to lay on and try out in the section next to us so what does he do almost dives out of the truck onto the floor and makes me go over there with him. So I put him on the mattress and told him here lay with mommy I'm tired of walking and he stands up and says "party party" and grabs my hands. I had to grab him and put him on the ground and explain to him that we don't party on other people's beds only our own and walked him to another area so he would forget about it. Dalton's favorite of all the animals this day was the baby chicks and the "orseys". He thought they were really cute and was trying to touch them through the glass as well and riding the "orseys" and not wanting to get down when his turn was over. As you can see in most of the pictures Dalton is wearing "beads" these were from the st patricks day parade that we went to this year and we always have to make sure that we bring some with us everywhere we go because he always wants to put them on. We took him to the carnival where he actually got to play a game himself where he held the fishing pole and caught a fishy. He won a light up sword and then Daddy won him a Florida Gators basketball. We got to sit in and see the new raptor Ford truck that they came out with which is really neat looking. It really does look like a dinosaur on some parts of the vehicle.
Also during the month of March alot of our weekend time went to home improvements with redoing all of our floors downstairs. We laid wood with tile in all the wet areas. You can see in this picture the wood quarter round that we used after installing the wood floors while Dalton is "driving home" with them from the store. I feel like we lived at home depot for like three weekends straight while we did the floors but it was definitely worth it in the end. I don't have any before and after pictures but by looking at other pictures throughout our blog you can see areas of what it looked like before and what it looks like now. I owe a HUGE thank you to my grandpa and my Uncle Ronnie. They both helped out a TON and we would never have been able to do it without them. I LOVE the way all of it turned out and even though it was alot of time, work and decisions I would do it again the same way if I had the chance.
This year for St Patricks Day we went to the St Patricks Day parade that they have in Houston. It was alot of fun and there were a ton of people there I just wish it wouldn't have been so hot. Like I said this year March was weird usually it's hot but it kept bouncing back and forth between hot and cold that you really didn't know how to dress so all of us had jeans on and we really felt like we were melting out there about half way through. There were a ton of floats in the parade and they were throwing a ton of beads to everyone. We found Aaron while we were there:) which was pretty funny. Him and Lauren had came with her parents and I was walking back from getting a garder with Destiny's mom and I was like who is that holding my son and he turned around and it was Aaron. Dalton was super happy to see his Uncle there and wanted to go sit with them and her family at her table which was cute. I finally got to meet her little sister Cameron who is just adorable. It was a lot of fun and Dalton got a ton of beads but by the end we were all just ready to get in the car and into the air condition.
Towards the end of March we had some Easter surprises that were alot of fun. While we were at the mall, Aaron, Lauren and I went to get Dalton's haircut and look for a bathing suit for my cruise when we saw the Easter Bunny. He was just walking around so Aaron ran Dalton over there to meet him. They gave Dalton some bunny glasses and a cute little hat but Dalton did not want ANYTHING to do with him. I suddenly realized this picture was going to be the closest thing I would have this year to him sitting on the Easter Bunny. At least I got one with him even close though:) We took him to the disney store after that and had some fun with the stuffed animals and dressing up Dalton in all the character clothes.
The other Easter Surprise we had was awesome!!! My best friend's mom has basically been like a second mom to me for half of my life. *Short memory for when I reread this when I'm older, Brittany and I have been friends since we were 11 and we always claimed that we were sisters and our mom was Shania Twain that we really didn't belong to EITHER of our moms they just found us in the hospital* But besides that fact both Brittany and her mom really are like family to me and I really do see her as the sister I never had and her mom as a second mom to me. Well she called me one day and said that she had some tickets to the Melting Pot that she wanted to give to me and Chantz to have a nice dinner out. She told me she was going to mail them to me but I never got them in the mailbox. Well one night Dalton and I were coming home from my moms house and it was late and really dark out and when I went to the front door I saw this HUGE easter basket near the front door. Don't laugh but mom walking with baby pitch black dark outside and noone inside got freaked out thinking someone left it there that when I would bend down to get it they would jump out of the bushes and grab me. So I quickly unlocked the door and ran inside with Dalton. That's when I went to look at my phone to call Chantz of course and tell him someone was probably watching us to leave work immediatly and I saw I had some missed calls from Brittany. So I went to look back at the basket knowing this would be something my second mom would do because she's one of the sweetest and most thoughtful ladies I know. Sure enough there was a little bag with a pink bow next to it and so I pulled both of them inside and opened the present and inside were the tickets to the Melting Pot along with a card wishing Dalton a Happy Easter. I called Brittany and her mom both right after to thank them and told both of them I could not even believe she drove all the way out to our house to bring Dalton that sweet present with all those goodies in it. The funny part that I was telling them was as soon as Dalton saw the basket he was jumping saying candy and went right for it to open it up and was so excited and I was frantically yelling get away from that it's fake and a trap just get in the house hahahaha. So when I finally brought it inside and let him have it he was THRILLED!!!!
