Beautiful Things

Finally after a long summer, father and son get to spend lots and lots of time together. They like to watch Baby Einstein together, Daddy takes him to his doctor visits, we go on long walks, and we go get him toys. We like to have dance parties at home, too.

This was my first real cake. I made it during my cake decorating course. It was really fun to take time to learn how to decorate cakes. It's definitely worth taking the talent along with me for the rest of my life.

Hayden

I like having little photoshoots every once in a while, so Hayden, Davide, and I decided to go on a walk and take a bunch of pictures. The hardest thing was keeping Hayden still, but these memories are some of the few positive aspects of having a doggy.

Friends in Texas

This are some of the pictures of the best memories that I have from Texas. Up here there is Kyson with Davide. I can definitely say that Kyson played a big part in teaching Davide how to eat actual food. He would always fill his tray with cheerios, he would share his ritz with him, and he would hand Davide 3 shortbread cookies at a time. On the other pictures above, I snapped them because on that sunday Davide stood for the first time by himself on top of a huggies box. By the time I took the pictures he had sat down. That evening we also went to visit the Plott's and we came back that Davide was past out on daddy's arms. David worked a lot for our family, and as a new little thing I got a haircut and I changed my hair back to blond!!!

Firsties

I took these pictures as Davide progressed and learned how to do new things. Most of these things happened during the summer. Davide actually stood on the crib for the first time a couple of days before in the evening. He then had a first taste of watermelon, which he was able to eat on his own. He also started to eat his cookies by himself. I obviously had to strip him naked because keeping him clean was an impossible task. He started crawling on the floor too. It took him a little bit since he wanted to just drag himself for at first. His legs would always slip backwards so he wouldn't get enough momentum. He did learned to master it on a matter of a few weeks. On the photo with the sticker instead, he had just taken his shots. He cried for a second, but then completely changed his mood the moment he got that sticker from the nurse, which he devoured happily!!!

Graduation

So I graduated last April and I realized that I never put any pictures up so I figured it is now time to do so. I actually finished in December, but I didn't walk until April because I wanted to take one more class before I would get charged the graduate tuition. :)

I am so happy that Davide got to be there. Although he will probably never remember it, I think it is kind of special that I will be able to tell Davide that he has already been on BYU Campus. People travel from afar just to come see it, and get a glimpse of how college is.

As you can see I also posted a picture of Fabrizio. We miss him very much. I need to be better at writing him more often.

Lubbock, Texas Summer 2010

First teeth

Our little one is officially growing. These past few days I kept noticing Davide chewing on things and really biting. In fact I was even a little afraid of feeding him. It's funny cause it feels like he's been teething since he was about four months old. It would come in stages. Some days he would slobber a lot and be fussy, and then it would go for a while. Then two months ago I thought that I could feel something pushing, but since he s my first baby I really didn't know if that was the case. Then a couple of days ago I started noticing that Davide's gums felt a little sharper, but whenever he would bite on my finger I wouldn't notice it anymore.
Today though the day has finally arrived. Davide kept being slightly fussy , an he kept slobbering and trying to eat my hand. Finally I was able to look inside his mouth when I noticed not one, but two little teeth barely coming through. The one On my right was a little bit farther out. I could also feel that his top gum was a little sharp, but I couldn't quite see anything yet.
Poor little Davide. He has definitely been really tough throughout all this.
He definitely does not like ti have people open his mouth. Even when I try and feed him he'll push the spoon away with his hand, and he'll wiggle his head real fast saying no. Even when u was trying ti see his tooth I had to make him laugh to see inside his mouth or I have to touch the top part of his lip or his chin. That somehow is a reflex for Davide to open his cute mouth.
Now my baby is officially not my baby anymore. He s now a growing baby!!! He'll always be my tiny one though 

Standing up for women

What a day today!!! I went to my cake decorating class today for the second time when something really unpleasant happened. I had been looking forward to this class all week. I knew it was going to be a little hard today because I was going to have to bring my baby, but I was excited to go and since it's a small class with all women I figured it would be a lot of fun.
Well things didn't turn out as well. I came into the classroom a little late because I got locked out of my hotel room etc, etc. I noticed how the teacher looked a little annoyed but I was just trying to ignore her since I didn't think she was really nice since day one. I started doing some things, and she kept picking on me complaining for not bringing one thing, or looking weird at me when I had a question. Finally she pulls me out of the classroom and takes me somewhere else on the back to tell me that she did not like that I was bringing my baby to the classroom.
That made me super mad. I got on her case big time. I told her how unfair society is. That women are absolutely not being recognized for what they do. I told her that I looked forward all week just to come, and that at 6 p.m. I was not gonna find a day care, nor can I afford one. Signing up for this class only required money, and my husband right now works from 11 a.m. until 10 p.m. I told her that this is my thing where I wanna go and unwind.

The baby hadn't even done anything. I was there and I told her that I was assuming full responsibility for him, and that even if maybe I couldn't do as much with the baby I was there to learn her tips and then go home and practice.
She told me the other moms were there to unwind from their kids too. I asked her if they had mentioned that the baby bothered them but she said she didn't know. So obviously it was all her!!! The funny part is that when I was in the class all the women kept smiling at the baby and kept asking me questions about him. No one seemed unhappy but her.
She told me that she was afraid he would be loud and no one would hear her. But then she recognized that this is a classroom of 4 so that wouldn't be the problem.
I told her I wanted to quit on the spot and that I wanted a refund. I told her that that was embarrassing. I had taken this same class in Utah and when I brought my baby the teacher offered to hold him the entire time. We even had a conversation on how lots of women that teach are really non tolerant about kids in the classroom, but that some women have been wonderful about it and offered some help to these moms rather than making their life harder.
So my teacher finally kinda got the point but said that most likely she won't be able to give me a refund.

