Nikolas' Birthday Party

We had a birthday party for Nikolas with family and friends a few days after Nikolas' birthday. Our friend Manuel made pork tacos (super yummy). Dillon played "Happy Birthday" on his guitar. With a little influence from his Papi, Nikolas picked out a Sponge Bob cake. This last year we have been to a TON of birthday parties, mostly for the kids in our branch, but it seems that everyone always has a pinata. Nikolas has become a pinata fanatic. Whenever I would tell him we were going to a birthday party he would say, "pam, pam...candies" (referring to the pinata). He never dares hit them, but he loves when everyone else does and he LOVES getting candy. At first he would run and grab one or two pieces (whatever he could fit in his two little hands). But over time he has learned to grab "muchos candies" and shove them in his bag and run for more. Anyway, Cristian made Niko a really cool Sponge Bob pinata! He really did a good job! (see pics below) Niko still didn't dare hit it, but he enjoyed watching everyone, even his aunts, take a swing at it and especially loved filling his bag with candy, with a lot of help from Uncle Nate!
Tuvimos un cumpleanos para Nikolas con unos amigos y mi familia algunos dias despues de su cumple. Nuestro amigo, Manuel hizo unos tacos de chancho bien ricos! Y Dillon toco "Feliz cumpleanos" con su guitarra. Con un poco de influencia de su Papi, Niko eligio una torta de Sponge Bob. Ultimamente hemos ido a un monton de fiestas de cumpleanos de nenes de nuestra rama. Pero siempre en cada una hay una pinata. Niko se hizo fanatico de las pinatas! Cada vez que le decia que ibamos a una fiesta de cumpleanos siempre decia "pam, pam...candies" (refiriendose a las pinatas). No le gusta pegarlas, pero le gusta ver como todos los otros la pegan y correr a traer caramelos! Al principio corria y traeia lo que le entraba en las dos manitos. Pero despues aprendio a agarrar "muchos candies," ponerlos en su bolsa y correr por mas. Cristian le hizo una pinata muy buena de Sponge Bob! Le salio de 10! Niko todavia no se animaba pegarla, pero le gusto verlos a todos los otros, aun sus tias, tratar de pegarla y le encanto llenar su bolsa de caramelos, con mucha ayuda del tio Nate!

Nikolas' Birthday

So much for catching up! I just keep getting farther behind.
Nikolas turned 2 on January 5th. I can't believe how big he is getting! He is talking a lot and his little personality is really starting to shine through! He is every day more mischievous and curious, and is loving testing limits. Here a few pictures from his birthday! That morning we went Macey's which may sound boring to most of you but Niko loves Macey's. I'm sure it is due to the Smarties they give him each time we go. He got to pick out a balloon for his birthday and frosting for his cake. We made Milanesas for lunch (one of his favorite things, I think). It snowed the day before and had been lightly snowing that day, so after lunch Nikolas and Papi played out in the snow for almost 2 hours! They were both frozen, but had so much fun! Grandma Brenda came over and we had cake and opened presents. I think I was more excited about his presents than he was. Grandma gave him a new outfit for church. Hooray! His pants were floods and his belly was always hanging out of his shirt, not to mention that he wore his tennies to church. Grandma gave him a cute pop up book too! Books are his passion! We gave him a pretend food that comes with a knife to cut it. The knife definitely is his favorite part. He also got some Spiderman slippers that he fell in love with at the store a few days earlier. Funny kid, he doesn't even know who Spiderman is.

Later that night when Papi left for school, we went and rode "the moto" at the mall and played on the toys there. I think he had a fun day!

Bueno, cada vez estoy mas y mas atrasada en este blog.

Nikolas cumplio los dos anos el 5 de Enero! No puedo creer que grande esta! Esta hablando mucho y su personalidad esta desorrollando mucho. Cada dia esta mas curioso y travieso y le gusta probar sus limites! Abajo son algunas fotos de su cumpleanos. Esa manana fuimos al supermercado que parece aburrido pero a le encanta. Estoy segura que es por que le da un caramelo cada vez que vamos. El eligio un globo para su cumple y chocolate para su torta! Hicimos milanesas para almuerzo (una de sus comidas preferidas, creo). El dia anterior nevo mucho, asi que despues del almuerzo Niko y Papi salieron afuera a jugar en la nieve por casi 2 horas. Estaban los dos congelados pero se divertieron un monton! Vino la abuela Brenda y abrimos algunos regalitos y comimos torta! La abuela le regalo una ropa nueva para la capilla, ya que lo que tenia era muy chiquito y iba con zapatillas por que no tenia zapatos para la iglesia. Le dimos tambien un juego de comida de mentira que se puede cortar con un cuchillo (tambien de juguete) y unas pantuflas de Spiderman. La abuela le regalo un libro tambien. Los libros son definitivamente su pasion!

