Fun with Photobooth

Ruby is really into the Photobooth program on the computer. I have to admit, it cracks me up too.

Happy Birthday, Sunshine!

Happy Second Birthday, Ruby Albina! You have brought so much sunshine into our lives and we love you more than words can describe. We hope you have a fabulous special day and a fantastic year as a big two year old!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Gigi and Baba came to Austin to celebrate Thanksgiving, and we devoured a feast of turkey, dressing, sweet potatoes, cranberry relish, onion salad, and asparagus.  Ruby saw the awesome spread ... and immediately and repeatedly requested a waffle, which we provided.  She later came around and enjoyed some of the deliciousness that is Thanksgiving dinner. 

The Urbans joined us later for dessert and drinks and a football game that, well, sucked.  Dessert was vanilla ice cream, the-best-ever pecan pie by Emilia, homemade peppermint marshmallows, chocolate bread pudding, and pumpkin roll (all by MC).  Homemade hot chocolate with schnapps and a steady flow of bourbon at least made the game less painful. 

I hope everyone was able to spend their day with someone they loved, as having friends and family that I love dearly makes up the bulk of that for which I am thankful. 

Ten on Tuesday

This week, I decided to post ten cute things that Ruby has said recently.

1. I was very red when I was born. I was crying. I feel better now.

2. I dance like Aunt Lo. (proceeds to shake her arms and bottom very quickly while going up and down)

3. Listing the friends at her birthday party: Odidia, Hemick, Jack, Toppy, pita chips, Amery, Desmond.

4. My dad is very handsome.

5. (pulling up her dress for a friend's dog) Hello little dog. Look at my baginey.

6. We are spooning. I am the tiny spoon. You are the big spoon.

7. I need a massage. Get the table. (hands me her lotion)

8. I have patience. (HA!)

9. EAT MY HINEY! (running around the house naked, trying to get us to tickle her.)

10. Let's drive to San Diego!

Birthday Fun!

Ruby's birthday party was over a week ago, but I'm just now getting around to posting the pictures from the party.  We had a fabulous time at her backyard cowgirl celebration! Ruby and her friends dressed in their western best for a rootin', tootin' good time! We spent the afternoon jumping on the trampoline, playing on the bales of hay, and eating yummy cobbler and ice cream. Ruby loved having all of her friends and family (minus a few special people) in one place. Some highlights from her special day:

 

 

As always, there are a ton of shots that I wish we had gotten.  There are no pictures with any of the grandparents or honorary grandmothers who came from out of town, there are no pictures of Ruby's fabulous outfit from head to toe (including my twenty-nine year old cowboy boots), no pictures of all the favors set out on the table.  There are some awesomely bad group pictures that I tried to take that we'll post later this week.

Flashback Friday

If we HAD done Christmas cards last year, this picture would have been a definite finalist. Gotta love a family in coordinating denim!

Christmas Cards

We decided not to do holiday cards in 2009 in order to save a little bit of money. I really missed doing them and wanted to find a way to send one out this year. They're such a great way to share a cute picture with family and friends. And we have no shortage of cute pictures of Ruby this year, thanks to David's awesome camera and my talented photographer friends.

This year, I was excited to see that Shutterfly was offering 50 free holiday cards for bloggers who posted about the awesome shutterfly card options. A win, win for everyone. Now I just have to decide which card to send.
Some of my favorites:

Sending Holiday Cheer

Oh Holy Night (D's favorite Christmas song)

Merry

Holly Jolly Christmas

There are about fifty other ones that I also love, but I figured I would just choose a few to share. I'm sure the final decision will be made by David, as he makes all "artistic" decisions in our household. He has an eye for these things, you know :)