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!