What a Weekend

The Chalco-Paz family had another rockin weekend in Dallas. Sunday was Jimmy's birthday, so we did some fun B-day things ( it is interesting that Jimmy and I both just dreamed of sleeping in and laying around the house on our birthdays....we don't get many opportunities to do that). Saturday was FREEZING so we spent a lot of time in the house. You can only do that for so long, so we eventually escaped to do a few laps walking around Northpark Mall. Sofia loves to watch the people there and she even sat in her stroller for about 20 minutes.

On Sunday Sofia and I let Jimmy sleep in and then the 3 of us went on a picnic at the nearby park. It was glorious! Sofia loves anything outside, so we are always looking for new (free activities) where she can enjoy the great outdoors. That evening we had a delicious meal cooked by my Aunt Jan in celebration of all the March birthdays.

Sofia continues to blow our minds ( in a good way). She is grabbing on to EVERYTHING (especially Mommy's hair!!) and she loves to play with toys that she can grasp. She is so close to rolling over, we think she is going to bust that move any day now. She had her four month appointment last week. She gained SIX lbs and she grew several inches. She is getting large and in charge! She is totally in that gloriously cute chubby stage ( basically the only time in your life when it is acceptable and encouraged to be that chubby!). We are loving watching her and the new things she discovers everyday.
Some may say that Sofi is not really old enough to ride in her stroller without the infant seat. I can't say I haven't noticed the looks from other mothers when they see my 4 month old cruisin' like this...but it is the ONLY way we can get her to sit in the stroller for more than 30 seconds!
On a walk with Dad at the lake. Just checking things out.
Sofia is really starting to love looking at herself in the mirror. Nothings cracks her up more !
Jimmy got her some awesome new outfits and fun bibs and shirts in Peru. Here she is wearing the 100% Peruvian bib that he got her.
Afternoon at the lake for Jimmy's birthday. Sofia is starting to boycott the camera, so we have a hard time getting any good pictures of her smiling. We are trying to get creative with our shots...but this is the best we could do!

Feliz Cumpleanos

I realize that this post is totally out of order, but I wanted to put up some pictures of my awesome birthday a few weeks ago (the 14th!)

The day started off magically with Jimmy offering to hang out with Sofia early in the morning so that I could go back to sleep for a few hours. When I woke up he sent me off to Target to spend a gift card that he and Sofia had given me. All I really wanted to buy were cute ensembles for Sofi, but I managed to find a few things for myself.

I noticed that morning that there were quite a few people in our hood decked out in green and walking toward Greenville Ave with coolers and lawn chairs. We were not quite sure what was going down, but then we realized that a St. Patrick's Day parade was headed our way and we wanted to be a part of it. We raced around the apartment attempting to dress Sofia in her finest green threads, put on a hat and boots, strapped her in the Baby Bjorn and headed outside...only to discover that the masses were all headed back to their cars and the parade looked like it was over. We were slightly disappointed, but when we realized that most of the parade goers seemed to be inebriated, we decided that it was not the place for our 4 month old baby.

Jimmy and Sofi took me to a delicious lunch at Primo's in Uptown instead. I love Mexican food, so it was the perfect choice.

Sofia and I in our St. Paddy's Day gear at the restaurant.

My delicious Birthday treat!

Sofia helping me blow out the candles.

A fantastic birthday/early St. Patrick's Day!

Welcome Home Papa!

Sofia and I just returned from a successful trip to the airport and we brought Jimmy back with us. Sofia was very excited to see her dad again and we are all happy that he had such a great time in Peru!


Jimmy had a fabulous trip visiting his family in Peru. He especially enjoyed some much needed time with his daughter Adriana. We can't wait for Adriana and Sofia to meet...as soon as Sofia is old enough, we are winging our way to South America for a sisters reunion! Jimmy and Adriana spent lots of time with cousins and they even found time to start the process on Adriana's passport. Hopefully she will be able to come to the States soon to visit us!



While Jimmy was away Sofia and I tried to keep ourselves very busy. We were lucky enough to receive an awesome new toy, on loan from our friend Elizabeth. Sofia is really enjoying rocking out in her new excersaucer!

On Sunday Sofia and I made the drive out to Ovilla to visit GiGi (aka Doris). We had a delicious lunch at an Italian restaurant and Doris made us some peach cobbler. We went out to look at the horses, but Sofia wasn't really that interested and one of the horses tried to eat her. I think we will wait a while before hanging out with the horses again.

I am so sad that I have to go back to work tomorrow. It was amazing getting to spend so much time at home with Sofia. I felt like a real mommy! I am sure that Sofia will be glad to be back in her routine with Jimmy, but I can' t wait for summer!!

Laugh Attack

For those of you who missed this...

New on the Block

I have been stalking various blogs for a few months now, wishing that I had something cool enough to blog about myself. Now that Sofia is on the scene, I figured it was as good a time as any to enter the blog world. Hopefully our family and friends will enjoy catching a glimpse of Sofi and our daily life!

This week I am on Spring Break and Jimmy is in Peru, so it is just the ladies at home. My college roommate Emily came for a few days to visit and we had a fabulous time. Basically we spent the past 5 days eating and watching Sofia. We went to the Arboretum with Kelli and her daughter Elizabeth on Tuesday and we went shopping and had Sprinkles cupcakes on Wednesday. Sofia loved spending time with Emily, she was mesmerized be her the entire week. I loved having some helping hands and catching up with a fantastic friend!









Sofia is getting bigger every day! She has been a funny baby from the beginning, she just wants to see the world. She is the most content when someone is holding her and she is facing out so she can watch what is going on. When I was pregnant I pictured myself getting back into shape by talking long walks with Sofia siting happily in her stroller...still waiting for that to happen. She will sit in a stroller for about 2 minutes and then she starts screaming until someone picks her up. You would think that the answer to this problem would be the Baby Bjorn, but she hates that as well. Something about being in our arms....at least we know she likes us! She loves to grab at things and she really throws a party when we put her on her floor gym. She can play with that for hours (well 15 minutes, but we take what we can get)! We are still working on sleeping in the bassinet or crib...she is getting there, but she would much rather someone hold her the entire time she sleeps. I try to appreciate all of the time that we get to spend holding her...someday (probably too soon) she is not going to want us to hold her that much.

We are having a great time together, but we will be excited when Jimmy comes back!