Elle, gallivanting about the island

Elle's been getting out of the house quite a bit lately. She loves the ocean and her cute sun hat. Of course, she's the cutest baby on the beach!


Elle and Amber looking out at Montauk Point - The southeasternmost point on Long Island.



On the night of 9-11. At the town dock waiting for the WTC floodlights to turn on.


Sunbathing . . . but not too much. Elle inherited skin from her mother.

Is this safe?

I am not a medical expert...but I am pretty sure this is not a safe way for Lucy to sleep. Can you find her under her "nicey"?

The old Spencer Family trick of using my garment top has worked like a charm. The only problem is that she loves to cover her whole face with it! I have to constantly check on her while she is going to sleep to make sure she is ok.

Once she is asleep, I uncover her an she sleeps like a baby.

Oh Say Can You See...

Well it´s official. Luz is a US citizen as of today! She passed her interviews and will recieve her passport in 7-10 days along with her Consular Report of Birth Abroad Certificate. We are 50% there!!! Now we are asking to pull all our faith, prayers and fasting together for Cesars Visa. We have the interview on October 5th, so if you could fast with us whenever your next fast Sunday is that we will have all the paper work we need and that they can process the visa quickly we would appreciate it. We are very excited, but nervous at the same time. The Embassy is so nerve wracking, and everything has to be exactly right or they send you home empty handed. I don´t wish this experience on anyone. Thank you for all your support. We really do appreciate it. Love, Melissa, Cesar and Luz

Happy Birthday Anniversary

I would like to wish my cousin Elle and myself a wonderful 2 and 3 month anniversary. I hope your day is full of milk, milk, and more milk as mine will be. Love, Lucy

This pic was taken at the ward primary birthday party on Saturday. It was Lucy's first birthday party. She really enjoyed it.

Love from Argentina

Here are some of the latest pictures of our family. This month has been a lot of fun. Celica came from Chile to spend time with Lucy. Saying goodbye yesterday was hard for me. It is the first real goodbye. We will not see her again before we come to the states. It is starting to feel real that we will be leaving Argentina and of course there are always mixed emotions. We still aren´t sure of the date when we will be home, but we know it is coming. We are anxious to get started on that chapter of our lives, but it seems wierd to think we won´t be in Argentina anymore. We will continue to enjoy it here while we can.

Here is our family picture. What a difference is size from my side of the family!

Lucy is getting bigger every single day.

Out on the town with Mom, Tia Naty and Tia Celica.

This is the face that we love. We think it is so cute.

Tia Celica has been here visitng for a month. She had a lot of fun with Lucy. She was so sweet to babysit and give me a little time to get some things done.

Here is Lucy with Grandma Monica. Monica loves to be with Lucy every chance she gets.

Grandpa Manuel loves putting Lucy to sleep.

We thought this was so cute. At the Marriott they would make up her little crib everyday and she slept so good in it.

Here is our little princess on her blessing day.

One more.

Jake at the MTC

I made my traditional trip to the MTC for Jake on Saturday the 26th. I took his district pizza, krispy kremes, gum, and root beer. The same week they got an update that "families may NOT visit", so he was feeling like he would get caught and apparently fired! :) ANYWAY, from the airport he called me and left the cutest message about how he was sorry that he didn't actually spend time with me and that they were all super grateful for the food. I was fine and have always tried to be grateful for whatever few illegal minutes I get with all of you missionaries while at the MTC. Here's a pic of Jake and me and then Jake, me and his comp.

P. S. In return, I got a tape and some pictures for all of you at home. (AND precious time with Jake!)

We love her when she tries to talk to us.

Hi everybody!
Finally, in the web we found a program that translates Lucy's noises into real words. Please, check that out.
Love
Cesar and Melissa

Eleven Weeks

Eleanor is really growing up. She weighed in at 10 lbs. 4 oz. at the doctor this week. She's in the 25th percentile for both height and weight. She got 4 shots and was feeling kind of sad about it. We think she's better now. Elle's slobbering level increased 400% this week. Her two favorite books right now are: "My Many Colored Days" by Dr. Seuss, and "My Colors/Mis Colores" by Rebecca Emberley. I guess she likes colors. Maybe she'll be a painter or fashion designer.

