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Isabel’s First Soccer Game

Ricardo — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:35:02 +0000

Isabel played her first soccer game. Sorry there are not many action pictures or video of her goals. I was busy sheering cheering (that accent pops out every once in a while ).

Isabel’s Ballet Recital

Ricardo — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:24:06 +0000

Playhouse Disney Live

Ricardo — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:05:13 +0000

Here are some vids and pics of when Isabel and I went to Playhouse Disney Live.

Pics

Vids

Isabel’s Christmas Tap Recital

Ricardo — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:26:09 +0000

Here’s a couple of vids.

Isabel’s Christmas Program 2007

Ricardo — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:23:44 +0000

Here a couple of videos and pictures from this year’s Christmas program at Isabel’s school.

And here are the pictures…

My Little Longhorn

Ricardo — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:38:07 +0000

Making Papi so proud…

Isabel’s Birthday Party Pictures

Ricardo — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:46:45 +0000

Here are a few pictures from Isabel’s birthday party at ASI Gymnastics.

4 YEARS OLD

Ricardo — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:22:42 +0000

HAPPY

BIRTHDAY

ISABEL!

You are 4 years old today.

Isabel’s Ballet Class

Ricardo — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 03:30:07 +0000

Here’s a few videos from Isabel’s ballet class’ little recital.

Couple of Videos

Ricardo — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:43:10 +0000

The first is of Tori’s 1st birthday which was May 9th. Yeah, taking me a bit to post these. The second video is of Tori walking and Isabel making a fly-by. Yeah, Isabel is definitely her mother’s daughter.

Massive Update

Ricardo — Sat, 05 May 2007 14:42:22 +0000

Massive picture update (and video below). As always, they’ll be in the New section of the picture gallery until the next picture update. Also, I’ve added syndication to the Gallery folders. To add a feed to the latest folders added to the picture gallery, just add this link to your news reader.

Here are the pictures I’ve uploaded:

Disney on Ice Princess Dreams Videos

Video of Isabel & Zachary starting the egg dying process.

A little funny story to make you smile!

Tommie — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:04:37 +0000

For those of you that know Isabel well this will make you laugh!

She has been talking about going to a pumpkin patch for the last week. She keeps telling me that JJ is taking her to a pumpkin patch (although JJ knew nothing about it!) There is a small church by our house that has some pumpkins outside and we figured that is what she was talking about. On the way to school this morning, JJ pulled into that church parking lot and asked if it was the pumpkin patch she was talking about…

Isabel got upset and said “No, I would need my binoculars to see this one”.

She the decided she needed to go find the pumkpin patch instead of going to school. When she got to school she told her teacher that JJ was taking her to a pumpkin patch after school. We still have not figured out what she is talking about! But I guess it better be pretty big so she doesn’t need her binoculars! hahaha

Isabel’s Art

Ricardo — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 18:01:02 +0000

Here is a scan of some of Isabel’s school work.

She tried…

Ricardo — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 15:45:57 +0000

When you are just ‘too tired’ to eat…

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The Girls

Tommie — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 20:29:19 +0000

It has been quite a while since I have posted about the girls so here is what is happening in their worlds right now…

Isabel started school again on 8/16. She is now going 3 days a week and is loving it! She hasn’t been napping there yet, but hopefully will start again soon (makes for quite a grumpy little girl by 6 PM with no nap)

I have to share a story about her that is so cute…we got a slide for the backyard for her and when she saw it, she said “thank you, my very own park”. It was so sweet! And of course yesterday she managed to bust both of her lips open playing on it! But she is fine - looked a little like Angelina Jolie there for a while…hahaha

She is adapting to big sister role much better these days. I think she has figured out that Tori is here to stay so she may as well get used to it! She is very sweet to her and helpful most of the time. I think she will be really happy once Tori can play with her. Tori really gets a kick out of Isabel dancing around (totally my daughter) and laughs and giggles at her.

Now little Miss Tori is doing great. She is 3 months old now and is just adorable. She rolled over for the first time a few days ago (yes we were at work but J.J. was lucky enough to see it). She hasn’t done it since. She is now sleeping out of her carseat (yea!!) and naps in her crib in her room but still sleeps in my room at night in her bassinet. She doesn’t sleep nine hours straight anymore (was a great 3 weeks!!) but now wakes up at least once during the night, usually twice.

Tori has the most beautiful smile! She is a very happy baby and just laughs and coos. She doesn’t like a pacifier but prefers to suck on her 2 middle fingers making the “hook ‘em horns” sign all the time (Papi is very proud!). She loves to sit up and just soak it all in.

We are very blessed to have such precious girls!

Wiggles [VIDEO]

Ricardo — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 02:38:52 +0000

Took Isabel to see The Wiggles Live at Nokia today. Isabel had a lot of fun singing and dancing. There are a few pictures here and you can see a couple of vids below.

Vittoria and Isabel

Tommie — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 13:00:43 +0000

Hello! I know it has been a really long time since there have been any type of updates. Having 2 children is 100 times harder than just one! Or maybe it is just my kids.

