SWS 11 & 12!!

And just like that our baby turned ONE! Here is what SWS has been up to...

1. Saying things... "mama"..."Papa".... "ma" (which he says when he wants something)..."Uck" (truck)

2. Walking.  This started precisely on Sunday April 19th in the afternoon. He fell and crawled over to me then stood up and took independent steps to me. It happened quickly and his confidence in this grew to exponential proportions at his birthday play date. One would think he was showing off for his 5 baby friends.

3. Teeth. He has 8 of them now. Food met it's match with this kid. He eats EVERYTHING!

SWS continues to see his sister as the sun, the moon AND the stars. They play together and giggle about most things. She builds him forts and he has accepted his role as Kraken in her life.

As for C... she continues to fill our home with shades of pink and purple. Ballet is a Saturday morning ritual and her friends bring her love and laughter still. She is inquisitive, bilingual and a lover of music and art. Her favorite thing to do during the week is head to Mario the Baker for Monday pizza followed by self serve yogurt. She loves to go to the park and is not looking forward to the school year being over later this month.

There is little to complain about. Our little family makes us smile and though they wear us down everyday, there is nothing we would change about the dynamic personalities of our kids.

XOXO

7..8...9...10 months OH MY!

Our sweet boy is getting so big! "mama" "dada" "tata" and these funny grunting noises are streaming out of him. He's sprouted another tooth, bringing us to a total of 3 now. He crawling faster than most people can walk and pulls himself up with ease.

XOXO

Hi!

Yesterday morning S had a playdate with two of his baby friends. SS 11 months and ALS 8.5 months... SS was waving at the boys. They both were watching her intently. Last night when everyone was saying goodnight to S he waved bye! Sweet boy.

A-Mama

He didn't know what he was saying...but he said it today. A-bababa has turned into A-mamama

XOXO

Teeth

Teeth. 

Not tooth....

Teeth. 

S had a rough go this week and it culminated in the breaking through of both his bottom teeth on Tuesday night. No more gummy smiles.

XOXO

S 6 months, C 4yo

SWS 18.6 lbs 60%

          29"  98%

CAS  38lbs 

          40 1/4" 

What a fun month with the family! S reached a major milestone of 6 months and C is now a BIG girl of 4! This month brought more firsts for S...completely crawling now, standing and cruising there is no stopping him! C continues to enjoy drawing, ballet and playing with her friends and cousins. S has also developed a phrase, "abawawawa" while C still manages both english and spanish like a pro. 

XOXO

5 Month Stats

17.3 lbs = 60%

28" = 98% 

Starting solids this month...nom nom nom! 

XOXO

September in Miami 2014...

The  summer officially came to an end and C started ballet while S enjoyed month 4. S started to sit up and also the beginning phases of crawling. Big fun milestones for both the kids. Meanwhile, Mommy got to go to DC to sit on a grant panel for the Smithsonian and left both kids in the loving care of Daddy and Coco (when Daddy went out of town at the same time too). Speaking of Daddy, D continues to run 5Ks every other night, and making healthy delicious dinners every night. Here are some of our favorite pictures from the month to share with you. We hope you had a great month! 

C enjoys Labor Day at the Miami Children's Museum with her friend George

Baby bubbles 

S and his Mimi 

Mimi and Babo with S 

Ballet with her two BFFs Raquel and Valentina 

Ready to go!

Movie party with her friends from school 

Don and Sebas

Snuggling with their Tia Antonella 

Friday happy hour with friends 

Kisses from his Tia Kiki

Loving DC

Cec & Jess

Las primas en DC 

Her present from DC (museum nerd in the making)

Oh yeah...here we go! 

The four of us

XOXO

4M Stats

16.5 lbs (70%)

26.5" (90%)

XOXO

August in Miami- SWS 4 months C 3.9

Another fun month exploring with the kids. SWS is now rolling, doing raspberries, wanting to crawl so badly...he can scoot himself around on his mat. He also graduated to the mat from his swing. Grabbing for things and enjoying playtime with his sister. C started PreK-3 and ballet this month. She still enjoys to paint, visit museums, play with her friends, music and her dolls. As for the grown ups...Don continues to run and his "after school activities" have started up again...and I am busy at the museum as we opened a new exhibit from the Smithsonian. We're also ALL excited that college football is back! GO GATORS! GO PONIES! There's a picture of me at the opening with Latin rock legend, Alex Gonzalez from Mana. Here are some of our favorite pictures from August.