Story time

Always fun to go to story time at the library. Maybe next week we'll be able to get books that don't have Dora or Curious George in the??? Pretty please Vanessa???

Fall fun

I think the Fall is one of my favorite seasons. Nevermind the fact that I really don't love the slushy, grey mess that is soon to follow..... We recently had a chance to have some Fall Fun with our friends the Bice's! I can't really decide which part was my favorite: apple picking, pumpkin picking, the yummy feast Mrs. Bice prepared (complete with crafty beer tastings for the "grown-ups"), was it just the adult conversation or was it learning that everything tastes better with bacon??? Does there really have to be a favorite? We loved it all and are looking forward to seeing them again. Now that I think of it, maybe it was more of a playdate for mommy and daddy? Hmmmm ;-)

A future MaryLou??

This fall Vanessa started taking a toddler gymnastics class. LOL! So funny and cute. It's extremely basic, but pretty cute to see her following direction and "doing" forward rolls, jumps, etc. Here are a few pictures for Tia Marjorie ;-)

Dora...Dora...Dora

We were working on a goal here in the Blanco house. A goal that mommy, daddy and Vanessa set together. When Vanessa reached the point where she was using the potty everyday and telling mommy & daddy every time she had to "go", she would get a big girl bike as her reward. Well, she reached it. Yippie!!! We have a potty going girl. She's been doing fantastic with very few accidents. We were going on week three when it suddenly occurred to us that mommy & daddy had yet to make good on their promise of a bike! Vanessa had spotted a Dora (of course) bike in the store and for the last 3months that's all we've been hearing about. So, you can imagine our bit of panic when we went to buy the bike...and...um...we couldn't find it anymore. Needless to say I think I felt like a horrible mommy for about three days until by chance Juan was driving thru a random town while working and saw a Wal-Mart sign and decided to stop. Crisis averted!! Daddy scored the very last Dora bike (the sales associate had to search the inventory in the back!) and now we have a very happy little 2 year old. Lesson learned = when you set a goal and promise a certain reward to a little one....it's best to buy that reward ahead of time just in case! Very proud of our peanut!

Birthday invites

Vanessa received her first very own invite to a party, a friend (Alex)from preschool who we've also gotten together with on a few occasions just to play. A simple thing that made me feel like she's growing up - her own little friends, LOL so cute. The whole family was invited for the party fun. Pony rides, petting zoo, pinatas, etc (all for a two year old!?!). It was an amazing fall day and a lot of fun.

15 pounder

Yesterday Roman had his 6 month check-up and as expected...he's doing great. He seems rather "large" to us these days with little leg rolls and all so it was a bit surprising to compare his stats with Vanessa's, they're nearly the same. Funny because she never seemed chunky or big to us and never had the same rolls. a little disclaimer...Vanessa's six month apointment was spot on to the day, Roman is actually six months and almost 3 weeks ;-) (slacker with the second, right?) LOL! Roman = weight: 15lbs 10oz height: 25 1/4" Vanessa = weight: 15lbs 10oz (yup...the same!) height: 24 1/2"

Now that's a money smile

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