Bath time memories

I must be insane, it is 1:30 in the morning and I need to wake up at 5:30! I just had to post this picture of our sweet Nessa girl.  I took this in January.
ps: Can you guys believe that summer is almost here???? WAHOOOO!

life

Hello faithful blog followers,  working 30 ish hours a week and taking care of my little ones has left me with limited free time!  Starting next week I will be working much less, hooray!  You know what that means.. more blogging!

Life is fantastic right now.  The kids LOVE going to preschool, Danny has found that he really enjoys singing, his favorite songs to sing are: Twinkle little star, abc's, The wheels on the bus and  Head-shoulder-knees-and toes (in Spanish too!).  Danny and Vanessa love playing together (what?!) yes, they really do (knock on wood a million times!)  They still fight of course, they wouldn't be siblings if they didn't have an occasional fight right?  They enjoy pretending that a "ghost" is going to get them or a "monster".. they really enjoy pretending that something is "scary".. But they don't quiet understand the concept of being scared I don't think.
Danny:  He is just a sweetheart and a future heart breaker.  His laugh is contagious! we LOVE making him laugh.  He is growing up so fast... specially his feet! he only has 2 pair of shoes that fit him.. I guess that means we need to go on a shopping spree!!!!! (wink, wink Daniel)   Danny is the most grateful toddler I have ever met.  He is always saying thank you.  He even tells me "thank you mami" when I mop the floor! I enjoy hearing him say "thank you", "you are welcome", "pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee!" and specially when he says "WOW, thank you mami, I like it, I LOVE it!!!!!!!" but boy does he melt my heart when he says "oh Thank you mami, thank you sooooooooo much" He says other cute things like "wow, that's cute" when I get dressed for work or for church... or just when he thinks I look good which is very often.

Vanessa:  This litte turkey is a handful.  Right now she is OBSSED with SHOES! she even wants to sleep with shoes on and throws the biggest tantrum when you take them off.  She will only wear one pair of shoe for the entire week.. or 2.. or 3... yes, I said 3.  After a week or two or three she will choose a different pair of shoe to be obsess with for the week.  Oh!.. and don't you dare try to help her put her shoes on.. uh uh, no way.  She has to do it all by herself, it's her way or the highway, and you can quote me on that anytime ;)  That's her kind of attitude for most things.  You know... I always thought girls were difficult and sometimes over the top dramatic, but nothing could of prepared me for this hahahahaha.  Seriously.  Vanessa also enjoys dancing (twirling, jumping, spinning, shaking her bum, flipping her arms like a bird,  shaking her head like a maraca, and stomping).  She will always remind you that this or that "is Nessa's".  She is still very much attached to her baby blanket.  She LOVES to give us very tight, big hugs, and kisses.  She gets really really really excited when you tell her you will put on one of her favorite movies (depends on the day) or if you tell her you will give her vitamins (gotta love gummy bear vitamins).  She likes playing rough (probably because he sees his older brother having fun when the wrestles with mommy and daddy), but if she actually gets hurt the world is over for her.  She is totally ok with me doing her hair now! woohoo!  and once I am done she will ask me to spray some perfume on her ( is she a little girl or what? :))

After 6 long months my Dad came to visit us for two weeks.  We enjoyed every second he was with us.  The kids go bananas for him! he is such a FUN grandpa.  I took him to the airport this morning, it was a bitter goodbye, but he will be back in August and we are looking forward to his return.

We had a lovely Easter.  That week and weekend was a little chaotic for me and I didn't have time to buy their Easter outfits in time for Easter but I will be taking pictures of them with their cute outfits next week and as soon as I do I will post them. Promise.

Ps:  Did you know my sister Melanie had her first baby?  She is beyond beautiful.  Her name is Mia Ana Yeats.

February 2012

February 2012

Hello!

I know.  It's been a while.  I am here to make that up.  Lots of pictures!!

Christmas!

Here is a link to a slide show with pictures of the 24th & the 25th of December.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q6FzcVEM54&feature=youtu.be

Here are some pictures I took on the 26th of December.  Daniel's mom took us out to eat at Tucanos, it was delicious! thank you Judy.  We loved having her over for the holidays.

weekend

Our weekend was pretty mellow, poor Danny was sick with a high fever all day on Friday, but on Saturday he was happy and smiling like always! gotta love that happy energetic boy.  Here are some pictures for the abuelos:

Can you believe Ne is two?!

I LOVE this month.  Nessa girl is our little princess, she is so funny, so silly, so beautiful, and she is ours for ever and ever.

Nessa's Birthday party!

Ne had a great birthday party.  I wanted to make it small because she doesn't like being around lots of people... and she doesn't like being the main point of attention... and she doesn't like other people talking to her too much... so you see, this was a challenge for me :) When we found out we were having a December baby I told Daniel that I would always make sure that her birthday was extra special because I didn't want her to feel less special because we have Christmas on the same month.  I wanted her to have just as many presents as Danny gets on his birthday, even if it meant budgeting better.  December is definitely our most expensive month ;)

On Thanksgiving dinner I told my family that they were all invited to Nessa's 15 min. birthday party.  I was serious.  15 minutes is all we had before she freaked out about having so many people over all at once.  We ended up dragging the party for 3 hours.. which was a shocker.. and she did indeed have her screaming moments.. but over all it turned out much better than expected.  We did her party the 3rd of December because on Tuesday December 6th (her actual b-day) everybody was going to be busy.  I really hope next year we can actual celebrate the kids birthdays on their actual day.

This upcoming Tuesday Nessa turns 2! she still looks like a baby to us.  Sometimes I can't believe that we are done having kids, Danny and Nessa count for 4 though so it's really more like we have 4 kids, or at least that's how I feel.  On Tuesday I am taking the day off from work and I will be taking Nessa to a few fun places.