New and Improved!

Well as you can see, it's been waaaaay to long since our blog was even touched! Alyssa and Ryan obviously couldn't handle the work load so I guess I have to take over. In the past couple of years my two moneys have grown way to fast and I have realized that we need to capture as many moments as possible as you never know what God has planned for you. My family is my world. I thank God everyday for my blessings in them. I hope to share as many of our experiences, our hopes and dreams and our love for one another with our family and friends. So with the new year I hope you enjoy reading about our Monkey Business adventures as much I as love living them.
- Monica

We're Baaack!!

That's right, we are back! Our mommy is soo very sorry for letting our adventures slip by but she said she had been super busy during the month of May and then she took a "mommy and daddy" mini vacation to Las Vegas (she says she needed a break...whatever that means). She said she missed us TONS (that will teach her to not take us along!). We were pretty busy too so let us catch you guys up.

Last time you saw me I had just turned six months. Since then I have learned to sit up all by myself. It was my Mother's Day gift to mommy. She was happy and a little sad too because I am growing up too fast. But still, it was the best gift she got that day. Don't I look like a big boy sitting up for the first time. I was still a little wobbly back then but I'm like an ol' pro now!

Then on May 23 I had my Holy Baptism. My great-grandpa Deacon Dubuque baptized me in his church in Corpus Christi (he baptized my sister too when she was a baby). My Auntie Missy and Uncle Raymon became my god-parents. All of my family came from San Antonio to see me get baptized and I loved that they were all there. It was a very special day!

I am now seven months and growing like a weed! I have two teeth now and can FINALLY hold my bottle all by myself. Mommy and Daddy better watch out because I am getting ready to crawl any day now. Actually, Alyssa better watch out because here I come!(straight for those toys ha ha!) Summer is going to be great because I finally get to play with mommy and daddy and will get to do some cool things with sister. Mommy says we are going swimming in the pool all summer and we are even going to the beach! I can't wait!

I had a busy month too! School is finally over. I had a festival on May 3rd that I performed in at my school. It was my last performance at St. Anthony Learning Center because I will be going to Ott Elementary next year. I also started gymnastics at the Little Gym that same weekend. I started late in the semester but I got that hang of it really quick! I couldn't wait to go every week and learn new things.

I learned to walk the balance beam, do "donkey kicks" and "monkey jumps" (these are all technical terms). I did forward rolls and backward rolls down the mats, "spider walks" on the uneven bars and even learned to hang from the bar. All my hard work paid off for "show week" where I showed my mommy and daddy all my cool routines and even got a metal for it! Daddy says its my "first of many" to come. I think he wants to frame it!




I am really looking forward to this summer. I am going to do ballet and tap along with gymnastics at The Little Gym. I can't wait to go swimming and visit the beach again. I hope to go to Sea World and Fiesta Texas and best of all play with Monkey all summer. It's going to be a blast...I just hope Mommy and Daddy can keep up with us!

I'm 6 Months Old!!!

I turned 6 months old today...Yipee!! I went to my check up yesterday and Dr. Davis said I am a very healthy, growing boy. I now weigh 18 pounds and I am 26 inches long. I think sister weighed this much at a year old! My check up went great. Mommy didn't have to make a list of questions this time. Dr. Davis was happy to see all the things I can do like roll onto my tummy and then back and put my toes in my mouth. I can almost sit up by myself (gotta work on those tummy muscles). I had to get two shots but I was brave. I cried but didn't shed a tear. Dr. Davis said "just keep doing what you are doing and see you in 3 months". Wanna take a guess on how much I'll weigh then???

Happy Earth Day!

Mommy said that today was Earth Day. She said that it is the day we remember how important our Earth is to us and we need to do lots of things to take care of it. She said we should take care of our Earth everyday. Mommy said she is so excited because we are now getting recycling service in our neighborhood (finally!). She said I will get to help her sort our plastics, cans and paper. Boy do I love to help! Daddy wasn't too happy about having to put 2 BIG cans out by the curb now. But me and mommy told him he has to do his part too! I do mine by not wasting water when I brush my teeth. In honor of Earth Day, here is a picture of me and my tomato plants. My Nana helped me plant these and she makes sure I water them everyday. Ryan likes to go outside and watch. I can't wait till I can pick my tomatoes to eat! I love being GREEN!!

Mickey, Minnie and the Easter Bunny!

This weekend was such a super fun, long, four day weekend. It started off with having a "Big Sister" day on Friday. Mommy and Daddy took me to the Rainforest Cafe for dinner then to see Disney on Ice at the Alamodome. It was a blast! I saw the characters from the Lion King, Peter Pan, Lilo and Stitch and my favorite, The Little Mermaid. Check out my cool Flounder Hat! My daddy wore it most of the night (can you just picture that??). Mickey, Minnie and the gang were all there too. All the skaters were so awesome! I sat front row and got to wave to all of them. Tinker Bell was so pretty. She even flew with Peter Pan. Thanks Mommy and Daddy! It was sooo much fun!



Then the Easter Bunny came to vist us early. He came on Saturday instead of Sunday because we left for Corpus Christi to spend Easter with our cousins and Mamaw and Papaw (maybe he didn't have Mapquest!). Once we got there we had an awesome fun day. It was our great-grandma Mina's birthday. So it was like two parties in one. We had bar-b-que and LOTS of desserts. Raymon and Maliyah were there and so were Uncle Raymon and Auntie Missy and Uncle David. We had an egg hunt (I think I got the most eggs...shhh), and a pinata. Even Ryan got to hit the pinata...with daddy's help of course. We did sidewalk chalk and then we had a cascarone fight! Some of the eggs were hard on our heads!

We had such a good time in Corpus. We got sooo many Easter gifts from everyone and we loved every single one of them! Thank you so much! I can't wait till next year when Monkey will be able to go hunt for eggs with us. Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter weekend...cause we sure did!!

The Easter Bunny is Coming...

It is Easter weekend and we are getting ready for the Easter Bunny! Yesterday he came a little early and visited my school. He hid a bunch of eggs and me and my friends got to go find them all. I had a hard time getting a bunch of eggs because I kept stopping to see what was inside those colorful eggs. It slowed me down a little.

I got to color some easter eggs too (don't I look cute in my daddy's old shirt?). Mommy bought me a Tinker Bell coloring kit. It even came with some Pixie Dust to sprinkle on my eggs. Ryan couldn't help this year. Mommy gave him a plastic egg to play with and I think he was happy with that.

It is going to be a busy weekend. We are going to Corpus Christi to visit my cousins. I hope the Easter Bunny knows how to get there! Tomorrow I am going to see Disney on Ice. I can't wait to go! Tinker Bell and Ariel are going to be there!

Raspberries Galore!

Guess what I learned to do?! I learned to make raspberries! And boy do I love to make them!
I can lie on back and make them all day long. I can even be in my crib all by myself and be very happy just making raspberries. Big sister Alyssa thinks I'm being so silly and Daddy loves to do them right back to me. Mommy thinks it's cute...well I take that back. She doesn't think it is very cute when I do it while I am eating. Especially when I'm eating my yummy carrots...I wonder why?