Mommy's Birthday

Mommy turned 30 today, which is really hard for her to believe! Daddy was super sneaky and arranged for Grandma and Grandpa to come over and watch Abs while he surprised her with a night out on the town. We went to one of her very favorite restaurants, Fearings, at the Ritz in Dallas. The food there is so awesome and was even better than we remembered. Mommy is so incredibly lucky to have all her wishes come true! She likes to tease daddy that he helped her accomplish her "bucket list" for 30, but the truth is that Daddy was the answer to many of mommy's prayers and he makes her feel so special and loved. There's just no better husband and father out there!

Much love,
Moises & Jennifer

6 Months Old!

Abby is at the half way mark of her first year and neither of us can believe how quickly these months have passed us by. We are loving the adorable personality she has developed and continues to develop. She has been sitting on her own for about two weeks now and is eating solid foods twice a day. Her motor skills continue to improve and she can easily pass objects from one hand to the other. We didn't weigh her today, but on Sunday she was still down about a pound because of her sickness, which decreased her appetite dramatically. Fortunately, she's back on her regular eating schedule and then some. Our guess, is that she's trying to catch up on all those missed meals.

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

Santa Baby

We celebrated our first Christmas as a family this weekend and what a special time it was for us. Abby was finally over her sickness, but not quite 100%. Even so, she was such a little trooper all day long, especially considering she woke up at about 4:30! She was just too excited to sleep. After Abs woke up and had breakfast, she got to open all the gifts that Santa and  brought her, plus special ones from all her loved ones. She seem to enjoy playing with the wrapping paper and was fascinated by all the new toys around her. 

After our little family Christmas, Grandma, Grandpa, Samuel, Saul, Marisela, Sergio, & Seth all came over for a special Christmas get together. It was great food, great company and wonderful memories. Abs got lots of wonderful gifts and was a sweet little angel all day long. In the afternoon, BB & Papa A came by to spend some time with us. All in all it was a great first family Christmas. We are so incredibly blessed to have such wonderful family and friends. God has truly given us a wonderful life.

Here's Abby with her gifts and stockings, she's one lucky little lady!

Much love,

Moises & Jennifer

Our Sick Baby Girl

 Little Abs has been sick since Saturday with a cough and stuffy nose. We decided to take her to the doctor on Monday morning where we found that she has RSV, which seems to be a fairly common virus affecting youngsters under 2 years old. To us the commonality of the virus was good news, except that since it is a virus there's not much we can do to make her feel better. The doctor did prescribe her with a breathing treatment machine to aid in breaking up the mucus.

Yesterday, was a pretty rough day for little miss, but she seems to be turning the corner and is smiling and laughing again. She's still sleeping fairly well in spite of all the congestion. Through all of the sickness, it's made us realize how truly blessed we are to have an overall healthy baby girl. Especially, when so many in the world suffer at such young ages. Abby has been such a little trooper through all her treatments and pain.

 Here she is passed out from playing with her toys.

Here's one of her breathing treatments.

We can't wait for our little girl to be well again and hope she's 100% in time for Santa's first visit!

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

Christmas Cowboys Style

Last night was Abby's very first Christmas party with all of the Dallas Cowboy's group. We were a little nervous taking her to sit on Santa's lap because of all the horror stories we've heard about young babies being afraid of Santa. However, as usual Abs was just as friendly as can be and found his beard quite fascinating. She even gave it a little tug or two!

Even though Abby couldn't partake in all the events, we did get to introduce her to the other kiddos and some of the people mommy works with. BB even joined in the fun events and was sweet enough to take all the pictures! All in all, we had a great time and Abby was so worn out from the events she snoozed all the way home and went straight to bed when we got home.

Much love,

Moises & Jennifer

Welcoming another cousin!

Baby oh baby, this has been the year of new babies. On December 8th, Scarlett Grace was born and thus Abby welcomed another cousin! December 8th, was also her cousin Connor's birthday!

We drove down to Houston on Sunday to meet the beautiful young lady. We can't wait to see all these little girls grow up.

On Saturday, mommy had a spa day with some work friends so daddy & Abby had a special daddy-daughter day. They had so much fun, little missy just passed out while playing with her toys!

