Road trip!

6 months into being a family of 5 and we are finally attempting our first road trip.  We are heading over the mountain and through the woods (literally) to grandma and grandpa's (and Jet, of course) for Thanksgiving. We are all pretty excited about it for a few reason's.  First off, this will be Max's first ever road trip! Praying he does well on the 7 hour ride. Secondly, since Moises and I are nurses, we rarely get approved to take vacation time around the holidays,  making it very difficult to be with family for Christmas or Thanksgiving.  So this year we're feeling blessed and thankful for the time off and time with family.  We praise God for the opportunity and prayerfully we'll have a great vacation!  Can't wait!!

Jump Max, Jump!

Clearly the door jumper is his favorite play place.  If he keeps this up, perhaps he'll start burning off some of those baby rolls!  And if he doesn't, that's okay, cause we LOVE this kid and his rolls!

Sunglasses

He asked if he could wear his sunglasses.   Considering all the sun we get here in the Pacific Northwest,  I think these are quite suitable.  :)

December 2013

(**This is a post I started almost a year ago and neglected to publish.  Look how little they were!**)

December is ALWAYS a busy month... for everyone!  I have a lot of pictures to share with you so we'll just move right into those.  That's what this blog is all about anyways, right?! :)
Let's start with some photos we took before going to our Christmas morning church service.  Our church is pretty casual, so it's not very often the kids get all dressed up.  Christmas, however, is always one of those times.

December is not just about Christmas in our family - It's also about birthdays!!  Levi turned 3 this year.  Did you catch that?  THREE.  Levi is THREE years old now! Whoa, time is fah-ly-ing by!!  Both kids were sick the week of his birthday so we didn't have a party this year, but rather just a small celebration with the 4 of us.  Levi had tons of fun!  Opening presents was obviously his favorite part.  He didn't really care what the present was, he was just excited to open something.

My helper

Lexi has started becoming quite the little helper. My favorite is when she helps unload the dishwasher because, believe it or not,  she is ACTUALLY helping!
The other day I forgot she had unloaded the silverware until I opened the draw to get out a fork. You can see in the picture what I found. It totally warmed my heart and made me smile. Yes, it's a mess, but hey... they are all in the correct drawer! Her willingness and desire to help is something I pray she never loses. Love that girl!

First Dental Visit

Levi had his first dental appointment and did great! He was so polite and sweet to all the workers, and impressed the hygienist and dentist at how well he tolerated his cleaning.  He got to wear some super cool sunglasses, and was a great helper by holding the water sucker.
I was super proud of him. He has great teeth, and clearly has great manners as well. 😊  He scored a new Lightening McQueen toothbrush, and he good behavior also scored him a ninja turtle coloring book from the prize box. Nice!

Max's Newborn Photoshoot

Here he is! Max at 6 days old.  These are a few of our favorite pictures from Max's newborn photoshoot.  Thank you again, Dawn Kitley, for capturing such beautiful images of our littlest Gallegos!

The Fresh 48

Max Josiah Gallegos

Born May 6th, 2014. 9 lbs 2 oz

My wonderful friend Dawn Kitley (who just so happens to be a highly skilled photographer) came to visit us at the hospital after Max was born.  She took some stunning images of Max, Moises, and myself, just the 3 of us, while our little guy was still less than 24 hours old.  This style of photoshoot is known as the "fresh 48."
I can NOT believe it has taken me 6 months to share them!

Wow.  Hard to believe so much time has passed!  What a wonderful addition this little one has been to our family.