Our family time..............

We are blessed to live in such a beautiful county and we've made it a point to spend our weekends appreciating it all. The following pictures were taken at Oso Flaco in Guadalupe-ENJOY!

Diego's first trip to the beach and he didn't even know.

The COTA'S- The KINGS of my heart!

Daddy jumping the creek but-and he makes it!!

Lil Ed trying to jump the creek but didn't make it all the way!

AND MORE..............................

Big Boy Diego at 10 weeks

The moments we live for seeing the boys bond- Lil Ed is the BEST BIG BROTHER EVER!

We got to visit the zoo last week in Santa Barbara with Grandma Lee and Lil Ed got to feed the Boy Giraffe-scary huh-check out that tongue!

The birds and the BOYZ

Our family portrait at the zoo 1/11/2007

WE'RE BACK!! HAPPY NEW YEAR

Diego's first shots-OUCH for him and MOMMY oh yah Grams too- 12/18/2007


Diego and Lil Ed with Santa Claus in the Village of Arroyo Grande


Lil Ed before surgery....................................



Lil Ed afer surgery-WOW what a brave boy he is-they yanked out 2 teeth!!!!


Diego ready to go with Big Bro Ed on surgery day at least someone was happy!

A big week at the Cota house

Last week was a big week at the Cota house. Little Ed had another awards assembly and got his first Perfect Attendance award ever and most exciting a Physical Education award from his P.E. teacher.We know he is our superstar but love that others see how special he is as well. While we were waiting for the assembly to start I managed to get a picture of Diego at his best. Unfortunately, I have no pictures of Ed receiving his awards because my batteries died so the Diego shot is all I got. Another very exciting and amazing accomplishment was Big Eddie celebrated ONE YEAR SOBER December 5th. We are very proud of him and his accomplishments and for all that he does for our family! We celebrated his accomplishment at Tahoe Joes with my parents which we all enjoyed. WE LOVE YOU DADDY! I LOVE YOU BABE!

Another exciting event is Lil Ed has decided to run for Attendance Officer at Harloe. We are very proud of him and are having fun with the campaign. He had to make posters and next he has to prepare a speech to present to the school. He took this upon himself and although there are alot of kids running it's all about having fun!

On Friday we were able to play in the snow here in Pismo Beach and got to see Santa and tell him what we wanted for Christmas.

All about sports

We just finished Lil Ed's soccer season which was fun and eventful. Big Ed was assistant coach which he enjoyed as did Lil Ed, now on to basketball. When I went to sign Lil Ed up they needed coaches so I decided to help the league out and signed up Big Ed to coach :) . We have had two games thus far in which both Big Ed and Ed have enjoyed. Big Ed has been a very positive coach and Lil Ed is playing well and making amazing shots all the team needs is a better name besides "yellow". As of now we haven't won but I tell the boys the season has just begun.

The same evening after a long day I was able to capture this adorable picture of Lil Ed and Diego watching Avatar, I know Diego is a bit small but he loves watching TV!

Thanksgiving 2007

The pictures above are from our first Thanksgiving at home! Usually we travel far but this year we had the pleasure to spend this special holiday with family. Big Ed had the turkey duty which happened to weigh in at 24 lbs. I was very nervous considering the turkey is the main dish but of course the turkey was amazingly moist and delicious!! I included a picture of the men trying to carefully remove it from the oven (that was a little scary). It was such a pleasure to have both my family and LeRoy's family all together in one home. It was especially nice to have Great Grandma Dorothy their in which she loved spending time with Diego. On Thanksgiving weekend Diego had his first car trip to Eddie's mom house. We were able to spend quality time with Lil Ed's and Diego's cousins. The following photo is all the cousins but not including baby due in the beginning of January, mommy being Kweeks.Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Our busy weekend

What a weekend for the Cota family especially Little Ed. This weekend Ed had his soccer tournament which consisted of two games Saturday and one game today. He managed to score 3 goals all together and today Big Ed had to coach the team. Our game today was extra rough because we were down 3 players so no breaks! Although we didn't make it to Regionals this year Ed had a good time playing and Big Ed was an excellent Assistant Coach! Now on to the basketball season for both the boys, this year dad is the head coach.

Today Diego is 5 weeks old and on his way to recovery with his food issues. We've learned that Diego loves to be swaddled which makes our nights so much easier. Each day he is doing something new and our favorite thus far is his smiles! Now that he is bigger Big Brother Ed feeds him and plays with him but NO changing diapers. Big Bro is very loving and concerned for his brothers needs which we love to see.