Happy Birthday!

Today is Ricardo's birthday, so I'd like to take a minute to tell him happy birthday and let you all know what a great husband and father he is. I am really blessed to have him in my life. He is a huge help with the kids and the house, he isn't above cleaning the bathroom or doing the dishes, or changing dirty diapers, and is great at helping me. He works really hard in school and in everything he does. He also is a great listener, he really pays attention to what people are telling him, and remembers it. He is such a great father, he plays with the kids, gives them baths, reads them stories, and even bakes banana bread with Allie. I love you and hope you have a happy birthday today!

It has been a while since I have updated so I thought I'd also include a few new milestones in our lives lately. Allie is starting to get potty trained and went for her first accident free day yesterday! Her reward was a princess dress which she is in love with, it is a battle to get her to take it off, I think she would bath in it if I would let her. We are hoping that soon she will be 100% out of diapers! She has also gotten to be curious and has begun asking a million questions. As Ricardo was watching a show where several political analysts were sitting around discussing the upcoming election she asked who one of them was. I answered that he was a political analyst and she replied 'oh I like political analysts.' She has also expressed her opinion frequently that 'I don't like Barack Obama.' Who knew we'd have a two year old with political opinions?

Hannah has mastered the art of rolling back to front, but can't figure out front to back and despises being on her stomach, so while she loves rolling she frequently gets stuck on her stomach and screams until we put her back on her back. She has also learned to give 'fives' and 'pounders.' I can't believe she is almost 6 months old already!

Ricardo has been working away at his classes, he is doing well in all of them and spends a lot of time in his study and up at the university. We are counting down the days (well I am, he says not to tell him how much time is left) until he is done. Only 7 months left!!

And I have survived (barely) the first month of school. I have had many challenges in my class this year, and I am learning a lot about trying keep a positive attitude when situations aren't ideal. I am grateful though for the opportunity that I have in my job to make a difference in the lives of the children in my class, some of whom really need a difference made in their lives.

And here are a few pictures from a couple of weeks ago, Allie has really enjoyed our garden, and loves to pick tomatoes, even though some of them are a little green. We have harvested pretty much everything in our garden except for some butternut squash.


This is my favorite picture of Hannah, she loved laying in the grass and playing.

Allie loves her little sister.