Sabino Canyon

We went walking up in Sabino Canyon last week. It's really warming up and we're so excited to do more stuff outside!

Such a happy boy!

Happy 3rd Birthday Amelia!

Just to show that she has grown a little, I took a picture of her in this dress that is size 12 months, I couldn't even button all the buttons in the back. She loves to get out the bins with her old clothes and put them on. She makes a mess, but she's getting really good at putting her own clothes on.

It's nice having her birthday around Valentine's because we can always find a heart cake.


The boys at the party. RE is getting ready to enjoy some white cake. Notice his haircut?

She's 3!! She's grown up so much in the last few months. She can be such a sweetheart when she wants to be. My favorite is when RE is upset and she says "que paso mi amor" in a sweet voice. She had her checkup and only screamed during the weigh in. She's almost 30 pounds and still in the 10th percentile for hieght. She didn't cry at all during her vaccine.

She was very excited to have her "happy birthday". We love her so much and we're so lucky to have her as part of our family.

Here she is reading "A Splendid Friend Indeed".

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.

He's starting to walk!

As of late...

We've been busy this month! Amelia LOVES preschool and blesses her schoolmates in every prayer. Arie is growing like crazy! Here's a few pictures...

Arie loves to grab Amelia's food and throw it on the floor.
At the zoo they have an enclosed aviary, and we got pretty close to these birds.

The egg.

He's getting some cheeks.

This is picture from preschool at her friend's house.

She makes Arie play this game all the time, I'm not sure what it is.

We made pretzels for FHE, they were delicious!

Amelia eating her noodles with a giant spoon.

Our good friends gave us this car and Amelia LOVES it. Arie thought he'd take a little ride.

Between Abuela and Camilla, I never get to buy dresses for Amelia!

Waiting for the pizza to cook.

They love their Papi.

8 months

Arie turned 8 months on Monday. That sure went by fast. He's such a good boy. He started crawling last week and he pulls himself up on everything. His balance isn't that great, especially when he pulls himself up on the rocking chair, so he's had a few tumbles. But he's getting stronger every day.

He's steadily growing more hair.
Here's a video of Arie crawling.