I went back to class after taking five minutes to breathe and cry it all out. When I went back though I wasn't in the mood for decorating cakes anymore. I no longer felt welcome either. Plus Davide fell and started crying. I think him falling and crying all happened just because I wasn't feeling well and he perceived everything that happened. So I waited outside until class was over and then grabbed my stuff and left. I whispered to my baby to never let anyone tell him he is an inconvenience.
Now I was thinking of trying and bother a friend to watch him for the next few weeks since I would hate to quit my only true hobby, or I was trying to see if I should protest and try and get a refund just to prove my point to society.
What do you think I should do?
P.S. I signed up at a local gym only because they offer free baby day care while you work out. Not even in Utah I have found such a thing : )

Texas Lately

Hurricane Alex last week left some traces here our town. It rained for days, making lots of small lakes overflow. It didn't really hit me how bad it was until I went out on Friday afternoon. That's when we decided ti go grab some extra food in case we would be stranded for a couple of days. Since we are staying at a hotel out supplies have been minimum lately. It kept raining all the way until Sunday when we went out and saw the damage. It wasn't anything major but a lot of the roads had to be closed and some homes got some water in. Our local park is now covered in water so we won't be able to go on walks for a while.
Besides that we are safe and though the beautiful sunny days aren't back, at least is not raining anymore.
We had a strange 4th of July because of that. Seeing the damages In the city made me rather sad, and a lot of the fireworks shows had ti be cancelled. I didn't mind it as much, I think I was more sad for those who lost their cars and belongings due to this minor flood.

Davide is 6 months

Davide is growing so fast. He is already 6 months old. Here are a few pics of him. Also, we are in Texas for the summer. Here are a few pics of this fabolous state. I really enjoy the scenery, and I love the pride the people take for their state. Afterall, they have so many goodies. When driving on the freeway, all you can see are oil pumps, that pull out oil from the land; everlasting fields with all sorts of agriculture; and lots and lots of cows. Even Davide has decided to get involved with the local culture. Enhance, the water in the big'ol beer jar. He has also decided to be naked all day because of the heat, and to keep being a little fatty.

Shopping for Davide

Today, David, Davide and I went out together, and we found a couple of deals on some cute outfits for Davide. David told me to pick whichever one I liked best, which turned out to be such a hard choice!!! : ) They were all so cute that I didn't know which one to pick. I narrowed it down to three and I decided to ask Davide. I showed him the first one, and I promise I was not laughing as I was asking him, but he looked at the outfit and giggled. So I showed him the second one too, and he got the same exact reaction. I asked him about the third one as well, and he just laughed again. At that point I couldn't help it but laugh. I guess he liked them all!!! But I did not need three outfits so I had to choose one of them. I chose a little baseball outfit. I had one that I got from my sister-in-law for the first three months, and I liked it so much that I decided to get a similar one, but a bigger size. In a couple of weeks he'll probably be wearing it since soon Davide is gonna be wearing 3 to 6 months clothes.

Bytheway, people think I am crazy when they see me talking to my baby at the store. But the thing is it really calms him down when I do that, plus he keeps me company!!!

Also,

today we went to get Davide's 2 month shots. I hated it, I hated it!!! I cried when I saw him suffering so much. It hurt me so badly when he started crying so loud. I had David hold him because I didn't have the courage. He did calm down pretty quick though, and he really seemed so calm afterwards when we took him in our arms. Right after we got out of the office, Davide was super cuddly, and he kept leaning his face against my cheek and then he fell asleep on my chest as he was still wining a little bit. It really touched my heart. Surprisingly right after we gave him Tylenol he did so much better, and even though he looked a little sick, he was more smily than usual, and very calm.

Breaking out of jail

Davide lately is finally growing out of the whole swaddling thing. I still try and do it at night time, but no matter how tight I wrap him, he always manages to get out. He has also learned to suck on his hand!!! He makes the cutest little kiss sounds when he sucks it. That is how I know when he is awake now- he starts sucking on his hand.

Cooking Sundays

On Sunday two weeks ago, David and I decided to have what I call a cooking sunday. After church we both came home and spend a nice afternoon making pies and homemade pizza. I love cooking with David because I can get a lot more done, in a cleaner way, and I don't have to worry about needing four hands to make sure all the different steps are followed. This moments also have a special meaning to me because it is something that my parents did too. Growing up, my mom and dad would spend sometimes an entire afternoon and evening cooking meals for either holidays, guests coming, or sunday dinners. Those are some of the memories that I treasure the most because, those where the moments where I would see my parents show love to each other the most, and also talking about life and other things the most.

I really enjoied spending this day together, we do it quite often, but lately especially with school, we haven't been able to do it as much. I love spending time cooking with David though because that is when we get to talk about life, our goals and dreams, and joke together the most.

Routines Routines!!!

A couple of days ago I decided that I wanted to snap a photo of what is one of my daily routines. Ever since Davide was born, every morning both him and I go through an outfit. He needs a diaper change, and a whole new outfit after a long night. Then I get out of my clothes, and each single piece of clothing that I have is usually stained with milk or spit up. Don't take me wrong, I don't mind it, but these days my morning showers feel like such a relief. Every morning, when I step in the shower I feel as if I just came back from working in a dirt field. When I get out, I sure feel clean. Oh, and I forgot that Davide goes through a blanquette pretty much almost every night, too!!!