9 Months Old!

Allison is 9 months old! She just started crawling and cut her first tooth! It is on the bottom middle. She also has started eating table food. She's over having someone feed her. She has actually been refusing pureed food all week, so we just started giving her smaller bites of what we're eating. The crawling seems to be a bit slow, but we're sure she'll be zooming all over the place soon. She's not one for sitting still! She is still quite happy and smiley most of the time. Usually, she only gets fussy when she's sleepy or hungry...sounds like mommy!

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer

ICE and other happenings!

For the third year in a row we went to the Gaylord Texan ICE! exhibit the day after Thanksgiving. This year the theme was Christmas Around the World. We thought ahead and prepurchased our tickets so we didn't have to wait around this year for the exhibit. Although, we did have to wait some time for our pictures with Santa! The older kids really seemed to enjoy ice slide and even got to go on the "big one" this year. Allison and mommy watched as they went sliding. Maybe next year she'll be able to go up with Abigail. After ICE! we headed back to the lake house for some relaxation. Then Daddy & Mommy went to a concert with Chia and RyRy. It was a great time and a nice adult outing for all of us!

 

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanksgiving 2015

Allison's first Thanksgiving was a success. As usual, we were in Texas to celebrate. We went over to Saul's house on Wednesday and Thursday morning to celebrate the special day. Then we headed to the Cowboys game. It was Allison's first game and she did so great! She really loves family get togethers. Allison even practiced crawling on the floor during the game....she's almost there! She also got her first tooth cut on the morning of Thanksgiving! Abigail also enjoyed herself during the game too, she colored and played with her cousins throughout the game.

Much love,
Moises & Jennifer

 

5 Year Anniversary

This year we celebrated our 5th year of marriage. We decided a while back that we wanted to do something special so we went on a cruise for our anniversary. We've been so excited about it and have been planning it for so long, we can hardly believe it has come and gone. While we were gone the BB & Papa watched the girls. BB stayed at our house so the girls' routines wouldn't be too disrupted. We're so thankful they were able to do this for us! There are simply too many memories from our trip to catalog them all here, but we visited the Bahamas, St. Thomas and St. Martin and we were on the Oasis of the Seas. We ported out of Ft. Lauderdale the afternoon of November 14.

This was our first vacation just the two of us since we've been married so we really tried to take advantage of the time together and did a lot of things we wouldn't be able to do with the girls -- we gambled in the casino, we visited the adults only pool, we ate dinner late and stayed up late in the evenings. We really enjoyed our time and met a lot of very nice people.  We did an excursion in St. Thomas that consisted of sailing on a pirate ship to a deserted island for snorkeling then an al fresco lunch and private beach sun bathing. One of our favorite nights was formal night when we got all dressed up! Moises wore a tux and Jennifer wore a formal dress, this was a first for us! The jewelry store on board even let Jennifer wear a necklace worth $150k for pictures! They followed us around to make sure we didn't try to make off with it...not that we'd get very far!

 

Five years have flown by for us as husband and wife, we are thankful for our time together and our family unit. This life is truly a blessing for us both and we enjoy just about every minute of it!

 

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer

It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas...

Anyone who knows us knows that we love the holidays and Jennifer loves to start decorating for Christmas right after Halloween! This year was no exception and was even more important since we will be so busy this season. Abby loved helping decorate the tree, she was so delicate when she placed the ornaments. Her other favorite is helping set up our snow village and the train set. Allison was not really sure what was going on with the train set!

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

 

 

Happy Halloween!

Allison's first Halloween was a success! We headed down to the lake house to meet Papa, BB and the Cains. We all dressed up as characters from The Wizard of Oz. The oldest kiddos were all muchkins and Allie cat was a mini Dorothy complete with red slippers! We headed over to uncle Saul's neighborhood for the trick or treating and it was so great! Grandma was there so she took care of Allison while we took the big kids through the neighborhood. We can't say enough how great this area was for trick or treating, it reminded mommy & daddy of their childhood  Halloweens. The kids were full of smiles and laughter as they ran from door to door filling their pails. We were so proud each time they said thank you for the treats.  It was such a great evening!

 

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer

 

8 Months Old

Allison is 8 months old today! She's been fighting hand, foot and mouth disease that she picked up from school. The rash is finally diminishing, but she's still not sleeping or eating solids well. The doctor thinks she'll be over it very soon so we're just trying to keep her as comfortable as possible. As you can tell her sunny disposition is not affected. She's still a happy and playful baby girl. At the doctor's office yesterday she weighed in at 20 lbs 8 oz, so she's still growing and growing! 

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer