Saturday, August 16, 2008

Quiet...

I know I´ve been quiet. It has been partly due to the busy-ness of the season and partly due to a lack of inspiration. I´ve even been slow in taking pictures!

We did have a fun day at Six Flags though and here are a very, very few pictures to prove it!

Ben is in every picture because pregnant ladies aren´t allowed on these rides.

It was such a thrill they did it again!

Then they switched to boats,
which they were both big enough to go on by themselves.

Sporting Daddy´s sunglasses.

Waiting for a show to begin.

Some things to point out about this summer is that both girls have decided to stop calling Ben "Papi", he suddenly has become "Daddy". I, on the other hand, respond to various different names throughout the day including but not limited to: "Sister", "pretend little girl" (literally, Elena will randomly walk towards me and address me like that), "sweethat" (that one is literal as well), and some variations of Mami.

Adriana has suddenly turned into a very avid eater... however, she eats more off of my plate than her own. She suddenly LOVES rice, so much she is quite content with having that alone for a meal. We were having dinner last night and I still had some food on my plate. As has been becoming her custom, she began trying to climb on my lap. Trying to persuade her Ben said "Sweetie, Mami doesn´t have a lap anymore with the baby in her belly". Without even slowing down she kept on her attempt until she was satisfied and said, "Mami´s lap is right here, Daddy!" Hoping to finish my own plate of food I said "Why don´t you go sit on Daddy´s lap for a while?", she looked at me, stood on my lap and leaned towards Ben´s end of the table, looked on his plate and replied, "Daddy´s all done".

After naps, yesterday we were snuggling in my bed when Elena realized the baby was moving. Her eyes grew bigger and she exclaimed, "Mami, the baby is pushing herself out!!! I think her wants to come out play with her toys" (Yes, she does say very surely that my baby is a girl). I explained that the baby still has some growing to do before they can come out and play and then I went on to talk about the plans for the afternoon. When I said it was time to get out of bed and come downstairs Elena said, very concerned, "Mami, no! If you stand up your baby will fall out and her will fall bump down the stairs! We have to stay in bed for your baby wants to come out!"

2 comments:

Maureen said...

That is so cute! Jon used to do the same as Adriana...I think he was convinced I was saving the good stuff for Ken because he always ate great off of Ken's plate. Of course, it was the same food he refused to eat off of his own...Such joy, another baby on the way. Elena is a wonderful big sister. She takes good care of Adriana when mommy is not around! Love you guys~

Anonymous said...

in the first picture it looks like ben is having more fun than the girls... :0) looks like a fun day was had by all.:0)