Sweet sisters. Rose is enjoying having her sister home. Each morning she wakes up talking about Pearl and goes to bed talking about her. Yesterday she helped us give Pearl her first bath. Pearl enjoyed the water and was awake for awhile afterwards so we were able to get a photo shoot in. We can't quite tell who Pearl looks like yet, her hair is very dark and fine so after her bath it sticks straight up like a big fuzz ball. I have been feeling good, but forgot that I still needed to rest so I am sending, daddy, my mom, and Rose to church this morning so Pearl and I can sleep and snuggle. Thank you all for the cards, flowers, meals and gifts. We appreciate your loving thoughts very much and wish many of you lived closer.

Welcome Pearl Caroline Lenda
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
1:14pm 8lbs 5oz. 20 1/2 in.

We finally came home this evening and have been enjoying every minute. Rose is enjoying helping her mommy and daddy. She will be a great big sister (although she's a little disappointed we didn't get the version that already plays with her). We look forward to introducing her to you.

The birthday princess! Today is Rose's actual birthday. Yesterday I kept telling her that tommorow was her real birthday, so last night when Mike was putting her to bed he said she told him that she was having a Cinderella party today. Um no, she had wanted a Cinderella party, but I was thinking she would still be interested in Cinderella for next years birthday so I went with Nemo. So this morning we had her wear her Cinderella crown and a blue dress. Mike and I put a bunch of streamers and balloons up in the hallway entrance she was surprised this morning when she saw the decorations. Last night Mike's sister-in-law and husband(known as Auntie Grandma and Uncle Pappa) came to visit Rose for her birthday. We went out to dinner at Le Tub, (voted the best burger in the country) and had breakfast with them this morning. I took Rose to the Library and tonight we went to the park one of her favorite activites.
Rose's sister has an eviction notice scheduled. If I do not have her before Tuesday, Oct. 17th I will be induced that morning.

Fun at the Splash Park! Living in Florida you would assume we could go play at the park year round, however it is actually way too hot to go to a traditional park, even in October, several area parks have sprinklers for the kids to play in. Rose and her friend Avery enjoyed keeping cool at this fun little park, although we (the moms) were very hot and ready to jump in and splash wiht them.

Rose's Second Birthday Party! Today we celebrated Rose's birthday with a Nemo party at the beach. We just had a few church friends as we know we could have the baby any day. It was very hot but we had a great time especially when we went down to the water to cool off. Rose even had a special guest, an iguana that wanted to join the party. We also enjoyed the Latin Hip Hop music provided by another nearby party. Keep checking back we'll be sure to post pics. of the baby on here when she arrives. Rose's actual birthday is Weds. the 11th so who knows maybe the baby will want to share her sister's birthday. Auntie Grandma (Mike's sister-in-law) and Uncle poppa are coming on Tuesday to celebrate Rose's birthday. My mom will be coming on Sunday the 15th to help when the baby is born so we are looking forward to our visitors.

1. Mike and I got a babysitter last night and went to South Beach with some friends. Here is a pic. of us in front of Emeril's restaurant, where we ate dinner.








2. Rose has "stolen" our blanket for her own and she prefers to sleep with her head totally under the covers, here's a sweet pic. with her face peeking out.



















3. & 4. Mike got tickets through work to see Disney on Ice. Rose enjoyed watching the show. It was her idea to put pink bows in her hair like Minnie Mouse. Rose's friend Avery (and his parents) joined us for the show. Avery loves to hug (ok sometimes tackle) Rose hugs him back and it is so cute.





























5. Beach baby, this pic. is from a few weeks ago when we stayed at the Sheraton in Miami.

ABCs "By Yourself"

Twinkle Twinkle


Enjoy a little song from Rose...

Yesterday during my doctor appointment we got a sneak peek at the newest member of the family. She is head down already so her face is a little smushed into my hip but we still thought this was a cute pic. It was much better then Rose's 3-D pics. as she looked like an alien and I threw the picture out. (Sorry it is a little blurry as it is a pic. of the ultrasound photo.)

We took a mini vacation over Labor day weekend. Thanks to priceline we stayed 2 night at the Sheraton in Miami and went to the Miami Children's Museum, Key Largo and of course the hotel swimming pools and the beach. Rose had a great time at the museum and enjoyed pretending to grocery shop, she already loves to swipe the credit card. She also had fun with daddy in the museum's recording studio. She literally ate the mic. which I am sure is covered in germs from all of the other children that do the same thing. (I guess that could account for her cold this week.) Just wanted to add these pics. before I send my computer in for some work it could be awhile before I get it back.

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Well it has been way too long since I last updated the Blog. I have tons of pics. to share I just have been too lazy to put them up. We are all doing well and growing, well Rose and Rachel are growing:) Rose's personality is developing more and more each day. She is becoming very independent and always saying to us "by yourself" which really means "I want to do it all by MYSELF!" I am 32 weeks pregnant so definitely on the home stretch. YEAH! The baby is due Oct. 24th and Rose will turn two on Oct. 11th, (she has already hit the terrible two milestone though). Mike and I will begin attending a parenting class next week at our church and the timing is just right as we are being tested daily:) Rose is actually a very good girl we just need to learn to channel her strong willed personality into a strength without breaking her wonderful spirit. Any way here are few fun and yes we think cute pics to share. Before long Rose will have to be sharing the spotlight with her sister but for now she is the only little princess in our house. (Well occasionally she makes Mike dress up like a princess too.) Mike and I celebrated our fifth anniversary a few weeks ago. We went to the Melting Pot for dinner and then took a quick (it started to look stormy) walk on the beach, this is one nice advantage to living in FL.