WE LOVE FATHER'S DAY!

This morning Danny and I got up before Daniel did, I had completely forgotten to buy a Father's day card so I thought we would do it in a different way:


Daniel got woken up by this little naked guy with a smiley face on his stomach. We are so grateful for Daniel, baby Danny loves to play with his daddy and loves having him around. Thanks for being a great dad Daniel!

Remember when he was little?

I was looking at all of the pictures we have of Danny in our computer today, and it made me feel like crying by looking at pictures of him as a newborn. He has grown so fast, I never thought I would like it but lately I am loving the fact that he is growing and maturing (as much as a year old can) and being less fussy, and being a little more independent; it makes it so much easier now that he can point at what he wants. People always talk about "the terrible two's" but we had to experience "the terrible one!" A few of days before he turned one he had become extremely dramatic and fussy and he started to hit a lot!, good thing that ended about 4 days ago, thank goodness!, we are still working on not hitting other babies or kids at church, we are not sure where he could of learned that, it's not like he is around other kids a lot, and in our Spanish branch we haven't seen kids who do that. The other day I was watching a 7 mo old baby, he started to fuss and Danny just stared at him and as soon as he started crying, Danny threw a toy at his face, a couple of toys actually, I had to run and save the baby from my own child. It makes me laugh thinking about this because if "the terrible two's" is a lot worst than this, then I am not sure how I will handle it.....good thing we have quite a few months till then. But he is not all wild, he is a very loving baby: he gives me several kisses everyday, he loves to hug me, sometimes I will be in another room for a couple of minutes and when he sees me again he acts like he hadn't seen me for a long time and runs to hug me. He laughs a lot and he loves it when we pretend that he crashed us with his little push along car ( one of his birthday gifts from Grandma Judy). He likes watching baby Einstein clips online while sitting in our laps, and he LOVES eating fruits.

Danny turned one year old

We want to thank everyone for the birthday wishes, gifts, and for coming over to celebrate his first birthday with us. At the beginning of the week Danny got the stomach flu and our poor little guy was sick all week long, but during the weekend he felt much much better but still he was a little fussy. We had some family and friends over for cake and ice cream after chuch, and with the help of my family (thank you!) we put some decorations up and got the little party together. I love it when family comes over, we wish we lived closer to them and we are so greatful that they were able to come celebrate with us.



*We are sorry we are not posting more pictures of his little birthday party but our camera run out of battery at the begining so everyone else took some pictures with their own camera, I will post more pictures once they email me the ones they have!
*Here is a good video of Danny walking:




*But it looks like the chocolate cake and ice cream got Danny pretty hyper after everyone had left. It was so funny seeing him laugh so much, we didn't really do anything but anything that my brother Kevin did made him laugh. We were very grateful for uncle Kevin because that wore him out and he slept like a little angel all night long.



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There was a point were Danny was laughing so hard one of his eyes started twiching!haha

1st Hair cut/11 mo old pictures

Today Danny got his first hair cut! don't worry everybody, he still has plenty of hair. Now that the weather is becoming warmer and warmer Danny and I play outside more often, and his poor head is often hot and sweaty, even thought we thought he looked so precious with long crazy hair, he needed a hair cut, and he looks adorable with short hair! After a nap we took him to the garden at BYU-I and took some pictures. Next Sunday he turns 1 year old! we are excited to have some family and friends over for cake and ice cream.

BEFORE

AFTER

UPDATE

So we have a great update for the family, Danny is now walking! (he accomplished this about a couple of days ago, perhaps a week) He takes about 8-10 steps on his own and I am sure he could do more but he prefers it if we give him our finger or our hand to hold on to, he is a sweetie! So I guess we could say that he started to take a couple of steps at 9mo and started walking at age of 10mo old! And now he is 11mo old..WOW! We will have a little birthday party for him this month, it's going to be great!

Saturday Morning

This is what we did for fun Saturday morning: we played outside, took some pictures, Danny had a blast making a mess but hated it when mom discovered what he did and she put all his "toys" away and said "no"... that really made him upset and his new thing is to lay on his tummy when we say "no" and fuss for a little bit. we also went on a walk, read some books, made more messes, Danny made a lot of lion noises, screamed papa pretty much all morning long and my favorite part is when we both went for a nap!

He loves to play outside





BUSTED!

BABY #2 ON THE WAY!

