It has been a while since I have written anything. I am going to try to write once a week from now on! During the holidays it was hard because we had lots of family over and everyday we were doing something.
In a nutshell we had an awesome time with our family and friends. Camila did very good. Camila was very friendly with all the uncles even the ones she had just met. We had a lot of activities duing the holidays and she behaved very well.
We celebrated Christmas on the 24th. We had everybody over at our house. There were tons of gifts. Camila enjoyed every single thing that night. She danced, played, sang. She got tons of presents and she was very happy. She went to bed at around 12:30 am. Once she decided it was time to go to bed she took her shoes, minnie, goofy, donald and she headd towards the stairs. She was out in like 5 minutes. The next day we got up at around 9:30am...
For New Year's we celebrated also at my house. This time we invited some friends and we were about 45 people. We had a really good time and Camila of course was the center of attention. She danced the night away. It was sooo cute to see her so happy and comfortable. She went to bed at 1:30am. Poor child she was soooo tired. It was impossible to put her to bed any earlier. The music and all the people playing with her had her undivided attention.
On the 1st of January we baptized her : ) We got up at 9am and Camila was so cooperative. He was tired but she never complained or cried. We got her dressed and she looked sooo beautiful. We got to the church at around 11:45, mass started at 12:00pm. She looked around and had her eyes wide open. She listened, she looked at the chorus and she behaved so wel the whole time. Once the mass ended it was time for her to be baptized. She never cried, screamed, talked or anything. She just looked at the priest with her big eyes. Everything went well, My brother in law Jaime and his wife Isabel(who is one of my best friends) are the god parents. After the baptism we all went to eat at Magianno's to celebrate. It was cool that all of Cesar brother's were here, I just wish my family could have been here too!
Camila recognizes her aunts, uncles and cousins. She feels very comfortable with them and it was amazing to watch how she loved being around them. Now I have to start showing her pics of my family so when she meets them they are not total strangers to her. I wanted to go home to Honduras before I started working but that will not be possible. Hopefully I can go to Honduras soon!
Ok so talking about the relationship with daddy. Sometimes I think she gets mad at him for going to work. All day she asks about daddy, she says all the time daddy working and then when Cesar comes home sometimes she acts lovig and other times she does not want to hang out with him. I know this will take time but I want it to be fast!!! I hate it when she acts up with him and I truly do not know what to do different. She has her days and I guess little by little it will get better.
At night after she takes a shower and is ready for her tete(bottle) she calls him and makes him lay beside her. It is sweet when she calls him and signals to him where he needs to lay down. Ater her tete she brushes her teeth and she says Papa ven(daddy come with me), se brushes and then we all go back to bed. We read a book and then Cesar says good night because if not she wants to play. This is a ritual now...
It took me a little while to get her back on schedule. With the holidays and all the visitors she was going to bed late every night. As of January 2nd I have been working on getting her to bed and sleeping by 8:30.. That is my goal every night. It is going well. She usually is sleeping by 8:30 and she gets up at around 7:45am.
We are trying to do activities with other kids. Last sunday we went with some friends to Catch air. This is a place for kids to jump around and it is all padded so it is great because it is very hard to get hurt. Camila had a blast and the whole time she hung out with Cesar. I was glad that they had time with each other. We plan to do this more often. I have also gone to the mall to the play area so she sees other kids and plays with them. So far she usually plays by herself. She does not mind the other kids but she is not getting close to them to play. I suppose this will change with time.
Ok so about daycare.... Cesar and I decided we would start daycare on the first week of January. We wanted to do part time so she could start little by little getting used to it. I took her on Wed January 4th. We arrived at 9:45 and I picked her up at 12:15 pm. I thought I was going to need therapy after dropping her off. I do not think she realized I was dropping her off. She was entertained by Elmo and when I said good bye she did not even look at me. I got in my car and cried my eyes out!!! I felt so ridiculous, crying like a baby!! The teacher, the owner and the director were all telling me that is was going to be ok. The teacher was trying so hard to make me feel better. When I arrived to pick her up the teacher told me that as soon as she realized I was gone she started crying and continued on and off. Same on Thursday , the only difference was that when we arrived she knew form the get go that I was just dropping her off. On Friday she actually said good bye to me and blew me a kiss. This week Mon-thursd she cried, the only difference this week was that I did not cry. It was breaking my heart!! She knows the way now so as soon as I turn she starts crying and saying ninos no, escuela no( no kids, no school). The teacher told me she was acting like a normal kid. They are always upset and some cry more than others. The thing with Camila is that she cries but she complies. She does not cling to my leg or cry uncontrollably. She says mama no but at the same time she takes her jacket off, she sits with the other kids as she continues to cry and keeps on saying mama no. Today, she started crying when I was getting her ready and I thought poor Camila I hope this gets better. She had breakfast and got in the car and she was crying on and off and kept on saying mama no ninos, no escuela(mama no kids, no school). We arrived and when I left the daycare she was still crying. I was worried about her the entire morning because she just seemed more upset than usual. At 12:15 pm sharo I was picking her up. To my surprise she was smiling and said to me she liked the kids and the school : ) The teacher said this was the best day she had had. She participated and did not cry much. I was so excited!!!! When we left she said good bye to the teachers and to the kids and she was SMILING!! I know on Monday it will be bad again because of the weekend but at least I am happy to see that there has been improvement. It was breaking my heart to leave her there crying!!!
There are so many things and details I could write about Camila. She is sweet, spoiled, has a bad temper when she does not get her way, she loves to dance, sing, and she is just a happy baby. She also eats very well. Sometimes I get worried that she eats too much!! Oh and she is very intelligent. You guys would be amazed to see how she has such good memory, she also does puzzles on her own, we just have to show her once what to do and she remembers, she loves computers and daddy's Iphone...She also talks a lot(just like mommy). Movies she loves RIO and Toy story..Songs she loves Danza kuduro, yo no se manana, WAKA WAKA, also all the children's songs on a CD we bought in Colombia.
I do not get tired of saying this...We are blessed and I would not change a thing about our life at the moment. I am so in love with Cesar and Camila. Every day something different happens that just warms up my heart and makes me love both of them more!!!!
I am going to upload some pics and a video(if this is allowed)soon. I also promise I will write every week. I know there are many things that escape me right now that happened in December. As I remember I will post them even if time has gone by.
That is all for now!
