Monday, January 04, 2010

Christmas!!!

We had a great Christmas-- I am still coming to grips with the fact that it is over. Mitch & I were both off for 2 weeks and we had most of my family in town the week of Christmas. The kids were both super excited for Christmas and I think Santa had just as much fun preparing...


Getting ready for Santa to come




The stockings are way to big to hang on the chimney




The tree & the massive pile of gifts



So Santa decided to not only bring a few big gifts for Savannah & Dylan's toy room (a train table and a lego table)... he also completely redecorated the room itself in a fun beach theme. Here are some pics of his finished product
















Here are the two kiddies coming down stairs on Christmas morning...





Dylan was so excited about his new trains!


The Santa Train



We went on the Santa Express Train again this year (AKA the wine train for a few weeks in December). This year Gigi, Papa, Auntie KK, Uncle Kevin, Coco. Lauren & Scott joined us. The kids had a blast-- Dylan was super excited to be on an actual train :) Here are some pictures from our adventure...


Savannah & Auntie KK




Auntie KK, Lauren, Coco & Savannah




Dylan & Mommy




A very serious artist...




Savannah & Frosty




Savannah & Teddy




Gigi & Papa




Playing with Uncle Kevin & Auntie KK




SANTA!!!





Mommy & her big brother




Big hugs for Uncle Kevin




Dylan's 1st Candy Cane



Sunday, December 06, 2009

The Teddy Bear Tea


Savannah & I had a very special weekend! We left Saturday morning to go to the Teddy Bear Tea at the Ritz Carlton in San Francisco and spent the night. We have been hearing about the tea for years & I have been dying to take Savannah. It was adorable and so well done-- I think we will definitely make it an annual tradition. Next year we might even let Daddy & Dylan crash our party!


Here is Savannah on the ferry ride into the city




All dressed and ready for the tea party. I know I am a little bias-- but she looked adorable!




Savannah & her new friend-- Stafford the teddy (compliments of the Ritz Carlton)




Sipping her "tea". It was really hot cocoa with A LOT of marshmallows-- marshmallows with a little bit of hot cocoa is probably a more accurate description.





Savannah with Teddy & Binky the Elf





Listening to The Night Before Christmas





One last picture with Teddy-- my favorite!




After the tea party, we went back to the hotel to change and then explored San Francisco a bit. We stayed right down on the wharf so there was lots to do!  On the way home from dinner we walked by the wax museum and Savannah insisted we take a picture with MJ...





Her other request was that we watch a movie in our bed at the hotel & have breakfast in bed--- we did both :) Here she is all snuggled up and ready for bed... with her new favorite teddy of course!





Then in was time to go back home. Until next year...


Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Happy Holidays

Our Christmas pooch-- I couldn't resist. Yvette wasn't a fan...

We decorated the tree over the weekend-- I LOVE CHRISTMAS!

Thanksgiving in Nipomo

We spent Thanksgiving in Nipomo with the Pommy, Papa, Granpapa & Oody. The weather was absolutely beautiful and we enjoyed a wonderful holiday and all that we are thankful for!

Dylan reading a story with Granpapa. The kids never had a special name for Grandad until this last weekend when Dylan started calling him Granpapa!


Dylan & Pommy taking a nap


Yvette is even spoiled and Pommy & Papa's house!


Savannah & Granpapa


Dylan & Poppy looking at the Christmas tree

Yvette is HOME!

We got an very welcome surprise last week & were able to bring Yvette home early in time for Thanksgiving. Her puppies are all being shipped off to their puppy raisers for Canine Companions this week & she is home with us getting readjusted to life. We are so happy to have her home!

Yvette & CJ are quickly becoming friends!


Revenue


Rory



Raisin & Rhone


Savannah & Yvette on our way home!


Thursday, November 19, 2009

Elf Yourself...

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Thursday, November 12, 2009

The Music Man

Dylan is getting so big & his vocabulary is growing by leaps and bounds. His preferred method of communication is singing... he sings all day long-- and dances too! We are constantly laughing at the things that come out of his mouth. Here are his renditions of two popular songs you might recognize...

"All the Single Ladies"



"Low" (Applebottom Jeans)

Monday, November 02, 2009

Halloween Fun!

Halloween was a week long celebration this year for us! It started the Sunday prior to Halloween with pumpkin carving. This is the first year that Savannah would actually put her hand inside her pumpkin to clean out the "guts"!


Dylan on the other hand had no problem sticking his hands right in & pulling out the goo. He also enjoyed throwing the pumpkin guts all over the back yard-- thankfully it was warm enough to carve pumpkins outside this year!



On Thursday Savannah had her Halloween party at preschool & got to dress up in her costume...

She was a pretty darn cute Dorothy if you ask me!


This is Savannah's preschool class


During their parade throughout the school, they also get to go trick-or-treating in the parish offices


On Friday night we had a Halloween party to go to. Dylan was anti-costume at this point, so we just put him in his Superman pajamas. Savannah was so upset that they no longer matched (he was supposed to be the cowardly lion) so she went and put on her Wonder Woman costume in her dress up box...



On the day of Halloween we had some friends over for pizza & then everyone went trick-or-treating together. Here are some pictures from the night...



Dylan ended up HAPPILY dressing up as James. His friend Matteo was Thomas at the Halloween party the night before & I had bought this costume as a back up just in case he wouldn't wear his lion costume (which he wouldn't). He would not wear this costume until he saw Matteo, at which point he demanded his James costume!



Another picture of our cute little Dorothy!



The only picture of my two kiddos together I managed to get all night!



Savannah & her buddy Holden



Dylan got the hang of trick-or-treating VERY quickly!



Dylan was on the lookout for zombies all night-- not kidding! He kept telling us "Zombies are coming" and he thought this ghost was a zombie



James & Thomas-- AKA Dylan & Matteo



Savannah & Joey heading out trick-or-treating