One Year Old!!!

One year ago today, our life as husband and wife changed to a family of three. Nothing can really prepare you for the explosion of emotions that comes when a child enters your life. It truly is the most amazing, awesome, wonderful experience. No one can understand the love you have for your child except for your partner. We have been extremely blessed to be a true partnership while we are raising our daughter. She really is the greatest accomplishment of our life and makes us smile everyday. Happy birthday, Abs!

Now, enough mushy stuff. Tonight for her one year old picture we thought we should have her wear the sombrero.  Abs was not a fan. At all.

Fortunately, Abby forgave us quickly and by bath time she was having fun with us again. She still hasn't forgiven the sombrero.






Much Love,


Moises & Jennifer

Walkabout

It's official, we now have a walker! She had taken a few steps last Sunday, on Father's day, but as of Friday evening Abs is a real walker. Her preferred mode of transportation is still crawling since she's still not the most balanced when walking, but she's getting better by the day.

Yesterday, we went to lunch with uncle Eric. Abby had a great time talking to and playing with uncle Eric. He even got her a sweet gift for her birthday. She loved the card he gave to her. It was a Tweety Bird card and when she opened the card, it would talk to her. She thought it was so funny and giggled every time she opened it.

Along with walking, Abby has also been expanding her vocabulary. Instead of waving bye and hello she says hi and bye. She also can say "Ginger" and ba for bottle. She also doesn't want mommy to brush her hair anymore, Abby wants to do it all herself. They really do grow up fast.

Much love,
Moises & Jennifer

Abby's Texas Birthday!

 This past weekend we celebrated Abby's birthday a little early with her cousins from the Ledezma and Altman families. We were excited to have everyone over to celebrate her birthday. We can't believe she's almost a year old, how time has flown!

The theme of Abby's birthday was "Disney Princess" courtesy of mommy's decision. Mommy is determined that Abs will love all things Disney as much as mommy does. Abby had her own princess Aurora cake to play with, smash up and eat all to herself...more on that in a moment. We also had a "group" cake for everyone else to share.

 Here's Abs with two of her grandmas and her cousin Seth.

 Abby had never had anything sweet before her birthday. So this was the first time she'd ever had cake or ice cream and truly she wasn't really a fan. We were all surprised that she didn't dig into the cake and ice cream, until we figured out that she wasn't a fan of the icing. Pretty soon, she was chowing down on the ice cream, but never got into the cake. This is the aftermath of the cake and ice cream episode.

 Abs got so many sweet gifts from everyone. We just can't share our appreciation enough. Abby really enjoyed being the center of attention while she was opening her gifts and really hammed it up for the camera. 

 Mommy and daddy also got Abby a special gift, but completely forgot to give it to her until after all the other presents had been opened and she was about to go swimming. It is a charm bracelet that we will add charms to each year as she grows up. Mommy had one when she was growing up and it is still one of her most prized possessions.

 Almost 6 and a half months after Pappa A asked for it, we finally got a picture of he and all the grandchildren together. Actually, this was the first weekend all these kiddos have been all together! 

It was really a great time with everyone and we can't share our appreciation with everyone enough. Celebrating this first birthday for Abby will always be a special memory to us!

Much love,
Moises & Jennifer

Addison's Disease

Last week was a tough week in the Ledezma home. We almost lost our good buddy Frodo. He ended up spending two days in the hospital because of a condition called Addison's Disease, which basically means his body doesn't produce the necessary hormones to cope with physiological stressors. He collapsed on us late Monday night and was unable to eat, drink or walk. When mommy got him to the vet, he told her that it was just in time as his heart rate and breath were dangerously low. If any more time had passed he would have been gone from us.

Not only were mommy and daddy worried about our little guy, Frodo. Ginger and Abs weren't quite sure what was going on. While Abby didn't seem to notice his absence too much, Ginger sulked around the house for the days he was gone. She only wanted to lay around and wasn't much for playing with anybody, even Abs. Fortunately, Frodo is doing well and now the family is all back together. We will have to continue giving Frodo artificial hormone injections for the rest of his life, but he is doing great and we are very relieved it's not something more serious.

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

Potty Training

On a strange whim we decided to see what Abby would do if we put her on the "Princess Throne" we got her recently. We sang and clapped while she looked at us, quite uncertain as to what all the excitement was about. It wasn't too long before she had her first potty! What a big girl she is! We are so super proud. 

Much love,

Moises & Jennifer

Ginger Shares with Abby

Abby and Ginger are really good buddies. Every morning after Abs has her first bottle and Ginger has eaten breakfast they play together on the floor.  We really have to keep an eye on them  because we've caught Abby with dog toys in her mouth more than once. Usually the sequence goes something like this:

"Hey guys, Ginger has a toy there."

"I'm kinda interested in that." 

 "I'm going to take it."

"Give it to me!"

"Yes! All mine."

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