HAPPY Belated HALLOWEEN!!

We have enjoyed the fall... Andres loves to walk and play in the leaves and feel them crunch under his feet. He had so much fun the day I tried to take pictures of him he wouldn't even look at the camera.....Andres was an adorable bat for Halloween. We went to Aunt Gloria's for a party and to pass out candy. Grandma and Grandpa "Great" Richards were there and Grandma Sheryl. We ate chips and salsa, rice crispy bats and carmel apples. yummy it was so much fun! Felito dressed up as a robot James Brown mixing his costumes from the last two years and I was Marsha from the Brady Bunch, Gloria was a Sugar Daddy and Grandpa "Great" dressed up as a baby. We took Andres trick-0r-treating around the block he was so stinkin' cute. He loved to grab the candy out of the bowls and chew on the wrapers. It was so cute at one house the lady held the bowl out so long that Andres filled both hands....turned and sat his candy down on the frount porch and reached for some more....he is our little pig! We ran into Heather (Merrill) and Cory Pence and their two beautiful witches they were sooooo CUTE! Heather was a cat and Cory was the cauldron....so fun! We also ran into our Dominican friend Osfaldo and his wife Claudia we hung out out her moms place and visited. Then we went up to Denalee and Jon's house to see the kids.... they gave us a candy apple that was to die for!! Yummy... Halloween was a BLAST having Andres makes all of lives moments so much better. Hope you had a great Halloween!!

We are building our House!!

Felito and I are building a house in Smithfield. We are building with a group called Neighborhood non-profit, it has been so much fun. We have framed 4 and 1/2 houses so far we only have to frame 6 of 12 so hopefully we will be working on the inside of the houses before the snow falls. (I will probably ginks us by saying that.) We started framing on our home last Saturday (the 4th home) and finished up today so it took us 8 days to frame. We will hopefully be getting our trusses put up early this next week. It is amazing to see our home take form and to be the one to build it is awsome....We will be doing all of the finishing work on all 12 of the homes....we have really enjoyed getting to know and working with our future neighbors we are becoming really good friends.... It is a lot of really hard work so after working all evening both Felito and I go to the Sports Academy and sit in the sauna room or jet tub......that is now my favorite thing to do. Andres is getting so big he is now 1 year and 2 1/2 months old he is all over the place, it is crazy how fast time is fling I can't wait until we get into our home and he will have a yard to play in.... IT WILL BE SO FUN!!

Wow what a week!!

We have had a fabulious week!! On Tuesday, November 17, my little sister Toni gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. He was 7 pds 6 oz and has dirty blond hair and blue eyes. I can't believe the day has fineally arrived and passed. It seems so weird that we have met the "little man" already after a very long 9 months of waiting. Toni and Tory are doing really well, Tory more than Toni of course because after tring for 16 hours to have the little guy she had to go and have a c-section. She did really well of course, she is a trooper. Congratulations guys.....He is an Angel from heaven!!! We spent three days up at the hospital holding squizzing and kissing our "little man" his hands and feet are so tiny and wrinkly he is truely precious. The first thing I though when I saw him was he has Toni's nose.....it was so fun to see how much he looks like her. Simply ADORABLE!!!

Andres is 6 months and Crawling-

We are so excited Andres is crawling....he is getting faster and faster we have to make sure everything is out of his way...he just loves the computer cords or any cords for that matter. He is a joy we sure love him. As for Felito and I we are great and can't wait until spring. jaja!!

Some more Pictures! Hangin' out with Dad,Grandma&Grandpa

What kind of flower am I?

I am an Echinacea What Flower Are You?

"You are a health conscious person, both your health and the health of others. You know all about the health benefits and dangers of the world around you."

Childrens Book Party!!

I am going to have a children's book party at my house on Thursday the 21 of February@ 6:30 pm. The company is Usborne Books...they are educational books which are really cute....they even have books in Spanish!! I would love all who would love to come to come....It is going to be so much fun! (Bring your moms so they can spoil their grandkids) I am going to try and get invitations out to everyone but if I missed you it isn't because I don't want you to come it is because I don't have your address. please come..My address is 550 1/2 North 200 West Logan. Check out the books @ www.ubah.com/r2716 make your wish list and come have a fun evening. My Favorites are under Babies & Toddlers (Touchy-Feely) thy have all kinds of textures for little ones curiosity.