Also during the month of March was my birthday. We celebrated with my family at my mom's house the actual day of my birthday and Chantz surprised me by coming home early and getting me my work bench that I wanted. I had no idea he was going to buy it for me because I had already gotten my new car and he got a navigation system put in it for me so I thought those two things were my birthday presents but I was so excited!!! That Friday we went to eat at Olive Garden with our friends The Trevinos and the boys had a ball after we finished eating. They were trying to play their version of tag and chase into one game around the two tables near us that were empty:) I only caught one picture of the two of them looking becuase it's very hard to take pictures of two toddlers both looking in the same direction both at the same time;)
Some crazy things that Dalton started doing in March were "nana booboo". Nana watched him ALOT this month and spent a ton of time with him. He always likes to show people his booboos if he falls or runs into something and has a scratch he will go around and show everybody his booboo. Well she came over one night to give him a bath and she was showing him omg you have a booboo so when he came to show me I said who gave you that booboo and he said nana because she's the one who showed him. I died laughing even though she did not think it was very funny. Now still to this day everytime that he has a booboo we'll ask him who gave that to you and he will always say nana and then he will tell us "nana pankin" for us to give her a spankin. It is the funniest thing and everyone thinks it is hilarious of course except for nana. She doesn't want people to think that she really gave him booboos but we all know nana would never even be able to actually put Dalton in time out let alone ever hurt him she just gets upset over nothing.
Another crazy kind of weird thing that Dalton did this month was when he went to stay the night with GiGi he called her Honey when they were playing. Honey is GiGi's mother who passed away many years ago and we have never even mentioned her to Dalton before. My mil said that when he called her that she almost died and said what did you say and he just went on about his business. Well we thought that was going to be the only time but then when we asked him who was going to come see him for Easter and we started saying Gigi....Paul....and he added Honey before we could say Stevi and Brandon. Chantz and I just kind of froze and looked at each other and we asked him do you know Honey and Dalton said "yeah" and went on and on but we couldn't really tell what he was saying. It wasn't scarey even though it may sound like it I mean it was definitely weird but at the same time it was almost comforting like to know that he knows about her without even ever meeting her. It was definitely strange and we'll see what happens in the future he hasn't spoken of her again since that day in the car so I'm not sure what made him bring her up or if we'll even ever know but I know that it's not uncommon for little kids to do this. Our friend's little boy was playing one day by himself in his room but they heard him talking to someone and when they asked him who it was that he was talking to he reached up and grabbed a photo of their cousin who had been gone for a couple of years and told them his exact name and they had never mentioned him to Jordan either. I also know my mom always tells me about a time when I was 19 months and I was born on my great grandfather's birthday and she says that I remind her of him 110% but he passed many years before I was born so I never got to know him. She said when I was 19 months they went to go visit his grave which is at a cemetary with about 2000 graves and as soon as she sat me down out of the car I took off running. I ran through the whole cemetary and when I finally stopped I pointed at a grave and said mommy who's that and it was my great grandfather's grave that I was pointing at.
March was a very busy month and we had a ton of fun and plenty of memories. Next will be April and then to May which is Dalton's birthday party!!!
Of course there's nana tagging along shoving food in Dalton's mouth the whole time hahaha like every other time.
Soon after he came in town we started construction on our HUGE masterpiece our new master bed. I got the plans from Anna and let me tell you these are some of best things I have ever came across. They are super easy directions and fully explained to where even someone like me who has never done a bit of carpentry work in her life can do them. I was so proud that I actually got the courage up to do this and the final product looks great. I don't have any completed pictures just yet because we're still working on the bedroom but they will come soon....You can tell how excited I was to do this project as I am in my heels and work clothes still while cutting wood for the bed. I didn't even eat barely while this was going on I would come home and run right into the garage I was so excited.
On actual Easter Sunday we got up and went to church. I wanted to stick around to let Dalton participate in the Easter egg hunt that they had but Chantz was being super bossy and rushing so we had to leave and go home to get our house prepped for our guests haha. 
Dalton's Aunt Stevi and Uncle Brandon came over to spend Easter with us as well as his Gigi and Paul. We ate plain spaghetti because Aunt Stevi is pregnant and I didn't want to make something that had alot of spice or flavor and upset her baby in her stomach. We all watched the Blind Side together which is one of my favorite movies and we played with Dalton outside with his bubbles bubbles and more bubbles that he got in all of his five easter baskets. 
It was so hot outside but we let Dalton do an easter egg hunt anyways in the backyard which was a ton of fun. Easter was great this year because he was actually able to eat the candy and go and grab all of the eggs and you could tell by looking at his face that he was enjoying it. Despite the heat, Easter was alot of fun this year and very relaxing besides the rushing home from church;)
And this little bug got COMPLETELY spoiled. He got a basket from my Aunt and Uncle, my mom, my other Uncle, Chantz's mom and Paul, Stevi and Brandon, us and the Easter Bunny, plus a whole wardrobe from Gigi:) 
Please don't pay any mind to our horrifying backyard. We haven't had time at this point to go back there and get it all cleaned out but luckily while Chantz has been home in June he's been able to clean it out and get it to grow back and look beautiful again:):)
