Mak runs out of energy mid-reach.
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First Steps
November 12, 2009 - 5 Responses
Makayla taking some of her first steps. She’s 10 months old today
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Round 2!
November 4, 2009 - 5 Responses
The Newest Almonte
But it’s a secret. The baby’s telling us to shhh! lol
A Bit Rusty
September 30, 2009 - One Response
Dad's a bit rusty at feeding me.
So I had some trouble feeding Mak. In my defense, she headbutted the spoon. Regardless, it’d been almost 3 weeks since I last fed her. I need some practice.
The Last day
September 27, 2009 - Leave a Response
10:15 pm. ETA
It wasn’t enough to go two-and-a-half weeks without my girls. Nope. But their flight had to arrive at the very end of the on Sunday.
This has been a lot harder then I expeceted it to be. The house seems far too quiet. My life felt far more unorganized(some time during the last 6-7 years, Gabby has become our family-time-manager.) Everything seems to go by slowly.
But that’s over. My girls will be home tonight.
P.S. Thanks to all of my peoples who helped make the time go by a little faster.
—–Edit at 5:45 pm—–
Just got an update from the Airline. Flight has been delayed until 11:30 pm. They want me to wait ALL of sunday as well.
Letting go
September 8, 2009 - Leave a Response
When I get home, they’ll both be gone.
For two weeks, my family will be visiting Costa Rica, visiting Gabby’s family. Truthfully, I have been very excited for them. Makayla get’s to meet Gabby’s grandmother, who she’s named after. It’s something that I really wanted to make sure happened as she hasn’t been in the best of health. When the opportunity came for them to go, we jumped on it. It felt good to know that it was being done.
But that was two months ago. Now? I’m struggling with it. For two weeks, I won’t see Mak’s big smile when I first pop into whatever room is crawling in. Gabby’s cooking won’t be drawing me into the apartment from the hallway. Gabby won’t hug me when I come in. Mak won’t be there to give me her drool-filled-kiss.
Two weeks.
I am very happy that they are going to do this. But noone said I can’t be a little sad at the same time.
Mak’s Baptism
June 3, 2009 - One Response
Part of becoming Better for her involves my spiritual journey. It has been proven on many occasions that most people’s beliefs, values and morals, are highly reflected in their children. Admittedly, I don’t think that I have done as much work on that side of my life in the last few years. With Makayla’s arrival, me and Gabby spent a lot of our time discussing how we should go about making sure that we passed the right values along to our girl.
The baptism was our first step. I know that its an expected step in most christian-Latino families, but we’ve taken its intent to heart. It’s us acknowledging our responsibility in front of our family and friends. More importantly, it’s us acknowledging this in front of each other and her.
Baptism smile
The First Feeding
May 27, 2009 - 5 Responses
Makayla tries to deal with her parents attempting to give her food.
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