Happy New Year!

New Year's Eve and new year salubong in B.F.

First we had a hefty dinner of tacos, baked potatoes, siomai, lumpiang shanghai ribs and more! Everyone had their own food contributions :) Ours was the baked potatoes :) Then we killed time playing wii while Char, Santi and the kids were waiting to leave for QC where they spent the New Year's. I couldn't get the answers right in the Big Brain Academy game! Ang hirap kaya! Drago (the nerd) wouldn't give me my turn coz I kept on losing! haha.

papa and joey

maddie and julia playing with the poppers


happy...

new...


year!!!

The photo on the right was taken last year (julia was just 6 months old) and the photo on the left was taken this year (she is 18 months now)-- and she's wearing the exact same tinkerbell dress that my sister gave us! hehe. Sulit!!! :)

Gonzles Family Reunion

Pictures taken at our family reunion last December 30, 2008 in our hometown Tanauan, Batangas.

This year was especially special (and fun!) because of all the balikbayans from NY who spent the holidays with us.

Lolo Art and Julia

Me, my cousin Nina from NY, Kuya and Julia

My brother Bam with his 3 month old, Brandon

Papa and Joey

kiddos

The Holidays...so far :)

December 22:

My tita's wedding in Lipa where Julia and Mia were flower girls for the first time.
The two girls looked really cute together :)

Cousins and buddies! :)

kiss! :)

family picture :)


December 23
Girls' Xmas Dinner at Balducci, Serendra/ After dinner at Piedra, Fort Strip

my highschool barkada :)

December 24 and 25: Merry Christmas!

This is the best we can do for a family Christmas portrait. Notice drago's weird smile. It's because he had his wisdom teeth extracted and his cheeks are still swelling. Nice timing! With all the parties and get togethers and all the FOOD he's not allowed to eat :)



opening presents!


We spend Christmas evening in Bf where we had turkey and baked potatoes for dinner :) Tita Tess (Drago's tita from bacolod) and family spent Christmas with us :)

new slide

We bought this slide for Julia at a surplus store across the bakery in BF for only P600! :) Julia looooves slides so we didn't even think twice when we saw it. It was a good buy :)

It's a really small/short slide. Just the same height as her. After a few tries, she can already climb up and slide down all by herself :) But then again, it's a really small slide :)

18 months!

One month since my last post... Haha! :) I didn't even notice!

Here are some recent pictures of Julia :) She's 1 year and 6 months today :) She still has more of Drago in her than me. She's sweet, smart, goofy and such a hyperbunny. Well, the sweet part she probably got from me (hehe!). She's learning so much, so fast! She can name different objects and animals and say people's names. She just recently learned how to count from 1-10 and identify all the basic shapes. Thank God for flashcards, picture books and her Dora dvd! :)

more pictures to follow :)

Outdoors

The weather's been really nice lately so were always out by the pond (in front of the house) enjoying the sun and the fresh air with Julia :) First time I was able to use the picnic mat i got from SM :) Ang saya saya! One time we just hosed her down to give her a bath in her tiny inflatable pool :)

Morning sun! Still in her pajamas :)

Serious

with Papa

with Mama

Jollibee!

I love this outfit! Hand-me-down from Maddie :)

Just a few pictures...

I forgot i had a blog to update :) Aside from Julia's first trick or treat experience last halloween, nothing exciting is happening lately. But here are a few recent pictures of the little big girl...

ya like my boots? :)

french fries ("papays") addict

on her new safari table set :)

I'm a sucker for wooden stuff for kids (I got her all sorts of stuff--wooden toy chest, blocks, puzzles and other toys, even baby hangers! all of 'em made of wood and hand painted with really cute prints :)

Do not disturb (watching her Dora dvd)

Big girl in pajamas

lazy

I've been trying to upload Julia's new studio pics but i'm having problems with blogger cookies. She has one really cute pic on a wooden horse wearing a cowboy hat :) I framed the 2 8x10 pics and asked drago to hang them in the other room to add more life to it. It's such a dull room. I'm trying to convert it into a playroom/ julia's day room/ guest room all in one. I plan to buy collage picture frames and make a project out of my nieces and nephews' pictures.

Oh well, as usual i've been too lazy to do anything. After today's semi-sad news, i realized i have get back to work. Gym (i already wasted one month of my membership), job-hunting and a whole lot of cleaning up and organizing. My mom is arriving tomorrow so God knows this household will never be the same again =p My only consolation... ate's pasalubongs! Can't wait to rip open that luggage :) My sister sends the cutest baby stuff-- clothes, shoes, toys, books etc. as well clothes, shoes and goodies for my brothers and me.

Yey! :)