Cousin Ryan turns ONE!!

We've had another busy couple of weeks here at the Vargas house. Yesterday we went to Cousin Ryan's first birthday party! It was a lot of fun and as you can tell by the first picture, Ryan definitely enjoyed his cake! By the time he was done, he looked like he was auditioning for the Blue Man Group or The Smurfs! :) I'm not sure how much of the cupcake he ate, but he definitely seemed to enjoy playing with it! The girls had a lot of fun playing with Maddie and Ryan and it was a nice get together.

In other news, Caitlin has tried her new bike she got for her birthday once but she seemed a little intimidated by it and opted instead to ride on her scooter. She seemed to have a lot of fun and started getting the hang of it pretty quick. You can see her dressed in all of her safety gear. I wish it wasn't so hot and we could take her out more. In the last picture you can see Caitlin's new dress up set she got. She insisted on walking down to get the mail all dressed up. It was so cute watching her with her crown, gloves, purse, necklace and plastic shoes. She held my hand the whole way and had a nice, albeit hot walk. I know it might sound silly but it stood out to me as quality time. :-)

Emma is doing pretty good. She had a stomach bug but that cleared up after a few days. She's talking so much now and has even started pointing at the family picture and naming each person in it. She also loves helping get Shiloh into his room saying "come on Shiloh" and will ask where sister is when she wakes up. At the party she came over and asked me to put her in the swing which she really enjoyed. It's funny because every night when she gets home she gets very excited to see me and wants me to come take her out of the car.

I am really amazed every time I think about the last 4 or so years and how much things have changed. 4 years ago, we were welcoming Caitlin into the world. Now, she has a sister and 2 more cousins! It's been an amazing 4 years!

4 years old!!

4 years old! Can you believe it??? I know I can't! I know I've said this a thousand times on this blog but I'm amazed every day watching the girls grow! I can't believe 4 years have already gone by. We've been busy as always here at the Vargas house. The biggest news is that on Friday Caitlin turned 4! We took the day off work and started the day with her 4 year checkup. She's doing great and passed her vision and hearing tests with flying colors. It was cute when she was doing the vision test, the eye chart was shapes and she went through listing them off (heart, star, apple, etc.) and when she got to the "+", she stopped for a minute and then said, "boo boo". :-) She's getting big and weighed in around 45 pounds and was 42 inches tall. The Doctor said her BMI is too high but I'm not sure I agree. Caitlin isn't fat so I'm not sure where she's getting that information from! We also had the Doctor look at her toe. A couple of days before, Caitlin dropped an iPad on her big toe. It looked pretty bad but we've been soaking her foot and it looks like it's doing better. Luckily there's been no infection. Caitlin also got 2 shots which she didn't enjoy at all. :-( For lunch, we took Caitlin to the school and had a party for her with her classmates. It was a lot of fun an she seemed to really enjoy it.

This weekend we had her birthday party here at the house and I think everyone had a great time. Caitlin was super excited and enjoyed all of her friends coming over and especially enjoyed opening presents and eating cake. She got a lot of nice gifts and even got a bike from Nana Bev and Grampa Bob! She insists that she doesn't need the training wheels but we're going to leave them on for a while. :-) Hopefully it'll cool down a bit and she'll be able to go riding soon!

In other news, the previous weekend we went to a birthday party for my friend's son Ethan who turned 7. The party was at Chuck-E-Cheese and both girls really enjoyed themselves. Emma especially liked some of the rides she went on and they both enjoyed playing the games. We also had some excitement with Emma one night.. She fell face first into one of the kitchen cabinets and busted her lip open pretty bad. Luckily we got he bleeding under control and she's doing fine now but both girls have given us scares over the last couple weeks.

Further back, on the 4th of July we took the girls to the pool. Caitlin had a blast swimming and was doing pretty good treading water. She didn't want her floaties on but she's not quite to the point where she can stay floating without them yet. She even held her breath and went under water all by herself which was cool. Emma didn't want anything to do with the water. The closest she came was sitting on the edge next to Toni and putting her feet in right before we left. Maybe next time!

I think that sums up the last couple of weeks. We've been keeping busy and having fun. The girls are growing so fast and it's amazing to watch them every day. Wednesday they get to go to the Dentist with us so that should be an adventure. :-) Hope everyone has a great week!