We've got a cruiser at 7+ months!

Our Preston is already cruisin' and he's not even 8 months old!! He pulls himself up to a full stand and cruises along the ottoman in our living room. He is so very proud of himself!! He also likes to explore just about anything including the pantry and the fridge!

Park play with The Gordon's and Avery's b-day party

We found the most perfect park 1/2 way between us and the Gordon's in Westwood, so we brought a picnic and let the girls run around! After, we headed out to Avery's birthday where Sophia walked away with a beautiful tutu and fairy wings!

Sophia's 2 year stats

Sophia's 2 year doc visit was a little late because she got her 18 month old shots late due to pneumonia. Anyway, she weighed in at 28lbs and 33.5" tall. Layla is our new nanny and she's been potty training Sophia for 2 weeks now. The first weekend was rough but this weekend she's been 100% successful even when we've left the house! We know she's ready, it's just a matter of being consistent and putting in the effort and it's paying off!! She's so proud of herself and so are we:) Here are some random pictures Layla has taken of Sophia during the past few weeks. Layla does art time with the kiddos everyday and takes them Gymboree 2x/week. This week she's going to start taking them to the library. Sophia is so happy!

Fairytails in the park(Sophia's first "play")

There are a million parks around our house and our favorite duck park has productions in the park on the weekends for kids. We brought a blanket and drinks and soaked up some sun! It's been perfect mid 80's every weekend this summer(except Sophia's birthday weekend of course!!). This weekend's production was 3 Little Pigs and Sophia LOVED it!! She's finally getting old enough to sit(sorta) so hopefully we'll be enjoying many more of these.

Preston's 2nd tooth and formula (7.5 months)

We've got another tooth poking through already so now the lil' guy has 2 coming in on the bottom right next to each other. He's our happy monkey and is weighing in at 19.2lbs. He spends most of his time exploring on his tummy, army crawling across the room, and chewing on anything he can find. He's transitioned perfectly to formula and doesn't seem to notice the difference!

Music in the Zoo!

We had a fantastic Friday night under the stars, listening to music and visiting the zoo animals. ALL the animals were awake! Sophia's favorite was the hippo who was "diving" in and out of the water playing with a giant ball. They had lots of food/drink stations set up throughout the zoo(our favorite was the "street tacos" and the "martini and mashed potatoes" stations. They also had a station that sold cheese and fruit skewers with different wine pairings. This was by far the best zoo experience we've ever had!! They have 3 summer nights they stay open from 6pm-9pm and we'll be there for all 3 next summer:)

Summer 2010 fun!

Our summer so far has been filled with lots of bbq's, swimming, and enjoying the perfect weather! Aside from Sophia's birthday weekend, we've been blessed with weekends in the 80's which allows us time to enjoy our backyard and neighborhood pool. Here are a few pictures of some of the summer festivities so far:

Birthday party in Santa Barbara!




Sunday's with Nana are Sophia's favorite!



Backyard fun with Christy and Matt:)






One of Sophia's favorite things abt summer is all the yummy food we've been eating...not sure what this is but she's sure enjoying it!

Preston's first tooth!!

This past weekend we found Preston's first tooth popping through! He's 7.5 months and the happiest baby on the planet so of course we had no idea but our big boy is gonna have some chompers soon!! We also heard his say "mama" on Friday so it was a big weekend for Preston. He's mastered the combat crawling and can get from one side of the room to the other in seconds. He's getting an awesome upper body workout! We're starting to wean him from breast milk and he's been completely happy with formula and baby food. That's our good boy!

Sophie makes PJ's tooth feel better:)

Happy boy playing with his sissy(whom he ADORES and follows with his eyes everywhere she goes!)

Peek-a-boo...I love crawling through the kitchen:)

Sophia's 2nd birthday bbq and pool party!

So we've figured out that Sophia's birthday will always fall on the first hot Saturday of the month. This was our first year in our new house and we were so happy to have the misters all set up for the heat! However, we forgot to turn them on...oh well! Daddy surprised Sophia with a strawberry shortcake bouncy house and we got Tutu's shaved ice to set up shop in our backyard. BT made bbq'd chicken and steak for tacos and we had an strawberry shortcake ice-cream cake. Sophia greeted all the guests with "would you like to see my chicken?". She was so proud of her new pink kitchen. She grabbed each guest by the hand and let them upstairs for playtime with her kitchen. She was glowing all day and made it through all the festivities and swimming without a nap! We can't believe our baby girl is 2. She's smarter, more funny and more cleaver than we ever could've imagined. She amazes us with her whit and charm everyday!
Here are some of the highlights of the day: