Jorgito's first tooth!

Ten months have been full of firsts for Jorgito! He has had this tooth for about a week or two but this is the first time he let me take a photo of it. (He was distracted watching Baby Signing Time)

Christmas Day 2009

Christmas Morning. Jorgito is sporting his new hat, a present sent to him in the mail from his aunt Jessica in Chile.

Our living room looking like Toys R Us threw up in it. Apparently Jorgito got off the naughty list just in the nick of time!


and a Coach handbag was hung by the chimney with care, and a big thanks to Abby the elf who hooked Santa up with her Von Maur discount :)

This plant is called a Christmas Cactus. This was planted by my great grandmother Inez when she lived in this house (my great grandfather built our house). It has only bloomed on a handful of occasions that I can remember...I'm not sure how, but it lived up to it's name and decided to bloom last night :)

We were supposed to spend Christmas Day at my parent's house celebrating with the Knerr side of the family however that was rescheduled due to the SNOW!!! My parents as well as my brother and his girlfriend decided to come to our house because they both have tractors and could make it through the 6 foot high drifts.

Our first guests have arrived via John Deer Tractor...Yipee.... Tyler and Jamie

My parents made it.... now the party can start. Even JR the dog got to come :)

Good thing Santa brought all these new toys for us to stay busy with.

This was a very memorable Christmas. It was just the 6 of us and we stayed in sweatpants all day, we had soup instead of turkey and ham, we played games and watched video of Tyler and I growing up....priceless! We will never forget Jorgito's first Christmas!!!!

Jorgito's FIRST Steps!!!!

I had my camera out trying to capture a good pic of Jorgito standing up in his reindeer outfit when he took off towards me. He took two steps and lunged into my lap!!!

You can see him here contemplating if he should do it or not???

OK Mom here I come......

Ahhhhhhhh sitting...much better :)

Perhaps the antlers gave him courage and strength.

Christmas Letter 2009

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Love the Zuniga Family

The point of this blog was really to prevent me from having to write this letter, however many of you are just discovering the blog for the first time so here it is: the 2009 Recap....

January~Lamaze classes and the last time we slept in late.
February~The HIGHLIGHT of our year 2/18/09 Jorgito was born.
March and April~Maternity leave was fantastic in the Spring time. Planted a garden but then didn't have time to water or weed it.
May~My first Mother's Day, Jorge ran the Lincoln full marathon.
June~Jorge went to Seattle and presented at the National American College of Sports Medicine Conference.
July~I turned 29 for the first time, Jorge competed in the Cornhusker State Games Triathlon. Jorge also went to Las Vegas to present at another conference.
August~Jorge competed in the Black Squirrel Triathlon at Lake Manawa.
September~We took our first weekend trip with my parents, brother and his girlfriend to Hastings where we all ran (Jorgito included in his running stoller) in the Hastings College Ram Run. Jorge turned 30!
October~My mom, Jorgito and I tagged along with Jorge to San Diego, California for a week of fun in the sun while Jorge presented at another conference. Jorgito was a spider for Halloween
November~We had a lot to be Thankful this year at Thanksgiving
December~My family celebrated my father's birthday and his retirement from Burlington Northern at a weekend get away in a cabin at Mahoney State Park the weekend after we got a foot of snow.

I hope this finds you and your family enjoying the Holiday Season. Jorge and I wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy and blessed 2010.

I update this blog on a weekly basis so you won't have to wait until next Christmas for our family update, check in on us anytime you please.

10 months old and ready to start TRAINING

Today we watched the 2009 Ironman in Hawaii on TV: 2.4 mile swim followed by a 112 mile bike ride and ends with a 26.2 mile marathon. Upon the tearful and dramatic ending Jorgito decided that he is ready to start training!

Swim

Bike

Run ~ Look Ma no hands!

Pfew...all that training is exhausting. Don't worry Jorgito is staying hydrated

The best $1 we ever spent!!!!

I found this little number at the children's used clothes store. It was on the clearance rack with all the Halloween costumes about a month ago. HA HA HA score!!!

Jorge is doing a half Ironman in Kansas on 6/03/09. Jorgito will be sporting this outfit while we cheer on daddy pending...he still fits in it then:)

Weekend Winter Wonderland

We (my 2 Jorges, my parents Deb and Larry and my brother Tyler and his girlfriend Jamie) spent the weekend at Mahoney State Park celebrating my Dad's birthday and his retirement from Burlington Northern. The best part was definitely just spending a whole uninterrupted weekend together. Here are some the highlights.

