8 lbs in one month!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

that's kinda scary to see in numbers on the scale. of course double bowls of frosted mini wheats and dairy queen blizzards probably contributed to this spike. looks like the baby is doing quite well! went to see my very lovely DR today and got to hear my sweet babies heartbeat and tape it for lorin. everything looks and sounds good. i can't believe the blessing that my new DR is. to think i almost went through this pregnancy under the care of a DR that i didn't like to the contrast of a this DR that i truly love...... what a difference.

it's been a busy week at our house. this wild and stormy weather has been a nice change. we had my cousin over to install canned lighting throughout the downstairs. it looks amazing...... along with a new ceiling fan. it's very hard to find a ceiling fan that is not repulsive. we've looked for years. the industry is definitely in need of an overhaul. we also got new lovely carpet for our upstairs. it looks so fresh and feels so squishy and cozy. i'll have to post pictures later.

right now we're packing for our trip to the snow with the family. milo is getting his beauty rest so he can play his little heart out with all of his cousins tomorrow.

i'm 1 month free of real coffee. yay! i've tried decaf........ but what's the point? :)

good night!

one year ago.........

so much has changed..... not everything though......

silly boy!

1-17-09

biggest fan

milo is always eager to leave the house for a morning

trip to the beach to watch daddy surf. he talked about surfboards, wetsuits, bootys & the ocean on the way down.

happy to be holding hands

happy to be playing on the sand

happy to see his dad on a wave

happy for dad to carry him back to the car

(even though he was soaking wet)

what a good friday morning!

disneyland

a fun day a disney. we met glamma and spent some time in california adventure then headed over to disneyland for some buzz lightyear, small world & peter pan. speaking of adventures going anywhere with a toddler is always an adventure. you never know what mood they might be in and they can be so fickle (more about that later). we had a wonderfully fun day. i didn't get a picture of the best part....... we ate giant ice cream cones at downtown disney and when milo finished he found some other little people and they ran around like wild indians. it was pretty cute. of course he was asleep in no time once we got in the car.

little love face

waiting in line for his 1st time on peter pan

love his little blinky blink

can't wait for all the joys of 2010! like miss penelope!

new year

this was our new years with the riggs!

we ordered sushi in and the kids played hard.

new years day!

new years weekend. we got donuts and road the ferry to the island.

we sat in the park and milo played for a while with some other little people

picked up a delicious (or as milo would say ba-licious) flat of strawberries

waiting for the ferry to take us back

one unwashed strawberry won't hurt him......... right???

my boys

happy new year!

the hollydaze

took me a little while to get to this. we just did so much it was hard to edit through all the pics. here are some of my favorites. starting with our annual balboa light walk with the the de melos and the chapmans. it was fun besides milo wanting to walk on every single dock and my last go with morning sickness.

then it was christmas eve at nana & papa's house. little people everywhere....... noise level ear piercing lots of yummy food and a visit from santa himself! milo was fascinated and hung onto santa's every move. standing right in front of him and even letting santa know that he's 2!!! a little toy harley davidson was a HUGE HIT among all the little boys.

next it was christmas morning in our home. milo somehow ended up in our bed in the early early morning and it was so nice waking up to the whole family sleeping in bed....... i definitely had a moment where it felt like all was right in the world. then we moved down stairs where we opened gifts. milo caught on to the craziness of christmas morning! his human nature came out and wondered where more gifts were when he was done opening. little did he know there was so much more in store for him for the day at pop & glamma's and at tely & joes.

off we went to pop & glamma's for a big christmas breakfast. milo was very happy to be with his family and especially enjoys to hang with his cousins. they were excited to open gifts and run wild through pop & glamma's house. i think there favorite part of the morning was when we pulled the little jeep and motorcycle out and they all rode around and around the cul-de-sac. such a beautiful california morning. i couldn't help but think that this was our 1st christmas morning without grandma jo. i thought about her a lot as i hung all the cute little

ornaments she made me on my tree.

next if was off to tely & joes tree house for christmas dinner. curious milo instantly noticed the giant blanket covering something up next to the christmas tree there. it wasn't long before he pulled it off and found a life size lighting mcQueen race car. he couldn't wait to drive it. so off we went to the hilly gravely street so he could try and run us all over. pure joy!!! we had a lovely evening that ended in christmas pj's. lots of love and fun celebrating.

fire station

cool pic of lights shot by lorin......

finally riding in the wagon and giving us a break from all the dock climbing

santa visit at nana & papa's house

see milo up in the action

their santa gift of christmas pj's

milo with cousins

our family

nana saying goodnight

madness at our house christmas morning

pop & glamma's house all the boys in their animal hats

say cheese

buzz light year!

blakey showing us how it's done!

pop directing the traffic. it's always fun when milo is driving!

lo & milo cruising the little dirt bike

family

quick visit with my cousins! we brought the chaos of children to their house.

love em!

the lighting mcQueen race car from moppa and itchell

watch out!!!!!

the view from joe & tely's house as milo was running us down

pippy opening up a present

family

what a wonderful christmas. next year is already on my mind!

of course we were going to be thrilled either way......... but we are giddy excited to find out we're having a Girl! i know...... i know it seems impatient....... but seriously the surprise was just as awesome today as it would be in 2 months or at delivery of our little lady. now i can do some more productive day dreaming. it also explains why i'm convinced i was SOOOO much sicker this time around in the beginning. it makes sense why my little miss sunshine really threw me for a loop and is possibly going to suck the life right out me with all of her demands...., "i want donuts"...... "i want ice cream." actually since i had already prepared myself for another wild boy, i'm in a little bit of shock. when the U/S tech was looking around at her she asked us, "do you want me to tell you what i see?", we said yes of course....... ,"i see a little girl." really? really? REALLY!!!!! i knew it! but after being convinced that milo was a girl i didn't listen to my so called 'intuition.'

lorin & i feel so blessed and complete!

yay! joe and tely are engaged!

he asked her on new years eve...... :).

he's officially Uncle Joe!

Christmas 2009

Where do I start? We took 400 photos! Had tons of fun with all of our family..... while I gather up pictures from the holiday I just thought I would say we are so blessed beyond belief by our family. To make it all the more wonderful those blessings spill over 10 fold to Mr. Milo.... he is loved to the moon and back by all of his Grandparents and is adored by his aunts and uncles & completely stoked to be with his cousins. He's such a perfect member of our family (even when he's totally challenging) it's obvious that God picked him especially for us.

our family of 3

is there anything better than this? I mean........ really???? is there?

**more pics coming soonish!

early morning at the mall

we hit the mall at the perfect time to enjoy all the holiday activities without all the mad holiday shoppers. glamma held a place in line to see santa and then we went on the carousel, had a yummy croissant, watched carolers, rode a train & did a craft......... again all before the madness began.

another visit with santa!

high-five

rode the raindeer

with glamma

milo said, "whoa that tree is really tall"

little pose on the bridge

train ride!

craft time...... but the markers didn't work well...... so we went home and.........

GLITTERED!!!!!!!