One month old cutie

Baby girl Carmen is one month old. She changes everyday and is as sweet as can be. She's such a good baby. She rarely cries. Instead when she's upset, she wimpers like a puppy. This month has really flown by! At one month old, she weighs a whopping 10 pounds! That's 2 pounds more than she was born!

a 1st Easter & Baptisms

Baby Carmen and cousin Baby Myca met for the first time recently. They are 3 months and about 3 pounds apart. This is their first photo together!!

Myca and big brother W were baptised at church on Easter Sunday. David and I are the proud godparents of Mr. W!

But this little one was the star of the show!

While we were dressed in our Easter best, we took a family photo!!

Little girl Carmen slept all day since she was being held by several family members!

She had a costume change midday to show off her clothes.

Grandma had a great time being with both granddaughters...

And Vince had a wonderful time cracking cascarones on our heads! It took him about 5 tries of banging against our heads before they broke but he did it!!

We wish every weekend was a holiday as we had so much fun hanging out with family that came up from Laredo, Selena & fam that came in from STL, and our in town family :).

Carmen's infant pics

These infant portraits were taken of Carmen at exactly one week old (almost a month ago!) by our great friend Evan Chavez (www.evanchavez.com). We used the 3rd and 4th pics for her announcements.

Carmen - 2 weeks & counting

Carmen is 2 weeks old today! She is more alert with wide eyes (when awake), but if you visit us, more than likely she will be asleep. I waited all day for her to wake up to take a couple open eyed pics of her @ 2 weeks.

A friend bought us a blanket with a growth chart in it. It is marked at her birth height. You can see how big monster Vince is next to her! David and I really thought he gained 5 lbs recently but we weighed him and he hasn't gained anything, our perspective has just changed since we have a little lady that is about 8 lbs! I used to carry him around like nothing at 9 months pregnant and now he's heavy??

For the most part Carmen sleeps at night and just wakes up about every 3 hours for feedings. She eats really fast, most always for less than 10 minutes (very effecient child). I'm tired of course, and sneak naps in during the day sometimes, but I think I was way more tired with Vince (I don't know how, it's not like I had a 3 year old running around back then!). Everything would be great if I could just sleep in a little. Mr. Vince wakes up at 7am though. Lately, he comes in our room, I put on the Disney channel, and tell him to wake me up after "Jake" (his new favorite pirate show) is finished at 8am. By then, I know I have to get up and get him dressed, fed, get his "mask" asthma treatment done, and ready for school. My parents have still been helping out a bunch with Vince, taking him to and from school and keeping him in the afternoons so I can rest.

Baby Carmen is our little angel thus far. She only crys when she wants to eat or has to poop. She is so beautiful and innocent. When she's hungry and you put her up to your face she just wants to eat your cheeks :) A friend came over today and I we were chatting about Carmen being born and I recalled that when she was born, they brought her to my face and she was crying up a storm. I started talking to her and she quieted down very fast. It was an amazingly special moment that I wanted to write down so I can look back on the blog and remember.

Stay tuned for the next blog post which should contain our some of our newborn portraits!