Another Friend Was Born

I just wanted to take a moment to congratulate Colleen & Scott Opalka on the birth of their GORGEOUS daughter Rachel Sophie!  She was born on 12/10/2009 in Athens, Greece. 

I have known Colleen my entire life (seriously, 31 years) and could not be happier for her.  I hope that Rachel and Gwendolyn have the amazing friendship that their moms do.  Miles have always separated us, but that didn't matter.  I am looking forward to snuggling with Rachel when Mike and I are in Athens in May 2010!!

2 Cute Babies!!

First and foremost here is the cutest baby in the world.


Next in line is Madilyn Bray, who was born on Friday December 4th. I got to hold her when she was only 1 day old. I forget how little newborns are since they grow up so fast. Madi is little, and Amanda loves chubby babies, so to get her there we will use Gwen's statistics as a guide :-). Congrats to Amanda & Chris!!!

First Haircut...........FAIL!!

It was finally time to get rid of Gwen's mullet, so today we took her for her first haircut. We took her to LolliPops, which is a kid only hair salon. It's super cute inside and even has a mani/pedi area. We sat her in the chair and she was a bit unsure of her surroundings. Right before the first snip a little boy started crying and it completely set Gwen off. She cried the entire time. The hair dresser said that she did fine, but I disagree. You'd think what we were doing to her!! Here are some pics from the big event.

Unsure of her surroundings (notice the mullet)


Getting ready for the first snip


The pain & agony of it all


Always the supermodel.......post hair cut!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had Mike's family out for our first Thanksgiving in the new house. It was great having everyone together (Joe even flew in) and I enjoyed having the holiday here. I would be lying if I said that I wasn't looking forward to a little less chaos after my 2 weeks of family visits and knee surgery :-) Mike made a fantastic dinner. Gwen was in much better spirits than last year's Thanksgiving debacle and was her adorable self! She tasted everything and only made a couple faces while eating cranberries. She even had a great time shopping on Black Friday (for the record I shopped way too long and my knee is now killing me).

Enjoy some pics from our weekend!

Notice her cute turkey top


Gwen playing with her Grandpa


Gwen, her uncles, and daddy


The Jurbala clan

Tumbling

We signed Gwen up for tumbling classes and she loves them! Thought I would share some pictures. Enjoy!

P.S. No real new Gwen news to share. She still isn't walking (which I know she can, just doesn't want to) and she still isn't saying "mama" or many other words. Oh well. I bet she can eat better than any other 13 month old (she eats everything, including fish, pickles, and lemons, and spits nothing out).

On the trampoline


Climbing through the tunnel

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Halloween was a bit of a bust this year. The flu hit me extremely hard over the past few days so there were no real festivities. We did dress up Gwen as a pink bunny and she hung out at the house, in costume. She also had her first Reece's Peanut Butter Cup, which she of course loved. Here are some pics. Enjoy!

PICTURES FROM MEXICO

As promised............