The Hernandez Family Blog: January 2011

This is the best family picture we have! Finally!!
So I thought I would put up some Xmas photos and just do a life update since it's hard to remember to update this blog nowdays.
Alexya is enjoying preschool. She's moved up to the 4-5yr old pre-K class every Tues/Thurs for 3hrs each. She's making new friends since her best friend from her old class, Sophia, is not in her new class. She has a new friend, Emma, who invited her to a birthday party this weekend at a jumpy house place and she had so much fun. I was told that my "daughter makes friends very easily." Too funny since she used to be so super shy. She's actually going to make the cut to start Kindergarten this year in the fall...which is Very Exciting! She's started a Cheerleading class on Fridays that she really likes since two of her friends are in it and gets to do a recital in March in costume. Should be really cute.
On the personality note she's a negotiator still and even crazier is that most times she has a good argument for her case and so I have to explain myself a lot and sometimes just give in because she's exhausing to argue with! She's also very independant with things and likes to help me out (when it looks like fun or when I look upset or super tired). She's crazy about Sonny and always is hugging him and telling him she loves him...and then hitting him with something and making him cry...then says she's so sorry and hugs him till he stops crying. Ya, it's crazy. The good news is that she's playing with Sonny or by herself a lot these days.

Santino is turning 2 in 2 days and is just so BIG. It blows me away when I see "normal" 2 year olds next to him. He's talking so much now...saying complete sentences and he even thinks and rephrases when you don't understand what he's saying. He's excellent at communicating. He's also super sensitive to when Robert or I get mad... in fact anyone gets mad at him. I think Alexya did that at his age too though. Also, he won't go to anyone but us, especially me/mommy...and usually the other Male figures in his life. He LOVES Uncle Chris and Uncle Danny and Grandpa and Papa Mike and Papa and even Uncle Darren and other guys that he sees often. Not too comfortable around any strangers at all/even kids! He's super smart though and can figure things out very quickly. He uses my Ipad and Robert's Iphone and will spend time learning how to do something w/o getting frusterated...which blows me away because Alexya is the opposite-easily frusterated! He's even decieded to start using the potty, randomly, so we got him some pull ups-which are WAY easier to change than diapers! No one ever told me this and since Alexya never used them I'm so excited finding this out now! I can just tell him to "go take off his diaper and get me a new one" ever time he goes pee, then he just steps into the new one...it's awesome!

So I think that's the kid update and I just wanted to get it written down because this all seems like it's going SO fast and I know I'm not going to remember most of this stuff in a couple months because they both will have changed. All I know is that I'm so glad that I get to stay home and be with them all the time and that I'm lucky enough to be able to do that. I wouldn't want to miss this for the world, even the crappy, horrible, stressfull, mommy-overload days....because the Good totally overrides the Bad and it's all memories that I will cherish when my monsters are grown up.

Thank you God for my Family! I am very blessed and happy. :)