My baby boy is 1 year old! What a beautiful day we had for his 1st birthday! After last summer being the hottest I can remember on record, his birthday was a beautiful, breezy, perfect day! We had lots of family over to the park for his party! He LOVED his cake! Colin is such a wonderful blessing to our family! He is the most laid back, sweet, loving baby! Colin was a surprise blessing to us, but now I can't ever imagine my life without him in it!
Gabby wanted to have a birthday party at McDonald's like Luke had for his birthday, so we did! She invited her cousins and Luke's friend Ryan and his little brother Kevin who is Gabby's friend! She had a great time at her Princess Party!
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| Gabby's special egg free cupcakes from Naturally Yours |
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| Waiting patiently for her guests to arrive while keeping an eye on her special cupcakes! |
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| Gabby and Kevin |
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| Excited about her presents! |
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| Hugging her cousin Lauryn! |
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| party guests |
Gabrielle Susan turned 3 on January 11th!! Since she got so many gifts for Christmas, we decided to go to downtown Chicago and go to the American Girl Store to get a Bitty Baby for her main present! She loved getting her Bitty Baby, and last year they came out with a red head baby with blue eyes! Of course that is the one Gabby picked! We also went to the Disney Store and got lots of princess stuff for really great prices! Luke had a great time at the Lego Store. Yes, it was a bit of an interesting trip with 3 small children, a little different than when we used to go before kids! The important thing is the kids had a great time! Even Colin enjoyed looking around at all of the buildings and people! Gabrielle is such an independent, bright, and funny little girl. She is a bit sassy at times, but still the sweetest little girl I have ever met! She loves dancing, playing with baby dolls, copying everything her big brother does, and singing pop and country songs! I look forward to her being 3 this year, and all she will learn, and how she will change! I love you so much Gabs!
Colin Jeffrey was baptized November 11th at our church. My sister Melissa and her husband John are his God Parents, they are for all three of our children! We had a wonderful church service with all of our in town family, and then met for lunch at Famous Dave's. We are so thankful for our beautiful baby boy, and thankful for our family that love him so much. I pray that Colin will grow up loving and knowing Jesus as his Lord and Savior. May God bless him always!
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| CJ wearing the Baptismal gown that is 100 years old this year, sewn by his Great Great Grandmother, for his Great Grandmother's baptism, worn also by his Grandmother, his Mommy, aunts, Uncle, and most all of his cousins on my side! Such a special tradition! |
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| before the Baptism! |
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| The whole crew |
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| Mommy, Daddy, Aunt Melissa and Uncle John |
This Halloween was Colin's first Halloween!! We put him in a glow in the dark skeleton costume! He isn't even three months yet, so we went for comfort, plus Luke thought it was cool!! Luke was Batman again this year, last year he was the Dark Knight Batman, so this year he was more the 1960's Batman. Gabby was Princess Merida from Brave. Rob thought it was the perfect costume to go with her red curly hair! This year cousin William was able to come with which was really cool for the kids since he lives in Aurora!
