Sam and Allie's World

6 Months Later!

2010-10-14T20:18:00.000-07:00

I guess I am really bad about updating my blog! Here it is 6 months later! The kids just went to their next dentist apt yesterday, and I checked my blog and here it is 6 months later. Crazy. Sam has started kindergarten and is loving it! Progress Reports get sent home tomorrow so we will see how he is doing. Allie is getting so big and way too big for her britches. I will post recent pictures soon! I just found my camera battery charger in Allie's drawer (she like to pretend it is a camera.)

Dentist Appointments

2010-03-15T13:04:00.000-07:00

I really am trying to update this on a more regular basis. I don't know if anyone actually looks at it, but I like to be able to update anyway. We are home from AZ. The kids did great on the airplane on the way home. I was so proud of them. Last week we jumped right into all our activities. Although Friday we ended up having a sick day, with Allie being a little feverish, and Sam having a little cough. Today they both had dentist appointments. It was Sam's second one. He did a great job. His teeth look great. He already has his 6 year molars, and the dentist noticed some of his bottom teeth are already becoming loose. He has no cavaties! Although, there are a couple we have to keep an eye on. Allie actually let them clean her teeth too! She enjoyed saying "ahhh" and letting them clean and brush her teeth. She has 16 teeth so far.

I thought I would add a couple pictures from the past 8 months (that I missed on here). As for upcoming events. Sam has indoor soccer on Friday and Spring Break is coming up quick. It seems as though our months and months of either traveling or having family visit has come to an end for now. Ever since we moved into this house, pretty much every weekend we've either been somewhere, or had someone here. (Although I am excited a friend might come to visit this week!) We love the company.

Sam playing indoor soccer.
Our family picture taken around Christmas.

Happy Birthday Sean!

2010-03-08T13:03:00.000-08:00

I love this picture of Sean!

Sam playing with the big boys.

Sean opening presents.

Nama and Allie during the party.

I can't believe my little brother is 9 today! We are in Phoenix right now, having a great time (except for this cold that found it's way to me, I am not feeling well, yuck!) Sam, Allie and I flew in last week to celebrate Sean's birthday. The kids are having a blast with their Uncle Sean, Nama and Papa Mike. They are getting plenty spoiled. We have been celebrating all weekend. We are heading back to California in the morning. I'm just hoping the kids don't catch this cold I have.

Nine years ago today Sean was born! It is crazy how fast kids grow up. I remember being there with my mom while she was in labor. Then the craziness of the emergency c-section when they realized Sean was breach. I was so dissappointed I wouldn't see my baby brother being born, but proticol is only the dad gets to be in the opperating room. My mom made such a fuss they ran in with scrubs for me to throw on, and I made it just in time. Afterwards I stood with my baby brother holding my finger for the longest time, just looking at him. He is very special to me. Even though we are 21 years apart, we still are very close and now that he is getting a little older, you can see the sibling-ness coming out in him. He has started to tease me, tickle me, pull my hair. All the things that you would expect your little brother to do. We've had such a great weekend with him. Happy Birthday Little Brother!

8 months later!

2010-02-21T14:15:00.000-08:00

Holy Moly! I cannot believe I have not updated my blog in 8 months! That is crazy. I blame it on the move, and facebook. Which I have officially quit!

Things are good in our house. We moved and have been remodeling/ redecorating our house. It is finally starting to feel like home. Sam is doing great in preschool, and Allie is becoming a crazy little girl with very strong opinions. I recently signed Sam up for Kindergarten in the Fall. I can't believe he starts Kindergarten so soon!

My goal is to post pictures in the next couple days. The last 8 months have been very eventful!

True Story

2009-06-21T15:54:00.000-07:00

I had to write this down before it seemed like a dream. Today is Father's Day, Happy Father's Day to Jason, and all the fabulous dads in our life! Sam and Allie were playing in the hose cleaning the bat cave, so they got all wet. I came in and changed both of their clothes, read a couple stories in Allie's room, then came out to the kitchen. I put Allie down, and quickly she had walked out of the room. I went to go find where she was, and she was in her room. She found a binkie, and when I walked in she looked at me, and pointed to her crib. I said, "Do you want to go Night Night?" and she shook her head yes. I then put her in her crib, thinking "this is never going to work." A few minutes later and she is sound asleep. What a sweetheart!

My Little Man

2009-06-16T20:53:00.000-07:00

Sam today, on his 4th birthday!
Sam last year on his 3rd birthday!
Sam at 2 1/2... sadly, this computer is new so all of our pictures from when Sam was a baby are on a computer that no longer works. He's grown up a lot even in the last year and a half.

After all the family and company have left, and after all the parties are over, today is Sam's actual birthday! My little man. My buddy. I can't believe he is 4 years old today. I remember it all like it was yesterday. We have been through a lot together, 3 houses (about to be a 4th), 2 states, a sibling's birth, and all that little (and big) stuff inbetween. Sam was such a wonderful baby, an amazing toddler, a trying 2 year old, a mixed bag of a 3 year old, and now 4! He makes me laugh and stuns me everyday with his incredible mind. He challenges me to be a better mother, and a better person. Sam challenges me in every way, usually good ways. I know how to handle him, and I know that he is a great little boy, and he will be a great man one day. I am so proud of him. I watch him handle situations and see him play with his friends, and I am proud. I am proud to be his mother. Last Thursday we went to Danny's graduation, and watching those 18 year old kids I cried. I cried because it goes so fast, my baby is 4! I thought about what Sam would be like when he is graduating high school. I better not blink...

The Birthday! Pictures 3

2009-06-15T21:13:00.000-07:00

Allie at Sam's party. She had a blast.
Sam in the jumper. He loved it!

Happy Birthday Sam! He had a really cool Star Wars ice cream cake.
The jumper was also a slide! It was a lot of fun!
Sam using his "safety scissors" to unwrap his presents. He had a great birthday party! Although, now he's confused because I keep telling him his actual birthday is tomorrow. He then says he is going to be 5, because he turned 4 yesterday. I guess that is how fast a year seems.

The Birthday! Pictures 2

2009-06-15T21:09:00.000-07:00

Sam and I with the giant trout walking around the trout farm! I'm saying "yeah trout!"
Jason and Sam with the trout Sam caught.
Aunt Lizzie fishing. She didn't catch anything, but she held that pole in the water the whole time.
I think Sam's favorite part was playing with the worms.

The Birthday! Pictures

2009-06-15T21:05:00.001-07:00

Allie and Jason at lunch.
Allie in a sugar coma.
I love her cake! I think next year I am going to attempt my own cake...
I don't know why the cranky face, but she sure looked cute in her dress.

The Birthdays!

2009-06-15T20:53:00.000-07:00

With the kids birthdays being 12 days apart we have had quite a couple weeks...

Last Sunday we had Allie's first birthday party. She was so funny. It was a low key get together with a couple friends and some family. My mom, Mike and Sean came in from Phoenix. Also, Jason's mom, dad, sister and grandmother came in from Phoenix. It was so wonderful that everyone could come. We had a great and busy weekend. Allie really enjoyed being the center of attention. Sam and Sean helped her with her special cake.

The week was a little crazy. My mom and Sean stayed the week with us. On Tuesday we headed down to Legoland. It was a fun adventure, although we didn't realize Legoland closed at 5pm! We didn't get there until 1pm! Sam rode his first big boy roller coaster which at the end he said he wanted to go again. Sean had a blast looking at all the Legos (he's a little obsessed with Legos), I think his favorite part was the big Lego store at the end. Allie was an angel! She slept the whole way down there, hung out in her stroller and when she was tired she napped. Wednesday was Sam's last day of preschool for the summer. Thursday was Danny's graduation from high school. Friday we started the whole birthday weekend over again.

Saturday my dad and grandmother were able to join us. Jason's parents and sister came back in to town. We went to a trout farm for Sam's first fishing trip. Then Sunday was Sam's big party! I was so worried about this party. I really invited way too many little kids, but it turned out great. We had a jumper, and a whole bunch of "stations" for the kids to do. I had a bean bag toss, a dig for treasure, a squirt gun shoot, a pin the space ship on the galaxy, and a couple crafty things to do also. The kids stayed really busy and had a great time. I really impressed myself!

