Thursday, October 4, 2012

Preston melts mama's heart...

We thank God everyday for blessing us with this perfect little man.  He's such a love.  Yesterday he was standing at the top of the stairs and I was running around like a crazy person trying to get ready for work.  He yells "mama!" I say "Yes Presto" he looks up at me out of the blue and says "I so happy!!" with a giant smile on his face.  No reason...just happy.  Then he took my hand as we walked down the stairs and said "we best friends"...really?? He managed to top himself in the ridiculously cute department! We are greated with "how was your day?" from him when we get home and full blow RUNNING hug.  He's full of "I la you's" and of course in true 2 year old fashion is full of "but why's??" as well.  He rests his head on my shoulder each night as I run through all his favorite songs.  He says "I want da other uppa"...he calls "Twinkle Twinkle" "Uppa"(for the "Uppa bov the world so high"(as he hears it). So we don't start the song with "twinkle twinkle little star"(that's a different song in his mind).  We start the song at "uppa bov"!!! Then he wants "Jingle Bells", "Happy Birthday",  "Say Say Oh Playate", "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "Sunshine".  Mama loves every minute of it.  He's so in love with trucks, trains, police cars and has finally figured out what "gentle" means with his brother(although he doesn't always exercise it).  He wants to go to school soooooo soooo bad "I go to school now Mama?" !! Just a few more months Presto...then your long school career begins!! Oh and he loves to eat and will eat anything.  Last night I gave him a bag of sugar snapped peas and he gobbled it up.  Eats raw broccoli, spinach, cauliflower...you name it! SUCH a good boy:)!!

BT's 37th birthday!

So fun having Frank join us for dinner!
We love to spoil BT on his birthday.  He spoils us alllll year so this is our time to make him feel as special as he is.  I planned a dinner with friends on Friday night at Meditteraneo in Westlake Village followed by drinks.  We have the best friends in the world and it meant so much to him that they all came out to celebrate.  I got us a suite at the hotel with a huge whirlpool tub and a fireplace and patio for us to enjoy coffee in the morning.  The hotel is breathtaking...I see many staycations here in our future(the bar and amazing restaurant on site is a huge plus!!) On Sunday we had both sets of parents over to celebrate with a mexican feast and a cake made by Grandma.  The kids loved watching daddy open his presents and Presto helped Daddy blow out his candles.  He kept saying "It my birt-day too mama?"...no Presto not quite yet!


My longest and dearest friends in the world
The birthday crew

We had a table outside right on the lake.  Weather was perfect...wine was flowing:)



At Bogie's
We enjoyed a leisurely brunch the next morning:)

We love Sanjay!

Sunday Nono enjoyed some QT with his favorite grandchildren:)

Could he get any happier??

Tostada time!
BT's special birthday plate

Kiddie table


Handsome daddy
Make a wish Daddy


We love you so much Daddy!


Make a wish Presto...wait...


Presto helping Grandma water the flowers(in his life jacket...totally normal right?)
Beautiful Nana and beautiful bear


A(very hot) day at Underwood





We took our first Fall trip to Underwood this past weekend and holy moly it was hot. It was Fire Safety weekend so they had firetrucks, tanks, police cars, police dogs...you name it and the kids could climb up into the trucks so naturally they were in heaven but sadly it was way too hot. We do love having the farm so close to us and it's such a fun place to visit on the weekends. They have the pumpkins out and they now have a place to eat and get drinks there(this was a big negative for mommy before when the didn't have food/drinks). We met up with our neighbors and got some really cute pictures. I hope it's not this hot next year!!

We painted pumpkins! Phia was meticulous of course and Presto was more...abstract:)

Brothers:)


Bentley LOVES clapping so Presto played along.  Bentley claps right before he starts taking steps...like "Hey look guys I'm getting ready to walk"!

He's suuuuuuch a happy boy!! It's been a really great(rough at times) year with this beautiful boy. He's the most giggliest, cuddliest baby we've had and is such a joy(and thankfully has turned into an amazing sleeper like his brother!!) We love you Bear!!

Presto+ a train=one happy 2 year old!

Oh yes...the heat it written alllll over their faces:)


Love this one...even the apple in Presto's mouth:)



Best family shot we got!

Presto got to turn on the police siren...boy was he stoked!

Phia immediately jumped in the tank and put her seat belt on...safety first with our little lady.  She always asks if we have our seat belts on in the car:)

Peeping through...
The nice officer gave Presto a lift


And Presto peaking through the top of the tank

Phia LOVED the fire trucks..can you tell? She looks like a legit pilot!

Yay!!

Oh and driving too...

Horse drawn carriage ride taking  people from one side of the farm to the other

The chicken show
Couldn't get enough...pretty sure we watched the show 5x or more

Hot babies


We had one more train ride...and the whole train to ourselves!

Nana came too!



Saturday, September 29, 2012

Phia as a ballerina!


 Phia started dance again and is loving it! It's tap and ballet and it's a 50 minute class which I was worried about it being so long but she seems to love every minute.  It's a tiny class also which is a huge plus:) We only got a few pictures of her first class...