11 Months Old!!

Eleven months have come and gone in the Ledezma household. It's hard to believe that Abs is only one month away from being a year old. She seems to grow before our eyes and seems to learn something new each day. Her favorite thing these days is to throw food up in the air or behind her just to see what will happen. The dogs, of course, love this new habit. We haven't mentioned it before, but her first tooth came in while we were in Ohio, on Mother's day as a matter of fact. This morning she also got from a sitting position to a standing position without pulling up on anything. She quickly fell down once she realized what she had done. Still, daddy & mommy clapped and celebrated with her. 

Much love, 

Moises & Jennifer

Abby's Baptism

 Today was a very special day for our family. Abby and her cousin Sally were baptized together at Central Presbyterian in Fort Smith. It was very special for us to have the girls share this experience. It was also great to see and spend some time with everyone. 

Abby's gown was given to us before she was born by Bugs & Jim Ibison, it is such a precious gown and we are so happy that she still fit into it.

Daddy, Mommy & Abby after the ceremony.

Siblings and cousins after the ceremony.

Pappa A, BB, Daddy, Mommy & Abs

Proud mommies and their precious babies.

 What a special memory for these little girls and our family. Thank you to everyone for sharing this day with us. For those who were not able to attend because of time and distance, you were missed and thought of often through the day.

Much love,

Moises & Jennifer

Vacation Wrap-Up

Well, our first family vacation is in in the books. We weren't quite ready to head back to the real world, but it was time. It was a whirlwind vacation. During the week we were in 7 different states, from the Canadian border all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico. We got to see Uncle Sergio graduate with a law degree, Abby got to go to the beach for the first time and Daddy finally got to see Mommy's favorite place...the AMI condo. 

It was very special for mommy to share this place with Daddy & Abs. It is a place that she's visited every year for more than 20 years and there are so many wonderful memories of this place that Mommy loved sharing with them. We can't wait to visit again to see Pop & Mumzie. Spending the week with them was just awesome. We had such a great time and Abby loved all the new experiences....except the beach. Poor child never got acclimated to the sand. She hated it touching her skin and when we'd try to walk her on  the sand she would pick up her feet to see what on earth was stuck to them. Needless to say, we didn't spend much time at the beach. Instead we let her play in and around the pool. She loved that and being able to splash around in the inner tube that Pop & Mumzie got for her.

We can't express our appreciation to Pop & Mumzie for opening up their home to us for a few days and getting to have so many fun times together over those days. It was definitely a great first vacation for Casa Ledezma! 


Much love,
Moises & Jennifer

 

More Cousins!

Tonight Abby got to meet more of her cousins! Uncle Jason, Eleni, Melanie & Hallie came to meet Abs and Moises. Mommy hasn't seen them in forever since they live so far away and we were all so excited to see them. It was super sweet of them to drive over to see her in the middle of the week when they had to get up early the next day to head to school and work.

 Here's Abby sitting with Uncle Jason. He's a girl's daddy and Abs loved him.

 Abs also loved Hallie and was excited to see someone closer to her own size. She loved her headband too!

Here's sweet cousin Melanie helping Abby open a present from them. It was a cute dress with ruffles on the underpants. We can't wait to put her in it! 

Much love,

Moises & Jennifer

Jungle Gardens

Today was a rainy and cloudy day, so instead of hitting the beach, Pop & Mumzie took us to Jungle Gardens. It's a really neat zoo in Sarasota. We got to hold parrots and feed all kinds of birds. It had a bunch of neat animals and great walking paths. It was just such a fun day!

Here's mommy holding a parrot!

 Daddy and Abby holding a parrot.

 What a HUGE statue!

 Pop & Mumzie holding Abs in front of the fountain.

 This pond had a ton of fish in it, that swam up to us as we approached the edge.

 Abs was not so sure about the black swan.

Our family unit in front of Flamingo island.

Much love,

Moises & Jennifer

Mote Marine Aquarium

Today, we headed to one of mommy's favorite spots here in Florida, Mote Marine Aquarium! We weren't too sure that Abs would get a whole lot out of the experience since she's still so young, but she seemed to really enjoy herself. She was completely fascinated by the different animals swimming by her and especially loved the sting ray and shark tank. The little, colorful fish were also interesting to her as well and she just would sit and stare at the tanks, not quite sure what to make of the animals behind the glass.

 This manatee was huge!

Stare down with the sea turtle. 

This was probably her favorite one, she kept laughing at it.

 We found Nemo and Dory!

 We spent about thirty minutes at this tank because she couldn't get enough of it!

More adventures tomorrow!

Much love,

Moises & Jennifer

Beach Baby

Today, we woke up at about 4:30 am to fly to Florida. Abby was such a trooper on the flight and slept the whole way. We made it to Florida at about 10:30 and met Pop & Mumzie. As soon as we made it to the condo, Abs put on her suit to go down to the pool & beach for the first time. She loved the suit and cover-up that Pop & Mumzie got her and looked so adorable in them. Abby was a huge fan of the pool and floated around until her little heart was content.  Next we took the Abs down to the beach.  She was mesmerized by the waves crashing on the beach and even got to play in the waves for a little while.  The only thing she didn't like about the beach was all the shells, they hurt her little tootsies. Mommy & daddy are going to have to find some water socks for her.

Much love,
Moises & Jennifer