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Boo at the Zoo

2011-10-09T20:01:00.002-05:00

Summer Fun...

2011-08-22T12:44:00.007-05:00

Costa Rica!!!

2011-06-08T12:03:00.004-05:00

Ximena's sense of fashion

2011-06-08T11:51:00.001-05:00

Merry Christmas!!!

2010-12-28T10:45:00.002-06:00

Family Fun

2010-12-16T19:09:00.001-06:00

Dia de Brujas....

2010-11-04T10:36:00.002-05:00

Plying with my baby sister and my other babies

2010-10-16T11:07:00.003-05:00

My babies...

At home holding BABY SISTER!!!
At the hospital when Abby was born...

Before my babysister was born...

2010-10-16T10:42:00.005-05:00

Having fun this summer!!!

2010-07-24T09:38:00.007-05:00

Nature!

2010-05-29T11:00:00.002-05:00

Pensacola!

2010-05-29T10:17:00.008-05:00

Some home pictures

2010-05-29T10:10:00.003-05:00

My new sand box

2010-05-29T10:02:00.002-05:00

EASTER PICTURES

2010-05-29T09:54:00.002-05:00

Having fun at the park and my new bed!

2010-03-20T10:12:00.005-05:00

Snow!!!!

2010-02-21T09:25:00.001-06:00

Recent Birthday parties I've been to.

2010-02-21T09:12:00.008-06:00

At the Fire Station for my friend Reece's birthday...

At Pump It Up for my friend Elliot...

Misterious accidents with my toys....

2010-01-24T11:59:00.001-06:00

...or could I just be trying to get my parent's attention?

Getting ear tubes. Not fun...

2010-01-24T11:57:00.001-06:00

Witch hat craze

2010-01-24T11:52:00.001-06:00

Ximena's motherly phase

2010-01-24T11:47:00.004-06:00

Here, Elmo got in trouble and somehow edded up in Ximena's "time out" corner!!??

Trip to Chattanooga with Tita (November)

2010-01-24T11:22:00.002-06:00

Costa Rica 2009

2009-12-07T21:20:00.007-06:00

Visit From Costa Rica

2009-11-12T22:57:00.002-06:00

Visit from Costa Rica

2009-11-12T22:51:00.002-06:00

RECENT SHORT VIDEOS

2009-11-12T22:26:00.006-06:00

Ximena Fonda

2009-08-01T15:21:00.001-05:00

Uno, dos, tres...one, two, three...

Random and cute pics

2009-08-01T15:12:00.000-05:00

At the Park with Nana

2009-08-01T15:07:00.001-05:00

The summer...

2009-08-01T14:44:00.006-05:00

Having fun with cute little Samy!

At the beach with Nati, Gabriel and Emilia!

Look how much I've grown!

2009-06-14T10:39:00.009-05:00

This was me when I was just a baby :-). My grand parents were visiting and we all had a great time a t the pool.

This is me now. Can you see how much I've changed? Years just go by so quickly!!! Well, it's only been one, but still...

We were on our way to spend another weekend with my grandparents who were visiting from CR.

In this picuture I decided to play from my eating chair. It's so much more fun to just play than having to actually eat.

Weekend chores.

2009-05-25T16:11:00.001-05:00

With all this rain, the grass just won't stop growing..

My new favorite spot

2009-05-25T16:09:00.001-05:00

Spending some outdoors quality time.

2009-05-25T11:11:00.005-05:00

Enjoying my meals!

2009-05-25T10:52:00.006-05:00

My mom keeps saying that one day I will start enjoying my meals like most people do. I really enjoy food, I just don't like to eat it!

Ta da...

Now...Oreos are a different story

Something, or rather, someone to brag about!!!

2009-04-30T11:18:00.004-05:00

Look at my new cousin!!! She was born today. Her name is Samantha and I can't wait to start playing with her. I'm going to teach her sooo many things :-)

Another visit to the park

2009-04-04T16:55:00.008-05:00

Today we spent a couple of hours at the park. It was warm and sunny and we all had fun.

Then, we went to daddy's office to pick up some stuff and eat a snack of course!

More picure updates...

2009-03-22T12:15:00.013-05:00

These are my two favorite things to do...

Exploring the kitchen cabinets...

...and sitting on my dad or mom's lap while they read to me.

This is me wearing a paper dress that my daddy made for me after I had a little accident at the doctor's office.

This is one of my most recent creations. We are studdying the color blue this month in school.

Daddy caught me taking a quick nap before leaving school for the day.

Guess who took this picure too?

Mommy and me playing through a glass door.

This is me feeling very, very, very sick.

And this is me just being cute.

We went to the park for the first time this Spring. I had a blast!!!

An amazing day in the sun

2009-03-17T21:50:00.005-05:00

This picture is about nine months old . I don't have the actual picure in my computer so I had to scan it. I know it does not look very good, but it's probably my favorite Ximena picture and I had to post it in her blog.
After a very, very long winter we are ready to have more sunny and wonderful days like the one when we took this picture!

Let's celebrate!!!

2009-03-07T21:20:00.009-06:00

My New Class Room

2009-02-05T12:05:00.003-06:00

I have moved up to a new class in school. I like my new teachers and I get to see some of my "old" friends who had been moved to this class in the last few months. I'm going to miss Ms. Angie, Ms. Wanda, Ms Connie and specially Ms. Robbin!
We are going to have grown-up art projects like this heart that I painted with chocolate for St Valentine’s!!! No one helped me....well they helped me a little.

Oh, literature...

2009-01-31T09:19:00.002-06:00

Has any body seen my Don Quijote de la Mancha?

Oh yes, Bubbles Bubbles is even better!!!

Rush hour

2009-01-30T07:59:00.005-06:00

How are people supposed to get to work on time with this kind of trafic???

Life can be so hard...

2009-01-29T15:40:00.005-06:00

I'd say Ximena sure knows how to relax and enjoy a snack while watching some of her favortiet baby TV shows!!!
At first, I was following her around the room trying to make her eat a little, but then she chose a good spot and just stayed there, finished her food and enjoyed her show.

Wanna see me walking?

2009-01-25T17:01:00.003-06:00

Grocery Shopping

2009-01-25T11:00:00.001-06:00

New Year Pictures

2009-01-25T10:02:00.010-06:00

FELIZ NAVIDAD!!!

2008-12-26T09:21:00.011-06:00

Check out my new book!

2008-12-22T18:37:00.004-06:00

My teachers at school are so nice that they gave me many Christmas presents, one of them was a very cool book with sea animals. Check out their faces!!

Happy Birthday Sharn!!!!

2008-12-19T18:28:00.005-06:00

AND MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!

Ximena saying Happy Birthday!!!!

Catching up on some pictures

2008-12-06T11:57:00.006-06:00

Wating for my formula at a sit-down restaurant

Proudly a 100% US citizen with 75% costarrican blood!

Working my political influences at Fiesta

Chewing on my sippy cup. Juice is not that great though...

Pierce thinks I'm a cute little baby

I think she is cute too!!

November

2008-12-06T09:07:00.018-06:00

November was a very, very hectic month. Lots of good things happened and some that we could have definitely lived without. Among the good things were….Ximena has mastered her crawling skills and she is now pulling up and cruising everywhere!!! She now has two teeth that make her smile look absolutely adorable. She is showing a great interest in some of her books that she likes to hear over and over and over again!
When she turned seven months, she started to wake up quite a bit in the middle of the night, but in this month, she’s gone back to her normal sleeping habits. Actually, it only took her one day to adjust to daylight savings time!!! She has started eating finger foods. In general, we are going pretty slowly on the solids deal, but we are getting there.
The not-so-great things that happened were just probably normal baby stuff. Her first tooth gave her a little bit of a fever and some other unpleasant symptoms. She also had a couple of bad colds (including croup) that really made us feel like daycare is not such a great idea, but what are you going to do….?

Boo!!!

2008-10-31T12:50:00.014-05:00

Sorpresa!!!

2008-10-24T14:54:00.007-05:00

Take II

Take I

New phases, new challenges.

2008-10-19T09:52:00.004-05:00

Ximena is now crawling and starting to pull up! It is very exciting to see her learn new things every day, but with that comes the not-so-small challenge of keeping her safe. She wants to touch and see it all! Mainly those things that we want her to be away from. We have gotten quite creative in the process, and our house looks messier every day, but nothing is more important than making sure she is safe and happy.

Thank you Sharn!

2008-10-19T09:41:00.002-05:00

I'm loving my new bib!

First crawling attempt sighting

2008-10-02T11:30:00.003-05:00

We recevied this picture from someone who requested to be kept annonimous. This picture is still in the lab and we are expecting confirmation of its legitimacy.

Party time

2008-10-02T11:17:00.003-05:00

This past weekend, we went to Atlanta and visited Ximena’s friend Sebastian who just turned two. It was her first birthday party so we were very excited. I’m sure she had a lot of fun, but she probably thought it was just a particularly loud school day.
It was also her first time spending the night away from home, and I must say, we all did great!
I'm sure our next trip will go even smoother.

THE AFTERMATH....

Dinner is served

2008-10-02T11:04:00.002-05:00

Ximena is spending more and more time in her eating chair. We all know she is not a big fan of eating, but this way she can join the family at the dinner table and see all of the action, even when she is not having a meal. She has already tried several fruits and vegetables that she likes, so hopefully she’ll learn to love food as much as we do!

Getting more vertical

2008-10-02T10:41:00.002-05:00

Even though Ximena has always loved to stand, I don’t think she could see things, a couple of months ago, the way she does now. It’s apparent that she is amazed by her surroundings and she can’t wait to explore every inch of our house. We hope to be able to be proactive, as opposed to making the house safer only after having some sort of an accident. We’ve made a few trips to the baby store and gotten some things, but there is still a lot of work to be done. Having the advise of friends whose babies are older than Ximena has been key in this new phase.

Eating skills

2008-09-12T11:02:00.003-05:00

Even though eating is definitely not among Ximena’s favorite things to do, she is starting to experiment new flavors and textures that hopefully some day will make her more interested in this topic. She is now sitting at the table with us and training in how to drink from a cup.

Ximena's hobby

2008-09-12T10:28:00.005-05:00

Ximena has a lot of hobbies, but there is one that has been easier to catch in pictures. We all know that babies sleep a lot, but I’m starting to think that she is particularly good at it. I have not heard of many babies who, at three months of age, sleep in with their parents till 9:30am (on weekends of course). Now that she is older and more active, she is not doing it very often any more, but still, the ease with which she makes her self go to sleep at nap time or at night still surprises me.
During Ximena’s first three months, when my mother was here, she said she didn’t hear her cry once at night. When she was hungry, she would start moving and making some noises, but as soon as she started eating, she would fall back asleep and finish her bottle without even opening her eyes.

It doesn't get better than this!

2008-09-03T10:01:00.000-05:00

On Saturday, we went to Catherine and Charline's to spend the day. As usual we had a great time, even though Ximena tends to act out a little bit when we are at their place. We went to the pool, played with Natalia's toys and even got new toys from both aunts. She got a soft giraffe that she loves to hug and kiss and her own personal remote/cellphone that of course has helped free up some of the household appliances.
But the best of all was... to find out that we are having a new addition to the family. Catherine and Luis are expecting and we were there when they found out so it was a super exciting weekend.

Daddy can't get enough of her!!!

2008-09-02T12:55:00.002-05:00

A not-so-great day in school

2008-09-02T12:18:00.003-05:00

Ximena has been going to school for a couple of hours a day for the last two weeks and we think she is starting to get used to it. The ladies who work there are very nice and experienced so we know she is in good hands.
I was asked the other day to give my email address so they could send me some pictures they took of Ximena in class. I was very excited about it and finally got them a few days ago.
I wonder...

Play time short videos

2008-08-29T14:46:00.003-05:00

...more pictures

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Precious time

2008-08-26T12:20:00.003-05:00

Being away from home during the day is not easy when you have such a little princess waiting for you. That's why Robert doesn't waste a second in the afternoons when he gets back from work and plays with Ximena until it's time for her to go to bed. And of course, she takes full advantage of it!

Holy Potatoes!!

2008-08-26T12:08:00.006-05:00

We asked around who ate all the sweet potatoes and no one knows. Ximena says she doesn't even like them

Some nice pictures

2008-08-22T09:54:00.001-05:00

Morning stroll....

Going out with E. Pierce Gamble...

Helping dad with connection design...

...some more work

Lunch with daddy...

Doctor appointment...

On the job site...

Naping with mamá...

...more work

First nap in school...

Loving the swing...

A fun day with Natalia

2008-08-20T17:43:00.000-05:00

Natalia, Ximena's eight year old cousin, spent a couple of days with us and we had a great time together. Natalia really knows how to make Ximena smile. We played a lot of songs in UTube and danced for her and she wouldn't stop smiling and moving her arms and legs. Natalia also enjoyed dressing Ximena as "Super Baby" and took pictures of her with her cape and everything else she could find around the house.

