Happy Valentine's Day!

Well, after a week, yes...6 days of fever, Lyla seems to be coming out of her third bout with H1N1. We're not sure where she gets it but this time it's been rough. Today was the first day she has been out of the house, other than doctors visits. We went for a family walk then stopped at the park to snap some photo's of the little princess in her Valentine's shirt that Nana bought for her. She is very tired and pretty worn down from fighting her illness so she looks pretty lifeless in all of the pictures! I'm also posting some pictures of Lyla eating a cupcake that her Tia Cindy made for her...they were delicious by the way!

A pee pee on the potty...

Yup! That's right, we are officially potty trained! Lyla has been working really hard to tell us when she needs to potty and make it to the potty on time. She still wears a diaper at night but she woke up this morning with a dry diaper. When she is successful we hoot and holler so loud the dogs howl!
Last Saturday we woke up and said, "Goodbye Diapers!" Literally! We took the one she had on off and said goodbye to it as we put it in the diaper pail. I showed her where he big girl panties, which we purchased the weekend before, were in her armoire and she was all set. We got some yummy treats and stationed them in each bathroom, that she uses, around our house. She likes gummy bears the best. At her daycare they do stickers so we even printed out a potty chart to put stickers on every time she tried to potty on the potty!
The last couple of days she's almost gone accident free, only one accident on Thursday because we were playing and didn't make it in time. Oh well! I'm so proud of her and how well she's done! Everything goes in the potty, even poop! According to my dad, it took me 6 months to learn to put my stinky business in the potty! I would ask for a diaper and then go hide! Maybe it was because I had a brand new baby brother! Hmmmm....
This whole potty training business has been the only thing that has kept me awake at night as a parent. I wasn't worried about childbirth, or bringing her home, or nursing or the sleepless nights. I was only worried about how I was going to get this strong willed little girl to pee pee on the potty. My advice to anyone who is nervous about the same thing is let them decide when they are ready. It also helps if 4 other kiddos at daycare are also pottying on the potty!

New Year's Eve

Every year, well almost, we stay at home and plan a great party with our neighbors. This year the Ray's hosted and it was a great party! We had fried turkey and brisket with all kinds of yummy food to go with it! We had a great time! Here are some pictures from our fabulous evening!

Christmas Day!

Lyla was so excited when we walked down the stairs Christmas morning and there was a huge box sitting in front of the tree for her! What a surprise! She enjoyed opening her gifts and playing with her new toys! What a glorious experience to see Christmas morning through the eyes of your 2 year old!

After we opened presents, played, ate and got going we went to Nana and Papa's to spend the afternoon! We ate a wonderful Prime Rib dinner and relaxed with some wine and cocktails! After dinner we opened presents! Then we went for a drive to see the Christmas lights around Cedar Park and Austin!

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

Christmas Eve

Every year on Christmas Eve we head to New Braunfels to celebrate with TJ's extended family. We opened presents that day with Momo, Popo, Alex, Cindy and the girls! Lyla has such a great time opening her presents. Her face would light up and she wanted to get every single thing out of the packaging!

Later that night when we returned home we got ready for Santa. Lyla put carrots out for the reindeer along with cookies and a glass of whiskey to warm Santa up on his long journey. We also sprinkled reindeer food in the front yard so that Rudolph could find our house. After that we snuggled on the couch and read The Night Before Christmas. What a wonderful Christmas Eve!

Christmas, pt. 1

So, the Caballero family computer bit the dust right before Thanksgiving and the pictures have piled up and are slowly being processed! Therefore, I will start from the beginning! Early in December we took Lyla to see Santa at our neighbor's house! Before we left we had to take some pictures of her in her precious Christmas outfit. As soon as I get the Santa pictures I will post those as well! Here's the beginning of the Christmas craziness!

P.S. There is also a picture of our sweet girl with her favorite household appliance! She's obsessed with anything that plugs in! She especially loves the vacuum! We also have a space heater that we use to heat the downstairs when it's cold outside. She loves "the hot"!

Thanksgiving, part 1

So, I've been unable to blog because our laptop, which houses all of my photo software and uploading capabilities died. Yes, the "blue screen of death" is how my husband describes it to people! So, I guess we're in the market for a new laptop and a new desktop! Lucky us! Why do all of the electronics in our house die at the same time?

So, I decided to come to my mom's house and set up shop! We had a lovely Thanksgiving! It was so nice to have time off and get some shopping and decorating done! My grandparents, Grandma (Lyla calls her GG) and Grandpa Hoffman came down from Kansas. Brandon and Lyndsey also came for an extended visit! It was so fun to have everyone here! Here are a few photo's of our holiday! Parts 2 and 3 to come soon!