Labor Day weekend 2010

We've been without a camera for a few weeks so we borrowed Nana's for the weekend. Labor Day weekend this year was all about Nonno's annual Chili Cook-off in Malibu and it did not disappoint. Every year he works so hard and puts so many hours into making this festival happen and this year Sophia was finally old enough to really enjoy. Free rides, parking, and entrance for the whole weekend...what more can she ask for??!! We also got a bunch of our friends in and spent Saturday eating chili and playing games with them. Sophia not only loves to go on rides all by herself, she LOVES super fast roller coasters. She was technically too young/small to go on the roller coasters but we went on with her and mommy was super scared and the entire time Sophia giggled! Sophia also loved the super tall slide which scared mommy too! She's sooooo brave for a 2 year old...almost TOO brave! She loved all the ice-cream cones and carnival food. Sunday we spent the entire day swimming. Nana provided the adult beverages and snacks for us while we swam. Monday we were back at the festival...we're already looking forward to next year!! Sophia called in "Nonno's fair":)

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:)