Saturday, January 22, 2011

Happy 1st Birthday RE!

RE turned one this past week! He LOVED his cupcake as you will see. He got a forward facing car seat from us and some clothes from Nana. He is such a sweet boy. At his checkup yesterday he weighed 21 lbs and 12 ozs, which bumped him up to the next percentile category. He is 27 3/4 inces tall which also bumped him up. We love him so much and are so happy he's part of our family!
















January 2011

We can't believe that it's already 2011! We've been having fun, even though we've been a little cold (for AZ), but things are warming up and we are staying busy. The best news is that Ricky has started workig early days, so he's home around 4 and we have him all evening. He'll be on this schedule for a year, so no more rotations for a while. It has really made a difference in my mood!
Amelia posing for a preschool picture. We did "F is for friends" and the kids made a collage of pictures of their preschool friends. Amelia is learning the letter sounds and is making great progress. Although she thinks a lot of things start with the letter "b". Ricky tries to speak Spanish to her most of the time, but she understands more than she speaks. She always says "elephante" and "china" instead of elephant and orange. I think she'll get things worked out as time goes on.
Amelia likes to run around and be silly. She put her beanie on and was running around the kitchen. She's obsessed with saying who is a boy and who is a girl. It's what she talks about most of the time.

RE has discovered Amelia's old pasttime of taking all the tupperware out and sitting in the cupboard. His increased mobility has made him quite mischievous and he always wants to be where he can cause some chaos. But he is so smiley and happy I could never be upset with him.


This is the first time this has ever happened. RE loves to eat, eat, eat.

Ricky plays with Amelia every waking hour he is home, he even plays dollhouse with her. These kids sure love their Papi. You should see RE light up when he walks through the door.

This is how they play "boats". RE loves to climb into any bin he can find.

Amelia has found a new love of cutting from preschool.

RE has been crusing for about 2 months now. He loves to chase and be chased. He loves to make funny faces too.

We don't have ice cream very often, so Amelia is still learning how to eat from a cone without making a mess. This is after I already wiped her face.