Disney World

Last week was our first family trip to Disney World. It is one of mommy's favorite places and she was so excited that BB decided it was time to take Abs to see Mickey and friends. We had such a great time together. It was the first time that Abby got to fly in her very own airline seat so she thought she was a big deal and even a bigger deal when she got her own rolling bag. She really cruised around the airport with that thing!

We took the trip a little slower than usual because Abs was in tow. We usually started the morning at one of the parks after breakfast and would take a break in the afternoon so Abby could take a nap. We were a little concerned that she would be afraid of the characters, but she loved them. This is the first time she saw Mickey and her eyes lit up with excitement. It brought a little tear to mommy's eyes to see how excited Abs was.

We know that Abby will probably not remember this trip and she was a little young, but we still had a blast with BB. The memories we made will last a lifetime for us and hold a very special place in our hearts. We are so grateful to have been able to go to such a magical place that now is Daddy & Abby's favorite place too! Thanks to BB for making it all possible! We love you!

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer

Animal Kingdom with Simba

 

 

You can see little Abs playing too...she didn't want to sit in our laps, she wanted to do it herself

Looking at Cinderella's Castle

 

In front of Cinderella's Castle

 

About to enter Main Street USA

Dumbo's Circus, Abby was fascinated by the water spouting from the elephants' trunks

Abby deciding where we needed to go next

Heading back to the hotel to take a break. Abby loved waiting for the monorail.

 

Heading back to Magic Kingdom for Fireworks & Parade

 

Abby was in awe of the fireworks in front of Cinderella's Castle 

At American Idol, Abby loved clapping along with everyone

Breakfast with Mickey

Abby passed out in her stroller mid-day so we let her snooze like this for a couple hours

Excited to watch Lion King Festival

Dance Party with Mickey

Catching bubbles at Mickey's Dance Party 

The token Minnie Mouse ears picture...Abby didn't like them!

 

 



Relaxing Weekend

 Oh, what a great weekend we had! It was our first weekend without traveling or moving in quite some time. We enjoyed being together as a family and playing outside in the awesome weather! As with most kiddos, Abby loves to carry mommy's cell phone around and "talk" on it like a big kid. She's also been really proud of herself for getting into and out of chairs by herself.

Much love,
Moises & Jennifer

Easter 2013

We spent the weekend in Texas for Easter at Papa and BB's house. Cousin Reecie even came up for the weekend and the girls had a blast together. The girls hunted easter eggs, beat an egg-shaped pinata and ate chocolate to their hearts content. The adults did a lot of unpacking and moving into Papa and BB's new house over the three-day weekend. By Sunday night...after we moved more furniture around in Arkansas we were exhausted and ready to head back to work to recuperate.

Happy Easter!
Moises & Jennifer

21 Months

We celebrated 21 months with little miss Abs. As you can see she selected her own bows and refused to take them off for the picture. We are finding more often that she doesn't like our clothing options and she wants to select her own shoes, pants and shirts. This will make for some interesting combos over the next few years! She still loves trying on different shoes and outfits everynight and has started putting the shirts on herself without our assistance. She usually gets her head in, but the shirt ends up resting around her neck like a scarf until we help her get her arms through the sleeves!

 

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer



Sold!

As of Friday afternoon we are no longer home owners! Our house closed at 2:00 pm on Friday. We spent all day Thursday moving everything out. A HUGE thank you to Grandpa and Sergio for all their help in getting our stuff moved out. They helped us until the wee hours of Friday morning...we didn't finish until 2 a.m. Friday! We absolutely could not have done it without them.

 

It has been bittersweet leaving behind our first home, it is the place that we bought together shortly before we got married. We spent months renovating it to be our taste, we became husband and wife while living there and we brought home our first child to that house. Needless to say, there are countless wonderful memories in that home and we will forever cherish the memories made there. We are excited to close that chapter and look forward to what the future holds for us.

 

As we mentioned before Abby stayed the week at Saul's with Grandpa and Grandma since her school was closed. We didn't know what to do with ourselves without her at home with us for the week and we missed her like crazy. When we finally got to pick her up on Friday, it seemed like she had grown so much! She had such a great time with her grandparents and Saul and we cannot thank them enough for taking care of her over the week! It is no easy feat to watch after a 20 month old and Abby is no exception, she is always full of energy and doesn't sit still for long! We are a little overflowing with sentimentality right now, with the recent sale of the house, but we really are blessed in abundance with all our wonderful families who love Abby so very much.

 

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer

Pack n' Play

 It was another weekend in Texas, this time we were packing up our house to prepare for closing this upcoming Friday. Grandma, Grandpa and Seth were up over the weekend to watch Abs while mommy & daddy made final preparations for the closing and packed up a majority of our belongings. Abby had an absolute blast playing with Seth over the weekend. They rough housed, ran around outside, watched cartoons and just had a great time together. Seth was so sweet with Abs, he's just a great cousin for her to have! We left Abby in Dallas with Grandma, Grandpa and Saul. Abby's school is closed this week so she is spending some quality time with them while mommy & daddy go to work. We sure are going to miss that little girl!

 

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer

Watching Cartoons

Snuggles with Grandma

 



 

Wrestling Seth

Girly Girl

Not really sure how it happened but this child already loves playing dress up. She pulls out all of mommy's scarves and wears them around the house. Tonight while mommy was cooking dinner she wanted to wear mommy's scarf and put on her glasses while she was snacking on cheese, she is too cool for school!

 Much love,
 Moises & Jennifer