Albalate Atencio Kids Birthdays 2009!

Gabriel 2 yrs on June 11

Kian 7 yrs on June 18th

Sophia 9 yrs on May 22nd

Jacob 16 yrs on June 5th

Happy Birthday to our beautiful, smart, funny children! You make our lives an adventure every day!

More pics.....

Check out Gabe's new do!

Gabe LOVVVESSSS Jake!

Mom and gabe get new haircuts!

His new do!

His BEFORE pic!

Mom, lookin' like an Atencio

Well, as you can see, Gabe got his first haircut. It was less traumatizing then we thought it would be. He cried but not toooo much. Then Mom decided it was time to go back to her roots....literally. So my Stylist says this is my REAL hair color. Who knew? And I decided since I was going for a change I might as well go whole hog, so to speak. So I got a new do too!

Gabe looks like a new man.....no more severe bed head. No more "look at that cute little girl!" It was a bit sad to see it go but he looks like a little boy now. HE was more shocked with my hair than anything else.

Mommy and Daddy finally went out by themselves! Woohoo! Unfortunatly Daddy was tired from working and we had to call it an early night! But oh well, it was fun anyway!

The kids are all doing really well and looking forward to the end of school. Except for maybe Jake who is, as usual, trying to pull his grades up at the last minute. If he does not, he will be working full time this summer and will not be able to visit his cousins in Utah over the summer.

As you can see from our pic, we got stuck with our 19 inch TV for about 4 weeks because of Gabriel. He has this amazing throwing arm and he threw something at our flat screen and cracked the screen! We just got a new one but it cost a lot of money..... Gabriel!!!!

All of our birthdays are fast approaching and we are planning on going to Utah to visit after Aunt Katie's new baby makes his/her entrance into the world. We are REALLY excited for our new baby and just to see our family. We love you all!

Gabe has a bad hair day!

Juan won't let me cut Gabe's hair until he is two! So, we tried some gel today! YIKES! Check out that fro!Do I looke shocked???? I am! He has crazy hair!

Gabe suffers through a visit from Eli

Aunt Katie and Eli came to visit this last weekend. We had a great time seeing them and playing. It was a shocker for Gabe because he is used to people being gentle and sweet with him. He IS the baby of four and he gets pretty much whatever he wants. Eli was lots of fun and reminds me very much of Jake at that age. Gabe looks like he suffered through a UFC fight though. Everytime Eli and Katie would get in the car with us Gabe would look over and start crying! He kept hoping we were going to be leaving them somewhere else! It was good for him to have someone his own age to play with since he has never even been to daycare once! And he picked up on quite a few of Eli's vocab and such.... he know howls like a dog and then kicks our dogs! :( THANKS ELI! And happy 2nd birthday! We love you! (p.s. we tried to get a pic of Eli and gabe together but they were constantly in motion and the pics came out fuzzy!)

A New Year!

Happy New Year Everyone! Jake is working out a lot and so we HAD to post his big muscles! Sophie is trying to grow her hair out and she won't let me cut it. It is driving me crazy. Kian is big time into Star Wars right now. Although I am not sure where "Jingle Fat" fits into the story???? ;) Gabriel is truly an Atencio male. Don't let his Juan like features fool you. He acts like one of MY boys...grumpy, surly and demanding. We thought maybe we were going to get a sweet one this time. SUPRISE! He is just like the rest..... (sigh)

I am detremined to get as healthy as possible this year. I have my baby sister, katie, to look to for inspiration. She is so strong and healthy. So, I have been hitting the gym 4-5 times a week and working hard to eat right. I feel amazing. Like I told Juan though, I keep looking in the mirror and thinking "who is that?" because I feel like a skinny girl. But, I guess that is the real point right? I am dragging Juan along with me to the Gym when he is not working. It is really fun for us to work out together. Although I am not sure he understands why I don't want to work my arms and chest as much as my butt and legs! I am doing two miles a day on the treadmill. I know it is not like road running but I sweat the same anyway.

We are all happy and healthy. Juan and I just hit out 11th anniversary! It sure does not feel like that long ago that we got married. I think we are happier now then we have ever been. It is just fun to BE together. We love hanging out and going to coffee or people watching at the mall. We went to Juan's Christmas party in December and danced until my legs hurt. Juan is a GREAT salsa dancer. I try to keep up! We love you all so much and hope you all have a wonderful 2009!