Feliz Navidad

Merry Christmas from Puerto Rico! I hope all of our readers had a wonderful Christmas celebrating the birth of our Lord and Savior. Although we were not at home with our families, we had a very Merry 1st Christmas with our princess. Levale had Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off. It was great to have him home with us. We had 2 very relaxing days. I thought I would share a little from both days!First, we started off with a picnic on the shore line of the beach. Levale found this place while riding around for about an hour and a half looking for a post office to mail our Christmas Cards!!! (Don't worry, we finally found one Christmas Eve so you will be getting a card!) The view was beautiful, and Campbell really enjoyed being outdoors!
We took a few pictures and...
She got to swing for the 1st time. She LOVED it! I think we need to invest in one that hangs inside to put her to sleep every night! :-) She REALLY MISSES her swing back home!
After, we left there we went to Walgreen's to find Campbell a Christmas Tree. We have looked everywhere for one. Wal-Mart here doesn't even have fake ones (or either they were ALL gone by the time I got here!) One of Levale's teammates told him they found one at Walgreens last year, so off we went on CHRISTMAS EVE!!! After visiting 2Walgreens, here is the ONLY tree we could find...
It played Christmas carols and already had lights on it! Campbell liked to watch the lights, so it served the purpose! (And it made mommy and daddy feel better. We couldn't imagine her having her 1st Christmas without a tree.)
After finding her tree, we headed back home. I cooked diner at the house, we watched Christmas movies, read "Twas the Night Before Christmas" and skyped JJ, Big Daddy, Ca Ca, Ti, Moe, Maggie, Miller and Ellie Grace! It was the perfect ending to a great day!
Christmas morning we woke up and Santa Claus had been all the way to Puerto Rico to visit Campbell. Even though she didn't have a clue what was going on, she was so happy, smiling and cooing. It made it so much fun! Santa couldn't bring much to Puerto Rico because he knew mommy and daddy would have to ship it home, so Santa visited JJ & Big Daddy's and Nanny & Pop's!
My little Smiley Bug
After we checked to see what Santa brought, we all went back to bed. When we got up the next time, we headed to the beach to spend the day! Campbell did great (after we finally got her to sleep). She enjoyed the water a little more this time because we didn't let it splash her in the face. Amazing huh?!?!
Then, we enjoyed a good ole American dinner at Longhorn steakhouse!
To top our day off, we got to Skype both families!!! We got to play a Christmas game with my family, AND THE BEST PART, see Maggie!

Being in a foreign country made me and Levale realize how much we normally get caught up in the hustle & bustle of Christmas. It was so nice to relax and enjoy God's beautiful creation; it reminded us of the true meaning of "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!" Happy Birthday Jesus!

11 Weeks...and the Beach

Our little princess was 11 weeks old yesterday! Time has FLOWN by. It seems like just yesterday we were welcoming her into this world. They have been BY FAR the best weeks of our lives. Luckily, we are here with Daddy, so we got to spend the day on the beach, a nice AMERICAN dinner at Chili's, and then a little shopping to top our day off. Campbell was such a little trooper and just rolled with the punches! Here are a few pictures from the day.
Napping on the beach. Of course, Mommy didn't want the car seat on the beach, BUT Campbell had other plans. She went right to sleep as soon as we put her in it!!!
Chunky Monkey Bathing Beauty! This was my 1st swimsuit too! It is a little big on her, but it serves the purpose.
Putting her feet in the water for the 1st time. It's the Atlantic Ocean; the waves are HUGE, so she couldn't get in.
Family shot (between the fit she pitched because one of the waves hit her and Daddy from behind and got salt water in her eyes :-(...it SCARED her to death!)

HAPPY 11 WEEKS LITTLE MONKEY!!!! MOMMY & DADDY LOVE YOU MORE THAN YOU KNOW!