Maximiliano Abishai at 35 months

Maximiliano turned exactly 35 months yesterday, which is when I planned on writing this post but watching terminator 2 and falling asleep happened so here I am writing it today.

Maximiliano, (or as we all call you most of the time, Maxi) you are 35 months which means you are a month short of being 3! I can't believe how big, smart, fun and loving you've grown to be in such short time. I still remember so vividly the day you were born. Your eyes were wide open and you were observing everything around you, so calm and beautiful, I don't even remember hearing a cry. They placed you in my arms and tears of joy filled my eyes while I kissed your face. I loved you so much from the moment I knew you existed that I didn't know how much more I could love you the moment I held you in my arms, our love for you only gets stronger and stronger as the days go by.  I had been waiting for you almost two weeks after your due date, we all used to say how comfortable you must of been in my womb, that you didn't care to come out to the real world.

Just this month your vocabulary has tripled it self and I find myself in awe every time I hear you say a new word that I had no idea you had learned. Your tia chelle is no longer chelle but Michelle, it's no longer kee but thank you. You exclaim "Ou! mama, I'ma hurt" when you bump into something. When we read to you, you are so involved, you stop to point at everything and describe it. The spider monkey, monkey hand, monkey foot, monkey ear, monkey nose, monkey mouth, monkey tail, monkey red! Your favorite books at the moment are: panda bear, panda bear what do you see and from head to toe from Eric Carle. You love animals and you know every single animal there is. If I had to choose three animals to be your favorite, I would say you love sharks, spider monkeys and pandas the best. You love food and I'm so thankful you are not a picky eater, I'd have to say your favorite foods of lately are rice, eggs and pizzadillas (quesadillas with pepperoni). You know most of your colors: black, blue, purple, red, yellow, green but it's funny that sometimes you still call some of them by superhero names. Red is piderman, yellow is wolverine, green is hulk and blue is captain merica. You love your super heroes. And your ninja turtles. You love it when we build lego robot families together, you always ask for the mama, papa and baby. Some times when I'm cleaning you say " play mama, play" and you grab my hand and take me to your toys. You are always playing family even with your super heroes, you have a mama spiderman, a papa spider man and a baby spiderman and you rock the baby to sleep while you sing lulu's. You also love it when we play cars. You just started liking chocolate milk, you had tried it a few times before and never liked it... this morning you woke up at 4ish asking for it, you were still half asleep and I think you were probably having chocolate milk dreams. Your dad got up to make you a small cup and you drank it and went back to sleep.

Some days you give me headaches but I would not change those headaches for anything in the world. You are wild and free. There is no stopping you. You are loving and caring and polite and strong and curious. When I say ouch!, you say "what's wrong mama?" or ask "you okay mama?". You say please and thank you (most of the time). You always greet people and you make sure to say bye and goodnight. When your grandma is carrying groceries in the house, you run to help her with the bags. You wake me up by touching my face, staring straight at me with a huge smile on your face.

I could go on forever but you are awake now, so I'll wrap this up by saying that we love you so much, you are the sun, the moon and the stars, you are the apple of our eyes. Since the day I knew of you my love, my life has only changed for the better. Thank you.

March In Pictures

March consisted of many beach trips, ice cream, sweets and eating out way too much. It consisted of flying kites, lots of time at the park and more target runs than the usual. March was full of dreamy weather, plenty of iced coffee and fun!

Maximiliano had a blast this month and I'm so happy he's being nice at the park and now we can actually let him run freely without worrying if he's going to hit someone or do something not so nice. We had this problem with him for most of the two's and while friends assured me it was the age and that they had been through the same, I was worried that he wasn't going to grow out of it. I'm happy I was worrying for no reason because now he's constantly making friends at  the park, even bigger kids are always trying to play with him and take care of him. Now that he's a few months short of three I can definitely see the end of that tunnel. He's always been a sweet kid but we did have trouble with him not wanting to share and the typical terrible two's behavior, I guess.

