Many updates!

Some updated pictures of Sofia for your viewing pleasure. They are shots I took to enter her into a crazy hair contest :)

Both abuelas were in the same room with Sofia so I took a good opportunity to take a picture...

We went to the wedding of our friend, Nidia on Friday night. The wedding was beautiful and heartfelt, and very intimate. Held at the Sonesta in the Grove, the day started out very rainy, and I was worried the ceremony would be moved indoors. It seems I was right, and the ceremony was held inside. The bride was GORGEOUS! I cannot stress that enough. She was just so beautiful and happy, and I was thrilled that my friend finally found someone to spend the rest of her life with. The cocktail reception was great, and the view was even better! It was so clear, you could sea the ocean and the sailboats just cruising along. The reception was also very pretty, with creams and browns as the accent colors. We had a lot of fun spending time with family and friends.

The other pictures I have to show are from the church picnic at the school grounds...What a BEAUTIFUL day! I wish I could have that day back....it was just so perfectly cool under the shade, and it was a great way to relax. Sofie really loves being outside!

With abuela

With madrina

mmmmm.....cotton candy...

With abuela and abuelo

More updates coming very soon!!!

A little Teaser!

Last Sunday, we arrived at Merrie Christmas Park on LeJeune (close to Fairchild Tropical Gardens) to have Sofia's 6-month portraits taken. It was a gorgeous day. The park itself is set within a crater, so there's a nice breeze on the outsikirts of the park, but as the morning drew on, the inner area of the park had no breeze, therefore creating uncomfortable heat. We were ale to get a lot of beautiful shots however, in one hour. Which is all due to Melissa's way of getting her shots right the first time. This photo session was a very generous gift from all my wonderful friends from theknot.com. I will be getting all the pics hopefully tomorrow, but for now, here's a little teaser from Melissa's blog at simplycaptivating.com.

VOTE FOR SOFIA!!!

Sofia has been entered in the "Battle of the Babies" Contest by Y-100's Morning Show with Elvis Duran! You have a chance to help Sofia make it to the next round!!


Two ways of voting...





1. you can go to y100.com and scroll down to the contest banner, click and follow the directions, which also forces you to look at all 167 pictures within her group before you can vote (She's #132)...OR





2. You can follow this link: http://z100.elvisduran.com/pages/contest/babybattle/?article=3618189


Vote for "Sofia C.", type your email at the bottom. You will receive a verification email which you must confirm in order for the vote to count!!!!





We have a chance to win $5,000!!!!!








Yes, I'm crazy, what can I say? :) Here's the pic I entered!

Thanks for voting!!!!

Sofia is 5 months old!

I meant to post this last week, but things got a little hectic. I can't believe how fast this year is flying by!

Sofia's first picnic and beach day!

This past Saturday we enjoyed one of the prettiest days in Miami with friends at my school's staff family picnic at Crandon Park. The weather was perfect, but the water was a bit too cold in the morning, so Sofia didn't seem to like it much, but did enjoy playing with the sand. Here are some pics and a video!

*peekabooo!*

SUPERBABY!!!

With Daddy & Tia Ines

Sitting on the sand with Mommy

Pooped baby...

More pics & Sofia eats her first Veggie!

Sofia tried her first veggie yesterday. I was a little apprehensive at first because I wasn't sure if she'd be ready for it. She DID like it! I couldn't believe it...she liked her green beans! I'm including a video clip of her first bites, and some more pics I took of her yesterday :)

Updates...

I finally went back to work two weeks ago, which was of course bitter sweet. It clearly marked the end of my 100% bonding time with Sofie, and the overwhelming sense that I'm BROKE. LOL

But, I have to admit, I couldn't have planned it better: Came back a week before Spring Break, with a Planning Day stuck in there....took a week off for Spring Break (even though I had to take a week-long painting class for my graduate work...BLAH), and now I'm back at work again, this time for the long 7-week stretch that is the end of the school year...

I'm ITCHING for summer to be here...so excited for all the things we will be able to do together as a family. Sofie will be 6 months old already in May, I can hardly believe it.


AND, to top the domesticity of it all: I have a vegetable garden. It's not fancy, but I have to admit, I have a lot of tomatoes, strawberries, mint, cilantro, parsley, and oregano....even a friggin' jalapeno! So sad that none of my bell peppers seem to take though :(

Listen to me.....When I was partying during my college days, I never thought this would be me. I always wanted to be a mom, have a home, a family, dogs, the whole nine. But it seemed so far away and unattainable. And now I got it all in a matter of a year. Funny how life works.

Anyway, sorry you had to sit through that rant...I promise to never do it again...not really, but I'll control myself in the future. LOL

Here are some of the latest pics of Sofia...Sorry it took so long to post :)
Some of them are from Easter Sunday at Tia Ines & Tio Carlos' house. And other are just random pics I've taken the last couple of weeks! Have fun!

Tio Carlos

With Abuelo.

Ziggy decided to try out our new bed before we did. *sigh*