Despues, Papi se tuvo que ir asi que fuimos los dos (Niko y yo) al shopping a jugar en los juguetes que tienen ahi para chicos. Uno es una moto y le encanta! Creo que disfruto su dia especial!

New Year's

We had a big New Year's Eve party with a bunch of friends from the branch! I didn't get many pictures, but we had a good time, and the 4 dozen empanadas I made were gone in about 30 seconds.
Tuvimos una fiesta grande con muchos amigos de nuestra rama! No sacamos muchas fotos, pero nos divertimos mucho. Hice 4 docenas de empanadas y se volaron en 30 segundos!

Cristian dancing with Nikolas and Jonah! Cristian bailando con Nikolas y Johan!

Boy or Girl?

On December 30th, we went in for baby's ultrasound. When we first found out I was pregnant, I wanted to have the baby's sex be a surprise until he/she was born, but I got to anxious and decided I couldn't wait. . .We are having a BOY! Yes, Nikolas will have a little brother! We are really excited! The ultrasound lady said everything looks good and healthy. He had no problem showing us that he is a boy, but didn't want to show his face! Little stinker!
El 30 de Diciembre tuvimos la ecografia del bebe. Cuando nos enteramos que estaba embarazada, queria esperar hasta que naciera el bebe para saber si era varon o nena, pero decidi que no podia esperar. Vamos a tener un VARON! Si, Nikolas va a tener un hermanito! Estamos bien contentos y animados! Dijo la doctora que todo se ve bien y que se ve sanito. El bebe no tenia problema en mostrarnos que es varon, pero no queria mostrar la cara! Que tipo!

Although it's hard to tell, that arrow is pointing to his boy parts, according to the ultrasound lady. Aun que no se ve bien, esa flechita indica que es varon, segun la senora que hizo la ecografia.

Here is his back, shoulder, and back of his head. Aca se ve la espalda, un hombro, y atras de su cabezita.

Day trip to SLC

So, a couple days after Christmas we headed down to SLC to go see Body Worlds and the Christmas lights on Temple Square. Nate, being the ever so nice brother that he is, opted to forego Body Worlds and "spend time" with Nikolas, AKA babysit. So, while they visited the Capital Building, Energy Solutions Arena, and the SL Library, Mom, Dad, Melissa, Kelsey, Dillon, Julienne, Cristian, and I looked at disected bodies at Body Worlds. It was pretty neat, but I kept getting sick and had to sit frequently. Our bodies truly are amazing!

Unos dias despues de Navidad fuimos a Salt Lake a ver Body Worlds y las luces en el templo del Lago Salado. Mi hermano Nate, se quedo con Nikolas y ellos dos fueron a visitar algunos lugares en Salt Lake y mi mama. papa, Melissa, Kelsey, Dillon, Julienne, Cristian, y yo fuimos a ver los cuerpos disecados. Fue muy interesante! Es impresionante el cuerpo humano!

Nikolas at the Capital. Nikolas en frente de la municipalidad.

The great Stockton and Malone! Nikolas was scared of them and would't stand by them for the picture. Ellos son los famosos Stockton y Malone del equipo de basket de los Utah Jazz. Nikolas les tenia miedo y no queria pararse ahi.



You can't take pictures inside, but here a few pictures I found online. No se puede sacar fotos adentro, pero aqui hay algunas que encontre en internet que vimos ahi.

Temple Square! Dillon, Melissa, Kelsey, Nate, Julienne, Dad, Me, and Cristian and Niko in the front. Mom was taking the picture.

