Look at me Ma!
Hey, I like this thing!
Yummy, and I like to eat my hands too....
Alex loved the bunny. He spent nearly ten minutes on his lap while I was attempting to bribe Sydney. We even got some smiles out of him after the official picture was taken. The official photo turned out pretty good and he looked right at the camera. This was my quick attempt for blogging sake.
And here's Sydney ten feet away from the bunny. All smiles until she had to step within 9 feet of him.
Oh well, there's always next year. In the meantime we have a picture of each kid as an infant with the Easter bunny. Check out Sydney at 7 months old:
(on our balcony at the Edgewater)
Anthony and I celebrated our five year wedding anniversary this past weekend. I know, I can't believe it's been five years already! We stayed at the Edgewater hotel in Seattle. We had a very romantic dinner at...Dick's Drive In. Hey, the burgers are awesome! Greg and Jessica gave us a nice bottle of wine we enjoyed on our balcony at the hotel.
It was great having time to ourselves without the kiddos, but of course they were still the main topic of conversation.
How far we have come in five years. We're still in the same house, but I think that's the only thing that hasn't changed. We've changed cars, changed careers and have two kids. Wow, we've been busy.
Happy five year anniversary to the hub! Love you.
And thank you to Greg and Jessica for giving the kids another fun sleepover. Lucky kids!
And a picture of the big day- March 20, 2004 in Sausalito, CA
We figured since Max is an architecture major, he'd be great at building houses and towers with Sydney's legos. We were right!
The happy couple made a quick trip up to Canada since we are just an hour and a half from the border. Check out the matching tees!
And some pictures of Alex. He has changed so much lately. This past month he discovered his hands, let out his first little laugh and began reaching for things. He is such a happy and content baby and just smiles at us all day long.
Sydney took this picture
And this
And Sydney and Anthony heading off to the preschool's "Dad n Me Science Night." 
And a video of Syd entertaining her bro-check out his smiles
Sydney and Anthony had to get up for a potty break so Alex stretched out on the seats. He loves blue puppy already!
And right after I took this picture I looked out the window and saw a plane going the opposite direction. Ummm..is that normal? It wasn't that far away, in fact when Anthony came back I pointed out the black smoke from the plane going the opposite direction. He was quite surprised as well. According to him two planes don't travel in opposite directions at the same altitude. And he took flying lessons a while back so I consider him an expert. :) Anyway, scary.
One of our first stops was Pop-o's office. We had to visit the girls at the office and I needed some eye assistance. Sydney also had a quick eye exam. She sat on Thang's lap and read off the letters from the wall. She did great! Her eyes look terrific, luckily she hasn't inherited mommy's incredibly poor eyesight.
Sydney working at Mam-o's desk
Pop-o put Sydney's one year portrait on a big canvas in his office. I have to admit this is one of my favorite pictures of Syd. Here she is posing with her picture.
And doing a little more posing...
We went to dinner at Claim Jumpers...mmm. Here is Alex with uncle Andrew and Anthony
We visited uncle Andrew's new pad. He moved into a really nice condo with the coolest community area. Check out this pool area!
Sydney hanging out by the pool
Sydney and Anthony. If you squint really hard you can see blue puppy back on the lounge area from the previous picture. We barely avoided a minor disaster when we got into the car and realized blue puppy was nowhere to be found. We finally figured out where he was so I ran and grabbed him. Phew! Seriously, I don't know what we would have done if we lost the little guy. Sydney adores him.
We did some shopping at a new outdoor shopping center called the Fountains. I loved it! They have some really nice shops and although it was a smidge windy, the weather was nice for some outdoor shopping. Here is Sydney showing off some cuteness in Sur la Table.
She loved the zebra and giraffe at Z Gallerie.
Sydney proudly wearing her new Roxy hat mam-o bought her. She looks very Californian! Well kinda-I don't know what it is about some of these Californian women, but I saw more sequins on pants and shirts than I have ever seen before. Wow.
One of my fave new pictures
We met up with my friend Jackie and her family. They live about an hour away so we try to meet up each time we come down. She has four kids-I know! I think two kids is difficult at times. Her kids are adorable and very well behaved too. We planned on going to Mike's incredible pizza which was kinda like Chuck E Cheese but way cooler. Apparently everyone in Sacramento thinks so too as the place was packed! We decided to just head to the mall and play and grabbed some dinner afterwards.
Sydney and Kaitlyn
So cute-Josh, Jackie and Gaby
Jackie needed some baby cuddle time
Joseph and Ellie
Anthony and Alex
Opening presents! Pop-o got Sydney a little something at the store so we wrapped it too so she could share in the present delight. She couldn't wait to open her gift.
Mam-o and her new iPod
I've never seen this man before in my life.
We made a special lasagna dinner for the birthday duo. Sydney was in charge of the cupcakes.
mmm...cupcakes.
Mam-o gave Alex his first haircut. His hair has always been shaggy over his ears so we decided to trim it a bit. Check out the before...
I know it looks like Mam-o is cutting off Alex's ear here, but she really isn't.
And after! The new and improved Alex. My handsome little boy!
