Ready for swim class

Normally Daddy is the one who takes care of bath time. He and the Babe have a grand 'ol time in the bath tub with all the bubbles and bath toys. But with Daddy sick lately, Mama has had bath duty and tonight the Babe decided to own the bath tub. We have to get her enrolled in swim classes soon because she's such a water baby!

From 01112009 - Bath time

The famous 'side look'

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Bubbles, bubbles, everywhere!

From 01112009 - Bath time

From 01112009 - Bath time

Lesson on how to walk Babbo

The Babe is very independent these days. She likes to tell us that she's "going shopping...be back soon" or "going to walk Babbo (that's Izzy speak for Gumbo) - see you later!" We asked her what she needed to walk Babbo and she showed us.

You put this around Babbo's face:

From 01112009 - Bath time

And this around your arm:

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Gotta have poop bags too

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Fiesta Bowl 2009 (a heartbreaker)

Our primary reason for driving out to Phoenix was to see family, but our secondary reason was to go cheer on the Buckeyes at the 2009 Fiesta Bowl. (Thank you, Dave, for getting such awesome tickets!!!) Although it was a heartbreaker of a game, it was still an exciting one--and a lot of fun to be there in person.

Those Texans...so proud :)


Famous "script" Ohio


Poor Bevo

Post-Xmas Trip to Phoenix

Due to conflicting family schedules, we saved our Phoenix trip to see the Villanueva-Camarata clan until after New Year's this year. It ended up being very relaxing, without the holiday stress. Izzy got to spend a lot of quality time with cousins Christian & Jackson, Tita Lisa, Uncle Dave, and Lola/Lolo.

Christmas 2008 in San Diego

The hiatus is over...we blame Koko for the lack of blog posts over the last 6 weeks. She borrowed our camera and we finally got it back over the holidays. Yay!

We had a wonderful Christmas with the Okano clan in San Diego. Momo and Jiji flew in from Chicago, Koko drove down from L.A., and she treated Momo/Jiji to a nice stay at the W Hotel downtown. We still spent all of our days together and Izzy got a great dose of "koko-momo-jiji."







Ernest stopped in for a few hours on his way out to Phoenix and brought Mama a wonderful gift (here's Izzy modeling it):

Mama's Sous Chef

Mama has enjoyed having a 3-ft sous chef lately, who is happy and willing to do chores like peel garlic. (And she does it the old fashioned way so it keeps her occupied for a quite a while. :) )

From 11162008 - Alex, faces, sous chef, hair

From 11162008 - Alex, faces, sous chef, hair

From 11162008 - Alex, faces, sous chef, hair

The Babe & Her Baby

Lola bought Izzy a baby doll a few months ago, and we weren't so thrilled about it at the time...but it's been fascinating to see Izzy taking care of the baby (without any purposeful instruction from us). Sometimes she's a little rough w/her, but luckily Baby has thick skin.

From 11162008 - Alex, faces, sous chef, hair

From 11162008 - Alex, faces, sous chef, hair

From 11162008 - Alex, faces, sous chef, hair

From 11162008 - Alex, faces, sous chef, hair