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!

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