Saturday, March 19, 2011

Catching Up



So much has happened these last few weeks. We had a great visit with Mema and Papa Low. We got to go to the zoo, have a picnic, and spend some quality time with them. They took a couple days and went to Key West and Orlando to see the Harry Potter village at Universal. We were so happy to have them and we hated to see them go. Julia would look for Mema next to her in the car, and was sad when she wasn't there. We went back to the zoo for a second day while Mema and Papa were in Orlando, and we got to feed some Giraffes. Julia liked them, I think she thought they were big Dagny's.
Julia is still working on that pesky crawling forward thing, but she has her own way for rolling and crawling to get where she wants to go. The day that the Grandparents left, Julia poked a couple teeth through and we think she is working on more. And on top of everything else Julia's hair is finally long enough for pigtails! She is very cute if I do say so myself. Julia loves playing with the balls that Mema got her and I have walked in on Kath and Julia playing catch on the floor several times.
Kath and I are doing well. We got our taxes back and were able to pay off most of our last hospital bill, do some work on my car, pay off a chunk of credit card, and have a little fun while we were at it. We got to spend the Saturday before St. Patrick's day riding on a party bus. We were driving around to our friend's restaurants and handing out t-shirts, beads and other goodies. We had a lot of fun and Julia got to stay home with a babysitter for the first time.
That's about it for now please enjoy our latest pictures.


Our little lucky charm.
"Good morning everyone. What's for breakfast?"

"Do I look like Grandpa Ortiz?"
Nap time.

Julia and Dagny watching for Daddy to get home.
"I love my beautiful big girl carseat."

Look who is standing.

Wrestling with my gecko.

"Gotchya!"

Dagny wrestling next.

"I'll get you too!"

Mohawk!
Her hair is sooo long!

Curly on the top. Rat tail in the back!
Push-ups!
"HI!"

Crawling!
Who's a cool baby?

"I'm going to the ZOO!!!"

Why does a Orangatan need a cement bag?
For a portable sun shade.
Julia and Mema in the nest.
Papa found us.
We love elephants.
Such a pretty day for the zoo.

Mema and Papa finally caught a gecko!

Riding on the tram!

Florida Flamingoes!

Relaxing with my feet up!

Talking to the giant turtle!

Daddy and Julia!

Loving the sunshine!

Feeding the giraffe with Mom.

What a long neck.

What a long sticky tongue.

"I wanna do it too!"

Daddy and Julia feeding the giraffe.

Giraffe dancing?

Getting brave!

Daddy is so strong!

Mema waving!

Shopping? Charge.....it!

A great place to shop!

Center of Miami Lakes!

We miss you already Mema and Papa!

Curls and headbands!
Big smiles.

Ripping down her sign.

An even better look at those curls!

My first pigtails!

"Aren't I cute?"

Carrots and puffs - mmmm

My two front teeth!


Julia prefers to hide them.

Brushing our teeth and gums.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Happy 7 Months Baby Girl!

Growing up so fast!

My beautiful outfit made by cousin Mandi! It has an airplane and my monogram.

My very first swing ride on Valentine's Day!

My very first slide!

My first Valentine's Day!

Showing off my army crawl

Trying so hard to grab it!

Investigating......

So glad Daddy bought sunflowers for Mommy!

All that fun playing wore her out!

A nice nap in the park enjoying the shaded sunshine.

The car ride home.

Happy Valentine's Day morning!

More of the photo shoot.

Trying to grab her hat!

Big smile for her hat and her monogram!

Showing off our pretty lake and her pretty blue eyes!

Grab your hand weights and get ready to exercise!

Leg lifts!

Her new tricks include blowing raspberries, sticking our her tongue, spitting, and any many other weird movements.

Our new playmat from Mommy's friend Amber! It's so pretty

Sneaking this in...Kathy and her first baby.
Just the quick update-
Julia turned 7 months on Tuesday. She's been enjoying trying Puffs this week and has learned to feed them to herself. She's still not quite crawling forward - she is a very fluent roller and twister though and seems to prefer to move forward using a combination of those moves. She is so much fun to be around as she is learning so much. She is so observant and loves to meet new people. She has been holding her hand out and shaking hands during "Pass the Peace" at church. She also holds her arms out to be held and for things she wants. She seems to love babies and kids already and gets very excited whenever she sees another baby. She also goes crazy for her Mom's Cabbage Patch Doll (video to come soon).
Kathy always works so hard for our family. I'm so proud to call her my wife. She's been getting very involved at church and will be writing the church bulletin. She finished working on our taxes today and we are getting a great return (Thanks Julia!). She's been busy with her part time job and getting things very organized. She been working hard with Julia and teaching her lots of new songs and games. Kathy was finally able to sneak away last week and get a hair cut. It's about six inches shorter and looks great!
As for me, we will be using some tax refund to fix my car up. I had a great Valentine's Day with my girls. It's so nice to get out into the sunshine again (it was cold for Florida the last few weeks). Julia wrote me a beautiful poem and added her handprints too. I love getting home from work and seeing my girls.

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Julia and her Daddy

Julia wasn't so sure about this - but in the end she loved it!

Happy Valentine's Day



My first tooth! Nope - just a Puff!

"I'll get you my pretty."


Julia loves taking showers!

Bonding with her puppy!

She loved eating mangos and holding her own bowl.

Julia is too cool for a sippy - she prefers a big girl cup!

On your mark, get set, go!

Best Friends Forever!

Practicing my crawl - up on all fours!


Happy Valentine's Day. Love you all!

Be Mine

I love my stacking cups.

"People all over the world, join hands, start a love train, love train..."

Her first fort!

Peaches!

"Somebody get me outta here!"

Going for a walk with mom and Dagny!

Sweet Potatoes!

Funny face

Snuggling with Daddy

First time on all fours! Scooting backwards