Mommy is done with her Master's!

We got to celebrate a big accomplishment in November 2012.....Mommy graduated from her Master's program!  After two long years, I finally have those coveted letters on my signature line at work.  It was a crazy two years, I got accepted into the Master's program at UT Dallas and about two weeks later found out we were pregnant.  A lot of time was sacrificed but mostly the quality of my schoolwork was sub-par since I had someone more important to tend to :)  Juggling work, school and a new baby was crazy but anytime I ever felt stressed all I had to do was look at Nico's sweet face and everything was alright.  I was initially going to skip graduation, but I am so glad I changed my mind and have these picture and could share this day with Enrique who was extremely supportive throughout school (could not have done it without him) and of course having Nicolas there made it so special.

Lot of love to Enrique for helping me through homework assignments, being a single parent on weekends I had school, and never complaining when housework just didn't get done....in fact he did most of it!  I am one very lucky girl to have such a supportive husband and best friend.

Here are a few pictures from the big day.

Mommy and Nicolas before the ceremony

I see you!

Kisses

Love my two boys sooooo much!

Thanksgiving 2012...missing camera!

This year for Thanksgiving, as has been our routine since we got married, we had two Thanksgiving dinners....YUM!  On Thursday we stayed in Dallas and spent Thanksgiving with Enrique's side of the family, and my side of the family graciously waits for us to travel to Houston to celebrate Thanksgiving on Friday.

Thursday was a long day since both the Cowboys and the Longhorns played a game but Nicolas sure did have a lot of fun playing with his cousins and gobbling up some turkey (pun intended).  The only thing that was mysteriously missing this year was a camera!  We don't have a lot of pictures from the festivities so only a few to post....queue the violins :(

Family picture

Playing with cousin Collette

My handsome little man

Nicolas was fascinated by toy golf clubs at Grandma and Grandpa' s in Houston....wonder what Santa will bring!

First Mavs Game - November 14, 2012

Nicolas is living the good life....we took him to his first Mavs game and we were in a suite for his first experience.  Enrique joked about it telling Nicolas to not have expectations like that for every Mavs game :)

Nicolas had a really good time and made it through halftime before he called it quits and succumbed to his sleepiness.  He even got to wear on of the Mavs championship rings for a bit courtesy of a friend of ours that works for the Mavs.  What a great experience for his first professional basketball game...no wonder he gets excited every time basketball is on TV!

Taking it all in

                                      

Amazed

"There's food here too?"

Feeding Tio Valdo

Must have been an intense game....

Mavs Championship ring

"yea, I'm bad"

Spent

These seat cushions sure came in handy

"Wake me when its over"

Mommy and Daddy got to take a picture while Nico slept :)

Klyde Warren Park- November 2012

In October, we had a new park open up in Dallas and we couldn't wait to take Nicolas.  The trolley runs to the park so we thought it would be fun to take a trolley ride to the park.  It was a gorgeous day and we had such a good time.....just one little hiccup.  On the way back the trolley broke down so we had to hang out on the side of the road for about 20 minutes...good thing mommy packed snacks!

Cool kids wear shades

What are those people looking at?

First trip to the park!

Not quite sure about this

Ok, I'll play

I am a big boy and I shall climb to the top

Crawling through the tunnel, so much fun!

Hey dad, look at me!

Such a big boy!

Chasing bubbles

Dog!

Silly daddy

Phew...what a day!

Halloween 2012

This blogging mommy is still playing catch up!  We just had Christmas 2012, but I haven't even posted Halloween 2012!

Halloween was a lot of fun, we had a costume party on the Saturday before Halloween for Nico's cousin Matteo's first birthday.  Nicolas had a really good time playing with all of the other kiddos.

Halloween night we went to our friend Maggie and Justin's house.  They have a nice front porch with a swing and their neighborhood has a lot of trick or treaters so since Nicolas is still a little young for trick or treating and eating all of the candy that comes with it, we hung out with our good friends and watched all of the other kids trick or treat.  We did take Nicolas to a few houses and we were AMAZED that he knew what to do.  I have no idea how, but Nicolas walked right up to the first house and held out his bag with a big grin!  We were cracking up!  This year Nicolas was a "toothless vampire" but he was too cute to scare anybody in his costume :)

Don't know if I've mentioned this...but I am so in love with my little man.  He truly makes our life complete, not a day goes by that Nicolas doesn't have Enrique and I laughing...we are truly blessed.


Without further ado.....Halloween 2012 pics

Ready to go to daycare in his Halloween shirt...he loves his daddy

Mommy kisses!

Ready to go!

Walking up to the first house...he doesn't even need his mommy!

Love this picture!  He was such a pro!

First official trick or treat collection!

More candy please!

Fort Worth Zoo

So, I am still playing major catch up here!  On October 20th, we visited the Fort Worth Zoo and had a really good time!  You would think that in October the weather would be nice, however, it got really hot towards the end of our trip.  We still had a good time and really enjoyed watching Nicolas get excited over animals.  The first animals we saw were the gorillas and Nicolas started yelling "da da da" so loud that he had other onlookers cracking up.  Here are a few highlights of our day....

Pointing and most likely yelling at the gorillas

"I'm not scared of any crocodiles"

"But daddy, I want to get in"

Nico and the Kimono Dragon

Checking out the fish

Nicolas the crocodile hunter

For those of you who know me....I was clinging to Nicolas in pure terror as he so calmly looked at the birds!

Looking at the rhino

Silly penguins

Hey guys, look at me!

Pointing out the elephants

"What is this?"

Very cool picture of the lion roaring...it was louder than expected!