Our Friday

On Friday we... ...worked with tools...
...cruised from toy to toy...

...read (or sat on) books...

...and practiced the piano.

Then we went to the mall where we returned some clothes, bought some clothes, met friends for lunch, walked around, (barely) avoided buying a remote control helicopter, and played in the arcade. We failed to take any pictures, though.

Then we went to Abuelito's house for dinner and walked around...

...played with a stick...

...looked at Abuelito's plants (here you see an orange tree, avocado tree, and a papaya tree...plus a few other plants)...

...laughed a lot...

...and played with Abuelito.

It was a very good day.

Cousin fun

Thursday we got to hang out with Isaac (or, as Eli calls him, 'Cousin') for a little while. He's got lots of energy and loves to run around :) It was the first time that he stayed with us without any tears-he ran right in and started playing.
Leah was thrilled to have some company. She followed Isaac around like a little puppy.

Isaac colored for a while (a little artist like his mommy)...

...while Leah tried to eat the crayons (always hungry...like HER mommy)

He's such a little cutie!

He played with Eli's cars. Leah would open the back hatch,

and he would shut it. This game went on for a while until Isaac got tired of Leah opening it when he wanted it closed :)

It was just a couple of hours, but it was fun! Something tells me we'll be hanging out with Isaac (and his little brother!) again very soon!

11 Months Old!

This happy little girl is 11 months old today! What a fun 11 months this has been!
She loves crawling...EVERYWHERE.

She tends to get into everything...and put whatever she finds in her mouth.

She is pretty much eating what we eat, though sometimes Gerber is just easier to transport if we're going to be out for lunch. It's kind of nice to just chop dinner up and give it to her...but MUCH messier. She's gotta learn somehow, though, right?!

Her newest 'trick' is standing on her own. I didn't catch a picture of her doing that in this set of pictures, but she thinks she's somethin' when she stands all by herself. Walking is next, I'm sure...

She is rarely content to just sit anymore. She wants to be moving, standing, looking, playing...or getting into things :)

She is a bit 'clingy' right now, but is usually fine with other people...as long as mommy and daddy aren't in sight.

She loves walking around with anything that she can push. Currently this little chair is doing the trick for her.

She walks all over the place with it...until she runs into the wall. Then she cries until we come and turn her around and she walks some more.

In case you were wondering about the adorable dress, my mom made it for her. SO cute! Plus she made this super cute cloth diaper cover to match. LOVE IT! It's handy to have a mom that's so crafty :)

Leah is so much fun to be around.

She's such a happy baby.

She's very curious and quick to learn new things. She's figured out so many of her toys already :)

So far the words that she has said are Momma, Dadda, yeah, hi, and ouch...though I've only gotten her to say ouch one day, so it might have been a fluke, but I'm going to 'count' it.

She is currently nursing three times a day, and eating three meals a day. She takes 2 (short!) naps and sleeps 11 hours at night.

Her favorite foods are peas, cheese, and grapes, but she will pretty much eat just about anything.

She has four teeth with another just about to poke through. We've started brushing her teeth at night, and she LOVES it. Who wouldn't, though, with apple banana flavored toothpaste?

She's (for the most part) in 18 month clothes, but can still fit into some 12 month things...and can already fit into some 24 month stuff. (Who sizes baby clothes?!)

We keep her in dresses most of the time, because it's just cute :)

She LOVES her brother, and could probably watch him all day. One of my FAVORITE things is when she gets giggling at him :)

The good news is, her brother loves her too :)
Happy 11 months baby girl!!

Fun at the Park

When Edgar got home from work Thursday night we ate dinner and then headed to the park for some fun. It's SO hot here but we thought go anyway. Eli going down the big slide!
Determined to climb the steps :)

Leah had fun too!

Love that dimple :)

Leah loved the swing.

Kinda blurry picture, but it's the only picture I got of her little teeth. Her teeth are coming in in a 'different' order than normal. Makes for a super cute little smile!

Eli likes to swing with his eyes closed...

Eli 'made' Edgar and Leah get in the back of the car. Apparently he wanted to drive them around.

Looking at letters on the bench.

On the tire swing with daddy.

Eli got a turn too!

Watch out! She's loose! :)

Fun evening at the park.

As a side note...Almost a year ago we were at this same park-see how Eli has grown in a year by clicking HERE :)