Thanksgiving in Solvang!

We went to Solvang again this year but sadly Nonno was so sick he couldn't join us. It was sure an adventure with 3 kids but we ended up having a blast. Thankfully when we arrived at The Hadsten House they upgraded us to a jacuzzi suite! It was a MUCH bigger room which came in handy plus Nana had her own room so Presto slept with her. We enjoyed an awesome dinner at the hotel that evening. Phia was super sick too('tis the season) so we went straight to bed. The next day we went to our favorite castle park and then head our Thanksgiving feast at Coldspring Tavern. The kids were so excited about the surrounding they could hardly eat. Presto just wanted to explore and Phia loved running up and down the trails. We had a private house to eat in thankfully so the kids could be as loud as they wanted! We let them eat a HUGE bowl of whip cream for dessert which they both devoured! We took lots of pictures of the kids. It was so beautiful up there...it was hard not to!

Little punky Phia was so sick but she loved her pink dress and loved taking pictures in it:)


Castle Park!!!( most of the pictures are mid running!!)



Me and my sweet pea's

Presto never leaves home without his lawn mower!! He did his part to keep the park groomed:)

And he REALLY wanted the lawnmower in this shot...in fact, he insisted!!

The park was so beautiful!

When we arrived at Coldspring Tavern Phia's cold was in full force poor thing but I just love this picture of her...

I love this picture...little Presto loved the outdoors!

Nana and Phia!

Beautiful!

Dada and his bud:)




I love this boy!!!!!

Mmmmm whip cream!!


This was our little Turkey Day House:)

There's a little play house that the kids loved to play in:)

Our littlest peanut is missing. He spent most of Turkey Day asleep:)

JPT's 36th B-day...

"Happy Birthday Mommy" sign handmade by Sophia and Preston with their hands and feet!

My birthday dinner with BT and Bentley

This year was a 4 day celebration:) Thursday night Brian and I headed to Santa Barbara for the night and stayed at the Bacara with baby Bentley. We enjoyed a nice relaxing dinner and ordered in room service for breakfast. We spent Friday strolling around SB and bought mama a new iphone! Saturday night we went to Cafe Firenze with Jason, Ally, Rob, and Kelly for an awesome birthday dinner! This restaurant is our favorite and it's becoming a tradition to host all our celebrations there. Sophia kept talking about having a "party for mommy" and kept asking when my "party" was so on Sunday BT bought a mini pinata and Nana baked a cake and we had a party with noise makers and party hats!! Sophia was in heaven and was so happy to sing Happy Birthday to mommy. The kids made me an awesome sign with Leyla using their hand and foot prints. It was a whirlwind 4 day birthday celebration and I especially enjoyed all the family time.

Happy Mommy and 4 week old Bentley bear in Santa Barbara

Our little bug enjoying the hotel room

Sigh...the grounds were beautiful!

A perfect, relaxing breakfast on our balcony

Daddy and his smallest monkey


Cafe Firenze time...
Kell and Rob!

Ally and Jason

Happy B-day to me:)

The birthday crew!

Our family "party":
Daddy got us a pinata and since it was raining we did it in the garage:)

Daddy even got us some party hats which Presto couldn't quite figure out:)

Make a wish...

Enjoying pinata candy:)


Daddy decorating the party table...

Bentley Owen is 1 month!

In some ways it feels like he's been part of our family forever and yet we can't believe he's already a month old! He's getting better with sleeping. On average he sleeps 4.5 hours at night before I have to feed him...he's given us a few 6 hour stints but it's usually 4.5 which isn't bad. We think he may have some sort of reflux but hoping he'll just grow out of it. He's starting to hold up his head which is super cute b/c he's so teeny tiny:)

Gingerbread houses with The Gordon's!

We started the Holiday season off early this year and decorated gingerbread houses with the Gordon's in November! Soooo much fun! Phia spent most of the time hiding and eating the candy so she clearly enjoyed herself. We all had a blast!

The kids are clearly excited!!!

Look at how happy Jack is!!




Look at happy Jack!!

Bentley boo boo 3 weeks

We are settling in as a family of 5(sounds sooo weird). Still trying to establish a routine which is a lot to expect with a 3 week old but we're still trying!! Bentley still sleeps 22-23 hours/day so it's tricky trying to feed him but he's gaining weight so that's all that counts! I've been keeping busy with Sophia's school events. We're planning the annual Casino Royale fundraising party in December along with creating a class project for Sophia's class. We're doing a flower pot and it will be bid on at the fundraiser in Dec. Bentley comes along with me to the school and hangs in his stroller while I take care of biz!

Mama kisses. You can see he's still a tad "yellow" but it's much better!

Birthday parties!

We've had 3 birthday parties in 3 weeks and have taken a lot of pictures( I'm real behind!). The first was Giselle's 3rd bday and this one was actually right before I delivered! It was a circus theme and the kids had a BLAST!! The next was Gabriella's 5th bday party, Jen and Tommy's daughter. Bentley was 2 weeks old and it was at Scooter's Jungle and the kids bounced themselves silly!! The third was Carter's birthday this past weekend and it was his "Firstgiving" and we had a full Thanksgiving feast!! The kids get so excited for these parties and we love seeing all our friends kids so excited too:)

Giselle's birthday(all I got was the kids in their b-day outfits...Phia looks so grown up!!)



Gabriella's bday:









Carteroni's Firstgiving
Presto loves him some bounce house!

Look at all the details!! Amazing:)

Phia and the b-day boy!

Cupcake heaven!

Mmmm "ahh juuu" as Presto calls it!

Gobble Gobble:)