Thanksgiving 2011

Mommy & daddy are a little behind on posting about Abby's first Thanksgiving. Suffice it to say Abby loved all the faces and places we went to celebrate her first major holiday. Josue, Veronica, Sammie & Joshua came over to meet Abby on Tuesday. Since they live so far away it was great to see them and introduce them to Abs.

We went over to Uncle Saul's on Thanksgiving morning and had a super yummy lunch thanks to Abuela, Mari and Jorge. We had so much fun being with the entire Ledezma clan!

We headed to the Cowboys game that afternoon and saw Chia, Ryan and Reecie. It was so sweet to see Abby and Reece starting to notice one another and even reach for each other. All the grandmas were in heaven with the two little girls. Abuela even earned the nickname the baby whisperer and we can tell you the nickname fits!

As we mentioned earlier, Abby doesn't want to roll over but she sure does love to stand (and look at herself in the mirror). This is her Christmas outfit from Pop & Mumzie. She thinks it's pretty cute, too.

Much love,
Moises & Jennifer

The Long Goodbye

Today, Jennifer and her family said goodbye to their Mema. For those that never met Mema, she was the epitome of selflessness, goodness and kindness. The pastor said it best that we were lucky to have her as a mother and grandmother and she created for us a legacy of goodness and kindness. We will all be hunted by goodness and grace as she was hunted by goodness and grace. We are thankful our lives were blessed with her and will seek to continue her legacy. We love you forever, Mema.

5 Months Old!

Today, Abby is 5 months old! She weighs 15.8 pounds and is eating more and more by the day. She still has not rolled over! Daddy says it's because she doesn't want to, but she sure does love to stand with our help. She also has been particularly interested in cups; holding them, mouthing them and looking at them. It's almost as if she already knows exactly what they are for. She also will sit unassisted for a minute, but not longer than that...if we could just get the rolling over down!
Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

Abby the road warrior...

This weekend we traveled to Arkansas to visit Mema, Uncle Otta & Terri. Mommy was so excited to see Mema and her Aunt & Uncle. Abby was excited excited to finally meet her aunt Terri and cousin Emily.

We spent about 10 hours in the car and Abby was such a good traveler. She slept the entire way to Arkansas and on the way back she and mommy played pretty much the whole way.




This sequence of pictures is mommy's attempt at putting Abs to sleep....

Mommy started with the pacifier, but Abs just likes to play with it...

Trying to put it back in her mouth...

Hmmm...no pacifier....

Let me have the blanket, mommy...I just want to play.

We can't wait to head back to Arkansas to visit again.
Much love,
Moises & Jennifer

First Overnight Stay

This was a very special weekend. It was mommy & daddy's anniversary. In honor of our anniversary Abby had her first overnight stay away from us.

Even though we missed our sweet girl, we had a great time! We are so thankful that Papa and BB took such good care of her while we were gone. We're also so proud of Abs, because she was an angel for them. Thanks again guys for taking such good care of her.



This afternoon the three of us went to the Cowboys game. The picture above is all of us dressed up in our Cowboys gear. Abs was a little distracted!

Abby is such a sweetie, she's started giving "kisses", which usually just means she's hungry and wants to suck on something.

Much love,


Moises & Jennifer

A foray into solid foods...

After seeing the doctor last week, we got the green light to start adding solid foods to Abby's diet. Especially since she's started reaching for our food while we're trying to eat.

We started out with rice cereal. It was a lot of fun feeding Abs the cereal. She sure didn't know what to do with those first spoonfulls. Most of the food ended up on her bib. By the end of the snack she had the hang of it and kept smacking her lips like a big girl.

Next stop will be the vegetable aisle. Perhaps, mom & dad will make her homemade baby food. We'll see if that develops.

Much love,

Moises & Jennifer

Got rice pudding??

First School Photos

Wow oh wow!!! Abby had her first school photos taken a couple weeks ago and we just got the prints back. Her teachers told us that she wasn't a huge fan of all the lights and they couldn't get her to smile. Guess they don't have her daddy's touch.

Either way, though, the pictures turned out pretty darn cute. Even though, we may be a little biased.

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer