It's Been a While

So I just noticed that I haven't written anything in over a month and so much has happened.

The biggest news is that we bought a new house! I never thought this day would come. We found a ranch style house. It's got 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom upstairs, and an unfinished basement with another bedroom and bathroom. The sellers are replacing all the carpet and repainted the whole inside of the house. We close on January 15th.

Our lease is done at the end of January so it's nice that we get about two weeks to move in. I can't wait to decorate and paint and really make the place our own.

Christmas is next week. Jose's parents are flying out on Christmas day and staying for 12 days. No big plans while they are here other than to pack and get ready for the move.

For Christmas we are going to my dad's house and celebrating with them. This year Jasmine can actually open her presents, so it will be fun to watch her.

Lots of friends are in town visiting. My friend Cheyna is here from Arizona, and we have been friends since we were 12. Also, Yvonne, my sorority sister is in town and I get to see her on the 26th. And also my friend Brooke is in town from Hawaii. So lots of people to catch up with.

Other than Jose's Christmas present I am done with all the shopping. I better get cracking on the gift before time runs out.

I hope that everyone has a wonderful holiday and I promise to get more updates up after the new year.

Baby Baldovinos

So as most of you know, Jose and I are going to have another baby. My due date is Saturday, June 26, 2010. I feel like that is so far away since I found out about the pregnancy so early. But I'm glad that I will deliver before the heat of the summer gets here. That would be exciting if the baby is born on the 23rd so then it will be exactly one month before my birthday.

We borrowed this shirt from Jocelyn to take pictures of Jasmine in. If you ask her if she wants a brother or sister, or sister or brother, she just repeats the last word. Jose is already convinced that we are having a boy. I have no preference since I already got my girl.

We have a few names that we like, but nothing set in stone yet. We do know that the initials will of course be JMB. It will be interesting to see Jasmine around Tina's baby to see how she does towards having a newborn around.

Jasmine and Jocelyn are 7 months apart, and the next two babies will also be 7 months apart. So then both sets of kids will be 26 months apart from each other. Kind of funny how that worked out. We will be finding out what we are having. We should know sometime towards the end of January.

Disney Cruise Line Party

On my Dis Boards, there was a thread posted about Disney Cruise Line House Parties. The premise was that 2,000 people would be selected in the US to host a party. I entered the contest and won! My friend Suzanne was also selected to host a party. They sent us a package full of fun things to give out and a DVD to play.

I selected Mexican food since the Disney Wonder is going to be sailing in Mexico next year. I had a small handful of people over, and we all had a good time. We took everyone's picture in front of the Disney Cruise Line throw that we had bought on the ship, and then placed a cruise border around it. It was fun to be in a tropical frame of mind since it was snowing outside.

Jasmine Talking

So sorry that I haven't posted anything in a while. I feel like we haven't caught up from vacation yet. As to what is new in our lives, we met with a realtor last night and are going house hunting on Saturday. We want to stay as close to where we live now as possible, and we are also looking in Highlands Ranch.

My mom is coming to visit this week to help Tina with the new baby. He is due to arrive next Friday (day after Thanksgiving).

Here is a video of Jasmine last night. She can talk very well, so it's so cute to see her saying people's names.

Jasmine’s 18 Month Checkup

We took Jasmine in for her 18 month checkup yesterday. Here are her stats:

Weight: 19.6 pounds, Less than 1 percentile
Height: 31.5 inches, 45th Percentile
Head: 17.75 inches, 14th Percentile

The doctor said she was healthy and looked great. We are just attributing her weight to all the running around she does.

Rick and Courtney’s Wedding

Jose’s friend Rick came to Colorado this past weekend to get married. His new wife, Courtney, is also Korean. They stayed in a hotel, while Rick’s friend Hillary, her husband, Brett, and their daughter, Sophia, stayed with us. Jasmine and Sophia had a good time playing together. Sophia is a week older than Jocelyn.

The wedding was a small one, at Clement Park. It had of course snowed the night before and most of the day, so it was pretty cold.

After the wedding, we went back to the house to have cake and then that night we went to dinner at Hacienda Colorado. They give you free chips and salsa when you are at the table. Jasmine has seen Jose eat chips and salsa at home, and the last time he did, she tried to dip her chips in the salsa. So that night she wanted some at the restaurant and she wouldn’t stop yelling until we let her try the salsa.

To me it had a little heat to it, not super hot, but pretty hot for a baby. But she loved it. She kept dipping the chip in and sucking the salsa off of it. Then she started dipping her fingers in it and licking them.

Alzheimer's Walk

This past Saturday, my sister, Jocelyn, Jasmine, and me all did the Alzheimer's Walk in memory of my grandmother. We try to do it almost every year. Here are a few pictures from it.

Jocelyn's pants were too big, so they kept falling down. This was how she looked when we got close to the finish line ;).

There was supposed to be a Diaper Dash run, but we waited by the sign and no one ever came to run it. So we did our own little run with the girls holding hands. But of course the camera battery died, so I wasn't able to get a picture of them.

Fun Videos

We have a small Fisher Price table that sings the alphabet and counts to ten. Randomly, Jasmine has sort of learned it, and was singing along! She says A, B, B. That's about it, but I still think it's cute!

Here is one of her counting. I also don't know why she is squinting her eyes like that. But it made me laugh, so I had to put it in!

And here is one of her saying some of the words and names she knows.

Random Things

So it’s been a while since I have had time to blog. Here are some random pictures from the past couple of weeks.

Even in her car seat, Jasmine sleeps with her arms behind her head.

Jasmine got a hold of a pen and decided to draw all over her thigh. At least she didn’t draw on the furniture.

We had dinner with Kristen, Jessy, and Sarah last week. We got out our travel crib for Sarah to lie in, but Jasmine wanted to. She even got a pillow and a blanket to make herself more comfortable.

Jasmine is helping to burp Sarah by helping Jessy pat her on the back.

We went out to Jessica’s 30th birthday party on Saturday night at Sing Sing. It is a piano bar in Denver. I don’t think I have been to a bar in 5 years when Jose and I had our bachelor/ bachelorette party at Pleasure Island.

Weekend Fun

This weekend was one of the best we have ever had. It started with a trip to the Denver Art Museum yesterday. I have never been there before. Jose had class in the morning, and then Jasmine and I rode the light rail and met him downtown.

Here is a cool picture that Jose took while waiting for us on the light rail.


When we got to the museum there was a "Bubble Room." It was a dark room with light up bubbles and a projector on the ceiling that displayed bubbles. Then if you jumped on them they popped. Jasmine thought it was so much fun to "pop" the bubbles.

At the end of the museum was a kids play area. Jasmine played with some blocks and climbed/sat on the stuffed turtle.

After the museum we went to Highlands Ranch to my manager's house for a BBQ in honor of her son's safe homcoming from the Marines. There was a little boy there named Kearin and he was a month younger than Jasmine. They had lots of fun playing with the wheel on the cooler.

Next up was my sorority reunion today. It was at Eisenhower Park in Englewood. It was so nice to see everyone. Many of the girls there I hadn't seen since I graduated 7 years ago! It was a fun weekend.

Here is Jasmine on my cell phone. This was also the first time I was able to get Jasmine's hair in pigtails. I took a picture of it once, but she took it out right away. This time she left it in all day.

Jasmine found a Tootsie Pop in my purse and took it upon herself to take the wrapper off and eat it.

Here is a video of Jasmine with Jose's camera. She always sees him holding it up to his face so she did the same and kept saying "Cheese, cheese!"

More Jasmine Videos

So my mom requested some videos of Jasmine's face close up. Here are some that I took last night. They aren't about anthing special, just her walking around.

This first one is of her hitting the camera because she didn't want me to tape her. I just think it's funny that I have one of her being bratty. That's one to show her when she get's older ;).

This next one is of her bringing diapers to me.

And of course, what are diapers, without taking out all the wipes?

Jasmine Found Some Napkins

Usually Jasmine will rip off pieces of toilet paper and throw them into the toilet. Well since we were in the kitchen, she discovered some napkins in the cupboard. She took a bunch out and spread them out over the floor. She then started "scrubbing" the floor with them. My little cleaner. I have taught her well :).

Jasmine Videos

Here is a fun video of Jasmine walking. She just started last week. She looks a little like Frankenstein because she holds her arms out in front of her to keep her balance.

Here is a video of Jasmine giving kisses and playing peek-a-boo with me. I tried to get her to touch her nose but of course she wouldn't do it on camera. If you ask her where her nose is, she always puts her finger in her right nostril and says,"Nose, nose." I am trying to teach her that you can touch your nose without putting your finger in the nostril. She also tries to put her finger in my nostril if I ask her where Mommy's nose is :).

Work Picnic 8-22-09

Saturday was our department picnic. We had it at Bear Creek Lake Park. We have never been there before. It has a lake and horseback riding. We did an Around the World theme, so we each had to bring a dish from our nationality. I made an enchillada casserole for Jose and my stemom made me some kim bap (Korean version of sushi) and some kimchee. Everyone loved the Korean food!




Jasmine playing on the lake's beach.

We bought this floating thing for Jasmine to use on our upcoming Disney trip and Cruise. We thought we would test it out at the lake. She loved it! She was able to move around and splash and I loved that the sun was shaded from her .

Family Day

We wanted to test out Jose's new camera some more, so we headed to the park today. There is a War Memorial with a rose garden a few minutes from our house. It's in Old Littleton. Here are the great pictures that we were able to take.

I love this picture because it looks like Jasmine is hitch hiking.

Jasmine started walking finally a few days ago!

Jasmine Dancing

We picked up the CD Livin' la Vida Mickey from the library. It was a CD that we used to always play at the Gourmet Pantry when I worked at Disney World. It's full of Disney versions of salsa type music.

Here is Jasmine dancing :). She is saying D D D which means dance, dance, dance :).

Jose’s New Camera

Jose is going back to school to get his Bachelor’s Degree. He is getting it at Metro State. His degree will be a Bachelor of Arts with an emphasis in Photography. We bought him a new camera so that he can use it for his classes and also so I have better scrapbooking pictures. Our work pays for the tuition and books, so you can’t beat that deal!

We bought the Nikon D-60. Our friend Lori had one when she was here visiting and Jose really liked it. Here are some samples of what it can do. The quality is amazing. I can’t wait to see how the pictures turn out on our vacation in a couple of months!

This was a flower at work.

Jasmine up close.

Jasmine far away.