Ellie's 1st Birthday

The theme for Ellie's birthday party was kind of around flowers and butterflies. Can you see the butterflies in the vase?
Pretty fake flowers. I hope I did I good job with arranging them.

Some presents for Nayeli. Plates, napkins, and cups ready to be used.

Nayeli's scrapbooked photo album. If you want to see inside it then just ask. I can take pictures of the inside but I didn't want to fit it into the long line of pics of her b-day party.

These individual cakes are made with a pan that looks like it would hold cupcakes but the middles of the bottom are rounded almost like a miny bundt so people can put whatever they wanted into the cupped cakes. No pun intended. :)

From L-R: Hubby (Topher), Nayeli, Pilar (Topher's sis-in-law), Chris (brother), Alana

L-R: Tyler, Joe (Topher's brother, Pilar's husband), Torry, Tasha.

Sorry for the fuzzy pic. L-R: Alana, Lindsey, Kelli.

L-R: Gma Lynne Reed, Chris, Gpa Lelon Reed

I didn't want to out a traditional candle on so with whipped cream I put a 1 on her personal cake.

I promise there are more pix of her stuffing her face I guess I forgot to shove them in. Those big pieces she literally gobbled up whole. I had to quickly give her milk, she almost choked.

She ate all of her cake, minus a few crumbs. I think she loved it. Afterward I took her upstairs for a short bath to clean her off.

I think everyone enjoyed the fact that they had their own cakes instead of guessing what piece they'll have. Made mine and Chris's life easier that's for sure. We had chocolate and vanilla yogurt ice cream, whipped cream, sprinkles, and fresh strawberries for topping the cakes.

Alana and her daughter, Mia. Waiting in line for cake.

After giving her a quick bath it was time for presents.

Thank you ALL for her presents!!!

Gma with the newest addition on my side, Kaleb Teller.

Balloons were a big hit, both young and younger.

Static cling. I think Christian was surprised to see Mia's hair like that.

I feel we kind of tortured Mia a little bit with the balloons. This balloon stuck to her for a while.

Handsome Boy

If there's anything better than a Christian, it's a happy, smiling Christian.

I LOVE THIS SMILE!!!!!

He got too close but I like it anyway. He would run away and then run right back to me when I was taking a picture of him. It was funny.

This thing with his tongue he does a lot. I don't know if I've caught him doing it before but I know I have it now.

My boys handsome in their shades.

Official Birthday

I actually did the pictures backwards starting from the end of the pictures to the start but oh well. These are some pictures that I took that I wanted to put in her scrapbooked photo album cuz I haven't taken any pictures basically since my eldest brother's wedding. So I uh...heh tried to fit a month in from theses pictures.

Posing for a picture.

I don't know why but even though my finger ruined part of the flash on the camera I really like this picture.

When I went in her bedroom I sang Happy Birthday to her. I think she liked it.

Its dark in Ellie's room cuz the sheets Chris has drapped over the windows so her first reaction to bright light would be this.

After More Than A Year...

Yesterday I went to the Supers Mall and had my ring resized.
Needless to say I've missed wearing it where it actually indicates that I'm married.

It took one hour to have Fast Fix, in the mall, to resize and clean the ring. I put it on as soon as I'd gotten it. I told the guy at the register that I'd not worn it for about 2 years, he asked me why. Gesturing to Christian and Nayeli I let out a half-laugh half-scoff, and said, "Uh, them." The guy chuckled at that. :)

Growing Up

Christian has been getting a little big for his 18-24 month clothes so Chris and I went shopping for him.
His shirt is 3T, I believe, and his pants are 2T which seem to be a little big for him but he'll grow. He wanted pictures taken cuz I had the camera out. And this is his actual smile when I asked him to smile. YAY!!!

Fun Hair

I've learned this hairstyle from my oldest sister, Alana, except the pigtails. (I feel a little self-concious about putting picture on here.)
I was actually surprised that I was able to leave the twisted pigtails in without them...well, untwisting. :)

Little closer look at the dark cinnamon twist look-a-like that is my hair.

It took a bit of time to do this but since I haven't done this hair style in a long time it was fun to do, and I thought I'd share it.

Nothing Much Here

I know it has been awhile since I've posted a blog, but honestly there hasn't been too much going on. Topher works diligently for UPS, Christian has his short fuse, seems to only watch a few learning shows on channel 8 and Pixar movies. His favorites are Cars (of course), Toy Story, and WALL-E. Nayeli has officially become a climber like Christian; she LOVES getting into trouble by climbing into the narrow spaces between the kitchen table and chairs. I've disciplined her by pinching her leg so she'll hopefully get the picture that I don't want her there. She is also talking a bit, random baby babbles but sometimes she yells and it gets Christian going, quite annoying after a bit. Me, I'm working on writing a book I'd tell you details but I'd rather not on the internet. Other than that our lives are rather boring. :)

If you know my email address you are very welcome to ask about the story I'm writing.

More Teeth!

More baby teeth have come in! The teeth I've X'ed are the ones that have come out. I haven't seen any other teeth that want to come out but I'm sure it won't be to far in the future.

I'm A Fan

Yes, I'm talking about the topic that no one wants to hear, again. Twilight. I can just hear Topher's sigh with me even mentioning it again. I've read ALL the books beginings to endings in less than two weeks. Big thing for me again. 2,444 pages of intense action, romance, mystery, a little comedy and fantasy. My favorite book of the series would be difficult for me to choose. Its probably the 3rd-Eclipse. Stephenie Meyer is a very good writer and I wish very badly that I could write as fluidly and visually as she has in these books. And so since I've said that I declare that I am a fan of the Twilight Series. Big surprise huh? Can't wait for The Twilight Saga: New Moon to come out in theatres this November. WHOOO!

Coming Home Early

This will probably be the shortest blog I'll ever put on here but I can't tell you how happy I was to see Chris come home early tonight. Usually he gets home around 7pm sometimes later. If he's lucky it'll be 6:30pm. In winter its 8 at the earliest and usually getting home around 8:30 or 9. So today he got home around 5:45pm!!! Thank you Heavenly Father!!!! As it is Ellie had to be in bed an hour and a half early with all the crying she was making, poor girl, probably more teeth coming in.