Picnic in the park

Vanessa had her first picnic in Congress Park on this past Friday. It was a beautiful day here in Saratoga and we had special visitors.......Colin and his mommy Heather came for the day. We played in the park for hours. Vanessa was great, she just sat and chilled out in her little chair (too cute!!). She was especially good while she waited for her lunch --- mommy thought she was so good about packing the essentials that she forgot the nipple to the bottle and had to run (sprint) the 4 blocks home and back. Silly mommy, ya gotta get this parenthood thing down! We think we'll be hanging in the park every chance we get.

So big!

We're 9lb 3oz already! Had to adjust the straps on the carseat, mommy swears I grew overnight. The picture on the top is at 2 days old...the one on the bottom 42 days old.

Practicing my Spanish

Had to follow 'girl talk' with some Daddy talk...

tengo que practicar mi espanol

Girl talk

We're working on our sounds...There's a lot of talkers in the family so Vanessa has some work to do so she can hold her own! Not a super great video, but hearing her coo and ahhh is music to mommy's ears!

Reading stories is the best

New toys

Look....no hands!

Cuddle time

it was a long night last night....as evident from the first picture of Vanessa and Daddy finally catching some zzzzz's! Later in the day we headed out for a walk around town.

Lookin good in my new clothes

I'm getting bigger!! 8lbs 11oz today :-) Here's me in my first pretty dress (ok...so I was happier after mommy was done taking pictures) and my first pair of pants!

First trip to Syracuse....and I'm 1 month old!!

Big blowout

so...we heard the rumors, we knew it could happen. We just didn't know it could happen this soon -- we experienced our first big BLOW OUT (appropriately named since it describes the incident so very well). A tubby, a change of clothes (for both Vanessa and Mommy) and a washcloth to the couch later and we're all good again. Thank god for diapers otherwise I think I'd be cleaning the walls too! Aren't you glad we're keeping you in the "know"!

Fish Lips

our favorite trick

A few "firsts"

We had a super weekend! Sleeping a little more during the night which is great for all of us. Vanessa met the first of the Boston crew this weekend when the Wells family came to town! Mommy told her all about Richie and what a good boy he is...it must have worked because Vanessa was quite the good girl and made Mommy and Daddy seem like big fat exaggerators with their talk of "fussy baby". We also ventured out for our first meal in public (oh no...PUBLIC!) which went super smooth since little Vanessa slept pretty much the whole time (see mommy - no need for new parent panic).

More smiles

More smiles!! Are you starting to think all this girl does is sleep and smile?? We WISH...mind over matter right? If we believe it to be true it will? We sure have lots of sleep and our share of smiles......of course they're not as cute when it's 3am or when it's feeding time. Oh well, we're all learning.

Waking up is hard to do

We love our snoozes!

We're Home (again)

Well...it's been a long couple of days (mostly for mom & dad) for us three Blanco's. We spent the last 48 hours in the hospital being treated for Jaundice. The Jaundice was only slight when we left the hospital after birth and the doctor thought it should clear itself out. Despite good eats, pees and poos.........Vanessa's coloring wasn't clearing as quickly as it should and at our doctor check-up on Wednesday we were told to go to the hospital for blood work. The bilirubin level was much higher than it should be (22.48) so we were told to "walk over to admission, we're admitting your little girl". Mommy teared up at those words! Of course nothing to really be upset over since Jaundice is a fairly common condition and the treatment required was nothing more than laying on a bed under special lights -- sitting in Tahiti as the nurses called it. The only thing that "hurt" little Vanessa was an occasional prick for some blood to keep a check on her levels. Turns out mommy's breastmilk was interfering with the absorption of the bilirubin so we had to switch to formula for 48 hours. We're home now and her levels are down to 10 which is great. We're back to breastmilk and our coloring has improved dramatically! We're hoping to save any more trips to "Tahiti" until we're graduated from college (notice the "graduated" part since mom & dad don't want to even thing about the words Spring Break).

Opa comes to visit

Vanessa got to meet Opa (Juan's grandfather) and Debbie for the first time as they came thru Saratoga for a visit. Opa's not quite sure which one of us she looks like...but he sure does like her little face.

Smiles

no...it's not gas. She smiles at her mommy and daddy!!

First Father's Day

Vanessa loves her daddy!

My first slippers

Just had to post pictures of Vanessa's first pair of slippers. LOL!!! Too stinkin' cute. They are from her new friend Lucine.