Sandoogans' Log

A couple of days ago I blogged about Emma's 1st steps and how I wished I'd done the same with Sami's milestones. I decided to dig through the archives to see if I found any pictures of Sami crawling, walking, etc . . . I ended up finding a video of her acting like she's going to sleep. I totally forgot that she'd act like she was going to sleep whenever we told her "mimis." The video isn't the best quality because it was done with an older iPhone camera. I believe the iPhone 3. Anyway, I ended up remembering Sami's firsts milestones, I was a bit worried I'd forgotten them. I wasn't the scrapbooking mom who noted everything done. I remember she started crawling around 8 or 9 months. At first she'd roll around the living room trying to get wherever she wanted to go, sometimes hitting her head not realizing she'd arrived to her destination. Eventually, she was able to crawl on all 4. She learned to walk at a year and 2 months whi

This is not an actual picture of her walking around today. She crawled and then stood up the door.   Today Emma started walking around the couch. So far she's been doing fairly well with milestones; surpisingly well considering she was a premie. She started crawling and standing at 7 months and took her first steps at 9. It's pretty exciting seeing her progress. She was late with the sitting up on her own, though. I wish I would have thought about blogging this when Sami was a baby. I'm not sure if I had a blog back then but it would have been nice to look back at her milestones too. 

 You can see where I've had to glue the frame because it broke. The Social D lettering use to be red once upon a time.  So, we got a new car, which means my infamous license plate frame is getting transferred over to the new wheels. We didn't get rid of the Orange Bang, that would be blasphemy! We traded in Mr. Andrade's old crappy wheels for a bigger roomier carro. This license plate frame has been with me for eons. I believe I got it in 2000 at a Social D concert. I remember seeing it and knowing instantly I had to have it. It's been with me for 3 cars now, scratch that---make it 4, and I plan to hang on to it for as long as I can. I've gotten tempted to get a new frame, maybe a Disney, or Packers, or Dodgers but can't seem to look go. I know it looks all beat up and stuff but I feel it gives it character. Besides, after my sister called my car a "mom car" I need to add some cool factor to it.

One of the very many awesome special memoriesI have of my dad is going to Disneyland. I don't think my dad cared for Disneyland much (Gasp! I know) but would still take us when we were kids. He rarely ever got on any rides with the exception of: The Jungle Cruise, Haunted Mansion, Small World and Pirates of the Caribbean. I think Pirates was his favorite. I always looked forward to my dad getting on the rides with us, even it was a few, and remember how he seemed to enjoy the scenery as cruised along the dark waters.  We've tried to convince my dad, several times, to come with us on our many Disney trips we take now as adults. We've even tried to persuade him by telling him they now sell alcohol at the park. So far he's declined every invite. I think we're just going to have to bamboozle him and not telling him we're bringing him to Disney. We'll see, that man isn't easiest person to trick. Love you, papi!