A few of our favorites...

It's really hard to get a good video of Lizette smiling and talking.  As soon as she sees the camera she freezes.  It has a little bitty red light that distracts her or she just stares at it because it's something new.
Here are a few of our favorite videos of her.

 Look who found her thumb!  I wish she could find it every time she was sleeping!

 Okay, ignore my singing here, just concentrate on her cute little face (that shouldn't be too hard).

Convo

We were able to capture Lizette's first conversation with her parents; we think she may have been asking for a raise in her allowance.  Either way, it's pretty cute and we had to share it with the world.  We're thinking about selling this video to the Department of Defense (I'm sure that they could weaponize the cuteness in the video so that it would melt the hearts of anyone who saw it).

Cabin Time

We met my family for a mini-cation in the cabin in New Mexico.  We had such a great time introducing Lizette to her cousin and Aunt Melissa and Uncle Ray for the first time.

 We had fun taking the first ever cousins picture!
One of my favorites is Claribel fixing her cousins bow (or trying to steal it, we're not sure).

So above collage is my first to make with Picasa.  I wasn't exactly sure what I was doing, but I'll try to perfect the technique as I go along.

Growing...

Everything around us is growing.


Our garden has given us its first harvest!

The small little tomatoes were just amazing, and the garden promises bigger ones on the way soon!

Tiny little purple flowers died away and in their place we have growing eggplants!

The new rose bush we planted this year has the most gorgeous roses.

BUT, the most incredible growth we've seen has occurred in just one year!  Happy first year Claribel!!!

I finished my masters!!!!

You can now call me Master Rebecca.  I'll post a list of desired graduation gifts later...
Really though, the best gift is now being able to get plenty of guilt-free/ stress-free snuggle time with my baby love!

Lavin Visit

Lizette got to meet her Uncle Brian for the first time, AND got another fun visit with Grandma and Granddad.

Here we are during the Lavin visit at our favorite breakfast spot.  Lizette seems to be very comfortable there too!

Reflexes

It's funny...you see your baby do something really cute, and then the pediatrician goes and ruins it by telling you it's a normal baby reflex.  That's why I'm trying to teach Lizette to make daddy his morning omelet...let's see the pediatrician tell me THAT is a normal baby reflex!