I know, I know, I know....... I have been the WORST.BLOGGER.EVER. Especially after my New Years Declaration to write more, post move, take more photos, etc...
But more on that later... I swear...
VALENTINA LEE CASTRO is awesome. What more do I need to say?! At her 12 month check up, she weighed 7.390 kilos, which is about 16.5 lbs. Her height/ weight is perfect for her corrected age, which at the time of her first birthday, was a little more than 9 months old. My momma and Grandma Lee came for a visit at the end of April, and Momma and I were looking at MY baby book. Valentina is remarkably similar to my hight/ weight at 9 months... c.u.t.e....
She is crawling all over the place, looooove standing with support, and is now getting into everything! Drawers, cabinets, anything anywhere near the floor is bound to be slobbered on and smashed in her pudgy, sticky little fists. OMG. swoon.
We need to start baby-proofing the house, in a big. big way.
In other news, I have been crazy busy gardening, skating roller derby, cooking, baking, tackling a long list of DIY projects around the house. Photos of my projects coming soon, too! AND I know I was talking about Valentina's Birthday Photo Shoot! It got postponed for several reasons. Daddy Victor wanted to be there and the weekends just keep slipping away... Then my car was stolen in Lisbon, so I was literally stuck home for about 2 weeks, as Victor has been working crazy hours lately and I couldn't get to the beach, the scene for our epic photo shoot. The huge plus to the postponement though, is that I have officially decided on the theme for Valentina's Coming Home Party, at the end of July. Since baby couldn't eat cake for her official 1st birthday, May 8th, I was reading online how preemies celebrate their first birthday. So we are celebrating the date she came home from the hospital, which is more accurate to a 1st birthday, developmentally speaking. I have no problem giving her a sugary delicious cupcake to smash ("eat") when she is developmentally 12 months, but 9 months? She could hardly swallow bites of bread without giving me heart palpitations!
OK OK OK bring on the photos!!
And I swear... cross my heart + hope to die, stick a needle in my eye: I. WILL. BLOG. MORE. OFTEN. PROMISE.
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| omg! this is my morning! |
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| happy birthday baby |
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| not humored.... |
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| breakfast |
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1st time baby pulled herself to stand
she immediately began to chew the railing... |
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google wished me a happy birthday!
i'm 25! woohoo!!!! |
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| heyaaaa |
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| morning walk to the school bus with big sissy |
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new game.
we both laugh a lot. |
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| this is my baby and her baby |
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grandma patti & great grandma lee came for a week in april!
here is their arrival photo
*jetlagggg.... |
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| nice view from their hotel in sesimbra |
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| day in lisbon |
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omg i love this baby
(see those little scars on her hands? from all the IVs? sniffle sniffle) |
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| yeah... |
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happy birthday big sissy bianca!
9 years old! |
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monogram silver toothbrush.
nothing but the best for our little petunia.
VLC |
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| beautiful birthday baby |
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| "baby- proofing" the liquor shelf |
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| big girl cup! |
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| i love my puzzle from great.grandma lee |
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we dont have much hair... but its growing in
PUNK ROCK |
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| NO diaper NO |
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| practicing for our photo shoot |
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| apples & blueberries for baby |
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i was missing MY daddy, so bianca and i shared a banana split
cos "grandpa steve makes the best ice creams" says bianca |
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| chicken, baby rice, sweet potatoes and carrot "meatballs" |
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| what i am doing lately |