Here is the cabin we stayed in

Jorgtio helped Grandpa Larry unwrap his birthday presents (including the camo hat/glove set on his head)

Having fun sledding (thank you for pretending to have fun in the snow papa Jorge)

Jorgitowith Tyler and Jamie taking a sledding break

You can't go to MSP without going to the Observation Tower. My mom and I at the top

Warming up inside the cabin doing some ruff-housing with Uncle Tyler

Blades of Glory Stars: Tyler and Jamie

Too tired from sledding and ice skating to cook so we picked up some Parker's Ribs for dinner

Another Snow Day

My 2 Jorge's were stuck at home with me today due to the wonderful blanket of snow we received last night. We decided to make the best of it this morning and went for Jorgito's first sled ride.

Check out my Husker snow suit and Elmer Fud hat. If I'm going to be a real Husker I better get used to this white stuff.

Daddy hates the snow but he tolerates it much better with a cute little snow bunny to play with!

My cheeks are still red and cold but I'm warming up next to our infrared heater...mommy also uses this heater to keep me out of the Christmas Tree. Nice try mom...be sure to check the blog for future video of me reaching for those sparkley red balls!

Santa BABY

Jorgito met Santa for the first time over the weekend at Legacy where Great Grandma Knerr lives. Santa and the Mrs. even brought the reindeer and afterwards we ate peppermint icecream and cookies. It was a wonderful afternoon.

Great Grandma Knerr with her two great grandson's Tucker and Jorgito

Santa is not so bad when I'm on mom's lap

MOM....how could you leave me with them?

We cooled off outside with the reindeer

We ended our Santa themed weekend in costume.

No tummy stuffing needed :)

more climbing!!!!

He initially wanted his octopus until he saw my vitamins on top the counter!

9 month well baby check...well and NAUGHTY!!!

Jorgito had his 9 month well baby check today and here are his updated stats: 24lbs (92%) and 30 inches tall (95%). Apparently the doctor's comment about being a strong and health baby went straight to his head because when we went home he decided to pull this little trick.

OK... this is dad's toothbrush, and here is how I'm gonna get it.....

Pull out this drawer and push my music table against the wall...

Then get on top of the music table and PRESTO...the toothbrush is mine :)

These photos were taken after the incident and with Jorge spotting Jorgito while we reinacted his little trick. The first time he did it I was putting my contacts in and I didn't notice him until he was standing on the table waving the toothbrush at me. Silly little boy!!!!

Outdoor Picnic

The weather was so amazing today we decided to go get a couple nice steaks grill out. It was wonderful but we ate dessert INSIDE :)

It's begining to look a lot like Christmas (at least in our living room)

Hmmmmmm what's dad going to do with the green stuff in this box?

OK dad let me get that one for you :)


What a beautiful tree...now how can I get those red balls???

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As you can see...my two Jorge's have successfully put up the Christmas tree together. Sure it's a little early but it took several hours (due to the little helper) so we thought we are going to enjoy it for as long as possible.

9 Months Old Today

My baby Jorge is 9 months old today! Just think I could have made him a sibling by now :) Time is flying and he is becoming quite the little individual. He is mastering his lawn mower (video below) he pulls himself up on everything, and he has two gears of crawling: fast and zoom mode. He should have had a 9 month well baby check today but his mom forgot to schedule it so those stats will be posted when we she gets her stuff together..too busy blogging I guess :)

Unfortunatly I thought to capture this on video after he wore himself out practicing.

New Bath Toys

The Zuniga Family spent this past Saturday evening in Omaha. Jorge and friend Ryan Long went to a runner's gathering while Jorgito and I went shopping with Ryan's wife Amelis and 3 month old daughter Isabella. They were good sports while we spent entirely too much time at Babies R Us. We pretty much went down each aisle and at the end of it all the cashier says to us..."wow are you guys still here or did you leave and come back"? Awesome! Also Amelis shot some video of Jorgito kissing Isabella's hand which you can check out on my facebook page.

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All the toys in the bath aisle at Babies R Us can't compete with the faucet!

short video :) Does anyone have any advice of how to stop babies from trying to pull up and stand in the tub?????

Sunday Dinner with Chileans

Photo: Eduardo(Marcela's boyfriend, Claudia (Michael's girlfriend), Marcela (mother), Michael (brother)

Thanks to Skype and the internet we have recently been able to start having weekend meals with Jorge's family in Chile. The cast of characters changes but one thing remains the same...Marcela's cooking. Mmmmmmmmmm......Que Rico!!!!

Sweet Monkey Loven

As if one Jorge wasn't enough???

Here I am 9 months pregers (photo by Beki Maahs)

He finally arrived after 24 hours of drug free labor

Jorge Mario Zuniga

February 18th, 2009

11:08pm, 8lbs 6oz, 21 inches

One Month Old (photo by Beki Maahs)

Two Months Old

3 months old (photo by Beki Maahs)

Baptized in May 2009

Four Months Old

5 Months Old, enjoying his swing at the cabin/pond

Six Months Old

7 Months Old

8 Months Old...IN ACTION!!!

Each month I think...this is the best age right now...but it just keeps getting better!!!