Starting on solids

2008-08-20T17:30:00.000-05:00

We finally started Ximena on some rice cereal but she did not like it much. It was fun though seeing her make all kinds of funny faces and get her face covered with it. She liked a lot more the apple sauce Gerber she had a few days later. She was so happy eating it I was afraid she would have too much and get sick, but so far she seems to be fine. We'll try other flavors soon and maybe will get back to the cereal with some fruit this time.

An exciting month

2008-08-18T21:30:00.000-05:00

Ximena is five months old now and she is beautiful and sweet. It has been a very exciting month for the Whyte family. She just recently rolled over for the first time and we were super excited about it. I was reading a book next to her while she was playing on her mat when I saw her trying to turn. I was really tempted to help her, but decided to let her try on her own and she did it!!! Of course I called Robert immediately and told him all about it. She still does not like to be on her tummy, but it seems like she cannot help but rolling over every time she is playing on a flat surface. The day she turned five months, she decided to sleep through the night too. That was almost as exciting as rolling over (probably more, but I guess I should not admit it). This month also, she started sitting up without support. She still needs close supervision because she loses her balance easily, but I am sure she will master this art in a few weeks. Today, we went to Ximena’s preschool for the first time and she stayed for 2 ½ hours. Wow!!! I stayed with her for a full hour though . We’ll try to go and stay for a couple of hours every day so she can get to know her teachers and classmates before she starts going for longer periods of time.

A great family day

2008-07-17T18:03:00.000-05:00

Today we started off the day with a photo session of Ximena in her Liga Deportiva Alajuelense shirt (Robert's favorite costarrican fútbol team). We are sending them to Robert's grandpa, aunt and Tyson, one of his very best friends. Then we headed to Chatherine and Charline's who were expecting us for lunch and some pool time.

Ximena's Grandparents are visiting from Costa Rica (Robert's parents) and it made the day even more fun.
Today was her first time in a swimming pool and we did not know what to expect. She is sort of cold natured, but it ended up being a great experience for all of us. She looked absolutely adorable in her swimming suite and she was moving her legs like Michael Phelps.

Bath time

2008-06-27T21:10:00.000-05:00

Today, Ximena decided to take a nap before her bath. After that, everything went as smooth as usual and we all enjoyed it.

Hoy Ximena decidió tomar una siesta antes de su baño. Después de haber descansado, todo transcurrió sin problemas.

Tummy time

2008-06-04T20:58:00.000-05:00

Ximena does not like being on her tummy but she is loving her new mat!!!

A Ximena no le gusta estar de pancita, pero le encanta su nueva adquisición!!!

Fairwell to grandma

2008-05-28T20:47:00.000-05:00

Today, we were at the airport saying goodbye to Ximena’s grandma who accompanied us for three months. It was a sad day, but we will see her again soon.

Hoy fuimos al aeropuerto a despedir a la abuelita de Ximena que nos acompañó por tres meses. Fue un día triste, pero la veremos muy pronto otra vez.

Day One, March 5th 2008

2008-03-05T16:19:00.000-06:00

Ximena (pronounced hee-men-ah) Victoria Whyte was born on a Wednesday, eleven minutes past noon. She weighed 6 pounds and 15 oz and was 20.25 in. long. Ximena is a long baby for a couple of shorty parents (5'-1" and 5'-8") but not quite as heavy as we want her to be. We are working on getting her fatter with her delicious (not!!) elemental formula.

Ximena Victoria Whyte nació un miércoles a las doce y once minutos de la tarde. Pesó 6 libras y 15 onzas (3.15kg) y midió 51.4 centímetros. Ximena es una bebé bastante larga para ser hija de padres tan bajitos (153cm y 175cm) pero no tan gordita como quisiéramos. Estamos tratando de engordarla un poquito con su fórmula elemental.

A look back

2008-02-28T16:34:00.000-06:00

I guess it would also be nice to take a look back and see me a few weeks before her birth because the size of my belly was absolutely unexpected by most. It was quite a challenge to move around, but I must say, I didn't get to feel as uncomfortable as other women do by the end of their pregnancies.
También es interesante observar unas semanas antes de su nacimento, lo gigantesca que estaba mi barriga. Aunque sí se volvió bastante difícil moverme, en realidad no me sentía tan incomoda como dicen muchas mujeres sentirse al final de sus embarazos.