The Nguyen Family

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Couch Potatoes

For Ellie's 2nd birthday, Nanas Nguyen and Wood bought her this adorable little couch. She loves to sit on it and watch TV, eat her snacks, read her books, and hang with Jules. Thanks Grandmas! Love you!

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Happy Birthday to Ellie!

We had Ellie's second birthday party on Saturday, January 16th at Going Bonkers. It is this way fun climbing playground constructed of interwoven seatbelt-type materials. We had pizza and a Finding Nemo ice cream cake (Ellie loves "fish") and are so grateful to everyone who came and shared the fabulous day with us. Here are a few photo highlights of the party:

Emma and Ellie

Sam and Ellie

Pizza!

Nemo ("mo-mo") cake

Blowing out the candles

Thanks for the doll, Emma!

Ellie + Shake 'N Go Cars = ♥

Juliette was wonderful and slept through the whole party.
Such a cute little bug.

We went to Brio that night for dinner. YUM!

Thanks Nana and Tata for coming to the party.

Eliza had her 2-year well check on her actual birthday, January 18. She weighed 24 pounds, 6 oz which is the 21st percentile and she measured 35 inches long which put her in the 80th percentile. I didn't believe that the nurse could have measured that right (Ellie was in the 15th percentile for height at 18 months), so the doctor measured her again...and sure enough...she is 35 inches tall. I couldn't believe she had grown that much in six months! Maybe she will have some Wood height in her after all. Ellie is getting better at speaking and repeating words everyday and is such a good helper with Juliette. She loves being a big sister. She also loves Nemo, Cars, Little Einsteins, blowing bubbles, and enjoys reading her books, taking baths, and singing and drumming with RockBand. She is a fabulous eater and is a very independent young lady. And, as an added bonus, she went pee-pee in the potty for the first time yesterday and went again today. We aren't trying really hard to train her, but it will certainly be nice when we have only one in diapers.

Our dearest Ellie,
We love you so much and are so glad to have your smiling face in our lives. You brighten our days (even when you are being a little pill) and we know we could never be the same without you. Thanks for being such a good helper to mommy and daddy and a great big sister to Jules.
We love you, Ells Bells.

♥ Mama and Dada

Friday, January 15, 2010

Two Months Old

Juliette is two months old. Time goes by so much faster when you are chasing around a toddler. She weighs 11 pounds, 4 ounces now which is the 63 percentile for weight and she's 23 inches long which is the 76th percentile for height. We might actually have an average-sized child this go around! (Ellie was so little she was barely on the charts.) Jules smiles all the time now and, to our delight, began sleeping through the night this week. She is such a joy in our lives and, as you can see, Eliza just LOVES her.

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

We went home to Utah for Christmas this year and had a wonderful time. Here are some highlights of our week in pictures.

The family before we blessed Juliette on Sunday the 20th

Cute cousins Addy and Ellie in their Christmas dresses

Daddy with Juliette on her blessing day

Grandpa Wood ("Papa") and Juliette

Mommy with her girls

Daddy and Jules watching football

Ellie's first In N Out burger. Yum!

Making gingerbread cookies

Ellie's first painted nails

The cousins in their matching PJs from Grandma Wood

Opening presents Christmas morning

Ellie got a Tag Junior from Nana and Papa

The family on Christmas morning

Mommy and Juliette

Around the phone talking to Aunt Nanny on her mission in Sweden

Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and wishing you a healthy and happy New Year!

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Lots of New Posts

Be sure to scroll down and see all of the new posts. I am playing serious catch-up of all things pre and post baby. Enjoy!

Thanksgiving 2009

What a wonderful first holiday as a new little family! We had a great time going down to Houston and visiting with Rich's family for Thanksgiving. Here are some highlights of the trip!