Ole! It's 2009 Folks!

There... now that we have 2 pictures of Little J outta the way for my mother who insists she only wants to see "portraits" of him and only him... I guess Dan and I are not that interesting...


....Ok, now on to other news...

Wow, where does time go? I keep thinking that soon it will be 2020 and I will have a teenager! Yikes! Hope everyone had a great New Year's Eve. We enjoyed the company of our Church friends - it was a good time with lots of food, games, and football. We enjoyed watching the Times Square coverage and our Mexico City's version of Times Square - New Years celebrations are just strange to me. So much craziness. Mexico City probably trumps NYC because the celebrations go on and on through the night. I was hearing fireworks at 4am! Thankfully I was safe and sound at home in my bed.

On New Year's Day we ventured over to Bosque de Chapultepec, which is like the Central Park of Mexico City. We enjoyed the fresh air (well, as fresh as it can get here), entertainers, vendors, and locals who love to stare at us.

This is Dan proudly displaying his first born sporting his first (and surely not last) Houston Astro's shirt. Don't worry siblings of mine we have an adequate supply of Baltimore Orioles shirts too. =)

And this is James and his little twin friend Tyson - born the same day! Tyson is so darling and we just love spending time with him and his equally darling big brother......Zach! (and mom and dad too!)

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If only we had some glasses...

Every time I see a trailer for the movie - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - I am reminded of a very cute little boy I know. =)

Probably the only time in his life that he will resemble Brad Pitt!

A Utah Christmas!

It was so much fun to be back in the USA for Christmas for so many reasons... (in no particular order-after Target of course) Target, English, a White Christmas, cousins, Grandma, aunts, uncles, friends, games, lucha libre masks, Cafe Rio, caramel apples, gingerbread men, The CCC Party, Christmas music, new baby Nolan, and lots of snuggles for Baby J...

And we are off to Utah!
Christmas Sunday Best

James got to meet LOTS of people...

Cousin Sadie

Father to his new best friend- MattCousin ElyseUncle SamGrandma MarynelUncle Dean

(Little J was raising his hand in his sleep)Aunt Mary Aunt Nellie
Cousin Daisy

Braden, Mike, Amanda, Caitlyn, ?, Erika, and Dean!BUT... I think cousin Henry might have been little J's favorite!

GiNgErBrEaD TiMe!!!

Meeting Cousin Nathan!!!

Nathan checking out James...

...James checking out Nathan!



The (best) CCC PaRtY!!!

Complete with magic tricks!
Gavin was impressed.J.R. getting some education. =)




Little J meets new buddies!!!

Rylee was so sweet. She refers to James as "Baby J"

Hanging in the crib with Baby Manoa.

They are going to be GOOD friends- check out the hand holding! =)

Christmas Eve - Meeting

Baby Nolan!!! Mommy Krissa with little Nolan!
James suddenly looked HUGE next to his new TINY best friend Nolan. Oh too cute!!!
Proud Dads with the little guys.

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ChRiStMaS MoRnInG!!!

Danny and I brought all the guys Lucha Libre masks from Mexico. They went out that night and did wild boy stuff Nacho Libre style! Blackmail?



The trip went by too fast... I was not ready to leave...tears were shed (by me). I guess being crammed in a house with 8 adults and 8 kids was just what I needed since living in Mexico can sometimes be lonely. I am thankful we got to be there with so much family to celebrate Christmas.

James says MeRrY ChRiStMaS to all!!!