Grape Escapes

Mommy and daddy had a great adult night this past Friday. They went to a fundraiser for Bost with BB, called Grape Escapes. It's a great event that brings all sorts of Arkansas wine distributors and wineries together in one place that you can taste all the wines you want! It also included an auction of all sorts of donated items, like the John Bell painting that we are standing next to in the picture. They raised a bunch of money for Bost, which is an organization that provides services for those with mental & physical disabilities.

Since we attended the event with BB, Pappa A got to spend the whole evening taking care of Abs. He did such a great job. She was fast asleep when we got home and she woke up in a great mood. Saturday, we spent most of it at the office finishing up the renovations. Again, Pappa A was Abby's babysitter. He's still got the touch with the little ones!

Here's daddy & Abs goofing off around the office after we had finished up renovations. We are so glad that piece of the pie is finished!!

Much love,
Moises & Jennifer

Family Fun and Shopping

What another busy and great weekend in the Ledezma household. On Saturday we headed to Dallas to spend time with some of the Ledezma crew. Grandma, Samuel, Bibi, Marisela and Saul were all there! Abs had so much fun hanging out with everyone and even had pineapple for the very first time, which to noone's surprise she loved; she kept leaning forward with an open mouth looking for more. 

Then on Sunday we spent the day outside. We first went shopping at the Southlake Town Square which is an outside mall. Abby got to try out her new stroller, she loved being able to look around at everything. The only problem was that it was very sunny outside so daddy had to share his hat to protect her eyes.

After shopping we spent some time outside in our backyard since it was just so lovely outside. We gave Abs her sun hat to wear instead of daddy's hat, but she really wasn't a fan. Most of the time she struggled to remove the hat.

The last picture we have to share is Frodo's awesome new haircut! He feels like a brand new dog and loves it.

Much love,

Moises & Jennifer

Eight months old!

Our little Abigail is eight months old. This week she's started waving bye bye and hello. It's a closed fist wave, but it melts our hearts! She's so friendly to everyone and loves to watch people, especially new people.

We are still making all of Abby's food and she seems to enjoy everything so far, except cauliflower -- she hated cauliflower. Next week she'll be starting a new daycare that's a little closer to our office in Fort Smith and part of the church we will be attending.  

She's still only crawling backwards, but this week she's started a spin move while sitting upright. It allows her to get a full 360 degree view of the world around her. She is continuing to become more vocal and has a whole repertoire of vowels and consonants.

 We are loving this warm weather too. It's been so beautiful outside and there are even flowers blooming! Abby wasn't too sure about them at first, but she quickly started exploring.

Much love,
Moises & Jennifer

Family visit

What a great week! Mommy and daddy attended a conference at the end of the week and Abby had so much fun with her school friends in Irving. Her teachers had missed her and Abby missed them too.

This weekend cousin Reece came for a visit! The girls are finally at ages that they recognize, acknowledge and interact with each other. Trying to get the two of them to look at the camera and smile was somewhat difficult, but we got some great shots.

Much love,
Moises & Jennifer

Finger Foods!

Abby is now eating three meals a day, in addition to her usual milk intake. She's also started developing her fine motor skills and is picking up finger foods and putting them in her mouth. She especially loves Ritz crackers but she's not really a fan of these yogurt bites that mommy got for her. Ginger really enjoys them though and is more than happy to gobble up any items that Abby accidentally drops to the floor.

Abby has also learned how to clap, give kisses and even high five. High fiving is daddy's favorite, but mommy loves the kisses. Even if they are open mouthed, sloppy wet kisses.

It seems that along with the new daycare Abby has now been introduced to a whole new pool of germs and has brought home a nasty cold and stomach bug. She was not able to go to school on Friday and then mommy and daddy woke up yesterday with a yucky stomach bug. Fortunately, it's slowly passing and she seems to be feeling a little better, once she finally started eating some solid foods again.

 Tomorrow, we are heading back to Irving so we can attend a conference in Fort Worth.

Abby sticking out her tongue at lunch last week.

Bath time in her new tub!

Much love,

Moises & Jennifer



Abby our little Valentine

Well, it's been a very busy couple of weeks for the Ledezmas. We are settling into living in Fort Smith. Over the last couple weeks we've been trying to get our house in Arkansas organized and have been learning the ropes at our new job at BIC. We've really enjoyed every minute of it, but we are looking forward to the time when all the "dust" from the move is settled.  Abby has also started a new school, which was almost as hard as the very first day of school for mommy. Fortunately, daddy was there to help mommy stay strong. 

Abby celebrated her very first Valentine's day too! She's our sweet little angel and we can't imagine any better way to spend the day than to spend it with her and each other!

One tough cookie

Yesterday we took Abby to the doctor because she was having some yucky discharge coming out of her left eye. Turns out the little girl has pink eye and a double ear infection! Before diagnosing Abby with the ear infection the doctor looked at Abby's ears and asked us if she had been acting sick. Our answer was, no, she's been her usual self; she's been eating well, sleeping well and playing well. The doctor was shocked that Abby hasn't exhibited any symptoms, other than the gross eye stuff. We hated the idea that she's had these ear infections without us realizing it. She's been one tough cookie. We've gotten her eye drops and some antibiotics to take care of the infections.

At the beginning of the cold/flu season Abby's doctor (who we love by the way) told us that Abby would probably have at least one cold a month until the season was over! Well, as much as we hoped she was wrong, she's been dead on correct. We sure can't wait for this yuckiness to be past us. Even if Abby seems to be feeling well, we still don't like the idea of her being in any kind of discomfort.

After the doctor visit Abby and Ginger had some "cuddle" time. It's amazing how gentle this giant dog is with Abby. She seems to know that she can't be as rough with her as she is with us and will always follw the parent that has Abby.

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer