Strawberry Picking

On Saturday my family took the boys to pick strawberries at a local farm, Frohberg Farm in Alvin, Texas. I didn't get to go because I had to work. :( But, they told me that the boys had a blast.

Isaac and Javi picked enough strawberries for a year!

This is my favorite pic!
Isaac felt right at home since he is used to working in my parents' garden.


Javi got mad every time they emptied his basket.

Hopefully, we'll go back next year!

We've Moved

We moved out of our townhome on February 18. We had been "moving" for about a month. It was a gradual process since we had to multi-task packing, repairing, and parenting. Plus, we weren't sure when we would get renters, so the whole thing dragged out! But, the last couple of days were hectic! We had a couple come look at the place on Monday, and that same day they decided they wanted it, but wanted to move in before the weekend. Yikes! Eric and I didn't sleep much for a couple of days since we scrambled with the last repairing, cleaning, and packing. Most of our stuff had been in storage for two weeks, and I thought I didn't have much left, but I was wrong. I filled up a whole truck, our van, and my parents suburban with the last of our things! (And all of this was supposed to fit into one bedroom at my parents house!). We will be temporarily living with them while we build our house.

A big shout-out to my dear friends, Myriam and Azalia, who truly saved the day. They came the last day to help us move and ended up help clean and get the last of everything out. I could not have done it with out them! THANK YOU!!!!

So, now we are with my parents, and Isaac and Javier are loving the big house, the dogs, and all the attention they are getting. We are grateful to my parents for taking us in! We should be here until about midsummer. We have a blog on the process of our house building at www.the houseonrusk.blogspot.com

We were sad to leave our townhome, it was where we began our marriage and our family. We have many wonderful memories and great neighbors that we will miss.

Baby Cruz #3

Big news--we're expecting our third baby. The official due date is October 8, but my midwife thinks it will be mid-October. So, more birthdays in October! Javi and Eric's birthdays are both in October, as well as many in the extended family. This was a planned pregnancy, but of course, when it actually happens, it is always surprising and exciting. We are hoping for a girl, but will be happy with a boy or girl. I have been feeling tons of morning sickness and the usual fatigue, so I will be glad when the first trimester is over!

Javier is Walking!

Javi is finally walking. He started walking officially on February 15th, but it wasn't until about a week ago that he prefered it to crawling. Now I don't think he crawls at all. As agressive and fearless as he is, I am surprised he took this long to walk. He was one week shy of turning 16 months (Isaac was 16 months and 2 weeks when he started walking). Now that he walks, he can climb and get into more things, so I can't take my eyes off of him for one second! In this video, he is holding a little broom that he did not let go of for several days. He didn't use it to balance, it was more like a security blanket.

He is also saying a lot of words. He says agua, papa, mama, "ema" (for Elmo), huevo, este or esto (for everything that he wants), and wa wa (for gua gua, which is dog and he calls all animals this).