today was milo's 2nd day of our new playgroup. of course he had a great time. he loves the other babies and is totally into the toys...... although he does head for the door because i think he'd rather being playing outside. he also really appreciated that i didn't lock him in the car this time after class like i did last week on the hottest day ever! thank god for firemen and cell phones!

happy 1st fathers day!
we had an action packed weekend. this picture was taken at the wavehouse in san diego....... it's AWESOME! i'm going to post more pictures so you can really get the vibe.

but back to fathers day....... dear mooney...... happy 1st fathers day. you really are an amazing dad and you just keep getting better. i'm watching your love for milo grow everyday and it's the most beautiful thing i have ever seen. i love that your favorite thing to do (besides surfing........ but how can we compete) is just chillax with me, pip & woobie! when you're playing guitar and milo is hanging off your knee and bling bling is in her puppy cave... my life feels complete. i love you...... even though and because! he he! thanks for taking care of us!

ooooh yeah....... and we got a new camera :)

the thing about blogs that you might not realize is......... when you start to fall behind you can get very overwhelmed and not really know where and when to start up again. since i dropped the ball a few weeks ago we've done a million things and since i can't do a million posts (or can i) i'm just starting with this.

the last few weekends have been action packed. we made a lovely trip to la to see bubby perform in fiddler on the roof. it was sooooo fun to see her and spend the day with family. after the play we went to her boyfriends 94th bday party....... and that's where we saw the BEAR( from my post below). it was right in the backyard of the bday party. the house where the party was at is in a very beautiful part of la...... it's next to some hills and apparently bears are super common. we had great time and lorin and milo did a little swimming.

the next week milo and i hitched a ride with pop and glamma to see papa and diana before they headed north for the summer. we had another great day with milo playing in the pool with pop and me getting to spend some time with my papa. i even worked for my meals on this trip by helping pop clear the grapefruit trees....... the lovely picture of the grapefruit juice was picked by yours truly...... or assistant picker. i've decided that fruit pickers should make more money cause that's some seriously hard work.

milo has been a constant beam of sunshine..... of course! he's been taking steps here and there and still getting into everything. this morning when i went to pick him up for breakfast i walked into his room and there he was sitting in his crib with 3 books (they were not there when daddy put him to bed) he somehow sticky fingered off his book table and into his crib. he looked so darn proud! :) he loves books so much. it makes me laugh thinking about what he was thinking as he was reaching for his books and working them through the crib rails. he is such a little smarty pants. another super adorable thing that he's been doing at the office is right before moppa comes in i sit him in his stroller with the door open so he can catch some breeze and watch the trucks and cars drive by (which he loves) then when moppa walks up to the door he gets sooooooo happy and smiles behind his pacifier. i just love how much love he has around him....... he soaks it all in and sends it back out times a thousand.

i promise an update soon! right now it seems like time is on fast forward. i just got back from the grocery store........ it 10pm..... i'm so tired. milo is sound asleep and i will be too in about 3 minutes. peace out


story to follow...........

ten months!

ten months used to seem like a really long time before our little 10 month old came around. he had a very fun 10 month bday. he spent the whole day with his auntie lala had a visit with auntie tely and a big sushi dinner with his auntie nicole, auntie michelle,auntie lulu, matt, daddy & moi. awwwww the love! he generates so much love from within and receives so much love. he loves to kiss and nuzzle....... and some times he likes to give a nice "love slap" in the face....... watch out for that one!
we're going to have a walker in a week or 2, he stands for about 15 seconds and sits down once he realizes he's standing. he even repeats words like doggie & dirty (durteeeeee) i know i sound like a broken record...... but obviously i don't care........ i love this adorable little man. we get a kick out of him. he has such a old cool soul mixed with a little bit of howler monkey!

happy 33rd bday daddy!

after an action packed weekend the bday boy enjoyed a day of surfing and chilling with milo. we finished it up with a family dinner at the spaghetti factory. happy birthday!

the war at the shore

so this weekend was the annual dodgeball tournament in newport beach. it's such a fun day to go down and watch the craziness of dodgeball.......... the teams have been taking this tournament more seriously as the years go by. lorin's team the newport legends played for the 3rd year in a row. it was a really fun california day..... the newport legends didn't really do the best but they won best outfits and got a trophy for it. better luck next year boys! :)

a day at the park.





look how funny bling looks in the background. ha ha!

this is what our mothers day celebrations looked like!

lunch with glamma at our favorite place javiers.... lots of spanish rice and guacamole for milo!

milo and me at javiers


taking moppa out for for mothers day...... more spanish rice and guacamole!


bbq for nana at lala and mikes.......... more spanish rice :)


moppa and milo in navy at the office


fun bbq at reeeeeeeeeems house....... where milo ate all sorts of yummy summer veggis!

he is such a star!


and milo's mothers day gift to me....... a big shiner! :)

happy mothers day.......

greetings from the crib!


"here's my aquarium........ it needs new batteries mom"

i'd like to order another weekend just like this please!

1st time in the Pool


Dad teaching water 101


fly baby


lunch with riley, lala & nana


a stroll on the boardwalk..... look at these little guys!


ok...... seriously look at this kids expression!


buddies!


my kiddos!


they really do eat sand!


1st time crawling on the beach


we're still finding sand from this trip.......


katya in town from seattle and brenda in town from new mexico....... anya and i took them to our favorite coffee shop


auntie anya and woobie!


sunday at pop and glam's pool! lots of toys and fun!


a very attentive pupil!