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.

A Day At The Park

This weekend was beautiful!! the weather was awesome and we couldn't have picked a better day to have a bbq picnic at the park. We set up andrea's playpen under a shady tree had hot dogs and hamburgers and snapped some pictures!! My mom and dad joined us, which was nice. The day was so relaxing. Andrea got to see two horses ride through as well as an alligator that was swimming in the lake literally feet from where we were (that was a little unnerving lets be honest) but besides that it was a great time. Some of my favorite memories were of my own family bbq's as a child with my parents just passing the time i hope andrea can experience the same kind of quality time spent together that she can one day look back and smile about.

Andrea is 8 Months Old

WOW another month gone by!!
Andrea turned 8 months old on the 22. She doesn't have a well visit this month but she does have an appointment on friday to get a physical and her immunization records in order to begin daycare so i'll most likely have her current weight and length to report at that time. But as far as milestones:

Andrea Can:
Say "mama" consistently
wave "byebye"
say "abye"
She crawled once but hasn't been able to do it consistently yet.
Sits unsupported
plays alone
LOVES to interact with other babies

She's now eating whatever we eat along with the gerber puffs. She's on 2nd stage foods and has basically gone through every kind you see on the shelf.
All in all my baby ballerina is doing EXTREMELY well and im very proud just like every other month of her life!!!
happy 8 months my sweet girl!!! mommy loves you!!!

Day Care

on april 5th andrea will no longer have a babysitter or come to work with mommy :(
She will be starting school lol obviously daycare but still i feel like my little girl is growing up sooooo fast :) really it just got to a point that gustavo and i feel that she is craving the social interaction of other babies. so we hunted down the daycare she will be attending :) it's right down the street from my office which i figured would be most convenient since .... well... I'M ALWAYS HERE!!! anyway so far we're really happy with the feedback we've gotten and i've visited the facility 3different times already and met the teacher so we definitely feel comfortable. and more than anything i'm excited for my bright and beautiful daughter. When we took her in there to see the classroom for the first time she lit up!! seeing all the toys and the other babies she immediately wanted to play :) so i can't wait for her to be able to go and interact i think its important for her development and since she turned 7 months old it seems as though she needs more stimulation because she gets bored so easily. I think this is going to be a great change for her.

Michael Buble

i'm a huuuuge fan of michael buble and have been for many years now but have never had the chance to see him perform live. however March 12 hubby got us tickets to go see him in concert and what a performance he gave!!!! WOW he's wonderful and i love him even more now. The concert started around 9pm and michael played straight through til almost 11 with no intermission. It was awesome!! before we headed to the concert we stopped to have sushi for dinner which was a nice change for us. we went to sushi inn in sunrise!! after the concert we headed home ... my parents had the baby for the night which was very nice of them :) saturday morning we headed to my parents house to pick up my little ballerina and start our weekend.. all in all the concert was GREAT!!!!

its been awhile

buuuut in my defense we've had a lot going on... Gustavo was out of town on a business trip last week so lord knows i didn't have time to keep up with anything then ESPECIALLY my blog. lol i was lucky if andrea let me take a shower. anyway he's back now which is great news. Now i can get back to my regularly scheduled program :) i've really come to enjoy my blog its become therapeutic for me so i'll be updating with the latest asap!!

My Baby Ballerina Andrea!!

Well the time has come!!! i've officially started planning my sweet baby's first birthday... i am aware of the fact that we're 4 months away but i think the time has come... lots of plans these days lol birthdays vacations and pretty soon its going to be time to start xmas shopping which i also plan to do wayyyyy in advance... the way i figure it if i start early enough for all of these things it's more time consuming but definitely more affordable in the end plus i will be able to do pretty much all the things i want instead of waiting until the last minute and being forced to scimp on certain things. this post is about my little ones birthday so i'll get back to that:

We'll be holding her birthday party at the park probably cb smith or another local park like tree tops. We should be reserving the Pavillion within the next two weeks so that will be taken care of.

The theme is going to be ballerina... So of course my baby ballerina will have her own pink tutu and tiara. and then i plan to have tutu's for all of the little ballerinas who will be attending.

I'm still looking into some sort of activity for the kids to do so that's still up in the air.

of course i'm researching all sorts of decor and will be visiting michaels, joanne's fabrics, and a.c. moore.

We're looking into either pony's or a toddler bounce house for the park depending on the rules and regulations.

so far thats all i have so i'll definitely be posting as we get closer. Needless to say i'm nerdishly excited for my first borns first birthday party.. of course what kind of first time mommy would i be if i didn't go above and beyond for such a special day in my sweet girl's life.