Fun around the house with PJ and Sophia

Preston is so mobile! He's pulling himself up to a stand on just about anything he can. We usually find him trying to pry open the fireplace or pulling himself up on the legs of a chair. He's also getting his third tooth on the bottom! Tonight we gave him puffs for the first time and Sophia had a blast feeding them to him. Sophia's favorite thing is to do ANYTHING herself so feeding Preston made her feel very grown up(part of her night time routine is turning the light on herself which she can now reach, turning the white noise on herself, and brushing her teeth herself). She also loves getting her shoes out of the chest and putting them on herself everyday(which is nice for mommy and daddy!!) She's definitely in the "I do it" mode. After she requests her prayers at night she'll say "Mommy are you very very very tired?" We get such a kick out of how observant and perceptive she is! Preston is fully transitioned to his crib and sleeps through the night like a champ. He's SUPER smiley and loves attention from his sister(esp when she plays peek-a-boo with him) Here are a few pics of the kiddies around the house...

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!