Today all our company have gone home, we are tired, but happy. We are so lucky that even though we live so far from most of our family, we are able to spend such great times with them. We really appreciate everyone coming out to the two parties. Next year we will be celebrating them the weekend inbetween their birthdays! Tomorrow is Sam's actual birthday, but I think we are pretty birthday-ed out!

Here's to you our Allie Girl! Part 3

2009-06-04T21:20:00.000-07:00

You still surprise us everyday. Last night you surprised me by keeping me up all night, although I'm blaming it on teeth and hoping it won't happen tonight. You have only slept through the night a handful of times, but it is worth it. You are a sweet baby and I love you...

I woke up Allie this morning with a picture!
She loves her princess ride along toy.

She also loves her new doll.

One of the biggest surprises Allie has brought to us is the change that she has brought to Jason. She is daddy's girl, and he is wrapped around her finger. I really don't think Jason expected to feel this way about a little girl. He obviously loves Sam with all his heart, but there is something different about a daddy and his baby girl. Since I am a daddy's girl, I understand!
Happy Birthday Allie! I really can't believe you are 1 years old already! Thank you for being my baby!

Here's to you our Allie Girl! Part 2

2009-06-04T21:14:00.001-07:00

You really are a special little girl, with a lot of spunk. I can't believe how fast you have grown.

You are usually so happy, and you are a very social baby. You are very flirty with the men, in fact Jason said, "we will have to lock her in her room from age 13 to 25!"

Once you found out you could stand it wasn't long until you were taking steps, walking, and now...
climbing onto everything!
You already have your own sense of style. (You insist on wearing this hat, if you can see it, you want to be wearing it.)

Here's to you our Allie Girl!

2009-06-04T20:56:00.000-07:00

I want to give a little tribute to my Allie. I still can't believe I have a baby girl. I really wanted to know what her gender when I was pregnant with her. I was so sure I was having a boy. So sure in fact I told Jason, "we both know it's a boy, so let's just let the doctor tell us so we know for sure." I will never forget Jason's words, "Yes, we do know it's a boy, but in the off chance it's a girl think of the surprise we'll feel." I thank Jason every day for making us wait. Not that we wouldn't have loved a little boy just as much, but Allie shocked us all! When Jason said those words to me, "it's a girl." I will never forget my shock, "A WHAT?" I kept repeating it over and over. Our wonderful Dr. and nurses were laughing at us. It was an amazing delivery. We really were not expecting a girl, and we were not expecting our Allie...
This picture captures a million words. I still cry every time I see it.
We knew from moments after you were born you were going to be very different from your brother. You yelled and screamed the whole time. We just laughed with you.
You didn't act like Sam, but you sure did look like him. When I first dressed you in pink I thought, it's kind of strange putting Sam in pink. But, it didn't take long for you to change into such a little lady.

The rest of the weekend...

2009-04-28T15:09:00.000-07:00

After spending some time with Jason's family, we headed out to Mesa. We had a busy time out there as well. It's fun to see the kids all play together. Sean is such a good uncle. Sam follows his every move, and he is really sweet with Allie. On Sunday Jason and I headed out to our friends wedding out in Queen Creek (for those of you not familiar with Phoenix, it is as far South East as you can go!) We had a great time catching up with old friends. It was a great night out as well. Jason and I stayed out that way and my mom watched the kids for us overnight. It was the first time I left Allie overnight. There is reason #5 on my list of why I would like to live in Phoenix. Babysitters!

Uncle Sean, Sam and Allie playing together.
Allie loved splashing in the pool.
Our serious little Sam was so intent on spraying that huge pool noodle water gun!
I can't believe I didn't get any pictures from Marcus' wedding. Here I am before we left. It was a really fun night!

A quick trip to Phoenix

2009-04-28T15:02:00.001-07:00

We had such an incredibly short trip to Phoenix this weekend. It was very fun, and very busy! We drove in Friday afternoon and went straight to the Diamondbacks Game. The D-Backs lost, but we had a ton of fun! The kids were such troopers, we even stayed for the fireworks! Here are some great pictures from the game.

