5 Months

Mila is coming into her own this month. She is trying very hard to sit on her own and has mastered rolling from one side to the other. She's not a huge fan of being on her belly but I think is starting to realize that it opens up her world! She loves grabbing things and is always putting things in her mouth. She especially likes her forefinger :). She has also discovered her feet! Oh how fun it is to chew on ones own toes ;-) !!! We have tried eating cereal and some fruits here and there but our strong minded little girl is NOT interested in them at all! We'll keep trying because I'm really hoping food is the key to sleeping! She was sleeping really well (only up twice a night) and then something happened and we lost it completely :( This not sleeping thing is getting VERY old! Mama is soooo tired!

Other than that fun stuff,though, little Mila is still our very serious, observant, adorable cutie.

Disney World !!

What is the perfect gift when you turn 5 ??
What would make us the BEST parent's in the world??
A trip to DISNEYWORLD!!!! Oh yea :)

We left little Mila in Houston and spent 5 glorious days at the happiest place in the world!

Meeting, taking pictures, and getting autographs from ALL the princesses was a must!

The Griffin family joined us for another fun adventure together.
Wyatt, Cole & Brady

We had such a fun time! It's so cool to experience these things with your kids :)

It was exhilarating AND exhausting all at the same time :) As soon as we got on the plane to come back home, Gaby asked "When can we go back???". Oh geez.

Happy New Year!

Hard to believe it's already 2012. Hard to believe we have a new baby. Hard to believe we have an almost 5 yr old. Life moves so fast sometimes. People always tell you to appreciate every moment but it's hard to sometimes when you are so busy and time flies! We are so thankful for our beautiful, healthy girls. We are thankful for our amazing life and wonderful families. Here's to 2012! Hard to imagine it can get any better (maybe if I could get some sleep ;-) Ha!)

Louisiana

After Houston, we headed to the farm in Louisiana to spend a few days with Byron's family and all the aunts, uncles and cousins. I guess having a little one kept me so busy that I barely took any pictures. Also it was pretty darn cold and rainy so that kept us all inside most of the time. Sorry :(

Christmas 2011

Christmas morning is extremely exciting with an almost 5 yr old! We were awoken up at the crack of dawn and ran downstairs to see what Santa had left us... Too much stuff to fit in regular stockings... What am I supposed to do will ALL of this stuff???? Gaby and her new Cinderella castle... The next day we headed to Houston to celebrate with my family and to open even MORE presents... All the cousins... The girls and Tia Chela...

Ready for Santa!

Got the cookies baked and the carrots ready for the reindeer!

Also Gaby drew Santa a beautiful picture :)

I'm Four Months, already???

Sweet little Mila had her 4 month doctor's appointment this week.
Her stats:
height-- 24.5 inches, 50%
weight-- 13.2 lbs, 50%

She's perfectly proportioned but still such a small peanut compared to her sister! The doctor said she looked "perfect" which always makes one very, very proud and she took her shots like a trooper. Now she did yell her head off but managed to calm down in what seemed like an appropriate amount of time. Her head control is really great and she is starting to smile alot. She doesn't really give up the giggles too much but we are certainly working on it! Her sleeping is apparently really good considering she usually only wakes up once (sometimes twice) a night but for this poor Mommy it still seems like we could do better ;-) Overall, little Mila is a wonderful, happy baby (unless she's hungry or extra tired) and has been such a blessing to our family. Gaby adores her and is so caring and protective of her. We are settling into our new routines and will hopefully soon get on a set schedule. This Mommy is a fan of schedules :)

Here she is getting checked out by Dr. Ruiz....

Jardin de Ninos Christmas Show

Gaby's school does an annual Christmas show. This year being in Kindergarten, Gaby and her class sang 4 songs both in Spanish and English. Her favorite? Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer! She did super and really seems comfortable being on stage now.

Santa Pic 2011

How stinkin' adorable are they????

Waiting for Santa....

School Picture 2011

She looks like such a big girl- especially with that missing tooth! :)

December Dance Recital

Our precious little ballerina had a recital this past weekend. She did great as usual and was super excited to get up on stage to show her stuff! They danced to "Let's get Together". I believe Gaby's starting to get the thrill of being a performer! Mila came to watch her big sister in action... Gaby and her buddy, Hampton...

Chuy's Children's Parade

The Saturday after Thanksgiving Chuy's puts on a parade downtown for Children and to benefit Blue Santa. Blue Santa collects and donates thousands of toys to local needy children. Now, Austin has been in a severe drought this year and much to our surprise it was a cold and rainy day out there! But no one was complaining because we desperately need the water so we enjoyed gettin wet :)

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was in Austin this year because Byron was on-call. My family came up and we had a nice, cozy, yummy Thanksgiving meal.
Sadly, I was too busy cooking and then being full to take many pictures ;-)

Photo Op

While in Houston, I finally remembered to take pictures of the girls and their Pito...

Tanner's 2nd Bday

Our little nephew, Tanner, had the distinction of having a birthday on 11/11/11. How cool is that?
We enjoyed a great party with all his peeps!

The girls have perfected their "picture" smile.
Tanner is really not so interested...

Happy 2nd Birthday, Tan-Man!!

Bubbles are still sooo very fun :)