While Cooking Dinner

I was cooking dinner last night and Cameron was caring for Emma. I looked out the kitchen window and saw both of them relaxing on the hammoc. I had to stop what I was doing to get the camera and go out to our backyard to take pictures.

Emma was staring up at the trees and the birds:

One finger is not enough:

Atenas was also enjoying a nice evening:

Sunday Pictures

Yesterday after lunch we all went outside for some pictures. It was REALLY hot and humid (it made us miss the dry heat of Texas) but we enjoyed snaping pictures. Emma is wearing a cute dress that my aunt Martha mailed her.

Emma is holding her head a lot better (notice that she's losing her newborn hair). She's talking a lot more, smiling and laughing often but she's also learning how to complain to draw attention to herself.

Cameron left this morning for work and he asked me: "Don't you just love her?" YES!!

Here she is with Daddy:

And with Mommy:

Bottling the Beer

After two weeks of fermentation, the beer is ready for bottling! The airlock below stopped bubbling; this is an indicator that fermentation has been completed.

Everything has to be properly sanitized before bottling the beer. Cameron cleaned every kitchen surface with bleach and made sure all of the bottles were ready.

My first impression of the beer was not very pleasant. It has a lot of yeast residue but we are able to avoid bottling it by using some hoses. The picture below shows a hydrometer. The hydrometer tests for specific gravity and it confirms that fermentation is completed. It also calculates alcohol content by comparing first and last reading.



I tried helping Cameron with the bottling but I everytime I was going to help him, Emma demanded my attention.

I was only able to help Cameron put the caps on.

We now have to wait TWO more weeks for carbonation.

A brief visit to the garden

This morning Emma and I went to the garden. Our visit was brief; I needed some basil and oregano but I also wanted to take some pictures.

From left to right:

• First row: tomatoes and peppers (jalapeños, serranos, habaneros, Anaheim)
• Second row: spinach, cucumbers and zucchini
• Third row: sun flowers, basil, lemon grass, oregano, carrots and beets

Carrots (left) and beets (right); we'll be using our juicer very often once these are ready for harvest! Our tomatoes:Serranos (I think this picture shows 9 serranos!); we'll be making hot salsa very soon:

And our sun flowers:

Smiles & Frowns

After Work

After coming home from a long day at work...

...Cameron enjoys spending time with Emma and she loves it!

31 Weeks

During my visit to my parents back in February, I had asked my friend Rebeca (who's a photographer) to take some pictures of my parents and me. I was 31 week pregnant and we thought it would be a great idea to have these pictures for the future. One day we'll tell Emma that she was in my belly while we were "posing" for the camera.

Rebeca did a great job with these photos; you can check out more of her photos **HERE**