The weekend was long and exhausting for everyone. Between party preparations, Gilbert putting together the swing set, Elise's eye swelling shut thanks to an insect bite, and my not being able to kick a cold we're all beat. Viv's party was amazing, though. As always, Grammy did not disappoint and we had an amazing frog party.







My main contribution to the decor was her banner. It's kind of hard to see here, but it was pretty cute.











Birthday girl!







Elise's eye once we could finally see it again



Some of our Texas family =)





Hanging out with her friend, Amelia



Cuddling with her Hayley girl



Viv got A LOT of clothes for her birthday so I will spare you of all of that, but here are a couple of my favorite gifts that she got.

Cabbage Patch from Mana. She's actually pretty excited about it.



Owl backpack!



1st birthday cupcake with a gummy frog on it













The only family picture we got that day. Poor Elise.



It was a pretty emotional day for me. I fought tears a bit and had a good cry the night before. I was not ready for her birthday to be here, but I survived and now I'm just trying to squeeze them all as much as they'll let me.

We took advantage of the moms being here and we decided to dedicate Viviana on Sunday. It was incredibly emotional for me and at the same time something so amazing. There's nothing quite like praying over your little ones while friends and family stand beside you. We happened to luck out and Chris Wienand, who led the church we went to back in CA, was here that Sunday so we got to ask him to be a part of it.



Uncle Kelly praying for Viv



Chris praying for Gilbert



Daddy praying over his girl



It's been an exhausting, exciting weekend and everyone seems to have enjoyed themselves. We took family pictures this morning so I'll be posting the link to the sneak peek when we get it.

Uncle Jason gifted Matthew with this mustache and it was a hit for about a day.





We had a comic book convention come into town a few weeks ago and we took the kids because we figured Matthew would enjoy it. It was interesting, but I will say that there were too many weirdos and not enough Star Wars. I never thought I'd say that.









As always, a total champ just hanging out in the stroller.



Paying $1 for a chance to shoot a trooper





A while back I posted a link to Matthew's 1 year pictures and there was a picture of him in midair falling down a hill with Gilbert sliding down the hill behind him to catch him. We got this picture of him conquering that same hill.



It's getting HOT here. The humidity hasn't been too bad yet, but it's been about 100 for several days. It must be summer.









Gilbert's mom bought this for the kids over the weekend. Poor Gilbert had to put it together, but the kids are loving it. I'm still blown away by her generosity.







The only one of my kids to like beans. She got to try black beans today and I think she really liked them. She must be the Guatemalan one of the bunch.





Black bean face



Everyone crashed while watching VeggieTales