Catching up

I've got lots of catching up to do! I guess I'll start from oldest to newest. Cristian turned 29 on December 21st. Nikolas and I made him a Jello cake, since he doesn't really like cake, but he loves Jello. We had birthday dinner at my parents house. A couple days before his actual birthday we made noquis (his favorite food). Hopefully, he had a good day and enjoyed his last birthday as a twenty-something!
Tengo mucho que escribir. Han pasado muchas cosas en el ultimo mes. Voy a empezar de los mas viejo hasta lo mas nuevo. Cristian cumplio 29 anos el 21 de Diciembre. Nikolas y yo le hicimos una torta de gelatina, ya que no le gusta mucho la torta y le encanta la gelatina. Tuvimos la cena en la casa de mis papas y un par de dias antes hicimos noquis (su comida preferida). Ojala que la paso bien y disfruto de su ultimo "viente y algo anos"!

Christmas came and went really fast! We had a lot of fun with Nikolas this year. For months Nikolas has told us that he wanted a guitar. He wants to play like Uncle Dillon. So, we told him to ask Santa for a guitar for Christmas. From there on out, every time someone mentioned either a guitar or Santa, he would say, "Santa guitar." We visited Santa 4 or 5 times and every time he told him that he wanted a guitar. Luckily, Christmas morning Santa brought exactly what he had asked for!

La Navidad vino y se fue muy rapido! Nos divertimos un monton con Nikolas este ano. Por meses Niko nos decia que queria una guitarra. Quiere tocar como el tio Dillon. Asi que, le dijimos que pidiera a Papa Noel que le regale una para navidad. Despues, cada vez que alguien mencionaba una guitarra o papa noel, el decia, "Santa guitarra." Visitamos a papa noel 4 o 5 veces y todas las veces Nikolas le decia que queria una guitarra. Por suerte Papa Noel le trajo exactamente lo que queria!

Santa's visit at Grandma Bonnie's annual Christmas Eve Christmas party.

La visita de Papa Noel en la fiesta Navidena de mi abuela.

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve Argentine Style! After Grandma Bonnie's party we went to Gaston and Andrea's house for more food and a midnight celebration!

Navidad con nuestros amigos de Argentina! Despues de la fiesta en la casa de mi abuela, fuimos a la casa de Gaston y Andrea para seguir la festejando! Feliz Navidad!

Nikolas loved opening his presents! He was really careful and didn't want to throw any paper on the floor. He would pull off a piece and then hand it to me and say, "here mommy." Funny kid!

A Nikolas le encanto abrir sus regalos! Los abria con mucho cuidado y ni queria para nada tirar papel en el piso. Sacaba un pedazo de papel, me lo traia y decia, "toma mami." Que chico!

Here's a video especially for Abuela Mari, playing his guitar. Aca hay un video especialmente para la Abuela Mari, Nikolas tocando su guitarra.

Not only did he open his presents but he helped EVERYBODY else open their presents too!

No solo abrio Nikolas los regalos de el, pero ayudo a TODOS abrir sus regalos tambien!

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Nikolas would much rather take his toys apart than play with them. He latest obsession is with batteries. He loves "pee-as" (pilas is batteries in spanish). He finds which toys have batteries and brings them to Cristian and I and wants us to help him get the batteries out. Whoever invented the screw on lids for toys with batteries must have had a little guy like ours. We repeatedly tell him that if we take the batteries out, the toy will not work anymore. Do you think he cares? So now he takes it upon himself to get a screw driver and get the batteries out himself.

A Nikolas le gusta mas desarmar sus juguetes que jugar con ellos. Su ultima obsesion son las pilas (las pias). El encuentra los juguetes que sabe que llevan baterias y las trae a Cristian o a mi para que las saquemos. El que invento las tapas donde van las baterias con tornillos, seguramente tenia un hijo como el nuestro. Nosotros le decimos todo el tiempo que si sacamos las baterias el juguete no va a andar mas...pensan que a el le importa? Entonces ahora el busca un destornillador y trata de sacarlas el mismo.

Caught in the act! This piano is one of the few toys he has that doesn't have the screw on lid. Notice he still has a screw driver in hand.

Agarrado con las manos en la masa. ese piano es uno de los pocos juguetes que no tiene tornillos en la tapa de las pilas y fijense que todavia tiene un destornillador en la mano.

He takes them out, then puts them back in!

El las saca y las vuelve a poner!

"Papi, help."
"Papi, ayudame"