Griscel and Erik Alcala

Noah's ABCs

2010-04-11T22:59:00.000-07:00

Disneyland 2010

2010-03-09T21:47:00.000-08:00

Finally I get around to posting something new (this is especially for my crazy blog stocker sisters and Frankie and Eli)! We are doing great! Noah is getting really big and he's talking more and more everyday. We just got him his own "special chair", a toilet, and he loves it. Every morning he wants me to take his clothes off so he can sit on it, and he we wants to be completely naked when he sits on it. He's only peed in it once but hey and least he isn't scared of it. Erik and I are still doing the same old thing. But we did go to Disneyland March 2!!!
It was so much fun!!! Noah loved it and we can't wait to go again. However, we have decided that we need two days at least, one is just not enough!!!! WE LOVE DISNEYLAND!!!!! Here are some pictures...

We are waiting to get on Dumbo. Noah was very excited when he saw Dumbo because he watches this movie alot with my mom.

Here we are on Casey Jr. It was really funny because he didn't realize we were about to get on a train so he got really really excited when he saw it!

Waiting for Casey Jr.

Sleeping Beauty's Castle...this was on our way out of the park.

Noah was waiting very patiently the train...

and waiting some more.

Mama and baby pirate!

Dumbo!

2 years!

2009-12-07T13:17:00.000-08:00

Ok so we are still here and still being crazy! Today is Monday, Dec 7. Next Monday is Noah's 2 year birthday!!! I can't believe it, it goes by so increadibly fast and I can still remember when I was pregnant and when I had him so well. Noah is doing really good. He is really into trains right now and Mickey Mouse. Any toy car is a train to him and he says "Choo, choo" when he sees trains or cars and he does the motion with him arm, it's really cute! He's finally starting to talk. He says Mama, Dada (sometimes he calls Daddy, Mama). He says puppy, train, car, agua, no, Nana, Tata, ball and apparently he makes the same sound everytime he sees Mickey Mouse but I haven't picked up on that yet but Erik has (obviously I should get the Greatest Mother Award, hahaha). I make no promises and when I will post again, so stay on your toes!!

P.S. (I tried to upload some pictures but it didn't work, I'll keep trying)

We Live!!!

2009-03-22T18:34:00.000-07:00

the tile is suppose to be said in a Frankenstein sort of voice. Ok, so we are still here!!! We didn't have internet for awhile but now we do so hooray for that!! Noah is doing great...he is 15 months now and super active!! He climbs up on everything (thank you IKEA for making all your funiture so low) and he dances really funny and he's just super cute!! Here are some pictures that we took at the temple in Redlands (we got married at this temple). We went the day after my birthday...we went to Disneyland ON my birthday!! It was way fun cuz all my family was there (except Karla and Kyle which would have made it even cooler!!!!)...ok here they are

Noah and Daddy!!!

Noah and his Mama!!!!

Angel Moroni on the temple

Noah was not wanting to walk the way we wanted to go so Erik had to hold his hand and kinda drag him along, but it worked out ok cuz it turned into a cute picture!

So, like i said we are still here and hopefully I'll get back in gear and post more often....hahaha you have to start checking my blog again!

9 months already!!!

2008-09-15T10:00:00.000-07:00

So yesterday was Noah's 9 months birthday! I can't believe that in 3 months he will be a year! That's just crazy. So in honor of his 9 months we put this cute church clothes on him yesterday. We really didn't do anything else, especially since it was Sunday but its ok because its not like a real real birthday. Any idea on Halloween costumes? And what should I do for his year birthday? Its so close to Christmas that I probably won't do any party until all the family comes down. But we'll see. Ok here are the pictures (you can't not put pictures!).

This is Erik's brother Rene and Noah

something weird happened to the internet so this post is a littl out of wack..sorry

DISNEYLAND!!!!!!

2008-09-08T09:10:00.000-07:00

So I was in the mood to go to Disneyland so we went this weekend!!! It wasn't very busy which was nice. I think the longest line we waited for was Alice in Wonderland and that was about 15-20 minutes. I think the longest line in the park was probably Indiana Jones which we didn't get on, the longest it got was 45minutes. We got on Jungle Cruise, Pirates, Casey Jr., Snow White, Pinocchio, Alice in Wonderland, and the Carrousel with Noah. Then when he was asleep we got on Thunder Mountain, Space Mountain and the Mattahorn. We had a ton of fun and I'm trying to convince Erik that a year pass would be great right now and that we don't need to wait till Noah is 2or3. So we'll see how that goes (ericka i will need some details on those). So here are some pictures, i'm not sure how to make more fit so if anyone can help on that feel free to tell me...

