The Babe is here and she's 4 months old!

OK I know this is super late but here it goes (act surprised): Thora Olivia Luz is here! She was born February 3rd 2011 (Yes I know it's June) and we have been so over joyed, excited, and wrapped around every moment of her life I have not been able to post! She is the sweetest thing on earth and has the calmest coolest demeanor! Extremely laid back and nothing gets this girl down. She rarely cries, started sleeping through the night extremely early and smiles at everything :) Big Brother Maverick is very protective of his little sis and says "I kiss sister goodnight" As soon as we start getting ready to go anywhere he says "sister go too!" I love my boy, but this little girl has also stolen my heart! Life is great! Jesse, Maverick, Thora, and I were leaving the park the other day and a professor from Pan Am that Jesse knows stopped us looked down at the children smiled and said "Now that's the closest you can get to God!" I completely agree!

News News News

OK so I am months and months behind on this blogging thing! So much to say so I will try to sum up all the good parts. First of all the biggest news of all wait for it.... WE ARE HAVING ANOTHER BABY!!! We are so excited and can't wait for the little one to get here. Due date is Feb. 14th but if all goes as planned a c-section is scheduled for Feb. 7th. We had our 17 weeks visit today and doc said 80% chance it's a girl! I am hoping he's right, but am thinking I might go to one of those 4d places next week to do a gender prediction. I had to wait forever to find out what Maverick was and I really just don't have the patients anymore for not knowing!

We are back in McAllen, well Maverick and I are and Jess is from Friday through Sunday. We are at my mom and dad's house for the time being till we get everything together to purchase our first home! It's a little surreal being back home and having Mave take a bath in the same tub I did and sleep in my old room! I'm working at Stepping Stones Rehab as an almost speech assistant (waiting for my license to arrive so I can be a real assistant! Man the state takes forever on this stuff!!!) My mom is taking care of Maverick and he just loves his Mimi.

With all the craziness of packing and storing and moving I have been way to busy! Now with work starting and an ever growing belly I have even more on my plate! But even through all the exhaustion my favorite part of the day (even the really long work days) is coming home to that little smiling face, the one that says I wove u! That little boy makes me laugh and smile and know it's all worth it. I wish I could bottle all the love I have for him and pass it out to the world. He's amazing!!!

Is it possible?

How is it that my 20 month old son is wearing size 7 boys shoes! This is insanity! He grows out of his shoes within months! I tried and tried to squeeze his little piggies into a toddler size six with no luck and hung my head as I had to take him the box that read BOYS size 7 :( From a toddler to a boy and I have NO say So! This can't be happening! He's not even 2 yet!




Happy 4th Everyone!

Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's day to all the mommies that love our babies even when they throw a fit (in public), decide not to listen and jump off the couch landing head first, run from you b/c they think it's a fun game, growl at the sound of the words "bedtime", throw dinner mashed potatoes (again b/c that's funny), and wake up ever night at 3 AM just because they can! Happy Mother's day! It really is unconditional love! I wouldn't change one thing about him :)

Sleeping habits and adorable faces!

Who says you have to sleep the traditional way? Future nonconformist!


They should make cribs wider for this guy!


Mimi's are the best!


After a week of being congested I would be kissing my humidifier too!


The face of an angel :)

Spring is in the air

We are midway through spring break already :( The weather has been perfect all but one rainy day and Maverick and I have been able to spend most our time outside. We have had one small hitch in our day with the time change this past weekend, which makes Pony very sad at bedtime. He can't understand why he is going to bed when the sun has not completely set, I don't blame him I'm still not use to it either! Last weekend the De La Rosa crew headed to Austin and we had an amazing time. My brother and sister-in-law got a bran spanking new house and we slept on air mattresses to break the place in. Family, BBQ, and a kite festival, who could ask for more? This coming weekend we head to The Valley!

Ok so he was the only toddler there with his shirt off, besides his cousin who followed suit, but in my defense he had a ton of sun block on and it was hot! Keep Austin weird right? The day was beautiful even after the 40 minute walk from the car!






Our little hiking trip thanks to Uncle Larry :)




Aunt April's art show downtown Austin!

All He is Saying:

Mama (and pointing at me now), it's Hot, Cold, shoes, bye-bye, hi, uh-oh, cook (for cookie or cracker), & Ba (for no more)