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Little monkey had her six month shots today. I hate these days. She seems to be doing okay though. She slept three naps and the last one was three hours.

It's funny since we've been back she's been sleeping through the night again and her three naps and when we were in IN she wasn't even sleeping more than three hours at night and maybe a thirty minute nap. Crazy! I hope this sleeping trend continues!

Everyone is very happy to have her back and it's cute to see how excited they get over her. She is definitely loved!

españa

we all made it back in one piece. summer always goes by too fast and i can´t believe it´s over already! thanks to all our friends and family who came out to see us and made nora´s first USA summer so much fun.

nora did great on the flight. we didn´t leave until five pm so i thought she would surely sleep most of the way since she usually goes to bed at seven. ya, not so much. she only slept an hour! she was really good though. crazy kids.

i´d also like to mention that just because i have a kid it doesn´t mean that crying babies don´t annoy the CRAP out of me, because they certainly do. two rows up there was i´d say a one year old girl who pretty much cried the whole time. this is when i´d like to be shot by a dart gun in the middle of my forehead. but, this comes along with the territory when you have kids. what are you going to do, throw her out the window?

i also hate flying. guess i didn´t choose my mate too wisely location wise. it´s hot, smelly, cramped and just too dang long. you´d think since we are in 2010 planes would be much more comfortable and they´d have like babysitters on an upstairs wing in the back. lets get with the program guys!

it´s freaking hot here and i am holed up in the house with AC.

cheers!

pix

6 months!

Dear Nora,

Today you turn 1/2 a year old and are still weighing in around 21 lbs. I like to call you my butterball turkey because that's definitely what you remind me of....or maybe a bit bigger! I'm going to have some nice arm muscles from carrying you around. Up until this point you have had nothing but mama's milk and you seem completely content with that. I'm sure you will love food too once we decide to introduce that into your diet.

Your hair is getting soooooooo long (from our point of view) and I just started putting head-bands in this month. Too bad they don't stay in for long but they sure are cute. You still only have the two teeth on the bottom but you are definitely working on those top ones. You can roll over like it is no one elses business, but we are still working on the sitting up thing. Sometimes you are a pro and other times you get so distracted that you just fall right over. Oh well! All in good time. I have a feeling you will be an early crawler too!

This month daddy finally got here from Spain and he sure did miss you. He said that you looked bigger and more "mature" haha! You gave him a big squeeze. This month you have started to hide on my shoulder and hug my neck. I love it! You love to laugh and smile and we are always making funny faces just to hear your silly giggle.

You met your cousin Charlie this month and Aunt Julie and Uncle Matt. I think you had a good time! We went up to lake MI, but you haven't touched the sand just yet. You did swim in a big pool and seemed to do okay, but I think you got tired after awhile. You also touched/ate grass for the first time which I think you really loved!

You enjoyed the sights and sounds of Chicago and we can't take you anywhere without people fussing over you. You are just too cute. We have one more week left in the USA and I think you have enjoyed meeting everyone and hearing English for these past two months:O)

Before we had you it didn't seem like anything was missing.....until you arrived and added so much more meaning and joy to our lives. Nora, you truly are such an incredible blessing to our family and we really don't know what we would do without you. Your smile has most certainly changed the outcome of someone's day and I would never change a thing about you because you are perfectly and wonderfully made just the way you are. Happy half baby girl. We love you so much!

Mama

ND

it has been so beautiful out the past few days and we have really been enjoying our walks! it had been so hot there for awhile it was unbearable. today we had a great time walking around the ND campus and hanging out w nora. only a week left and then we're back to spain:( enclosed are a few pix!

more pix

only in Indiana........

outrageous.

family fun

we had a great time with matt julie and charles. it had been 2 years since we'd all been together. hopefully we won't have to wait that long again:O)

pix

we've been so busy running around! it's hard to believe we only have 2 weeks left!!!!

3 years

3 years ago today I gave Antonio the key to my chastity belt. He figured out how to open it just that once........

Happy anniversary Nene! Te quiero!

summertime

Fam time:O)

Last Friday I went to Chicago w Nora and we picked Antonio up on Saturday. It's so great to be together again and we've been on the go over since!!!

Matt, Julie, and Charles just got here yesterday so it's fun to spend time together as a family. It's been two years!

Julie and I got pedicures today and we are getting family pix tonight.

Happy 5 year anniv to Matt and Julie today! Here's to many more......