David's Birthday

David wasn't as lucky as Gabo this year with a Saturday birthday, but we still celebrated! First, in the morning, David opened some presents (not all of them because of time constraints). As you can see Gabo was intent on "helping" him, although we tried our best to let David open and play with the presents before Gabo did... He got a lion (Abuelita Rebeca, Abuelito Alfredo and Tio Padrino Ricky), a puzzle (Tio Dani) and a magnetic farm for the fridge (Tia Betty and MJ).


Then, at the daycare center, he had a party with his friends!










When we came back home he got some more presents... Abuelita Camena gave him some playmats!















After that we had Mac&Cheese that Papi made.




Then we sang "Feliz Cumpleaños" and we ate some cake. David loved it! We filmed him eating it, he was having so much fun! But you will have to wait for Alfredo to put up the video.






Finally David got Papi and Mami's present while taking a bath: a colored-bubble maker for the bathtub and some crayons to paint on the bathtub! He really enjoyed this!

Gabo's Birthday

The first celebration was on Friday at the daycare center. I brought an ice cream cake to school and his friends sang happy birthday. Then they all ate the cake!





On Saturday morning we brought the gifts out! He was sooo happy. He loves opening gifts. As you can see, David helped him a little... ;)







Mami's and Papi's gift: A Lightning McQueen Playstation game!



Abuelita Camena's gift: A playmat!



Tia Madrina Melissa's gift: a prayer's book and a pair of really nice pants!





Tio Padrino Dani's gift: A soccer ball (una pelota de futbol "normal"... :))!




Abuelita Rebeca, Abuelito Alfredo, and Tio Ricky's gift: A Thomas the Tank Engine's tent!




Then, Saturday night, Tia Betty and MJ came to celebrate. They also brought gifts: a car that makes noise... a cell phone... and hockey cards. We sang "feliz cumpleanhos" and ate cake (again). Gabo was so happy. By this time David had already fallen asleep...

Now the story...

Here's the story to go with the pictures... As a disclaimer I have to warn you that the pictures are not in any logical order. They are more or less backwards, but not exactly. The story is hopefully in order.

In December, Abuelita Rebeca, Abuelito Alfredo and Tio Ricky came to visit us in Chicago. Then we all drove down to Austin (in one SUV!). The trip took us two days. We met with Tia Melissa, Tio Can, Isabel, Abuelita Camena and Güneş Babaanne.

David Alfredo and Isabel Deniz got baptized at Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe in Austin. David's godparents are Tia Veronica and Tio Ricky. Isabel's godparents are Tia Barbara and Tio Juan Pablo.

While in Austin, we visited San Antonio. Then we spent Christmas and New Year's Eve with Tia Melissa, Tio Can, Isabel and Abuelita Camena.

On our way back to Chicago we stopped in Dallas to visit Ana Pia, Tony and little Izabella.

When we got back to Chicago Tio Daniel and Stephanie came to visit. We all went with Tia Betty and MJ to a hockey game.

Then everybody left us and we were soooo sad... :(

You can see more pictures of our trip on The Kalyoncuoğlu Family blog.

Pix from the holidays...