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!