Our beautiful, silly, loving girl.

My sweet little one. You have grown up so fast... You are only 2 years 3 months and already reach my hip in height. You'll be tall like your daddy. You are such a chatterbox! (You'll talk like mommy, hee hee). You know 4 poems by heart, about 20 songs in english and spanish. You count up to 20 in spanish and up to 11 in english. You name most colors in both languages. You love dancing and spinning and you LOVE playing "Gala's party" with cake and toy guests.

You had your first official taste of cotton candy, you now say "I have an idea" for EVERYTHING. You are a bit rebellious at times and you have a hard time understanding why we put soooo many limits; but at the risk of sounding like a mother; "you'll thank us someday".

You are the light of my life. You have the self-confidence that I wish I had my first 12 years of age. You are a happy, confident kid. You are blessed, you are loved. Every single cucumber kitty I've cut for you at midnight is worth it 100%! These are your pics for the month:


Hide and seek is one of your favorite games now. Too bad you always yell "I'm he-re!" before we can start lookin'!

You got that little scrape near your eye when you fell at school. You kept telling everyone to look at it. (It's all gone now).

You are just crazy about the hammock in our backyard, and you insist cheetah and other toys go in there as well...

You are soooo silly! And you even call yourself "silly girl"! But most of all, you are ALWAYS smiling. And that's what makes mommy happy.

More June candids...

Relaxing with daddy in the hammock, with a temporary tatoo...

First time at a Merry-go-round. She LOVED it! Pink horsey, mamma!

At our friend Kathy's birthday party for her cute daughter Ximena. She's the one who sells the beautiful bows that I've become such a HUGE fan of, as you can tell by Gala's pics... There are other reasons why I'm in awe of her... Kathy, you rock!

Ok, is this the same gal that was terrified of sand last summer in Wisconsin?

June candids

At the church's yard. She loves this one!

Like a true fashionista, she craves stuff with leopard print. I'm so proud!

She helped us with the bread before her daddy's 40's Lobster boil party!

At aunt "Von's" house this weekend, where she had a great time!

First Zoo Visit!

If I may say so myself, this pic is worthy of the cover of National Geographic. To get it, I stood alone for 35 minutes and the lemurs really put on a show. Gala's first zoo visit was 5 months ago, but I hadn't uploaded the pics. It was so cool, but she fell asleep and missed many animals. Well, we have an excuse to return!



LOVE this pic.


Inside the butterfly pavilion. Last time I was there I was eight months pregnant and held an emperor scorpion.


He moved so fast, the pic's not as good. But Gala LOVED it! "Piguinos"!

May Candids

Relaxing in the hammock / Relajada en la hamaca


Training bike Aunt Caro had made for you, isn't that sweet! / Una bici entrenadora para practicar el equilibrio. Tía Caro te la mandó hacer, que linda!

All decked out in her school uniform, ready to go. / Lista para ir a la escuela con su uniforme.



And with the clothes she likes the most... / Y con la ropa que más le gusta...

April Candids

"Cooking"

Resting before a MUCH needed shower...

Marveling over your first slinky...

Playing pretend kitchen...

And playing with the guy you love the most!

Bouncy Castle for a Bouncy Princess

Ever since your Lala got you this castle you want to do everything in it. Your favorite things to do are jumping and watching airplanes go by. Every time you see a plane fly you say it's cousin Caleb coming to see you. Someday, my love.

Oh what FUN!

You were sooooo happy when you visited the Jacobi's for a swim, you are still talking about it a month later! You undress dolls and tell them they're going swimming at aunt Bebe's. She is such a great hostess and a beautiful example on how a family and marriage should be!

Posing with uncle Leo...

And with the lovely Sissi. Thankyou, Jacobi family for your hospitality and friendship. We love you.

Spring Break Fun

You love water so much we think you're half mermaid. You were so excited to have "swum" this spring break, now you take the dish towels and lay them flat and hop in!

And then your Dad showed you how to splash people outside... that was a lot of fun.

We even caved in and let you have some potato chips...

Easter egg hunts 2009

You were so excited about the egg hunt, you actually had two. One with plastic eggs, and one with the eggs your mommy decorated. You had a Clifford basket and you took my breath away when I saw you in this pretty yellow dress you wore to church on Easter sunday!

Second try at the hunt, you were'nt sure about the bunny ears, you wanted everyone else to wear them first! (And we did).

With the eggs your mommy marbelized. (It's a tradition!) Thank you Ana Lau for supporting my "kookiness", you are a friend.