Sunday, November 11, 2012

Update!

I has been such a long time since I last posted. Time has simply gone by too fast! Alejandra is getting so big. Her personality is amazing, she is funny, smart, sweet and very loving. I cannot remember what our life was like before we became her parents. We truly are the luckiest parents in the world. I am attaching some pictures and video!

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

VIDEOS!

Hace rato quería poner vídeos de Aleja. Finalmente lo he hecho así que disfruten. Pongo tres vídeos. Uno es Aleja bailando, otro Aleja escuchando música y otro de ella recibiendo su regalo en navidad, un osito de peluche. Ella es simplemente la mas maravillosa de el mundo entero! It's been a while since I wanted to post some videos. Finally I got a chance to do it. I am posting three videos. One is Aleja dancing, another one is her listening to music and then her first Christmas in the US getting her Teddy Bear. She is simply the most amazing and wonderful little girl in the universe!

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Happy B-Day Aleja!







Alejandra ha estado de fiesta en fiesta celebrando el cumple. Su primer regalo fue tener a la abuelita Mona de visita. Ellas están de amores totales y nos sentimos muy bendecidos de tener a la abuelita en Estados Unidos. Tuvimos una fiesta chiquita en casa y luego una súper pachanga con muchos amigos y familia. Aleja estuvo muy feliz, saludando como buena anfitriona a quien llegara a la fiesta y mandando besos. La fiesta también fue una oportunidad para finalmente conocer a su amiguita Nicol (también Colombianita) y pasaron muy rico. Aleja ha sido una bendición muy grande para todos nosotros y la fiesta, más que de cumple, fue una oportunidad para celebrar estar juntos. Gracias a todos los que nos consienten a la enana! Besos de la cumpleañera!

Alejandra has been celebrating her b-day with lots of parties. Her first gift was having grandma Mona visit specially for her b-day. They have been enjoying each other's company a lot and we feel very blessed to have grandma here in the USA, We had a small party at home and then a big celebration with friends and family. Aleja had lots of fun ad as a great hostess greeted everyone with a kiss. The party was also a great opportunity for her to finally meet her friend Nicol (also a Colombianita) and they had lots of fun. Aleja has been a great blessing for all of us and her party wasn't just to celebrate her b-day but also to celebrate having her in our lives. Thank you to everyone who loves and cares for our little one! Kisses from the birthday girl!

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Felices Fiestas / Happy Holidays!





Hace rato no ponemos fotos de Aleja en el blog! La ultima vez fue Halloween así que ahora pongo foticos de acción de gracias y navidad. Ella paso muy rico comiendo pavo y abriendo regalos. Su regalo favorito fue un oso de peluche! Felices fiestas!

It's been a while since we have posted here. Last time we posted pictures of Halloween so I am posting pictures of Thanksgiving and Christmas. Aleja had tons of fun eating turkey and opening presents! Happy Holidays!

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Snow White... In the snow! Blancanieves... En la nieve!








Alejandra spent her first US Halloween dressed as Snow White while looking at... snow!
In a freak snow storm that came out of nowhere Connecticut was covered by inches of snow. Alejandra's reaction to her first sights of snow? She tried to lick the snow off the window. She thought it was a bunch of ice cream!


Alejandra pasó su primer Halloween en Estados Unidos vestida de Blanca Nieves mientras contemplamos... la nieve! Tras una tormenta repentina que cubrió a Connecticut de nieve Alejandra vio nieve por primera vez. Su reacción? Trató de chupar la nieve desde la ventana como si fuera un montón de helado.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Fathers and daughters




Alejandra has an amazing relationship with Mark and it has been a joy for me to watch them. I was blessed to have a great relationship with my dad, it wasn't just the fact that we communicated well, it was more like he always knew what I was going to do before I did, as if I was a reflection of himself.
Every day when Mark comes home from work Alejandra jumps up and down when she hears the door. "Papi, papi!!" she screams. It is the cutest thing. So I decided that if the last post was dedicated to Aleja's grandma this one should be about Aleja's dad, the best dad ever!

Alejandra tiene una relación muy linda con Mark y ha sido maravilloso verlos juntos. Yo tuve la bendición de tener una relación linda con mi papi, no es solo cuestión de que nos entendemos sino mas bien es como si el supiera lo que voy a hacer antes que yo misma, como si yo fuera una reflexión de el.
Todos los días cuando Mark llega de el trabajo Alejandra salta de la felicidad y grita "Papi, Papi!" Así que decidí que si el ultimo mensaje era dedicado a la abuelita Mona este debería ser dedicado al papi de Aleja, el mejor papi de el mundo.


