day at the zoo

On Sunday the three of us ventured out to the San Antonio Zoo since Catalina has been interested in animals and water. We had a great time. Catalina had a major blow out in the car as soon as we got there, so we had a spare onesie to stick on her. I don't think the car seat will ever be the same though! Catalina enjoyed all of the exhibits and loved watching the hippos swimming. She was so tired and crashed toward the end of our visit. Family time is so much more fun now that she can enjoy things more. She even did really well when we went to go see Monsters vs. Aliens Saturday evening. She loves to look at the big screen.

Cata's pool and bumbo seat

This week I ventured to Target and bought Catalina her own little pool to use on the deck. It was warm enough to try it out on Wednesday. She enjoyed the water, but thought it was a little cold when it got on her back. She can sit up really well using her new bumbo seat, but I need to buy the tray because she's constantly tossing her toys out of reach. This morning after she had a shower she rolled over to play with Oliver and had fun petting his legs. She's got quite the rolls on her thighs!

Easter

Catalina celebrated Easter at our house. She went to church with us and stayed in the big service (since I keep having to retrieve her from the nursery the past few weeks). She did very well and enjoyed all of the music. In the afternoon we had some friends come over with their little ones. We had an Easter egg hunt and a yummy meal.

trying baby food...

This past week Catalina has been tasting a variety of vegetables. She started with green beans, then carrots, sweet potatoes, and today peas. I think that the sweet potatoes are her favorite so far. The peas were a little thick for her to swallow easily. Now when it is the middle afternoon and she sees me get the baby food out she starts opening her mouth and gets excited. She also loves using her sippy cup. She can hold it with both hands up to her mouth, but can't lift it high enough to get the water to come out. It's so fun to watch her!

This is a video of Catalina bouncing in her little bouncer a couple of weeks ago.

Catalina at the baseball game and swimming

Yesterday Pablo, Bethany, and Catalina made it to a neighbor's high school baseball game in mid 80 degree weather.  Catalina went with her bonnet and sunglasses (the bonnet was Bethany's when she was a baby).  We coated Catalina with sunscreen twice hoping that the sun wouldn't be too strong.  It seemed to have worked well.  We bought some water  bottles at the game and Catalina enjoyed trying to drink the water.  She drank some and refreshed herself by getting wet.  

Later in the afternoon we tried to stop by our community pool.  We were disappointed to see that it hadn't been clean yet.  Catalina got all ready in her swimmer diapers and two piece though!  I know that she will love to go swimming, especially the beach.  This summer, we'll try to make it to the beach a few times... once in Ecuador hopefully.