AnaBelle is 2!

The past month has been busy. We celebrated Ana's second birthday twice. We have been enjoying time with my parents who have been in town. We are enjoying the spring/summer weather. Life is good! Here are some pics of what we've been up to.

My 3 girls.

Ana's cute new outfit.

My nephew Justin getting his Eagle Scout. Good job!

Ana's birthday gift...a Dora trike!

Checking out the controls.

Vroom vroom!

Mom and me just before the celebration.

Me cooking Pinoy BBQ... Mmmmmmmm!

Cute baby Vanessa smiling for the camera.

Dad and me workin' the grill.

Ana opening gifts.

A bank.

More gifts.

Ana's new monkey.

A new book!

:)

Ana's birthday cake.

After blowing out the candles.

Admiring the cake.

Ana playing on her new trike.

Yummy food.

Cool 2 year old!

Princess Ana.

The visitors.

The visitors after more arrived.

Cool princess.

Royalty.

Ana showing off her new hat.

More pics of cute Vanessa.

Pictures

Vanessa May Steinmetz

Vanessa May Steinmetz was born last night, May 7, 2009 at 10:49PM! She weighed 6lbs. 6oz. We're so happy to have another little one! Here are some pics of the cutest little baby ever!

Labor was long and hard for Ritchell. She labored for 16 hours before having an epidural. After the epidural, she labored for another 3 hours before finally having a C-section. She is now resting and recovering in the hospital.

Updates

We have been a little busy over the past month...or just lazy about updating the blog. Here's what's been going on:

Ana still loves to get a hold of Mommy's cell phone and call people.

Mommy gave Ana her first haircut!

Ana is still Daddy's little girl!

We made a trip to temple square. It was Ritchell's mother's first time there. We also watched the Joseph Smith movie.

We went to iBuffet with friends to celebrate a birthday!

We went to Salem pond and let Ana run all around the park.

We went to the duck pond again at BYU and also to visit the Provo temple grounds.

Are we getting fatter?? :)

Ana will soon have a baby sister in May. We're excited to have the baby arrive.

Not much else has been going on. We have both been busy working and playing when we find the time. It has been nice to have some spring weather...although the past week has been snowy.

Life is still wonderful and we couldn't be more blessed! We have so much to be grateful for! The greatest blessing has been having AnaBelle and watching her learn and grow. We can't believe how fast she is growing and learning. She is doing really well talking now and can say just about anything after hearing it a few times.

Happy Birthday Ritchell!

This past Wednesday was Ritchell's birthday! We celebrated yesterday with a party at our house. We had a lot of good food and good company!

Filipina friends with Ritchell and her mother.

Ana with her cousins Sarah and Aubrey

Nanay with my sister Camille and her kids, Justin, Kayla, Andrew, Sarah, and Aubrey.

The birthday girl!

Eating and socializing.

Kalbo!

Look at all of that food! We even had a turkey!

It has been nice to have Ritchell's mother around to help out with AnaBelle and help around the house. She was really happy to meet everyone at the party and looks forward to spending more time with all of them.

The other day I updated my cell phone and ended up losing ALL of my contact numbers! We would love to get everyone's number back...if you are reading this, please email me and let me know your number so that I can put it back in my phone.

The other night a co-worker and I were invited to go to a Utah Jazz basketball game with a client of ours at work. They took us to the "100 club" for dinner before the game. It's a restaurant on the upper level of the Energy Solutions Arena, where the team plays. They had really good food there...all you can eat. During the game, we got to sit 15 rows behind the Jazz bench with all of the players' families. It was my first time to an NBA game. I enjoyed it.