Happy 1st Birthday Aiven

Our Little Princess is 1 year old on April 4, 2011! We had a Princess Frog themed birthday party for her since that is her favorite movie. She gets so excited and claps when the opening credits begin and just laughs and laughs when Tiana becomes a frog. The tables were decorated with bright pink table cloths with lily pads, frogs and princess Tiaras and of course Mardi Gras beads, since the movie was in New Orleans. We had meat and cheese trays, pasta salad, our favorite Cheese Dip, Fruit Skewers, cotton candy and Princess Frog Cupcakes. We had a great show of friends and family. Our princess enjoyed her first cupcake and demanded another one! Aiven did get to enjoy her own personal little cake on her actual birthday on Monday. Now on to planning Gavin's 4th Birthday coming up here in July. He wants a Circus Party....hmmm not sure how Gary is going to react to that one!

Our Crazy Gavin!

Well Gavin decided to grow his hair out into a mullet! Just kidding, but he probably would if it was up to him. He loves to make us laugh and is quite the little prankster. A funny story happened to Gary the other day at Lowes. Gary and Gavin were in the appliance and toilet section of the store pricing washer and dryers for Papa Fred. Gary was on the phone talking to Papa Fred and took his eye off of Gavin for a split second. He turns around and Gavin has his pants down near one of the display toilets and was climbing up it, he yells, "I have to poop Dad."Gary lets out his infamous scream and runs to grab Gavin before he drops a dukie ! This story will go down in the most embarassing stories and one we will probably mention to Gavin's girlfriend in the future.

Almost 1 !

On April 4th our baby girl will be 1 ! Amazing how fast the year has flown by and how big our Aiven is getting. She isn't walking yet, but she scoots all around and pulls herself up on the couch. She loves to dance and snap her fingers. Yes, she can actually snap her fingers and make a snapping noise. She loves to babble and can say, Mom, Dadda, Grandma, Andi, ball, bobba ,(bottle), yesh, (yes),banananana, hi, bye, and Kitty Cat. Her weight and height we are not quite sure on since she doesn't see the Dr. for her 1 year check-up until April 8th. She also has two bottom teeth and the top two are starting to poke out.

Gavin just loves his Baby Sister. He is very protective of her and can't wait for her to start walking so she can shag his golf balls for him! We will post more pics of her and her party that we will have for her in a week!

Aiven's Baptism

Our little Angel Aiven was baptized into the Catholic Community on 1/22/2011. Aiven's godparents were Uncle Russ Rodriguez and Aunt Angela Amella. Godmother Angie came early to dress Aiven before mass and Aiven was not in a good mood(as you can see from the photos above). She just wanted to drink her bottle and not be bothered. She finally cooperated and ended up looking so precious. Aiven did an amazing job throughout the mass and didn't even cry when Father Beto poured water in her eyeball and left ear. Gary let out more of a yelp then she did! Big Brother Gavin was so excited for his Baby Sister, he even came up on the alter to watch and splashed around a bit in the fountain! Now we need to make it a point to go to church every Sunday. The kids did a great job during mass, so we may not have to hang out in the back or in the crying room!

Aiven is 9 Months 1/4/2011

Our sweet little girl is 3 months away from turning 1 year old! Wow where is the time going? She is developing so quickly and amazing us each day. Her first word was "Hi" and second word was "Dadda," which Momma isn't too happy about! She can clap and do patty cakes, wave hello and good-bye and sing just A -B-C when singing the ABC's. Now she can sit up all by herself and roll over both ways but taking it easy when it comes to crawling. Hopefully she will be crawling soon, but not looking forward to her walking just quite yet. She loves to eat and has a bottom tooth peeking out.

This month we are baptizing Aiven. In the pictures above is her modeling her Christening dress, that her godmother Angie bought her. We are very excited to see how Aiven reacts when the water is poured on her head, hopefully she won't cry!

Gavin is still onry as every! I think he has outgrown is horrible 3's but still has his moments. He is our comedian, always making us laugh with the things he says. He just loves his"Baby Sister" and is very protective of her! He really hasn't had the opportunity due to the cold weather to hit golf balls but he is practicing in is playroom and working on his football skills with dad!

Family Portrait Time!

Here is a preview of our Family Portraits. We finally had the time in our busy schedules to take photos. The kids did a really good job and the photos turned out really cute! Check for yourself!

Aiven is 8 months in the photos and Gavin is 3 1/2 years old although he looks like he is 12 !

Our New Addition to the Family!

Meet Cinder Amella! She was born on September 23, 2010 in Del Norte Colorado. She is a black labrador. We weren't going to get a new pet for a while since the passing of our beloved Peyton. Poor Gavin just had a hard time dealing with the loss of his buddy. He kept asking and asking and didn't understand the idea of heaven. He thought Peyton went to Denver, since we said Peyton went Far, Far, Away. :( Well we are in the process of getting Gavin potty trained. He is going #1 all by himself without us asking if he has to go, he just goes on his own. Now #2 is the problem, he just has fears of sitting on the toilet. We have tried every bribe in the book to get him to go....until per his request...he wanted a new puppy. We didn't think a new puppy would make him go. Well as you can see it worked! We saw an add in the Chieftain and met the family of Cinder in Walsenburg. The family sent us photos of all there puppies. Cinder was 1 of 7 pups. She was the laid back of the seven. When we first brought her home all she wanted to do was sleep and eat. We thought she was going to be like the Lab from Funny Farm! She is much more active and very smart now. She can sit and shake and tells us when she has to go outside. She can never replace our Peyton but I am sure she will be a great addition and will grow up with Gavin and Aiven. As you can see from the pictures above they just love her!