Blue Bonnets of Texas

Well, it's Blue Bonnet season in Texas. It's one of our favorite times of year because the beautiful blue/purple blooms can be seen everywhere. Mommy has been dying to get photos of Abs amongst the blooms and we finally did this morning. The ground was still wet with dew and we didn't put Abby on a blanket so she wasn't super thrilled with that. She was so into looking at the flowers that it was difficult for us to get her to look at the camera, much less smile. Fortunately, she's such a cutie that it doesn't even matter.

Much love,

Moises & Jennifer

9 Months

 Abs is 9 months old! Mommy says she's finally been outside mommy's tummy longer then she was in! We went to the doctor today and got a great report. Fortunately, Abby didn't have to get any shots, but she did get her finger pricked to test for anemia and lead poisioning. She weighed in at 18 pounds and was 27.9 inches long, which puts her in the 40th and 68th percentiles respectively.

Abby has started sharing with us. She'll be playing with a toy or drinking her bottle, will stop, look us in the eye and hand the object to us. So sweet! This week she's also started being really mobile. She's is all over, rolling, scooting, crawling. It's hilarious, but makes for an interesting dress time. We are back in Texas this week and next. Her teachers at school said she just started playing with all her friends right away, like she'd never been gone. This weekend, we're going to try to get out and take pictures of little punky in the beautiful blue bonnets of Texas.


Much love,
Moises & Jennifer

Abby meets the Easter Bunny

This weekend we thought it'd be fun to take Abs to see the Easter Bunny. She was already wearing such a cute summer dress so we thought it'd be the perfect time for her to meet the big white bunny. She mostly stared at the costume trying to figure out what this thing was that was holding her. She never got scared and even gave us a little smile for the camera. Next weekend, we'll make eggs!

Much love,

Moises & Jennifer

Faces, Places & Kisses

This has been such a fun week for Abby. Her daycare was closed this week for spring break so mommy & daddy weren't sure what they were going to do with little miss. Grandma offerred to take care of her for the week, but we weren't sure we'd be able to make it a full week without our sunshine just yet. Fortunately, we have great family and friends who stepped up to the plate to help care for Abby.

On Monday and Tuesday, Otta & Leann took care of Abby. On Wednesday & Thursday, our friend Jean took care of her and on Friday, Abby's older cousin Jackson came to our house to watch her for the morning. Mommy did really good and took a picture of Otta, Leann & Abs together, but then forgot to get pictures with Jean & Jackson! Abby had so much fun seeing so many different faces this week and I know she can't wait to go visit Otta, Leann & Jean again. We can't explain how much we appreciated everyone's help. It is such a blessing to have a great support system around us.

As we mentioned before we are speak Spanish & English at home.We weren't sure if it was working until Moises asked for kisses in Spanish. She responded beautifully!

Work-Out

 Abby started doing army style push-ups yesteday. We've never seen her do anything like it before and she kept doing it over and over! It was the funniest thing. She was so intense while she was in her pose. We joked that she's going to have a really strong core from holding those push-ups.

Mommy also found the cutest onesie for Abs. It says "I'm bilingual...I cry in Spanish and English". It's perfect for our little girl, who we are trying to raise bilingual. Mommy is still learning the language too.

Much love,

Moises & Jennifer

A visit to Fayetteville!

Happy St. Patricks Day! Today was Abby's very first trip up the hill to Fayetteville. A trip that she will probably take many times over the course of her lifetime. We were finally able to meet up with sweet cousin Sally! The girls haven't seen each other since the were about a month old. We all had so much fun watching the girls play together. As different as the girls are, we found that their sounds, features and mannerisms are very similar. Sally tried to show Abby how to crawl on all fours and pull up to stand. However, Abby was quite content to watch her do all the work!

What a great, fun afternoon of play for all of us. We look forward to many more play dates in the future.

Much love,
Moises & Jennifer

Fun Outside!

We are completely loving this warm weather! After we all get home from work and school each day we go outside as a family and play in the backyard. Abby is absolutely fascinated by the big outdoors and spends most of the time giggling. Today we had her sitting out in the yard on her blanket, while the dogs ran around with daddy. She was mesmerized by the grass and kept leaning over the edges of the blanket to pull tufts of grass out of the ground. She'd quickly drop them, though, and give us a funny face.

 Like most other 8 month olds, Abby explores the world with her hands and her mouth. We put her on this chair so she could get a better view of the backyard, but it wasn't long before she had turned around and started "tasting" the chair. This was too cute of a photo op to pass up.

We also found out this week that Abby enjoys crawling, but only on the bed. As soon as we put her on the floor she stops the traditional crawl and starts a crab like crawl. This is where she's sitting on her bottom and uses her legs to push herself around, our guess is that the floor is just too hard for her knees!

Much love,
Moises & Jennifer