coming soon......

We just got back home from a trip to Cleveland and will post pics soon!

daddy's birthday

Daddy's birthday is tomorrow - 5/5 and we celebrated a little bit early with chocolate cake! Happy Birthday, DAddy

new things...

The babies...(I guess they aren't babies anymore...)... ahem... okay....

The kiddo's are learning new things everyday! Gabby can say "yes" or "yeah" (when you ask her if she wants something) and actually mean it. Mary can give you the "I don't know" hands signal... and Mateo is finally making an effort to learn to walk.

What is even better is that they are starting to recognize each other as playmates, brothers/sisters, and friends. I have caught a hug and kiss between them, as well as hitting and biting... (goes both ways!) Check out the fun the girls were having yesterday!

upside down mateo

gabby posing for daddy. where is the other side to her pony?

i don't know??? mary....

garcia 3, cute as can be

They are getting cuter every single day!


Mary with Daddy


Mateo climbing up the slide

Gabby with Daddy (can you tell the girls are "daddy's girls?)

Gabby getting into trouble...she is standing inside our coffee table drawer!

Mary's first day with pig-tails

The three amigos

lunch (the trio are trying to learn how to use utensils)

sissy (mary says "sissy" and mateo laughs at her) .... and "mighty mouse" (gabby's strength is amazing)

night night

I can't believe how far they have come... they love to pick a "boppy" (i.e. half moon pillow) and lay back and drink their night time bottle. (Yes, we still give them the luxury of 1 bottle a day....warm milk to help soothe them to sleep and give Mom and Dad an extra hour of peace.)

and yes, that is their hair... Mary wears hers up during the day so it just poofs on top of her head at night.... not sure why Mateo's looks so bulky?!

our 1st clubhouse

As springtime turns into the glimpse of summer, I began to have anxiety attacks over what I was going to do OUTSIDE with the babies. For those that haven't seen our home, it is not an exageration to say that we don't have a backyard. Beyond our covered porch, the backyard has a steep drop-off into a grassy knoll. And as much as I love to haul 60+lbs up and down the VA hills of our development to get to the community park.... I convinced Lou that the babies needed their 1st climber/clubhouse.

So over the weekend, we went out and bought a pretty good size toy that covers the entire width and length of our porch....and it is something the babies will continue to grow into. We need to work on enclosing it....(wandering babies want to see where the grassy knoll leads....) But I think I am more excited over this whole prospect than the babies are!!!

new camera

Last week we bought a new camera... figured we needed to "step it up" since we have three kiddo's whose lives need documenting! I am not sure if you will be able to tell on the blog (we have to reduce the image so small to get it on-line) but the quality is super crisp and the picture is an instant shot...no more waiting for the flash to catch up to the picture. Which is good news since the three don't sit still long enough for me to get a good shot!

Now all I need to do is learn how to actually take a good picture...and oh yeah...not drop the camera!