Abuelito Felix y Abuelita Maria

We just loved visiting with Edwin's grandparents.
They are so sweet and we are so glad they can come and visit every summer.
(Uh-oh, I have another one that wants to be the center of attention!) This picture was taken when they first got here to AZ in May.
Olivia-our little peanut, just a couple months old.
Abuelito Felix
I love her cute little face! Of course she's grabbing at her little toes.

Abuelita Maria They all have such pretty smiles....except Olivia.

Swimming Day

Emma has been using floaties to go swimming, but

Edwin's mom just bought her this vest;

it's a lot better for her because she has to kick her feet and

also paddle her arms in order to stay afloat!

Olivia has such fair skin, like me, and thankfully she didn't get burned!She is so cute swimming! She loves playing in the water; she kicks and splashes....another water baby!

I'm no Chef.....

I am not a chef (like Christi!), but I do love to bake treats.

I got the recipe online-"Chococonut Chip Cookies"
These turned out so good I just had to take a picture!

Puzzles

For my birthday Edwin bought me a puzzle, and we looked all over for a really nice one. One that isn't too hard, not too easy, good quality pieces, good picture/painting.....blah, blah, blah. Who knew picking out a puzzle would require a dozen trips back and forth to Target! Well, I finally decided on one. A 1000 pieces.....seriously, what was I thinking?!
Last night I started putting it together. (I know there are some of you out there laughing)
Well....I patiently got all the edge pieces gathered and started putting it together. After about 40 minutes I was finally done!.....with the edges.
So I don't know if I'm cut out for puzzles because I have this obsessive thing that I have to finish whatever I start and I will literally stay up all night trying to finish it. (I guess it's selective 'cause the dishes are still in the sink :)) That's why I have this mental list of things I cannot start right before bed. Books is one, scrapbooking is another. And sadly, I guess puzzles is going to go on that list.
Oh well.

Emma's cute sandals

Just an ordinary picture of Emma posing, but I just couldn't pass putting it on our blog for a couple reasons:
1. She wore these sandals for about 3 weeks straight.
2. She is doing the ever-famous "bradshaw" pose....just ask Eliza!
3. ALISA MADE THEM, and I have to show off her work.
4. What mom can pass up a time for a picture when her daughter says "oooh mom, you just have to take my picture with my new sandals!"????

Anyway, they are cute, both Emma and the sandals.
Thanks, Alisa!

Arizona Science Center

This summer we visited the Science Center! Emma had a lot of fun looking at all the different displays. She especially liked the weather room. They stand under a big screen TV and it displays different types of weather and on this big area, they have a mist, and huge fans for wind, lights to show lightning, etc. Overall, it was a really fun day...nobody got lost and that's always a success!

Tennis, Tennis, Tennis!

Emma just loves playing tennis! (That's Rachel & Grandma Charo in the background)
She's hitting the ball to Grandpa Edwin, she actually hits it really well!

Before Church.....

Just taking some pictures before church on Sunday. They are so cute in their dresses.....and Edwin's handsome too.

We had just enough time to stop and pose before church without being late!

Cute Hair

We started putting Olivia's hair up in pigtails! Two little horns!

And this is what she looks like when we take her hair out!
(Edwin says she looks like "Zoolander"!)

BrainQuest

One fun memory I have growing up is sitting around the kitchen table at night playing BrainQuest.
But it wasn't this intense competition though, we usually joked around and made fun of each other at the stupid answers we came up with.....because they were usually wrong. I still remember Emily laughing so loud that my Dad would come in and tell us to be quiet because he was trying to sleep.
A couple of years ago, driven by my memories, I bought a BrainQuest, sadly for 7 graders, and thought it would be fun for Edwin and I to "play". We take it on car trips or just to run errands as a way to relax (ha!).
I still get half the answers wrong!
But it's funny how it's still entertaining.

We had a good laugh.....

As I posted before, Olivia had her shots this week. She ripped off 3 of the band-aids within a couple of hours, but one band-aid stuck it out with all her pulling.
Today it lost it's stickyness and I asked Emma if she could throw it away for me, when out of nowhere she starts singing the band-aid song. "I am stuck on Band-Aid brand 'cause Band-Aid stuck on me."
Yeah, Edwin and I laughed about that for about 10 minutes.

Great, now she's going to use that on us when she gets in trouble!

Husbands

I just have to brag about this no matter how silly it is because I'm afraid if I don't it will never happen again!
While I was at work....
Edwin cleaned both bathrooms, vacuumed the floors, fixed the loose toilet seat lid, made dinner, changed more than one diaper, and found time to play games with Emma......all in 2 hours!
I don't know about anyone else, but I am one proud wife.

Oh, Emma!

Now that Emma is getting older she has reached the inevitable age of asking tons of questions......and repeating the answers we give her.
And once I answer the question, that's not the end of it.....oh no, she remembers every word I've said and continues to repeat it.
Let me just give you an example:
Olivia went to the doctor to get her shots (poor baby!) and Emma, confused as to why Olivia is screaming and crying for 10 minutes, thinks she is sick. I explained that babies need to get shots so they won't get sick. A couple hours pass by and she comes to me and repeats that babies gets shots so they won't get sick. So I told her yes, that's the reason Olivia got her shots.
An hour goes by, and again she comes and repeats the same answer I've given her.
Another hour, same scenario.
After she wakes up from her nap, same old story.
While playing "Go Fish", can you guess? Same old scenario.
Now this might not seem so bad, but each time she comes back to me, it sounds sillier and sillier, and I just keep thinking there must have been a better way to explain this! And it's almost as if she keeps coming back because the answer just doesn't sound right.....so at this point, I start adding a little more and a little more to expound on the general reasoning for getting shots.
One thing I know about myself is I am awful at explaining things. I really try.....and I really fail! And the more I try, the worse it ends up......just ask Edwin. Sometimes I wind myself into this completely other place and don't even know how I got there.
And poor Emma is just looking to understand!
Well, after about 50 times of this back and forth, back and forth, she comes back and tells me "So Olivia is sick and she is getting shots so that she can get rid of being sick and she can't stop being sick until she has lots of shots and crys a lot?"
WHAT?!
I don't know where she gets it.