Halloween Fun

This weekend Isabella celebrated her first Halloween. I think Mommy and Daddy had more fun dressing her up and taking pictures... but I am pretty sure she is used to us oohing and ahhing by now.

We started the halloween weekend off by picking up her cousin Andrew, Manuel's 7 year old nephew on Friday. He spent the day with Manuel and Isabella playing all afternoon. When I came home from work, we got Bella dressed up and took her to the mall for her Halloween pictures. She actually smiled for the photographer... so of course... being the sucker first time mommy... we bought every pose. haha

Saturday came around and Manuel, Andrew, Bella and I started the day off early and headed to the 'Natural Museum of History' in Los Angeles, across the street from USC campus. We walked around the entire museum. We stayed for the dinosaur exhibit. It was soooo cool. A giant dinosaur walked around one wing of the museum. I think Manuel enjoyed it the most. haha. It looked, walked and moved so life like... it was kind of scary. Of course our little trooper Isabella was not scared. In fact she was clapping haha.

When we got home, we carved pumpkins, and decorated the front yard with halloween decorations. Later, we all got ready to go trick-or-treating. I had forgotten how much fun it was to go out dressed up and ask for candy! Manuel dressed up like the Joker, I did his make-up. Andrew dressed up like Batman and Bella was a leopard/cat and I was a pirate. We went around the neighborhood. It was fun seeing the differents costumes. I think my favorite were the little girls dressed as cowgirls. They looked sooo cute! :) Everybody kept complimenting how cute our little one was. Being proud parents, we LOVED it! haha Bella was sleepy towards the end of the night, but she did really well. She loved looking at all of the kids...

All in all... we had a great weekend.

Isabella's Baptism

We have been so busy with getting things together for Bella's baptism on October 17th and her big 1st birthday bash which will be held November 21st and running around after my little one in between... Silly me deciding to do 2 celebrations in a little over a month! What was I thinking? haha anyways... thus, why I have been neglecting our blog, but here I am...

So on October 17th, 2009 we celebrated Isabella's baptism. It was held at St. Helen's Church in South Gate. St. Helen's is a gorgeous cathedral-like church. Father Ward was the presiding preist. He was very welcoming and extremely nice. We felt so comfortable there, even though we do not attending the parish.

Our closest family members were there and shared Bella's special day. The father said a beautiful speech and some prayers and later put some anoiting oil on her head and chest... It smelled beautiful, it was a soft lavender scent... Bella's hair smell good for several days after, even after her baths.

Then we said some more prayers and both the ourselves and Bella's Godparents (my sister and brother-in-law) stood up and walked to the vessel holding the holy water. They blessed Isabella three times with the Holy water. She did so well! She tried to get up once to see what was going on... but no tears! I am so proud of her! :)

After the ceremony, we gathered at my dad's work in his meeting hall and had a small dinner and cake and opened presents. All in all... It was such a beautiful day!!

Now... its all about planning for her birthday party!!! ;)