A few highlights from 2010

2010 was a great year, here are a few highlights

1) We bought a beautiful home in the best neighborhood on earth.

2) My baby turned 2. No more baby, I have a toddler!

3) I chopped off my fine long hair into a cute new bob

4) I purchased the car of my dreams

5)We went camping with X for the first time



6) I went on a slip and side for the first time in about 15 years

7) We got X on a skatboard for the first time

I seriously have been blessed with the most amazing boys in my life who make everyday the best.

We got to spend the summer with a special girl who i call my neice Marisela. She was awesome!

We went tubing for the first time and I near lost my contacts out of my eyes

Xavier went on a boat for the first time, he LOVES boats

We saw some amazing views in Colorado, the Rockies are spectacular!!

I lost 2 cents at Black Hawk, and got to do it with my wonderful mom

Xavier started to fall into his little personality, which will someday be the class clown.

Cheers to 2011 everyone!!



A few Christmas decorations

Remember growing up how your Christmas tree and Christmas decor consisted of all of your hand made crafts as a kid? Well, that is what my house is turning into and I only have a 2 year old. Here is a few pics of what we got:

Santa has a green beard. I asked xavier what color my teeth were and he said green. Awesome

Mader the Christmas tow truck. X loves him and would wear his Mader underwear everyday if I let him be that disgusting.

Xavier's gingerbread house. He thinks it's a bird house. I also caught him with a m outh full of candy last night before bed from this house. I made him spit it out.

An advent calender. We got this late in the month so Xavier and I shoved down 13 pieces of chocolate. This was a mistake, because now Xavier thinks he gets a crap ton of chocoloate. When I give him one he is pissed at me. I have a feeling this will be the story of my life for about 18 more years.

This doesn't have a ton of cheesy decor on it yet. See me in 5 years and we will see how it looks.

Boys . .seriously

I wonder how many times a day I say I need to have a girl next. Let me tell you about Xavier's bathroom habits:
1) He says . .no wai . .t he yells at me even if I am next to him "Momma, pooo!!"
2) He runs into the bathroom and talks about his Elmo toilet seat as I get this whole process of pooping prepared
3) X wants all of his clothes off. Shirt comes off, pants and underwear. Sometimes he likes his socks on, sometimes he likes them off
4) He asked for a book to read. I have a stack of high class books next to the toilet which is now called a potty including:

Big trucks

Things that go

Big Dinosaurs

around the world colors

5) He normally takes one toy into the bathroom with him that he reads to
6) Ok, I close the door and don't hear from X for about 20 mins. Sometimes he reads the whole time, sometimes he sings a bit, sometimes he sits there in silence. When he is done he screams "all done"

Now lets backtrack, what girl has these kind of potty habits?

Mom and X weekend

X and I did a few things worth writing in a blog about while Javy was off trying to shoot a deer. (which by the way was not a success).
1) We went to the neighbors to decorate cookies. I've gotta tell ya, all the sugar that was being placed on Xavier cookies stressed me out a bit. Then I had a few beers and got over it.

Xavier was so happy. Or he may have just been on an epic sugar high

He probably ate more raw dough than anything which I was stessing about some more. Than I had a few more beers and got over it again

I made that cookie that looks like X. At least I think it looks like X, you may think it looks like a smiley face with black horns coming from it's head.

Some highlights from Maine

1) Getting a sniff of the beach. You forget how great it is. Xavier told me he was scared of the beach

2) Harris Farm and watching X chase chickens. Mom thought the chickens would attack. I said, oh well, it will teach him a lesson

3) Seeing family. I sure do miss everyone living so far away. I miss them a lot.



4) Watching X and keenan play together, they played so good and Keenan is so cute. It makes me sad that they won't grow up together

5) Getting out of the house with no screaming toddler and enjoying a maine brew.

 

I do miss Maine a lot. However, this was the first time I felt at home when we got back to Denver, we have made a good home for ourselves here.

A few items up for discussion

Here is a few items up for discussion:

1) X picked out Toy Story Mac and Cheese for dinner. I put ham in it for some protein. The only way i could X to eat it was to tell him "X, look, you're eating Buzz and woody." This worked. He is a interesting child.



2) I made this lovely centerpiece for my kitchen table with pine cones. I love it, but I really think it is starting to make my house smell like BO or just plain ole crap. When you stiff it up close it is joyful, far away . .not so much.

3) I made Chocolate eclair cake for my manager X-mas partay. Which by the way I partied like it was going out of style. This thing is a delight which is why it is half gone. It took about 10 mins to make which makes it even better



Velazquez

Today was the day, the day that took 4 and 1/2 years to come. 4 and 1/2 years ago I got married to Mr. Javier Velazquez in Las Vegas. Today, I changed my last name to Velazquez. A lot of people ask me 1 of the following questions:

1) Have you not chnaged your last name because your afraid your getting divorced?
2) Do you like your last name Burgess
3)Do you dislike the last name Velazquez

Here is the answer: I have been 100% lazy for the last who's really counting year to get my newly large butt to the social security office. That's it, that simple. I pictured 8 hours of waiting around in a small office running out of games to play on my phone. The reality is that it took 45 mins.

Why did I finally decide to chnage my last name you ask? Everything is under Velazquez, except for my work e-mail. At work, no one really know what to call me, Tracy B or V? I made a pledge to my boss to have it changed by today.

Urrgghh at least it's done :) 

This Jav and I for our wedding pics. I love that man.