Off she goes!

Mariana is off for her 6 year old trip to stay a week with Lito and Lita...a sort of right of passage tradition in Austin's family. She has been planning and packing since she was 5 1/2, no kidding. I will miss my big girl, but I know she will be in good hands and have lots of fun!

Visiting with Lito

In Daddy's arms

Time for Cascarones!

Lito is such a good sport!

All dressed up for mass with his hair slicked by Lito...so handsome!

What a lap full :)

Exersaucer time!

In honor of her 4 month birthday, we brought out the exersaucer. She loves it!

It must be nice to be so adored!

 

4 Months Old!

This is the perfect photo of you because you always have your little hands together like this as if you are either praying or worrying about something. You have very pensive expressions. You like to chew on your hands too...no paci.

Some wonderful things about you right now:
* You are mostly content when awake and are so patient with being passed from arm to arm while everyone takes a turn to hold you.
* Your smiles and giggles are sooo sweet...often hard to come by, but it just makes them that much sweeter when they come.
*Once I get you down at night you seem to like sleeping for a good long stretch and even frequently wake up "talking" instead of crying until I hear you. I sure hope you keep this up!

Challenges right now:
*You are tough to get to sleep...occasionally you fall asleep in the swing, never the car or your bed, mostly on me. This is challenging for sure and means that many of your naps are in the Moby.
*Bedtime is no exception to the above. It takes a long time to get you settled, and often after I finally get you down, you wake right back up crying, and I have to start over. Letting you cry just doesn't work right now.
* You can still only stay awake for about an hour before getting tired. This is a challenge, especially when we need to run errands!

Joys and difficulties, we love you so much. Let's just hope you grow out of some of the tough things over the next few months!

Talking with Stephen

I just love two year old talk. Stephen is the epitome of cuteness right now...well, except for those few moments when he refuses to do anything you say. But the other 98% of the time I could just eat him up! So I decided to interview him and get some of his sweet baby talk on video before it is all gone.

Sweet sisters

Rolling Girl

Anastasia rolled over! You can tell she wasn't so happy about it. I didn't catch her until she had pushed herself back to her side, but I promise she made it to her tummy. :)