Halloween Cupcakes

Since we don't leave the house much, let alone Long Beach, I have been busy at home with projects for Elliot and I to stay busy. Today was baking day. Elliot cracked the eggs and everything, and after nap we got to decorate our ghost cupcakes. I think he was more interested in having a party than he was in eating cupcakes. So we sang "Happy Halloween to you" when Daddy got home after dinner.

Elliot's Masterpiece!


Gotta love a cheesy three year old grin

Isn't She lovely

One Week Old...


I met Avery the day after she was born. She is Samantha's beautiful baby girl. And Elliot got to meet her last week. He was so excited he brought his own bebe's (as he calls them). He wanted to softly touch her, and see her belly button and just be close to her. It made me more anxious to get my little guy out. But he will be here soon enough. And I have so much to do in the next few weeks, that hopefully he will stay put.

All Day at the Beach

It has been years since I spent the whole day at the beach. But we did today, from 10:00 to 4:30. I spent the entire day on my beach chair with my knifty knitter and camera. And had some really nice tacos from La Serena.

A Hot Day at Home

Every day when Elliot wakes up he asks me what are we doing today, Mommay(that is how he says Mommy). Most of the time, we are going to Grandma and Papa's, or Steph's, or to the park with Danny and Carol, or to do errands. But it is rare we stay home. This was the week we began to start chilling out and spending more time here, enjoying the house while I get bigger and we wait for it to go through escrow. We got a really great offer on our house today, so as long as everything goes as it should, we will be moving back to the OC after the holidays. Definitely good and happy news, but now I definitely want to enjoy and appreciate what a great home we have had.

Today, I figured out the air compressor, so that I could fill Elliot's wading pool and we could stay cool in the backyard for an hour or so. And we also built our usual fort of the day in the living room.

My current cravings are strawberry pop tarts, Dr. Pepper and any kind of pasta alfredo. Costco has the best chicken penne alfredo. Talk about comfort food. And Red Lobster (Elliot's current favorite restaurant) has some delicious shrimp linguini alfredo.

A new love I have discovered in my next door neighbors garden is a chocolate mint herb. And she has invited me to take a sprig now and then if I would like. So I did today. And made chocolate mint iced tea. I made it very subtle not wanting to overdo it, and it was a wonderfully refreshing drink for the day. And I think more hydrating for me, than my usual Diet Coke or Dr. Pepper. So if you wish to add any herbs to your garden, I highly recommend it. Next I think I am going to try making lavender mint chocolate chip cookies. Should be interesting.

The fort that Elliot watches tv from...



Watching the neighbors out the front window in his new dinosaur wonderpants



A few pictures from Irvine Regional Park a few days ago

Happy Birthday to my Baby!

Happy 3 years Elliot.
Had our annual breakfast at Goofy's kitchen, where Elliot only ate 2 strawberries, 2 pieces of bacon and 3 gummy worms. And relieved that the nice cashier did not charge us for Elliot's breakfast, because based on what I told her Elliot didn't officially turn three until 10:22pm. It was a bit of a fib, because he was born at 10:22am, so he was "officially" three.
Pictures coming in the morning...

4th of July Weekend

Life is good. Most of the time. At least when I am not having a pregnant hormonal breakdown. Lee's work has calmed down for awhile, so it is great getting the house organized and having family time, without feeling stressed out.

Friday Elliot got to show off his superb swimming skills to his Daddy at swim lessons. He is so proud of the fact that he is going underwater 3 times every day. After swim lessons, we thought it would be the perfect day for the beach, since it was a long weekend. Don't ever attempt Corona del Mar on a holiday weekend. It takes forever to get in and forever to get out, and you never actually make it in, because the parking lot is full before 9:00am. We did have a wonderful day in Huntington, after our two hour drive through Corona del Mar. And we found the coolest dinosaur pool, with a slide, during our pit stop to Target before we hit the beach.

Even Daddy got buried!

Lots of fun with Daddy!

The first of June

Our busy Month of May

Will give a synopsis later today!

It's a Boy!

I am 16 weeks and 5 days today, and officially grown out of any and all clothes that I wore previous to being pregnant. This has already been quite an eventful pregnancy, with learning there were twins at 5 weeks, then that one didn't make it at about 10 weeks, having 5 ultrasounds already, an amnio and still having sporadic morning sickness. Luckily the morning sickness is less frequent, but it seems to be more intense when I have it. It's amazing how differnt this is from my pregnancy with Elliot. Now the quest for the perfect name is on...

Sunset Beach

Pictures of Elliot having fun, and playing tiger in the sand.

Something Sweet!

So I am behind on my blog, because we were staying in Sunset Beach for about 10 days, and I had no internet access. While we were there Elliot and I both discovered something sweet. He discovered Orange Crush Soda, and I discovered the best hot fudge sundae in the whole wide world, at the Harbor House Cafe. Seriously the best sundae ever. Next time I will have my camera with me to take a picture. Needless to say, my doctor commented on the 5 pounds that I gained at my appointment yesterday.

Happy Mother's Day!!!

I hope it was a wonderful day for all of you amazing Moms! I wanted to post some fun pictures of my mom, and pics that remind me of my mom and what a great woman she is and was growing up.

I was about Elliot's age here. I think it was Easter. My mom made all three of our matching dresses. She made of all of my clothes when I was young. The fabric is probably from TG&Y!

My mom on the left and me on the right. Both are of us in Kindegarten. I can remember my Great Grandma Phoebe giving me this perm, that I absolutely hated. She was my favorite person in the world, but when she gave me that permed hairdo, I was really mad at her. IT was only thirty years later, that we realized what my Great Grandma was doing. She wanted me to look like my mom!

I was about 14 or 15 here. My mom saved her crazy 70's clothes for us to mess around in. This one and the shoes that I am wearing were our favorite.

The essence of my childhood. We were happy kids. Thanks Mom.

My cousin Carrie, me, cousin Julie and my sister Jennifer.

Lizzie the Lizard...

I know, what an uninventive name for a lizard. One of my first realizations of the life of being the mom of a boy. He spent hours with this lizard at our favorite neighbor Sharon's house.



Introducing Lizzie to his favorite donkey.

More Disney

I just love this sweet happy face...


Of course he still doesn't want to look at me if I have a camera in my hand. Here in the monkey cage on the Casey Jr. Train ride, that he keeps referring to as the Carl's Jr. Train ride!


A hug for Minnie

Hugs in Pooh Corner!

After two other attempts, Elliot finally got to meet and hug Winnie the Pooh. It is so fun, now that he isn't scared of the characters. He wanted to see all of them today. Here is some fun in Pooh Corner.

















More favorites of the day to come, probably tomorrow morning.