Sam loved his cotton candy. He had to get it as soon as we got to the game.
Our family at the game. Everyone has their DBacks gear on (except me). The games are so family friendly, reason #87 I would like to live in Phoenix- go to more baseball games. Sam is so into baseball right now!
We were not even out of the parking garage before both kids were asleep. We carried them into the house and they stayed asleep until morning!
Allie with her Aunt Lizzie!
The princesses. We had a great time with Gamma, Papa, and Aunt Lizzie.

Visit with BaPa

2009-04-28T14:58:00.001-07:00

Last week we got a special visit from my dad (BaPa). We had such a great time: swimming, playing and going to the Kidspace Museum in Pasadena. It is a really great children's museum just perfect for Sam. Allie really enjoyed herself as well. Here are a couple cute pictures from the adventures.

Sam giving Peyton a ride on the double bike.
Allie and BaPa.
Sam playing in the creek.

Karate Tournament

2009-04-28T14:55:00.000-07:00

Before the tournament. Sam was so serious.
During the tournament.
Showing off his trophy.

Last weekend Sam had a Karate Tournament. He did so good. He is really loving Karate. It was fun for him to be able to show off his Karate moves to us. He also got his first trophy.

Easter

2009-04-16T20:41:00.000-07:00

This Easter we had such a great day. It was our third Easter in California, which is a little crazy. It was one of those days that I could have been depressed because we live so far from all of our family and friends (with the exception of Nora of course, and all the friends we have met here). But, instead our day was filled with friends and fun. When we woke up Easter morning the kids were so excited to see that the Easter Bunny had visited. Sam said that he tried to stay awake to spy the Easter Bunny, but he was too tired. Sam hunted lots of eggs, and had help from Allie who found a couple eggs all on her own, and Tobi and Bird who even sniffed out a few of the hard boiled eggs. We then headed to our friends house for a little brunch and another Easter Egg hunt. We went home for a couple hours while Allie took a nap and Sam and Jason watched Kung Fu Panda (Sam's newest obession). Then it was time for our Easter Bar-B-Que at the Morgan's house. There Sam found more eggs than any other "big" kid there, those eggs were stuffed with scratcher lottery tickets (no big winners). All in all it was a great day. I do still miss all that family, but it's nice to know we have found our little place in our little corner of the world.

Sam finding his Easter basket.

Allie looking for eggs in her new hat. Good view of the teethers!
Daddy and his little girl.
Sam entertaining the troops. He loves to sing and dance while playing the piano.
Allie getting ready to crash out after leaving party #1.

Easter

2009-04-09T14:54:00.001-07:00

Allie didn't like the Easter bunny! Before we went to the mall, Sam said to me, "It's not really the Easter Bunny, it's a person dressed up like a Bunny." I think we are in trouble.

2009-04-07T20:50:00.000-07:00

One of Allie's favorite past times, blowing raspberries. It's especially fun when you have a mouth full of food.
I thought this was a cute picture that captures her little budding personality. If your wondering why I don't put those head band bows on her any longer, this picture explains that as well. There are places on her head that hair does not grow because for the first 9 months of her life I wanted those bows on her head.
Here is our little trouble maker in action. Raiding a cupboard I accidently left open. She is already keeping me on my toes.
Sam did a great job in karate today. He earned his second strip on his white belt. He is really loving karate.

2009-04-02T20:19:00.000-07:00

Sam half way through Sean's birthday party. Do you think he's tired?
I was having a lot of fun dressing Allie up like a princess.

The last 6 weeks

2009-04-02T19:56:00.001-07:00

Sean's 8th birthday party! Sam loved it. Can you pick him out? He's the little guy.
Mini- Karen (Ashlyn) and Mini- Nikki (Allie) with the big ones.
Sam and Jackson had a lot of fun at the Children's museum!

Allie had fun at the Children's museum too.
Allie and Sam with Grandma Jeana.

I don't know why I have gotten so bad about updating my blog. I am going to try to update it more often. The last time I posted was middle of February! Well, we've had some visitors to our house (My Dad and Grandma Jeana) and we went to Phoenix for a week. We had a great time. It was great to see family and friends. Our week in Phoenix ended with Sean's 8th birthday party. Sam was in 7th Heaven!

Since we've been home Jason went to Utah to snowboard, and we've just been keeping busy. Sam is in Karate and loving it. He also started a Jr. NBA Basketball program, and a soccer/ T-Ball class through the Parks and Rec. He still loves Preschool.

