Emily's Turns 1 (month)

Emily is one month old today, which is weird because it feels like she was born yesterday. We can hardly believe how quickly time is passing and how much we have already come to love this happy little girl.

Since it was such a beautiful day we dressed her up in some new clothes (recently imported from her fans in Spain) and went outside with the camera to watch the sun set and capture a few of our favorite Emily faces. See if you can pick out my favorite ;).

Hoy Emily cumple un mes de nacida, lo que parece extrano ya que se siente como si fue ayer. Es dificil creer lo rapido que pasa el tiempo y lo mucho que queremos a nuestra bebe tan contenta.

Como el dia estaba tan precioso, la cambiamos en ropa nueva (que le mando su tia Carla) y salimos a disfrutar el dia y a tomar fotos de las expresiones de Emily. A ver si pueden seleccionar cual es mi favorita ;).

Emily Visits Inks Lake - Emily Visita el Lago Inks

This post is dedicated to my dad who, despite all the frustrations of using a computer, has made an effort to check his email and even check out our blog to see his new grandaughter. Therefore I'm writing it both in Spanish and English. Love you dad!

Esta publicacion esta dedicada a mi papa, quien a pesar de todos los problemas que tiene con la computadora, ha hecho el esfuerzo de revisar su email y hasta aprendio como ver el blog, todo con tal de disfrutar a su nueva nieta. Asi que la publicacion esta escrita en Ingles y Espanol. Te adoro papito!

At barely a week old we decided to take Emily to Inks Lake for some family pictures. It was cold outside so we had to time it just right or Emily would start complaining about the cold, just like mama she doesn't do well with the cold air, I'm sure it's the half dominican blood in her.

Con poco mas de una semana de nacida, decidimos llevar a Emily a uno de los parques de Austin llamado Lago Inks para tomar fotos. Ese dia hacia mucho frio asi que teniamos que posicionar a Emily para la foto y rapidamante tomar la foto antes de que Emily comenzara a llorar. Al parecer a Emily no le va a gustar mucho el frio como a su mama; debe ser la sangre dominicana dominando.

Here are a few of Emily's many faces. Arves and I could stare at that little face all day long!

Aqui estan varias de las caritas que hace mi ni~a. Arves y yo podemos pasarnos todo el dia velandole el sue~o y viendo su carita!

Abuela Mechi was still in town and we got a few shots of the two of them.

Abuela Mechi todavia estaba con nosotros y pudimos tomar varias fotos de Emily con su abuela.


Proud mom and dad

Padres orgullosos






Three generations

Tres generaciones

Thank you mom for all your help. It made the adjustment to our new lifes a lot more enjoyable. Love you.

Mamita gracias por toda tu ayuda. Tenerte con nosotros nos ayudo a disfrutar los cambios de tener a Emily en nuestras vida. Te adoro.

Emily's First Week

Emily arrived at 11:35 PM Thursday night October 21st. Since then she's been surrounded by love from all our friends and family.

Both my mom and our good friend Doug waited for her arrival at the hospital while Arves and I welcomed little Emily to this world. It was an amazing experience although a very long labor.

Here is a picture with some of the many visitors Emily had on Friday.

We all came home on Saturday and Emily has been wonderful. Here we are leaving the hospital.


Hard to believe but Emily already has her list of likes and dislikes. Emily loves being in the sun and going for walks with mom and dad in her stroller. She also loves her morning strolls with dad in her Bjorn. On the other hand she does not like having her arms tightly wrapped when swaddled; just like her daddy!





Emily also loves to eat. Here is a video of Emily's first interactions with daddy while mom went to the store. She got pretty close to eating her hands :)



We are in love and couldn't be happier. Emily is the cutest baby and Arves and I are very blessed to have her in our lives.