The Night Before Christmas

Lots of things to prepare before the big day... this is one of them.

Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy

We are so happy to have aunt Joy, she makes our Christmas so special.
She is the one takes the time to make the cutest sweaters (the ones everybody asks where I bought them). Our tree is full of years and years worth of Joy's hand-crafted ornaments. Joy even makes reusable gift wrap out of holiday pattern fabric! It really feels like everything from Joy is made with love. So this entry is dedicated to Joy, thank you Tia Joy!!

Christmas

Did you know... that there is a mailbox where you can write a letter to Santa and it gets DIRECTLY delivered to him? And did you know that you can give Santa a list of all the things you want for Christmas, and if you don't know how to write you can make a picture of what you want? Yep.

Antes que o natal chegue

Aqui algumas fotos do dia das bruxas.
Tomás se divertiu muito batendo na casa dos vizinhos e ganhando chocolates, carimbo, dinossauro...
A verdade é que le ficou bem impressionado com as decorações nos supermercado, farmácia, nas lojas...em todos os lugares tinha alguma coisa assustadora; Eu tinha que abraçar as mumias, beijar os esquetos, e o coitado do Tomás sempre repetia, não, não é scary, é apenas halloween, is just for fun ( tentando se converncer que estava tudo bem)
Eu pra falar bem a verdade não entendo e não curto muito esse feriado...tem muitas coisas assustadoras mesmo.
O Tomás tinha duas fantasias pra escolher, entre o batman, e o spiderman, e acabou sem nehuma; ficou todo animado escolhendo, e só vestiu uma vez, no dia que compramos.
Ele não curte muito essa coisa de se vestir ou mascaras..
Já a Mila que não tinha muito como opinar, vestiu uma roupinha linda de unicórnio.
Me lembro do Tomás na mesma idade da Mi, vestido de dragãozinho....CUTE, CUTE,CUTE

Heeeeyyyyy!!!!

This kid is so happy its amazing... I hope you all get to meet her soon.

October

Its that time of year again... Tomás was somewhat aware of what was happening last year, but this year he knows exactly what is happening and has his gear all sorted. After much deliberation, we have chosen a Spiderman costume, complete with muscles and a mask. Papai is going as a clown, Mamãe is going as a kitty cat. Stay tuned for more pics.

Natação

Meu amor, Mamãe is so proud of you.

Breakfast with the Jacobsons

Few images from our brief visit with Craig, Kendra, Noah, and Caleb... Tomás is still talking about the skateboarding.

Frederick Park

While Sharon was busy chasing Tomás and Kate, Al and Nate were clearly making plans for the future...

first time fishing...

Story Time

Hows this for a nice big bro... not only does he read her a book, when her binky pops out he helps her get it sorted, over, and over, and over!

Man, that was fun...

Remember that time we went swimming in the Deschutes and got all covered in sand? Or that one time when we went running thru the sprinklers on the fourth... those were the days!

Oregon 09

Summer in Oregon; family, sunshine, fresh fruit, and lots of fun! Tomás is enjoying himself as usual, especially the visit from Aunt Joy and hanging with his cousin Ben. Mila is just soaking it all in. July 4th bbq is coming up, looking fwd to seeing more family.

In case you haven't seen enough of Tomás & Mila...

Are these kids cute or what?

piscina

Babies, babies, & more babies

Things are moving along nicely here at Teeple acres. Tomás is currently doing an experiment to see how many bumps, bruises, and scrapes he can get on his knees. Funny thing is he hardly seems phased, he bounces back and is ready for more. If I took one of his normal falls I think I'd fracture a femur. Tonight is swim lessons for the man, its alot of fun, so taking him is not a chore at all.

Mila's doctor yesterday told AP that she's the size of a 4mth old (actual age = 2.5mths), she has been cooing, and sort of makes these coordinated sounds... we are convinced she's trying to talk. The BEST part about Mila these days are the smiles. Doesn't take much and she'll dish up a nice big smile.... I challenge anyone not to smile back - its impossible!

Oregon calling!!!

Mom & Lori dropped in for a visit a few weeks ago. The kids put on their best behavior and we all had a really nice time.

Estou apaixonada por essa bonequinha linda, que agora; sorri.

Well, things are slowly starting to settle down here... Mila is getting into a pattern and has rewarded Ana and I with our first smile(s).

Tomás has been a great big bro and speaking of milestones, he just passed up his papa in the Portugese language department.

Vovô e Vovó

Muito obrigada por esses momentos tão especiais.
Nós te amamos demais!!!

More Mila

More pics...

Is she cute enough?

Mila Prado Teeple

Introducing Mila Prado Teeple, born 8:25am on Tuesday, March 3rd. 7lbs, 14oz. Mother and baby are doing great, hoping to come home from the hospital on Friday afternoon.

The man is 2...

Enjoy it while it lasts...

Eyes on the prize...

The man turned 2 this month and as a result his Thomas the Tank Engine and Lightening McQueen collections all grew...

Getting ready...

Tomás definitely knows something is about to happen, but he's not quite sure what. We can't tell for sure if his old baby gear is familiar or completely new to him, either way, he's been having fun 'helping' us get ready.