Eli's Birthday / December 10 2009

These photos were taken in December of last year. Eli received nice and useful gifts and she was very happy opening and playing with all of them.

On her birthday we had to travel to upstate NY to say goodbye to a wonderful friend who passed away so when we arrived at uncles Tim and Beth's house, they had dinner ready for us and grandma Joyce had a nice cake she had made to celebrate Eli's 3rd Birthday.

Here she is opening birthday cards and playing with Dora's stickers she received

Looking at her friend Lauren's pic. She then put the pictures in an album

Here she is opening grandma's Joyce present. A box filled with all sort of articles to do manual work...even on the walls

A present from Mom and Dad

Aqui esta Eli jugando con los regalos que recibio el dia de su cumple.

Papa le esta ayudando a armar la casa de munecas que recibio como regalo de parte de Kevin, su amigo de un a-ito de edad.

And here she is exploring the doll house

Mama no puede creer que ya tengas 3 a-itos

Before leaving for upstate NY on a snowy day

El mismo dia de su cumpleanos, antes de salir para upstate NY

Con la almohada de perro que sus abuelitos Jaime y Herminia le regalaron ese dia

Mi nina linda...

That night at Tim and Beth's

Que cena tan rica nos tenian los tios

Y aqui esta la torta de cumpleanos que abuelita Joyce tenia lista para celebrar

Nice birthday cake that Grandma Joyce had for Eli. Notice the pretzel decoration

Are you ready girl?

Buen trabajo! Apagaste todas las velas

Next day and Joyce's house

Some reading time

Eli y abuelita

Once we went back home, there were some more presents waiting for her to open

Presents from her beautiful friends Lauren and Ava

So much behind. Pics from November 2009

Hello everybody,

Eli and I are in Venezuela. We came to celebrate with the family my grandma's 100th birthday and my godchild's wedding! Both celebrations were so beautiful and meaninful to me. Greg came for the wedding and went back home.

I hadn't had a chance to publish these pics from the middle of November of last year and I want to catch up as much as I can so here you go. These pics were taken both at home and during a trip to New York City to visit some relatives that were visiting from London.

Eli is doing great. Well, except for a stomach issue that she is having. The same lactose intolerance problem she's been suffering for a while. She was doing much better before we came to Caracas but she is now back into not having such a great time when eating something that contains lactose. But for the rest, Eli is having a great time with the family while I've been working hard on my new travel agency business and hope that my efforts will pay off in the near future...we'll see.
Love,
Clarena

Eli at home finger painting

Pretty hands :)





Helping mom in the kitchen

Mixing some carrot and beet salad

Eli is so helpful and very good at following instructions

Ayudando a mama a mezclar su ensalada favorita: ensalada de zanahoria y remolacha

My baby...

Greg bought this shirt for her in Montana last year and it was very big for her back then

Nice hair

Eli really loved these sandals when she saw them at the store in November and decided to bring them to NY City with her. But of course sshe was only able to wear them inside the apartment

On the way back home from New York by bus

Near the Radio City Music Hall with Tias Flor and Herlinda

Luce como una muchacha ya grande con esos jeans

Mirando una guia de la ciudad de NY

Back at home

Wearing her winter boots

Con sus botas de invierno

Fotos tomadas en Noviembre del 2009