Allie is getting into everything and cracking us up. She loves her brother and wants to do everything he does. She is standing up and on a couple occasions she has taken a step or two. We are not in a hurry for her to walk, apparently she is.

We have been looking for a house. Hopefully something comes along that is a perfect match for us. I am going to post more often, and be better about taking pictures!

Hurricane Duffy

2009-02-17T11:33:00.000-08:00

I call their weekend here Hurricane Duffy with all the love in my heart. We had a great weekend with My mom, Mike, and Uncle Sean. Sam was in 7th heaven following Sean everywhere and trying to do everything Sean was doing. We also dressed them the same the whole weekend. It's so cute to see their relationship change as they get bigger. Allie was so happy to have so many people around. Our little party girl did not want to sleep the entire time. I can't decide if it was because she was so excited, or because she was cutting her front bottom teeth. I felt them this morning so I believe they are finally through! It was a quick weekend. We loved every minute of it, and hope Hurricane Duffy will come back through again soon!

Allie is getting big!

2009-02-17T11:28:00.001-08:00

Allie is standing up all the time now. She pulls up on everything and anything. So far we've only had a couple falls, nothing too bad. She is also getting some teeth. I think they finally broke through, hopefully that's why she is napping for the first time in 3 days. (Or maybe she napping because hurricane Duffy left!) More on that in the next post.

Superbowl Sunday

2009-02-17T11:23:00.000-08:00

Superbowl Sunday was also Jason and I's anniversary. We had a great time watching the game at our friend's house, until the last few seconds of the game that is. Here are cute pictures of our Ultimate Cardinal Fans! Also, little Miss Allie before we left for the game.

Lake Tahoe

2009-01-27T14:32:00.001-08:00

Sam trying out his daddy's snowboard.
Getting ready to ski.
A view of the Lake from the top of the chair lift.
Sam skiing with the harness in front of Papa.
Our little skier!

A couple weeks at home

2009-01-27T14:30:00.001-08:00

Sam got a gift certificate to Toys R' Us from Christmas and all he wanted was a Darth Vader Costume. He loves it and wears it all the time.
Just Allie smiling.

Pictures from the last month

2009-01-27T13:52:00.000-08:00

Macie and her babies!
Sandy, Makenzie, Grandma and Allie. Grandma finally got to meet Allie!
I had to include this one, just for Tony, that'll teach him to cover his face when I take a picture. My mom and Thelma.

Has it really been a month?

2009-01-27T13:42:00.001-08:00

Wow! I was doing so good keeping up with my blog, then the holidays came, two trips and I'm finally getting around to updating it. If you can believe I did not take one picture on Christmas, I know, Allie's first, I suck. We do have a lot of video of it. (Jason was in charge of the video, I was in charge of the camera... oops.) The day after Christmas my dad, the kids and I loaded up my dad's truck and drove out to Utah. We had a great time visiting family and friends and a little taste of winter. We got home and had a couple weeks at home before we were off to Lake Tahoe to go skiing with Jason's mom, dad and Liz. The drive was a little crazy at times, the four of us in our tiny car for 8 hours +, but we traveled safely. We had a great time up in Tahoe and Sam is loving skiing. We've been home a couple days now, and I'm still trying to catch up on laundry and house work. Sam was sick before we left for Tahoe and he succeeded in getting everyone sick when we were there, although hopefully Aunt Lizzie escaped Mad Sam Disease (coughing, congestion, etc.) Allie has been going a little crazy, learning how to crawl, babble and pull herself up all in the span of a couple weeks. The result is she does not want to sleep because she just wants to practice her new skills. So she has also learned how to make her mom go crazy! Pictures to follow...

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas, Cont.

2008-12-21T21:59:00.001-08:00

Sam and Allie after dinner.
The elves took this family picture. Sam is actually looking at the camera and smiling. This is a huge feat! Apparently I liked this picture so much I uploaded it twice.