For me March was also about taking care of myself. At least half of March. After indulging way too much recently and stressing out about not fitting into my clothes I started working out again and eating healthy. I'm only about three weeks into it and already I feel SO much better about myself BUT I have another post for that.

XOXO, Lidia

Maximiliano Abishai

This was taken on December 27th. My baby sister (also known as Maximiliano's favorite aunt) bought him a cupcake for his half birthday and we sang happy birthday to him before he blew out the candle. It's kind of a tradition now for her to celebrate his half birthday, last year she baked him a cake. Now we are about three months away from his 3rd birthday and this is what he's been up to...

He has a thing for closed doors. Always closing opened doors and usually locking them as well. We now have to keep an extra key to our bedroom close by, I've been locked out a few times. Oh also my husband has to pick the lock to the bathroom every now and then too.

He asks to visit the zoo every. single. day. Some days is "I want monkeys" others is "I want tigey" and then swtiches off to "I want koala", but lately his favorite has been the pandas. Over all he says, "Mama, I like animals".

His absolute favorite thing at the moment are surprise eggs. Sometimes I will fill up our Easter eggs from last year with small random toys (that he already owns) or alphabet letters and the occasional candy and he sits there so excited and opens them all. I think it's the element of surprise that he likes so much. He's going to go nuts this Easter since eggs are his jam and all.

Randomly will grab my hand and kiss it. Run up to my leg and hug it. Say " I luh mama". Grab my face and cover me in kisses.

When he doesn't want people to leave, he will say "no! cold!" and cross his arms across his chest while shivering.

Can't leave the house without one of his hats.

After burping it's always "oopsie cuse me". When going to sleep it's "night night".

He has energy that I cannot explain, I have trouble with bed time, is literally non stop all day long. Some days are hard. Like today, Mondays when Papa has band practice and I can't get my work out in because he's climbing on my back when trying to do my push ups or throwing all the couch pillows at me when trying to do my cardio and I can't even get 10 minutes to myself for a shower. Some days are hard, but just one single kiss makes up for all the hard days to come.

2015

Hello. Can I just talk about how excited I am for this year?

After really debating in my head and talking it over with my husband I decided we will not be trying for another baby this year. The reason why I say I decided and not we is because my husband really left it up to me since he does work full time and understands that most of the hard work is for me.

The strongest reason why I was really considering it, is because I feel that Maximiliano would be the happiest if he had a sibling to play with. He doesn't really play with other kids and when we're at the park and he starts playing with someone, when they leave, he makes this little sad puppy face and says "nooo". That just breaks my heart.

The reasons why I decided this wouldn't be the best time for another baby are, first of all I have some traveling planned out this year. I want to visit my hometown this year, we also have planned to travel to Sayulita, Guadalajara, Cuernavaca, Mexico city, Oaxaca and Chiapas. I am so excited to explore the south of Mexico, I am from northern Mexico and would really like to see the different traditions and try the different foods, go to the rain forest and see the pyramids! Another reason is that I want to go back to school, I'll talk more about that later... These are the two main reasons and there's a few other ones but you get the idea.

I've never been too crazy about new years resolutions although this year I did jot a few down. One of the main ones is to be happier. Sometimes I can get stuck on the negative aspects of my life and focusing on them doesn't let me enjoy the positive ones as much as I should. I am really trying to over-think less and just breath and enjoy the moment. Another one is to get fit. I was so close to this goal last year, my abs were starting to show and then I started working and threw all my effort to waste, starting over is a big pain in the behind. Like I'm really trying to not eat that chocolate chip cookie calling my name... Ugh and not having time to go out for runs is really killing me but I'm trying to figure out a schedule so bear with me summer body. I'm feeling good about 2015.  XOXO Lidia

{ almond butter on chia honey toast, berries and honey vanilla chamomile tea }

{ first trip to the park of the year }

{ amazing hand rolls I made for dinner last night, I think these will be added to the weeknight dinner list and I'll probably post the recipe here sometime next week }