19 weeks: Sleep

Don't tell Daddy, but I secretly love our late night bouncy ball/music dates.

4 years: O's bday invitation

Your birthday party invitation...

4 years/19 weeks: President Obama!

Last week it was announced that President Obama was coming to CU-Boulder!  So exciting.  The last time we saw President Obama he was Senator Obama and O was 8 months old and looked like this:

Oh my little snookie wookie pie

CU announced that tickets would be available for students/faculty on Sunday and then to the public on Monday.

Daddy headed out early on Sunday morning to the UMC to get himself a student ticket.  After waiting two hours in the hot sun he got a ticket!  You could only get one ticket per person so that meant that the rest of us had to go on Monday to try to get tickets.

We didn't know how many tickets were available for the public so we got to the ticket line at Coors Event Center 3 hours before they were going to start giving out tickets.  Luckily we were in the shade and time went by really quickly and we were all able to get tickets!  While in line a reporter came up to Daddy to interview on camera, people love Daddy!

Making sure Salma didn't get sunburn

Yay!  We're ready to go!

There were lots of road closures at CU today because of the President's visit and the walk to the Coors Event Center is about 25 minutes so we decided to park at East Campus and took the shuttle into campus. 

On the bus!

We got there a little after 3pm (doors opened at 4pm) and the line was already super long so O got his snacking on (so excited to be able to have a Lunchable)

We got in a few hours later and took our seats

It was super loud so Daddy covered your ears

Eating your hand

Obama is coming!  It was so hot in there, I thought people were going to pass out.

He's here!  Taking about student loans

Salmita was so excited to see the Commander-in-Chief

O was amazing! 

The crowd

Look at that belly

And just like that he was gone!

It was great to see President Obama, I hope we get to see him again.  :)

19 weeks: Happy Cumplesemana!

Hi sweetie pie :)

You're 19 weeks old today, happy cumplesemana!  This week you've started pulling my hair, not nice Salmita!  Love you :)  

19 weeks: Outtakes

4 years/18 weeks: Easter pic

At one of the Easter hunts this year you two got your picture taken. The pastor just sent us the photo today.

Beware, it's one of the most disturbing pictures I've ever seen.

4 years/18 weeks: Coca-Cola

From the article,

Woman’s Coca-Cola ‘habit’ cited in death

"The first thing she would do in the morning was to have a drink of Coke beside her bed and the last thing she would do at night was have a drink of Coke," Harris' partner Chris Hodgkinson said in a deposition. "She was addicted to Coke."

Hmm...this sounds like Daddy! :)

18 weeks: Cranky

Cranky (teething?) Salmita today

4 years/18 weeks: Sleeping

What should I do to the little children that were screaming outside of our screen door and woke up my dear daughter from her nap just now?

HMMM.

4 years/18 weeks: Student Awards

Today at my school we had our annual student award ceremony, at which I was a recipient of an award.  Funny thing happened.  As your mother and the two of you couldn't come, it was a student/faculty/staff event, I brought your mother's camera to take some pics and have someone take pics of me.  Well the first several students that received awards were friends so I was taking their picture receiving their award.  I was also seated at the table closest to the podium.  Then there was a student I wasn't friends with, so I had shut off the camera and had it down on the table in front of me.  When the student got the award the professor presenting it to her said, "turn toward the camera" saw I wasn't planning on taking her picture and said "sorry I guess they aren't taking a picture of you."  Apparently he, and maybe others, thought I was the designated photographer of the event!  Anyways, I felt so bad I took pictures of everyone else getting an award afterward!  Below are some pics of friends I took and pics of me getting my award that my friend (pictured below) Tonya took.  Too bad you all weren't there to see it. 

This is me with my friend Shandea.  She's really nice and more importantly she helped me on my first trial! 

This is my close friend Tonya, she's Co-President of LLSA with me.

This is Yona, I'm not very close to her, but thankfully she watched Octavio for hours at the courthouse during my first trial.

This is me with a professor, Violeta Chapin, right before getting my award.

This is me laughing because I went up to get my award and it wasn't there, and was handed to Violeta right here.

Yea!  Got my award, making Ticos proud everywhere.

The program for the awards ceremony.

The description of my award.  Look at winner of next award...Johanna!

My award - minus my last name (they actually didn't put a couple whales on the award).

18 weeks: Happy Cumplesemana!

Hi Salmita, or as O calls you...Butter-Butter-Butter-Butterfly :)

You're 18 weeks old today, Happy Cumplesemana!

You're really interested in our food lately.  You watch us when we eat and look longingly.  I don't remember O even caring about food for a long long time.  At your 4 month check up yesterday, the doctor said you didn't need any extra food since you were gaining weight so well but that we could start giving you food now.  I think it's way too early for you to start eating solid foods but I feel bad when you watch us eating and we can't give you any.  Your time will come my sweetie!  I love you!

18 weeks: Outtakes

You were very interested in eating your shirt while we were taking pictures today.