I don't have enough words to explain how happy we are about having another child. We have been so blessed since we got married and this is a BIG blessing for us, to be pregnant again, to give this baby lots of care and love. Danny has changed my life for the better, he has made me a better person, a more patient and loving women, my love for my little guy is so big and so endless I am not sure how i will share that with a new baby, but I am sure that when I have our new baby in my arms I will feel the same love, and I will feel like a more complete person. Daniel is beyond excited about me being pregnant again, I don't even know were to start....his eyes are filled with joy when we talk about it, he even bought a few things for the new baby already...pink stuff I might add, he really wants a girl, and we both do, be would love a baby girl but at the same time we would love to have another boy so him and Danny can have more things in common, but no matter what the sex of the baby will be we will receive this baby with open arms and with a big kiss. When Daniel and I found out I was pregnant again it got me thinking what a miracle it is to be blessed with children, what a miracle it is to hold a human being in my body for 9mo. So far my pregnancy symptoms have been wonderful, I just feel some cramps once in a while and I am a little tired, I love it! when I was pregnant with Danny I always felt sick, we hope that I am able to feel this great throughout the whole thing, I started going to gym before trying to get pregnant again and I have kept it up so far, I go 3 times a week, and by just doing that it gives me more energy through out the day.
We are excited for the summer, for afternoon walks, for playtime at the park with Danny, for picnics, for going to the lake, to wear cute pregnancy clothes, we are specially excited for Daniel to graduate!......and let's not forget....DANNY'S BIRTHDAY NEXT MONTH!! May 31st, the day that Danny was born and brought more joy to our life. Our little guy is not walking on his own quite yet, he has taken a couple of steps by himself like I mentioned last time, I can't believe he will be one year old soon, he already has 8 teeth, a ton of hair, nice chunky muscles, loves to say papa (actually he usually just yells when he says it: PAAAAPAAAAAAA), he got checked a couple days ago and his Iron level is great, he is a very content and loud boy, everybody is always telling me two things: that he is handsome and that he has a very boy deep voice for a baby....I am guessing they say that because he is usually making some kind of loud noise no matter where we are haha.
So here is a picture of me pregnant with Danny.....em I ready to be this big again?...I remember feeling at this point that my belling button was going to pop out.

Yay Danny!

Danny learned his second word today: Mama! of course it made me so happy to hear that word from his little mouth, I love you baby boy!

Danny’s first word: Papá!

Bravo! Danny finally said his first word, before he would just say: wawawa..and then scream WA! In rare occasions he would try to say something with an M, but he has gotten his p's down for a while so I figured we might as well work on the word papá! Daniel had an hour break from work so he came to eat dinner with us, after we got done eating we were all playing on the floor wrestling my big teddy bear that Daniel got me for valentine's when we were dating, anyways so then I said: "Danny di papá"...and sure enough he said it perfectly with the accent on the last pá! and every time I asked him to say it he would look at Daniel and say papá or papapá. By the time we got it on our camera he was way to entertained with the teddy bear to pay us much attention, but on the second video he almost does it like he did it the first couple of times, so we hope you enjoy a short clip of our smart and adorable little son!

How blessed I am to be a mother

I don't have enough words to describe how blessed I am to be a mother. Danny brings so much joy to our home, he has made big changes in me. I love Danny so much, and I wish he wouldn't grow up so fast, I want him to be my baby Danny for ever! and to need me for almost everything. I found a song that says exactly how I feel about Danny:
CONTIGO: MAITE PERRONI
Contigo el cielo se vuelve mas claro, se pintan las nubes de blanco y el sol vuelve a sonrreir. Solo contigo el tiempo cobro un sentido y hoy que estas aqui conmigo.. se bien, mi vida nacio contigo.
Contigo las horas se pasan de largo, tus hojos me llanan de encanto y la luna brilla porti. Solo contigo mis risas tienen sentido y hoy que estas aqui, comingo... se bien, mi vida nacio con tigo.
Y se que tienes un corazon valiente un alma fuerte y se que caminaras sin miedo entre la gente, y se tambien si un mal llega a sorprenderte no temas porque tendras porsiempre...mi amor para protegerte.

One Two Three Steps!

For the last 3 days Danny has taken two steps all by him self, and yesterday he took 3 steps! I don't know if that's consider walking now but he is 9 months and he has already taken a couple of steps. I was really excited seeing him do that because he has been able to walk just fine for the last little while when someone is holding his hands but last week he was really lazy and did not want to walk at all, if we tried to get him to walk he would sit and then flap his arms in the air and then cross them (that was his way of telling us: no way!) So I guess it won't be too long before he can walk! WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU DANNY!

Summer needs to start soon!

