Happy 4th Birthday Jacob!

Yesterday was our nephew Jacob's 4th Birthday... wow, crazy that he is already 4!

He had his birthday party up at the Ranch were we do weddings.

They throw great kids birthday parties there with real horse back riding, none of that silly pony ride stuff.

The birthday boy :)

Emma was thrilled to come and visit her friend Molly.

All of the kids got to join in grooming the horses before they went riding, the kids loved this!

On our way to the horseback riding.

Jacobs turn... "look mom, no hands!"

Abuelita and Emma

Zeke and Caitlyn

Anyssa and Victoria.

Victoria was a natural, they even nick named her 'Rodeo Queen.'

Ricardo and Jacob riding back up to the stables.

Jacob had the chance to ride on the smaller horse, but told Miss Hannah, the trainer, "Now that I am 4, I need to ride the big horse."

Attempt at a group kiddo picture.

Played a little pin the cowboy hat on Jacob.

Emma got to hit her 1st piñata, and loved it... until she saw everyone else hitting it, then she got mad and cried.

Jacob's turn.

Caubbie (Aunt Carmen) feeding little Emma, and looking adorable!

Present time.

Watch out Jacob, someone is trying to get your presents.

She was so sneaky!

Enjoying a yummy Lighting McQueen cupcake made by his mommy.

After all of the festivities, the kids cooled off in the pool.

And this little one went skinny dipping :)

Caitlyn and her adorable get-up of a bikini and cowboy boots.

Some of us partied a little too hard and passed out before we could put her in her car seat.

We had a great time at the party!

Happy 4th Birthday to the best little nephew we could ask for.

34 and moving more

Our little girl is constantly on the go.

She loves crawling all over and is becoming so observant and curious.

Some might think that she is a bit nosey, but I just like to think that she likes to be aware of everything that is going on.

Bri bought Emma an adorable Paul Frank shirt.

When I saw it, I immediately thought of Lauren, (Emma's cousin in Seattle).

When we were there, Lauren had just got a new Paul sweatshirt and she loved it.

She helped me pick out Emma's clothes one morning and it was a must that she wore her other Paul shirt.

Don't worry Lauren, since we know how much you like to share clothes, we will make sure to let you wear borrow this one. :)

We are crazy for standing around here!

Emma pulls herself up on everything these days.

I am constantly nervous and afraid she might fall.

We already had our first shiner, but lucky for us it only lasted that night.

Nothing cuter than cutting coupons with mom topless.

Don't worry, mom still had her top on.

She does this new paci trick.

She bites down on the hard plastic part and then flips it in to her mouth.

She was a little distracted by the T.V. in the clip, so be patient, I promise she does it.

Amazing!!!

I checked Jocelyn's blog this evening, and wow did I ever get a little surprise.

She posted pictures of our little Emma, and they are amazing!!!

She captured such natural shots of Emma, and really caught her smile and her eyes!

Jocelyn... I can't thank you enough!

I would take a little trip up to Seattle anytime, just to have you take pictures of our little girl.

Our staycation

This past weekend we had ourselves a little staycation.

We bid on a package deal with Bri and Noel for a weekend at Lawrence Welk Resort.

For those of you that don't know, LW Resort is only about 10 minutes away from our house.

We had a great time being so close to home, but still on a vacation.

We checked in Thursday night and had Papa Bob and Abuelita Rose over for dinner.

Then it was bath time in the big tub.

Douggie even had to hop in to bathe Emma.

Such a cute nudie!!!

Friday we all went to work and then Emma stayed the night with Abuelita Rose and we went to dinner with Bri and Noel at the resort.

We were lucky enough to be there on karaoke night, which was hysterical!!!

A bunch of 60+ folks singing songs by Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra... wow we are wild!

Bri and Noel

Bri and I even joined in on the finale, I love that I am trying not to laugh, and that Bri is closing her eyes and so in to the song.

On the shuttle back to our room.

Since we weren't wild enough at karaoke, we played a little game of Old Maid when we got back to the room.

Saturday was Abuelita Rose's Birthday!!!

We golfed in the am and then our families came up and joined us at the pool.

We loved the water slide!!!

Someone loved the pool so much, that she wiped her self out and took a nap.

A little trip down to the fish pond with the kids.

Emma watching the kids and the fish.

Brigitte and Bill with Emma.

(Bri's parents)

Abuelita Rose opening some gifts.

My Grandpa Bob and Grandma Margaret were in town for a few days, so they stopped in for a visit.

Omar and Ebit

Papa Bob with Anyssa and Jacob.

We had a great little weekend 'get away!'

A special thank you to Abuelita for watching our little Emma, and a very Happy Birthday to her as well!

A little preview...

While we were in Seattle, Emma had a little photo shoot with Jocelyn.

Jocelyn is an amazingly talented girl, who happens to be BFFs with my cousin's wife Megan.

We were so lucky that she had some time open for our little girl... here is one shot, we will keep you posted for the rest.

Daddy's Biggest Fan

Tonight Emma was having a hard time falling asleep so I thought I would play her a few songs on the guitar. She usually gets pretty sleepy trying to watch both hands at the same time but this time was different. She really got into the song, "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" by Pearl Jam.

I couldn't even play the song because I was laughing so hard. Thanks for being such a fan kid. I'm glad she likes Pearl Jam as much as I do.