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A little more Pascua

Too cute to keep to myself



showing off her new bikini top, thanks tita Kalani..

totally enjoying her egg, next year she MIGHT get to enjoy what's inside as well...

little I, enjoying the hunt

meeting her baby cousin, I don't think she cared that Kevin and I were carrying another bebe

Easter gifts

lucky lucky girl, you are so loved by your family. Thanks for all the beautiful summer threads...now back to being mommy on watch. Vale is days away from an official crawl. watch out!

Vale of two cities

Oh what a lovely Easter weekend we had, hope everyones was too. On good Friday we traveled to Mexicali to celebrate with my mom's side of the family. Mexicali holds a dear spot in my heart because as a little girl I spent many summers there playing with my cousins, eating raspados, and having a great time. I was so excited to show Kevin the city but we ended up celebrating at my aunts little rural casita just outside of Mexicali so he didn't exactly get to see the city...next time..It was still a great celebration with tons of food, there was ceviche tostadas, breaded fish, chiles rellenos, rice, beans, salads, lots of salsas, capirotada (I'm sorry that most of you have not had this, but I will briefly try to explain it, its a casserole type of dessert that consists of bread softened with piloncillo (sugar) and cinnamon, then fruit is added in layers..bananas, apples, dried plums, followed by raisins, nuts and cheese, its then put in the oven for 40 minutes where it all melts together. what comes out can be compared to a bread pudding only a more delicious Mexican version) DELICIOUSNESS!

The second part of our Easter weekend was celebrated with Kevin's family in Tustin..oh man, more delicious food...spaghetti with meatballs, the green thing, onion and potato caserole, rice casserole, and lots of yummy and oh so decadent desserts, dirt, lemon poppy cake, ice cream, chocolate banana bread (YUUUUUM) AHHHH, I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH WE ATE THIS WEEKEND!!!!!!!

I love that Vale (and her parents) get to be a part of such diverse families! I also loooove that Mexicans celebrate holidays early so we'll always be able to attend both families dinners. yeahy.. well, here are some of the pictures taken on Good Friday in Mexicali and also from Easter Sunday celebrated in Tustin. Enjoy!




the guys all played soccer

while their daughters cheered them on..

Vale's crew of cousins (the kids of my cousins so I guess they are second cousins)..there are about 10 cousins missing from this picture....back when we were this age, we would put on dancing and singing shows for the parents, there are videos..cringe..I think it's time to bring back that tradition!

She found one!!!Egg hunting at auntie Joann's house..

look who is back in the US of A..its uncle Max (in the background)! Vale's titas and cousins from daddy's side....

hahahaha...little jellybean toes

The last time she encountered the green stuff, she didn't know what to do with it, but several months later she knows just where it goes



my little lady is up from her morning nap so mami is signing off xxooxo

Takin' her new bike for a living room spin

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under 2 hours , that's my viejo! The day was perfectly overcast and despite all the uphills and downhills Kevin (and my pops) did a fantastic job! congrats guys. And did I mention....Kevin helped Vale win a bike...yeah, on the awards stage they were giving away a bike to the youngest baby girl in the crowd and guess who that was..yup, our little one. Kevin caught a little video of Vale taking her first ride and I'd like to share it with you guys..check back tomorow for it!

B-day balloon gets a new meaning in life....

baby V's kicking bag....enjoy!

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p.s. I love how kevin checks his hand for diaper overflow..because it happens..daily

La jolla halfy --DDale para Vale

the race is a lot closer this time
more difficult too
vale is 4 months older
I'm still nervous for Kevin
he'll do great
for sure

Then and Now

These three chicas...
made these three nenas....
I want to share the third picture just for funnsies. It was taken hmmm...at least 6 years ago at the John Mayer concert. We had paid 30 bucks or so to hang out in the grass area and enjoy his tunes but on a bathroom break one of his band members approached us and gave us 4 tickets to the 10th row. We were thrilled!!!!!

We got a sitter!!

I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend, Kevin and I are on vacay since the school district we work for is on a two week break. It's been nice sleeping in a bit, doing family fun stuff, cooking a bit more, having more time to exercise, doing a little more knitting and even some sewing.

Vale is 6 1/2 months and more active than ever. She can sit on her own now for 30 seconds or so at a time. She reaches for everything, she's trying to use her legs to move while on her belly, she sticks everything in her mouth, smiles at everyone, eats spinach, pears, apples, carrots, sweet potatoes, bananas, winter squash.

While preparing her breakfast the other day I diverted my eyes away from her for 10 seconds and in this time she managed to roll her way over to the coffee table and take out all my mail...I couldn't help but laugh..I'm sure this is just the beginning of all the disarray she's gonna cause in the apartment.

Ever wonder who writes these blog posts??

Oh yeah, and she also wanted to add...

eiiyid0

^her words^

:)

summer ready

I can hardly contain my excitement...

Sour milk and schtinky pits

Sometimes even bebes get to smellin funky (note: not the booty-shakin kind of funky but the booty-stankin kind of funky)

Here's a bath time foto plus some recent randos

TGIF

Do you guys have anything real neat planned for the weekend? Im planning on relaxing, maybe doing some knitting, for sure lots of cuddling and if the rain goes away maybe some park fun for Vale.

Mini-Size Kev buh-day shout out...

Vale,

This person is your tita. Enjoy!

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Corny?? Hmm... you decide.

For ma

When mami's not here...



...and now one with mami

HAPPY B'DAY!!! (read: "bee-day," not "buh-day")

Guess whaaat... It is the birthday of someones special today.

"Who," you ask.

"Tu," I sass, if your name is Karla or Kristin.

So, for the both of yas, here is a mornin picture of the girl to get your motors runnin.



... Stay tuned. There's mas adelante.