Tagged: Rubí

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Autumn in Harpers Ferry

Today was a perfect autumn day, even on the warm side sometimes, and with Georgie here, it was a great excuse for a day’s outing. ***UPDATED*** To see more photos, visit the » GALLERY HERE

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Georgie Girl

Today, John’s sister, Georgie arrived from Penn Station in Baltimore to spend some time with us. Silas loves her already, and it looks like so does Rubí! Today we spent the who day shopping at Arundel Mills Mall, and tomorrow we have planned a day outing at Harper’s Ferry! It’s...

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Birthday Party at Lake Waterford for Silas

Birthday parties and actual birthdays don’t always match in this family. We celebrated earlier this month Silas’s actual birthday, but today was his birthday party. Miranda decided to have it at Lake Waterford. Sweet for me to think the very park I took Enric and Miranda’s engagement photos at, now...

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Holland Tee Shirts

Petra sent matching tee shirts for Silas and Rubí. Today we finally got around to taking photos of them both dressed in them.

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Daniel’s Birthday

Today we celebrated Daniel’s birthday. With some fun at the pool… Miranda walks baby Rubí around the pool… …while Aiden does a dive belly flop into the water. Silas preferred to try out a new bike that Connor and Aiden brought. Bikes going down the hill seemed like a fun...

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Rubi Likes to Suck Her Thumb

I know that people think it’s a nasty habit, but Rubí­ looks so CUTE when she sucks her thumb! Rubí­ does other things too, like, sticks out her tongue, hehe! She’s cutest when she’s smiling!

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Toy Airplane

While out at the store this weekend, I picked up a toy airplane for Silas. He was a little confused at first how to make it work. But Daddy soon showed him how…

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Talking With Rubi

Lately, Rubi has a lot of things to say. I just love all her little sounds. This evening, I caught her chatting with her daddy on my cell phone’s video recorder. He worked so hard to entertain her. She adores her daddy! As she should!  

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Hanging Out With Uncle Meek

Miquel is very busy. Work, band practice, gigs, errands, dates with Jenny…. So when he is actually HOME, and that is rare, he gets to hang out with his nephew and niece.

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Rubi Sits Up

Yesterday….So Laura lays Rubi­ down on the pillow, and the next time we look, she is sitting straight up! They grow up so fast!

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Silas and Rubi Growing

Each day reminds me how fast Silas and Rubí are growing up. I was quite surprised to see Silas playing video games with his daddy… Then, later today, his mama acquired a very reasonable priced Sandbox from Craigslist for Silas. And here is Rubí, constantly amazing me with her strength,...

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Rubi Two Months

Today, our little Rubi­ is two months old! She is growing, eating well, sleeping nicely for her mama, and she absolutely loves to get exercise. She loves to grab your fingers and pull herself up, she smiles a lot, and she loves to practice standing on her feet.

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Happy 4th!

Like last year, we went to the Baltimore Harbor for fireworks. This year had some differences, we had Enric, Miranda, Silas and baby Rubí with us! However, this year, Miquel had to work, and no Jenny either. On Chrissy’s side, we had Jim, Johnny, Britney, Adam, Sophia, and Cameron…but no...

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Park Snapshots

Today the heat and humidity left Pasadena, and we decided it was a good day for the park. Silas at his usual fun slide… The static this slide creates! Every time we touched we had sparks! Next, was Rubí’s turn at a slide…mind you, she was asleep, but it was...

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Rubi Rolls!

Yesterday, Rubi­ (0ne month old) rolled over (from tummy to back) three times! I didn’t think to video the first two, this third time, she was a tad grumpy, but I captured her with my cell phone quick-like.

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Rubi, One Month Old

Doesn’t seem possible, but Rubí is now one month old! She’s already being cheeky with her bother!

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Rubi’s First Park Day

Yesterday the weather was great and it was a perfect day to go to the park. Silas at this point, is an old pro at the park. But this was Rubí’s first day! Her first see-saw. Her first swing… Silas wanted to push mommy and baby sister! Silas is a...

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Peterson and Lamont Wedding

With threatening skies and a tornado warning on weather.com, we came home from church, ate a quick lunch and headed out to Gresham Farm to see Chad and Janelle get married. As we drove there, I was really starting to worry that rain was going to come in time for...

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Memorial Day, Pool is Open

We had heat and we had humidity, summer feels like it has officially begun. The pool has been ready for swimming for a few days now, but today most of us got in. Silas wasn’t so sure about the pool to start with… It didn’t take long to have fun,...

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Rubi Update

Miranda took Rubi­ to the doctors today and she is doing great and gained 14 ounces! Rubi­ is a good baby, she still sleeps at night, except late nights, when she likes to keep mommy up late. She still is so strong, and likes to hold her head up and...

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Polka Dots

Our little Elena Rubi looked so cute today in her pink polka dots!

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First Bath

When I had my own children, their first bath was a big event. So it went for Rubí… I was in my room when Miranda alerted me, in the case I wanted to get my camera, well sure I did! As you might guess, Silas was rather curious about this...

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Five Days Old

Only five days old, and Rubi already wants to hold her head up! Silas is a good big brother who wants to love on his baby sister. A kiss from Silas is the best!

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Daddy’s Girl

Dads often get pushed aside during all the chaos surrounding a new baby in the house. So I wanted to share this moment, when Enric was looking so thoughtfully at his daughter…

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Aunt Linda Makes a Visit

So mom had an appointment with an Ear Nose and Throat doctor and Linda decided to take her. That gave Linda a bonus for her visit, a chance to see our baby girl just three days old! Laura and I decided that Silas needed a neat “big brother” present, and...

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Rubi Comes Home!

And she received a happy and anxious welcome from us all! Solutions Fabricating sent a balloon and flowers! I was so happy to hold and love her!

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She’s Here!

This morning, I got word that Enric and Miranda were headed to the hospital to have the baby. Not hardly a half hour later, Elena Rubi­ was born! They would like her to be called Rubi­. Elena Rubí Day of Birth: May 12, 2010 Time of Birth: 5:37 AM Weight:...