I can't believe how seldom I am able to make it on here to post pictures/stories lately! Often times when something funny happens, Ricardo and I will say, "Oh, we must write about that on the blog!" and then when it comes time for me to sit down and write...can I remember any of those "bloggable moments"? NO! C'est La Vie with three little ones!

Ruth, Jana and I hosted a joint baby shower for Megan and Katie this morning and had a blast. They are both pregnant with their third child and are both expecting girls! It was so much fun to have a girly morning complete with pink flowers, pink presents, tea and scones (...and lots of other goodies!) I think there were 13 moms and 14 children so it was a loud and busy house, but oh so special! Ruth hosted at her house so we were there early to help set up and get everything ready. As we were preparing to leave in the afternoon, Anjuli jumped in the van to play and asked if she could come home with us and Diego begged for her to come over so Ruth and I said "OK!" We had a really fun afternoon with her. When we got home, Anji, Diego and Alexia took off playing and I did not hear from them for almost an hour. We then had a snack, colored, did "math" (at Diego and Anji's request) and then went outside to play. Ricardo called in the afternoon to see if we wanted to go out to pizza so we did that and it was a fun way to end a special day. I don't have any pictures of the baby shower, but will try to get some from Katie and will share later. Here are a couple of shots of the kids at the table:

I love how studious Anjuli looks in this picture. They asked me to write out math problems for them to solve and did great. Here they were practicing numbers and coloring.




Marco is now sleeping in the big crib and is doing great. There is a box next to the crib so D & A can easily climb in the crib. They only do this when I am with them, but they love jumping in to give Marco love and cuddles. His eyes look closed in this picture, but he was awake. There is no escaping them (his big bro and big sis, that is)!

Last Thursday we went to Laura's parent's house to have lunch with her and the boys. Diego and Alexia had a blast playing with Oliver and spent a good part of the afternoon, on top of their pool table, playing with the sticks and balls.

Alexia had her 3-year check up last week. She was such a champ! I don't remember her stats, but I do remember she weighed 27 pounds. Both her and Diego received flu shots and they did not cry. I was amazed. Last year, they were both in hysterical tears before the nurse even pulled out the needles and cried all the way to the exit. It was terrible. I let them chew gum for this appointment since I knew they were both nervous about the shots and I guess that did the trick because they were awesome. Alexia did not cry with the flu shot, but she did cry when they gave her the one vaccine which are always more painful. Dr Taylor is moving to California so she asked the nurse to take our picture so I pulled out my camera, too.

On Saturday, Ricardo and I went out for high tea together and brought lil' Marco along. I love going out for tea and especially love that my favorite person to do that with is my husband. We had a really fun time and Marco was his sweet lil' self.

You may not hear from us for a few days. Our dear friends, Paige, Scott and Sev are arriving from California tomorrow and will be with us until Sunday. We haven't seen them since April '09 and have not met Sev so we are SOOO excited!!!