Happy Birthday!

We finally made it a whole year together! We wanted to celebrate Lucy, Cristy, and Olivia's birthday with all of our friends. The girls enjoyed the attention and Dany was such a great helper since the girls didn't know how to blow the candles and we wanted to keep the spitting to a minimum. It was so fun having music, swimming,and have our friends over. Olivia was very happy to see that everybody enjoyed the food and the cake. We had Mexican food including three types of enchiladas, beans, rice, jamaica, and Elizabeth's summer punch. Olivia made her favorite cake... strawberry short cake. We are so fortunate to have so many good friends. Olivia used to miss not having extended family in town but our friends have become that family.

I love my kids!

Dany is so caring. He comforts his sisters when they cry and tries to make them happy. If someone is not feeling well, Dany always brings a blanket, his favorite Spider Teddy beard, and a drink of water. The part I love the most is his soft and nurturing voice. Lucy has the cutest smile. She claps, wrinkles her nose and looks at you as if you were the most beautiful thing in the world. She is very good at sharing with Dany and Cristy. She smiles to strangers and let them hold her as long as she can see her mom right next to her. Cristy is the funny one. She loves laughing more than smiling. She is so silly. She loves nodding "no" and laughing at the same time. She loves pick a boo. She covers her self until you ask "where is Cristy?" and she uncovers herself as she gives you a nice laugh. She loves kisses and she says "I love you" back to her mom. (It sounds like one word but she knows what it means because she keeps putting her head over Olivia's shoulder to get another kiss, to hear "I love you" and say "I love you" back to Olivia. Watching your kids grow, it's like falling in love with them. Each time you see how special they are, you feel all these butterflies in your tummy, you have a big smile on your face and a tear in your eyes.

Girls Night Out

Finally! It has been over a year since the last "Girls Night Out". The babies were in their beds for the night. Olivia was waiting for her friend Niki to pick her up. Then, Dany said "Mami I don't want you to go... stay here with me". Olivia explained "Dany you get to play with your friends all the time but Mami hasn't had a turn to go play with her friends, Mami wants to have a turn too". Dany said "Ok Mami, you do can go play with your friends and I'll stay here with Dada to take care of the babies" A few minutes later Niki is at the door talking to Dany (Niki is also Dany's Primary teacher at Church). Olivia started to say goodbye and Dany said "Wait" as he run to the family room. He came back and gave Olivia his favorite dinosoure robot and said "Mami you do can show your own dinosoure robot to your friends and you do can play with them if you like" Oh!... he sounded so sweet and fun at the same time. Olivia is always asking Dany to choose a toy he can share with his friends when we go to visit them. Having something to share with his friends must make Dany feel very special and confident because when was his turn to send his mami out into the world he made sure she would have a toy to share. So, when Olivia and Niki picked up Amanda... Olivia had a dinosoure to show her and one of the sweetest stories to tell. Anyway, we got some diner and went to see Mama Mia. We love the movie. It was so fun, exciting, inspiring, and it gives you so much to look forward to your older years. Defenetely a movie I will buy. It's hard to picture yourself as a woman over fifty because the only women that you know of that age are your mom, mom-inlaw, and similar. But, my goodnes! It's going to be so fun! Don't take me wrong I love my live now but life it's just starting! I can't wait to go out again and watch "The women". We'll see.