last days

So as May ends, it's just a bittersweet reminder that our home will no longer be ours. I know it's not much of a house---it's a duplex, it's worn, it's old, it's crusty--but it was our first home as a family and I feel the tears coming on about it. 

I gave birth in it. I danced to LMFAO's Party Rock in my underwear in it. I washed a thousand dishes in it. I enjoyed plenty of nice meals with a beer outside while I watched the kids play in their blue pool. 

I never once thought bad about this home, never wanted to move out of this home. Sure the carpet sucks and the ceiling is low, but I have that sense that it belongs to me and my family and that's why I feel so attached to it. 

It's almost quitting time folks. Time to pack up every single one of our belongings and try to dispose of uncompleted and broken toy sets. Time to start new. 

All the pictures that I've taken in this house will hopefully give the boys the feeling I get when I see the pictures my parents took in their first home. The feeling of vaguely familiar. The feeling of comfort. 

The next two weeks will be jam packed with dirty trapos and boxes. 

The next month will be full of adventures as we seek a new place to live northeast of Houston.

The next year will probably be as memorable as these past two and a half years, if not more so.

Cheers!

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cocinita con todo y un microondas

Cuando yo era chica, me acuerdo muy bien que teniamos una canasta que estaba llena de comidita de mentiras....las salchichas son las que mas me acuerdo.

Desde que Andres empezo a jugar con las comiditas de Dawna y James Ross, siempre le he querido comprar su propio juego.

Porfin me encontre unas PERO el color no es muy adecuado para un niño que digamos.

Igualmente y le fascinan.

Asi es que si el esta contento, yo estoy contenta.

Despues, Andres se intereso en el microondas.

Siempre que escucha el pillido del micro, se levanta y a correr a abrir la puerta, no importa lo que hay adentro.

He visto a gente que ellos mismos hacen cocinitas para sus hijos...y como yo tengo ese talento creativo (que creida, no?), me puse a hacer un microondas con una caja de carton.

Lo cubri en el vinil que me ratee de la chamba hace años, y le corte una puerta y le pinte unos numeros...

Finalmente, aqui esta el producto: 

La caja esta negra, mas bien "el microondas", y la mesa tambien es negra, y por eso es un poquito dificil destinguir.

metiendo su comidita

cerrando la puerta

beep, beep, beep, beep.

10:44: la hora en que nacistes, precioso niño...

La comidita, TODA rosa...

...pero deliciosa ;)

Gary piensa que estoy loca, pero estoy loca por Andres. 

Abilene - Our new home.

Well, we finally made it on our own!

We moved out in August right after Andrew's 1st birthday. Here are some pictures from the last month and a half for all you guys who don't get to see us that often.

Couple of snapshots from our duplex. Our HUGE kitchen with LOTS of space! Needless to say, I love it, but could do without the hideous linoleum!

Andrew's first room. Notice the awesome shelves and the 80's tile glass window. =P

This is our front lawn, our neighbors have a picnic table and grill outside. They're super nice! And we also have a huge backyard which is great for Andrew. He loves every chance he gets to go outside and pick up sticks and rocks.

They have a play area at the mall, and everytime we go to it, I make sure to spend some time there so that Andrew can socialize with other kiddies. What's so funny about this is that, it never fails to have a little girl immediately take his hand and grab and pick him up.

He doesn't care, he's got the biggest smile on his face.

They also have a playground like 5 blocks from our house. To go outside is now becoming one of his most favorite things to do. I always make sure he gets his daily "outside" fill.

This is Andrew with my shades, he loves to grab them from my face and put them on. I think he looks cool. Specially with his hair sticking straight up. This picture is a keeper.

At the park again, somehow Blogger won't let me rearrange my pictures how I want them...I wish they would give us more options on here!!!

Andrew with daddy's cap on his head. It almost fits him, that's how big of a head he has.

This is funny--since Andrew finally cut teeth (4 top, 2 bottom) every time he sees our feet on our ottoman, he will go for our toes. If we're not careful, he WILL bite. So here's daddy teaching him a lesson on how bad toe-bitting hurts.

Bathtime!

I put a headband on him, he looks like he belongs in an 80's music video.

...with Mommy's bra. Yeah, this cracked me up I'm willing to let my embarrassment slide so I can post the Laugh-of-Day Picture...

"Dirty laundry, here I come!"

He found our empty laundry hamper, toppled it over and played in it forever!

Not his first "chipote" (boo-boo, see back some posts), but this was the worst! He tripped on our doorway and fell on our concrete patio...

Backscratcher and daddy's dirty underwear. Anyone say, "ew?"

Everyday is such a joy with him. I love watching him learn new things and figure things out on his own! Yesterday I was so impressed when I handed him some trash and told him to throw it away, and HE DID! I didn't even have to point to the trash, he knew exactly where it was supposed to go. Of course, he throws out the Iron Man fridge magnets too... :(

Well, now that we have fast internet, hopefully I can post things more often on here.