I officially have a One Year Old...

     I apologize for my leave of absence but I'm back and am here to catch you guys up on life!

The next great adventure in our summer was supposed to be my brother's wedding. However, life threw a curve ball and Julian took a tumble...Mario was in Mexico for work and Julian and I were all packed to leave for California the next morning when an unfortunate series of events led to Julian at the bottom of a half a flight of stairs. After a CT Scan in the emergency room, we were informed Julian had no damage other than a goose egg and fracture in his skull which would lead to more doctors visits and CT Scans. There was pretty much nothing we could do for him other than give him Tylenol for the pain and let time heal his sweet little head. Although it could have been much much worse, we are grateful our little angel is okay now. Long story short, Mario flew home the next day, we cancelled numerous flights (We had planned on going to Utah after California) and decided I would be flying solo for my brother's wedding for just 3 short days. A much shorter trip than we initially planned for.

First dance!

     While I was in California, Mario and Julian enjoyed their first daddy son weekend and Julian was officially weaned. It was hard/weird/relaxing/lonely/liberating to be without them but we all made it through alive. The wedding was beautiful! And best of all no one killed each other ;) In all seriousness, the wedding could not have gone better...well I was just a guest so I'm sure something went wrong but I was blissfully unaware and enjoyed the cool summer evening with much missed family and friends. I couldn't be happier for Anthony and Melissa...marriage is so sacred.

     After I got back home, Mario's parents decided to come for a visit since we cancelled ours to go see them. While they were in town, we celebrated my Garbancito's first birthday! A loose translation is "Little Bean"...it's what we called Julian while I was pregnant. MariCarmen and Fernando are so amazing! MariCarmen knew I had wanted to throw Julian a "Monster Mash" to celebrate his birthday so last minute she whipped one up! It was perfect. Julian was a little indifferent about the whole thing but he warmed up to the idea once we started opening presents :) So here is a little glimpse of Julian at age one.

Some of this information has now changed in the past few months but this was a snapshot of when he officially turned one.

My little Bug isn't so little anymore...

Julian loving eating a whole pear all by himself

I have so many pictures of Julian sleeping it's ridiculous.
He truly looks like an angel. He's so adorable!!

A present from Grande MeMe!

The decorations :)

Oh the cake!

The Boys...

Mama with the Birthday boy :)

Party Hats!

Papa dancing to Gummy Bear for Julian :)

Singing "Happy Birthday" with 2 Skype calls
and 2 phone calls haha

Oh the presents!

Winner...I don't know what Julian
played with before this bus.

Los Dealba

Los Dealba-Leri

If only I could capture that face in a bottle to keep forever.

And this one too.

Playing "Monsters" with Nani :)

And giggles with Nono

3 generations.

Beautiful Iowa sunset. This doesn't even begin to capture its true colors. God is the best artist. Not to mention the
field of fireflies that lit up as the sun sank into the horizon. Perfect summer night.

Julian testing out his new throne...he approves of
the cup holders.

Creeping along the couch with his concentration
tongue in full swing!

Playing, playing, playing.

On our nighttime stroll to the park. Yes folks,
it is this green in the dead of summer with
no sprinkler systems. It's crazy!

Oh how Julian loves his finger Puppets

Julian's first baseball game. He loved it! The crowds, the cheering, the music...Julian was in his element.
Go Mallards! Oops, that is the hockey team...Go River Bandits!

I couldn't decide which I liked best :)

 

 

So happy!!