Easter

this was easter sunday.

it's no longer as easy to take pictures of zoey, here she quickly smiled for the pic before getting up to continue doing whatever it was that she was doing. she is too busy playing, walking, getting into corners, climbing on the furniture to stop and say cheese

yummy kisses

zoey loves giving kisses. you pucker up and she comes rushing to you with her mouth open to give you a yummy kiss sometimes right before kissing you she will close her mouth. She seems to have gotten taller these last few days. she has extended her vocabulary, thanks to julianna, she has now added "no" and "mine" to her list. she now walks at full speed and hardly goes back to the old habit of crawling.

meet mr. fishy

putting fishy in its new home

look at mr. fishy

this only lasted two days

So i decided maybe it'd be nice to get the girls a fish. we went to our local super walmart, julianna picked out her fish. first the sales lady had to convince that the big fishes were for ponds. she wanted to hold the bag the whole time we were shopping including the ride home. in my head i was reliving the part of nemo were the little girl shakes the bag uncontrollably... yeah. thank god it did not happen. we got home she helped put fishy in his new home. and then i asked her what should we call the fish... she said fishy mami, and looked at with a "drrr what else would we call him" kinda look. So this is mr. fishy. the first two days she would go to see him and if he was too still for her amusement she would demand he swim "Swim fishy swim" in the oh so sweet but demanding tone of voice she has picked up. and knocks on the bowl and the little fish begins to swim. now a few weeks later, she no longer pays that much attention to it and now i am stuck cleaning and feeding the fish.

little toes

So for the first time in i don't know how long, i decided to paint my nails. julianna had been out with jonas and when she came home and saw my nails she said "wow mami, lindo (pretty)". and of course wanted her nails painted as well. so with papi's permission, i painted her toes.... it took her about five to ten minutes to walk after they were completely dry, and for the first few steps she walked on her heels so that her toes would not touch the floor. she then decided she no longer wanted her toes painted and asked me to take it off. now when we are in the car she paints her nails and feet with crayons, nice bright blue crayon!!! and tells me "I pinte nails" all her conversations are spanglish...

fun in the sun

we took the girls to a pool with mailli and papito, tio and tia. they had so much fun. it took them awhile to get used to the water, it was still cold. but by the end they did not want to leave.

her first haircut?????

So it was right about nap time for zoey, and i take her upstairs to lay down, i tell julianna that i will be downstairs in a minute. at first i hear her crying at the bottom of the stairs but then she quiets down. i didn't think anything of it... i was hoping to come downstairs to find her asleep. instead i come downstairs to see her sitting on the couch with adult scisors in her hand, this hair on the couch next to her and another strand of hair in her other hand ready to get chopped. i tried not to freak, just grateful that it was not worse. not sure where this strands are from i have a feeling by her hair now that it ios right from the front. so she has somewhat of bangs, but not good bangs. i now have to put a barrette at all times.

i'm not an infant anymore....

a few days after turning one, zoey decided she was old enough to feed herself. whenever i tried to feed her she would press her lips and turn her face. she finally got a hold of the spoon, after posing for a pic, she went after her oatmeal. needless to say the oatmeal ended up on her tray and she exchanged her spoon for her fingers and finished her breakfast.

fabre cousins

Zoey, Jeremy, Julianna, Samantha, Anabel, Jacob and Tiffany

say cheese

going for a ride at the outlets

Zoey is so funny..... regardless of what she is eating or what she is doing as soon as she sees that you are going to take a picture of her she says "cheese". here she took a break from her strawberries to pose for the pic

how time flies....

this is one of my absolute favorite pictures of zoey. here she was only one month and three days old. her hair was spiky black, her arms were thin. she was fragile. i am having a hard time accepting she is now one. crazy i know, especially since this is not my first. trust me i have a hard time accepting julianna's independence. maybe its the thought that this could be my last baby (still trying to convince jonas that a family of two is small) they really just grow up so fast.

Zoey turns ONE

Papito playing with a ball

The kids had a good game of baseball

Jailyn, Mailli and Julianna

Our little girl turned one.

Julianna helped Zoey blow out her candle, after all it was julianna and zoey's birthday party. (julianna thought the party was for her and zoey, and she would quickly correct anyone who mentioned zoey's birthday by saying "no happy birthday zoey, happy birthday nana")

We had a wonderful weekend. My whole family flew down for her birthday and most of jonas' family made it. We want to thank each one for making the sacrifice and effort to be here, the day would not have been the same if we did not have our families to share it with. It has really been a wonderful year watching zoey grow. It completely amazes me how much growth we do in our first year of life. to think that a year ago she could not even roll over in the bed.... and now she is this little person, who in her mind thinks she is a lot bigger and wants to be more independant as each day passes.

Standing on my own

Zoey has been standing on her own for a little while now. She does not seem very motivated to start walking. I'm still hoping that she will take her first steps by her first bday.

Here she is putting on lipstick

my turn

So julianna felt compelled to share her popsicle with zoey when she saw her crying. This of course was after zoey had eaten her own popsicle

Tea Party

ok so its really a cafe party. here is our little girl serving her baby coffee. these last couple of months she has really turned into a girly girl. She walks around the house in her high heels, she even plays the drums in them, she changes her outfit and chooses skirts over jeans. she puts on pretend lipstick. She will be well rounded, puttin on gloss with one hand while changing the oil in her car with the other

Caught red handed

Ms. Zoey decided to go through the diaper bag, take out a baggie of cheerios, spill it on the floor, and hey why not grab a few. Moments after I had just vacuumed the house. Perfect timing!!!!!!

Christmas Sunday

Sadly, this is the best picture of nana. Let's just say she was not cooperating that day with the camera.

Zoey loved the dress her tio picked out for her.

So this year I decided to take julianna to paint her first ornament. I thought it would be a cute tradition, and great to see how her artistic expression evolves with time. So Jess, what do the colors say about her??

Double take

i didn't realize how much they looked alike until i saw pictures of julianna when she was younger. in here julianna is almost nine months old an zoey is almost ten months. Currently they look so completely different, yet amazingly, are both the spitting image of me!!!

a trip to Seaworld

Jornas with the girls

a family picture at the south pole, not as cold as i expected it to be.

Both julianna and zoey are scared of santa, maybe they know he's not the one buying the presents... hmmm, anyways we were in line at santa's house julianna was okay, kinda excited, until she saw him sitting on his throne. she froze and started to cry, she did not even want to pass by him. we thought zoey would do better so we sat her on his lap, but no, she too cried when she realized he was looking at her. just sat her there long enough to get the picture.

well we have had a very blessed year!!!! we pray that 2007 be a year of great blessings for you and your family. We pray that it be filled with love and laughter, with material and financial blessings but mostly with spiritual blessings. May 2007 be the year that you do great things for our Lord!

Julianna- the helper

Julianna loves to help around the house. she wants to help me with the dishes, "No mami, nana do it" she put sthe clothes in the dryerfor me, and taxis zoey around. i'm hoping by age four she can start dinner.....