a day on balboa island with moppa & julie.

happy 1/2 birthday Mr. Milo!

1 year and 1 half! are you kidding me?

he had a fun 1/2 bday!

1. auntie lala in the morning
2. aunite michelle in the afternoon
3. playing with the neighbors in the evening
4. not to mention playing w/ glamma on tuesday
5. his buddy logan on monday
6. play class tomorrow morning (if he's not sick he might have a slight cold)
7. playing w. logan
8. play at the park with a bunch of little people
9. friday morning music class
10. playing w/ auntie christina & ada & calvin then dinner w/ them & mommy & daddy
11. saturday playing with nana for her bday :)
12. ............ do you get the picture? this is the life and times of an 18 month old!!!! love it!

here's a whole bunch of animal sounds for ya! 

choo choo!

train rides every 3rd weekend of the month & it's free!  since milo has been playing at his friend logan's house & cousin calvin's house that both have awesome trains..... he's been super into choo choo's.  in fact...... when i ask him if he's ready to go play with logan he says, "choo choo."  so anyways it looks like trains are one of his new things..... that and furf (surf.... but we'll get to that later).  the train ride was lots of fun.  he sat SO still and was in a trance as we watched the scenery whiz by and had the breeze blowing in our faces.  

chooooo chooooo.....
the look of contentment.....
daddy & boo
the trains (they're small but fun.... it's kind of a strange little operation)


"bye bye choo choo" (that's what he said when we left..... how cute is that?)

of course lo had to take some really cool pictures of the trees around the tracks

Another Beautiful Day at La Playa......

we headed down to the beach to play with our friend Lanae. her baby boy is due in 2 weeks.....yay! i was hoping to just play on the sand with milo. obviously he had another idea......

what a wonderful day! the ocean was peaceful like a big lake. the water was cold but the sun was warm.

New Music Class........

when we had our 1st day of the new music class the teacher said, "it's ok if milo is shy on the 1st day." well the minute the music started he started dancing. the teacher said, "never mind." ha ha! so he really likes it and it's full of really cool little people. they play music, rings & then they dress up and march. it's so funny.

one minute i'm at the office going through a paperwork audit........ blah! then the next minute i'm on the pier with milo & auntie tely having such an adventure. but i can't help but wonder.......... who are all those people on the pier fishing for dinner? what a fun day! and it's january...... beautiful!


on the end of the pier listening to some old 1920's jazz (very titanic) and watching some old guys fish.


milo looking at the ocean

milo & auntie tely


we watched this old russian man reel in this GIANT fish.... it kinda freaked milo out.


he was interested too.


ahhhh.... glittery sparkles make for a perfect day!


a fisherman even threw a fish on the ground that this hawk swooped down and grabbed.... it was really cool to watch.


lot's going on down at the pier in mid january!

mi bebé eléctrico


i have always loved dandelions!

We chose to go Private. We feel it is in the best interest of our family. I know it seems like a pain in the booty but really all ya got to do is click the view as a guest button and waaa laaa here we are!

If I missed anyone on the invite please give me their email addresses so I can add them to the list. I know some of the Grandparents forward this blog to friends and family I still want them to be able to check it out. Please send me an email

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now I can really spill the juice............

Happy New Year! Let's get ready for a wonderful year. Right? Ok..... good I'm glad you're on board with the positive vibes. I just can't help but be excited to see what 2009 has in store. Milo is keeping us on our toes and we're loving and savoring every ounce of his growth and development. Forget the list of words..... he's talking so much that i've lost count..... it kinda makes me sad. (that i lost count.... not that he's talking so much)

Since Lorin has been busy with lots of side projects and needing the computer at night I have not been able to get my night time computer blogging done so I'm kinda behind on sharing some fun pictures from our holiday. We enjoyed spending lots of time together and with our families.

he doesn't look thrilled here.. but he LOVES santa! when you say SANTA or CHRISTMAS to him he says,"ho ho ho."

bling enjoyed a nice cozy fire while we tore through the gifts that santa dropped off. she's so tranquil.


let me introduce you to RODY!!!!! the boys had so much fun on their RODYs that it was impossible to get a picture where one of them was not blurry from jumping around on RODY!


mr. milo after he enjoyed a yummy smoothie on Christmas morning.



when all else fails............ strike a pose!