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas

2008-12-21T21:49:00.000-08:00

Tonight we went to dinner with Santa on a train. It was a great time. Santa was really sweet to Sam and Allie. It was a great night. Bapa is in town for Christmas, we all had a lot of fun.
This was Sam's face when Santa was talking to him. He was so amazed by the whole night (at first), by the end Sam was done.
Santa showed Sam and Allie his special watch that shows what time it is at the North Pole.
Our family before dinner. It was pretty funny that Santa kept ordering Jason around. He told him to get the camera ready, he told him to hurry and eat his dinner so he can be ready to take pictures. You should have seen how fast Jason scarfed down the food after that.
This picture was actually taken the night before at the Boat Parade of Lights at Ventura Harbor. I dressed me and the kids like we were going to Antartica. I guess I forgot we live in Southern California and it never gets that cold. It was another fun night. Sam is really excited for Christmas this year. He keeps saying all he wants is a camera and moon sand. (The moon sand part is kind of funny because he has two containers of moon sand already that he hardly ever plays with, but he insists that is what he wants.)

Happy 30th Birthday Jason!

2008-12-14T14:18:00.000-08:00

Last Wednesday was Jason's 30th birthday! I think Jason was having a little bit of a hard time with the passing of his 20's, so of course the loving, supportive wife I am, I rubbed it in as much as I could (of course I know in 6 months I will be getting the playful ribbing back 10 fold). We went out to dinner with the family on Wednesday night. Last night Nora came over and watched the kids for us while we went out to dinner with a group of friends to celebrate. We went to a local Teppen Japanese place called Cho Cho Sans. We had a good time. It was a fun night to celebrate a really neat man! Happy 30th Birthday Jason!

Happy Half Birthday Allie

2008-12-04T18:34:00.000-08:00

This is Allie yesterday, the day before her half birthday, but I had to take a picture. This bow will make her Aunt Ashley proud!

Allie recently has shown a strong desire for a sippy cup. Yesterday I gave her one, and she of course, attacked it. The first picture is what happened when I took the sippy cup away. She is our little drama queen.

I always have to have a picture of Sam as well. He really is a great big brother. He's not that into having his picture taken anymore.
To celebrate Allie's 6 month birthday we went to the mall to get their pictures taken. We had a great time, although after getting pictures Sam threw a little fit. I think 27 years ago they called them a "Nikki fit," they need a new name. Holiday cards will be in the mail soon.

Santa Time!

2008-11-30T20:39:00.000-08:00

This afternoon Sam, Allie and I went to the mall to visit Santa. It's become a tradition of Sam and I's to visit Santa on the Sunday after Thanksgiving (or the Monday after). Sam is so excited this year. He took his pictures of the past two years to show Santa. We are getting excited for Christmas around here. Hopefully we will get all the decorations, tree and lights up by next Sunday. We haven't been home for Christmas for the past two years so we haven't decorated since we lived in Utah, I'm excited to see what treasures my 9 boxes of Christmas decoration have that haven't been opened in so long!

More Thanksgiving

2008-11-30T20:27:00.000-08:00

Last Monday we packed up the car and drove out to Phoenix to spend Thanksgiving with family. We arrived Monday afternoon and had a wonderful time with my mom, Mike and Sean. We kept Sam and Sean very busy going from one fun place, Amazing Jake's one night, a big indoor climbing place the next, to another. Thanksgiving morning we woke up early and took Sean, Sam and Allie out to Red Mountain park to watch My mom and Aunt Sandy run in a 10K Turkey Trot. They did so good, I am so proud of them. It was fun to see. I got to talk to my Aunt Charli in the morning, we sure wish we could have been in Utah to enjoy her turkey too. We enjoyed the rest of Thanksgiving morning and afternoon hanging out with the family before we headed out to North Phoenix to see Jason's family. It was a great Thanksgiving week.

I am Thankful for so many things this past year. We have been so blessed and are so grateful for so many things I don't think I can even begin, or else I'd never stop.

Thanksgiving!

2008-11-30T20:21:00.001-08:00

Thanksgiving in Phoenix

2008-11-30T20:12:00.001-08:00

Thanksgiving evening we traveled to the other end of Phoenix to see Jason's family. We had a nice Thanksgiving dinner with all of the Shapiro family, including some cousins who we haven't seen since before Sam was born (a lot can happen in 4 years). I got to visit with Karen and Keith on Friday morning and see their beautiful baby girl. Then we went to the Phoenix Children's Museum. Wow, what an amazing place. Sam had such a great time. He has been talking about it non-stop. We will have to go back next time we are in town. Saturday morning we had a great brunch with Mar Mar and Uncle Dick. Then we packed our little family in our little car and headed home. The drive took us longer than we expected, but we made it home in time to say one last good bye to our good friends who are moving to Branson Missouri.

