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.

Preschool!

Amelia started preschool at the beginning of this month. We have a little co-op with 3 other kids. We do Tues and Thurs for 2 hours and I teach it the second and fourth Thursday of each month. She's sad when I drop her off, but is usually happy by the time I pick her up. I think the time apart has been good for both of us. I can actually get stuff done and she's learning to be away from me. On that note, she went to nursery for the full 2 hours last Sunday! Slowly and steadily she's getting better. I'm dreaming of leaving her with a babysitter so Ricky and I can got out!

Here she is in her first day of school glory!
She was excited to be home with Arie, she missed him a little bit, even though his crawling and pulling himself up on everything is starting to cramp her style.

An attempt at a nap on the couch, yeah right.

This huge caterpillar was on the balcony yesterday, Amelia was fascinated, but wouldn't touch it.

The twins came over for a playdate last week. We are sad that they are moving, but we're happy for them because they are buying a house with a yard! We'll miss them, but they're not going that far so hopefully we can still have some playdates.

Self Timer Family Pictures

A few Sundays ago, we were ready for church a little early, so we set up the self timer and tried to get some pictures. This was the best one, even though Arie's not even looking.

Isnt' he handsome?

Abuela made this dress and headband for Amelia. Thanks Abuela!