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Taking a snack to Patrick for his Birthday!

                                                           And then he found a snake!

                                                                           ;)

                                            Shopping with Rhoda and Alayna! a LOT of fun!!

                                                Susi, thought of you with this VW at the mall!

                                                  Happy independence Day, El Salvador!!!

                                                    Photo shoot with the Nephew!

                                            Ahhhh!!! I love him SO much!!!!! muah!!!!!!!!!

                                             Having fun with the evening sun and spider webs.

~Cecilia

The start of week five!

WOW! so I've been up here for,almost, five weeks! Which means that I have five more weeks to go! seems really crazy! But i have been enjoying myself SO much!! and am so lucky to be up here when the rest of my family can't!!! So i am not fussing, but trying to enjoy every minute that I can! I've been starting to feel a little homesick:)but when i do i remind myself that once I'm back down in El Salvador I'll want to be up here!and it helps:) I know you might be thinking 'weird, just enjoy your time wherever you are!'.I tend to think the same thing sometimes. it's hard being back and forth from 2 different countries that have special people in them,people that you love and yet even like that we need to make the best out of our time wherever we are!

 Ok, I just kinda rambled on there, but on too last week and the start of this week!

Well as you should know from last post the baby made his appearance on Thursday of this past week! much to our delight!YAY!  And It has been SOOO much fun!! He was brought home on Saturday noon!  So since than it has kinda felt like THIS is the real reason that I came up for!:)lol But my whole time up here has been great!  Helping my sis with canning, doing a thorough cleaning in her house, and all the other stuff that gets done before the baby comes!:) oh and spending some fun times with my niece before she's out of the spotlight!:0  I am sure the rest of my stay will be just as fun,too!

Alayna is doing pretty well with her new role as big sister!!:) She likes to stuff the "pepe" (pacifier) in Xander's mouth when he starts crying! and then when he's not, she sneaks behind the couch and sucks on it herself!LOL

The other day Xander had his first bath at home by his mama, he wasn't too impressed at first,but...

      I think this shows that later he did feel better! and it wasn't so bad! AH!!!! I loved his dark blue outfit!!!

I couldn't stop taking pics of him in it!

yesterday and today I was sewing a dress for myself, but this little girl was desperate for some attention and I was busy, but she kept bugging me! messing with the sewing machine, sitting smack! behind me,pulling my veil, and just being a mess, I was starting to get annoyed, but then remembered that I don't always get this chance to be around her,and decided to take a picture of it for those times when I'm missing her down in ES i can look back and have it brighten my day even though that day she was being a mess!;) love you,little gurl!

Then this afternoon my cousin Henry from Georgia stopped in with his little family!!! It was so good to see them again! his kids are so cute! the had fun taking there turn holding Xander and good practice since soon they will have a baby sister to hold!
                                             This is Veronica holding him! ahh! she is so cute!

                                                                            Tony taking his turn! i think he's pretty excited about having another baby sister,because when we mentioned to him how that soon he'll be able to be holding his own sibling he made sure to let us know that it is going to be a girl!;)

                                                              Drinking smoothies!

                           Henry wasn't sure if he could remember how to hold that tiny of a baby!

                                                                      Tony and I!<3

                     Ok I know I said she was cute! But seriously,Veronica is a doll!! really adorable!

 She has her daddy's big dimples so I asked her to cheese just so I could take a picture of them! sadly the sun was very bright so you can't see them very well:( but anyway i still think she is cute!

I was so glad I got to see them! and I'm kinda excited cause in like another 2 weeks i get to see my other cousin(Henry's brother) Jony with his family!!! So you probably will see a lot! of pics from their visit too!:)

Have a nice week ya'll!

happy to introduce my new little nephew...

Xander Ray Peachey!!!!

This morning i was finally able to meet my little nephew and he is really cute! I don't have alot more to say than that;)

Rhoda and I took Alayna in to meet him and first we stopped to buy a balloon for the little boy!

  Excited!!! But I don't really think she knew what was going on cause she thought the balloon was for her:)

                                  Nelson met us at the elevator and guided us to Vanessa's room.

                                                      The Proud mama and her little man!

                                                                              <3

                                                               and, the proud Daddy!

 

 I feel unworthy to be up here and able to meet him just a few hours after his birth, when the rest of my family is WAY down in El Salvador and wont get to meet him till beginning of next year!! 

Me the proud Aunt!

                   At first Alayna was not sure about this, she even started crying, but after a bit she was                                                                touching him and watching him very closely!!

                                                            Looking for his tiny toes!!

                                      The cute little family happy to finally have him in their arms!!

     His first diaper change by Tia Rhoda! and he didn't fuss at ALL!!! I think he will definitly be more calm                                                                        than Alayna was/is!

                                                            loved his little football cap!

                                   :) this pic makes me happy! She couldn't wait for this moment!!

I hope you all enjoy the pics even though you can't be here :( oh and Papi, yo creo que Xander se parece a usted!! No se,  alog de la frente se parece a usted un poco!:)

 I can't wait to have him home!! and really be able to snuggle him while I can!
~Cecilia

A Few Days in Lancaster!

Friday evening I traveled into Lancaster with Patrick and Rhoda for the weekend! I was excited to finally be able to see cousins and aunts and uncles that i hadn't seen in a year! I never knew until then how much I love it up here! I would have never said that before, but as we drove past familiar places my mind was filled with so many memories of when my family was up on sabbatical. I have been up here in the states for a little more than 3 weeks. And yet THIS place, Lancaster, is what i think of as the "states"! a place where I come to visit family! Not like I wasn't having fun in Belville with my brother and sister,but other than them I didn't know anybody else very well out there. Neither did I know the roads! Out here I at least have an idea of where I am! and what roads to take to get to where i want to go. 

So yes it has been so much fun being out here again, but I am also looking forward to going back to my sisters home and help her out, while waiting on my little nephew to make his appearance! I must say I am getting impatient!

Driving in here with Patrick's.

 Oh! and the first night i stayed with my grandparents i got there around 9 and we had just stopped to eat supper before they dropped me off,but grandma still offered me a Root beer float! I was full but I decide i may as well take advantage while i'm up here!! as i drank I kept getting fuller and fuller,but just giving me a root beer float wasn't enough for Grandma, we still needed some snacks! ;( ...I went to bed soon after...

  Saturday morning I went to Uncle Nate's house!! Since I came i haven't stopped having fun with these awesome cousins of mine!! It's only girls at the house(other than Uncle Nate) so we can get pretty crazy,but it's awesome. On Sunday I went out  to the road with Janae and Kristi to take pictures! yup that's us! love you 2! thanks so much for being crazy with me!;)

 Then that same Sunday afternoon Uncle Nate took us biking on a trail along the Susquehanna River! We biked 10 whole miles! Us girls thought we wouldn't make it but we did, and we were happy! Especially since we were having fun together while biking! this pic isn't very good or anything i know,but trying to get 4 people(on bikes) on a picture WHILE biking and making sure to not crash with any other bikers ahead... I'll just say it's not easy :)

                                           My shadow while biking! It was a beautiful evening!

   Then Last night us 3 went to a coffee shop to hang out! Ah so much fun just laughing with these 2 girls!

                                                Kristi and I with our really good cold drinks!

                                                                     And Janae and I.

I have been having a lot of fun as I said before! I hope you all have a great week! ~ Cecilia