Happy Birthday To You....

Last Friday ( the 11th ), we had the joy of celebrating Elijah's 1st birthday! I can't believe how fast the time has gone! He is walking, eating some "grown up" food, and talking ( mama, dada, and he signs " more" and "all done").

This year we opted to have a family party. Gabe ended up doing a double that day, but he still insisted that we have his "party" on his birthday...so we did - at 10 pm. LOL We put up some decorations, and I had bought the kids some balloons ealier that day, and I baked a cake. The Kids loved it! Here are a couple of pictures of our night....sorry for the quality, our camera went out on us, so these were taken off of our video camera....Praise the Lord we had that :)

SNOW!!!

Last night it snowed at our house :) ! We woke up to a winter wonderland.... There was only about 1/2 in or so of snow, but it was still beautiful. I bundled the kids up and we played outside for a bit...actually just 3 or 4 minutes. It was soooo cold! I didn't even have time to take a picture of them. Maybe next time. But here are some pictures of our snowy day....

The ally next to our house

This is Elijah when he first woke up. He was probably thinking that I was crazy for wanting to go outside at all!

Kailyn - ready to go!
This is our street.

This is our backyard.

Winter is here! :)

Kailyn's First Movie

On New Years Day, Gabe took Kailyn out to a movie...her first time ever going to the theater! We told her all about it and she was so excited to go! They got to the theater a little early, bought their ticket, pocorn, M&M's, and sat down to watch the previews ( Gabe's favorite part :) Kailyn did great, until the lights went out...she got a little scared, but still stayed for about 45 mins. When they got home, I asked her how her movie was, and she got a big smile on her face and "told" me all about it. She had a GREAT time with daddy :)

Chrstmas: Part 2

Christmas day was so fun this year; watching both kids get so excited and opening their gifts. Kailyn finally got the hang of ripping the wrapping off, and seeing what's inside. Elijah was just happy to have a ribbon, and to sit on all the pressents. Here are some pictures of our morning...

Kailyn and Elijah waiting to open their pressents.

"OK, Elijah, I'll show you what to do"

After a long morning of opening and exploring their new gifts....Thanks everyone!!!

Christmas: Part 1

This Christmas we decided to buy a fake, pre-lit tree. If you know us, that is something that we thought we would NEVER do. However, this year is just like the most logical. Anyways, on Sunday, the 23rd, we st up and decorated the "tree". It was so much fun. This is Kailyn's 3rd Christmas, and Elijah's 1st. They had a blast looking at, playing with, and "decortaing" with the ornaments. Here are a few pictures.

The tree fit on this table which worked our great! Now Elijah ( and Kailyn ) wont be pulling the stuff off the "tree" every 5 minutes ( or less). LOL

After we decorated the tree and ate dinner, we headed out to see some Christmas lights. Every year at Freeman Lake ( which is less than 5 minutes from our house) they decorate the whole park. You drive you car through the park and enjoy the lights. We even let Kailyn out of her car seat and she gets to help Gabe drive the car :) We had gone a few times already this season, but this night was sooo busy. We waited almost 20 minutes just to get into the park! This is Kailyn waiting ever so paitently....Elijah slept thought it this time.

Snack Time

Elijah is getting to be such a big boy! It is hard to believe that he will be a year old in 2 weeks! He has just started to eat "big people" food. He loves these "snackies" as we call them. The are fruit pufs that disolve easily in your mouth. He has learned how to open the lid and grab his own snack himself. He loves it!

Hello

Hey guys...here are a few more pictures :) God Bless!

This is Elijah...such a happy boy all the time ( well almost :)These are 2 pictures of Kailyn talking on the phone to Grandma. She loves to talk on the phone...and talk in general. She has had a bit of a slow start with the words, but she is saying so many things now. I counted the words/ phrases she is saying and it was almost 50!

Gabe and the kids are standing to the right of our house in the alley. On Christmas eve we were invited to go to Pastor Mario's house ( he is the pastor of a Calvary Chapel in Louisville) for dinner. It was so fun! We had amazing mexican food for dinner, and great fellowship with friends. What a blessing.