Baptism and Early Birthday

Last weekend we went over to Los Angeles to celebrate Cruz's baptism and first birthday. We were pretty early with the birthday but the timing worked out great. Cruz was baptized at Our Lady of Lourdes church and then we had a party at the park! We had so much fun! As always it was great to see everyone!! It was the first time Cruz had both sets of grandparents together so we weren't sure if there was going to be a fight for him but it went pretty smooth! ;o) All of us, auntie and uncles included, were able to have a nice dinner together on Saturday night which was very special.

It was a great weekend and we had so much fun! Cruz got to hit his first pinata and taste his first cake! He got lots of new clothes and fun new toys. He has a little puppy that walks and "talks", he also got an awesome Dodgers pillow pet! Go LA! ha! We play with our new nascar rug and cars and batman and joker cars all day long! We are so lucky to have such wonderful people in our lives!!

Wacky Wednesday

This is when you know my silly man is tired. I love these uncontrolable tired laughs!!

Safari Sunday

Two Sunday's ago we went on a Safari Ride here in Arizona. There is a wildlife park called Out of Africa and they take you on a safari ride through their desert lands with zebras, giraffes, emus, camels, and many different breeds of antelopes. There were also lots of other animals caged up that we went to see after the safari ride. It was so much fun and Cruz loved seeing the animals up close and personal. We were able to feed the giraffe and we were warned to keep our hands AWAY from the zebras. It was so great to hear Cruz say "woof woof" to the wolves and roar like a lion when he got to see one, unfortunatly (or maybe it is fortunate) but they did not ROAR back at us, they were all pretty tame.

Zebra's just outside of the safari truck
Wrinkley little guy

Cruz and Mario petting an emu

Safari Ranger on duty

lions, TIGERS & bears oh my!

Petting the same Emu ... one finger touch!

Did that camel just spit at me?

Baby Steps!

Cruz is officially "stepping" all around the house! I cannot quite define it as walking yet because it's very broken and he falls a lot still (I'm sure that'll be the case for a while). He is starting to walk from one toy to another instead of crawling between them and will walk to Mario and I without being provoked. Our new favorite game is to let him walk from me to Mario and then back! He loves it too! It's so amazing to watch his development and to see the wonderful sense of accomplishment on his face. He is doing so great and is also loving that the weather is starting to break so we can go on mini walks now! Cruz definitely loves to be outside so I'm happy we have been able to spend some time there in the early morning and evenings. Ah, fall in AZ!!

Watch Out Kobe!!

Beach Bash!

ok so I am not only late with all my posts, they are also out of order! LOL The beginnging of the month we went to Los Angeles. We got to see a lot of family and spent a great day at the beach with cousins and some aunts and uncles. There was a lot of volleyball and even some swimming in the freezing ocean. Cruz liked to watch the volleyball game and did so much better in the sand this time. He tasted a little of it and realized he didn't like the taste of it so he played very nicely in it after that!! It was such a nice weekend and great to see family, we hadn't seen them since April and Cruz has changed so much!! The beach day was a Welcome Home and a Goodbye to Uncle Eric who has moved to Chicago in search of another new adventure. From what I hear, so far so good!! Hopefully we'll get out there to visit since I have never been to Chicago and have always wanted to!!

We had such a wonderful weekend! We escaped the heat and jetsetted back to Colorado. This was Cruz's first trip to Colorado and we were happy and excited to show him off! It was definitely a busy weekend filled with great friends and beautiful weddings. Our friends Becky and Tony got married Friday night in Estes Park (bottom 2 pictures). The place they got married was absolutely beautiful and they both looked amazing as well. We had such a fun time and got to dance and see friends we haven't seen in almost a year. Saturday night my friend Mark got married. It was again an absolutely beautiful wedding (top picture) and I got to catch up with some friends from HS which was so nice!

Saturday night's wedding was a date night for Mario and I. Cruz stayed with our friends Jen, Tom and their little boy Calvin. We were told they had fun and we saw some pictures of them playing, swimming, eating, and bathing together which was adorable! (I'll share them if I can get my hands on them ;o))

Ah, We miss you Colorado!! Especially in this brutal heat!