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer

Bath Time Fun

Abby can officially sit all by herself. Since she can sit so well by herself, mommy and daddy have taken the newborn sling out of her tub. Now she can get to the water and splash all by herself. She is still trying to figure out how her toys float in the water and she often is quite mesmerized looking at her legs and feet under the water. She's such a big girl and we are so proud of our little one.

Much love,

Moises & Jennifer

Another loss

This weekend Moises and his family lost a very special person. They said goodbye to Moises' uncle, James Guerra, when he lost his battle with cancer. Uncle Jim was a great person and friend and served as an excellent role model in Moises' life. Uncle Jim's kindness and selflessness will always be remembered.

Goodbye, dear friend. You will be missed.

Thanksgiving 2011

Mommy & daddy are a little behind on posting about Abby's first Thanksgiving. Suffice it to say Abby loved all the faces and places we went to celebrate her first major holiday. Josue, Veronica, Sammie & Joshua came over to meet Abby on Tuesday. Since they live so far away it was great to see them and introduce them to Abs.

We went over to Uncle Saul's on Thanksgiving morning and had a super yummy lunch thanks to Abuela, Mari and Jorge. We had so much fun being with the entire Ledezma clan!

We headed to the Cowboys game that afternoon and saw Chia, Ryan and Reecie. It was so sweet to see Abby and Reece starting to notice one another and even reach for each other. All the grandmas were in heaven with the two little girls. Abuela even earned the nickname the baby whisperer and we can tell you the nickname fits!

As we mentioned earlier, Abby doesn't want to roll over but she sure does love to stand (and look at herself in the mirror). This is her Christmas outfit from Pop & Mumzie. She thinks it's pretty cute, too.

Much love,
Moises & Jennifer

The Long Goodbye

Today, Jennifer and her family said goodbye to their Mema. For those that never met Mema, she was the epitome of selflessness, goodness and kindness. The pastor said it best that we were lucky to have her as a mother and grandmother and she created for us a legacy of goodness and kindness. We will all be hunted by goodness and grace as she was hunted by goodness and grace. We are thankful our lives were blessed with her and will seek to continue her legacy. We love you forever, Mema.

5 Months Old!

Today, Abby is 5 months old! She weighs 15.8 pounds and is eating more and more by the day. She still has not rolled over! Daddy says it's because she doesn't want to, but she sure does love to stand with our help. She also has been particularly interested in cups; holding them, mouthing them and looking at them. It's almost as if she already knows exactly what they are for. She also will sit unassisted for a minute, but not longer than that...if we could just get the rolling over down!
Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

Abby the road warrior...

This weekend we traveled to Arkansas to visit Mema, Uncle Otta & Terri. Mommy was so excited to see Mema and her Aunt & Uncle. Abby was excited excited to finally meet her aunt Terri and cousin Emily.

We spent about 10 hours in the car and Abby was such a good traveler. She slept the entire way to Arkansas and on the way back she and mommy played pretty much the whole way.




This sequence of pictures is mommy's attempt at putting Abs to sleep....

Mommy started with the pacifier, but Abs just likes to play with it...

Trying to put it back in her mouth...

Hmmm...no pacifier....

Let me have the blanket, mommy...I just want to play.

We can't wait to head back to Arkansas to visit again.
Much love,
Moises & Jennifer

First Overnight Stay

This was a very special weekend. It was mommy & daddy's anniversary. In honor of our anniversary Abby had her first overnight stay away from us.

Even though we missed our sweet girl, we had a great time! We are so thankful that Papa and BB took such good care of her while we were gone. We're also so proud of Abs, because she was an angel for them. Thanks again guys for taking such good care of her.



This afternoon the three of us went to the Cowboys game. The picture above is all of us dressed up in our Cowboys gear. Abs was a little distracted!

Abby is such a sweetie, she's started giving "kisses", which usually just means she's hungry and wants to suck on something.

Much love,


Moises & Jennifer

A foray into solid foods...

After seeing the doctor last week, we got the green light to start adding solid foods to Abby's diet. Especially since she's started reaching for our food while we're trying to eat.

We started out with rice cereal. It was a lot of fun feeding Abs the cereal. She sure didn't know what to do with those first spoonfulls. Most of the food ended up on her bib. By the end of the snack she had the hang of it and kept smacking her lips like a big girl.

