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.