March 2015

March 1st, Anma holding Luz for the first time. Anma and Pop-pop, thank you so much for persevering despite major airline delays and the fact that you ended up having to land in Seattle and drive 3 hours to Portland to see us. We REALLY appreciate your effort and loved having you visit!  

Mariela checking out the nurse outfit and baby doll Anma and Pop-pop brought her as a "big sister" gift. Anma and Pop-pop thank you so much for the kite and books too! Mariela has had a great time playing with all the gifts and listening to poems :)

Lela making sure Pop-pop is up-to-date on his immunizations :)

 

March 2nd, pizza with Anma and Pop-pop, you can't get much better than that according to Mariela :) Especially since she had a wonderful time earlier in the day with Anma and Pop-pop when they took her to the Portland Zoo for her very first visit. She had SO much fun looking at all the animals and we really appreciated having time to clean out the garage. Thank you!

Playing one of Lela's favorite games, Let's Have a Picnic, she got from her High Five magazine.

Singing one of the songs from her music class to Luciana. During the class the parents bounce the kids on their laps but Lela saw a great opportunity to bounce her sister in her "bouncy chair" :)

 

March 3rd, feeding her baby like Mommy feeds Luz ;)

March 7th, it was 70 degrees at the beach so we took advantage and Lela got to fly the kite Anma and Pop-pop got her with Dada. What fun!!

 

  

Unfortunately, you can't hear what Lela is saying over the sound of the waves but she's talking non-stop about what she's seeing on the beach.

For Luz' first time on the beach it was a little windy so we sat behind a small sand hill and definitely made ourselves at home even though we were only there for a couple of hours.

March 14th, Mariela LOVES the Perfect Square book Aunt Emily, Uncle Greg, Susannah, and Graham gave her.  We've already read it so many time that Lela will fill-in the next word when we say, "so it made itself into a ____." Thanks for the great book you guys! We hope you recovered from the stomach flu quickly and that we'll be able to see you sometime soon.

 

Using her credit card machine ;)

March 16th, Luciana had lots of smiles on the super soft blanket Aunt Emily, Uncle Greg, Susannah, and Graham gave her. Thank you for great blanket. We're sure Luz will love her blanket as much as Susannah and Mariela love theirs :)

Lela being a "great" big sister and teaching Luz how to "show off" her food, hummmm.

March 17th, this is the picture the teachers at Mariela's daycare sent us. Typically they don't email us pictures but they sent this one because Mariela actually took a bit off a fresh apple and everyone was excited!!! Mariela loves applesauce and dried fruit but for some reason isn't a fan of fresh fruit so this was a momentous day. Unfortunately, she hasn't take a bit of fresh apple since :(

March 18th, Luciana has begun to enjoy her baths and Mariela loves to help wash Luz' legs and feet which are "her job" ;)

March 19th, 2 months old! Waiting for her pediatrician at her 2 month well baby check.

Reading/singing to G.G. and Baba on FaceTime

 

March 20th, why drink milk and smoothie one at a time?

 

March 21st, well, I guess she has the main gist of the Harold and the Purple Crayon book ;)

March 27th, snuggling with my girls :)

March 29th, Mariela was incredibly happy that we used part of the generous gift card Tim and Bobbie Watson gave us to get her a bag of dried fruit. Thank you Tim and Bobbie! The rest of the gift card was used to get formula for Luciana which was very helpful for our budget :)

Mariela having a great time drinking out of the cool water filled cup and bowl Jean Bumb gave her. Jean, you sure are spoiling our girls! Thank you so much for not only sending the cup and bowl but also the cute bow dress for Mariela and the fork/spoon set for Luciana. You are incredibly thoughtful and generous :) 

March 30th, showing off the adorable bow Annie, Shehzaad, and Maia sent "big sister" Mariela. Thank you for the cute outfits for Luciana too. We hope we'll be able to see you guys sometime soon and get these girls together to play!