VA Birthday Videos

Happy Birthday Bruce!

Birthday Torture = Cake (everywhere), Balloons (which he loved), Party Hats (not so much)

Bruce's 1st Birthday in VA

Two weeks later we celebrated Bruce's birthday at our home in Virginia with our friends and family. Bruce's buddies Noah, Nate, and Owen were there with their mamas and dadas. Uncle Kevin, Aunt Rhonda, Lena, and Brett came down from Macungie, PA and Uncle Rich came to his second stop on Bruce's Birthday Tour. Our friends The Carroll's, The Ho's, and The King's all made it to the celebration too.

There were no bounce houses this time around, but fun was had by all :) We celebrated with red balloons and decorations, lunch from Jason's Deli, a yummy funfetti cake (made with love by Aunt Rhonda and Lena), and various forms of birthday torture. Bruce held up pretty well, despite a short nap and really got into his birthday cake this time. Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate with us!

Brett, Deanna and Bruce

Bruce's buddy Nate and his Dada

Bruce's after party
(a boy, his balloon and his bubble mower)

Adios Miami

It was such a great week getting to visit with our Guerra side of the family and celebrating Bruce's birthday together. But alas we did have to say goodbye. Bruce misses his Mima but calls her regularly so they can babble back and forth in their respective languages :)

Bruce and Pop Pop

Robb, Bruce, and Mima

Adios, Te Quiero!

Playtime with Bruce, Juliana, and Nicholas

While in South Florida, Bruce met up with his friends Juliana (Maria's daughter) and Nicholas (Nicole's son). Things have changed quite a bit in 8 months (link). It was a lot harder to corral the troops for a photo. Luckily I had the video camera with me so you can see them in full motion. It's so fun to see them all growing up and exploring the world.

Swinging with Luca

During our visit to Florida we got to spend some extra time with cousins David, Ana, and their son Luca. Luca and Bruce played on the swings in the backyard and got to swing really high!

Birthday Videos: And Fun!

Bruce bouncing on the trampoline with his cousins.




Bruce and friends in the bounce house (this one's a little slow going, recommended only for the true Bruce fan who can't get enough ;)





Mariachis (feauring Robb in a sombrero)

Birthday Videos: Food, Folks

Bruce's Birthday Party Continues

The next day (March 6, 2010) we celebrated Bruce's 1st Birthday at Deanna's Tia Carola's house in Miramar, FL. It was a really fun day surrounded by family and friends. Cousins David, Leo and Tio Lazaro got the roasted pig sliced up and we all ate our fill along with the yummy Cuban side dishes (black beans/rice, yuca, platanos maduros, cuban bread, salad, croquetas, and bocadillos). Waaay too much food, but oh so good. The kids had plenty of entertainment with 2 bounce houses and a trampoline (dear Lord!), a pinata that didn't fare too well, pin the nose on the clown, and of course the Mariachis! (The Mariachis were also a gift from Tio Lazaro for Robb, whose birthday was actually on the day of the party; he said he didn't mind sharing his day ;)

All in all, Bruce had a really fun day. A big THANK YOU to my godmother Carola, my Tio Lazaro and all my cousins who helped make the day extra special. It was so nice to see Bruce running around with his cousins. We love you guys!

Alex, Deanna, Bruce, Leo Jr, and Andrew
(Leo's boys and their cousin Andrew)
(Bruce's cake was made of 40 cupcakes in the shape of a 1)

Cousin Julia (Laura's daughter)

Guests: David Arch, Robb, Victoria (Leo's daughter), Deanna, Brucito, Leo Jr, Leo Sr (holding Nikolas, Heidi's son)

Bruce's great grandaunt Tete (Mima's sister), our oldest guest

Cousin Heidi with our friends Christine and Cameron Lloyd (our youngest guest!)

Deanna with upside-down Bruce and Heidi with upside down Nikolas

The Goof Troop: Sammy (cousins' cousin), Luca (David's son), Julia, Victoria, and Brucito

Bruce's 1st birthday videos

A few videos from Bruce's 1st birthday.

The Guerra's sing Happy Birthday to Bruce. Lots of munchkins in this one: Alex, Sammy, Deanna w/Bruce, Leo Jr, Victoria, Andrew, and Elyse. Towards the end Julia flies in with mom Laura and Nikolas flies in with Tia Andrea.





One hour after Birthday cake, SUGAR!!





Bruce officially turned 1 yr old at 10:19 PM. We stayed up and sang him is official Happy Birthday song. Hard to believe it has been a year. We love you Bruce!

Bruce's First 1st Birthday Party! Miami style

Nope that's not a typo in the title. Mr Bruce managed to somehow have four 1st Birthday parties between March 5th and May 31st. We call it the Bruce Birthday Tour: Miami (2 parties of course), Virginia, and Delaware fans came out to celebrate.

Here are some highlights from the first celebration:

Bruce's actual birthdate is March 5th. We celebrated at Mima's and Tio's house in Pembroke Pines, FL (Mima is Bruce's great-grandmother, Deanna's mom's mom). Lots of cousins came out to help us celebrate and Bruce's birthday cake was a yummy panatela (sponge cake) flan that was made by Deanna's grandaunt, Tete.

Deanna, Bruce, and Mima

Robb, Deanna, Bruce, and Pop Pop

Robb, Deanna and Bruce

Robb, Julia (Laura's daughter), Bruce, Deanna, and Laura (Deanna's cousin)

Deanna, Bruce, and the cake!

And we're back...

After too long a hiatus, we are going to try to resurrect the blog with more regular postings again. The first few will be us catching up, so bear with us, but we didn't want you to miss a single Bruce moment. Enjoy!