My men Rock My World!!!!

Last week we celebrated Mark's 30th birthday, the actual day we didn't do much cause we had to work but one of my many sets of parents (The Pitts) gave him a cake and bought him this cool watch and it made him the happiest person ever.
The old man checking his new watch.

During the weekend we went to a cool theater were instead of chairs they have sofas and they serve dinner and drinks, we loved it. Expensive but awesome. it was so windy as you can tell by the hair and my dress looking like a sack of potatoes.

I have THE CUTEST son ever, he loves to pose.

Mark showed eko how to pose like this and now he does it all the time all by himself.

Showing off his police man face, grandpa is good role model for him. too cute.

Double posing, the face and the peace sign.

A message for Grandma.

He drew himself and thought it was the coolest thing ever.

Keeping up with life

Sorry to have taken so long to blog. I feel like its been ages. But here is the lastin our family life.

Mark and I both have new jobs with a new company called redventures. they sell Direct tv so we will be selling DTV. we are very excited for it, the pay is awesome, the benifits are great and so it. we started last week, so keep us in your prayers that everything will work out.

Here are some pictures on the fun part of our lives. or at least the part that we had a camera for.This is mark and Eko blowing up some fireworks and half of the tree, They had a blast!!!

This is one of my all times favorite pictures, Its so cute to see my two boys playing action figures together. It makes me look forward to seeing them two playing together as Eko gets older and understands more. Ignore the mess on the back, its not our house. lol.

As Eko gets older he becomes more independant but also more loving.

For christmas Our family went back to utah for family reunion. There was 25 of us including 7 kids. Its was crazy to have that many people in one house. But we had a great time getting to know everyone a little more.

Merry Christmas!!!

Hope everyone had a GREAT christmas season with their families and friends. We got the blessing of coming to Utah to spend christmas with Mark's family for family reunion. We have had a blast with everyone. Thanks to mark's parents for flying us here.

Eko has been loving the snow, It has only snowed once since we got here but once was good enough for eko to enjoying playing in the fresh snow.
Christmas morning while eko opened presents. As you can tell all my long beautiful hair is gone. For this christmas I decided to give a little more than presents but give a little bit of myself. I had made a promised that I would not cut my hair for a year and when i did I would donate it to locks of love for someone who had lost their hair from cancer could be able to have hair once again. I donated ten inches even tho you cant really tell plus they cute about 3-4 inches more to even my hair. I'm sad to not have my long hair anymore but i'm happy to have given someone a great blessing.

Family pictures.

The other day we had our family pictures taken. I love how they came out. These are the unedited ones so they are not croped or fixed yet but they still look awesome. I love the color on them. Here are just a few. Thanks mama pitts, you are awesome.

December in Miami.

Our first winter in miami. Mark is loving it cause its the second week of december and we are still wearing shorts. I myself miss the snow and the cold a little bit. I am really looking forward to the ten days we will be in utah. Today we put the lights on outside and somehow that made it feel a little more christmasy. I still don't feel like its christmas.

Eko helping with the lights. He had a blast helping.

Lights on a palm tree, lol. only in miami.

This was Eko at a family birthday party. He had a blast with the icing.

The other day the Coral Gables policy dept. had a picnic and since one of eko's many grandpas is a cop eko got to go and he had a blast. He got so dirty and high on sugar.

Halloween 2009

Just some pictures from halloween 2009. Eko was batman and mark and I were football players. We walked on coral gables where they close the streets for the kids to go knowing. It was great, we got tons of candy. aftewr the candy we had a small party at mama pitts. we had a blast.

caching up...

While in texas...Swimming lessons.

The day we were leaving texas to come to miami.

Eko crying not wanting to leave daddy.

In the airplane.

Having fun in my friends plan.

Superheroes.

Eko loves having sleepovers at his friends house. They are best friends now.

At zippys, an inside play ground.

We went to a marines family day in which the boys got to ride a firetruck, eat lots o yummy food and so

Yes, We are Alive

Hi everyone, I know We have fallen out of the face of the earth but DON'T WORRY, We are okay. A lot of things have happened. Mark is still in texas but not for long hopefully. Eko and I are in miami with my family. Eko is LOVING it here. He has a lot of cousins and little friends his age to play with. He is never bored. I have been looking for a job which has been hard but if things work out I will start working for AT&T, so pray for me. I have done most of their hiring process, I think there is only one or two more steps before training begins. I have been staying busy, trying to stay in shape, and having fun with eko. I will post pictures later when i have more time. Hope everyone is doing great.

Trying to catch up again.

Okay so here is the update. It kindda start from from the present to the past but oh well. Here is what has been going on lately.

Eko and I are in texas right now for about a week visiting mark and After that Eko and I are going to miami for a while.

