1st Halloween

Today was Coral's first Halloween. We decided to dress her up as a bee. Her homemade costume is 95% made from recycled materials. She had a play date with her boyfriend "hawaiian bubba".

back in Costa Rica

Back in Costa Rica. Coral did great on the flight home. A little fussy but not bad at all. She has started solids and is eating well. I make her homemade food like Super Porridge, fruits and veggies. She missed her boyfriend Kayden but also met a new boyfriend in California named Tosh. She is now almost 7 months. She started sitting around six months and is trying to crawl. I give her plenty of room and time to practice.

Nana's house

Coral got to spend the night at Nana's house. They enjoyed hanging out on the porch together. Many relatives came and enjoyed the weekend.

family at the beach

A day at the beach to help celebrate Aunt Tara's birthday. The Gatrells made a drive up from Murrieta to Newport to meet their cousin Coral. It was nice to hang out with the kids, Aunts and Uncles.

Grandma and Grandpa Hicks

Grandma and Grandpa Hicks flew from Pennsilvania to Newport Beach to meet their dear grandaughter. They enjoyed walks in the park. It was so nice for Coral to meet them and for all of us to spend time with eachother.

The Andrews' BBQ

Coral met our friends at our annual Andrews' BBQ. This week she played with Sophia, Sara, Milo, Tosh, and Avrum. We didn't take many pictures because we were to busy having fun. We had a great beach day. As you can see Coral is teething bad. We are waiting for her first tooth.

Grandpa Petitte's House

Coral did great on the flight to California. She had a 20 min freak out after her 14th hour of traveling but understandable. She met her Grandpa Petitte and her cousin Jenny. We spent time together at Dad's house for a couple nights with Tara and Nick cooking homemade raviolis and homemade sauce. My father even grew the tomatoes we used. They turned out awesome and it was a fun activity for the family.

Coral is now 4 1/2 months. She loves to jump and is a very happy baby. She is in the pool, at the beach, in the sink, in the tub. This kid loves the water. She is Dorian's clone with blue eyes and mommy's nose.


We are planning to travel a lot more after our visit to California. We will be in the OC months at a time for the next 6 months to a year. We plan on traveling to Hawaiian islands, possiblyvthe virgin islands, possibly a road trip up the coast of Cali and possibly the Somoa islands.

Family Beach Day

The Smiley family finally brought their camera to the beach. We have a family photo posted requested by grammy Karen. A surf contest is held for locals every Sat. and the whole community gets together. All Coral's baby friends come out and play at sunset.

Our little bee is almost 4 months old now. She is a chubby little girl weighing at 14 pounds. Wow! She is so much like her daddy. As you can see her hair is a strawberry blond. She may get this from my mother Kaye or Dorian. Dorian's hair was very light as a baby. Coral is very alert and likes to grab everything. She is a very busy bee. We take her to the market and she is amazed at all the colors and shapes around her. We sit together every morning and watch 10 minutes only of baby einstein online. She loves it. This girl gets so much attention. aahh

Thanks for all your support friends. It means so much to us when we get such great emails from you. I give it up to all those mommies who cook, clean, and raise their children. We got a housekeeper two days a week to help out so I can focus all my attention on dance, yoga and our family. I am losing weight slowly but surely. The waves here are all time right now. Dorian is stoked. The ISA world games are coming to Playa Hermosa this week. It will be super crazy around our little country beach town.

Mike's visit

Dorian's surfboard shaper Mike and his wife visited us for a couple of weeks. Mike was up for our rustic accomodations. We moved into the big bamboo house this month. We are enjoying the extra room and the natural elements. I am in love with my Shala.

Coral is now 3 1/2 months. She is our little gordita. She is quite chunky but the doctor assures me she will lose it when she starts crawling. We bought our first toy for her. An exersaucer is not only a great babysitter but also helps develop her motor skills. We prefered to buy used but with no luck. It worried me buying something new after watching that video about stuff. Dorian and I will give it away and recycle it to a family less fortunate when Coral grows out of it.

I cut off 13 inches of hair and donated it to lock of love. My hair is till to my mid-back. Amazing how long hair grows when pregnant. I have been enjoying the early stages of Coral's life. We are so close. Dorian is doing great. He is working, surfing, world's best Dad, and husband.

I hope all is well with our friends and family. We are postponing our trip for a couple of months. We are waiting for a copy of our marrage certificate to get Coral's U.S. passport. We hope to hear from all of you soon.

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Pura Vida

Angelina

This is a picture of my mother with baby Coral when she was just one day old. Coral is so big now. She weighs 13 pounds and is developing quickly. She slept for 8 hours last night for father's day. I don't expect that to happen regularly. She is almost three months now.

I was able to shed a couple pounds this week. My bamboo dance floor in our new bamboo house is awesome.

Dorian enjoyed his first Father's day today. He has been working hard to take care of his family so we can visit CA in Sept. The waves have been good lately. He was able to hang out with Alex Freyre who visited us this week. Kirk and Gina fly in tomarrow. Hopefully I can post more pictures soon.

Days go buy quickly with our busy bee. We are managing to maintain our pura vida lifestyle. We are enjoying every second.

xoxo

The Smiley's

Dennis, Dylan and Angelique made the blog

Coral is now 2 months and growing. She loves to dance to her mobile. We are trying to establish a sleeping schedule with luck.

We are moving into a spacious bamboo house sometime this month. The house is very baby friendly,very natural and artistic.

Dorian has been working hard this week. We all have been going to the beach together again. Coral likes to fall asleep while walking with Dad. The ocean is very soothing. I was able to jump in the warm water for the first time in months.

I have permission to work out again from the Doc. I started last week and obviously have a long way to go. I have been stretching, walking up a huge hill everyday and swimming. Hopefully I can get myself strong enough before we move into the bamboo house because it has an incredible outdoor dance floor waiting for me. I can't wait! I will start yoga again when I am ready.

We got a visit from our Dutch friends. We initially met them in La Ticla, Mainland Mexico during our tour down here. They stayed with us for one night. It was great to have them over. As you can see it wore Coral out.

Rainy season has started here. It is so great not to be hot anymore. Everything is getting greener. The Iguana's are everywhere. Paradise as usual in Costa Rica. We are working on getting our baby Tica her U.S. passport so we can visit Newport in Sept. Hope to see you all then.

We would love to hear how you are doing. We miss all of you!
pura vida
The Smiley's