Depintor Family: 2012

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Merry Christmas!

So Christmas has come and gone! This was my third Christmas in a row, here in Brazil. It was another great holiday spent with wonderful people.

We took Ceci to see Santa a couple of days before Christmas. I was sure she would not have a problem with him, but she refused to sit on his lap! She waved at him and pointed before she got up to him, but when it came time to sit on his lap, she wanted nothing of it. I think it had more to do with her just not wanting to stop walking that it being Santa. We also visited Sao Paulo's giant tree and we tried to watch the 'water show" and tree lighting, but Ceci decided she was done, so we left early....

Christmas Eve is the big celebration here in Brazil. the family comes over and we eat a Christmas Eve dinner at about 1030pm, then wait for midnight to say "Merry Christmas" and open presents. I wondered how Ceci would do this year, as her normal bed time is about 930pm. She made it (grumpily) until about 1030pm then passed out, but not before a visit from Santa. I blame her not wanting Santa on her tiredness ;-). She took a little nap, then we woke her up for Merry Christmas and to open presents! it was a nice, and loooong night.

Christmas morning we all woke up at 10am! Thank goodness, it was a late night, i think we got home just before 2am! Ceci opened her presents from Santa with help from mommy and dadada. We had a nice breakfast of cinnamon rolls, breakfast burritos and mimosas. We got dressed and headed back to Leto's parents. We said hi, but we were still really tired so we decided to go back home. All 3 of us too a nice nap and then we decided to go to the park. Sadly we were not the only ones with this idea. The park was packed! But it was a beautiful day, and mommy and dadada worked off some of the overindulgences of Christmas.

All in all it was a great 2 days. If all goes according to plan next year we will spend Christmas in California!
I hope everyone had a great Christmas! Have a safe and fun New Year!
See you next year! (i promises to blog more, i swear!!!!!)
Here is a video of Ceci opening presents Christmas Morning!

all our love
Kathy, Leto and Ceci

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Ceci is 1!!!!

Well, we made it a year!!!! As cliche as it sounds, I cant believe I have a 1 year old! Time flies! It has been an amazing year filled with such joy and happiness! It is truly a blessing to see a person grow from a helpless tiny baby into a little person, complete with her own personality. I have really enjoyed every minute of it!
Ceci 1st birthday party was a great success! I decided that i would do it all myself, and maybe i took on a bit too much but it was well worth it and everything turned out perfectly! We had about 50 people come. It would have been a lot more, but it was a 6 day weekend so many people were traveling. Ceci was non-stop. All she wanted to do was run around, so it was a good thing we had 50 people to chase after her, or more likely be pulled by her!
Here is a time lapse of her party. We had so much fun!!! if you want to see the pictures slower, they are posted on my facebook page!

Here are just a couple of Ceci 1 year old pics by Leto's sister Sol.

Today is Thanksgiving in the US. We had our little Thanksgiving dinner yesterday. We had our friend Ligia over, as well as our American friend Anna and her colleague who are here doing research for 10 days. As much as I try to recreate the food and the feeling, there is nothing like being home on Thanksgiving and I truly miss my family and that indescribable feeling you have when you spend a great holiday together.
I hope you all have a very Happy Thanksgiving with family!
Love, Kathy, Leto and Ceci!

Monday, November 5, 2012

Happy Halloween!

Ceci had her first Halloween. While we didnt actually do anything on the 31st, we went to a Halloween Carnival on the 27th and carved pumpkins on the 29th. She was a pumpkin, the cutest little pumpkin we have ever seen!

She had her 11 month check up on Oct 19th. She is 11.39 kilos (25.1 lbs) a d 78.5cm (31 in) She is still above the curve for everything... weight, height and head size. She is the size of the average 18 month old, and has started wearing 18 month clothes (thanks to her cousin Bridget!) Again, her doctor is not concerned, because all of her measurements are proportional to each other. She is just big!

She is walking a little more, although she prefers to hang on to our fingers still. She is totally Brazilian and loves to eat rice and beans (Brazilian). She will eat anything we put in front of her. Actually she puts anything, and everything in her mouth, so we really have to keep an eye on her. She loves to watch the Disney movie Tangled. She can be in her pack-n-play and watch the entire move. She is watching "The Little Mermaid" for the first time as I write this. I hope she likes it because we need a break from Tangled!

Leto and I are doing great. Not much new to report on us! We are just enjoying our little girl!

Here are some recent pictures!!!

All our Love!
Kathy, Leto and Ceci

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Ceci is 11 months old!

Today Ceci turns 11 month old! It is really crazy to think that in 1 month she will be one!!!
Things are going well! Ceci has started to take her first steps by herself! she will take anywhere from 1 to 5 steps then collapse into me with a big hug and a huge smile on her face. It is such an amazing feeling to see her grow and learn new things everyday.

She was pretty sick last week. We took her to the doctor and she said Ceci probably had bronchiolitis. Similar to bronchitis but it is super common in children under 2. She is back to 100% today, so we are relieved! It was horrible to see her sick, but luckily that only lasted for one day.

Friday was Dia das Criancas (children's day). It is really celebrated in Brazil. Children get present from their parent and maybe grandparents and aunts and uncles. This is very different from the states where I dont even know when Children's Day is, and I never recieved a present when i was a child. So I didnt buy Ceci a present, but then on the day of i felt a little guilty so Leto and I went to the mall with Ceci to try and go to the toy store. We got there before it was opened and there was about 100 people waiting for the toy store to open. So we decided to go to another, cheaper, store near by and we bought her a little ball house. She loves it. There are 100 balls and she needs all of them to be out of the box! Its quite a workout for me to round them all up, and then 30 seconds later she dumps the box and there are balls everywhere again! But she loves it. She even has a little noise specific to her chasing a ball. Adorable!

We have been to a lot of birthdays recently. It seems like every weekend there is at least 1 birthday! I have been enjoying planning Ceci's first birthday. It will be butterfly theme, and I have a lot of cute ideas that I hope will work out. In Brazil (i think just recently) 1st birthday parties are a big deal! People hire professional photographers and videographers and cater everything. They have these parties at places called buffets. I think the closest thing in the states would be a private Chuck-e-Chesse or a place like Pump-it Up. They have a lot of little rides, video games etc. It is really crazy the amount of money parents spend on a party their one year old wont remember. But to each their own! I have chosen to plan and do everything for Ceci's party except for the food. I think we will buy some big sandwiches and maybe cater some "kid food" and we will have the party in our "party room" of our apartment building. Her birthday falls on a long (5 day) holiday weekend, so we will see how many people can make it. People from Sao Paulo love to leave Sao Paulo on long holiday weekends, especially if the weather is nice!
Here are some recent pictures!

Ceci's Ball house

Baby Matheus!

Helo's 1st birthday!

Giulia's 5th Birthday

Our 11 month old!

One of the many faces I love

Ceci's angry face that she is using a lot these days :-/

Monday, September 24, 2012

Its been a while!

Its been a while since I have posed.... sorry about that!
Life has been pretty good the last month. Ceci is doing great. She likes to hang out in her portable crib in front of the TV, and she is pretty content to play by herself or watch commercials. Its hard to believe that she is 10 months old! In less than 2 short months we will have a 1 year old!

Here are some of the things we have done in the past month.

Leto celebrated his 34th birthday!!