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:

Preston's 6 month stats

Almost forgot! We had Preston's 6 month appointment last Friday and he's weighing in at 18lbs 4oz and is 26" long! Preston spent a lot of the appointment sitting up staring at himself in the mirror while ripping up the paper he was sitting on. The pediatrician couldn't believe how close he is to crawling already and is very impressed with his sleep "skills". She told us to start him on solids immediately so we did! He's loving them and his growing belly is proof. He got 4 shots and cried just a little.

Preston's first food!

Just before we left for Vegas we gave Preston rice cereal for the first time and he gobbled it right up like a big boy!! It's like he'd been eating food his whole life. He opened right up and swallowed it like a pro:) BT and I keep saying he's grown substantially in one week as a result of eating solids. This week he started on carrots and sweet potatoes and loves them both. Sophia also helped give Preston a bottle this week which was a very "awww" moment for us:)

Chillen' in the bumbo before his first feast!


Mmmmmm:)



Aaaaaa done!

Our "awwwwwwww" moment of the week: Sophia giving Preston a bottle for the first time

Las Vegas Summer 2010

We decided to tag along with Nana and Nonno on their trip to Las Vegas. We told Sophia about the trip so the morning we were leaving first thing she said when she woke up was "Las Vegas???"(actually more like "Los Begas???"). She did SOOOO well on the car ride there. I'd gotten her lots of new toys for the car which helped. We had a HUGE suite and another hotel room attached where Nana and the kiddies slept. Nonno had another hotel room allll to himself(can't say we blame him ha!). Nana took care of the kids one night so we could hit the town with some friends but the pool with the kids was the highlight!! And of course we all enjoyed many trips to the buffet:) We didn't take many pictures but here are a few:

Our baby boy's first trip to Vegas...look how happy he is!!


Our big night on the town!!
It's Pool time!




Sophia spent a lot of time on the hotel room phone crank calling other rooms until we unplugged it:)

Preston spent a lot of time on the hotel room floor eating his toys like this: