Friday, October 22, 2010

6 Months

On September 14 Bella turned 6 months. So much has been changing for her, so fast. She now weighs 17 lbs 7 oz, she's 26 inches long and she's 6 month clothing is starting to get a little tight. 9 month clothes, here we come. She's so different from Beau who was only 15 lbs at 6 months and was still wearing 6 month clothes at 1 year.

She's walking forwards and backwards in her walker, which means she can get where she wants to go. She's up on all 4s and sort of crawling, Joel has predicted she'll be full on crawling within the next week or so. She can go from her stomach to a sitting position and is full of smiles and laughs. She's a mellow girl and tough as nails as she continues to survive Beau's rough housing. For the first time she got sick. She had a bad cold/fever that turned into an ear infection. Sadly it lasted for 3 weeks so she spent her 6 month birthday feeling under the weather. But luckily it didn't really dampen her spirits.

Simon Says...

Beau's going through one of those phases where he likes to copy other people. This particular day, he chose to copy Bella's every move.

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Pop is 60!

On September 17 my dad turned 60. For his birthday we took him to San Francisco for the day. We started out riding our bikes from the Embarcadaro through the Precidio, then to Golden Gate park, down Market back to Embarcadaro. We ate a light lunch at Boudin, got ice cream at Cold Stone, bought dad a SF sweatshirt, then ended the day at Pier 39. We had a blast being tourists for the day. Happy Birthday Old Man.


Christa after conquering our first hill. Little did we know this hill was an ant hill compared to some of the mountains we rode up (or in our case...walked) later in the ride.
Birthday Man

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Our Cutsies!

The other morning Beau joined Bella on our bed for some play time.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Beau 2.0

On September 14 Beau turned 2. He's becoming such a big boy (25lbs, 8 oz to be exact), it's sort of sad to see my baby grow so fast. As of 2 years he's able to eat pretty much anything without fear of choking or an allergic reaction. He loves to play with Bella, in fact, he has a hard time concentrating in the morning until he's said "good morning" to Bella. Some mornings when he's awake before us, he goes into Bella's room, talks with her and fills her crib with balls. He's very active and has the scarred knees to prove it. He can count to 20 (sort of...he misses 14 and 15), and can recognize Big A and B as well as little a and b. He knows about 60 signs and his favorite songs are Jesus Loves Me, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Happy Birthday. He continues to love to read. His favorite books are Wake Up Rooster, Not Norman, and Sing Along Bible. His favorite TV shows are Little Einsteins, Wonder Pets, Miss Spider's Sunny Patch and My Friends Tigger and Pooh. It's been a busy year.

The Noma's were kind enough to open their house to us for Beau's birthday. Beau had so much fun at his golf themed party. Bella was a little fussy, so I spent the majority of the party in the house with her, but Beau had plenty of other family members to play with.

Beau's Golf Cupcake Cake
I love this picture. Mia looks like she's reprimanding Beau. Just like a woman!
We had a ball tent...
...a slide
...bubbles
...And of course, golf.
Beau got new golf balls...
...new clubs
...and he immediately put them to good use. "In the hole!" as Beau likes to say.

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Auntie Love

These past few months Melissa and Christa have been watching the kids quite a bit. It's perfect for us and as an added bonus, we are all able to go to church together on Sunday when we pick the kids up.

On labor day we took Beau to a water park, which he steered clear of and headed straight for the play equipment.

(Beau and Aunt Kiss)
The following weekend Melissa took Beau with her to a friends, son's birthday party. Melissa said Beau had a blast and didn't want to leave. What kids would want to leave when there are wagon and tractor rides.


Friday, October 1, 2010

Super Beau!

Beau loves to rough house. The other day he made Joel throw him over and over again. Here are a few pics of his flying adventures.


(Joel's so excited about the air Beau's getting)