Coming into Disneyland...

Sleeping Beauty's Castle

On King Arthur Carrousel

Casey Jr..Those hats we are wearing are "Year of a Million Dreams" Mickey Hats. You can only get those if you run into the "Dream Squad" which we did and we won them!!! How cool is that, you can't buy those!!!

Noah flirting with the worker in his Mickey Ears hat! This was the store by the arcade.

finally..

2008-07-29T08:47:00.000-07:00

ok so I am finally going to post something on this blasted blog...i don't even remember when i did last. Everyone probably stopped checking it...anyway, Erik and I went to El Centro and got pictures taken of Noah at Kiddie Kandids and they emailed me the pictures which makes it reallye easy for me to upload them here!!! (hence that is why i actually have pictures to put up)

On a different note, We are doing great!!! Noah has his two bottom teeth and I really have been trying to get a picture of them but everytime he smiles he sticks his tongue out (as you can see by the pics)! We got them about a week ago and he actually did really good. We had no idea he was teething. We are finally in our house!!! We've been here a little over a week and it totally feels like home already, meaning that i already am lazy and don't want to unpack stuff. Luckily my mom helped me unpack the kitchen before we moved in so at least that is all ready to go. But the office is exactly the same as before we moved and our bedroom is little different but not too much. Noah's room is the closest to being done but there are still tons of things in the garage. Well that was just a quick update. Hope everyone is still good!

"Its been a long time..."

2008-05-06T15:33:00.000-07:00

So, who can finish the rest of the lyrics to that song? huh huh? Come on tadeds, I know you know it!

And now back to our regularly scheduled program...

So craziness happening in everyones lives as well as ours. The day after my last post Erik and I bought a house!!! Hooray!!! We're suppose to close May 23rd so we've been going crazy with all the loan stuff and staying on the realtor's back about the contract coming back. Anyway, its all working out finally and we're still on schedule for the 23rd of this month!!! Crazy to think that in like two weeks I'll have a house! Baby Noah is doing great!! Here are some more pictures finally. He's going to be 5 months on the 14th! He's really starting to get big!! Here he is....
This little boy was just all smiles that morning. Both Erik and I got some really good pictures

Its my naked boy in his elephant towel that Joan gave him!!! He's so cute!!!!

First time wearing a white button up shirt for church. How many times can I say that he's super cute before it gets too crazy??? or annoying???

Ok, so my sister's know that I am a fan of naked babies...they're just so cute!!!!!! I had no idea Erik had taken this picture till I uploaded them on to the computer. I flipped out so I just had to share it with everyone. My hermoso niño!!

I am also a fan of movies. Here is proof that he can roll over from his tummy to his back even though he hasn't done it again since this occasion (wow big words).

Now on a completely not Noah note, I finally read Twilight. Now, amazing as this might sound to my sisters, I am not in love with Edward. I am in love with the vampires of this book. They are a bit different from the vampires I'm use to (does that not sound like in my little world vampires are real???). I haven't read Eclipse yet but Twilight and New Moon were both really good. Like I said, I'm not in love Edward but I love how approachable these vampires are. I know its only Carlisle's family but thats why they're the main vampires. Anyway, most vampires in other books and movies are just bad and there is no way to find any good in them. So I like this spin on it. So, have you all seen the movie trailer? I'm sorry but I don't like Cedric Diggory as Edward. I also don't like how Alice looks, I pictured her more trendy, like those models in the hair salon books with the crazy haircuts that no one gets unless they work at Hot Topic. I like Carlisle and I really like Emmett, now he is hot!! Totally makes a good vampire. Anyway, check out the trailer at Myspace or it will be on Stephenie Meyer's website in 3 days. 12/12/08, I'm so there no matter who plays who. Oh and the next book comes out in August! Now I have something else to fill the Harry Potter void!!!

My little boy is growing up!!!!

2008-04-15T10:37:00.001-07:00

So yesterday Noah turned 4 months!!! He's getting so big!!! I took him to the doctor today and he weighs 13 lbs 5.3 oz and he's 24 1/2 inches long!! The doctor said he was looking great, the only thing is that he lays too much on the left side so his head is getting a flat spot. He told me that I need to put him on his other side or they might have to put a helmet on him (i tried really hard not to freak out with that). So he's taking a nap right now and he's laying on his right side of his head so hopefully my boy's head won't be too deformed :( Well just a quick update. We're all doing great and I'll post some pictures later!

