Sun Dec 30th Busy, Busy Holidays

Our busy Holidays started with Sofia's Christmas "Musical" at school ... follow by picking up grandma and granpa at the airport. They are staying with us until Three Kings Day!
Sofia is having lots of fun with "Abuela" and Solymar finally made peace with both of them, it only took Miss Cranky Pants a week!
In addition to having a Christmas Dinner party at home with the family, Sofia also had two birthday parties to go to... All three parties were  tons of fun.

Christmas morning was great; both girls were very excited about the Christmas presents and Solymar had fun unwrapping her first Christmas presents.

Later during the week we had friends over for a surprised sleep over due to a small snow storm.There was lots more snow two days later and Solymar got to play on the snow for the first time... if you know Miss Cranky Pants by now, of course she didn't like it much!

We also went to NY to visit family. We've had a great time with our family and friends so far and look forward  to continue enjoying the last week of Holiday fun!!!

Sun - Dec 17th - 10 Months Old!

Solymar is 10 months old today and she now has one little teeth coming out ...

Big sister Sofia was happy this weekend because she got her "Big Girl Bed" ... now both little ones have their rooms done and sleep in their own rooms...Solymar still wakes up in the middle of the night once for comfort and once for milk....

Sun - Dec 2nd - Our Christmas Tree

Mommy always loved Christmas decorations... these days she enjoys Christmas even more because her heart fills with joy when the faces of her little "dolls" light up at the sight of the Christmas tree, the decorations and the Christmas lights....

This year our tree came from our front yard. This tree was one of nine that fell because of Hurricane Sandy .... He doesn't have the perfect christmas tree shape... but Mommy thinks it is very special! 

Sun - Nov 25th - "Thanksgiving Fun"

We had a great Thanksgiving week that started with a celebration at Sofia's school follow by the making of delicious pasteles and bread at home, spending a great time at cousin's Betsy's on Thanksgiving day and spending time with family and friends who were visiting from out of town.
We Thanked God for our family and friends as well as all other blessings he allows us to enjoy.
During the Thanksgiving celebration at school,  the kids sang a couple of songs, this one was our favorite...

"Mr. Turkey, Mr. Turkey,

 big and fat, big and fat,

I am going to carve you, I am going to carve you,

 just like that, just like that!"

Ready for the School Celebration !!!

Ready to meet the family on Thanksgiving Day !!!

Sat Nov 17th - "Nine Months Old"

Solymar is 9 months old today!!

She weights 16 pounds and is 25 inches long. She continues to talk a lot and imitates our sounds. These days she says Mama, Dada, Baba, Tata, Nena and Go (to the dog).
She claps, waves and points as we sign "patty cake, patty cake", "la linda manita" and "pon, pon, pon el dedito en el pilon". She sleeps in her room but only 5 to 6 hour stretches at the most.
She has mastered sitting on her own and she knows how to pull herself up to a sitting position and go back down to the floor.  During the day she is crawling around the house, pulling herself up from things or pushing herself around in the walker. She will be chasing after Sofia soon!

Big sister Sofia is happy she's back at school, after hurricane Sandy closed the school for 2 weeks due to lack of electricity.

 

Tues Nov 6th - "Halloween Fun"

When Mommy moved from Puerto Rico to New York, she thought hurricanes will no longer be a problem but now in New Jersey, two years in a row we've been hit!
Last year Solymar was safe and sound in Mommy's belly and Sofia slept through it. We didn't lose power but the French doors in Mommy's and the family rooms were opened by the wind because they were not closed properly.
Lesson learned; we closed them tight this year and good we did because hurricane Sandy's winds were stronger, so much more that we lost 8 pines in the front of the house and had no power for 3.5 days.

Luckily Fraternity Uncle Julius and Auntie Kate had power in PA and we headed that way... It was awesome because Sofia and Solymar got to go trick or treating for the first time with fraternity cousin Adalaide!!!

  

This Halloween Sofia had lots of fun.... aside from trick or treating; she went to a "haunted playground" close by home and had her first school trip to a pumpkin patch. She brought home a pumpkin and carved it with Daddy.

Wed Oct 23rd - The Girls on Vacation

The girls (Mommy, Sofia and Solymar) spent 5 days on vacation in Puerto Rico and had lots of fun!! We visited family, went to el Morro, enjoyed the beach and the main reason we went to PR, had fun at a wedding!

 My little cousin got married. I remember when my cousin was a baby, I spent a lot of summers with her at her grandma's, my aunt. I used to bother my cousin by hugging my aunt and telling her, her grandma was mine. That used to upset her and make her scream.... Now she is a beautiful and smart woman, who looked gorgeous at her wedding;  as described by Sofia she looked like "a princess, con el traje grande blanco"

It was the first time Sofia attended a wedding and she had a great time dancing and playing with two little friends. Here is she is dancing ...

Wed - Oct 16th - Solymar is 8 mos Old!

Solymar is 8 months tomorrow!!!
We don't go to the Dr until she is 9 months old, thus we will have to wait for stats... but she is bigger, crawling more, sits on her own for longer periods, talks a lot more and has lots of more attitude!
She got to visit Puerto Rico for the first time and met the  family there. She had mango for the first time and absolutely loved it!  We went to the beach, she enjoyed the warm Caribbean water and learned how to splash , which means bath time is messier!

Big sister Sofia fell in love with her little sister on day one! She spends a lot of time with her little sister and Solymar reciprocates with smiles, laughs and screams.

Wed - Sept 26th - First Soccer Practice

It is time for Sofia to start doing some Sports!
There is a "Soccer Squirts" class close by and so I am officially a soccer Mom ... at least for a month. The first practice was ok ... she had fun and at that's what matters.