finally

We are finally feeling better here. The girls are well, except their eyes are still a bit bothersome, and I am feeling better but my pain is still there just less. So anyway, that is good, I think we will go to DC tomorrow and see my brother! Yeah!

pain

I started the antibiotic.

sick!!!!

I hardly ever get sick! Well last Sat my body decided to give in and get sick! But I am not the only one! Elaine and Miriam are also sick! It is awful!!!!! :( I have a swollen sore throat, fever, chills, achy body and stuffy nose! I went to the Dr yesterday and they took a strep test, it was neg. So they took a mono test and it was neg. Then she gave me 600mg of Motrin, and a 'just in case' antibiotic! (I decided not to take) Then the girls had their appts and the Dr did the strep test for good measure and then said, it was just a virus...so good/bad news! Bad cause there is nothing we can do!! We feel a little better today cause we have eaten but I am hot and sore! I think there is something going on but I didn't want to take a antibiotic 'just in case"! Anyway, hopefully we feel better by Sat, we are supposed to see George in DC!!!!

My little princesses

On Monday(11th) we decided that we would wait in line to meet the princesses. There were three of them in this line and the wait was about 60 min. We may have waited longer!

First 15 min
Half way there!
At this point I got out of line and traded with Carlos, because Laurie had woken up (couldn't take strollers in and she was sleeping) and I had to feed her.

Getting a little bored. (Only Daddy can get them to make these faces! LOL)

I was still feeding baby and didn't know how close they were so I went to fill water bottles....and I didn't make it back in time!! :( So Daddy went in with them.
Make way for Princess Aurora. I think this is Miriam's favorite
Cinderella!!! I think Elaine was just in awe that she actually met her!!!! Hehehe

Princessly advice.
Belle
Being a good Daddy he accepted the call to get in the picture with the Belle...was he standing in for the Beast?! Hehehe.
Anyway, they had a good time and had the biggest grins on their faces when they got out!

Unfound

When I can find my cord to my camera, then I can download picutres of our trip. Sorry.

Florida fun!

We just got back from our almost week long visit to Florida. We visited family and had a great time. We were grateful for Mary-Carmen driving there with us and helped the kids!
Ana, Carlos' aunt, got married and this was her reception. It was nice. The (second) cousins, Aaron, Joseph and the girls, had a lot of fun together! We ate lots of cake and danced, swam, talked, watched Olympics etc. We were there Sat and Sun.
Then we went to Disney World. Jen (my 'sister'), her hubby and parents, all work there so they were able to let us in. I will not give you a play by play of what we did but we arrived on Monday and Linda let us in to Magic Kingdom. We spent the evening there, making sure we went to It's a small world! (at Miriam's request but in honor of Dad! HEHEHEHE). We enjoyed our time and the girls got to wait in line to see three of the princesses!!! We stayed for the parade and fire works! Got home very late!
Then on Tues Jen & Corey, and Lucca met us at Animal Kingdom. It was so great and the girls had a good time. Our favorite things were the Safari and the Lion King show! Definite must sees! Then we went back over to Magic Kingdom where we met up with Izana (and kids) and Sherrie who were there and spent the evening with them. It was more relaxed and nice. We convinced them to stay until late with us and stay at our hotel with us, and then we went back to our place at an earlier hour and got ready for the next day departure.
Thank you to Jen and her family! Thank you for all those who helped us!
Our drive home was really good actually. The girls did well. I was able to drive some and everything went pretty smooth. We felt like we used more gas for some reason but its all good! :) Anyway, we had a great trip. The house was in great condition when we got home! ** Carlos went back to work and is,I am sure, tired. We missed a lot of Olympics so we need to watch gymnastics tonight and stop missing stuff!:) I will do pictures later. (as always)

** Our friends Patrick and Leigh Acosta moved to Texas but before they left they needed a place to stay so they spent a few nights at our place while we were gone and they graciously cleaned up and we came home to a nicely cleaned home! THANK YOU!!!

WHAT!?!

So Laurie started army crawling a week ago or so, and yesterday I saw her trying to pull herself up on something! So today while I was busy for a few minutes I tried to put her down for a nap only to find in 15 min that she was not only not asleep but that she was STANDING in her crib!! WHAT?! :) She is 8mo old!

Buddies!

Here is a picture of my friends from home! Marci, Stacey, Jen, Megan. We are playing Whoonu.

Some of my favorites

you asked for pictures...

There were so many pictures I just couldn't decide which ones to put, so there are a LOT but a LOT left out as well! Enjoy! GG and girls
My cutie friend Hillary and her son Raleigh (i also got to see Brooke but forgot to take a picture of her! :( and she is cutie pregnant! :))
Sisters (minus 1)
Cousins
learning to crawl

She had a blast in the back carrier at the beach! :)
Seaside aquarium They had fun touching stuff
Fun in the sun
Rock Band at Nancy's!
Fun new outfits! Lainey looks like an 80s rocker!

old GG dress and something on her head(not sure what it is ;))
beautiful beach
she loved the sand. too bad she wasn't in it more!
group shot
I personally think this is a good pic of me, sorry Laurie that you don't look better :)

she did get on the horse but we only have video of that.
Elaine went on Crown 3 times I think!
Crown really liked her so we thought we would stick her up there for a bit
eggs from Lynnette and George's
Victorian era clothes at the Flavel house in Astoria, OR.