Gymnastics

This summer, Salvador and Mommy took a gymnastics class. Sal warmed up to it by the end and even Mommy learned a few lessons in patience! Daddy was on vacation for our last class and got to come see Sal at his best!

Sal found his nitch with the balance beam!

The last class was balloon day - Sal thought it was great fun!

Below is a fun video of Sal hiding during "free time" his favorite part of each class!

Two Year Portraits

As usual, Sal took some great photos to mark his second birthday!

Salvador Turns Two!

Our super sweet little baby turned two on August 7th - ok, so he's not a baby anymore! He's grown into such special little boy and we couldn't be more proud! Here are a few highlights from Salapolluza 2!

Our birthday boy with his new train!Birthday lunch at Fritz's - Sal LOVES trains!Sal and his new train table/toy box from Aunt Mare and Uncle Paul.Cousin Ashleigh brought her boyfriend Jordan to Kansas City for the weekend to celebrate with us!Cutie pie SalvadorIce Cream Cake from DQ with Thomas of course!Happy Family!Uncle Paul, Salvador and Aunt Mare Mare! Great gift!Uncle Paul was a willing accomplice when it came to finding presents to open!A new table and chairs from Grandpa & Grandma! We celebrated with friends and family at Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead on Saturday morning. It was hot but a lot of fun! We were so grateful to all of our friends that came out to brave the heat and celebrate with us!A great sign made with love by Aunt Mare Mare!

Happy Birthday to Sal! The wind blew the candles out but I'm sure his wish still counted!

Birthday Boy!

Mommy and her tired baby boy - ready for nap soon!

Salvador and his godmothers - Jeanine and Mary.

Salvador with his godparents - Uncle Paul and Aunt Mare Mare!

Childhood friends - Herley and Javier and their boys - Rosa and Clara are smiling down from heaven you guys!

Aunt Ronnie and Uncle Jeff

Our dear friends, Dane, Rebecca and Sarah!

Becca, Sarah, Marcia & Sal - Sarah was Salvador's very first friend!

Sarah modeling a fun animal hat!

Jeanine, Marissa and Jamie!

Aunt Angie and Sal! Chris, Angela and Kaylee!

Mommy's oldest friend Kelly, Elliott and Shaun

Iris

It took Sal a few days to open all of his great gifts! Here he is enjoying the cool lego train from Aunt Angie!

A new Cousin for Sal

We made a trip to Richland, Missouri (near Ft. Leonard Wood) to meet Sal's new cousin Vivian Lynn. Sal loved seeing cousin George and playing with all of his cool toys!

Sal thinks Baby Vivian is great - he makes crying sounds when you ask him about babies...Aunt Mary taught him that!

We found a way to photograph George and Sal together - the learning tower or the bathtub!

Uncle Herley with Vivian - we cannot remember Sal being so small! It goes by too fast!

The Rest of July

Here are some fun things from July, and our final weeks of being one!

We enjoyed family dinner at M&S Grill to celebrate Grandma & Grandpa's 40th Anniversary! A lazy weekend morning, Sal and Mommy laying on the floor reading.
Sal is in deep thought after riding the carousel at the Mall, he always thinks he wants to ride it until we get on and moving. When will Mommy learn?

Sal and Daddy playing at the Mall while Mommy shopped.

Sal in the tunnel at Deanna Rose Farmstead - a random Thursday morning trip.

Sal doesn't always play in the grass, he's a driveway and patio guy so here's are rare shot playing with Daddy in the grass.

Playdate with the Starr's

We went back to Antioch Park over the weekend with some of our favorite friends, the Starr's. It was a hot morning but so nice to spend time with the twins!

The Starr Family - Kristen has Nora and Mark has Iris
Look at Nora go - and her and Mommy's pink shoes, love them!
Sal is looking a little too grown up for his Mommy's taste here!

Look Daddy!

Mark, Iris, Sal and Daddy crossing the bridge instead of the stepping stones this time!