Hanging out at SBUX yet again

Leah does not look entertained. She spends sooo much time in the damn place. No choice, its where I work and where I sometimes love to be.

Yankees or Mets?

Matt's parents are HUGE Yankee fans, Matt is anything but. I am not a baseball fan anymore, I stopped being after those bastards went on strike. But in the end a decision will be made by Leah. Will she follow after the Bronx Bombers or will she rebel much like her father?

Kitti called this "Leah's Gansta' Picture".

Off to Abuela's

Went to visit my mom in the Bronx today. I miss living there so much. My brother Gilberto was there as well.

We hung out and ate some chinese food, from one of my favorite take-out places.

My mom and Leah



Gilberto and Leah


And then my uncle Eric who I haven't seen in over a year came over and met Leah :D He bought her some of the most awesome clothes. I love that Leah got meet him. He was a huge part of my upbringing and I want Leah to know him.

Here she is with Eric


And here she is with Eric and Carmelo
(Carmelo is a lot like a second uncle to us in my family. Him and Eric have been together FOREVER.)


It was a really nice night. I love seeing my mother happy and anytime Leah is around I see my mom smile, which is way cool.

Back to Grandma's house we go

After dinner we headed over to Ruth and George's for a little bit. I had a load of Leah's laundry to and it had been a few days since they last saw her.



Funny how people WANT to do diaper duty when its a newborn and its not their kid :O




What Matt continues to do while I do the laundry O_o There is a pattern here.

Grilling away

Today Matt made dinner. He grilled up a killer steak out on the charcoal grill. Leah was all bundled up and we spent a nice evening in the yard.





Leah and Me

Kain's clothes

The outfit Leah is wearing in these pictures belonged to her cousin Kain. I actually bought it for him and he wore it home his first day from the hospital. And now Leah is wearing it. Who would've thought that was going to happen? Certainly not me and not Matt who nagged me to death when I went to Macy's to pick the outfit out. :P

Many Faces of Leah

Stop with the pics or I will punch you!

If you don't listen I am going to scream.

Who you looking at?

Go away already!

Yes I am cute :D

Okay, I'm pooped. I'm sleeping now.

Perfection

Yes I am perfect and I know it!

Kick n Play

I think most of the pictures I take of Leah are of her in the Kick n Play. She likes sitting on it and she definitely enjoys the vibrating function on it.

Just too cute

Leah and Sol's First Bus Trip

Today I dressed Leah and packed her diaper bag and ventured off into the world. We went to the mall. But since I don't drive and do not have a car we had to try out the Long Island bus service. Matt forgot to leave her Snap n Go so I had the whole travel system to handle. Its heavy but not so cumbersome that I can't get on and off the bus with it.

All in all it was a good trip. I felt accomplished when we finally got to the mall. So silly, aren't I?

Leah patiently waiting for the bus.


Close up of Leah while we were at Starbucks. Bleh I have a whole week before I go back to work there. I don't wanna go!

Jodi's Baby Shower

Today Leah and me accompanied Ruth to Jodi's Baby Shower. Jodi is one of Matt's cousins from his father's side. She is one of Lois' daughters, the other is Jamie. It was held at Gaby and Michael's new house (which I love by the way.)

I had a really good time and I loved seeing Leah with more of her family. It was a bit surreal sitting at the baby shower with Leah. Ruth had thrown me mine not too long ago and here we were celebrating another lil one. Jodi looked great. She is due October 25th and is having a baby boy that is has been named Aidan. I don't know if I spelled that right.

I took a picture of Leah while I was dressing her.


Here she is in her carseat a little after we got to Gaby's house.


Here she is with her Great Aunt DL, who was more than happy to feed Leah. I can always use the break.


Here she is with her Great Aunt Lois.


I took lots of pictures of the baby shower and am working on a cute lil baby book for Jodi. This will be Jodi's second son, her first Jonathan is absolutely adorable, so I can only imagine how Aidan is going to turn out.

I had a great time and it was another opportunity for me to step back and see how grateful I should be that I met Matt. I couldn't have asked for a better dad for Leah. Nope, not at all.

Rosh Hashanah- Jewish Year 5765

Bernice with Leah

Helene and Bernice with Leah

Ruth and Leah


The men in Matt's family have an affinity for laying on the floor. Everyone from George to Marc to Gary always seem to end up on it. Its rather comfortable. Heh.

Here is Leah laying beside Marc. She is so tiny. Just look at her head in comparison to Marc's. Crazy!

And a close up of Leah.


Matt fed Leah while we were there.



And then I guess that exhausted him so he took a nap. *shakes head*

Shopping

Haven't done too much the last few days. Just mostly hanging out at home and occassionally stopping at Ruth and George's. Today we went to Kohl's to pick up some stuff for Leah. I ended getting some frames and some scrapbooking stuff. Its a good thing Matt is around or else I'd want to get the whole baby clothes section. I was looking at the newborn stuff and I couldn't believe how small it was in comparison to Leah. She's already grown so much. Its scary.

Leah just loves swinging

And she gets a kick out of her mobile. How she doesn't get a crink in her neck, I will never know.

Late Night Play

Leah goes to sleep around 11 o'clock or so and then wakes up around 2 am. She has been doing this consistently since we brought her home. I think it just might be my favorite time with her. She has a pretty active period at the time. I nurse her and she sits content in my lap while I listen to music and sing along to it. Then when I notice she is finally relaxed I lay her down to sleep. But today I noticed that she is finally big enough for her swing, so in she went. She seems to like it. She likes the high, fast swing setting. And it did a pretty good job of lulling her to sleep.



I was worried it might be overstimulating for her, my mom said it was for me as a baby. But no worries, she was fast asleep in no time.

Sleeping Beauty

She will be up soon but for now she sleeps peacefully.

National Grandparents Day

Today is National Grandparents Day. Too bad Matt's parents are away on vacation. They are just awesome. So lucky to have them in our lives.

And I can't believe at how well-behaved my parents are being. I was soooo worried that they would be fighting all the time but it seems that having two grandchildren to share has made their getting along a little easier.

Lindsay is leaving for Australia today, it is also her birthday. Matt drove her to the airport so she got to spend some more time with Leah before leaving. I did laundry while he was gone. And it was A LOT of laundry. Geez, so many chores to do. And now there are like ten million more cause of Leah. Its all worth it. Right?!

Surprise Visitors

I was actually getting some sleep while Matt watched Leah this morning. After our late night photo session Leah finally decided to go to sleep. Anyway so Matt walks into the room and wakes me up. Apparently my dad was outside, as in outside the apartment! Heh. He came out to visit us and I never called him back. Silly me.

So we hung out in the apartment for a bit and then went to go eat at Olive Garden in Massapequa. Matt and my brother Gilberto teased me mercifully (something I greatly detest) but I am glad they get along. (Even if it is at my expense) But after having three younger siblings I am pretty used to it.

I never used to see my family much when I lived upstate or in the city so its nice to see how involved they are trying to be now. I love them so much and I want Leah to really love them too.

My dad took this pic of her while I was holding her.

Playing with my camera

I got bored so I dressed up Leah in this cute lil blue pajama set she has. Yes its a boy outfit but I don't care. :P She looks adorable -_-

What would you call this picture? If she would've put her pinky to her mouth she would be Doctor Evil.


I think she was not too content with my taking pictures of her at almost 3 in the morning. And she let me know it.