First Birthday Party!!

Saturday was Susanna and Ava's first birthday party!! Here are some pics from the day... we had a GREAT time and hope everyone enjoyed it as well. Thank you to all who came out out to the big event. Both Susanna and Ava had a BLAST, thank you for joining in our fun!!!



Susanna's Birthday Tutu!!! And look, she is wearing a hair bow too :)


This icing is squishy!


Uncle YoYo made me look like this :(


Yum Yum, chocolate cake!!

Check out Ava's new ride, Susanna loves it too!!

Daddy's and their birthday girls. HAPPY BIRTHDAY... WE LOVE YOU!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUSANNA

Susanna is officially one year old!!! I can not believe how fast the year has gone. I still see her as a little baby but she is practically a toddler now. She has grown and changed soo much in the past year... she went from a tiny squishy sleepy newborn to a chubby talking crawling beautiful little girl. We feel so blessed every day to be her parents and pray that we are teaching and helping guide her to be the best person she can be!

We have BIG plans to celebrate her special day. First we have decorated the house with all our birthday signs and Susanna will be SURPRISED by all of them when she wakes in the morning. She is going to love them!!! Next we will go to our favorite park, Pullen Park, with a group of our friends. We will get to ride the carousel, the train, and play on the playground too. We really love Pullen Park and are so happy we get to spend her birthday at such a fun place. After we are going to pick up dinner at daddy's favorite sub shop, Subconscious. When we get home Susanna has some special presents waiting for her. Miguel and I picked out some REALLY cute Little People play sets and are excited to watch her play with her new barn, airport, construction zone, school bus, and zoo. Oh the fun we will have!!!

Here are some pictures from the past year... then and now :)















HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY BEAUTIFUL GIRL... WE LOVE YOU!!!

Busy Busy

It has been a while since our last update. That is mostly because my computer is still broken. It is difficult to find the time to update the blog during the day with Susanna getting into everything and then the night seems to go soo quickly before I know it the clock says 10 and it is time for bed!! After looking into getting my computer fixed we discovered it is too expensive and just better to buy a new laptop. And as a surprise today Miguel bought me a new computer and it is up and running!! Now that I have my own hopefully the weekly posts will be consistent again!


We have been having a lot of fun lately... going to playgroups, taking walks, and getting ready for her big birthday party. Susanna is now 11.5 months and still doing a GREAT job cruising along the furniture. She is not walking on her own yet but just started walking behind her ride-on car and will push her learning table around the house. She definitely is impressing both Miguel and I every day!!! It really seems that everyday she is learning/practicing a new trick. She is just sooo amazing!

Susanna loves weeknights after Daddy gets home from work, they just have soo much fun together. Check out some of the fun adventures...



Daddy recently bought Susanna her FIRST TRACTOR. She loves pushing it around the kitchen and it really makes him happy she loves the farm too:) I think this picture shows her loving the tractor with a girly flare!!

Ohio and back

I have loaded the Ohio trip pictures to Miguel's computer and can now do the update as promised!!! BTW, I am feeling better, Miguel is on the mend, and Susanna is doing better on her Amoxicillin. It took a while to kick in but today she was fever free so I think that is a good sign!


We had a WONDERFUL time on our trip to Ohio. Joey, Susanna, and I drove up and everything went great in the car. She was soo well behaved in her car seat and I know that must of been very difficult considering it was a 9 hour drive. She entertained herself with her toys, enjoyed delicious snacks, and even got to watch a movie on Aunt Jill's DVD player! Grandma Hoelscher was very excited for our arrival. She had made many special treats for Susanna included vegetable soup, jello, and pumpkin cheesecake. This was Susanna's first jello experience so we decided it was best go without a shirt. She REALLY liked it!



While we were visiting we got to celebrate Grandpa Hoying's birthday. Susanna enjoyed visiting with all of my extended family.

Her new word favorite word is "HI" and she REALLY practiced A LOT. It is cute and she almost has a southern twang already!!

Grandpa Hoying brought us to the farm so Susanna could visit with all the animals. She saw the cows, a horse, chickens, lots of kittens, a farm dog, tractors, and the big red barn. She LOVED the farm and didn't even seem to be bothered by the smell :)







I had to be VERY flexible with Susanna's schedule since we were always on the go with lots of family to visit. Because of this she had many baths on location! She got to bathe at Cousin Mindy's house and Aunt Jane's! Both nights we had lots of fun with a little naked baby crawling around wanting to be chased. Mindy's daughters Morgan and Jada were WONDERFUL helpers with Susanna... playing with her, feeding her, and giving her bath. They will be GREAT babysitters one day :)







Susanna may be 11 months old but she has never been interested in holding her own bottle. I guess she decided it is our job and has never changed her mind. But to my surprise when Aunt Jane fed her she took the bottle from her and held it HERSELF!! I was shocked and amazed and proud of my little girl for finally being more independent.


However, since that time she has not even tried... IT WAS A ONE TIME THING I GUESS!! Apparently only Aunt Jane has the magic touch!