Happy Halloween!

This Halloween was fun. Dressing up the boys was sooo much fun. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves:

We were a family of skunks!! I have to give my mom credit for the idea. She found the skunk costumes and fell in love with them. I made mine and Marcelo's to match the kids. I'm happy with how everything turned out. For trick-or-treating, though, it was too hot, so Diego was Rambo. He loved trick-or-treating with his cousins. He just loves being outside. It's a shame he can't eat hardly any of his candy because he's allergic to everything. Oh well. More for me. Muahahahaha. Here's Rambo.

And some Halloween pjs:

Marcelito

Marcelito is a month old! I took the same picture of him that I took of Diego when he was a month old just so I could compare. I think they have similarities, but they don't look a ton alike.

Things are going well. He sleeps pretty good for a newborn. Wakes up after 5 hours, and then every 3. My mom thinks he looks just like me. Sometimes I see it, but not always. It's way too early to tell.

Nursery

Diego is 18 months old, which means....nursery time!! I've been counting down waiting for him to be old enough. I was getting so sick of trying to keep him calm during church! But I have to say, I am a little sad. So far, I've been going with him to nursery, while he gets used to it, but it's hard because I'm the Relief Society president and feel like I should be in RS. Oh, yeah, by the way, I'm the RS President. I haven't written about that in here. They called me when I was just a few weeks away from giving birth to Marcelito. Yeah. I thought they were crazy. I still do.

Anyway, so far he seems like he's going to do okay. Well, once he gets used to Bro. and Sis. Wardell. They're really nice. And I told them all about his allergies, so they're going to be really careful about what food they bring in for everyone. They're not going to give the other kids food unless Diego can eat it, too. That gives me such peace of mind because I was just envisioning him grabbing a handful of someone else's goldfish crackers and then throwing them up everywhere.

Okay, he's waking up from his nap and yelling, "Momeeeeeeeeee".

Allergies, Allergies, and More Allergies

Well, Diego is now 18 months old, so we got him tested for allergies. And surprise, surprise, he's allergic to everything.

Here's the official list:
Milk
Eggs
All nuts, including coconut
Cats
Dogs

Yup. He's a little nerd boy. It's so frustrating. I never thought I'd have to deal with this since I didn't think it ran in the family. But apparently it does, somewhere. So I will spend my life reading labels and make him separate meals. I've pretty much given up on him out growing this because when they tested him, the milk allergy was the highest it could be. I don't see that going away any time soon.

Ugh, the way they tested him was awful. They had to fill like 27 vials of blood, while we held him down. Okay, it was really 6 or 7, but it felt like a lot more. It took forever, and he just laid there crying and screaming. It was horrible.

Preggo Pics

When I was pregnant with Diego, I took pictures of my belly every 2 weeks. But that was all I took. And then I totally regretted not taking some cute preggo pics wearing cute preggo clothes. It was always the same shot wearing the same shirt. Well, this time around, I vowed to take some cute pics! One Sunday, July 22nd to be exact, I told Marcelo we were going to take pictures. So we went to a park and got some cute shots. Marcelito was born 4 days later, so I'm sooooo glad I did it when I did it. I already digiscrapped the pictures. I printed the first one and have it up in the living room. I love it.

I am such a nerd!

I got a minivan!!!! Woo hoo!!!! I'm so happy! It's a 2005 Toyota Sienna. No, it does not have automatic sliding doors. But yes, it is sooooo much easier to get the kids in and out! I love it.

Adjusting

It has only been a week, but so far things have been going well. Celo loves sleep as much as I do! He's been sleeping for 5 hours straight every night. I have to wake him up to feed him. He barely cries. He just grunts instead. Diego loves him. I wonder if he'll get jealous. So far he just points at him and says "Baby, baby." He gives him lots of hugs and kisses, too. It's sooo cute. A few days ago, he threw his precious teddy bear into the baby's bassinet. He looooves that bear. I picked it up and tried to give it back to him and he turned his face away and said, "No. Baby." I almost cried. He was sharing it with the baby! So cute. I took a picture of it:

I can't believe how big Diego is compared to Marcelito. He's tiny! And tan, I might add. Diego is so white.

Okay, that's all I have time for. Back to breastfeeding (which, by the way, has been a breeze this time, thank goodness!) and watching elmo.