rhett-ism

"Why do people sing about husband and wife all the time? Almost all the time. Bruno Mars is singing about it right now."

 - Rhett (7)

rhettism july 2012

rhett (age 7): "you know why i don't like the world?"
mama duchesne: (shock) "why anak (son)?"
rhett: "because you have to pay and pay and pay." "you have to pay a lot!"

Rhett's Baby Shower in Dave n' Busters

this was taken around february 2005. your baby shower (you had 3 of them) in these photos was at the dave and buster's in jacksonville, florida.

there's carlos signing the souvenir book  for the event. i still have the book and it has some very good tips about parenting. there is bhel  next to carlos and josie garlock(bhel's cousin). carlos resides in arizona now. they always had awesome get together in their home.

the cajudo family came as well with rydell, noel, mackee and mommy delia. a very tight and spiritual family.

my friend gemma from blue cross and her son. the last i heard she opened her own quizno at the regency mall and also was expanding.

my armenian friend natalya and her daughter. we became friends from training class in blue cross. she was my lunchmate as well.

there were many gifts such as baby clothes.

some gave toddler clothes since babies grow so fast.

and feeding bottles. we ended using those bottles with disposable liner. mommy likes convenience.

baby blankets.

warm clothes.

blue for a boy.

a wardrobe for rhett and he was not even born yet.

the baby register was with target and had lots of winnie-the-pooh character motiff. i didn't know what you would like yet. so pastel green seem safe.

giftcard came in handy

and more blankets... wnnie-the-pooh

hey a practical idea-diaper.

winnie-the-pooh jumper

winnie-the-pooh set of photo albums. you still have this in your bookcase. these days your photos are online.

winnie-the-pooh feeding set

bib i supposed.

onesies. when you actually used this, mama would only snap 2 buttons out of 3 because we had too many diaper change. lol.

 my dear friend pamela ashley-mercer from blue cross and her son.

ms hannon with her daughter kapri(now in college) and joyce. we all worked together in the navy disbursing world.

carmen de guzman who i met up in blue cross and also we went to the same church. and there's crazy loren who is so funny. she made you cry at times. ha ha. never mind how mama look. i really had a big belly because you were huge.

melanie, rebecca and tina.

we had games later on at dave n buster's after dinner.

daddy played a bit too. this was taken in 2005. there's the disclaimer. got it.

Chilling in Vegas

i could not resist posting these photos when i came across it. they were taken in vegas. i think this was at the treasure island hotel we stayed at.

rhett knows i like to take photos as a souvenir or to remind us of the good times. i always say all we have to look back to in the past are photos. here he is being a sport to mama.

he's all padded due to the floating device. behind is mama's beach basket.

we like to layout and bask in the sun with our shades. ha ha this was a go diego! sunglass. this hotel had outdoor music piping in which was like spring break music. the peace sign was his idea. so we know he really has his own coolness already.