easter sunday at nana & papas house. what a beautiful blue sky we had all day. milo enjoyed the easter egg hunt. i think his favorite part of the day was playing in the fountain.

my girl on the hunt for eggs.




joy of joys....... look at that face!!!!


loved seeing him meet the newest addition. :)

ended the day with moppa & itchel (jim)........... yummy dinner and a laker game.



fabulous easter!

old school easter picnic at the park w/ pop & glam. it's a funny thing how once you have a kid you REALLY appreciate a good park. it's so nice to set the little wild ones free and not have to hover over them saying...... no no no! the beautiful clouds in the sky made for some really nice photos.

i don't really know where to start with all of the easter photos. look at these little people.. they're such little characters.

Happy Easter!  

tely and joe had fun soiree for moppas birthday at their new place in the hills.  

cute bday banner

brotha and sista

homemade bday cake!

our little bling!

some talking!

lots of working for tely!

moppa let milo sample the frosting. ;)

mmmmmm he likey!

uh oh!  he no likey when you tell him no more!

ahhhhh blowin out the candles!  we sang happy bday a few times.

night night!  fun party!

"spaa da da da da da da...... i wanna live in your house......."

that's the chorus from a song and looking at these photos makes me sing it. (steel pulse?)

i was starting the week on the wrong foot and feeling pretty overwhelmed.  milo and i have just gotten over the flu and now milo has a cold......... sigh......... poor little guy.  i was wondering how i'm gonna get through all this sickness & busyness. when milo said, " Ma Rainbow."  

i stopped what i was doing to go see the rainbow he found in the house.  i couldn't tell where it was coming from but knew it was exactly what i needed to see.  it's a sweet simple "hello" from my nana who always sends me a rainbow when i need encouragement or when i've just accomplished something big. then milo took a nap and my sister called and added some extra encouragement......... and now i think i'm gonna turn this week around.  just got to fight these bugs that keep catching my little man (and me).

it's time to bring in the big guns...............

praying for some healthy health!

*** i've got lots of really cool rainbow stories! ;)

last night after dinner i told milo that it was time to go upstairs and take a bath.  he walked to the stairs and looked up them and said, "DARK." then he turned the on the light for the stairs.  lorin and i were both just looking at each other asking...... did you teach him that???? nope.  he just sponged it up from everyday life.  

milo is a serious bunny lover! we spent the day at fashion island with glamma. now that i'm home i just realized that milo will be 20 months tomorrow!!!!! wowwie! he was so adorable with the easter bunny... he actually ran right up to him and started cuddling him and as soon as the easter bunny put milo on his lap milo cozied his face into the bunnies chest. it was precious and totally unexpected. he was so sad to leave the bunny that glamma thought it would be a good idea to take him to build-a-bear and build him a bunny. he loved it!  it wore him out so much that he's taking a 2nd nap right now which is giving to actually post!


look at him last year Pura Vida XoXo

this little monkey is such a blessing and we count him every single day!  happy 20 months!  it's incredible what 20 months can bring.  

i know i've been posting like crazy.... but i'm behind and we have SO many cute pictures of this little munchkin.

he was totally grooving with this hat on and his little elmo guitar!  :)

snow! 

when i heard that there was snow in irvine i was very pleased.  we had planned on going to the snow all winter but never actually made it.  our plans for the weekend included diving to the mountains to find snow and then driving home.  (this never sounded very appealing to me) so anyways...... yeah..... snow in irvine............ PERFECTO!

1st meeting with the cold icy snow... he liked it!

he seriously loved sledding. he gets that from his mama!
see........ i love sledding too!  & look at his face!
& that face!!!!!!!
Gabby & Julian came out to play too!
& there was some irish dancing...... which is always a treat! ;)
some hockey playing that lorin got really in to. (notice the action shot of milo....funny)

and we watched the ice skaters.

we'll save the real snow for next year! good bye winter!  welcome welcome spring!