Dedication and Birthday pool party!!!

Aubrey with her balloons at Eisenhower Park in Orange...

Cake smashing party!!!

 

 Aubrey anxiously waiting to rip the cake apart...

Aubrey loves the flame of the candle...

Can we do this again she asks...

Aubrey couldn't wait to turn 1 year old...

She never knew how much fun she would have..This was her 3rd cake and she is getting used to making a mess!

She's crawling and just about ready to take her first step...

See you all at the Dedication...

Aubrey's Birthday!!!

Niki with Aubrey in my backyard...

Aubrey looking for the birds in the sky...

Niki and Aubrey at her daycare party!!!

Aubrey with her party hat...PARTY!!!

Aubrey ready to dig into her cake...

Aubrey turned the calender and is now 1 year old...

There was a party for her on her birthday, a party at her daycare with her buddies and then she came over to my house for a birthday cake smash party...Photos to follow...

Happy 4th of July...Pool Time...

Aubrey...Cracking a small smile...

Aubrey and GranMa Tere...eating crackers...

Joe, Aubrey and GranMa Tere...

Aubrey looking for the puppies...

Joe holding Aubrey with Niki spraying sunblock...

Aubrey dreaming about being an olympic swimmer...

Niki and Aubrey in the pool...

Lupe with her child...

 

 Aubrey talking her head off...She's a bit Cuban, you know...

We spent the afternoon at Jesse and Lupe's home in West Covina. Aubrey was just happy being a baby, everyone wants to hold her and cuddle her.  We had tacos grilled by Jesse, fideo & arroz con leche made by my Mom and so much more. 

We spent the afternoon dreaming about going to Hawaii for 2 weeks, a cruise to Alaska for the icebergs and dinner right after these tacos settle down....and of course a smal bike ride on the new Beach cruisers...

 

ChinaTown...Here we come!

Nadine, Amelia, Lupe and my Mom...

My Mom, Nadine, Amelia and Lupe...at the Phoenix...

My Mom and Lupe with goodies...

We got together for everyone's birthday, Nadine and Amelia's anyway...at the usual Chinese restaurant, Hop Louie, at the end of a lonely alley in the backstreets of Chinatown...

Then everyone runs over to the Phoenix Bakery and buys boxes and boxes of fancy sugar-laced treats. Thank heaven for exercise!

Tuesday...

Aubrey taking a break from crawling...

Aubrey playing with the fountain's splashing water...

A busy day today, picked Aubrey up at the day care and she was ready to start walking home.

It has started...Interrogations!!!

Solicitor General Elena Kagan

Elena Kagan's Confirmation Hearing...

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 28, 2010, prior to testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on her nomination.

Mommy and Me for Niki and Aubrey...

A bit apprehensive...what am I doing here???

Sleeping the afternoon away...

Just a small smile...

Metiche...

Joe and Aubrey...

I went to swimming lessons for Aubrey...It's only a Mommy and Me to get kids used to the water.  Aubrey is too busy looking at everyone and everything that happens to listen to instructions.

She did have fun and she was tired from all the kicking...Good for bedtime...

Plus I got to use my new lens...Hope the photos are clearer today...

It's getting HOT!!!

Fountain running smoothly...

My new lens...70 - 200...2.8

Summer is just around the corner and I'm getting everything up and running smoothly.  

Aubrey started swimming lessons on Monday and I'm going to the pool tonite. I'll have pictures later.

Your Smile warms my Heart...

Aubrey loving life...

Aubrey was feeling pretty good this afternoon. My pictures didn't all come out as planned since we took them when the sun was on it's way East, or is it West?

All our dreams can come true, 
if we have the courage to pursue them.
 
Walt Disney