First Days

As each day passes, I realize how quickly time goes by. After celebrating both of Sean and Isabella's birthdays, it just reminds me of how big they are getting. I am partly sad to see our kids grow up so fast, but at the same time, I love seeing them (and us) reach new milestones. The following two pictures were taken on Sean's first day of "school".

The first picture is of Sean all dressed and ready to go with his new backpack. Oh, and I can't forget to mention "puppy" that is with him. "Puppy" doesn't go to school with Sean, but he waits for him in Mommy's car. :) Sean loves "school". It is actually a MMO (Mother's Morning Out) program. Sean goes three times a week and is there for almost four hours. It has been great for him, and he is having the best time. Many times when we drive to his school in the morning, he says to me "I'm excited!"

The second picture is of Isabella on Sean's first day of school. It is her first morning that she is able to play with all of the toys in our family room without big brother Sean over her shoulder. She is doing great, as well. I think she likes having that alone time at home, and some time to have Mommy all to herself. Although, I have to say that she does miss Sean during the day. It is so cute to see her face when I tell her it's time to go get Sean from school. She just gets the biggest smile on her face.

Una Fiesta Con Nuestra Familia

(Translation: A party with our family!)

I know this is a little late, but here are some photos from Sean and Isabella's birthday party with some of our family.

What is all this stuff?

Big cousins help to blow out candles.

Sean's face is priceless, and Isabella isn't sure about the candles. :)

He's so excited he gave his forced "cheese" smile. haha

Woohoo! More toys!

I love my duck!

One Party Down.... One To Go

Here are some pictures from Sean and Isabella's birthday party with friends. Our house was filled with "soon-to-be" three-year-olds and "soon-to-be" one-year-olds - all running and crawling around. It was so cute. The kids had fun playing outside in the pool and slip 'n slide. And then afterwards, everyone cooled off eating ice-cream! You'll also see in the last picture that our dog had a GREAT time cleaning up after all the kids. haha


This coming weekend, we will have a "family" birthday party. Wow, these kids are celebrating their birthday all month so far. haha

I'm THREE!!!

And just one day later, on August 2nd, Sean turned THREE! Wow, he is getting so big. He loved celebrating Isabella's birthday with her, but was very happy to know his birthday was the next day. haha Here he is enjoying his day!


Opening presents - it's serious business!


I love my train conductor outfit! (We think he lived in it for 3 days!)


I must get to work!


Yeah, finally MY cupcake!

I'm ONE!!!

On August 1st, Isabella turned ONE!!! We can't believe that she is one already. We have had such an amazing time with her, and are so thankful to have her in our family.







I'm not so sure about this....


What is that thing?


Opening presents!

Summer Vacation Fun

It's hard to believe that the summer is almost over! We have been having so much fun that I have not sat down to post some pictures. So, here are some from our summer travels. We have had a great time visiting and traveling with both sides of the family.


Gary and Sean having fun on a tube in Virginia.















Sean getting to drive Grandaddy's boat














Deborah taking Sean out on a Seadoo (jetski)















Meeting SpongeBob at Kings Dominion
















Having fun with Virginia cousins at Kings Dominion!

Sean and Alli taking a ride!

Posing with Florida cousins at the Children's Museum in Indiana

Mommy and Sean hugging on a merry-go-round

Back-to-back & Head-to-head

Isn't that just the cutest picture? Okay, so Isabella had a few tears beforehand...but hey, she's a girl...she can pull it off. :) And you try to get two kids to smile at the same time at this age. haha

I know it has been awhile since I have posted, so I apologize.

Things have been really good over here, and we are having a great time with the kids. We are getting ready for summertime and a few vacations (back-to-back) that we have planned. It has been awhile since we have been able to plan for vacations. Usually, we were saving all of our vacation time for our trips to Colombia. So, as of right now, we are getting ready to head to a couple weddings. Yes, I said a couple. Our family will be attending two different weddings on the same day - in two different states. Pretty creative , huh? Actually, Gary will be attending a wedding of one of his college friends; and the kids and I will be traveling to a family wedding.

After we attend the two weddings, then we will all come home for a day and half and then we will be heading up to Virginia to see Gary's parents and family. It should be a lot of fun.

We hope you and your families are enjoying the summer. We'll post more photos soon!

Hugs to you all.