Thursday, September 1, 2011

Hurricane Mona









La abuelita Mona vino de visita y en su paseo a Estados Unidos le mostramos un huracán y un terremoto! Pasamos delicioso y la abuelita consintió mucho a Aleja. Nos dimos cuenta que los chiquitos hacen mucho para tramar a los abuelitos... Alejandra nunca nos deja peinarla pero de algún modo la abuelita le hizo muchos peinados sin problema. Aleja con su mami solo come mango pero con la abuelita come frambuesas, melón, kiwi, fresas y uvas.

La abuelita nos va a hacer mucha falta y ponemos foticos de su paseo para que vean lo mucho que Alejandra disfruto'!

Besitos a la abuelita Mona!!!

Te amamos "Nonna"!!!


Grandma Mona came to visit and during her stay she saw an earthquake and a hurricane! We had lots of fun and Grandma loved spoiling Aleja. We realize now that babies do things for their grandparents they would never do for their parents... Alejandra hates it when I touch her hair... but she doesn't seem to mind when Grandma is doing crazy hair styles for her. With me she only wants to eat mangoes and with grandma she ate raspberries, strawberries, bananas, kiwi and grapes.

We are going to miss grandma Mona very much so we are posting pictures to show what a great time Alejandra had with her grandma.

Kisses to abuelita Mona!!!

We love you "Nonna".

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Miss independent.



Alejandra is very independent. She won't wear sandals during summer, she only wants to wear her boots and forget about hats... she wants to put her undies on her head!

Aleja es una chica muy inependiente. Come ven por las fotos ella no quiere usar sandalias en el verano sino botas y no quiere usar gorros sino se pone la ropa interior en la cabeza!

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Alejandra and Tchaikovsky



For a while we have had the feeling that Alejandra might want to be a dancer. All our doubts were put to rest when her uncle Jorge Andres (who is also her Godfather) sent us the DVD for Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker". She watches the "Ballerinas" over and over and now can do the full pirouette!!! Only problem is... she gets a bit dizzy!

Ya sentíamos que Alejandra quería ser bailarina. Pero cualquier duda ha desaparecido. El padrino y tío Jorge Andrés nos ha mandado un DVD de "El cascanueces". Ella mira a las bailarinas una y otra vez y ahora ya sabe hacer una pirueta completa! El problema es que se marea un poco!

Monday, June 27, 2011

Baptism! Bautizo!








Hi everyone! Sunday was a very special day as we celebrated Alejandra's Baptism. Alejandra was all laughs (apart for the water bit) and she kept pointing at the little angels around her.It was a very special moment for all of us. I got very emotional, as if all of a sudden I realized how incredibly blessed we are. As I was holding Alejandra in my arms I couldn't believe our luck. How can she be so amazing? Only God knows!

Hola a todos! El domingo fue un día muy especial ya que celebramos el bautizo de Alejandra. Ella estaba riendose mucho y señalando a los angelitos con los que jugaba. Fue un momento muy especial para todos nosotros. Yo me emocione mucho y hasta me puse a llora. Es como si de repente me diera cuenta de lo bendecidos que somos. Mientras abrazaba a mi Alejandra no lograba entender como es posible tener tanta suerte en la vida. Como es posible que ella sea tan espectacular? Solo Dios sabe!

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Alejandra is missing her abuelitos in Colombia.



Lately we have been missing Aleja's abuelitos in Colombia. So we are sending then a special kiss!

Ultimamente hemos extrañando mucho a los abuelitos en Colombia. Así que les mandamos un besito especial!

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

What's up? Como van?





Hi everyone. It is hard to believe but we have been together as a forever family for 3 months. It has been the best time of our lives. We thank God every day for Alejandra. She has such an amazing personality. I think she always wants to laugh, she just needs an excuse. In the morning she wakes up making sweet faces and saying "Mami..."Mami". She loves her "huevito" for breakfast and then the day is, as we call it, great fun adventure. We go to the grocery store almost every day since it seems to be her favorite place. She points to everything and gives names to things, waves hello to everyone and thinks the self service checkout is simply amazing. Then there's the park and the library where she grabs every book and "reads"for a while. Then she plays with mommy and daddy...What an amazing angel. She is the best gift God could have ever given us!

Hola a todos. Es difícil poder creer que ya llevamos tres meses como familia. Ha sido el mejor tiempo de nuestras vidas. Le damos gracias a Dios cada segundo. Alejandra tiene una personalidad maravillosa, es como si siempre quisiera reír y simplemente necesitara una excusa. En la mañana se levanta diciendo "Mami, mami" y haciendo caritas tiernas. Le encanta su heuvito de desayuno y luego nos alistamos para una aventura tras otra. Vamos a la tienda casi todos los días ya que le encanta mirar y señalar con el dedito y saludar a la gente. Luego vamos a el parque y la librería donde le encanta sacar todos los libros y "leer" con mucha atención. Luego juega con nosotros...Que nena tan hermosa y maravillosa. Ella es el mejor regalo que Dios nos habría podido dar.