Things......

don't be Fooled by the gifts under the tree. your real gift is all around you. it's in the air and in the water it's sitting at your dinner table. your gift is an unexpected burst of laughter and a shoulder to cry on. your gift is the family you can see and the family that can only see you. the friends who have shared this year with you and the moments that you share with yourself... these are your gifts. one more chance to say, "i love you." one more chance to be together.

today as i finished wrapping my things to give to you. things that i picked out as tokens of how much i love you. while the baby is napping and i'm getting ready for all the wonders of our christmas holidays to start. i stopped to remember what it is all about. it's all about love. how much God loves us and how we reflect that love to one another. it's about being thankful for the real gifts in our lives. i was struck by something my BFF did last week. she was part of an event that was thrown for families that had lost someone this year in iraq. families who don't know what it's like to have christmas without the one they love... but are getting ready to experience it. i was also moved to tears by a tribute in people magazine to all who fell this year, it put a # and a face to the sadness. my heart is heavy for them. my thoughts are with those families.

i am thankful for you.

Merry Christmas

our friend jade sent us on a secret date on saturday. we had no idea what was up his sleeve. all he said was we need to have a babysitter from 1-4 on saturday afternoon. we dropped woobie off with moppa and jim @ the balboa bay cub. then jade drove us down to the balboa fun zone and handed us a platter of sushi and a bottle of wine and told us to go check in at the balboa boat company. he rented us a duffy boat for an hour!!!! how sweet is that? seriously! once Lo and i got on the boat we were both thinking how much our little woobie would enjoy it. so we boated our little duffy over to the balboa bay club to pick up woobie & moppa. Lo and i pulled up to the dock and woobie was SO excited to see us. we just putted around out front for a few minutes, milo was loving it. then we dropped them off and putted our way around the rest of the harbor. what a perfect perfect treat. to make it even more fun and wonderful the day was sunny and the sky was totally bright blue. it was also pretty cool to see all the boats from the boat parade in the light of day. Lo and i had actually gone to the boat parade the night before so we recognized a lot of the boats...... it's fun to see what mansion they're docking at.

santa is a tranquilizer............ who knew?


i thought we were going to have a screamer but milo was quite the opposite when he met santa last night. when daddy and milo got to the front of the line milo was reaching out for santa and saying, "santa santa santa." he was so excited to see the jolly bearded man. then when santa's helper put milo on santa's lap milo went totally calm and trance like. he seriously could have stayed on santa's lap all night. it was like he didn't even realized all of the commotion going on around, it was just him and santa and he was chillin. when his turn was up santa gave him a big candy cane and he really enjoyed eating it.

Winter Fantasy @ the Sawdust.....

We went to the tree lighting ceremony at the sawdust winter show w/ Pop & Glam. It was the PERFECT way to start the season.

We were spending lots of time at the park before it got super cold. I have to keep Woobie away from the duck pond because he wants to go in.

Here is the 2nd choice for our Christmas Card. As you can see, Milo really enjoyed being confined to my lap. :)

this is a 1st! i've looked forward to the day that my Milo would fall asleep while eating. classic!

Hi! I've already got a ton of December photos that I am going to share in a snapfish album. Here's a video from Balboa Island. We went for a walk on the Island one morning last week and had lots of fun. Milo was really into the Christmas decorations and really into the boats & docks.

how bout a little HOWDY... for the holidays!

truckin along and having SO much fun with this little man. he's got so many words i can't keep up with the whole list. if you get a chance to see him say DOOOOOOO, you will be truly blessed because it's hilarious. we've been going to parks a lot lately and lorin and i have been so impressed with his courage and willingness to try almost anything. it's so fun to watch him play and explore and interact with children on the playground. love our little 16 month old.

xoxo