Happy Birthday Nana!

Today we celebrated Nana's birthday with a trip down to Greenlake. We took a little walk around the lake and enjoyed a nice picnic lunch. The weather was pretty nice too and the place was pretty busy-nothing like a little sun to get people out of their homes-with their dogs. Wow we saw a ton of dogs. Sydney was in heaven. The girl loves her doggies, even if she won't get too close to them.

Here's how we prepared for Nana's birthday-Anthony and Sydney made gingerbread cookies for Nana-her favorite!

We made cookies in the shape of hearts, dresses, handbags and shoes! Perfect. Check out Sydney's decorating technique....
Papa and Nana with the kiddos
The stroller always knocks Alex out
Swings are the best!
The grandparents with the sleepy boy
And two of my most favorite people ever

Alex at 4 months

Today we had Alex's four month appointment. How is it possible that he is already four months? And do I ask that every month? Probably.
Our little man weighs in at 14 lbs 7 ozs and is 24 1/2 inches long. This puts him at the 30th percentile for weight and the 25th percentile for height. His head is in the 70th percentile-big head to hold all those brains! He's doing great and the doctor answered ALL my questions ( I always ask a ton) and gave us some advice regarding the sleep situation. The boy is a dream come true-so easy going, he is literally content just hanging out in his swing, bumbo or bouncer for long periods of time. He only cries when he needs something and he smiles at us most the day. He's just a happy kid. The sleeping thing though-oh boy. Hopefully we'll get this down soon so mommy and daddy can get some uninterrupted rest!

We also started feeding Alex rice cereal and oatmeal about a week and a half ago. He is a big fan of eating and seems to enjoy his food. I am looking forward to introducing him to veggies and fruits here soon. I am going granola and plan on making all his baby food. I know huh? So unlike me. I love the idea of feeding my son "real food" while saving money.

Here's a video of Alex eating his rice cereal-you might notice he's a bit passionate about his food....


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Happy Easter!

We had a terrific Easter this year. The Easter bunny left the kids some nice things in their Easter baskets. Alex received some toys and binkies, which he always loves.
The bunny must know Sydney pretty well because he gave her cupcake holders, cake mix, frosting, princess toothpaste, a princess wand, Dora band-aids, M&M's, a chocolate bunny and a Cinderella costume. Sydney loved everything. She spent most the morning playing with the cupcake stuff, and asked me if she could open the cake mix. We will definitely be making cupcakes asap. And the girl loves toothpaste-she loves to carry it around and pretend it's a microphone.

We went the the Easter service at our church in the afternoon and brought my dad and Kay along. Afterwards we all went back to our house where Trevor joined us for enchiladas and chocolate pie for dessert.

My little princess
Sydney loves her gifts from the bunny
Alex loved his toys

Our family
The grandparents with the kiddos
Sydney talked uncle Trev into playing Legos
Sydney and my bro
My sweethearts
Nana and Papa hooked us up with these cute outfits for the kids. My dad is known for his Hawaiian shirts, so it's no surprise that he bought Alex one. And if it was up to Nana, Sydney would wear dresses every day so she bought her a beautiful dress.


I've decided self portraits are always the most flattering pictures, so here you go....


And Sydney took this one of Alex and I

Easter Egg Hunt

Kristin and Mark hosted the 2nd annual Easter Egg Invitational at their house today. It was great fun for all! The kids had a great time playing, finding Easter eggs, decorating cookies, and even more playing. The kids always have so much fun together and it's been fun watching Jakey get into the mix too now that he is older.

Pictures from our day....

The dads hiding the eggs. Seriously, Dan holding that pink basket makes me crack up every time. More so than Anthony carrying Sydney's for some reason....
The kids getting ready to rumble...I mean find the eggs
And there they go!
There was an egg spotting so the kids all ran for it...
Decorating the cookies

Umm...I highly recommend NOT using blue decorating gel
How cute are these too?
So I had this brilliant idea of getting the older kids to sit on the couch, and to put the younger ones on their laps. This is how is began.....Jakey was not having it and I had to bribe Cole with an M&M
This is what we ended up with. Okay, so not exactly what I had in mind but cute nonetheless. We'll try this again next year-where we'll probably have all three younger bros trying to get away.
And I just can't resist.....
And Alex and Brady bonding...as only two baby boys can

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Beautiful weather

We went to St. Edwards Park in Kenmore today with the usual suspects. We hadn't been to the park before and it was pretty cool. The park is gorgeous with tons of grass everywhere, and great play structures. The kids had fun as always, although there were some minor issues with Sydney getting sand in her shoes. Mental note-socks with shoes, the girl doesn't do well with any bit of sand getting in her shoe.

Couple kid pics:
I wonder if I will ever get a picture of all the kids looking at me AND smiling? Nah.
The girls
For some reason Sydney loves to lay on soccer balls

Check her form-watch out Beckham!
More soccer And Mr. sleepy pants. He was awake for about 20 minutes of our park adventure.

alex

Alex has been fighting a cold all week. It started with a running nose and sneezing earlier this week, and now he is up to the yucky cough. Poor little guy. He just smiles on like nothing is wrong. Sydney was acting sick but then isn't sick-who knows.

Today we broke out the exersaucer for Alex, and he loved it. We actually tried a couple weeks ago and he just fell forward-now that I think about it, maybe he was just tired. Whatever the case, he is enjoying it now and Sydney patiently waits for her turn when he is done. We'll have to dust off the Jumperoo soon too.

Sydney getting in on the photo opp
Look at me Ma!
Hey, I like this thing!
Yummy, and I like to eat my hands too....

My loves

Words cannot express how much I love these two.

The Easter Bunny

Sydney has been looking forward to visiting the Easter bunny at the mall for weeks. She's talked about it excitedly, remembering that just last year he brought her a really great laptop computer in her Easter basket. And M&M's. And the girl loves her M&M's.

Fast forward to tonight. We go to the mall to visit the bunny and get a picture. Sydney's super excited and says she can't wait to see him. We walk towards him, and she waves. Then we get about 10 feet from him and she panics. She begins crying and clinging to daddy. I try to coax (bribe) her into sitting on his lap but it's a no go. She wouldn't go near him, just waves from afar. So this is the picture we got of the event:

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:

You've got mud on your face, a big disgrace

Today as I was walking by the bathroom I heard Sydney singing, "We will, we will ROCK YOU!"
While going potty. Hilarious.
Sydney's new favorite song, thanks to a Superbowl commercial from Wally World.
And it's now on my Zune as she perfects every line of the song in the car. She's definitely my little rocker girl.

Five years and two kids later....

(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