A week full of fun!

We have had a busy week! It started off Monday with a prenatal checkup with our midwife and everything looks perfect. We heard the baby’s heartbeat and were so thankful to know that our baby is healthy and growing quickly.
On Tuesday Jana and her 17-month old daughter Mara Kate came over to garden with Diego and I which was a lot of fun. Jana was sweet to offer to go to Home Depot with us to help pick out flowers for our container gardens. This was Diego’s first gardening experience and he loved it! He picked up handfuls of dirt and tried to help put it in the right place, but obviously didn’t always make it. I’m bummed that I didn’t get any pictures of the actual planting of the containers, but took some of him playing in the dirt yesterday. Mara Kate, being the sweet little girl that she is, didn’t even touch the dirt – boys will be boys! Ricardo is usually the gardener of the family so he was really happy to come home and find new plants!
Another highlight of the week was lunch with Susanna and Micah yesterday. We went to a great town square in Marietta and enjoyed the gorgeous day by enjoying pizza outside. Micah is 8 months so still a bit too young to run around with Diego, but as you will see below, they did a great job posing together!
Diego had a very high temperature yesterday which continued on into this morning so I was going to take him to the doctor. This afternoon I put my finger in his mouth and discovered his molars cut through his gums so I was relieved to find the culprit of the fever. He is such a trooper and has barely complained of the pain.
He has learned a few more words this week: agua (water), choo-choo, arbol (tree), uh-oh, ropa (clothes) and doggy. Ricardo sat down to read a picture book to him yesterday and he tried to repeat almost every other word that Ricardo said.
It is supposed to be a beautiful weekend so we’re hoping to get out and do some hiking…!



Diego and Mara Kate at Home Depot. Notice the adorable chubs on both their legs!

As Jana says, this pot has a thriller, filler and spiller

Herb garden that Diego is having a hard time keeping his hands off of






Stepping into Mami's sequin shoes!


This is Diego's blankie and if we would let him, he would walk around all day with it. He is holding it here because he pulled it out of his crib, but he's only allowed to have it at bedtime.

Micah and Diego, soaking in the sun!