Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Cousin William Turns 3!

On March 31st, Nicolas' cousin William turned the big THREE!  We traveled down to Houston to celebrate with family.  I can't believe how quickly these kiddos grow up...William and Nicolas had a great time playing together all weekend long, wish we could get them together more often but travelling with kids is not the easiest task!

Smiley birthday boy
Make a wish!

Mmm, cake

"What is going on here?"



Friday, June 14, 2013

A very special occassion

In February we got to celebrate a BIG milestone with Enrique's parents (Mima and Abuelito).  This year marked their 45th anniversary!  I'm so glad we got to celebrate and have pictures for Nicolas to cherish, what a great accomplishment!

Its hard to get one kid to look at the camera...let alone 5!  Here are the grandparents with their 5 grandsons!

Happy 45th!

Anniversary cake

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Nicolas had a photo session when he turned 18 months, these are a few of the photographer favorites. Love this little guy so so much and I just can't get enough pictures of him! We had a really good time shooting at Clyde Warren Park and Nicolas was running ALL over the place. He definitely made the photographer work :)

New Year's Eve 2013

My oh my how our New Year's Eve parties have changed.....in a good way :)

This year our close friends Jaime and Rene (who also happen to be related) threw a New Year's Eve bash at their house and included all the kiddos!  We are officially outnumbered by kids in our group of friends!!!!

Nicolas had such a good time playing with all of the kiddos and mommy and daddy had a great time watching Nicolas play and catching up with great friends.  Nicolas surprised and made it to midnight!  I tried and tried to get him to sleep but he wasn't having it, I think he knew something big was about to happen :)

We only took a few pictures...who wants to walk around a party with a camera all night?!
This was us upon arrival...not sure what Nico's little grin is about

A few hours later...

And here are all of the kiddos.....



Monday, May 13, 2013

Christmas 2012



Christmas this year was so much fun!  Nicolas is such a little character and he is so loved that we got to spend Christmas Eve with my family in Houston, then drive back Christmas morning to spend the day with Enrique's family in Carrollton.  Christmas night we had our own little family Christmas at home which was so special and I will cherish those memories forever.  

Nicolas was not a fan of Santa this year....we even went TWICE!  Both times results in a crying little boy which makes for funny pictures now but I'm sure Nicolas will not appreciate them in the future.  As is typical in Texas, the weather was unpredictable and we actually had on shorts the day we saw Santa!  CRAZINESS.

Christmas stories are best told via pictures so here are a few out of the 100s of pictures we took this year.  I can't express again how much we love Nicolas and how special holidays are now that he is in our lives.




Santa's face is priceless!

Our little Christmas tree
Stockings ready for Santa
Love this guy...yes that is a goldfish in his mouth


Posing on his present

I just love this picture and his expression


Eating lasagne Christmas Eve night at Grandma and Granpa's
Cousin William being silly


Cousin Kayla

Nicolas was Santa's Little Helper this year

SHOES!

One of my favorite pictures, so grown up!

Playing with his new golf clubs



The piano was a hit!


Too cute for words



He wanted to eat the sit n spin box??


Such a silly little man we have!