3 Months!!!

2008-03-14T18:02:00.000-07:00

Happy 3 Months Birthday to baby Noah!!!! So our plan is to celebrate with dinner and a movie...classic birthday thing to do. Well maybe not so classic. I guess we should have a piñata for it to be classic but he's only 3 months so I think that would be over doing it. Dinner and a movie is just right. Actually, we haven't gone out to eat and a movie in a long time (amazing huh, you guys were right about renting movies alot more but not going to the theatre) so it was nice to have an excuse to go out. Well hopefully I'll get some new pictures of him up so everyone can see how cute he is!!!

American Idol

2008-03-07T18:10:00.000-08:00

Ok so this session I've been really into American Idol. I've never been this hardcore, I usually just watch the last like five but this time I've watched since the very beginning. Last night made me so happy!!!
I did not like Danny Noriega, this last song was so horrible. It probably had to do with his sexual orientation, but man, he should not have been with the boys. He would have made a very good looking girl. Anyway....
Last night with him and Chikeze left on the stage, you could tell Chikeze thought he was going home, but I was jumping up and down when they told him he was in the top 12!!!!! I even scared Noah!!! Anyway, I think all the guys are awesome and I think the top 3 are all going to be boys or at least the top 2. David Archuleta is so cute!!! ok, peace out!

Noah Winter Alcala

2008-02-27T18:21:00.000-08:00

I have suddenly become a huge fan of this blog thing, I think that's because its an easy way for me to show-off my beautiful boy!!!! Ok so here's some more of him....enjoy! Oh and as a side note; I totally love David Archuleta!!! I hope he wins American Idol!! His first khaki pants!! White shirt and tie coming soon!!

Back to work!!

2008-02-26T07:40:00.000-08:00

So yesterday was my first day back to work, it went well. It took me about an hour to finally be able to sign-on to the computer and man was it busy. There's a few system upgrades that I need to get use but other than that it went fine...oh and at the end of the day I was over $2000.00!!!! I freaked out. There is no way some one would walkout without that much money, there's just no way. So it had to be with one of the other tellers right? So they all balanced (I was suppose to get out at 4:15 but i didn't get out till 5:00) and Choilin was short $2000.00, so hooray we found it!!! Anyway, at least it didn't go anything like my dream that I had. Saturday night I had a horrible 'back to work' dream. In my dream it took me about 20 minutes to cash two checks for a lady because I couldn't remember how to search for account numbers or anything else. Our most dreaded customer was there so I was nervous and by the time I was finally done cashing the lady's checks, I had no clothes on!!! So then I need to put my clothes back on right? So I run to the bathroom, luckily no one saw me, but the lights don't work in the bathroom and for some reason there are sheets all over the place. Then I woke up. It was really weird but its ok, none of my clothes were lost in the battle of my first day back to work!

My gorgeous boy!!

2008-02-21T09:34:00.000-08:00

So, here's a little update on Baby Noah. He finally came home January 8th, which was actually right after my sister posted that blog for me. He's now 2 1/2 months and at his appointment on Feb 14th we weighted 9 lbs 15 oz!! He's probably somewhere in the 10 lbs now. I start working again this Monday the 25th and I so don't want to. It's really hard to be a stay at home mom, it can get really claustrophobic but I can't imagine not being with my baby all day. But unfortunately, some material things really are necessary (a job that gives you insurance for example). Wish me luck with going back to work!

Happy Anniversary

2008-02-08T19:03:00.001-08:00

We're going to Las Vegas for our Anniversary! Happy Two Years!

Baby Noah, pequeno baby Noah, How we love you!

2008-01-06T22:59:00.000-08:00

Ok so here are some pictures of baby Noah. For those of you that don't know Noah was born 7 weeks early by emergency C-Section! (ouch!) He has been in the NICU since December 14, 2007! So in these pictures he is 3 weeks 2 days old! He now weighs 7 lbs 8oz! Which is great! Hopefully he will get to come home soon!

Here we go a-blogging!

2008-01-06T22:45:00.000-08:00

Ok this is Griscel & Erik's first post.....It's actually Griscel's sister Ericka doing it. I told them that I woul d start a blog for them because its the cool thing to do now. And now especially that they have little baby Noah, they need to keep everyone updated on not a trashy website like myspace! So have fun Griscel and Erik posting stuff about their experiences at this crazy thing we call parenting! Come home soon Noah! We love you!