Six months

I can't believe half a year has passed already since you've entered our lives. You've grown and changed so much from that tiny sleepy newborn we brought home. For one thing as soon as you got home you stopped sleeping (lucky me!). You're now rolling over both ways like a champ, sometimes you do it so quickly we don't even see it! Your babbling in high tones so you sound like a tea kettle, and when you laugh it's a real belly laugh. That huge smile you give when I get home from work almost makes it worth going... almost. So happy half birthday sweet girl, I can't wait to see what other things you have in store for us!

*And yes, her six month picture is super late, but she is still six months for another two days!

Goodbye sand, Hello snow

Olivia was Miss Angelface on the flight home! She slept for most of the flight and smiled and babbled the rest of the time.

Bathtime!

From the moment we booked this trip Vince has been talking about giving Olivia a bath in a bucket in the front yard...here's another dream fulfilled!

Las Chicas de Oro

That's The Golden Girls in Spanish. That's what I'm calling Abuela and her 93 year old sister, Tia Zenaida. Vince calls them the party girls, which is also an apt description. We have the awesome fortune to be here at the same time these two are having a sleepover, and let me tell you, it's hilarious!  Here are some things I wish I had gotten picture of:
-Tia having a Busch beer at 10am on a Sunday
-Abuela and Tia finishing Vince's Sam Adams IPA and 2 bottles of craft brew
-Abuela cooking blood sausage at 11pm, just cuz
-Tia drinking my Starbcks iced latte and then asking, was that for me? After I said, sure it's yours, she said, I didn't like it
-the two of them sitting outside every night shooting the breeze, well after we went to bed
-Tia taking hour long showers, just cuz

Old San Juan and Loiza

Giddy girl

Sand crunches

Arecibo

After Vince's workout we drove to Arecibo to see the lighthouse and put Olivia in a pool.

CFB&CFD

CrossFit Baby and CrossFit Daddy!

 Most of you know that Vince is an awesome Crossfitter, but did you also know that Olivia is an equally awesome cheerleader? She's at the gym all the time, even when we're on vacations. Here she is cheering her daddy on during his Crossfit Open workout.

And after all that cheering,

 

nothing lulls you to sleep like the soothing sounds of dropping weights and loud music!