Andrea's Boyfriend!

So this will be a pretty short and sweet post.. however i just had to share..

This morning when i dropped off andrea at daycare there was a little boy there who seems to be about 5 months old... cant roll over or crawl.. so the teacher puts him on the mat on his back.. as soon as andrea sees him she crawls over and starts kissing him all over her forehead. THE CUTEST THING EVER... before i knew it his forehead was full of her drool!!! I'm sitting there thinking ummm if this were someone elses baby slopping up my kids forehead i'd probably want them to pull him off of her ... so i did... well i tried.. i even tried asking her to give me some of those sweet kisses but it was a no go!!! she wanted to give hiiiiiiim kisses not mommy!!! HAHAHA it was adorable and made my morning to see how she loves to love and smother ... just like me!!!!! anyway it was a nice start to my morning... HAPPY HUMP DAY ;)

Happy Nine Months Andrea!!

Good Morning...
Well another month has completely flown by!!!
Andrea turned 9 Months old on April 22 which was last thursday ... by days have been super busy lately so i've been keeping up with my blog as much as i possibly can... anyway my plan was to take some shots of her this weekend but it didn't quite work out so hopefully i'll be able to get those done in a week or so... But as far as andrea's development goes here it is:

Andrea is actively crawling and trying to stand ... she can stand supported for a little bit and pull herself up to standing sometimes...

She's eating everything we eat basically. and is still on stage 2 baby food as well as formula.. we'll see what changes we need to make when she goes in for her 9 month appointment on may 7th

She's babbling and can say mama, dada, eh, baba, mmmmm

She recognizes that i'm mama and will shout out for me at any given moment.

She recognizes her daddy as "eh" lol its really funny and we're not totally sure where that came from..

Daycare is doing her well... she cries every morning when i drop her off but as soon as i turn the corner and listen she's already stopped... we do have rough mornings some of the time but for the most part it's been a pretty positive experience. The best feeling in the world is going to pick her up in the afternoon and see her crawling towards me at warp speed screaming out of excitement that her mommy is there to get her!! it's such a great experience for me and makes my days so much better!! I still miss her so much during the day but i think we're getting better as each day passes.

Good Weekend...

Andrea's Bday Invitation

This weekend was so relaxing and exactly what i needed... hubby took great care of me and andrea so we could recoop from the last week and a half of being sick... i finally broke down and went to the dr to get an antibiotic for my little daycare initiation... after being pretty much without a voice for three days not to mention a terrible night thursday complete with a sore throat that had me up from 2-4am because of the pain... anyway i've been on my antibiotic for three days now and i'm feeling almost 100% thank God!!

Andrea is almost back to normal if we could just get through her cough and runny nose... i'm hoping to have the luck of being dr office free this week... fingers crossed..

Other than that this weekend i stopped by the nutrition store and picked up some vitamins...went to jamba juice and got myself a coldbuster smoothie full of immunity boosters and began my wheat grass shot regimen for those of you who think im a little off regarding the wheat grass shot.. my parents swear by it.. and it seems to help with just about anything.. the taste wasn't as bad as i thought it would be either..

Saturday night i was able to work on and complete andrea's birthday invitations as well as did a practice run of her bday cupcakes :) i liked how both came out so i think we're well on our way... my mom picked up a bunch of bday ballerina decor and she also set an appointment for andrea's first year pics ... i did some research on the rest of the party supplies i'll need to get as well as center pieces. I'm getting so excited as we draw nearer to the big day!!

Today we spent some quality time with my sister and my neice bella!! it was a great day :) I'm so sad to see the weekend end ... but gotta get through another week to see the next weekend...

Quoted from the bible...

Have faith in God Jesus replied. I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, Go throw yourself into the sea and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what HE says will happen it will be done for him.
Mark 11:22-23

HAVE A BLESSED DAY :)

Not feeling to hot

So since Andreas little welcome to daycare gift i've been hit with the sicky bug!! it's truly miserable to be sick when you have a little one.. even if they're perfectly healthy.. unfortunately andrea is still struggling with the congestion but no fever whatsoever... she's a bit on the cranky side although i think its to be expected since she's also teething... luckily gustavo has been wonderful about putting her to bed this week so i can get to bed early which i'm very thankful for...

On another note andrea is a super crawler these days. she started crawling on thursday and is now at the point where i can not leave her in one place and expect her to be there when i get back!! its the cutest thing... she follows us around the apartment constantly... i love it and i love seeing her grow and reach new milestones!!

Hopefully this weekend i'll be feeling better so we can go hang out at the park or the beach which is our favorite past time... i'm so excited for andrea to see the little baby duckies and other animals that have recently been born :) i love spring!!! yayyy

Andrea's First Day of School

Andrea's first day of daycare was on monday... Gustavo and i both dropped her off together.. it wasn't to bad.. mommy didn't shed any tears.. i went by around 12 to check on her.. she was sleeping like a sweet little angel :) when i picked her up the teacher said she was a little on the fussy side which was to be expected because of the change...

Day 2: She cried when i left her which broke my heart ... Gustavo picked her up that day because i had to work late.. he said she was playing with another little baby... which made me happy to hear.

Day 3: No tears when i dropped her off but i did things differently.. i sat and played with her and the other babies for a few minutes before i left.. :) when i picked her up that day she was on the floor happy as could be playing with her little baby friends!! i was so happy to see that.

That afternoon she came home with the sniffles.. i put her to bed around 7:30 thinking wow she already has the sniffles lol... to my surprise at 10:30 little one woke up with a 101 fever yeah not so great considering she'd only been in daycare 3 stinkin days.... yuuuuuck... had to cancel my playdate for the following evening with my favorite people.. and i was stuck at the dr basically all day... doc said it's viral and should subside within 72 hours... today's sunday and i'm dreading the whole daycare mission that has to begin all over again tomorrow after a pretty difficult last 4 days of course i couldn't get away unscathed yesterday i woke up feeling like my head was going to explode... now mommy has the sniffles lol... i've been popping vitamins and tylenol cold and flu like its going out of style..so hopefully i'm at least 90% better by tomorrow morning to start this whole craziness all over again. ugh... all i can say is that seeing my little one like this made me feel so guilty about putting her in daycare... almost wondering if we'd waited to have children maybe being a stay at home mommy would be an option for us and i'd be able to keep her from getting sick so often which i know comes with the territory of being in daycare.. but then again i think to myself either now or later she'd have to be exposed to school or daycare and she'd be getting sick just the same...time to suck up the guilt and just move forward.

LOTS TO CATCH UP ON!

Well, first there was Easter:

Easter was spent with my Mom, we went to breakfast then to church service after that we went from house to house like a couple of easter bunnies leaving goodies for everyone :) our night ended back at my parents house where my sister and her kids met us to open easter baskets! it was a great first easter for Andrea, she received lots of cute things in her easter baskets :) It was a joyful time in our life and i'm thankful for the real meaning of Easter which is the resurrection. Thank you Jesus for giving your life so we could have one.