7 Months!!

Today Eliana turned 7 Months!

No shots!

No doctor visit!

O how she is growing!

We have only been in Texas for a month and people are already saying how big she looks.

I see her everyday so I can't tell unless I look at pictures.

This month has been full of fun for Eliana.

She has seen her cousins and loves to be around them.

She loves to see their pictures at grandma Trish home.

She has become better around people.

She use to be inside our apartment and no one visited 

but now she's around a lot of family.

She loves being around her uncles Cristian and Christopher.

And why?

Because she loves to dance and listen to music

and they dance her and put music on for her.

She finally has a crib to sleep in and she enjoys it.

BUT

she also tries to pull herself up and out.

For now she can't.

Summer Fun!

So I had not gone to the zoo in who knows how long.

So my excuse was that I wanted to take Eliana.

I am so glad that we went.

Eliana enjoyed the animals.

She loved the flamingos.

(The first animal we saw)

We saw many animals that were amazingly huge.

She was afraid of the elephants at first but grew to like them.

I didn't want to leave with her fearing them.

She loves fishes.

Which is a good thing because I am terrified of them.

She also liked the penguins. 

And the animal she loved absolutely was the 

Sloth Bear.

She was excited to see a real life bear.

The only bear she has seen was a stuffed animal Po panda bear.

(Kung Fu Panda)

So when she saw the bear she was blowing kisses at him and even 

waved goodbye when we left him.

(We got it on video)

I was more excited to see Elianas reaction when she saw the animals.

I didn't want to miss the zoo before heading back to Utah.

My parents joined us and we were so glad to have their company.

After a long and fun time

Eliana passed out.

I was done for the day as well.

 

Play Date!

Today Eliana had her first play date.

She enjoyed it more than I thought she would.

It was nice of my cousin Natyeli to invite us over.

She has a cute girl just 2 months older than Eliana.

Of course it's a little difficult for them to play with each other but they played with toys.

We had a good time. 

It was nice to catch up with my cousin and just think of how crazy things are.

20+ years ago our mothers took us on play dates and here we are with these two.

I am 2 months older than she is.

It was great!

A Mother's Day Gift

Having Eliana as my daughter has been one of the greatest gifts I could ever ask for.

I will never forget when I had a dream of her.

When I felt her first movements in my belly.

When she was born.

The joy she brings to us.

Each milestone is something so great!

Always reminds me of the great love my Heavenly Father has for me!

I look forward to every milestone 

and today she got her first tooth!

I know I'm going to miss her gummy smile!

Haircut!

Eliana had her first haircut today!

Yes by me.

I am a cosmetologist and worked 3 years in a kids salon

I would say its allowed.

She did much better than a lot of the kids at the salon.

I was afraid though.

I didn't want to cut it too short

but in order to even it out I think I should have cut it shorter.

But for now it's good enough.