Crash Landing

What Jayden never even attempted, Maya mastered at 19 months. One night before bed, I noticed Maya was trying to fling her little leg over the side of the crib and I thought, any day now she'll be climbing out. And she did. The next day, I put her in her crib for nap and she popped right out. Twice. Note to self: convert the crib. That night just after story time, I was picking out the kid’s clothes for the next day. I was on my way to back to Jayden and Maya’s beds to say prayers, but I stopped to turn on the kid’s lullaby music. And I heard a crash. I turned around and there was Maya on the ground, screaming her little head off. She must have tried to pop out of the crib but instead of going on the side and landing in Jayden’s bed, she flew out of the front and fell face front onto the floor.

I was beside myself with worry and despair. I snatched her up and started to rock her and console her. I felt a huge bump on her forehead so I ran to get some ice. She was so mad about it, but finally she gave in and I was able to ice it down quite a bit. And Jayden kept asking, what happened (as if he didn’t see it with his own eyes)? What’s wrong (I wanted to say Duh! But of course I didn’t.) What’s that? ICE! (Grrr.) Jayden, please keep quiet and lay down. Maya got a boo-boo and it hurts. Why? What happened? And on it went.

Finally, Maya fell asleep in my arms and I don’t know if I was relieved or even more anxious. I held her for quite some time, and then lay her in bed, but I felt uneasy. I kept checking back to make sure she was ok. The next day, I was very disappointed to see that not only did she have a knot on her head, but she had quite a shiner. Poor baby. I converted the crib immediately. And Maya is slowly recovering from her injuries.

Christmas Morning, well, sort of...

First of all, if you are a parent with children who own lots of electronic toys, you need to get to CVS right away and take advantage of their battery sale. If you spend $20 on Duracell batteries, you get $15 of it back in Extra Care Bucks! I stocked up and went through 3 8-packs already, re-loading all the toys! Jayden and Maya didn't know what to do or what to play with first. It was awesome and not to mention, a great opportunity to check all the toys and get rid of those that weren't working at all.

Birthday Party Weekend

This was the weekend of birthday parties. Here's Jayden at party#1. He could choose whatever he wanted to paint on his face and he chose Santa Clause. Do you think he's telling me something? He's not looking very jolly, is he...
Then they made him a hat to go with his new face, but that didn't seem to brighten up his day at all.

Maya got a cute little butterfly.

Here's Maya all stressed out on the pony, even though Daddy is by her side.

Here is my girlfriend Maria and her granddaughter.

Here's Kris Kringle on the pony. Yes, we forced him on there. It's not everyday you get to ride a pony!

Here's the birthday boy, Devonte and may I say, he was the only one who went on the pony willingly.

Then, party #2 was at my sister's house for Sebastian's 1st Birthday. Here's Esteban in the kitchen, making himself useful.

Chooch was having a ball in the bouncehouse.

Jayden actually went in this time. Amazing!

Even Maya went in and had a blast. She cried her little heart out when we took a break and got out.

Maya takes a swing at the pinata!

Mari and the birthday boy!