He's already 'batting' at things too! Like this blue toy here. 
I haven't had much of a desire to stay connected with the outside world lately, via phone or computer. I might even duck and hide if I see someone walk up the driveway. Baby and I will come out of hiding soon. And when I do, I'll post more details and pictures about the birth, our new baby boy, big sister Esperanza and everything in between. I promise. For now though, here are the basics:Getting checked out by the midwives about an hour after birth
Big sister Esperanza with her 2 day old brother
He's a wonderful sleeper so far! Please let this last
Hello world! He finally opened his eyes on the 3rd day 
"I gotta go potty!"
And then there's the close up facial expressions Esperanza gave the camera today...Just Cute
The Tongue
The Laughing Tongue
The Sneer
The 'tried to hard to sneer' Sneer
And my personal favorite...the face that says it all. She had fun today.
Esperanza slept her first night without a diaper last night
We borrowed the Taco Bell dog again for a few days
We went to our niece Addy's 13th birthday party. Here's Kiko, Rafa and Esperanza eating cake
Some kid ran into our car
And yes, I'm still pregnant
A bunch of nieces
Burnt out on cake, I made blue and chocolate rice crispy treats instead 
ring around the rosies....we even fed all the neighbor kids 
And we found a snake
Baby Emanuel (Mari & Amador's son) 
Blue cake! Esperanza's reason for living...her finger print is on the bottom left tier! 
Okay, you do get a short story... ALL day Esperanza had been asking for cake. This girl has a rather serious sugar addiction (specifically when it comes to cake). I had told her several times she could have some cake if she ate good. And she did, twice. This was a very big deal to Esperanza. As the evening was nearing it's end for us though, they still hadn't cut the cake. After a long day, we were all ready to pass out, so I really didn't want to wait any longer just for cake. We don't always get what we want, right? I was okay with her screaming in the back seat of the car on the way home for her 'blue wedding cake' until she passed out. But, being the daddy's girl that she is, she got just what she wanted. Daddy stopped by Safeway on the way home and got her her very own blue cupcake! Crazy, I know! But guess what, she ate the cupcake before we even got back in the car and was fast asleep as soon as her head hit the carseat.
She's such a Daddy's girl 