Cluck Christmas

Our final stop on the Christmas 2013 Express was at Papa & BB's house for Cluck Christmas. By this time Abby has really gotten the hang of opening gifts and we could hardly contain her when she saw the gift bags and all the tissue paper.

As usual, Abby was a bit timid around everyone, but uncle Alan was working her really hard trying to get her to warm up to him and he figured out her weakness....chocolate. Pretty soon they were bff's for the afternoon. Another great Christmas is in the books and we are more blessed than we can count.

Much love,

Moises & Jennifer

Lind Christmas/Mommy's Birthday

Today we celebrated a belated Christmas with the Lind family. We also celebrated Jennifer's birthday & Kurt's birthday (the 29th and 30th). We already celebrated Jennifer's birthday, just the two of us last week in Dallas, but it was fun to celebrate with family today! Aunt Paula and Rod had us all over to their house for the festivities and uncle Eric cooked his famous lasagna, which was delicious. Aunt Sarah made a special cake for each Jennifer and Kurt and they were yummy!

As we've mentioned Abs is a little timid in new situations so it took her some time to get comfortable with all the faces. Sally Kate and Abs really enjoyed opening their gifts and loved all their goodies from everyone.

Sweet Caroline played with both the girls most of the night and Abby thought she was very cool!  

Abs was worn out from all the excitement and decided to take a break towards the end of the night. It was a late evening for this little girl, but we all had a great time!

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

18 Months Old

Whew! Abs is 18 months old and is growing up fast. We believe she has entered the "terrible twos" as she's been testing her boundaries quite frequently and gets frustrated easily when we limit her. She's also been sharing tantrums with us for a couple weeks now, but we can't blame her too much. She's trying so hard to talk and gets frustrated when she can't do it. She's doing great with her words and seems to be picking up new words almost daily. Her pronunciation is still off on most words, but we have started learning Abby's language. She's also been super attached to mom & dad and doesn't like when either of us leave her. She clings to us pretty closely in new settings and it takes her some time to get comfortable. At the end of the day, though, she loves to snuggle with us and give kisses and hugs.

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

Merry Christmas!

We spent what will likely be our last Christmas at our house in Irving this year as we are planning to put it on the market sometime early 2013. So we made the most of it and had BB, Pappa A, Grandma & Grandpa Ledezma, most of Abby's uncles, Samuel, Saul & Sergio, and cousin Seth over to celebrate Christmas. Seth was so sweet and kept Abby entertained while Grandma, BB, Daddy & Mommy cooked Christmas lunch. We took our first shot at Pop's Noodles (a favorite of Jennifer's childhood) and it was a success. All the food was great, but the company was even better. We had such a great time and even welcomed a Christmas snow! It was Abby's first time to see snow so after everyone headed home, mommy, daddy, Abs and Ginger ventured outside to tromp through the snow. Frodo was too cold so he elected to stay inside next to the warm fire. It was a wonderful day with our families and all the family that was not with us were in our thoughts.
Much love,
Moises & Jennifer

 

Abby's Christmas Stocking

Homemade noodles, we felt Ma Lind's presence as we made them

 Dishing up Christmas lunch

Abby watching the snow fall outside

Uncle Samuel rescuing Abby from the toy box

Seth & Abby opening their gifts

 

 

 

 

We're pretty sure this was Seth's favorite gift...

 

Our family, Christmas 2012

 

A typical 18 month old...playing with the box on Christmas Eve

Snow baby

A Cousin Visit

It's just a few days before Christmas and Reecie came to town! Abby & Reece are just too cute together, whenever one of them does something the other does it! Can you say T-R-O-U-B-L-E?

 

Stomach Flu

This week Abby's class got hit with a terrible stomach flu that Abby brought home on Wednesday. It knocked her down for for most of the week. She couldn't keep anything down and barely slept. Daddy & mommy stayed home with her as she recovered and by Friday afternoon she was feeling much better. She spent most of the week in mommy's t-shirt watching Shrek.

Feeling better playing with Frodo

Playing with mommy

Breakfast with Santa

This morning we took Abs to have breakfast with Santa. Since her last visit with Santa, Abby has developed a sense of stranger danger, so we were prepared that she would not like him very much. However, she disliked him much, much more than we anticipated. This is the only shot we got of her near him as she refused to climb out of mommy's arms to sit on his lap. Instead, daddy, mommy and Abby stood next to Santa for the professional photo. We haven't gotten it in, but we're pretty sure she was crying in every shot!

After the trauma of seeing Santa, we had breakfast and then moved on to craft making. The craft making was a much bigger hit in Abby's book. We made a gingerbread and christmas tree ornament. Abby love, love, loved her gingerbread ornament and held on to it the rest of the morning. It was a great morning and maybe next year Abby will be a little more excited about seeing Santa!
Much love,
Moises & Jennifer

Woo Pig Sooie!!

 Last night we went to our first Razorback basketball game as a family. We figured that Abby would probably enjoy a basketball game more than a football game simply because of the speed of the game and how much closer we would be to the action. Well, we were right. She loved it! She absolutely loved the band and calling the Hogs. She clapped and giggled through most of the game. Even though the Hogs didn't pull off a win, we still had a great time.

Much love,
Moises & Jennifer