Easter in Sunny AZ

We spent the first half of the day at my dad's house in Laveen, where the kids had fun hunting for eggs in the huge backyard, followed by another egg hunt at the Espinosa residence.  So happy to be back in sunny and warm Arizona for Easter!

Lina had a blast throwing dog toys to my dad's dogs.

Can't remember why Benicio was in tears... he's a sensitive lil' guy...

Playing with grandpa Randy.

No bathing suit?  No problem (good thing I brought extra changes of clothes)!

Easter at the Espinosas... 

Group pic of the kids before the chaos!

Aaaaand they're off!

Vanesa: "You guys stop!  Let the little ones go first!"  lololol

"What'd she say?  Oh well!"

BESTIES

Can't remember why we were laughing, but I love these ladies!

Isandro is trying to put his arm around Donny but I think Donny's over it. :P

Love these kiddos!

Benicio is TEN months!

March 22, 2015... My shirt says it all, I'm ten months old!  I am movin' and groovin' all over the place.  I have retired my army crawl and am a full on crawling machine!  I also fearlessly pull myself up to stand at the stair railing, tables, toy baskets, you name it.  Pushing and walking the step stool across the kitchen floor is one of my favorite activities.  Peek-a-boo makes me giggle, and I have my own language now, including "mamamama", "dadadada", "nah nah nah nah", "ruh ruh", and "yuh yuh yuh yuh".  I have lots of important things to say!!  I just got my third tooth on the top, and another one on its way.  I make the cutest little clicking noise with my mouth right before I'm going to nurse, my mama thinks it's the most adorable thing ever, I even do it when I'm asleep!  I know it's hard to wait a whole month to hear my next update, but eleven months will be here soon!  Love, Benicio

First Day Back in the Valley of the Sun

Jetlag aside, we are so happy to be home.  Our first day back in AZ consisted of looking at a house in Gilbert (which we now have keys to, yayayaya!), eating at one of our fave restaurants, taking the kids to our old stomping grounds play area in Gilbert, and making a trip to Walmart (can u say kid in a candy store?!).  It didn't take us long to be reminded about how spoiled we are in this country!

Enjoying the day outside at San Tan Village in Gilbert.

Rubio's for lunch, yummmm!

Isandro's sour lime face.

Play area at San Tan Village.

Must have ice cream after playing, of course!

Jetlag.

More jetlag. :)