In bloom

I love spring! It is so beautiful! Tory is enjoying her tree as she discovers flowers. I am so excited the tree even bloomed this spring! We had a nice Easter . . . planting and weeding! Crazy, hu? We went to church first, then ate together, and as Tory took a two-hour nap, Edwin and I were out there, getting to know our neighbors a little and trying to sort out our many evergreens! "Look, Mom! No sleeves!" If you look closely at the close-up picture of Tory, smiling, you can see her two bottom teeth poking through! :)

Me encanta la primavera! Es tan bello! Tory disfruto su arbol al descubrir las flores. Estoy tan emocionada de ver que el arbol broto esta primavera! Tuvimos una pascua tranquila... sembrando y sacando las malahierbas! Que locura! Fuimos a la iglesia primero, luego comimos juntos y mientras Tory dormia su siesta de 2 horas, Edwin y yo estuvimos afuera conociendo un poco a nuestros vecinos y tratando de averiguar que hacer con tantas plantas. :) Si miran de cerca la foto de Tory sonriendo podran ver que se miran sus dientitos de abajo que estan saliendo! :)

Ah.... slumber

Okay, I have a few pictures of Tory sleeping (yeah, yeah, except for the one in her PJs... she's just about to go to bed, and looked so cute!) The thing is, Tory has a little thing she does now, when I lay her down in her crib, on her back. She turns on her tummy, and scoots around to face the oposite direction where her two dolls are. She also grabs the bumper and tries to look over it sometimes catching me looking at her. She is usually gurgling to herself, but sometimes she's crying too. When I come check on her about 10 min. later, she is usually asleep, head up against the bumper or laying on her doll, as you can see in the pictures. But one day, I found her as you can see in the last picture, still with her head up in her arm, asleep! :) Thankfully she had only been like that for about 5 min. and when I lay her on her back she stayed asleep! :)

Bueno, tengo unas fotos de Tory dormida, menos la foto con ella en su pijama, pero ya casi se va a dormir. :) Lo chistoso es que ahora cuando yo la acuesto en su espalda, siempre se da vuelta al estomago y voltea en la cuna para ver donde esta su munequita y juega un rato o aveces esta llorando....y tambien se agarra del protector y mira encima, buscandome. Cuando voy a revisarla unos 10 minutos mas tarde, esta dormida con su cabeza contra en protector o en la muneca (como pueden ver en las fotos) .... pues en la ultima foto pueden ver como la encontre dormida con su cabeza en su brazo! :) Menos mal que no se desperto cuando la movi a su espalda...ahi se quedo! :)

Special Visit and Surprise Celebration

Well, I somehow lost my special effects, so I can't pick a font color, sorry.
I want to share a VERY special weekend.... :) First of all, my brother, Paul and his wife, Michele, visited us. They heard Tory's bottom teeth were popping up and they HAD to rush over from Seattle to see the little white stubbs poking through. :) And, as always, Michele used her photographic skills to take some very cute pictures and videos of Tory.... so there you are! :) I voice my sister, Lisa's, sentiment when she said her blog was really more Reagan's and so it is with our blog... now Tory's blog... :) hee, hee.
So, I was totally taken unawares yesterday.... Paul and Michele said they wanted to get me something for my 30th birthday so I asked for some plants to begin my garden and off we went. When we were done there, Paul says he would like to stop by Barnes and Noble to get a book... which was FINE with me to go to one of my favorite places to be... and off we went again. By the time we were done there, Tory was really tired and REALLY ready for her nap. So as soon as we got home, my goal was to get Tory to bed ASAP...Edwin offered to carry her in, and Paul offered to carry in all the plants. I walk into the living room and was heading for the hallway, bypassing the kitchen when all of the sudden out of the corner of my eye a see a HUGE BLUR of peole in the corner and at the same time they all yell, "SURPRISE!!" and I can honestly say I have NEVER been that surprised in all my life... I was honestly SCARED for my life and wanted to run and hide to get away.... and at the same time I realized what had happened and was extremely happy and grateful. It was also funny to hear the whole crowd of people immediately go from happy "SURPRISE!!" to a concerned, "OOhhh!!!" as Tory began to cry in reaction to my fright. So, Edwin and some special friends from church had, I guess, been planning this party for a couple weeks now. It was very special... I understood then, all the small Edwin quirks which I had just been dismissing... such as him making the bed and tidying up the house that morning, freeing up a huge space in the freezer (for the cake), going in late to "work" on Friday morning (uh.... actually going shopping for supplies for the party with a friend). THANK YOU to all of you who made my turning 30 a very FUN event.... :)


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New milestones! :)

Well, as you can see, Tory can now scoot, or pull herself around... :) and she sits up pretty well, but I have the boppy there behind her just in case... she's growing so fast! I'm really loving this stage, though... she laughs out loud now, and loves to be tickled, and she is experimenting with her voice, making ba, ba sounds in all sorts of pitches and volumes... :)
Bueno, como pueden ver, Tory puede moverse ahora, jalandose con sus brazos . . . y se siente sola mas o menos bien, pero por si acaso, puse la almohada atras. Esta creciendo tan rapido!! Pero esta etapa me gusta mucho... se rie a carcajadas y le encanta que le hagan cosquillas y esta experimentando con su voz... le hace ba, ba en diferentes tonos y volumenes.... :)



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Allan's Gallery

Cutie . . .

Well... long time coming... but here are some more cute moments . . .
Bueno . . . ya hace tiempo que he querido poner fotos . . . y por fin aqui estan....

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Banana!!

Well, nothing super exciting happened... but it was her first time trying a banana . . . :)
Bueno, no pasó mucho que fuera emocionante . . . pero si fue su primer guineo.... :)


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RANDOM!!

Okay... I know I've been back in the States for a couple weeks now... but there were still a few more "moments" from El Salvador to share.... :)
Esta bien... se que ya he estado en los Estados unas dos semanas . . . pero aun hay unas fotitos que compartir de nuestro tiempo en El Salvador...


Baby dedication on Dec. 31st. Both babies are wearing dresses made from their grandmother's (on daddy's side) wedding dresses!!
Dedicación en el 31 de dic. Las dos bebés están usando vestidos hechos de los vestidos de boda de las abuelitas (de parte de papá).

Aww... too bad he didn't have his childhood "LUCHADOR" mask come Halloween time... he makes a GREAT strong-bad, don't you think?

Ahh... que lástima que no encontró su máscara de LUCHADOR de su niñez a tiempo para Halloween.... hace un buen "strong-bad", ¿no lo creen?

More Panajachel - a month later

I realized I have some pictures the rest of you (my family) don't have. . . so I thought I'd share, 'cause I really like them.... hee, hee. I was going to put a video of Tory in her exosaucer, but my memory stick reader went through the wash (and dryer) so I think it's pretty kaput... so I need to find my usp or ups or whatever it's called thingy wire.... anyway.... enjoy! :) (and the rest of you need to UPDATE your blogs . . . I only get to steal away to the library every so often . . . so get some pictures up . . . ) Love you all! :)