A Day at the ZOO

Monday and Friday are fun days in my house. Lucas does not go to his Mother's Day Out program on those days yet, so those are the days that we can do anything that we want - I meant, he want!!

I am not a fun of Zoos, but because I know that most of the kids love it, I decided to take him to Birmingham Zoo the other day.

We got there around 9am and left around 3PM. Yes, that is right, we spent almost 6 hours inside the Zoo, and if you have being at Birmingham Zoo before you will know that it is not that big at all.

It was a good sunny day and  Lucas loved. We took a Train ride, carrousel's ride, saw same cute animals and others not so cute, pet a rooster, feed a pig and ended up spending a lot of energy playing in the water. 

Luiza, was great all the time, but she preferred to take her nap instead of petting those "strange" animals!!!

We had a great time and can't wait to be back there!!!

Disney

I am not sure how many times my husband and I visited Disney when we lived in Miami and we always had a great time. I just love Disney, but this time everything was different. It was magical!!!
Going to Disney with Lucas was something that I can not describe her, and having my sister and her kids, and my brother in law with us was even better.
We, the old people, were way to tired in the end of the trip, but with a huge smile on the face and the desire to go back again soon.
The kids, ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, they were so happy!!!!
My husband and I have been telling Lucas that we were going to take him to the castle to see Mickey, Minnie, Buzz, and of course, Donald Duck, his favorite. When we got inside the park and he saw the castle, he could not stop screaming: Mom, Dad, look the castle!!!
Well, I think I will need to divide our trip to Disney in more than one post, LOL
Here are some pictures of the kids:

Cupcakes

We are planning our next trip to Brazil soon. My sister in law will get marry and we are going to her wedding.

We will take the opportunity that we are there in Brazil to Baptize Luiza. So, I am already planning her Baptize lunch celebration with a lot of help.

My sister Luana and my sister in law Gra are taking care of the decoration. Fernanda, my sister in law that is getting married will take care of the church; and I… well I am supervising all of them, LOL.

For the sweet table, I decided that I want some cupcake. Cupcakes are now a fever in Brazil, so Luana and Gra are taking care of the cupcake support, cupcakes cup and things like that and I need to make them. Today I decided to try for the first time to bake and decorate some cupcakes. It is not easy as I was thinking, especially with my shaking hands. I will need a lot of practice, but I think I will get there, with some extra pounds and a big mess I will do it.

Thanksgiving

We had a great thanksgiving with great friends in New Orleans. For the second time, we spent Thanksgiving with Marcelo, Mike, Leonardo, Felipe e Rafael.
Lucas had lots of fun playing with his friends all day long.
That was Luiza's first trip and she did great.
We had great Brazilian Barbecue, a traditional Thanksgiving Lunch, and lots of goodies, but the best of all was the good company!!!

Luiza is 1 Month Old

Luiza is 1 month old today!!! Yes, she is just a month old and already brought so much happiness to our life. She is our sweet little princess.
I now have a prince and a princess at my house!!!!
Lucas love singing Happy Birthday. He actually has a new version of the song. It is a mix of the Brazillian and American way to sing it. It goes like this:
"Parabens to you, Parabens to you...."
I baked a delicious Corn Coffee Cake today and we sang his version to Luiza today.
So, Parabens to you my Princess!!!!

Little Update of My New Life

I think I am doing great with my two kids, a lot better than I was expecting. Before Luiza was born, I heard from so many people how hard it was to have a second baby that I was waiting for the worse, and they were wrong ( at least for the first 3 weeks and a half). I don't want to say much, it can bring us some bad luck, shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. 
Luiza is a great baby. She is sleeping well, eating well, doing great. Having a little of a reflux now that is very uncomfortable for her, but other than that, she is just sweet as she can be. 
Lucas is now getting better. The first week was pretty tough for him and for us too. He was doing anything to call our attention and most of the time, it was something that he should not be doing. Now he is back to be our cute, smart and adorable little boy.
I have been out and about with those two, going to parks, lots of Halloween festival, trick or treating..... 
I know I should be resting, but when you have a 2 years old and I newborn, you don't have time to rest, especially when you don't have family around.

So, here is a picture of MY LIFE for you guys to see.

Luiza is here!!!

Luiza  is here. She was born on October 5th, at 2:53 pm with 7 lbs and 4 oz, 21 1/4 inches. We are so proud of our little girl and our little boy that now is the best big brother in the world.
Lucas went to the hospital to meet Luiza on the same day that she was born. I will never forget his face when he saw her. He wanted to hold her, kiss her. His eyes were shinning and I could not stop crying. Holding both of my kids at the same time for the first time was the most amazing feeling. 
Dad is in love with his little girl. 
Here are some pictures of our little princess.