When all else fails...

...put Tucker in a hamper!! It might sound a little strange but it works really well. Last night Tucker was just so upset while we were trying to get dinner ready so I picked him up and stuck him in the hamper that was in the kitchen (I was trying to do some laundry). He really liked it. It kept him happy until it was time for dinner.

Tucker is learning

We finally put Tucker's twin bed on the ground. We took the mattress off of the frame and box springs so we don't have to worry about Tucker rolling off the bed. It is really nice except when I try to put him down at nap time. He has learned to get off his bed feet first (he usually dive bombs head first) and then he crawls through the closet into our bedroom and out into the front room.

A New Year

Well it is a new year. I know that a lot of people would hope that my New Year's Resolution would be to update the blog more often (Juli) but it seems like every time I pull out the computer to work on something that Tucker has to help me type. I can do anything else (including playing Nintendo Wii) and he is fine playing on his own but as soon as I start typing on the computer Tucker comes right over.

Bryant and I actually stayed up until midnight last night. We didn't intend to (especially since Tucker wakes up at 6:30 every morning no matter what) but we did. We were watching the "party" at Times Square and the ball was supposed to drop in only 30 minutes around 9:30 our time so we figured we would watch the ball drop at Times Square and call it good but for some reason the TV Station went to the news and didn't come back to the ball dropping until almost midnight our time. Needless to say we have both been very tired today. I woke up with Tucker at 6:45 (he slept in hooray) and then we woke Bryant up at 7:45 so he could feed Tucker. We read scriptures and then I went to bed. Bryant came to bed after he got Tucker down for his morning nap a little after 9. I felt much better when Tucker woke us up after his nap. What a long day today as been. Thank goodness it is almost time for Tucker to go to sleep.

Hope everyone is excited about the New Year. Oh and if you were wondering what our New Year's resolution is we still don't have one. We are just hoping to survive my last semester of school, have a baby, pass the Arizona Bar, find a job, and get Bryant into an Arizona school with in-state tuition (we hope).

Christmas

Oh what a wonderful Christmas. We had so much fun spending the last week in Arizona with family. We can't wait till we move back and can be close all the time. Christmas eve we had the traditional Cuban feast with Bryant's family. It is always lots of fun to get together. Christmas we spent opening presents and eating lots of good food at different houses. One of the perks of having both families in Mesa is that there is always lots of people to see and lots of food to eat. We had Malisa's sisters help take a family picture of us while we were down. Tucker looks so cute (thank you Natalie).


Tucker did a really good job opening his Christmas presents. He even opened one before Malisa finished wrapping it.














All of us girls got Tinkerbell pajama pants to wear on Christmas morning. It was lots of fun.





It is good to be home even though we are counting the days (months for now) until Malisa has the next baby and we move back to Mesa (only 6.5 months)

What a month

November was Tucker's month to learn new things. At the begining of the month he only knew how to get around by bouncing on his butt. Now he moves around very fast on one foot and one knee. Tucker also knew had to stand while holding onto things but could not pull himself up. Eventually he learned that if he got on his hands and feet he could walk up things with his hands to get to a standing position and now he can pull himself up to a standing position. He has gotten really strong. One day this month he woke up in the morning and I went to get him out of bed and he was sitting up (another thing he learned how to do this month) and when he saw me he started clapping. It was cute that he just all of the sudden decided that he knew how to clap.
Tucker loves to babble. Bryant and I swear that he says that he loves us every now and again but I'm sure we are just imagining it more than anything. It has been a lot of fun to watch Tucker grow this month. I can't wait to see so many of you around Christmas it will be so much fun.

Oh ya about the pregnancy. I am actually doing pretty good. When I was pregnant with Tucker I was so sick all the time and threw up after everything I ate almost. I spent my days sleeping on the couch and doing nothing. With this pregnancy I have only thrown up on a few days. Most of my days a pretty alright. I feel a little nauseous most days but nothing that interferes with life most days. I have a lot of really good days where I hardly even notice that I am pregnant. I really hope it stays this way (especially for the long drive down to Mesa for Christmas--which I am so excited for!!!!).

Crawling

So Tucker started crawling by scooting on his butt. Then when he would fall on his tummy he only knew how to move backward and so he always ended up under the couch. Then he started crawling on his right foot and left knee. This is is fastest means of transportaion. Everynow and again Tucker crawls like a bear on his hands and feet. It is pretty funny

Halloween

Halloween is so much fun!! (Especially when you have a baby to dress up and make so cute!!) Here are a couple of pictures of Tucker and Bryant. We didn't take too many pictures but isn't Tucker the cutest bumble bee you ever saw!?


We also carved some pumpkins. It was a lot of fun.