More Birthday Pictures

The weather was very nice so we were able to be outside for much of the day. Here is a picture we caught of Sydney as she was swinging in her new swing on her birthday! (Thanks Loree and David, she loves the swing!) A picture of the whole crew eating some strawberry (shaped) birthday cake. Along with some delicious ice cream.
And don't think that we didn't have a pinata. O' yes we did. No Gallegos birthday goes without having a pinata. Even if Sydney is only one, we still have to teach her how to whack one of these things. This is considered her first lesson. (This is one for her baby-book.)

And Isaac, well he is way past any training. He knows what to do with a bat and paper figure filled with candy!

And Jordan was ready to go also. I was surprised this little flower pinata made it as long as it did. The kids are getting stronger and can really hit the pinatas hard.

Needless to say, everyone had a great day and we were all very excited to celebrate with Sydney. So, Happy Birthday, AGAIN, Sydney and we love you.

Love Ya and God Bless, Mommy, Daddy, Jordan and Isaac.

Sydney is One Today....

It is hard to believe that Sydney is One today. We had a great day and of course had a birthday with all of the usual Gallegos traditions included. Sydney's God parents and another set of friends came over and it was a lot of fun. Sydney even got her own little cake. The following picture is of the cakes I made. We went with the Strawberry theme and it was all very cute. Here she is, about to tear into her own cake! We couldn't even get her to look up for a picture. All she could focus on was the cake. (I can't blame her, that is exactly how I am.) Yummy!!! She really liked the icing! Eventually she got to the cake.

She enjoyed both the cake and the icing, a lot.

Surprisingly enough, the pink icing didn't stain her face like I expected it to. (Don't get me wrong, I was not upset by any means.)

We couldn't pass up the evening without getting a picture with the birthday girl. I thought this was a good picture of the three of us. It was after her cake.

I am pretty sure she is close to a sugar coma in this picture. Or at least it looks that way.

Well, here's to you Sydney. Thanks for a great first year and we look forward to many more. We love you very much.

Love Ya and God Bless, Daddy, Mommy, Big Sister and Big Brother

A week with Pape!

This post is dedicated to Gene (aka - Pape). Thanks for a great week and we sure hope you had fun in Ohio. We had a blast!

Pape helping Isaac open some of his birthday presents! Isaac and Pape

Jordan and Pape

Sydney and Pape

We don't know who enjoyed the new play table more, Sydney or Pape!

Thanks for an excellent week and we look forward to your next visit. Thanks for everything and we hope you know how much we love you.

Love Ya and God Bless, Patrick, Tara, Jordan, Isaac and Sydney.

A week with Nana

This post is dedicated to Julia (aka - Nana). So, all of these pictures consist of Nana and the kids. We sure hope you had a great trip to Ohio and we look forward to the next one!

In this first one Sydney is enjoying some relaxing time with Nana!

Jordan and Nana

Nana with Isaac and his squiggly bouncy ball. We are lucky in this picture that the bouncy ball isn't in front of his head more than it already is.

Jordan and Nana just sitting on the couch.

Nana and Pape with all the kids!

It is always so nice to have company and we just want you to know how much we love you Nana! Thanks for putting up with us for the last week.

Here's to you Nana. Thanks for all the love you give us.

Love ya and God Bless, Patrick, Tara, Jordan, Isaac and Sydney

A Day in Pittsburgh!

Well, today we ventured out of Ohio and made our way to Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that is. We all loaded up in the suburban and headed to the children's museum to start our trip. There was a two-story vertical maze that immediately got the kids attention. And yes, it looks like chicken-wire that is keeping them in but is actually a little more sturdy than chicken-wire. Even Sydney got in on all of the action.

Here is a picture of her enjoying a nice stroller ride in the craziness of the museum.

To start off our adventure in the museum we made our way to the "Water-Works" section. I obviously wasn't thinking when we headed to the WATER section first. The kids were pumped about ALL of the water. I thought they looked cute in the rain coats.

We have also really enjoyed having Gene and Julia in town. Here is a picture I caught earlier this week of the kids with their grandparents. They are definitely enjoying the extra attention. (Like any good grandchildren do!)

Well, with Easter coming we will definitely have more pictures to post. We will post more soon. Love Ya and God Bless, Tara G.

Celebrate

We have decided that Isaac has had a birthday WEEK as apposed to a birthDAY. We have been celebrating for the last week and he has enjoyed every minute of it. Gene and Julia came into town last weekend and we have really been enjoying the family time together. Last night we had dinner with Isaac's Godparents and Sydney's Godparents and had yet another celebration. At least this one was for both of their birthday's. It was a great time. The following was a picture of Sydney that I caught of her playing with the musical toy her Godparents got her. She was excited to play with it. And she stands up to it! YIKES!!! And we caught this picture of Gene and Julia after we picked them up from the airport. We will have many more pictures to come of their trip here to Ohio. I hate to say it, but I have been slacking of the picture taking since they have been here. And last but not least here is a picture of Isaac with his birthday hat on from school. Yesterday he took Oreo cookies to school for his birthday snack and his teachers made him this very festive birthday hat. He was very proud to wear it. (Like I said earlier, he has been celebrating ALL week long!)

O' what fun it is to have a birthday as a child.

Love Ya and God Bless, Tara G.

Happy 3rd Birthday Isaac!!!

Isaac turns 3 on April 6th (Monday) so we celebrated it in true Gallegos style - Pin the tail on the donkey (gone dinosaur style), Hot Dogs, Cake and a fun shaped Pinata. He wanted a dinosaur party so I was up for making a dino-cake. "How hard can it really be?" I asked myself. Well, it actually was kind of difficult but it turned out really cute. And Isaac liked it so I was excited about that. So, the following is a picture of the dinosaur cake I made him. And this is a picture of Jordan, who is blind-folded, playing "pin the tail on the donkey" gone dinosaur style. I think she may have been able to see out of the corner of the blind-fold. She got it exactly right.
And Isaac with all of his friends as he is about to blow out his candles!

And of course no party is complete at our house without a cardboard cut-out filled with non-nutritious candies getting beat by everyone present. Yes, a good old fashioned T-Rex shaped pinata. He was very excited as you can see.

So, Happy Birthday Isaac. We love you and look forward to many more dino-extravaganzas! Love Ya and God Bless, Tara, Patrick, Jordan and Sydney