Monday, June 15, 2009
Bunny Burrito
The Babe likes to be wrapped up like a burrito in her bunny towel after she takes a bath or shower:
Just one of the boys
This weekend the Babe got to spend some quality time with her cousins Jackson and Christian and her Tita Lisa and Uncle Dave. They were visiting from Arizona and stayed at the Hotel del Coronado, so we had a lot of fun being beach bums with them, going to the pool, back to the beach again, and enjoying meals together.
The Babe likes to wear her sunglasses on her head, just like mama:
Gotta do some stretches before I start running around w/Jackson and Christian:
One challenge when dealing with three kids: it is nearly IMPOSSIBLE to get a photo of all three kids smiling at the same time. I took about 25 shots of them in this position and this is the closest we got (and I'm just showing the one w/Izzy smiling cuz she's my kid :)).
After the beach everyday, the cousins took a bath together and had lots of fun splashing and being silly:
Jackson and Izzy being goofballs and carrying their 'babies' around in their homemade baby bjorns:
Izzy kept her baby like that for quite a while and even did a bunch of laps around the fountain:
Hanging out on the balcony w/Uncle Dave:
This is probably the best picture of the cousins from the weekend (thank you, Daddy, for offering to be their perch):
The water baby LOVED her pool time:
Jackson's wiggly tooth finally came out and he learned that the tooth fairy even comes when you're traveling!
Family photo:
What we imagine Izzy will look like in 40 years when her hair starts to gray:
The Babe likes to wear her sunglasses on her head, just like mama:
Gotta do some stretches before I start running around w/Jackson and Christian:
One challenge when dealing with three kids: it is nearly IMPOSSIBLE to get a photo of all three kids smiling at the same time. I took about 25 shots of them in this position and this is the closest we got (and I'm just showing the one w/Izzy smiling cuz she's my kid :)).
After the beach everyday, the cousins took a bath together and had lots of fun splashing and being silly:
Jackson and Izzy being goofballs and carrying their 'babies' around in their homemade baby bjorns:
Izzy kept her baby like that for quite a while and even did a bunch of laps around the fountain:
Hanging out on the balcony w/Uncle Dave:
This is probably the best picture of the cousins from the weekend (thank you, Daddy, for offering to be their perch):
The water baby LOVED her pool time:
Jackson's wiggly tooth finally came out and he learned that the tooth fairy even comes when you're traveling!
Family photo:
What we imagine Izzy will look like in 40 years when her hair starts to gray:
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Before and After
We've been busy doing some home improvement projects before the new baby arrives. Last weekend we gave our deck some sorely needed TLC. We sanded and re-stained (thanks Kelly!) the deck and here are the before and after shots:
Before:
During:
After:
We also got around to rearranging the granny flat so that we had some more room. In addition to having our siblings rip out a shower to provide more space, we installed a closet system which gave us a ton of more shelf space. You can now actually see the floor back there!
Before:
After:
Before:
During:
After:
We also got around to rearranging the granny flat so that we had some more room. In addition to having our siblings rip out a shower to provide more space, we installed a closet system which gave us a ton of more shelf space. You can now actually see the floor back there!
Before:
After:
Secret Agent Woman
The Babe decided to test the boundaries of the newly enacted water conservation law. She dressed herself, put on some shades, and went to work.
Are the authorities looking?
Ready...
Aim...
Fire!
I think we're safe
Are the authorities looking?
Ready...
Aim...
Fire!
I think we're safe
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
My NEW Running Shoes!
The Babe got some new running shoes over the weekend and we've never seen her so excited about a pair of shoes before. Here she is, napping on the floor, arms crossed (and yeah, no shirt) because we told her shoes aren't allowed in the bed. "Ok, I'll sleep on the floor then Mama-Daddy."
Monday, June 1, 2009
Happy Birthday, Daddy!
Mama wasn't thinking and totally forgot to bring the camera to the Blind Lady Ale House for Daddy's birthday celebration on Saturday night. But we enjoyed a wonderful evening of Neapolitan-style pizza, good beer, the most DEEELICIOUS homemade ice cream sandwiches ever, and lots of laughs with many of our wonderful friends. The Babe had a blast playing with Mia and Ecco -- she almost outlasted Mama and I had to drag her out of there!
Happy Birthday Daddy, we hope you had a great one!
Happy Birthday Daddy, we hope you had a great one!
More like Labor Day than Memorial Day!
We were lucky enough to have our older more-experienced-at-home-improvement-projects siblings -- Ernest from the Villanueva clan and Koko from the Okano clan -- give up their Memorial Day weekends to help us w/some manual labor on the Granny flat. (Or as Lola calls it, "the barn.")
Gumbo's sad that her futon/bed will be going away soon:
Our main goal was to rip out the non-working shower in the laundry area, cap the pipes and drywall/fix the floor.
After the demo:
Floor in!
Drywall in!
Linsey helped entertain Izzy by reading her lots and LOTS of books. :)
Marc got the deck prepped for some pressure washing:
Deck washed...and Gumbo's bed gone. :(
Our engineer siblings also fixed the electrical problems, and Marc & I worked on going through some of our JUNK and getting it better organized.
BEFORE:
(How have we accumulated so much crap over the years...?)
Messy closet:
Beautiful "AFTER" shots are coming soon...we're almost there!
We did give our workers a break on Memorial Day, even though it wasn't optimal San Diego beach-going weather.
Gumbo's sad that her futon/bed will be going away soon:
Our main goal was to rip out the non-working shower in the laundry area, cap the pipes and drywall/fix the floor.
After the demo:
Floor in!
Drywall in!
Linsey helped entertain Izzy by reading her lots and LOTS of books. :)
Marc got the deck prepped for some pressure washing:
Deck washed...and Gumbo's bed gone. :(
Our engineer siblings also fixed the electrical problems, and Marc & I worked on going through some of our JUNK and getting it better organized.
BEFORE:
(How have we accumulated so much crap over the years...?)
Messy closet:
Beautiful "AFTER" shots are coming soon...we're almost there!
We did give our workers a break on Memorial Day, even though it wasn't optimal San Diego beach-going weather.
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