Next stop will be the vegetable aisle. Perhaps, mom & dad will make her homemade baby food. We'll see if that develops.

Much love,

Moises & Jennifer

Got rice pudding??

First School Photos

Wow oh wow!!! Abby had her first school photos taken a couple weeks ago and we just got the prints back. Her teachers told us that she wasn't a huge fan of all the lights and they couldn't get her to smile. Guess they don't have her daddy's touch.

Either way, though, the pictures turned out pretty darn cute. Even though, we may be a little biased.

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

Abby's First Halloween

Monday was Abby's first Halloween. She wanted to dress up as Minnie Mouse, which is one of mommy's favorite characters. Below are some pictures of little miss in her outfit. She wasn't a huge fan of the ears, but she loved her dress! Pluto, a.k.a Ginger, wanted in the photo too...

And she's done...

4 months old!!

Today Abby is 4 months old! Wow, how crazy is that? Today, was also her 4 month old check up. The doctor said Abby is a very healthy baby girl and is extremely pleased with her development. She weighed in at 13.6 pounds and was 24.5 inches long.

What a big girl!

Much love,

Moises & Jennifer

Carving Pumpkins

Today was Abby's first pumpkin carving experience. We had so much fun letting her play with the guts of the pumpkin. She kept looking at us like, "What is this stuff?"

Not only was it Abby's first pumpkin carving, it was daddy's first experience too. Mommy thinks daddy did a great job! He carved his and Abby's and they both look awesome! We're sure that everyone can guess which one is daddy's pumpkin.

Here is the finished product! We can't wait to dress Abs up in her Halloween costume. No candy for her this year, but we'll still have a big time!

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer

The 4 month sleep regression

Well, it seems that the blessed days of a full night's sleep from our little angel are behind us. At least for the time being. Abby has hit the dreaded 4 month sleep regression. We have been praying this would not happen to our little princess, but it seems that we are in the midst of another developmental milestone. It appears to be a fairly common phenomenon and usually occurs when an infant starts to become more aware of her surroundings and begins a different sleeping pattern that is more similar to adults.

With this new awareness of her surroundings comes the complete inability for her to stay asleep for more than 3 or 4 hours at a time! Abs has been unable to sleep through the night since Sunday. With every night waking she wants to play and her beautiful brown eyes stay open much longer than they ever did before. Needless to say, this week has been somewhat difficult in the Ledezma house as we get acclimated to less sleep.

We'll probably start the dreaded sleep training fairly soon once we get the go ahead from our doctor. Up until now, Abby has been such an excellent sleeper so it's probably our turn to have a go at the typical restless nights that most parents encounter. However, that provides little solace at 3:30 in the morning when for so long she was sleeping through the night.

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer

Family Weekend

This past weekend was very special. Chia, Ryan and sweet cousin Reece came for a visit. We were so excited to see all of them, especially Reece! We had not seen her since she was born over a month ago. She is so precious and sweet and we loved seeing her.

It was so fun having the little ones together and we can't wait until they're a little older to see them playing together.

In other news, Abby has started getting lots of control over her hands. She's able to pick things up and bring them to her mouth. She's even started trying to hold her own bottle! Granted the bottle is resting on her hands, but we still thought this picture was pretty cute. She's also gotten so big that she's almost out grown her baby swing, which until recently swallowed her tiny little body. In fact, she's started to eat so much that mommy has decided to start supplementing with formula. Stay tuned for how that develops!

Next Friday, Abby goes in for her four month check up. This means another round of shots which we absolutely dread. We are, however, excited to talk to the doctor about all of Abby's developmental milestones.

Much love,
Moises & Jennifer

Abby Update

They grow up so fast. It ceases being a cliche when you actually experience it...
We love our beautiful baby girl and love seeing more of her personality shine through each day.















Mommy and Daddy are preparing for the next milestone as we speak... Teething.
All signs point to the imminent arrival of Abby's first baby teeth and subsequently a sense of cautious excitement has descended upon Casa Ledezma in anticipation.

















Despite all the change, one constant remains... Abby's beautiful smile can melt your heart in an instant.





Much Love,

Jennifer and Moises