Chicago Trip; Part 4 (American Girl Doll)

Okay so this probably sounds crazy to most people, but one of my childhood dreams was to go to the American Girl Doll store in downtown Chicago. So, since we happened to be going to Chicago Brandon's Mom, Aunt and two cousin's and I decided to go to the American Girl Doll store and have tea there! O' my goodness it was so much fun. We took the train from Lake in the Hills, where his Aunt and Uncle live, to downtown Chicago which was very fun. Then us ladies spent some time shopping downtown and then went for our Tea Party. It was so cute at our Tea Party they let you borrow dolls to have tea with, so of course I borrowed one. I know most of you think that is silly, but it was so nice to feel like a little girl again. Enjoy the pics.....

Me, Olivia, Nikki (Livi's Doll), and Ellie

All us ladies enjoying our Tea and Snacks!

Cheers! Yes that is the doll I borrowed for Tea. Molly was always my favorite growing up.

Olivia and her doll Nikki

Teenage Sleepover....Ahhhhh!!!!!

Last night Brandon and I decided to be very brave and have four teenage girls sleepover at our house. Our cousin Ellie, who moved away 2 years ago, is down for the week visiting from Chicago. She has three amazing BFF's who she has been staying with, so we decided to give the other mom's a break from these crazy girls and have them come bunk with us for the night. Us girls had a blast, I felt like a teenager all over again! Brandon on the other hand was so scared of being in a house full of young women he decided to have a guys night and went to see Star Track. I forgot how much energy you have when your 16, these girls were so hyper! Our night consisted of a ton of junk food, a few good Chick Flicks and going Sonic hopping at 10:00pm since they were giving away free Root Beer floats until midnight. I think we made it to three sonic's before we all felt like we were going to be sick. I thinks the girls ended staying up until 3:00am and I made it until 11:30pm, yes I know I am getting old. It was so great to spend some time with Ellie and her friends, I miss having her here so much! Thank goodness our trip to visit them in Chicago is just two short weeks away! Hope you enjoy some pic's from our fun filled sleepover.

Here is Owen with the four crazy girls. Starting on the left we have Amanda, Stevie, Cousin Ellie, and Andrea. Owen loved these girls so much, especially since they all had cell phones which are his favorite toys and of course all of them let him play with them. I think he had all four of them wrapped around his little finger within the first 5 minuets! Little Stinker.

Owen and Ellie

Ellie, Owen and I

Here we are on our way out the door to go to Sonic. Yes, I am completely aware that I am the shortest one even though I am 9 years older than all these girls. Ahhh...

Here is Ellie, Andrea and I drinking our second Root Beer Float! Yuck, I can't think of Root Beer or it makes me sick!

Owen at his Cousin Rachel's Wedding...

Today Owen and I went to my cousin Rachel's wedding. The ceremony was beautiful but of course I was stuck watching the whole thing from the nursery because Owen's attention span is 2 seconds and he can't sit still. My cousin looked gorgeous, but unfortunately I wasn't able to snag the bride aside to snap a picture of her. I did however have Owen all dressed up so I decided to take a few pictures for you all to see. Hope you enjoy...

Here is Owen sitting with his Pampo(Grandpa Lujan) waiting for the ceremony to begin.
Here is a picture of My Mom and Owen's cousin Alicia who is 5 weeks older than him, isn't she adorable!!!
Owen and his Grandma at the reception. How cute!
This was too cute! Alicia was giving Owen a kiss on his cheek.
Saying goodbye can be a hard thing to do. Here is an adorable pic of Owen and Alicia giving kisses goodbye! I know they are cousins, but it is still adorable!!

Owen's 1st Birthday...

For Owen's 1st Birthday, Brandon and I threw him a huge Birthday party. It was an all out sports theme party. It was supposed to be an outdoor pool party and BBQ since we bought him a pool for his Birthday, but of course it ended up raining all weekend, so we had to resort to plan B. We ended up rearranging our living room furniture and setting up tables in their for people to eat since we were expecting 30 adults and 8 children. As for the kids we ended up blowing up his pool in our family room and filling it with 300 balls for the kids to jump around and play in. It worked great and all the kids seemed to have a lot of fun. All in all the party turned out great! We are so thankful to have such wonderful friends and family to celebrate such an awesome day with us. We are now officially parents of a TODDLER!!!! Ahhhh.....

Here are the party favor boxes for all of Owen's friends that came to celebrate his Birthday with him.

Our kitchen filled with friends, family, decorations and of course food...

Here is our living room with two 6' tables set up for people to eat.

Abby and Owen playing in his pool with his Auntie Jess.

Averie and Owen playing!

Everyone always looks forward to the destruction of the cake at a 1 year old Birthday party. Well, Owen did not let anyone down. After throwing the entire cake on the floor, frosting side down, he proceeded to pick the entire cake up and give it a giant hug. It was so hilarious to watch. Owen along with my carpet was one big mess of frosting!!!

Here is the baseball cake I made for Owen to destroy.
Here we are singing "Happy Birthday" to the b-day boy, you can also see the baseball and basket ball cupcakes I slaved over!
Owen loves to clap for himself when people are cheering for him. He is so funny.

He had no problem figuring out what to do with the cake. He loved it!!!

Owen stuffing his mouth full of cake. Talk about a sugar high!!!

Here are a few pictures of Owen opening up his Birthday presents. As usual, he received way too much, but he loved them all. His attention span is about 2-5 minuets long, so daddy was left opening most of the gifts by himself while Owen was off playing. Thanks again everyone for all the wonderful gifts....

Owen received way too many presents!!!Daddy helping Owen open his gifts, so cute...
Owen is diving towards his new Elmo stuffed animal, Thanks Auntie Jess, Elmo is Owen's favorite!!!!
Investigating his new Elm

Bite????

So I know what it looks like. Most of you are probably thinking I got some kind of terrible bug bite; however, that is not what happened at all! The bite actually came from my beautiful sweet baby Owen. Yes you heard me correctly, Owen actually pierced my skin with his teeth. If you look close enough in the second picture you can actually see his teeth marks. I am still not sure what provoked the bite, but I can tell you that he bites EVERYTHING!! Wells it sounds like the apple doesn't fall far from the tree according to my Mother and Mother-In-Law, apparently Brandon and I were both terrible bitters as children. The question now is how do we break him of this really bad habit? Any advice? His crib is now turning into shreds of wood. Help!!!!!