happy valentines day

 

short Hair again

 

it's all gone. i had my hair cut (twice) and donated 12 inches to locks of love. the first haircut included the donation so it was free. the guy at Juut took two hours to cut and style my hair and it was lovely but not something i could maintain at home so i wasn't too happy with it. after a few days of contemplation i decided to have it cut again. i went to a different place and told Olivia to cut it all off. She was a bit hesistant but did as i asked and i love it. Exactly what i need right now- a style that i can maintain in five minutes a day without looking like i have "mom hair".

Grandpa Juan meets Liam

 

Dad was in town a week ago and finally got to meet Liam when we met him for Lunch at the Mall of America

 

family saturday

 

Carl is missing from the photo but we spent a cold saturday at the Winter Carnival. Well, just the ice sculptures at the fairgrounds. great talent displayed. Ella loved it. i was cold. under the blanket was Liam, sleeping the whole time.
i recently lost some photos from the computer so i will try to diligently place photos on my blog to help preserve memories. all of the photos were initially lost. i went to erase one photo and it deleted every photo i had. junior and carl helped me recover the photos but some are now damaged. i really need to backup my photos so i don't lose all my favorites.

Being a mom is so nice

 
 
 

First Bath

 
 

1/12/11
Liam had his first bath on the 12th and he hated it but Ella was pretty excited. She would bathe him everyday if she could. It has been cold so i turned up the heat that day in anticipation of the bath but when i took Liam out of the water he was still starting to turn blue.

one month old

 

 

 

 

Liam is now over a month old. what a cool little boy. as long as i don't make him too cold when i am changing his diaper and i feed him when he wants milk, he is easy-going. He is showing us some smiles now. i have not had any luck at capturing one on film but i will keep working on it. He is very alert and is staying awake just a little more now. Ella is still enamored by him. She likes to include him in her play. Yesterday she was placing blocks in his hands so he could play with them. Very cute. Ella is growing nicely also. She is having more and more tantrums. Perhaps they are the because she is almost entering her two's but i think it is also because she is adapting to a new brother and less attention. Currently her favorite person is Nana and i am sure it is because when she goes over there Nana is all hers (since Liam and I stay here on Mondays and Tuesdays). Ella gave up her Baa (pacifier) last week. it wasn't willingly. She had been chewing on it and already ruined one. when i replaced it I let her know that if she chewed through the second one that there would not be anymore. well, a week later she had chewed through the second one and i had to have her throw it away. She did so but was so upset. She didn't cry at the time but she cried a lot on the following nights. i kept letting her know that she was now like mommy and daddy who didn't use a baa. She kind of bought it and now, a week later, she is doing fine although she is always looking at Liam's baa.