Lucia and the Exersaucer!

Today we went to Buy Buy Baby and Toys R Us to get a few things for the kiddies and Lucia landed her very own Exersaucer. She has been wanting to stand for at least a month so this at least allows her to be in an upright position.

Lucia admiring all of the colorful animals

Papi wants to look too

M&L Get a Visit from Ayden & Antonio

Today cousins Aileen, Erich, Antonio and Ayden came to visit. Mateo was so excited to get to play with his cousins that he asked every five minutes "Are they here yet? Are they here yet? Are they here yet?" Until finally they were here.

As you can see Ayden and Antonio wanted to play with all of Mateo's toys ...ALL of them

Mateo and Ayden flank Antonio

Mima and Lucia

Antonio, Mateo and Ayden enjoy juice and authentic German cuisine at Helmer's

M&L Play Date with Will & Claire

As you can see, our house is now on the play date rotation. Today Mateo and Lucia stayed home and entertained guests, Will (from his school) and his little sister Claire.

'I'm gonna knock you out - mama said not you out!' - Lucia has been sporting mitts for two reasons - 1: so she doesn't suck on her fingers and 2: so she doesn't pull at her hair (she seems to be doing that more often lately. I am not sure if that soothes her or if it is what she does when she is uncomfortable)

Will smiles for the camera while Mateo cleans his brush. (Claire plays with the sax and some buckets in the background)

Lucia chills in her bouncy chair

Mateo (at around the same age) looking a lot more serious about this bouncy chair

M&L Play Date with Matthew

Just another day in Hoboken. Today Lucia and Mateo had a play date with across-the-hall neighbor Matthew.

Lucia double-hooding to go pick up Mateo at school

Mateo working on another one of his masterpieces

Matthew looking a bit startled by the paparazzi

What Happens When Mommy & Papi Are Out...

Today, Mommy and Papi were running late because we had to go vote, so Aba and Abu relieved Navita and enjoyed some quality time with Mateo and Lucia. One had to wonder, what happens while we are away, hmmm....

Mateo plays a mean sax while Abu and Lucia get caught dancing. Is that Golden Girls playing on the TV?

Aba, Mateo, Lucia and Abu caught in the act of having fun

"Quick let's take a picture before they get home!"

"We want one too!"

Lucia meets El Tete

Eddie and I had decided when Lucia was born that we were going to try and avoid giving her the pacifier (aka el tete) because of how hard it was to break Mateo from it. Well we hadn't counted on the fact that Miss Lucia would become a finger sucker. Due to this unexpected occurrence, we had to decide - do we want her to suck her fingers or a pacifier. We decided that in the future it would be easier to take away a pacifier (instead of a finger). So we gave her a pacifier at Month 3 a full 7 months earlier than we gave Mateo his first pacifier. Oh well...

Lucia asleep with el tete. Don't let this picture fool you - all week we have been fighting with her to take the pacifier. She sucks it for 3 seconds, spits it out and puts her fingers in her mouth. I don't know if she is going to take to it. We may be too late.

Happy 3 Months Lucia

Today Lucia is officially 3 months old. She is definitely more chatty, alert and interactive now. We are all getting into more of a routine and she is thriving. We are starting to learn more about her personality and she is still the same sweet girl that was born 3 months ago.

Lucia loves to blow bubbles and play with her toy giraffe

We love you sweet girl