Catch Up Time!!!

Since I am so belated in my postings lately, I need to catch up! Here are many of the good photos from late April through early May. Also, make sure you catch the video at the very end - it is of Sebastian's first real steps!!! He's walking!! I'll do a separate posting with his birthday photos.

Chowing down on his favorite meal - PASTA!!!

Always wants to play with his big cousins Angelica and Tyler...

My mommy friends from the library and church. We see each other about once or twice a week and the boys are all within three months of each other. Such great friends!

We did an outing with the daddy's to Titusville's Dixie Crossroads and a nature hike at the Enchanted Forest. It was quite the adventure!

Mmmmm!!! Owen's finger - yummy!

He loves to look under things for his toys. For example, he will purposefully put his ball or car under the couch and then crouch down like this to look at it and get it out. It's very cute.

Soooo big! I can almost reach!

At a crazy baby birthday party for his friend Elias. There were so many babies there!

Kirsty, Elias and his first birthday cake. Elias is 10 days older than Sebastian. May is a very busy birthday month for us!

Mi guapo. So handsome.

At Elias' birthday party there were lots of babies and a few that were already walking. Sebastian had been taking two or three steps for a little over a month, but never anything too significant. Well, in honor of Elias' birthday, he decided to hit the road and start walking at their house! He took about 10 steps and crossed the room over to Daddy. It took him doing it about 5 times before we actually managed to get it on video, but here it is. So cute! I can't believe he is walking already!

First Mother's Day

I know I posted one picture a bit ago from mother's day, but here are a few more from my first! It was splendid and we spent a beautiful day at San Pedro Center going to Mass and brunch with my mom and then on to dinner out with the Giammarinaro's.

Sebastian got me flowers and a balloon that says "Yo quiero a mi Mami" or I love my Mommy. =)

A picture in the same spot where we exchanged our wedding vows almost four years ago. Wow!

Sebastian being happy on Daddy's shoulders.

Sebastian and Abuelita enjoying the outdoors and singing "patty cake."

Sebastian signs the word for "book" all the time and is constantly reading his books. We had his little book display/shelf in his bedroom, but once we realized that everyday he was bringing all of his books out to the living room, we just decided to add it to our living room furniture. It's much easier for him to get to now and it makes cleaning up easier for us!

He discovered a new hiding place underneath one of our end tables in the living room. It's a great place to run his little car too.

One of my good college friends Tiffany's birthday is the same weekend as Sebastian. Both Tiff and my friend Donelle came to celebrate the multiple birthdays in Orlando. I had a Mom's night out with my two girl friends while Paul stayed the night with Sebastian. We had dinner at Latin Quarter at Universal and then just hung out - what a GREAT time I had being out! =) It was nice to see my girlfriends.

At Margaritaville.

Sebastian's friend Owen's birthday party was on Saturday even though the boys were both born on the same day less than an hour apart! Wow! This little Aussie had a great party with an Australian flag cake and all!

Being silly very late at night! It's almost birthday time!!!

I promised some pictures today and it is 11:51 pm...so I still made it. Uploading is taking a while so here are just two pictures from the past week's festivities.

Mami and Sebastian on my first Mother's Day.

First birthday boy!!!!

I know, I know...it has been way too long since our last post but we have been VERY busy! Work is keeping me on my toes these days and between family, church and work commitments we have been running like crazy. I did want to blog today though, even if I don't get the pictures up right away because today is such a special day.

Sebastian:

Happy Birthday

Mi Papito - You're One!!!

I can't believe that an entire year has gone by already. You have changed my world. I love you more than you can ever imagine. We have had so much fun, so many laughs, smiles and hugs that I will always and forever keep in my heart. You will always know how much I love you and I am so blessed to be chosen to be your mother. I praise God for entrusting me with such a treasure! I LOVE YOU mucho, mucho, mucho, mucho mi papito!

Sebastian had a rockin' birthday party today too - over 40 people came over and enjoyed lunch, birthday cake and a great time seeing you toddle around everywhere. He even hammed it up for the cameras when it was time for him to eat his cake. I will try my very hardest to get at least one picture up tomorrow! For now, I am exhausted beyond belief and need to get some sleep!

Let's join together in Prayer for a MIRACLE for Baby Andrew!

Dear Friends,
As many of you may know, Cristina's childhood friend and her husband gave birth to a beautiful baby boy named Andrew in December. Since his birth he continues to face what seems like endless hurdles on his road to recovery.

I just received an email from an old High School friend of mine that I just reconnected with around the time that Andrew's precious life began and he informed me that he and his wife organized a Novena for baby Andrew that will begin tomorrow, April 30. My friend doesn't even know the family, but is just touched by their story.

This got me to thinking about how powerful prayer is, especially when done in great numbers, so I'm inviting all of you to join in this Novena. It's very short and will only take a few moments.

For those of you unfamiliar with what a Novena is, here is a brief definition:

A novena is a nine-day period of private or public prayer to obtain special graces, to implore special favors, or to make special petitions. (Novena is derived from the Latin "novem", meaning nine.)

The Novena we will be praying is to Louis and Zelie Martin (St. Therese of Lisieux's parents).

Here is a link to the short prayer: http://www.sttherese.com/Louis%20and%20Zelie.html

God Bless,
Paul

Lots of laughs...

We constantly catch ourselves saying about Sebastian - "he's just sooo funny!!!" He cracks us up all the time with his looks, grins, laughs (fake and real) and little antics. Here are some recent laughs we've shared with him.

Making the bed is now a favorite game. He loves to hide under the sheets like it's a tent.

Give me that camera!!!

His favorite carro/car. He loves to roll this car all over the floor, couch, table, chairs, closets, doors, walls, mommy, etc. Sometimes he won't even let go of his car to eat or go to sleep.

The other night we were walking across the room (I was holding his fingers) when he fell flat on his face. He cried and cried and had cut his lip and gums pretty badly. I put him in the sling quickly and that made him a little happier (he wouldn't nurse initially because his mouth hurt), but he got much happier when he got his carrito (car). He held on to it the whole time he was hurt. Who knew a hard, plastic car could be so cuddly!

Laughing in his high chair. He loves to play this game with Daddy where he sits up really straight and laughs. It's pretty funny.