Alecia Dawn Photography

We took family pics over Thanksgiving weekend with this amazing photographer, Alecia. It was freezing cold out & Lyla was crying 1/2 the time but Donny was a good sport & I love the way she captured our family! Can you believe she has never taken a photography class?
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Isn't this photographer amazing?!! www.aleciasphotography.blogspot.com/

Blessing Day

Marlon blessed Lyla last Sunday & for once, my whole family was together! Lyla was an angel during the blessing and a friend was kind enough to write it down for us!
The Fabulous Arellano/Avalos Family

5 YEARS!

Marlon & I enjoyed our 5 Year Anniversary on Nov. 27th! We celebrated it a week early with dinner & then the movie New Moon! Marlon was a good sport about the movie & I even got him to listen to the audiobook of Eclipse on our trip to Utah. Now that's love! I found myself amazing man who loves me & inspires me to be so much better than I am through his example. What a blessing it has been to build a beautiful Eternal family with the man I LOVE! There is no one like my Honey :)

Thanksgiving in Sandy

We spent Thanksgiving in Sandy. Most of my family was able to meet up at my Aunt Suzanne's home there & enjoy an amazing Thanksgiving dinner complete with her famous dinner rolls! Donny was super excited to get to see 2 of his aunts who have been living in Utah since September & they finally got to meet little Lyla. Our trip was way too short so we were only able to spend 30 min with my best friend and an evening with Marlon's sister & her family.
Can you tell she loves being a grandma?!

A visit to Utah is never complete without spending time with the Martins! They were kind enough to let us stay there the drive up & back to make the roadtrip bearable. This is a pic of Donny with their little man, Miles! Donny was so excited to finally get to his house!

Catch Up

Lyla @ 2wks

I've got to do a bit of catching up now. I've been too busy to blog & it's not because I've been taking a million pics either. Poor Lyla has suffered from the same deprivation that many a second child has before her...there are not nearly as many pics of her as there were of Donny when he was a baby. I swore to myself that I wouldn't be like those other parents who somehow neglected to capture every nanosecond of their second child's life like they did with the first, but alas, I have fallen into the same pit! I now recommit myself to do better!

Lyla @ 4 wks

Donny must have taken pointers from his buddy Apollo because he really is the sweetest big brother! He loves to get down on the floor with her, get real close to her face & just watch her & smile. I can count on him to run over & give her a pacifier if she's crying & he likes helping me give her a bath, burp her, & sing to her. I always tell him that Lyla is so lucky!