Thanksgiving

The Thanksgiving Holiday was great!!  We celebrated on Sunday before Thanksgiving with Bob, Bev, Dan and Sarah and then drove to Brownsville the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.  Caitlin was a little hard to handle at times but overall not too bad.  I'm really glad I got to do a little bit of shopping on Black Friday.  Caitlin seems to be asking "what's this?", and saying "close" and "open".  I'm not sure when she learned those words but all i know is when we got home from the trip it seemed to be in her vocabulary.  She's growing up so fast.  I can't believe it's been two years since we found out we were having a baby.  She has been such a blessing and I wouldn't change a thing up to now.  I hope and pray that in the future we have lots of more family moments with extended family so that everyone gets to know Caitlin.  She might be little but I think she can win anyone's heart.  She's so smart... (i know all parents say that about their kids but in this case it's true.)  Caitlin will show you how smart she is when you come to visit so if you want to test her, come on over.  Keep in mind, if you see her five time or 25 times or 2500 times she will steal your love and will keep you coming back for more... so be warned.  How much do you want to let her in?  It's all up to you.  I know that she has taken my heart and hasn't given it back.  My most precious gift is here to share...

Thank you Cuqui for taking our pictures on Friday.  I wish we would have taken a few more without Caitlin getting so cranky.  I think we got a couple of good ones to use.  I wonder when she will stop having to carry a toy to stay still. 

The two loves of my life!!!! 

I'm very much looking forward to this coming year!!

Garage

Cleaning the garage was alot more fun than I thought it would be.  Most of the day, Caitlin and I sorted through things and made piles of donation and recycle.  We also swept and threw stuff away.  I never in a million years thought that it would be that much fun.  Caitlin would grab the broom and start helping her mama.  I think we spent most of the day out in the garage.  David put up a few christmas trees downstairs.  The point of cleaning the garage was so we could start decorating for Christmas.  I know it's a little early but it comes so quick that we would like to really enjoy it this year.  Anyway, David got some video of Caitlin sweeping and carrying the dust pan around.  Both Caitlin and I were so tired that Cailtin slept like 10 hours last night.  I hope she's that helpful when she grows up.  On other news, Caitlin started knodding yes yesterday.  It is the coolest thing to experience the firsts.  I will need to ask her teachers on Monday if she had been doing that in class too? 

It's been a month

It's been a month since I have posted and I am so ashamed.  So many things to talk about.  The memories that i do not want to ever forget: Caitlin enjoying hanging outside pulling weeds with me.  She would pull me up and say, "up" as if she didn't want me to sit down on on the grass.  I would pull weeds and she would help me by pulling blades of grass and handing them to me.  She really enjoys the outside.  The pumpkin patch was so much more fun this year.  To see her enjoying herself out there was priceless.  My birthday came and went.  Nothing too exciting but i wanted it that way.  I spent some quality time with my family, David and Caitlin. I received some beautiful cards from David and Caitlin and a peanut charm that I already took to James Avery. Thank you so much for the Birthday phone calls and wishes.  I have decided that I will no longer celebrate birthdays unless there is a costume party involved. 

Halloween was fun.  We went to the office for a potluck on friday and on saturday I had a community gathering at the park.  David and Caitlin came over to the park for a little while and loved running around the park with Caitlin.  Dan and Sarah hung out for a little while also at the house and we got to give the kids that came by bags of chips.  That was lots of fun.  I really enjoy when Sarah and Dan come over.  Hopefully when Madelyn is born we will get the girls to be great friends and make awesome memories and traditions. 

Caitlin had school pictures again and I'm so excited to see them soon.  Olan Mills went to the daycare to take the pictures and Caitlin wore her dress that her Buelo Andres got for her....fancy.  I can't wait until David, Caitlin and I take pictures as a family.  Our first portraits ever and it will be with our angel. 

I am so excited that Thanksgiving is just around the corner.  Dad can't wait to see Caitlin and I can't wait to see Dad interacting with Caitlin.