these boots are made for...

The G is mobile... well more mobile than before. In fact, this kid is kind of out of control at this point. He is just so stinking cute and I can hardly handle the sight of his chubby little legs walking around! I'm savoring the sweetness of his little arms spread out for a big hug as he runs over to me before he grows too big and becomes to cool for me. I'm in love.

up to speed (part 1 of many...)

So in the past month we have had sooo many things going on and quite a few changes! Right after Easter, G and I drove our diesel machine to California. The trip was supposed to be for a weekend where we could see our family, play at E's birthday party and make it to our dear Denny's funeral. Once the youngster and I welcomed ourselves at Grammy and Grampy's we found out that we had not one but two funerals to go to, so we stretched our trip out another week to be with our friends and family. (Any longer and my heart would have missed Mr. L far too much...)

Grammy and Grampy "suckered" up to G the minute we showed up and gave him his first lollipop! He was a little bit excited ... at least he shared!

G and W got to spend the afternoon with eachother too playing on W's new playground! They were so funny to watch. It is so nice to have the boys so close in age. They are the cutest things... (I might be partial)

Boys will be boys

Towards the end of our adventure, FaceTime just wasn't cutting it anymore so we finally ventured back to home to give dad hugs and kisses. The drive was so peaceful...

... until he figured out how to wiggle out his of carseat. great.

the easter buddy

Oh what a day it was to celebrate this year! We spent most of the day at Tanner's parents house and started with a super yummy and overly filling breakfast. so good. Then we tried to teach G (for the third time this year) how to search for easter eggs. He ended up on a huge pile of rocks and decided to eat those instead of the candy. what a boy. It sure was fun for us and g had a blast hanging with all his crazy cousins!

Golden

A few weeks ago, we spent two weeks in the golden state of my heart! We brought friends with us to the Del Mar house for the first half and then skipped it to my parent's for the rest of the holiday. Rather than use what little vocabulary I have :) to describe our adventures, I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

the end.

Wicked Awesome

Erin and I got tickets to Wicked for Christmas and since then, we have been counting the days to our date night. Example:

true story.

I never expected Tanner to come up with such a sweet date night but he manned up and loved trying to learn how to like it. Erin and I were over the moon all night. I will say I did indeed feel inadequate the second Elphaba opened her mouth and sat in awe for a few minutes. The talent that some people have is so inspiring! Maybe I'll ask for voice lessons for my birthday...

it's all happening at the zoo

I do believe it. I do believe it's true.

The zoo has become a weekly routine in our household these days. The grass is green. The skies are blue. What else to do than go to the zoo? Ok, no more rhymes now, I mean it

                   ... "anybody want a peanut?"

We have been visiting the snakes, waking up the monkeys, watching the tigers devour their prey and feeding giraffes. I'll speak for the little one and say that he loves it. He tends to stay awake way past naptime - which is very near and dear to his little heart- in order to stay longer at the zoo so one could only conclude that he must love it tremendously. I see no other explanation.

It just so happens that it is a mighty fine excuse to get out of the house and explore somewhere other than Target. (eh hem...) Therefore, I love it too.

This past weekend we spent the day with ParPar and Hudsie! Fun was had!

Tanman has a bit of a fan

we showed up just in time to watch the tigers attack the pinatas

wake up buddy!

 

shout hooray!

We've hit a milestone in the family! G turned 1! (crazy right?) I refuse to believe that he is no longer my teenie tiny itty bitty preemie baby. He is a full fledged ginormous toddler. It's almost enough to make me want another baby already... ALMOST.

We celebrated in style the whole weekend! We've had so much fun!