Alexia had her nine month check up today and she was 18lbs. 3oz. and 28 inches tall! She is in the 40th percentile for her weight and 75th for her height. The doctor told me that it looks like she'll be tall and skinny!

Well, we have a little problem!!! Alexia was sucking on the USB cord for my camera and it no longer works to upload pictures! So.... I won't be adding any pictures until we get a new cord! I will keep you posted though!!!

Ariana tied her shoes for the first time by herself today! She told us that we never have to tie our own shoes again, she will do it for us!!!

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Alexia now says her first word!!! She has been saying dada and papa now for a couple of months, but if you tell her to say it she won't do it! The other morning I went in her room and she was looking to the floor saying "Uh-oh". I looked down and her pacifier was laying on the floor. It is so adorable! If you ask her to say Uh-oh she says it! She was nine months old yesterday! Wooooohooooo!

Ariana brought this home from school to give to us for Valentine's Day. It was so adorable! The box is a magnet!

Here are some more of the projects that Ariana brought home last week from school! The bottom heart we made for Papi while he was in D.C.

When we woke up this morning, Yusef told me to stay in bed. He came upstairs and told me to follow the Reese's peanut butter cup trail. It led downstairs to the kitchen table where there was a heart made of the candies, three red roses for me, a pink rose for Ariana and a yellow rose for Alexia, and a gift certificate! It was awesome! Last year he made us heart pancakes, but this year it was heart omelettes!

When Lisa was here back in December, I won a four pack of tickets to go see Go Diego Go Live from a radio station. The show was by Philadelphia on Friday night. Ariana had a blast! Alexia was having a great time also!

Alexia has been walking holding on to everything. When Yusef came home he got this walker out of our storage unit and she loves it!

Sorry I haven't updated the pictures, but Yusef had the camera while he was in D.C. for two weeks. The girls missed him so much! Here is a picture of them cuddling with him the day he came home!