Baby Girl Vanegas

While many already know, we just wanted to share the happy news that we're expecting a baby girl at the end of September. All is going well so far with the baby and pregnancy. Ethan is very excited about being a big brother and always talks about how he will help feed the baby, play with her, etc. He also keeps saying that our baby won't cry. We'll see about that, but wishful thinking!

No more binky for Ethan

We're finally done with the binky!! I should have done it so much sooner, but procrastination always won over. After our Utah trip Ethan became even more attached to his binky because we gave it to him during the long drive and, during our long day with the Ironman, I gave it to him out of guilt for missing naps dragging him around all day. So, needless to say we drove him to the attachment he had. A few weeks of endless whines for his binky post Utah, we decided it was time for it to go. After many stories and advice from friends we decided to go with the binky fairy ... this allowed us someone else to blame for this traumatic event. We told him that the binky fairy said it was time to send his binky away and that he could request a small gift in exchange. He chose a yo-yo. So the agreed upon date came and he was actually quite excited to leave a letter and his binky for the fairy. However, reality set in once he was laid down to bed and he wanted to go get the binky back. We had 3 nights of waking up and crying for his binky, a few more days of requests to send the yo-yo back to the fairy in exchange for the binky and then he was done. He actually sleeps better during the night and still naps well during the day. It does kind of make me sad though cause it takes away one more tie to his babyhood and makes him seem that much older.

Burger Happiness

Finally a last post on Utah. We were also able to spend time in Salt Lake with Jairo's family and Ethan had plenty of fun with his cousins. What's more fun for boys than tractors in a sandbox?

Of course we had to take a trip to IN-N-OUT which, as usual, did not disappoint. I could go for some right now come to think of it! Although Jairo and I are elated that some of our favorite California eateries have now made residence in Utah, we are a bit perturbed that they all arrived after we moved and have yet to make their way to the Washington area. It's probably better that way ... I'm a bit of a glutton for certain fast food joints.