Surprise for Halle

By popular demand, here is Halle being surprised as we arrive to Disneyland in September.

Eli Turned 1! and Happy Halloween!

Eli turned one on October 26. He is so adorable, I just love him so much. We had a party at my parent's house the Sunday before his birthday. We celebrated my dad's birthday, along with my nephew Hayden's birthday. My mom has all of those pictures. I just have these few of his scrunchy face on the trampoline.

On his birthday I made strawberry cake from scratch - YUM except this time it was dry and not as YUM as the first time. Oh well. Eli didn't care. I've said this before, don't covet my decorating skills. I made one for Halle to celebrate one year of being an awesome big sister. She ate the ENTIRE thing, which is about the size of my hand.

We got him this elephant ball popper. The video is ADORABLE. He just stood there loudly saying "OOOH! OOOOOH!" I felt like such a good mommy for picking such a good gift. If you have a baby this age, I really recommend it. He went between OOHing at it and concentrating (tongue out) on watching the balls and pushing the button. Halle did this when she was a baby too.

Grandpa Jess obviously enjoyed the party.

For Halloween Halle was Mulan. Eli was a pumpkin; a cute one that I didn't take any pictures of. I'm horrible, but I'm sure he'll be a pumpkin again next year since we can't pass down Halle's ladybug costume.

Eli tried every piece of candy when Halle got home from trick or treating.

Reese's PB Cup

Tootsie Roll Pop

Crunch Bar

Pixie Stick

A few weeks ago Jared's great-aunt Lucille passed away. Family came into town to visit and we enjoyed watching a football game with them at our house.

Great Grandpa (aka Grandpa Great says Halle), who is father of Joan Hurtado, who is mother of Jared Hurtado, who is father of Halle and Eli Hurtado.

Aunt Janene, Joan's sister

Uncle Kenny, Joan's brother

Favorite Photo EVER

Joan recently gave me her SD card from her camera. With 700 pictures on it. Dating back to the beginning of March. There are some really cute pictures, so I might be re-blogging about some events so I can get those pictures up here.