1.2

haha, I think the lazy girl chair once a month pic may be on its way out..She just wont sit for it. Of the couple dozen I took only this one turned out good. The rest were way too blurry or were of her throwing herself back in protest or butt shots of her getting off the chair. on the upside we had to go outside to get a few more shots for the 1.2 and she got all pose-y on me, I asked her to show me her pansa so at first she was just patting it but then decided to actually show me her tummy. Gosh she looks so big..these are her new words: mah=mas, ate referring to Nick's dog Ashes, pa upon hearing the "campanas" from the church down the street, Paty when she sees my bff Paty, hi, bye, dow for down, ado for arbol She adds new words on a daily basis, its awesome and I can't help but be super impressed and proud of our little chica.

Tappy tappy tappy...just taaaap it in

Untitled from KarlaB on Vimeo.

...cuz sometimes you've got to baby-step your way to the top (of the diaper box) :{

world famous + Safari

No doubt her favorite place to go right now is the zoo. We like to go right when it opens when there aren't many people and the animals are having their breakfast and are at there most active. Vale is fascinated by the elephants and makes a great imitation of them, the giraffe is another of her faves, she pretends to be eating leaves when we get to them. She's seen them eating on a few of the visits so now assumes chewing is what these guy do. Other top fav animal contenders are the flamingos, the orangutans, the pumas, cheetahs, the goats at the petting zoo, and ALL the birds! As much as she loves the animals and the walking around and making animal noises and seeing all the other kids, she hates the skyfari, I'm not sure if its the altitude she dislikes or the less than spacious ride. Either way we ride it every time we go and every time I'm confident she'll like it a little more,(I'm wrong) since she points at the baskets suspended by the cable as we walk through the zoo quite excitedly. I'm sure one day she'll like the skyfari as much as my nephew and niece do.

                            

p.s. The pictures are from 3 different trips to the zoo and one from the Wild animal park now called San Diego Safari Park.

NCM

We just rediscovered the awesomeness that is the New Children's Museum--this place is rad! The museum has on exhibit right now all things trash, yeah I know sounds nasty, but its all in the name of educating our little ones while having fun. Theres even a garbage collector truck on display, its huge, I didn't catch a picture but the museum's website has all sorts of images to check out. Vale loved every second of it, there were things for her to climb, stuff to move around, kids for her to greet and an all around fab time. Can't wait for next month, it's free the second Sunday of every month!

the last time we were there she was 6 months old...

1.1

Vale is at a hilarious stage right now, one I don't want her to leave too soon...

favorite things to do:
blow kisses at people and plant them directly on cheek.
in a very beauty queen fashion wave when saying hello or goodbye
take all her clothes out of drawers and sometimes put it all back in
shower standing up in tub
play peek-a-boo
go bike riding
going outside to see the dogs and planes flying overhead
point at everything

favorite places to go:
zoo
garandpa and grandmas house/la casa de abuelita y abuelito
home
the park down the street
to see her buddy Joshie and his mom Vanessa


favorite books to read:
Biscuit by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Cuando Sofia se enoja se enoja de veras by Molly Bang
A bañarse con Maisy by Lucy Cousins
Colors by Emily Bolam
Princess Potty by Samantha Berger
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems

favorite foods:
cheese
pan
fruits of all kids
veggies of every type
pasta
soup of any variety
anything, everything aka todo

out of her mouth:
agua pronounced ada
papa and dada
mama
ball
bebe
Animal noises-dog, elephant, lion, cat, duck, parrot, pig, cow, polar bear

mariquita Vale

Our very first repeat holiday!(Is halloween a holiday?) Last year Vale was a sleeping M&M, this year a ravenous ladybug. Vale strongly dislikes beanies, hats or anything covering her head so we weren't too sure she'd let us pull the hood over her head...but once the ooo's and ahhh's started she couldn't be more excited about wearing the super cute antennae.

The first set of pics are from tita Kristin's soul session partaay, (which was a total blast btw) and the last two pics are from the 31st. We got together with our apartment buddies to watch the Chargers game and pass out candy. Vale munched on a delicious apple cinnamon rice cake throughout the evening completely unaware of the delicious chocolate she was carrying around the whole time.. sneaky parents, mwahaha!


It doesn't look like we dressed up, but we did...I was a leaf and Kevin a gardener-the perfect accessories to our little bug.