Here are the Pictures Andres 5 months 2 weeks-

Andres and his giant crocodile that he loves to wrestle (I can't wait to get him the movie Peter Pan to go with it) I also took him out the other day in his snow suit and tossed him in the mound of snow out front of our apartment (his first time outside, outside of his carseat) it was freezing but he had this huge smile with a red nose and cheeks....He love to pose for the camera and smile...I got him this teddy bear that tells stories we set him in front of it the other day and he just yelled and laughed... we love our little guy!



Baby milestones-Have you noticed how your baby turns to you when he hears your voice? His expressions of attentiveness to you are really gratifying after the many hours of hard work you've logged in taking care of him. What seemed rather one-sided for so long is beginning to blossom into a truly interactive relationship. Don't be surprised if, more and more often, you feel like dropping everything just to get down on the floor and have fun with your baby.

Andres our Little Man!

(These pictures are from when he was 3&4 months old) He is on his 3rd cold darn-it! ...But he is getting better. He is still not crawling but getting really close, he can do a full push-up and he can maneuver himself in a full circle depending on who or what he wants to see. He is discovering faces more he loves to slap, push or grab your face he especially likes it if you have glasses. His hair is super long and a couple people have asked when I am giving him his first haircut. (It won't be until he is a year old, its tradition in the Dominican Republic. Some superstition that it will make his hair not grow back if you cut it in the first year.) He is going to have some long curls!! He loves to do "raspberries," slap hands (gives you 5), he is sitting up better now and eats his cereal 2x a day!
We have to get rid of our high-speed internet so this may be my last blog (sad) for a little while. We are going to use the free internet from USU (as soon as we figure it out that is.) Speaking of USU Felito is doing great in his classes. Writing a ton of papers and doing a CHON of homework! He is learning so much. I just want to say thanks for all my friends comments to my blog. I love you guys and love that we can stay in touch via the blog. I will keep in touch promise.....Bye bye for now.

Utah State yeah Aggies all the way GO AGGIES!

Felito is up to Utah State we are so excited. He is in a writing and a reading class (part time school) and working full time still at Harris Research. He is enjoying his classes and learning a ton. He has a lot of homework every night. He has decided to study International Business with a minor in Political Science, that is as of right now.
Andres is 4 months and two weeks old he is sure growing up so fast. He loves his Baby Einstein movies and jumping in his jumper. He is more vocal now he talks non-stop. He squills and coos! He is sitting up better now and loves his toys. He still rolls over a million times a day and he is getting stronger at pushing up on his arms when he is on his belly (he will be crawling soon.) I am so excited!!
I am a mother. I enjoy staying home with my little man. It is a blessing that I can stay home and raise him. I enjoy his sweet spirit and joyful attitude. He is the thing that makes me most happy in my life. My world wouldn't be the same without him. I have got my house cleaned out better now ....so I am going to start reading a lot more and working on Andres' scrapbook. I can't wait until Spring so that we can go outside and go for walks.

Andres is 4 months old-

This week has went by fast! We have had alot of fun we celebrated both mine and Felito's birthdays this week (Felito's birthday is actually today). We are getting old....Andres also went into the Doctors for his 4 month well check. He currently weighs 15 lbs 5.5 oz (50%ile) and is 26 1/2 inches long (85%ile). He didn't gain too much these last 2 months because he got pretty sick he was on a Nebulizer for a week and a half. He had a horrable cold in his lungs, throat and nose. He ate half of what he did normally for like 3 weeks. But he is feeling better now....and his apetite is back... he loves to get in the jet tub and soak...he loves his tub toys....he loves to jump in his bouncer...and play with his fisher price toys....

We had a pretty fun Christmas, it sure went by fast...We went to Grandma and pa Richards for Christmas Eve dinner...my mom was sick so her, dad and Jami didn't make it. I was disapointed. I really wanted them to be there. We had a fun time and ate ham and chilli. It was fun to just hang out and visit with everyone. Andres rolled over about 5 times it was so much fun (that was a fun Christmas present for me) We stayed over night because there was a huge snow storm...we enjoyed Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Florence.....opened a couple of presents and then came over to mom and dads to open the rest of our presents with Jami and Toni. Andres was so cute...wrapping paper was a hit...he also loved this pet monkey that grandpa bought to share with him when he goes there to visit. Andres got spoiled he got 2 videos, a doggie (fisher price sings and counts), hat, gloves and books. It was so much fun!! We love our little man...We went to Aunt Ruth's and Richards for a pie party with the Lasleys. It was a blast to see everyone and to get all the great grandchildren together. (I don't have pictures Grandpa does)