Preston and Bentley

Their relationship is getting better. Preston loves to give Bentley attention and sing to him, he's just a LOT louder than Bentley likes. Preston sees Phia make Bentley laugh so easily so he tries doing the same thing only has no concept that he's WAY too close(and too loud!). Bentley is slowly warming up though:)Presto often requests to take pictures with his brother so here's a few recent ones(note: Bentley is NOT crying!! Wohoo!):

Father Daughter Valentine's dance!

This one was too precious for words. Phia and her daddy all dressed up for the dance. Mommy just about lost it. Daddy sent pictures from the dance so we could see what they were up to. They took "formal pictures", ate lots of goodies, danced, and made crafts together. Daddy said that the first slow dance when the lights were down Phia whispered "Daddy this is scary" Haaaaaaaaaa!! The "moment" was a little lost on her but the night wasn't. She was glowing in all the pictures. So proud to show off her amazing, handsome, Daddy!!



Cell phone shot of them on the dancefloor!

Making the frame for their "formal picture"

Uncle Frank's birthday + Grandma and Grandpa's 40th!

We celebrated Uncle Frank's birthday and Grandma and Grandpa's 40th at the same time at Uncle Frank's house. It was so nice to have get the kids together. There's something about playing with someone else's toys that will keep the kids attention forever! We always enjoy seeing the family and catching up and this was no exception.

The tiniest eaters. Phia in her mermaid costume...she was in heaven:)

Auntie Sarah flexing her pipes!

The birthday boy reading all his cards...

Grandma is recovering from back surgery. Sophia was very concerned and was so happy to spend time with her:)

Presto being a boy!

"Here cousin, don't say I never gave you anything":)

Cutie Everett checking out his Valentine's stash from Auntie Jen:)

The 2 princesses...

Oh and this guy loved that the food table was toddler height and "all you can eat"!

Aiden's b-day

We got some cute pictures of the kids from Aiden's 5th b-day party. Sophia and Preston LOVE birthday parties, Preston is really into singing "Happy Birthday" and Sophia is really into handing over the present(and both love the cake of course).



This is how Bentley celebrated most of the party:)

Sophia's dance class

One of my most favorite things about maternity leave was attending Sophia's dance class on Friday's. Her ver first class was only a week after I had Bentley but I just couldn't miss it! I met so many amazing mommy's...I'm really going to miss them:( Of course the highlight was Miss Phia herself She LOVES dressing up in her pink tutu. First thing in the am on Friday's she'd ask to put it on and wear it around the house. The class is tap, ballet, and tumbling so they did a lot in an hour! Phia would run up to me from across the room with her arms open to give me hugs during the class. She'd come home and teach Presto her new moves, so I'd hear him in the other room "heal, toe, step"...adorable! I will always remember how excited she was to have me there:) Nonno came with us for one class too...








Phia requests french braids for dance class. She is ALL girl, everything pink, dresses, tutus, princesses, the whole bit!

Palm Springs

We knew we wanted to take a family vacation toward the end of my maternity leave but purposly waited until last minute so we'd book the week according to the weather! We thought we'd be in Yosemite enjoying the snow during January but instead ended up in Palm Springs taking advantage of the perfect 75 degree days. I found the MOST perfect resort with villas so we had a full kitchen, huge bedroom,living room, 2 fireplaces, 2 patios, washer/dryer and all the comforts of home(and more, the daily maid service was KEY)! BT made breakfast for the family each morning, we spent our days by the pool, and each evening we'd get the kids in the triple stroller and take a run along the golf course before dinner! There was also a playground at the resort so we'd take the kids there before dinner:) This was by far our most favorite local vacation(The Caribbean clearly being our fav non-local ha!). Whoever says vacationing or eating out with kids is no fun clearly hasn't done so with ours! We have a BLAST. Our villa had huge jet tub in the bedroom so we had a giant family bath each morning. The kids loved the waterslide at the pool and the kiddie pool was huge and was only a few feet deep(and we had it all to ourselves...major bonus). We love exposing the kids to new things. They amaze us how well they adapt to each new environment. We brought Preston's prized posession with us, his "birthday bike" which is a balance bike his Nana gave him for his b-day. Our villa was big enough that he rode it from room to room and he'd ride it back and forth to the pool and dinner when we ate out at the resort!! Lastly, there's an amazing kids museum walkable from the resort so we went there on our way out of town. The pics speak for themselves. The museum was a HUGE hit:) Palm Springs...we'll be back very very soon(already planning our next trip!)

The pool was a few steps from our villa and they had lots of fun things for the kids!



The kids loved their lemonades by the pool. Mommy and Daddy drank "lemonade" too:)




Family bath time! There was a huge waterfall that came out of the bath that the kids loved and it created a massive amount of bubbles. The tub was in the bedroom so we'd hop in before starting our day...why not?!




Bentley had a blast too!! He slept like a good boy in his rockin' sleeper in our room. This is Bentley bear hanging by the pool:)

Bentley bear finding something very funny...

Bentley bear being SUPER cute:)

Bentley and his handsome daddy:)

Mommy and Phia all dressed up for our Mexican dinner out!

Bentley looks a little worried but we loved our morning cuddles with all 3:)

Preston in the kitchen on his "birthday bike" and his 2nd favorite thing in the world...his monkey!

There were duckies all over the property. Phia loved watching them on our patio...


Awww brotherly love

Wait...not so much ha! This pretty much sums up their relationship. Bentley bear, your brother loves you oodles. He's just a little louder and a little more rough than you can possible appreciate right now:)

Daddy spoils us like crazy. Chocolate chip pancakes everyday of vacation??!! Amazing!

I love this picture...action shot of Presto's transportation indside our villa.

Sophia and Bentley are best buds. B's face lights up when he hears her voice and she loves to sit and entertain him with her singing/dancing/and by just being Phia. She has the ability to make him giggle outloud at a moments notice. We just love wathing the 2 of them interact...

And lastly, we discovered this Children's Museum for the kids which made are already perfect vacation even more perfect! It looks brand new and it was empty the day we went so the kids had it pretty much to themselves. Presto painted a VW bug and the biggest hits were the kids grocery store and kids pizza parlor where they pretented to be adults:)




Preston was in awe at the "grocery store" and Phia loved carrying around her dress up purse with her fake money. BT and I both played cashier and of course, we got to put everything back on the shelves!



Yup...dress up clothes for mommy too! Phia picked out my outfits:)

Note my unmatching shoes courtesy of Miss Phia:)

Pizza Parlor time!







And just some misc moments. We cannot wait to make more memories in Palm Springs xoxo

This guy turned a corner after New Years. He sleeps like a champ and was such a good boy on this trip:)


Having 2 this close together doesn't come without it's challenges but it's worth it when we hear them make each other giggle. They're learning patience and understanding from each other...slowly, but we see it happening before our eyes. It's so fun to listen to them talk to each other...it never gets old!

Our friends let us borrow their triple for the week and it came in handy for our evening runs. We loved it so much we bought our own:)