Water Fun!

My kids love playing in the sprinklers- just look at Sean's face and you will see one little boy who is having a blast!
This is definately one of the many things we enjoy about the summer months- lots of water and fun!

At the pool:

Ally also loves to play in the pool!

Ally is 10 months!

Time has flown by.... my baby girl is almost 1 year old!

This is what Ally was upto last month-at 9 months old.
- Posing for a million picture in all her cute outfits
- playing with big brother Andy who absolutely adores her- he makes her laugh so much
- Going to the park- Ally is all girl, she is scared of the slide and anything that seems a little dangerous. It's definately something new for us since our boys have always been so wild and daring.
- Sticking her tongue out and figuring out her new teeth (2 bottom and 2 top).
- Spending lots of time with mom- she's my little companion- with me everywhere I go!
- Playing with her baby cousin Broderick- those 2 love eachother already- they smile and smile at eachother and have little baby conversations
- Standing up all by herself and crawling all over the house, even up the stairs- scary!
- Trying out new foods like mangoes, black beans and rice, mashed potatoes, arepitas.....

Ally is by far my sweetest baby she loves to snuggle her mommy and daddy and is always happy- smiling from ear to ear. So far I've been blessed with 3 super happy babies! and I feel like the luckiest mom in the world!

Celebra En El Estadio Coca-Cola

Happy Father's Day Tommy...

To our dear Daddy- we love you! You are the best daddy 3 little monkeys and a mommy could ever ask for! Thanks for all that you do!

We spent the afternoon at my mom and dad's to celebrate Father's Day and had a carne asada meal prepared by Patty and Mike- it was delish!!
After dinner we let the kiddos run around and had fun taking pics of the babies. Broderick and Ally are best buddies already- aren't they cute???

I can't get enough of Ally- she is at such a cute age! and so fun to photograph.

Daddy's girl!

I'm so grateful to have such great men in my life--- I can't imagine my life
without them!
I'm specially grateful today for my dad- who will always be so special to me!
Thanks for everything! Te quiero papi!

Andy's Big Day

My little baby graduated from Kindergarten on Friday. He is such a little smart cookie! Andy made so many friends this year and learned so much! It was really a great year- one full of learning, fun, growing, and acquiring new skills!

In Andy's own words- "My favorite thing about Kindergarten was everything!" He especially loved recess, playing soccer, and playing with his best buds- Cameron, Micheal, & Brooklyn- aka= girlfriend.

 

Now he's off to 1st grade and a full day of school- which I must say- I'm pretty excited about.

Standing Ally...

My little Ally is already 9 months old! It seems like everything happened last month- she started crawling (more like scooting), clapping, standing on her own, got her 1st 3 teeth (all within a day of each other) and her 1st word--- "mamamama"... So crazy! She actually learned to clap to the World Cup song- "Wave your flag", she was so excited seeing her brothers dance that she started clapping her hands...

So, this is what I find every time she wakes up from a nap- Ally smiling and standing in her crib.

 

 

 

 

 

 

She is really such a good baby, she was never even fussy through the teething phase! She is always so happy, clapping, dancing, smiling, and giggling away!

Allison Nicole's 8 months...

This is what Ally was upto last month (May 2010)...

 

Spider man Room

I finally got around to working on Andy and Sean's room and to no one's surprise the theme they chose was--- Spider man!!! I was a little reluctant at first and not too excited that they wanted a Spider man room because I knew It would be hard finding Spider man bedding that had the classic Comic book art look vs. the Movies look. But I finally found just what I was looking for from Pottery Barn Kids. Everything including the bunk-bed came from there!

 

 

My favorite is the giant wall mural that covers the whole back wall and the boys love it too. Sean keeps trying to climb up the wall and tries shooting webs from his wrist at Spider man, Andy now has changed his sleep position so he can see Spider man when he goes to bed and has had all his buddies come up and see his "cool room". I'm so glad it worked out great. I still have some work to do with their room but it's a good start.

 

Ally is amazed by it too- she just stares at it...in a couple years she'll be spinning webs with her brothers.

Park Days....

I love the warm weather- we go to the park every day. Andy, Sean and Allison have such a great time and I love the fact that they get sooooo tired from all the running around in the sun that they go to bed early!

 

I love seeing their cute little smiles and hearing them laugh with joy- totally priceless!

Allie- all smiles!

I must have the happiest baby alive... she is all smiles. I can already tell that she is going to be a social butterfly. everywhere we go she smiles at everyone. It's super cute!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Me la quiero comer!

Happy Easter 2010

Here's a few pics. of our Easter this year. The kids got Easter baskets that were loaded with candy, toys and other fun sruff and we had an Easter Egg Hunt!

 

Later that evening we celebrated Pao's B-day! and had some yummy yummy food!

 

We really had a great, peaceful, and beautiful Easter Sunday with family and close friends!

My sweet little girl is 7 months!

We took Ally to the Dr's for a routine visit yesterday and what do you know- She's tall and skiny like her mommy!

Weight- almost 16 lbs- 40th Percentile
Height- 27 inches- 90th Percentile
Head- 75% Percentile

She is growing so fast and is right on track with all her motor skills! As you can see in this pic.- she's a pro at sitting!

 

She is getting soooo fun! always smiling and has turned out to be such a good baby. I was a little worried at first, but she's so good and such a great little companion! I love her more than words can say.... but don't we all just love our little kids!

Andy's Goodnight Prayer

I love hearing Andy pray- it's so sincere and sweet. Tonight he offered the prayer and one of the things he said just about melted my heart.

"Heavenly Father we pray that we will do what you ask us to do, because you are our father and we are your children".

It touched my heart to hear this truth coming from my dear 6 year old son. I thought about how easy it would be if we had this thought in our hearts everyday- to know that we are truly his sons and daughters is a blessing that brings so much comfort to my heart.
When he finished I told him what a sweet prayer he had given and gave him a kiss- He quickly looked up at me with those beautiful blue eyes and said,

"Mom did you know you can talk to Heavenly Father and Jesus like they are your friends?"

We have much to learn from our little ones, I learn so much from them everyday:
-to be more forgiving- kids get over things so easily and quickly
-to say as Sean does over the littlest of mistakes- "I'm shory mom"
-to not take things so serious- it's all about play and laughter
-to smile, laugh and love as they do
-to trust and be so open

I could go on and on.... These are but a few of the hidden treasures we learn from our little angels.