Aquarium Visit

This weekend we went to visit the Dallas Aquarium with Grandma, Mari and Seth. Seth was so sweet with Abby and kept pointing out all the animals for her to see. We spent all morning on Saturday exploring all the exhibits and had a great time. Afterward we stopped at a great pizza place downtown for lunch then headed to the lakehouse to swim. Seth and Abby swam and swam! What a great fun day! After our day of fun we packed up the Abs to spend a week with grandma! We are sure going to miss the little one, but she will have a great time!

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

Rain, Rain...brings Mud, Mud!

Last night we had a really good, hard rain in the area. The rain left our backyard quite soggy for our evening play. Abby did not seem to mind and as a matter of fact loved sinking her hands into the soggy dirt. By the end of the evening her face, hands and shoes were caked with mud. We ran around the backyard with the dogs and Abby even figured out the mystique of climbing trees! She's still not quite coordinated enough to get up the tree, but she really wanted to do it by herself.

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer

 

Abby's 2 Year Check-Up

 Abby had her 2 year check-up yesterday. All is well with her and she didn't need any shots! She is sitting around the 50th percentile in both height and weight. The doctor confirmed she also doesn't need any shots until she's 4 years old! Whew, that's a relief.

Last night we went over to Uncle Eric's house to have dinner and say goodby to Cousin Connor. He's heading off to Arizona to continue his Airforce training. Abby was very shy at the start of the evening, but by the time we left she was running all over the house playing with her cousins. Before Connor left she gave him a kiss goodbye and she was loving playing with Logan and Jackson and the huge stuffed tiger that Logan brought out to play!

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer

Independence Day

Happy 4th of July! We hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend. We spent the weekend in Arkansas as a family. We discussed taking Abby to see fireworks, but since we all had to get up and go to work/school the following day we thought it would be best for her mood if we put her down at her normal bedtime. We'll probably be able to take her to see fireworks next year. On Saturday, we took Abby to her very first movie in the theaters, Despicable Me 2. She was in awe of the giant screen and sat perfectly still the entire time. She definitely follows in her parents' footsteps as we both love going to the movies. We spent most of the rest of the day outdoors playing with rocks and the dogs. On Sunday, we took Abby to the playground so she could explore. She went on the slides a lot, but still wasn't a fan of the swingset. She really enjoyed exploring the park, but was exhausted by the end of play time and took a nice long nap!

Sharing water with Frodo

 

 Walking around the jungle gym

Last picture from the weekend. This is Daddy and Abby's new thing right before bedtime. She gives him good night kisses and hugs then they start making silly faces at each other. It's very precious!

Much love,
Moises & Jennifer



Abby's Party

We had a small get together to celebrate Abby's birthday at BB & Papa's house on Saturday afternoon. As soon as we got to their house Abby ran straight to the "dress-up" bin and put on this little skirt. She wore it the rest of the day until we went swimming. Thanks to everyone who was able to make to the party on such short notice! Mommy was a bad planner this year!

Much love,

Moises & Jennifer

 

2 Years Old!!

Wow! Hard to believe Abby is two years old! As you can tell we can't get her to sit still even to take pictures anymore. It was a struggle to get this shot! Good thing it's the last monthly picture.
Abby really has been a joy to our family and is such a sweet and loving soul. She has a mischievous streak too, though. We find that mischievous side is becoming more prevalent the older she gets! Happy Birthday to our sweet baby girl!

 

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

O.A.R. at Red Rocks!

This Saturday we completed one of our major bucket list items and attended a concert at Red Rocks, Colorado with one of our favorite bands performing, O.A.R. We made it to Denver Friday morning at 8:00 so we got to spend the whole day touring Dever and the surrounding Rocky mountains. Friday night we went to dinner at Elway's Downtown, the service and food were awesome. After dinner we headed to the Green Russell, which Moises had found to be this awesome "hole-in-the-wall" bar that doesn't have bartenders, but "mixologists". You tell them what you like to drink and they come up with their own concoction of a drink just for you. We didn't stay too long, though, the drinks were much stronger than your average bar!

As we expected Saturday was awesome as well, we explored the small town of Morrison, which is right outside the Red Rocks amphitheater. After our day of exploring we headed to the concert and it was the best concert either of us had been to. O.A.R. always puts on good shows, but everything about it was perfect, the venue, music, weather, company...it was just awesome!

Our perfect trip to Denver was over too quickly, as we had to get up at 4:30 AM to fly to Philadelphia for a business conference on Sunday. We didn't make it to our hotel in Philadelphia until about 5:00 PM so the whole day was pretty much shot and we were exhausted. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday we spent in conference with some of our insurace carriers. We learned a lot and made a lot of great contacts, but we were ready to see our little girl come Thursday evening...plus we were ready to celebrate her birthday!

Much love,
Moises & Jennifer