Mark has a pool at his place and Eko is loving it.
Mark had this cute fruit basket he made for me when we got here, he also had some plantains which I love, a gift card for me to go shopping for my birthday and he sang me a song, hehe.
Eko and I ready to go to Texas. Eko was so nice and carried his bookback the whole time.
saying goodbye
Eko calling daddy telling him we will be home soon.
Okay, So I have lost a lot of weight as you can tell by these pictures. I have lost about 13 pounds in the last month but don't worry.. being here in texas is making me fat again. This food is soooooo good. I love latin food.
My old prescription sun glasses broke so the glasses place gave me a new cooler pair, I love them.
Last week I got to see GROVER!!!! He is the awesome missionary that convince me to join the church. I was one of his first investigators & his last baptism so I guess I am his whole mission, haha. He is awesome & his little boy is adorable. I almost cried saying goodbye to him.
While in Utah I really got into boxing, It was so much fun.
And Eko got into it too. This kid is going to be trouble.
Mommy and Big boy eko time.
Eko has learned how to longboard, He needs help when he does it but he will get better.

My Photoshoot

Last week I had a photoshoot of myself. I spend my whole life being the one behind the camera when it comes to photoshoots but this time I got talked into being the one in front of the camera. It was so much fun, I felt like a model. Here are some of the pictures.
















We took like 200 shots, these are just a few.

trying to catch up

Okay so I know it has been a long time since my last blog but Mark took my computer with him. But today I finally got to do some blogging. this is just a quick one saying what we have done in the last month.

We had a block party (A party with everyone in the neighborhood) It was a blast.


I got rid of all my highlights so my hair is only brown on the top and I have this on the bottom. some people call it a rattail and other people call it a peeaboo. I love it. you can only see it when i have my hair up which is nice.

So a few weeks ago, I was crazy enough to hike timpanogos mountain while caring eko. I carried him 3/4th of the way up and the whole way down. He got tired really quick. It was insane but I fell so proud to say I hiked all the way to the top of timpanogos while caring a 32 pound toddler and a heavy bag.

The view was breath taking.
Since eko and I have been spending 24/7 together we have gotten very close to each other. He loves to give me random hugs and kisses. this is our monkey face.

I also got to go tubing down provo canyon. It was crazy and we came home with a few scratches but we still had a blast. I would recommend it.

Take me out to the Ball Game.

Last monday for family home evening we went to salt lake to watch a baseball game. By we I mean mark's parents, sisters, eko and I. Eko LOVED it, He is our little baseball player. This is just the beginning of many games we will be going to, We love it. Here are some pictures.

This is eko on the way to slc, he looks a little mad cause the sun was bothering him. If you notice the baseball glove he is wearing, Its the same baseball glove mark use to use as a kid to play ball with his dad and now eko got to use it, It meant a lot to me for eko to use his daddy's glove
This is at the game.

This was the whole group, starting from the left: Ampa G, Grandma, aunty Debbie, Tia Becca, Me, and eko sitting on aunty Sarah.

This was eko screaming at the players, It was so funny to watch him. He kept saying "come on!"

Eko with granpa B.

If you see closely, You can see eko and I standing at the bottom, He wanted to see it closer. I can't wait to go to the games when Eko is one of the players.

Happy Birthday to ME!!!

We started my birthday by going to the live session at the salt lake temple on thursday and then had lunch with Mark's mom. The girl in the picture with me is Sarah, Mark's sister who just came back from serving a mission in San Diego, she got back in june while we were gone. We are so proud of her. All these pictures are unedited "sorry about that." cause mark took my computer, I'm posting from a borrowed computer. thats why its been a while.

The Day of my birthday "Friday the 24th also known as pianeer day here in Utah." We started the day by having breakfast with Mark's 3 sisters, his mom, his cousin and our friends stacy and scott. We had a great time at IHOP.

After breakfast Eko and I went to spend some time with Grandma and Grandpa shipp. It has been a while since we spent a whole day with them. Eko played so hard with them, he passed out

After grandma and grandpa's we had a bbq to celebrate pianeer's day at our friend's house. They forgot it was my birthday, but stacy and scott (they are awesome) went and got me a yummy cake. Thay are so cute.

Eko helped me blow off the candals, he did two and I did one. I am 23 but they only had 3 so I guess I am only "3 years old."

so yummy!!!

And to end the day we had fireworks, We had our own but then the neighborhood gathered together and combine the works. It was awesome.

Overall I had a great day, Mark is out of town so I spent all day thinking of him but I still had a great birthday. I am sure we will celebrate when he gets back.

Let me count the way.....

A few weeks ago I made a list of why I love Mark "Just a few cause if I wrote them all it would be a book," I now its really dorky but Let me just tell you why He stole my heart.

-He always kisses us hello and good bye.

-When he goes out o eat he always brings us left over. ( We love food.)

-He picks eko up from bed when he wakes up early

-He is so sexy, I love it. HeHe

-He always encourage me to be better. To try new things and expand my talents.

-He has never made me feel bad about my body (Even when I was fat after having eko) instead he encourage me to work out and be in shape even if that meant working out with me.

-He always dresses stylish and has helped me dress more in style too cause I had no style when we met, none at all.

-He is such a kid. Eko loves to have a play mate. He is not afraid to get down and dirty with eko

-He loves to shop. I both love and hate that. But I love how he doesn't mind going to the mall with me.

-He always lets me sleep in and I LOVE IT!!!!

-He is my assistant during my photoshoots (Sometimes) and he always trys to help me become a better photographer by getting me new equipment or giving me new ideas.

