Amelia is 5!

My Baby Girl is 5! I cannot believe it. Saying that fills me with so much joy, pride and a little sadness because she is growing up. A part of me wishes I could freeze time, but I know I can't. Since it's her birthday I think that gives me the right to brag about her just a little so here I go....

We could not be more proud of the young little lady Amelia is becoming. She is a very kind, loving, empathetic, honest, smart and confident girl that will tell you exactly what is on her mind. She loves life just like any happy child should. In the past year her accomplishments are that she has learned to read and write very well, she is a great swimmer and can swim freestyle, under water and the backstroke. Her favorite things to do are to play with her Brother and any and all kids, talk on the phone to her Grandma Rosie and Nana, draw, read and imaginary play with her many toys. Oh yeah, she also has a loose tooth (her very 1st baby tooth)!

She can be challenging at times but what can I say, that's the way we made her. She is a great Big Sister, Daughter, Granddaughter, Cousin and Friend.

Amelia is a great girl because of all the wonderful people in her life that are helping to raise her, set a great example for her and shower her with love. Thank you to all of our family and friends that are raising her along with us.

Amelia, your Mommy and Daddy love you more then words can say. You have brought more joy into our lives then we could ever imagine. Thank you for the wonderful, kind, loving person that you are today and the person you will become.

Amelia's Birthday Party at Pump It Up

Amelia is blessed to have so many friends and people that love her that we could not fit everyone into one birthday party, so we had to have two parties. On her actual birthday, January 24th we had her party at Pump it Up. All of our friends and family came to celebrate and the kids had a blast.

Amelia designed every detail of her birthday cake. She jumped up on the counter at the bakery and told the lady that she wanted light pink frosting w/purple around the edges, her name in hot pink, a red butterfly and Little Mermaid on her cake. When we went to go and pick up the cake she saw a display of candles and decided she needed a #5 candle and a Power Puff Girls candle. Amelia's cake was a perfect reflection of her personality and I LOVED it!

The kids all had a blast and the adults looked like they enjoyed themselves also. Everyone got a good work out running around, jumping and sliding down all the inflatables. It was great to share Amelia's birthday with so many wonderful people.

I was not able to get a picture of every friend that came because most of the kids (especially the boys) did not stay in one place long enough for me to get a picture. If you got any good ones that I missed send them my way and I will post them. Thanks to everyone for celebrating with us!

Amelia's Birthday Party at McDonald's

We celebrated Amelia's birthday with 2 parties. The first one was during the week after school at McDonald's with all of her classmates. Amelia is a part of a great class. Every child is as sweet as can be and they are all great friends (which I am sure you can see by the pictures).

Thanks to all her CHUMS friends for making her 5th Birthday so memorable!

Cute Pictures of the kids

These are just some cute pictures of the kids I wanted to share. Elliott is becoming such a little man. He picks his own shoes and loves his spider man hat. He definitely has Frank's sense of style! He is talking a lot now, likes to draw and play guitar. He's an all around mini Frank.

Daddy's Birthday

Frank turned 37 on December 30th and we had a great little party at our house with our family. Every year I struggle with what to get Frank for his birthday and what to do for his birthday since it is so close to Christmas. This year I came up with a good idea and completely surprised him! I had his family over for what he thought was a little birthday dinner and I hired Mariachi's to come and play for him. With the help of his Mom I was able to completely surprise him and he loved it! Elliott loved it almost as much as Frank did!

Boy have times changed for us. 5 years ago we would be in Vegas or on a beach or having a crazy party to celebrate Frank's birthday. Now our house is filled with family and small kids running around with Mariachi's playing in the background. The parties we have now are far better then before! Frank is a wonderful Daddy, Husband, Son, Brother and Friend. So many people love him and it is much deserved. Happy Birthday Frank, we love you!

2008 Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas this year. We celebrated on Christmas Eve with Frank's family. We started off at our house and had dinner with Frank's parents, Uncle Eric and his family and Frank's Grandparents and Aunt. Then we headed over to Frank's Uncle's house to spend the rest of the evening with all of his extended cousins. The kids had a blast.

Christmas Day was very relaxing. My Mom and Aunt came over and Frank's parents stop by also. Amelia and Elliott opened their presents from Santa and spent most of the day in their PJ's playing with their new toys. Elliott got his 1st pair of cowboy boots from Aunt Brenda and Ralph and just loves stopping around in them.

Christmas was wonderful. We are so thankful for our loving family and friends!