Forth of July in Utah

We decided to surprise Daniel's family in Utah and visit them for the 4th. It turned out to be a really great surprise! We had a wonderful time with family and everyone fell in love with Vivi!

Here are a bunch of the pictures we took!

Vivi did great for the drive. She slept most of the way.
This is basically how she looked the entire time!

Lamas! (Daniel had to stop to take the picture!)

A beautiful view!

This is the Jordan River Temple, where we were sealed!

Love this outfit!

We went to my sister-in-law's sister's home on Sunday to start celebrating the 4th of July a little early. The kids had a great time playing together. Then we set off and watched fireworks right in front of the house.

Zac and Ela (my nephew and niece)

Corben (my nephew) with Vivi

(She really does like him!)

Amanda (my sister-in-law) with Vivi. Every time I saw her, she'd say, "Okay, She's too cute.
I have to hold her now." :)

Vivi looking groovy

Smiles

Daniel took these pictures of Vivi!
She is starting to socialize more and is interacting so much!
We love her smiles and we'll do just about anything to get one! :)

Vivianni's Baby Blessing

Vivianni was blessed by her father on Saturday, July 9th at her Grandparent Cox's home. She had many aunts, uncles, and cousins there to celebrate this special occasion! All of her mother's siblings and in-laws were there!
That made for a very full house!

Before the blessing, we sang Love At Home, with Grandpa Cox conducting. Then Vovo Dago gave the opening prayer. After this her father blessed her and gave her a name (Vivianni Lopes) with many others participating (Grandpas: Cox and Lopes; Uncles: Jared, Brent, Phil, Jeff, Max; Cousins: Jorgen; In-laws: Mike, Timo, Ben) That's 12 wonderful priesthood holders! What a special feeling there was in the room!

Dad and Vivi

Vovo Juju, Vovo Dago, Dad, Vovo Naty and Mom

Grandpa Cox, Mom, Dad and Grandma Cox

Grandma Cox and Vivi

Three Generations

Our Family

Dinner Mishaps

My sweet mother brought us dinner several nights after we got home from the hospital. One night she brought Orange Chicken and rice with some angel food cake with blueberry topping for dessert. Daniel prepared the plates and warmed up the food. I smiled when I saw what he had done.

I asked, "Why did you put the blueberry topping on the rice?"
Daniel replied, "Oh, is that what that is?"

:)

Newborn Pictures

We had a close friend (Erica Smith) come and take pictures
of Vivi a couple of weeks ago.

Here are some of our favorites.

Vivi's First Booboo

Vivi had scratched herself on her nose the other day. Then, she somehow made it worse by hitting herself and bleeding everywhere. I had to take a foto because I thought she looked adorable with her little bandaid!

Uncle John's Birthday

My mom has three siblings living. Two live close enough to get together every once and a while. They three of them wanted to get together to
celebrate my uncle John's birthday.
We decided to crash the party at the Olive Garden, so that they could meet Vivi.

Aunt Gloria, Uncle John and my mom

Uncle John is a ham. He told some funny jokes while we were eating. One went like this. There was an old man who was very ill. So ill, in fact, that the doctor said he wouldn't live through the night. Late that night, he smelled something delicious in the air. He managed to get out of his bed and crawl across the room and down the stairs. He made it to the kitchen somehow and saw that his wife was making cookies. As he reached up to grab a cookie, his wife smacked his hand with the spatula and said, "Don't eat those! They are for the funeral!"

Aunt Gloria, Joann (John's wife), Mom and Dad, and Uncle John in front.