-When Eko was a newbown mark was the one who would pick him up, burp him and set him back down all night long. All I did was feed him. My husband is awesome!!!

-He knows how to cook and his food is A-MAZ- ING

-He deals with my family even when I don't want to.

-He makes me smile and that is my favorite
Thanks Gordo, You make my world PERRRR-FECT. I am glad to be stuck on you for the rest of our lives and eternity.

A day to remember..

Two weeks ago we went to Arlington Cemetery to go see one of my best friends / my little brother who died last July 13th 2008, This last monday was a year of his death. I had a really hard time when he died but going to the cemetery helped me to let go. Now I am ok, I know he is where he needs to be and he is just waiting for us in heaven. Here are some of the pictures.

If you are wondering why we were on a metal thing is because his name is high up.

Museums Rock!!!

While on DC we went to some of their amazing museums, We went to the native american museum, The Earth and science museum and the Air and space museum. We loved it.

Eko has never been too in love with dinosaurs until He saw them with his own eyes, Now he loves them and goes crazy everytime he sees one.
He was so happy when he saw "Appy feet."
Living in virginia beach, eko went from hating to liking to loving airplanes. He always says "Bye, Bye, Airplane." So going to the air museum was a treat for him.
Eko had sooo much fun playing dress up at the museum's store.

After our weekend in DC we were so tires but sleeping in a car is not too comfortable and sleeping during the day is no fun So I got creative and used my air for a good purpose.

Washington DC

Here are some pictures of our trip to washington DC.

They had a lot of free stuff, We weren't expect it. They had real henna tattoos, I LOVED THEM.
Mark got some too.


They look so cool. Once they dry they become an dark orange color.



they had awesome food. Some was free but the best one you had to pay for.




Eko knows how to peel oranges now.


We had to sit for a few hours to wait for the fireworks. Eko just watched movies.


then eko got bored so i let him take pictures of daddy and he did great. he did better than adults i have asked to use my camera.

4th of july, part one

For the 4th of July weekend we went to washington DC and even tho Boston's fireworks were better last year "We still had the time of our lives." We Did so much and took way to many pictures so I will divided onto different post. Here is the fireworks part.

We were a little afraid to be out and about in a crowded place with a toddler who no longer uses diapers but eko did great. we were on the road for 4 days and he had no accidents but we did have to introduce him to John. We had to disinfect eko from head to toes after that.

we had to sit for a long time to wait for the fireworks so mark played some music for us.

When we got there it was not to full but by the time we left, it was packed.

It was so HOT. Poor eko was sweating buckets. we gave him a small fan and he kept putting it on his belly to make himself feel better.

Eko was so tired after a full day of walking that he fell asleep right before the fireworks started. Mark caught me sleeping next to eko. eko woke up freaked out when the fireworks began.
look at his tire face, this is after he started crying.
the cool fireworks behind the washington monument
After the fireworks we stayed at our friend robert's place and eko almost killed his dog with hugs.

One last day at the beach!

So as some of you guys may know, We are going back to utah for family reasons. We will be leaving back to utah in about 32 hours. Yesterday we decided to go do some family time before we leave the great virginia beach.

Eko learned to eat with chap sticks and he loves it and is pretty good at it too.

We also got to spend some fun time at the beach. Eko use to hate the waves but he loves it now. And he still goes crazy in the sand. I got my hand cut by a STING RAY. It was not to big but It still scared me. We had a blast at the beach and walking the boardwalk.
We order some philly cheese stakes and they were sooo good.
And to end the day we got some cool tattoos.
Mark's tattoo looks mess up but we fixed it and it looks real now.

Eko's dreams came true

Last thursday eko and I had a mother and son date. It was awesome. We went to bush gardens with our friend and her son. Eko and I had a blast.

The girls wanted to go on the griffen so while they went up I stayed with the kids and eko got to ride on the seat and he thought he was such a cool big boy. he told me so.
THE GRIFFEN!!! A 90 degree drop that will make your greatest fears seem like a walk in the park.

Eko wanted to go on these cool airplanes that went up and down but he had to go alone. It was a little scary for me having to leave him but I guess he is growing up. He can do it alone now.
we made to make a stop at a store to get a clock for my friend, we found this cute train that had numbers & other cool educational stuff, it was just $3 so we got it. He loves his choochoo
Ok, this is when eko's dreams and hopes came true. He got to meet most of his friends from sesame street. Just look at his face as he waited for his turn to hug them.
When eko saw elmo, he attacked (pushed and pull) everyone in between him and elmo. It was funny but I was afraid someone was going to tell me off cause of him. HE LOVES ELMO!!!
Eko's friend jackjack was a little scare but eko loved the carousel "just look at his smile."
We also got to see a 4D sesame street movie. Eko thought it was cool to go to a theater just to see elmo. And he likes the water, wind and bubbles that came out of the chairs.
To end the day Eko got to play in the sesame street water park. He was afraid at first but he loved to get wet and refresh after a very hot day.
Eko had fun on the ride to and from home. They talked and played so good. the ride was about an hour long. They were so cute.
When we got home he was so tired. He passed out.