Our favorite Spencer trait: left-eye!!



Elle's most favorite page of any book is...the orange page in "My Colors/Mis Colores." She smiles whenever we turn to that page.



Elle is so proud of herself. We're proud of her, too.



Really little girl. Really big appetite.

Piano Lesson

Elle's only had one lesson.

Highchair no more

Davis has declared highchair mutany! He screams and kicks when I try to put him in it. He fights the whole concept. He thinks he is a big boy now. Obviously, I lost the battle today, but hopefully not the war. He looked so cute sitting there. He has a way of making me laugh when in reality I am aggrivated. He has been my busiest child by far, but he destroys with a smile. Doesn't he look so happy? It is truly the simple things that bring the most happiness. Love to you all!

Jake is officially "Called to Serve"!

We're Almost Home!

Hey Family! We are getting excited and ancy to be home! Pray that Zach gets his sales goal and he can come home before october :) We love you and miss you all!

Two Months and Counting

Look! No Hands.
Our house in Port Wahington. We're on the first floor. The boat came with the house. It doesn't have a prop, but it's nice in case of hurricane flooding.

"Dad, you can't be serious!"

Two months old. Thanks for the dress, Sofia!

Spittin' image of . . . Aunt Emily.


Bath-time hair. Thanks a lot for the weird genetics, dad.

Port Washington with the Atlantic in the distance.

Four Elders and a baby.

Bed-time hair. "Again, thanks a lot for the weird hair, dad."

Cooing Conversation

Elle and Amber have frequent cooing conversations now. This video was at seven weeeks. Let me know if you know of a cooing translation guide.
Love, Long Island Spencers

Davis and I were messing around with our new web cam. Having a Mac has been fun and frustrating. I am so lost. Hopefully it will all start making sense. Love to you all. Leah

Leaving Comments

I just figured out that I had the comments button turned to off. Now they are on. Now, I hope we'll be able to see the comments that people have left for each posting. You may want to scroll down and read the comments that have been left in the past. And remember - the blog is not only for pics. If you want to tell a story or write about an experience (like Melissa just did) go on ahead! Love, Gabe

P.S. Happy one month, and two months to Lucy and Eleanor!!

This is a little review of Lucy's birth

The doctor wanted the pictures Cesar took...so he made a little video as a thank you for the Doctor. You have seen these pictures, but not is this great video that Cesar made!! Enjoy.

Lucy Update

First of all, thanks Amber and Zach for the post. I was thinking about you two when I was watching CNN this morning and heard about "Chris." I hope all is well and you don´t get washed away.
Well, Lucy is growing and changing a lot. Her hair is reminding me of a blond who went brunette and has really bad roots now. Her tips are dark and roots are light. I think she is going to be really a sandy blond. So much for our black haired latina. She is has grown and inch and gained a little over a pound in this first month of life. Cesar and I enjoy just watching her every move and still can´t believe she is really ours. This Sunday we will bless her. We are going to have a lunch at Alejandro and Natalia's house after. (Cesar's brother and sister in law) Cesar wanted to know if he had to hold up like the Lion King after the blessing...of course he does!!! We wish you all could be here. We will miss you. Here are a few pics of the babe for you to enjoy.
Un beso,
Melissa, Cesar y Lucy

Could she be any sweeter???

It is serious trying to solve the worlds problems

That's all folks!!!

Tropical Storm Chris

This is Tropical Storm Chris on its way to San Juan. It's shifted a lot since last night, luckily! But we are prepared with lots of water and we brought in our turtle bowl from outside :) People are Crazy, it's so dark and stormy, but the surfers are doin there thing! Zach is out selling, in the pouring rain, that's what I'd call a determined salesman! Other than that things are fabulous! We're excited to be home! Take care! Love, Zach and Amber