Disney Trip!

My friends told me that I never update my blog, so here is an update! The week between Christmas and New Year's we were lucky enough to go to Disney World for 3 days then on a Disney Cruise to Nassau, Bahamas and Disney's island, Castaway Cay, with Tim's entire family (minus Jack). It was an awesome trip. The kids had SO much fun. Callie is 4 1/2, Collin and Jacob are both 3 1/2. While we were there Jeri and Jason were also at Disney world with their kids, Delaini and Landon, celebrating their 10th wedding anniversary. We hung out with them on Tuesday at the Magic Kingdom. We had a fantastic time. I would take the trip again in a heartbeat!





Callie & Collin on the bus from the airport to the hotel at Disney World.


Tim & Callie in front of Cinderella's castle on our first night.

Stephanie & Callie in front of Cinderela's castle on our first night.

Stephanie & Callie on the carousel.

Cinderella's Castle

Vicki, Dianne, Tim & Ginger in line for It's a Small World

Stephanie & Callie in line for It's a Small World

Tim & Vicki on It's a Small World

Craig, Jim & Tim on the monorail from the Magic Kingdom to Epcot

Callie & Tim at Epcot

Thanks for the ears, Grandpa!

Jacob, Collin & Callie with their new ears!

Callie, Delaini & Landon outside of Splash Mountain

Delaini, Landon & Callie in line for Peter Pan

Delaini & Callie in Mickey's Toon Town

Us outside of Big Thunder Mountain-Callie's first real roller coaster!

Tim, Callie, Sydney & Vicki

Us at Donald's Breakfast at the Animal Kingdom

Callie, Mickey & Sydney

Callie & Goofy

Vicki, Tim & Sydney

Grandpa wearing Callie's ears

In our stateroom on the boat

Jacob & Callie during our emergency drill

Sydney, Katie & Kristin at the Adventure's Away party when the ship set sail! It was so much fun!!

Callie on the beach in Nassau.

Tim on the beach in Nassau.

Pluto, Callie & Mickey

Sydney, Collin, Callie & Jacob on New Year's Eve

Vicki, Dianne, Tony, Tim, Ginger & Tom on New Year's Eve

Tim & Callie on New Year's

Callie at the party

Happy New Year, Syd!

Kristin & Jim

Tim & Stephanie

Sydney & Jim

Tony & Me

Callie & Minnie

Callie & Pluto

Pretty Girl

Collin, Daisy & Callie

Katie, Kristin & Stephanie on Castaway Cay

Collin, Callie & Jacob on the beach

Jake on the beach . . .
Can you believe how cute this kid is???????

Callie swimming in the carribbean.

Callie drinking from her coconut.

A very fun day!

Christmas Time with Callie

This has been the most fun Christmas Season ever with Callie. She is so excited about everything. She's had so much fun shopping and "wrapping" the presents.

She even wrote a poem the other night after we read "The Night Before Christmas". I wrote it down, and I'm writing it on here for all of you to see. I was very impressed. She came up with it all by herself!

Santa is coming to town, everyone.
You don't have to say a word.
He comes down the chimney quietly
and puts gifts in every stocking.

We've done a few fun things this week getting ready for the upcoming festivities.

At the Galleria in front of the tree:

With her skates on ready to hit the ice!


Mommy & Callie ice skating

Daddy & Callie ice skating

Decorating our first ever gingerbread house

The finished product!

How exciting! This is her happy face. Scary, isn't it?

Making a jingle bell necklace.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Jack is 4 Months Old!

Well, actually, he's 4 1/2 months old, but I'm late getting this posted. The Romero house has lost its mind. Jack is doing great. He had a great 4 month check up. He weighed in at 5 lbs. 13 1/2 oz (up to the 67th percentile from the 43rd), and he was 25 1/4 inches long. He met all of his 4 month milestones except for rolling over from front to back. We're still working on that. He's getting pretty close, but still not doing it yet.

One development that did occur is that the doctor determined that Jack has plagiocephaly. That's a fancy term for a "flat head". His head is flat in the back and on one side, so we were referred to a cranial specialist. After the consultation they recommended that he wear a cranial band (a.k.a helmet) to correct the bone growth. He'll most likely only have to wear it for 7-8 weeks, so that's not too bad. The bad news is that the place we went is not covered by our insurance. The band is $3800, so we have done some research and luckily found another place in Dallas that does this. They, thankfully, are covered by our insurance company. I called to check it out with the pedi today and got a referral letter for the new place. Hopefully we can get in to see them the first week in January.

Jack is eating solids now! He has had rice cereal, sweet potatoes, carrots, and squash. I think we'll try green beans tomorrow. He loves eating from a spoon! It's so cute because he just sucks on the spoon until it's empty.

He is smiling like crazy and "talking" all the time. Tim asks him if he wants to see Callie, and Jack just smiles and laughs. It is the cutest thing ever!

Here are some of his pictures from this month:

Mostly Words

Hello, world!

It's been a while since I posted. Just a quick update. Things are busy as ever in the Romero house with me back at work, Callie in school, dance, and gymnastics, Tim traveling 2-3 days a week, and Jack practically living in the car seat. :) He's really not in it that much, it just feels like it to me.

He is growing like crazy. He's 15 weeks old and weighs 14 pounds 5 oz. He's smiling all the time now and it is so cute! He's really playing a lot now. It's good to see him "wake-up". We're trying to get him to eat a little more and he doesn't love it. He's content to eat his measly 4 oz and go on.

Here's a pic of his super cute smile!