Tori had her 2 month check up last week and was 12 pounds 6 ounces (75%), and was 50% for both length and head. Sorry, my mommy brain can’t remember the exact measurements! She also got 5 shots - it was horrible! But other than that, the doctor said she looked great!

She has been sleeping about 9 hours a night - yes, that is correct - 9 hours! At 10 weeks old! Isabel didn’t sleep that long until she was around 8 months old if I remember correctly. So we are pretty spoiled by that. She is smiling and cooing now - it just melts your heart! She is getting so big or as big sister Isabel says - “but she’s getting much bigger”. New pics will come soon.

I went back to work last week. I cried most of the first day back **SHOCK**…hahaha. But after the first day, it got much better. Jerry is just amazing! I can’t thank him enough for the love and care he gives the girls! He is great! He makes the guilt of me having to work just melt away!

Isabel just finished her last day of summer camp. She loved every minute of it! Next week she starts swimming lessons for 2 weeks. And then on August 9 she starts school again. She will be going 3 days a week now. It is amazing how much she loves school now. After the start we had last year, I thought we would never get to this point! She asks to go everyday now. My little girl is growing up!

Yawn…

Tommie — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:25:57 +0000

Monday Night….put Isabel to bed at 8:30. Finally fell asleep and stayed in her bed at 9:07. We are making progress.Â I go to bed not to long after that.Â I hear her crying around 12:30 and turns out Ricky found her asleep on the floor in the hallway.Â Poor thing! So she woke up when he put her back in bed.Â Finally got her back to sleep at 1:30.Â She woke up at 6:40.

Tuesday night…put her to bed at 8:37. She got out several times in the next 5 minutes so I decided to stand in her doorway where she could see me.Â She stayed in bed and was asleep in 5 minutes!!! WOW!!Â She woke up after I went to sleep and Ricky did the same thing and she fell back asleep pretty quickly.Â She came to our room around 2 and I did the same thing and had her back to sleep in about 15 minutes.Â She woke up around 6:15 (which is still entirely too early but that isÂ another battle!)

Maybe we have stumbled across something…will keep you posted!

To Sleep or not to sleep…

Tommie — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:52:02 +0000

This is a warning to all the parents out there of young children: DO NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN SLEEP IN YOUR BED! (unless you want them there forever!). As most of you know, Isabel was hospitalized a few weeks ago and was pretty sick for about a week. During the time she was recovering, we let her sleep in our bed with us - big mistake - HUGE!

Up until she got sick, she would sleep in her big girl bed with no problems at all. Now, we have been battling for up to 2 hours every single night to get her to sleep in her bed and stay there all night. It is very frustrating, exhausting and especially heartbreaking! It is so hard to just put her back in her bed ignoring her pleas and cries but apparently that is how you must do it. I have scoured the internet, talked to lots of other moms and Isabel’s pediatrician.

And with Tori’s arrival imminent, it is especially critical that we get Isabel back in her bed. We have 4 weeks. 4 weeks!!!! We made a little progress, or so we thought last week.

The first night was horrible, I cried as much as Isabel did. So we instituted a sticker program where Isabel would get stickers for napping and sleeping in her bed, hoping the incentive would help. When she reached 10 stickers, she would get the Cabbage Patch Kid she had been wanting. The week trudged along, each night seeminly getting better. Friday night was great - by the new standards that is - only took about 40 minutes for her to stay in her bed and fall asleep. She slept all night long and didn’t wake up until 7:30 Saturday morning! She had earned her doll so we went and picked it out.

Saturday night was a NIGHTMARE! She went to sleep with minimal (less than an hour) of getting in and out and in and out of bed. But then she woke up at 2 AM and didn’t go back to sleep until 4:30! And then woke up at 7:30!! UGH!!

Last night wasn’t much better, she finally went to sleep at 10:15 but that was only because I was so tired I couldn’t fight her anymore and I layed on her floor until she fell asleep (which took all of 45 seconds!). And for me to lay on the floor at this point in my pregnancy is not all that comfy!!

So then she gets up at 2 and wants milk. I give her some milk against my better judgement but I am so tired at this point I would have given her a pony had she asked! Ten minutes later she is back in my room with her cup. “here mama, i’m finished - will you sleep on my floor please?” in the cutest little whisper you have ever heard! So, I go and lay on her floor until she falls asleep. About 15 minutes later I am back in my bed - 3 and 1/2 hours left to sleep. She comes back in - “mama, why did you leave, come back please and lay on my floor.” So there I am again, back on her floor. I drift off and wake up 2 hours later at 5 AM. I go back to my room - about 45 minutes to sleep. Next thing I know, she is my room again - “mama - i wanna watch TV, its morning!” And lo and behold my alarm goes off. Welcome to Monday!

Last night probably set us back another week with me sleeping on the floor and giving her milk. So tonight we start again. Wish us luck!

Parents - consider yourself warned!!

Oh, the joys of parenthood! But of course, I wouldn’t trade her for the world!

Update on Isabel

Tommie — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 21:48:37 +0000

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for all the thoughts and prayers for Isabel this past week. I finally have good news - she has turned the corner and is feeling much better.

She went out the doggie door in a shirt, shoes, sunglasses and ski cap earlier - I would venture to say she is feeling much better!