party in the bathroom

this is pilar's absolute favorite place to run off and get into trouble, the bathroom. well standing between the bathtub and the toilet to be exact. first of all it's a small little space perfect for her size. secondly, the toilet flusher is there, and this is what draws her in from far and wide. she can't get enough of flushing the toilet! sometimes she doesn't flush it, she just pushes the lever back and forth gently so it doesn't flush. when i don't hear her tootling around and making all her babbling and driving a car noises, i know where to look, she is usually here! i think she is asking you to join her...party in the bathroom!

potty training

well the time has come to start potty training! this was the first attempt at testing the waters, and as you can see pilar had a delightful time sitting on her own little 'chair'. after we wake up, we take off her diaper and pajamas, and get her all cozy in this pretty house coat from bibiana and fernando (muchas gracias), then we sit her down with her favorite little friend 'the lady' a fisher price toy that was once mine, she's actually wooden! and of course we can't forget reading material, like dora the explorer for example, for a little bilingual reading! and voila...a poop...in the POTTY! yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. this is my life people, when you are standing in line waiting for your starbucks, i'm waiting for pilar to poop all civilized. and then i get to clean the potty! o joys!

the progress of a smile

ok back to the updates! here is pilar going from 0 to 60 in 2 seconds! look at those little teeth! munch munch munch. she actually went through a let's-bite-mommy-at-any-chance-I-get phase. it was painful, and yes she bit me while breastfeeding. but she also bit me on the arm while she got dressed, on my nose, and my fingers...ouch! most of the time it seemed like she was trying to kiss, but bit instead. my mom suggested i start to pretend crying in order to teach her empathy. well that made her laugh hysterically. I guess I am a very bad actress. luckily that phase passed quickly!  

hello dolly!

So normally Pilar is the epitome of a tomboy, however she has all these great little sun dresses she got as hand-me-downs from my friend nicole. One night on our way out for a walk (back in august) I decided to root through her dress drawer and see what she might fit, and this is what I picked out for her, along with her berette from grandma sharen, and presto...my tomboy disappeared and this pretty little thing appeared. how lovely! If you do look at the larger photo, ignore the food in her eyebrow, lol, nobody is perfect...

sin ropa

Do you remember what you were doing on the hottest day of the summer? Pili was roaming around the house and balcony nude! I was so jealous, ahhh to be outside and be naked. It is cold here now, and even drafty in the house, so pili doesn't get much naked time, unless we are in the bath. Can't wait till next summer!

green bean

pilar inspects this new green thing...

still inspecting and wondering...

she thinks about it...

and goes for it...a green bean...hooray!

yummy green thing, i don't have enough teeth to bite you, but i loved meeting you!

bath time

bath time is a regular fixture around here. pilar loves loves loves her bath time. and it's very routine, it's always me and her in the bath-pili breastfeeds while i clean her face of a days worth of food and grime, then we make bubbles with the soap, and she watches me blow them. she rubs her hands on the bar of soap and attempts to lather her tummy! then she knocks every shampoo and soap bottle into the bath, and plays with them like little boats. we recently got her a pan flute that you add water to each individual flute to make the different keys, and she loves tooting away on this. once we are done, sergio comes along and wraps her in a big fluffy towel and tickles her with his beard, she loves this! then she turns the lights on and off, and then finally she gets a fresh diaper and clean pajamas...all ready for bed! (that's another routine...)

romper room

this is romper room 2009, Pili style. one day in the not so distant past, Pilar discovered there were storage bins under her crib, and she spent at least an hour going through them, inspecting each and every thing. She made funny faces, chewed some shoes, stood on her tippy toes, found a bib, all in all she was mesmerized by all this stuff! baby toys, they suck!

long time no see!

Yes, well here I am again admitting guilt that I haven't been keeping up with Pilar's blog. Time to change that, and of course update you on the girl we know as Pili, but also to stay updated. I hope that this blog will someday serve as a very valuable resource when I (or any of you) want to walk down memory lane and see all the precious moments in Pilar's early years. Do not fear however, that just because I have negelected this blog for far too long, that I have been neglecting her, and I have been taking notes on Pilar's monthly advances, likes and dislikes, which I will publish into a memory book soon. Enjoy the photo updates! And see you soon, here, of course!