We love the outdoors

The weather has been nothing short of fantastic for the last week or so. It's finally cooled down enough that we can all play outside without being overheated. Abs especially loves it because she's finally over her aversion to grass and now explores everything about the back yard, dirt, rocks, plants...Her favorite thing so far? Collecting sticks. She will grab every stick she sees until she has 10 in her hand. Her other favorite thing to do is to play catch with the dogs. She's not great at throwing the ball, but she is getting better day by day.




Her vocabulary is also getting better daily. She now can identify "fish" and "duck" and can also sort of say "durazno" Spanish for peach (mommy is being very lenient with Abby's pronunciation here!). At school her teachers tell us that she loves to go to all her friends and pat them on the head before nap time. We can't imagine where she picked this up, but think it sounds precious!
Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

Reecie is one!!

This weekend Mommy, Abby & Papa A drove to Houston to celebrate sweet cousin Reece's first birthday. The theme was cupcakes and she was the cutest cupcake baby ever. Reece had a blast with all the people, presents and food. We were so happy to be there to celebrate with her. 

As usual, Abs and Reecie enjoyed each other's company and particularly enjoyed it when Chia was sharing her yummy morsels. Happy Birthday, Reece!

Of course, Daddy was missed this weekend. He was celebrating Texas A&M's first home game of the season. Unfortunately, the outcome was not good for the Aggies or the Razorbacks this weekend. Hopefully, the season will turn around for both our teams.

Much love,
Moises & Jennifer

Stomach Bugs

This Labor Day weekend the family spent most of the time in the house as little missy brought home a nasty stomach bug from our week in the Caribbean. The only silver lining was that Abby is the only one that caught it, so Mommy & Daddy were able to focus on getting her better. She spent most of Thursday to Sunday without a diaper as she also got a terrible diaper rash so we let her go without the diapers to help heal the tush. The dogs were her constant companions as she snacked on Cheerios and puffs in the floor this weekend. 

Fortunately, by Monday punky was feeling much better and was back to climbing on boxes and running around the house. The only downside to the weekend without diapers is that she didn't want to wear them anymore by the time Monday rolled around! Potty training will be kicking into high gear!

Much love, 

Moises & Jennifer

Cruise 2012

The 3rd annual cruise is in the books and what a ride it was. What was supposed to be a seven day cruise turned into a nine day cruise, we picked up 58 Haitian refugees during the trip and had to change our course several times because of Tropical Storm Isaac. Fortunately, the waves and weather were good enough to still enjoy our vacation. 

We ported out of Ft. Lauderdale's Port Everglades and left on the Allure of the Seas just as Tropical Storm Isaac was taking form in the Atlantic. Our first stop was Nassau, Bahamas where mommy & daddy went snorkeling at the rainbow reef. It had been some time since either of us had used anything besides a digital camera, so the pictures are less than extraordinary. Most of them turned out with either fingers/hands in the shot or were so blurry nothing was recognizable. These were the only shots we got, sadly, nothing under water. 

After leaving the Bahamas, our next ports of call were supposed to be St. Maarten and St. Thomas, however, we ended up being rerouted to Jamaica and Cozumel. We didn't get off the ship in Jamaica, but did in Cozumel, where we got Abs some really cute maracas, which she loved.

Abby enjoyed all the time she got to spend with her cousins, Ella, Reece & Scarlett. Abby & Reece particularly enjoyed each other's company and we're sure that the two of them will be T-R-O-U-B-L-E in the very near future. We can't wait to see when Scarlett can join all the shenanigans as well.

During our trip we got to enjoy lots of great shows, lots of great food and of course lots of great company! What a wonderful trip, thanks to Papa & BB!

Much love,
Moises & Jennifer

Daddy & Abs enjoying one of the shows.

Reece & Abs bonding with Papa A.

Mommy & Daddy on date night!

Nuestra chiquita bonita!

Mommy & Abs swimming

These girls LOVED the hot wheels at Ella & Reecie's birthday.

The family + giant bear that Abs loved.

These three loved playing on the BB's iPad.

The Cozumel bench & Dos XX

Daddy & Abby on the boardwalk with her new stuffed toy (Goomba).

The humidity made Abby's hair wild!

BB, Scarlett & Abs playing

Bath time with Reecie & Abby

BB & Abs on the carousel

The three babies playing together

14 Months!

Abby girl is now 14 months old! She has 6 teeth (two on bottom and four on top). The teeth really came in fast after the first one finally popped in when she was a little over ten months old. She's getting faster everyday and really enjoys playing with her doggies. She thinks that all dogs are called "Ginger", which was her first word besides "mama" & "dada". We've been trying to teach her more words and she's been doing well with that and can say/identify correctly "agua" (water) and "pan" (bread). She's really starting to mimick us now and any time she picks up a cell phone, she puts it to her ear and says "hello". We are working on identifying people and body parts. She does great with her belly button and nose, but is still working on ears, eyes & mouth. She is still our laid back baby girl! We love her so much and just love everyday with her. 

Much love,

Moises & Jennifer

  

Erik's Birthday!

Yesterday, we all attended Erik Robles' birthday party. Erik turns one year old on Monday. We haven't seen him since he was born, so Abby & Erik had a lot of catching up to do. The theme of the party was an Arkansas tail gate. So we all wore our favorite Razorback gear and even called the Hogs before Erik dug into his first cake ever. Erik really smashed into his cake and did so much better than Abs did with her cake.

After cake time, Erik opened all of his gifts. Abby was insistent on helping him out even when mommy or daddy tried to get her to sit still.










Before we left, we snapped a few shots of the kids sitting on the couch together. It was pretty cute watching their interactions! Abby had a blast celebrating Erik's first birthday and so did we.

Much love,
Moises & Jennifer

Camper Abby

This past week Abs got her first taste of camping. We say taste because most of her time was spent in a cabin on the lake, but she still got her share of fun time outdoors. Grandma & Grandpa came over Wednesday to pick her up and took her to the campsite on Thursday morning. They kept us informed of all camper Abby's antics. She was having a ball! By the time we arrived on Friday, she hardly noticed our presence. Abs and Grandma were BFFs and Abby was really enjoying spending all the time with everyone.

Abby really enjoyed being lakeside and didn't mind the least bit how dirty she got.

 

Abs loved spending time with Seth. He was so sweet to her the whole time and even gave her a soap bubble kit before we left because they had so much fun blowing bubbles together.

Abby loved her camping chair. She needs to get a little taller before she can get in it herself.

We went to the fishing pier early Saturday morning before it got too hot.

Abby loved the wind blowing in her face.

Grandpa showed Abs how to fish!

We headed to the shade (and cool) pretty quickly!

Daddy and Abs, could they be any cuter?

We're sure that Abby will love the outdoors as much as we do. Hopefully, next year it won't be so hot and maybe she can spend even more time outdoors!

Much Love, 

Moises & Jennifer