Oh my goodness, Danny and I are going bananas!(crazy- for those who don't know what going bananas mean) The last couple of days have been overwhelming, me not feeling so good, lately I feel yucky and I m not sure why, perhaps a cold, and Danny in the other hand has had it with being inside all the time and he is very bored being here, and the only thing that he still finds enjoyable is sneaking in the bathroom to play with the toilet! so if Danny is not pleased it means that mom has to work extra hard, and if that doesn't work it means Danny and Mom are going bananas! So Daniel and I decided that I would take him to work from now own so I can have the car and go visit friends or run any kind of errands with Danny, just anything that gets us out of the apartment, and it has worked wonders so far! It is way too cold in Idaho to be playing outside, man I cannot wait for the summer, make that a: WE cannot wait for the summer!
Oh and guess what? I called the doctor's office to see if they could check Danny because he has had a cough for a while now, so I tell the nurse: "I need to make an appointment for my son Daniel Hinkson", she says: "oh why? is he sick?"..........um..yeah I'm just calling to hang out with the doctor, not! seriously. So that was my story of dealing with an unintelligent person today, wow, it felt good to vent.

I have the best husband!

Daniel is the sweetest husband ever! After running errands all day on his only day off from work he came home with some beautiful flowers (notice how good he did on picking the flowers) When he got home I greeted him with a hug and with the corner of my eye I spotted the flowers on our kitchen table, without thinking twice I scooted him to the side and ran towards the flowers, well I think you get the point that I was very excited, I love flowers, any day is a good day to receive flowers, specially if it's from the love of my life! My little sister Melanie is visiting for the week so she took some pictures. It's great having her over because she is always playing with Danny and I have had the chance to relax a little bit. What a great aunt!

Finally!

I finally got a good picture of all of his six teeth. I had to do some very embarrasing things to make him laugh long enough to take a good picture but it was worth it.

We are in Colorado!

We have been planning this trip for over a year and we are finally here! So far so good, we are having a great time with Daniel's family and Danny is really getting to know the grandparents better. Here are some pictures of our trip so far, and I am also posting some pictures because I'm sure everybody misses us right?

Our new baby

We have a new baby!!! it's a water turtle and his name is Charlie. A friend of mine and I went to a flea market they had at BYU-I. We thought it would be fun to check it out and see if we could find anything for our babies or for ourselves. And as soon as I saw the tank with a ton of baby water turtles I felt in love immediately and got one! I came home and SURPRISED Daniel, he was a bit shock for a little while, probably thinking that maybe one day I will bring a dog home and not ask him about it first........No worries Daniel, I would never do that, but this cute little thing is so adorable, I think it will keep me from wanting another child for a while hahaha. Although this baby doesn't smile at me or yells at me, or bites me or pees on me, I love him very much, and believe it or not Daniel is also getting attached to Charlie and we have only had him for a day! I got him a tank and he is a happy little fella swimming and playing. Sometimes we get him out and let him run around, he is pretty fast, of course we don't do that when Danny is around, and we make sure to wash our hands pretty darn good, not to mention cleaning the place he was crawling around. Anyways, some people will probably think we are crazy to have one but we are enjoying it 100% I feel like a mom all over again!!!!!

Adorable 8 months old Danny

For some reason his hyper time of the day is about an hour or so before bed time, which it's nice because it wears him out and usually he will sleep throughout the night. I needed to get dishes done and I need him to stay in the living room so I got out a bag that had a ton of straws, it was closed to I figured he would just shake it and enjoy the noise it made, but I guess he shook it hard enough for all the straws to go all over the place! he sure enjoyed it.


CUTE HAIR HUH?

This video looks a little blurry, maybe because the room was dark, I filmed it just before bedtime so his eyes look a little puffy.

OK so on this video you can actually see some of his teeth!!(watch carefully) It has been hard trying to take a picture of his teeth because his gums don't really show all that much when he smiles, according to Daniel that means he will have a killing smile haha. Anyways, Enjoy some home clips of our little wild thing.

Nuestro Dia del Amor!

It was perfect. My sister Karen and her husband Michael drove Danny and I back to Idaho to spend the weekend with us. We got back on Saturday, just in time for Valentines! I saw Daniel and I felt like I hadn't seen him for months, a warm and overwhelming feeling took over me when he kissed me and gave me a big tight hug (it's funny how two weeks seemed an eternity for us) That night we all went to eat at a Italian restaurant (Corino's) the food was good but what was even better was the good company. Karen and Michael are a lovely couple and they show their love all the time all day long, It makes me so happy to see them so in love and to see how much they enjoy each other. Daniel got me some flowers, a gift card to Khol's ( my favorite store to shop), a heart basket that had bars soaps in shape of hearts and also rose petals, I have not used it yet but I will, I m saving it for a very stressful or tiring day! oh Daniel is so amazing, he got me this big box of chocolates yum yum! and the best part.....her it comes!!!!! A GIFT CARD TO A SPA!!!! I know! I was like WHAT?! I have never been to one so I m excited, I think I will go sometime this week, I can't wait. The sweetest husband ever right? Daniel got a shirt and tie that he absolutely loves! So we had a pretty amazing weekend.