Good Night

2008-11-14T20:21:00.000-08:00

Just two last pictures I wanted to share. Allie is sleeping and Jason took Sam to the local high school football game. I am going to go enjoy the rest of my night. Good night...

Allie attacks bowl

2008-11-14T20:16:00.001-08:00

I already posted about how much Allie loves her new rice cereal, but I had to share these pictures of her literally attacking the bowl last night. She is such a funny little girl. This morning after her cereal she started squealing and I could tell she wanted to attack the bowl again, when I didn't let her she started crying. She's not spoiled.

S-A-M

2008-11-14T20:11:00.000-08:00

Sometimes I let Sam play on the computer by himself while I cook dinner (or whatever other chore I'm doing close by). The other day he was playing on pbskids.org (he navagates that site pretty well) he called me over to look at what he named his super hero. I looked at the screen and saw he typed SAM. I said, did you do that by yourself? How did you do that? He said, "Mom I found the S the A and the M, all the letters are right there." I had to take a picture. I thought that was pretty good for a three year old.

Weekend with Nama, Papa Mike and Sean

2008-11-14T20:05:00.000-08:00

We had a great weekend last weekend when Nama (my mom) and Papa Mike and Sean came into town. Sean and Sam play really well together, and I got some much needed "primping" time. I actually got my hair done for the first time since February. I cut it pretty short and got it colored a little darker. (Sorry no pictures this time, apparently I only take the pictures.) For those of you who knew me when I was 5 months old, probably are having a little bit of a flash back looking at the bottom picture of Allie and my mom. It was a great weekend!

Allie's First Meal and The Zoo

2008-11-05T09:34:00.000-08:00

This weekend we had a great time with BaPa in town (My dad). We went to the zoo, the Santa Monica Pier, and lots of parks. Sam stayed the night with Bapa in his hotel. He had so much fun packing his bag and saying bye to Jason and I.

We started Allie on solid foods Saturday. She attacked the spoon and grabbed the bowl and tried to eat the rice cereal straight from the bowl. It was so cute. I guess she was ready. Sam got to feed his baby sister, and he was so cute about it.

2008-11-05T09:31:00.000-08:00

2008-10-31T22:33:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween! I know, it's Halloween Night, and I'm not posting any pictures of Halloween. Guess What, I forgot my camera! Hopefully someone will email me pictures of tonight's festivities and I will post them then. I did add pictures from the last week. We had a great time at the pumpkin patch last week with Jason's family. Today I got to go to Sam's school and volunteer. I did a craft with the kids, and I read the whole class a story. It really took me back to my teaching days. Sam enjoyed having me in class with him. When I came back to pick him up, I had a surprise with me Bapa! (My dad). We got ready and went out to our friends house for the trick-or-treating fun! Sam was much more brave this year, he only cried at one costume. You guessed it, the little girl who dressed as a cute clown. Sam was Scooby Doo so I had to go with a family theme (see how many years that works), Allie was a puppy, or rather a girl "Scrappy Doo." She is pretty scrappy. She fell asleep in her stroller the second we walked down the street and slept the whole time. They both fell asleep in the car on the ride home. Hopefully I will have pictures to post from tonight soon. I really can't believe I forgot my camera. Good night, and Happy Halloween!

2008-10-31T22:32:00.000-07:00

2008-10-31T22:18:00.000-07:00

First Blog!

2008-10-19T20:34:00.000-07:00

After much persuassion I finally did it! I created a blog. Here are my babies, Sam and Allie. They are pretty funny kids. I tried to leave them for a split second today to hang out with adults, and Allie cried the entire time. I simply cannot leave her, she is not okay with it. She has such a strong personality, and is usually such a happy baby, but if she is mad, she lets you know. Sam is adjusting pretty well to having "Little Miss" in his life. I wish I had a little bit more time with my little man!