God Bless Our Little Lamb...

Our child of God....


Waving to the crowd.


We are so proud of you Michael! God bless you and our little family!!!


Michael is so lucky to have two sets of God Parents! Here we are with my sisters Kimberly and Stephanie, and my brothers-in-law Gary and Sonny (left to right).


Here is baby Michael with his Grandpa Michael and Grandma Deanne (Nana)



After months of trying to pull things together, I finally organized our son's baptism. I should have done it a long time ago, but their always seemed to be something else going on! Finally, on April 18 we presented Michael to the Church. I have always dreamed of this day. I had a vision of how it should be and I did everything in my power to see it through! With a lot of love and amazing family, Michael was baptized at Mission San Diego de Alcala. Everyone was so supportive and filled his day with blessings! He did an amazing job staying calm and happy through a VERY LONG ceremony. He waved at friends in the crowd and removed his shoes multiple times! We could not have done it without his God Parents (my sisters and brothers-in-law, Sonny and Steph & Kim and Gary) and all of Michael's grandparents! It was a beautiful, blessed day!

Is that Nana, or is that...?

We were enjoying our day at the park when we suddenly realized that one of our family members looked a bit suspicious....Is that Nana, or is that.....? Hmmmm, scary!

Happy Birthday Jonathan!

Michael's cousin Jonathan turned one! Here he is sitting with his mama at his birthday party. Happy Birthday Jonathan!

Baby Michael made the rounds with family at his cousin Jonathan's birthday picnic. Here he is with his Great Aunt Chris.

I love black and white....

With Papa...

There is something extra special about black and white photos...just a different emotion. I took the first pic of my two men and Michael took the second pic. This is before he started crawling, so it was easy to capture some precious pics.

Buddies...

As many of you know, baby Michael is one of many 2009 babies. I was so fortunate to be pregnant along with some of my dearest friends. So now the friendship has extended from mommies to babies! Right now (while we still have control) we are sure they are all pals! Here is baby Michael with Elyas. Clearly they are buddies for life. Elyas' mama, Pam, is my sister at heart. We are so pleased to have sons who will be growing up together! (By the way, Elyas is 3 months younger than Michael! Yes, our munchkin is....a munchkin....)

Double Fisted

Guess what? My son likes to eat!!

St. Patty's

Baby Michael's Tia Kim likes to send him adorable clothes! She has him outfitted for every holiday. Here he is sporting his St. Patrick's day T-shirt and green socks! (or as we call them "sockitoome's" Get it?) I have been waiting for a chance to use his green socks, and finally got a chance to sport them! Thank you papa for making this day extra exciting with a shoulder ride!



And to add the adorable pics, a white trash pic of my son holding a beer! Yes, that's right...we did it...we took a picture of our son holding a beer. I always said I would NEVER take these kinds of pics, but in light of the Irish holiday, we decided to display our good taste in brew. Come on people, it's not like he's holding a Coors!! It's Stone Porter...some of you might appreciate the difference....;)