Christian's First Birthday

It's so hard to believe that this was Christian one year ago. He was so teeny tiny and soooooo adorable. He is far from teeny tiny now but the adorable part never changes!!! Of course this is his mother speaking so I am kind of biased. His first year passed by in the blink of an eye. It seems like just yesterday he was sleeping all snuggled up like a little frog on our chest relying on us for his every need, now he is mister independant, walking and blowing kisses. To celebrate his first birthday we had a party here at the house. A lot of his friends and family came to help us celebrate and we had a blast. Here are just a few of the pictures from that day.

Christian Dec. 2007 Christian eating lunch and waiting for his first year party to begin!!! Christian started off his party by mingling with his guests and have tons of fun with the balloons!

Christian with his cousin MakaylaChristian and his friend AxelChristian and Kassidy Christian in the moon walk practicing his bouncing skills before his birthday guests arrive Christian loved the moon walk and tried to bounce like the big kids Christian and Daddy after jumping in the moon walk Christian's Sesame Street cake....we had to go to almost every wal-mart in the Houston area to try to get this cake!!! Christian clapping along as we sang Happy Birthday In case you can't tell Christian isn't afraid to get a little dirty! Christian had a blast demolishing his cake! Which was more delicious, the cake or the plate...hmmm?! I think it's safe to say Diego liked the cake! Daddy helping Christian open his presents until he got the hang of it Christian, the tissue paper isn't the toy silly! Hey Daddy, that's my present!!!!

Grandpa and Christian

Here is Christian with his Grandpa over Thanksgiving break. His laughing is too cute!!!!

Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow!!!!

So today it really felt like Winter. We had snow in Texas, can you believe it?! It is a rare occasion so we really enjoy it when we are lucky enough to have it. Unfortunately all of the snowfall happened during the night while Christian was sleeping so he didn't get to see it actually snow. But he did enjoy some of it in the morning. We'll keep our fingers crossed that it won't be the last snow day this year. Although our snow was short lived, it was gone by the next afternoon, we really enjoyed it. Here are some pictures we took and some video of Christian with the snow.

Too bad Christian is sleeping through the snowfall, he would have loved it!!!

Jason made a Texas snowman, he used beans for the eyes and mouth!

The moon looks so big!!!!

The view from our front door

Snow and school starts late, how much better can it get?! I know, how about no school at all! I wish!

All bundled up and ready for some snow!!!!!

Christian's first encounter with snow

Thanksgiving Vacation

Christian spent his first Thanksgiving in North Carolina with Grandma and Grandpa and lots of other family. He loved meeting his aunt, uncle and cousins and especially loved all of the attention!!!! On thanksgiving morning Christian woke up and hung around in his PJs just relaxing and seeing what fun he could get into. He then enjoyed a great Thanksgiving meal. He had a great first Thanksgiving and can't wait to hang out with everyone again!

Christian rocking in his chair

Christian being mischeviousChristian trying to call Grandma Nona in Italy trying to wish her a Happy Thanksgiving; Christian I don't think that phone makes long distance calls!Christian and Aunt BonnieMommy and Christian Grandma and Grandpa working hard in the kitchen Grandma taking a break from cooking Check out the lovely table, so festive Before eating Christian gets to go outside and drive his new power wheels; drivers beware! Daddy and Grandpa decide to dress like twins for Thanksgiving Christian, Daddy and Cousin KristenCan you tell Christian is excited about eating his first Thanksgiving meal?! Christian is clapping cause the food is so good! Uncle Bob feeds Christian some thanksgiving dinnerGrandma and Christian, he's so happy cause he has a full tummy Christian hanging out with Cousin Rob and having a blast! On Black Friday Christian takes a break from shopping at the mall to ride the christmas train Christian hangs his first christmas ornament Christian helps Grandpa decorate the tree Adding the final touches, Christian did a great job!Christian admiring the lightsSaying goodbye at the airport

Christian giving Grandma Kissy