Happy First Birthday Princess

A year ago today, at this exact time, Francesca joined our family.

Dear Francesca,

It's been a year of happiness not only for daddy and me but also for all those that have gotten to know you.

For the past week all your daddy and I can say is "Can you believe it's been a year?". Although it seems like time has flown by, we can definitely say that we have enjoyed every minute that we have been with you.

Today you are turnig one and you have taken us on a roller coaster ride like no other.  Eventhough we already went through all this with your brother I can definitely say that it has been a different experience.

Together we've experienced: baby kicks, ultrasounds, heartburn, breastfeeding, burping, sleepless night, co-sleeping, exhaustion, diaper changes, explosive poops, constipation, getting pooped on the hand, baths, first bath, First Halloween, First Thanksgiving, First Christmas, First New Year's, Your Baptism, First Valentine's Day, First St Patty's Day, First Easter, First 4th of July, leaving to work in the mornings while you are crying for me, booger bubbles, gases, long nails, fussiness, scratches, SIDS obsessions, bottom teeth, homemade baby food, lots of pictures, First trip to the zoo, First car trip, First time at the beach, First time in the ocean, laughs, bumps, bruises, scratches, standing in the crib, biting, drooling, slobbery kisses, rolling over, sitting up, crawling, pulling up, standing, face landings, sleeping through the night, tantrums, giggles, mama, dada, saliva bubbles, rocking you to sleep, singing you to sleep, multiple pediatrician appointments, clapping, peekaboo, screaming, squeals of delight, tickles, waving bye-bye, first dip in the pool, Mother's day, Father's Day ... and your first birthday!

Wow, my precious, it must have been an exhausting year for you.

Happy 1st Birthday Francesca!!!

I love you my princess and with every day that passes, I love you even more. I'm looking forward to the next year of "adventures" with you.

Mommy

The blog name will have to change now...

Merry Christmas

Christmas came early...

Christmas came early to our house yesterday...

We bought Felipe a few "new" toys for the backyard. We had been wanting to buy him a Radio Flyer wagon for a while but they were too expensive. Finally the other day Adrian checked to see if maybe we could find one on Ebay and he did. There was a guy in Miami that was selling one and it was local pick-up so we could save on shipping. When Adrian spoke to him to see what condition it was in, the guy told him he also had a swingset on sale and to check it out.

After looking at his auctions we decided that it would be super cheap to get both items because we would be saving lots of money consider the guy was selling the swingset at a fourth of its original price.

Yesterday afternoon we went to pick everything up. When we got there the guy also showed us a mini ATV that he was going to sell also but he figured he would show it to us before he posted it on-line. That was also a no-brainer deal so we said yes and came home with 3 "new" toys for Felipe to play.

It was no easy task trying to fit everything into my car. We thought it would require two trips but we were all amazed at how much my little sportage can hold if you fold down the seats.

Enjoy the following video of Felipe on his mini ATV...

He likes to dance...

Felipe dancing at one of the Christmas Displays in Pinecrest




Felipe dancing to Jingle Bell Rock at home