Safari Champ

We were invited to Vittoria’s third birthday party. It was at Safari Champ on Saturday, February 18, 2012.

They had a great area for children that were under the age of three. 

You enjoyed going down the slide in the toddler area.

Fun!

There were fun toys for you to play with.

Pretty Girl!

Then you saw the big slides. You were determined to go down them. You took my hand and guided me over to where they were. You were going to conquer these slides.

Climbing up to where the big slides were.

Up, Up, Up

Weeeeee!

You did wonderful on the big slides. You did not want to go back to the toddler area. You are so brave and determined. It was hard for me to let you go down the big slides. I kept thinking of the worst possible scenario. You did great and you amaze me every day.

We enjoyed some great food and a delicious cake.

We sang ” Happy Birthday”

I was looking through all the pictures and I came across the one below. Somehow you managed to sneak in a taste of the cake.

This is your little hand.

Yummy!

We had a great time.

“Make memories because no one can take them away~”Author: Cyndi Neumann

Happy Valentine’s Day

Our second Valentine’s Day was a lot of fun. We did fun girly crafts all day. I was not able to snap a picture of our creations because you decided to pour water all over the table.

We then had a romantic taco dinner! We ate our meal by candle light.

You wanted Elmo to join us at the table.

I love you!!!!

Girl Time!

Sunday, February 12, 2o12

Girl time with your friend Vittoria on this wonderful relaxing Sunday. You both had a great time with one another. After V left you went right to sleep.

While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.

Sunday Funday

 We had a great day on Sunday, February 5, 2012.We woke up and ate a yummy breakfast and then began our adventure of coloring. We colored and colored until we truly could not color any more.

Then we went to Carleen’s house and enjoyed the football game.The superbowl was playing. We really enjoyed the food and company more than the actual game!

A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.

– Washington Irving

December 2011

*JOY* LOVE* MAGICAL* SPECIAL* HAPPY* MEMORIES* BEAUTIFUL*

*FAMILY*EXTRAORDINARY*CHERISHING*

* ENCHANTING* BLISSFUL* SWEET* DELIGHTFUL*ADORABLE*

These are all words that describe how I felt about spending this last Christmas with you. You loved all the lights and trees and decorations. Everything was Santa. You would see a Christmas tree and smile while saying Santa. You would see anything Christmas related and call it Santa. You loved all of it. I loved showing it all to you. You brought me back to seeing the Joy in the lights and the reason for the season. We had fun talking about Jesus and why we actually celebrate Christmas. Your little voice was cute saying Jesus. You make my entire being smile. You are pure JOY!

Here are some memories that I captured from your second Christmas.

 

Pops putting up Christmas lights.

You were helping decorate the outside of the house.

Gram came to help us decorate.

My BEAUTIFUL girl!

Your new friend Mardee.

We had fun making up songs about these little guys!

Snowman Snowman Little Little Snowman

Cuddles

Love

xoxo

We went to a Christmas program at a local church.

You enjoyed all the music.

Sweet

Memories were made

We went to Granbury to look at all their decorations.

We had a great time.

Mops, Pops and Baby Girl Sophia

Mopsy and I went to get your pictures take with Santa. You were not very fond of him.

Not Happy

Still Not Happy

You can light up an entire room!

You are my sunshine!

This is a foil Christmas tree. This is the same tree your Mopsy had when she was a kid.

Christmas Morning

Gifts

Gifts

Mopsy made you a quilt and pillow

You were having so much fun!

Excitement

We had a Christmas feast fit for royalty.

We had a wonderful Christmas together! I will treasure these memories forever.

                                         I can’t wait for our next Christmas.

A MOTHER’S LOVE!

Carriage Ride

Sweet Daughter of Mine, I LOVE YOU! I love everything about you. You are cuddly, funny,active and very smart. I enjoy being with you during the day. I enjoy seeing the world as you do.

Today you and  I went to the Domain to ride a horse-drawn carriage. The line was a little longer than what I wanted. Thank goodness the family in front of us was able to hold our place so we could walk around. As we were walking around we found some nice folks to take our picture by the big tree.

While we were waiting we took some pictures of ourselves.

It was finally our turn to take the carriage ride.

Here we are on the carriage.

I love Christmas time. It is my favorite holiday. To have you with me makes it even more magical.

Body Parts

You are so amazing! You have learned a few body parts over the past few weeks.

Here you are at 13 months showing me your skills.

(It is hard to take good pictures because your are CONSTANTLY moving!)

TONGUE

NOSE

HEAD & HAIR

TOES & FEET

EAR

BELLY BUTTON

You have also learned animal noises!

I got video of you doing these noises on the video camera.

When you do the elephant noise you also raise your little hand mimicking the trunk rising up!

I love watching you grow!

First Birthday Party

I am amazed at how quickly this first year has gone. You have brought so much JOY, LOVE, and LAUGHTER in our life and home.

I began planning your First Birthday party way too early. I wanted this to be a HUGE celebration. You are worth celebrating.

I decided on an UNO theme after the card game.

Here are your invitations.

Here is your Thank You card.

Your Mopsy and Pops flew from California to celebrate with you.

Your Great Grandma Sophia and Great Aunt Carmen drive down to help with all the set-up.

All the ladies went to the party site to get everything ready for your guests.

Setting up the food

Food Table

Yummy!

We set up a baby food station for your younger guests.

Example of centerpieces

 Your cake table

Your personal cake

Birthday cake with UNO flower topper and UNO flowers on the second tier

The green and black paper bags held coloring books and crayons for the younger guests

Here is the candy bar for the party guests. We used your old baby food jars for everyone to fill up with candy. We made the tops into small mini chalkboards and wrote thank you on them.

Singing Happy Birthday!

Blowing out your first birthday candle

Your Aunt Misty came all the way to celebrate with y0u.

Amber and Baby Katie came to celebrate with you.

Your friends came to celebrate with you.

You enjoyed your cake.

You received a ton of presents.

It was a great party and we had fun celebrating you.

Happy First Birthday!

One Year Check Up

Sweet Girl,

We went to your 12 month check up on Tuesday, October 4, 2011. We met with Dr. Andrew at 2:30 pm. You weighed in at 21 lbs 2 ounces. You measured 29 inches long. You are in the fiftieth percentile for your height and weight.

You showed the doctor all the neat things you can do. One of the things you showed him is that you can point out your: Nose, ears, head, hair, tongue, mouth and toes. You showed him how you can drink from a straw. The doctor said that you are doing things that 18 month old babies do. You are advanced and developing wonderfully!

Here are your 12 month pictures.

This has been a wonderful year! My life has changed so much since you were brought into this world. I have never loved like I do now. You put a smile on my face every morning!

Love,

Mom