This Ain’t My First Rodeo (It’s My Second!)

24 Saturday Jan 2015

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Thanks to everyone for celebrating Alex’s 2nd birthday!

Happy 2nd Birthday, Alex!

23 Friday Jan 2015

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Happy birthday to my beautiful baby girl, Alexandra!

“And if one fine day you got bored and you said, ‘Today I’m not me, I’m a lion instead’ even if I’d never heard it before, I’d know it was you by the sound of your roar.”

Thank you to Nancy Tillman for giving me the perfect way to express my love for my little darling who is, coincidently, going through a phase of roaring right now (literally roaring in everyone’s face) … trust me we know Alex’s ROAR!

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Field Trip to the Art Museum

14 Thursday Aug 2014

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Dexter’s first field trip! And to the Modern Art Museum! I was so excited for this day, mostly because I …

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First Day of School

12 Tuesday Aug 2014

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Today was Dexter’s first day of school! The Mexican government requires all children start school at age 3, but fortunately our …

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Learning How To Canoe

12 Saturday Jul 2014

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Dave teaching his little boy how to canoe on Lake Butte des Mortes. Just perfect.

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The Family Party

04 Friday Jul 2014

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After two really wonderful parties, we finally got to celebrate Dexter’s golden birthday with just our little family of four. …

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Happy 3rd Birthday, Dexter

03 Thursday Jul 2014

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He can sing the ABC’s, count to 20 in two languages, and breath fire fiercer than any dragon. Dexter has mastered all the life skills he needs for being THREE!

My angel, my darling, my star …

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The School Party

02 Wednesday Jul 2014

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Despite all the work we put into the Dragon Party, the School Party totally trumped it!

We had the most wonderful afternoon at Dexter’s school while his teacher talked about what it meant to complete 3 years. After we shared Dexter’s story, his friends gave him a special card they made and then each one took turns saying something nice to him … I lost count of how many “Te quiero” and “Te amo” were said!

Yola telling Dexter’s story of completing 3 years:

Dexter’s friends giving him their card:

Las Mañanitas (because NO Mexican birthday is complete with this song!):

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Dexter Andres Izquierdo: Take 2

30 Sunday Mar 2014

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Dexter has been practicing! “Dee-tee” is now a very audible “Dex-ter”!

… we’re still working on the “Andres Izquierdo”.

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Alex is Walking!

23 Sunday Feb 2014

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She’s been taking steps for a few weeks now, but just today Alex did it for the camera!

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Alex’s 1st Birthday Party

24 Friday Jan 2014

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Alex had an all-star guest list for her first birthday party – ALL the grandmas and grandpas, even Great-Grandma Carol!

Happy 1st Birthday, Alexandra!

23 Thursday Jan 2014

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You are sweet and happy and silly and a little dare devil … You scream “Hola!” at every person you see … You can do a 180 faster than anything I’ve ever seen (we just have to show you a diaper).

You are absolutely everything we could have wished for in a little girl and we love you!