Gabriela's Birthday!!

Gabriela's first birthday was great! We had the party last weekend. It was majority family and a couple friends. The kids had a Easter egg hunt also, and Gabriela got her first eggs!! Yesterday we had a family lunch and cupcakes. Gabriela literaly inhaled her cupcake and was not scared at all!

Grammy helped with ALL the planning!! She wanted to make sure everything was perfect for Gabriela's first birthday!

Bappy came to the party. Bappy is Andy's mom, and Gabriela has just fallen in love with her! She has allowed Gabriela to call her Bappy, because that is what her Grandchildren call her!

We had a hippo birthday party. It was Daddy's idea since Gabriela loves hippos! Grammy bought the hippo and matching tutus for Gabriela and the hippo to wear! They were too cute!

Everyone got a hippo cookie with their name on it! The cake is another long story! We had a minor problem with the original cake. Grammy had to go out last minute and get another cake. She did a great job decorating it, and we learned our lesson about trying new cake places!!

Packing Bags!

We are packing up and preparing to leave Argentina. The season went by so fast. Of course we did not make it to playoffs which cut it very short. This is actually the earliest we have ever been back to the United States. I am very excited to see my family and friends. Lindsay is pregnant, and I feel like I have missed her entire pregnacy. Gabriela has changed a lot and is doing so many knew things. My family is also really excited to see her, and we are planning her birthday party!!

Gabriela was four months old when we arrived in Argentina. She learned to crawl, walk, talk, and climb over here! This has been a great environment for here. Yes sometimes people were a little much for me. Strangers tickling her, kissing her, grabbing her hair...basically ALWAYS touching her!! However, I learned that is their culture and they really love babies here! I also think they are partial to Panamanian babies with a lot of hair:)

We don't drive here and I have walked everywhere. My daily trips to the meat market, vegetables market, and fruit markets will come to a hault! When you go to the store daily you tend to make friends with all the workers! Life is different here and I really enjoyed it. However, it will be nice to drive to the store and load up on things! Next time I blog we will be in The States! Yes we are taking the ten hour bus ride again!! We are breaking it up and staying the day in Buenas Aires. I am so excited Nichy is traveling with us, and he will get to hold Gabriela the entire trip!!

Lemonade Award

Maria nominated me for a Lemonade Award on her blog! Maria is a Basketwive that writes on Basketwives blog, Mothers World Wide, A Piece of My Mind, and her family blog. I have stolen a couple recipes from her, received good parenting advice, and always enjoy reading her blogs!

The Lemonade Award is to recognize bloggers who show a positive and/or gratitude in their posting. The rules are:

1) Put the logo on your blog or post.

2) Nominate at least 10 blogs that show great attitude or gratitude.

3) Link to your nominees within your post.

4) Lett the nominees know they have received this award by commenting on their blog.

5) Share the love and the link from who you received your award.

I do not have 10, but I nominate....

The Ragar Review

http://ragarfamily.blogspot.com

This blog is written by my friend Amanda. Recently Amanda's brother was diagnosed with Leukemia. She has done a great job with health updates, funny hospital stories, and the whole time chronicling her one year old daughter Kennedy's every step, smile, and bowl movement:) Amanda is a very positive upbeat person, and it shows in her blog!