Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Happy Birthday little darling

My baby girl is 1 year old! :) And she is just now receiving 2 bottom teeth for her birthday. Aspen is so happy with life and her biggest thing is to mimic the words (to her best) and sounds that we make. She is excellent. The other day I muttered "ehn!" to the dog and Aspen turned around and made the exact same noise toward our pup.... it was to die for! She has many grunts and squeals and jabbers.

I love her breathy 'da-da', her sing-songy talk, how she throws herself against my arm and squeezes and laughs when she's being played with, how she pumps her legs when held in the air or when she's plain excited and flails her arms too, how she tenses her limbs and jaw and trembles slightly when she's gotta have something, how she raises her eyebrows with each swig of milk...

Aspen went to the doc and is doing absolutely perfect. Still 5th % for height and weight (16 lbs 8 oz now, 27.5 in) and 75th % for head (18 in). She has not had any sicknesses and is doing just peachy.




I love how this looks like a gasp, though this is her classic jabber mouth pose.

hum dee dum, just taking care of my delicious birthday cake

"uh-oh, baby need a na'kin..."


I think she's getting the hang of things. This is a leap frog magnet letter set.

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Meet Nala!






Surprise, Everyone! We got ourselves a puppy yesterday. Brian sure needs a buddy and we decided it was time. Down at the Santa Fe Animal Shelter we found a 3 month old pit bull / retriever type of mix. She will be a good nanny dog (as pit bulls are). The girls LOVE her and we are sure excited!

Friday, January 6, 2012

Christmas 2011

Prepare to behold 50 million pictures of our fantastic vacation. HoHoHo!

Because our flight to SLC left on Christmas Eve, Santa came to our house a night early. For our "Christmas Eve" at home (1 day in advance), we had pizza, opened presents, & watched a movie.







The next morning, before leaving to Albuquerque for our flight, Santa had brought...


Waiting in the airport

Avery's first flight. During take off, she clasped her hands over her mouth and giggled!

We spent a few days in Idaho with Brian's family, including grandparents. Then spent a few days in Utah with my brothers' families and parents/brother/sister who flew out as well. We were gone almost 2 weeks from Dec. 24-Jan. 4.

After opening this from Grandma Great, she didn't want to open any more gifts!


Make-up girls. Cousin Briley!


Our christmas feast on the ping pong table ;-)

Just Dance 3 was at every house on every Wii! I LOVED IT! We actually got Brian and my dad to test it out too.

Mi mami with Aspen

Cousins

Cousin Jared :) How sweet!

And off we go! Like our 4-suitcase caravan?