But I guess I better start writing about what people really want to know : Updates on Danny! Well, our little wild thing is crawling super fast, if I get down on the floor with him he will chase me as fast as he can, it is super cute, he looks like a baby gorilla when he crawls, all chubby and all. But speaking of chubby, he has gotten taller so he does not look as chunky. He has more energy then ever, and he definitely likes a challenge, he will climb anything and anybody to get to what he wants. He is really into playing with the kitchen drawers and sadly he has closed his finger by doing that, we have to keep an eye on our little man all the time because the couple of seconds that we go to another room it is more tnan enough time for Danny to do something that stops mama's heart. He can walk pretty good when we hold both of his little hands so we think he will most likely learn to walk before he turns a year old. Let's see what else..oh yes, he loves to play with Daddy's movies and just two days ago he discovered where the toilet paper is and found it hysterical to pull all the paper down haha so now we have a stash of toilet paper in a corner we didn't want to waste it and throw it away. I guess besides the fact that he is teething super fast the latest news will be that he can climb up the stairs!! he learned it all on his own while we were staying at my parent's place, he does it without help, but it scared me so I stayed right behind him while he played, but I don't have to worry about stairs at our apartment. He is growing fast and we can't wait for the Hinkson family so see him. We are taking a vacation and going to Colorado to visit Daniel's family. We are so excited to see them and for them to get to know our son better, see you all in three weeks!

New hair cut....you like?

I cut my bangs about a week ago and I really like it because it's different and because Daniel loves it! I love doing something different to my hair, but my next goal is to have it long and curly again. I am in Utah again with danny, but this time is not just for a fun visit, I got all of my wisdom teeth out yesturday, I woke up several times last night because of the pain.......it was a long night but the great news is that Danny slept throughout the night! I coudn't believe it, I m ok if he doesn't do it again tonight, but last night I really needed him to sleep good and he did.

(Grandpa Gerardo and Danny are all ready for church)

CRAZY HAIR DAY!!
Danny had a crazy hair day today, his hair won't come down with anything hahaha he looks so cute, and not to mention that he is teething fast and I can't wait to take a picture of him with his adorable teeth once they come down a bit more.

Time flies by

Danny and I are now in Utah visiting the family, but mainly to help out with my sister Karen's wedding! Time flies by...I can't belive that it was 8 years ago since my family and I first came to the United States and now I m married to a wonderful man and I have a child! and now she is making a huge change in her life that will make her very happy. She is getting married Jan 16 and we are all so excited for her and Michael. They are a beautiful couple and I ejoy being here and helping out as much as I can....or as much as Danny let's me haha. It works out great though because there is always someone that can watch him here, my sister Melanie, my mom, or my brother Kevin. On Jan 10 Karen got her endowments at the Timpanogos Temple. I m so proud of her and love her very much. After the Temple session we were talking about how much we miss Daniel and that only he was missing there. Daniel we LOVE YOU! Danny and I miss you everyday and every minute.
After Karen got her endowments we had a bridal shower for her and it turned out great, we had some fun games and really good food. I can't wait for the wedding! not to mention that Danny gets to wear a super cute outfit that I bet will melt your heart and make you laugh at the same time!





First time eating a straberry and he loved it!




An update on Danny: He loves to stand up by supporting himself on furniture, boxes, pillows and anything he can get his hands on, also he loves to crawl! Not to log ago he really enjoyed us holding his hands while he walked, he liked it so much that for a short while that's all he wanted to do all day and would fuss and cry if we didn't do just that. But now that he can crawl witch was almost a week ago, he doesn't want people to help him, he wants to stand on his own and crawl and if we hold him he flexes and arches his back. It's actually pretty funny unless of course I m trying to change his diaper or trying to give him a bath, then that becomes more of achallenge for me. He is 7 months old and I still can't believe it's been that long. He doesn't really do much baby talk....well, his baby talk is more like a soft growl or sometimes he just says ah! and gradually get's louder and louder. He is a sweet baby. WE LOVE YOU DANNY.