There's a First for Everything...

Since Mateo is almost 5 months old, we decided to try rice cereal for dinner. Not to our surprise, he was grabbing the spoon and shoving it in his mouth. He had no problems figuring out how to swallow it down and was mad if mama took too long preparing the next bite. I hope this leads to more sleep at night!!

I couldn't resist putting this picture up because here we are just playing in his room when he spots his bottle on the nightstand. He proceeds to grab it but realizes there's nothing inside. So I go put about an ounce of water in it and place it back on the nightstand. Mateo grabs it again with no assistance and places it in his mouth with no help! He drinks all the water that's in it and then tosses it to the ground. It was too funny. I hadn't seen him hold his own bottle like that before...we were so proud HA!

Another Visit from Friends

My best friend Shannon and her boyfriend James came to visit and it was like I never left Washington. Every time I see Shannon, I feel like we still get to have sleepovers every weekend like in 6th grade. Your best friends are always like that! We played golf and Shannon and I wore matching outfits...hehe. Cesar and James have their game faces on...Shannon and I took it a little less serious.

Here is my little man with Shannon and James. Mateo loves having visitors.

What do you remember about ME?

What do you remember about me?
Ok this is just a fun little activity to stir up some good times. As we enter or have just entered the 30 club...we must keep our youthful days alive! HA!

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you!

A Visit from Friends!

We were so sad when our good friends Greg and Andrea moved to New Mexico so having them stay with us last night was so wonderful. They have a 2 year old little girl named Devyn and a 2 1/2 month old boy named Chase. Thanks so much for coming to visit us! Greg and Devyn
Andrea and Chase
Chase and Mateo (Boy does my little man make Chase look small!)

Mateo in the Mirror & Crib Videos

Here is a video of Mateo in his bumbo chair in front of the mirror. This video still doesn't do him justice as he usually cracks himself up! It's funny how he doesn't even know he's looking at himself!

Here is another video...just a cute one of him waking up in his crib. He "talks" all the time now and I pretend like I know what he's saying. :)

Happy 1st Anniversary!

So a lot has happened in a year as indicated by the pics! Cesar and I went to Maui for our honeymoon and one of our favorite places to eat was the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company. We decided to head to Long Beach to their rendition of Bubba Gumps. It wasn't as magical as the one in Maui since it wasn't sitting on flourescent colored water but it did the trick. It also happens to be right across the street from the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific so we though Mateo would love that. His favorite thing to do right now is try to eat his crab rattle!

Mateo was mesmorized by all the sea creatures especially the sharks!

This was the mean old shark he kept tracking! He had razor sharp teeth and made all the other sharks look like goldfish.

So the baby bjorn (carrier) is our favorite thing as Mateo loves to just check everything out. Here is Mateo with daddy right before seeing the tropical birds.

Here is Mateo after about 2 hours of walking around.

So we tried to take a family photo before the little guy passed out...but this is about the best we could do...notice the balding going on with poor little Mateo's head!

A Day at the Beach

We decided to head to Doheny Beach for our nephew Geronimo's 13th birthday. Mateo thought that the beach was so calming, he fell asleep 5 minutes after arriving. When he woke up, he played in the water with his daddy.




Gotta love baby toes in the sand! Below are the before and after pictures...guess which one is the after picture.