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Easter Buns

Last Thursday Dylan said he didn't want to go to school. I told him that Gavin & I were going to see the Easter Bunny and I gave him a choice. To see the Easter Bunny or to go to school. He chose school.

Gavin & I were first in line and he was all smiles at first sight of the E.B. But the closer the E.B. got, the more terrified Gavin became. Needless to say, our visit with the Bunny was a whole 7 seconds.

daddy & bebe

Look at all her hair!!!

introducing.....

Brooklyn Ashley

March 3, 2009
5 lbs. 5 oz.
20 inches
8:40 AM





Brooklyn is our niece (the first of two arriving this year). Her Momma is Marilu and her Daddy is my brother, Jason.

Brooklyn is currently in the NICU at CHOC but she is doing very well and hopefully will be able to come home in the next week.
We can't wait to meet her and I can't wait to photograph her!!

my little ham

The red thing is the 'lens' that goes in the boy's goggles that came with their construction worker tool set. Somehow it ended up in the tub. Gavin kept putting them up to his face with a big smile. He knew he was funny.

prince charming

I got a new backup camera and these were my first shots with it, right out of the box.

forever in our hearts

Our sweet Maggy. So loved and will be missed by many.
January 19, 1997 to January 27, 2009


(aka Mags, Maggers, Pretty Girl, Big Girl, Magzilla, Boo, Blondie...)






I took these photos the day before she passed, just before we left for the vet to see why she was breathing so hard. I didn't know if we would ever see her again so I wanted to take some pictures of her just in case. I am so glad I did.

another fat lip

Bryan and I had 'date night' on Sunday and while we were out Gavin fell and hit mouth on the table which caused his top tooth to puncture his bottom lip. It didn't seem to be bothering him a whole lot by the time we got home, but their babysitter Cassandra (who Dylan calls his 'girlfriend'), said it bled pretty bad and he did cry for a little bit. The next morning his lip was pretty swollen and nasty looking and of course I had to take a picture to document his first fat lip, just like I did with Dylan. Although, Gavin's was much worse.



He does a great 'pouty face' too.




Gavin is starting to use utensils now too. It takes both hands to get the spork into his mouth though. He is much happier feeding himself.


Later that evening the boys were watching Lots & Lots of Trucks on the tube and they were sitting together on the couch so I tried to take their picture together but as soon as the camera came out they were having no part of it.

Gavin wanted to get away as soon as Dylan put his arm around him and Dylan wanted to look everywhere but at me.




This is just a cute one of G that I took before the fat lip. He has lashes girls dream about. He is such a sweet boy. On the go constantly but still a little sweetheart. He says about 15-20 words, is almost running, loves to give big open mouthed kisses, and climbs everything.


I have to give a little shout out to Christy & Andy (and Amy) for giving Gavin the soft turquoise blankie (pictured above) when he was a newborn. It goes everywhere with him and he loves his "kay-kee". A little back story... When we were in Cabo last May we lost the turquoise blankie. As soon as we came home I contacted Christy's cousin, Amy, who made the blankie. I had her make a new one because I knew Gavin loved it and he wasn't falling asleep as easily without it. She was kind enough to send a second ivory colored blankie along with the turquoise replacement. Gavin was so excited when I showed him the new blanket. He was kicking his legs like crazy and squealing. He has grown to love the ivory blankie too and oftentimes you will find him carrying both in his mouth at the same time . If you look back through the blog over the last 16 months you will probably see the little blankies in a lot of pictures.

Mosaic

I was supposed to have a session at a park in San Diego over the weekend but we had to postpone because it was really cold. Anyway, I took the boys to the park a week ago to scope out some good photo spots. They had this mosaic art in the park and it was so beautiful and colorful.







I also took some on the park grounds but the boys weren't all that interested in sitting still. They wanted to explore, but I was able to snap a few of Dylan who surprisingly is more cooperative than Gavin when it comes to the camera now-a-days.

naughty or nice?

Look who made Santa's list...

http://family.go.com/santas-list/video/2868-711dylan/

Sorry, you'll have to copy & paste the link into your browser.

say what?

Dylan has been saying some random things these days. I don't know where he gets them from.

Yesterday we were leaving the Pediatrician's office and I was buckling in Gavin, when Dylan decided to climb into the Tahoe through Gavin's side. He does it every once in a while. No biggie. So we pull out of the parking lot onto the main street and the conversation goes like this:

Dylan: "Mom you forgot to buckle me."
Me: "Oh, crap. OK, I've got to pull over. Lean back into your seat".
D: "You now mom, you have to buckle me in for safety"
Me: "Oh yes, you are right. Thank you very much for letting me know"
D: "My pleasure."

Say what? Did he just say "my pleasure"? Where the heck did he learn that?

Then today we were driving along and there is a a large construction site being graded down the street from us. There have been about 10-12 enormous Graders lined up along the street for a couple weeks now. Well, today a bunch of them were busy grading, except for one, and Dylan said to me real seriously:

"Hey mom, one of the grader's isn't moving. He must have stepped out for a sandwich."

He boggles my mind.

halloween snapshots

We went to a Halloween Party at Dylan's school in the morning. Here he is doing the O-course (O = obstacle).


Bryan came home on Halloween night to take the boys trick-o-treating. Gavin just rode in the cruiser. Dylan was a little frightened by some of the decorations set up in the front of people's homes and I can't really blame him. One was rather frightening to me. Gavin didn't seem to mind any of it though.

It was pitch black where the boys were standing for this picture and I was using my little point & shoot camera so I couldn't see them in the view finder or on the LCD screen. So, I cut off B's head.




This one cracks me up because it looks like Gavin is howling.


Dylan went up to every door but as soon as it opened he became shy and refused to say "Trick or Treat" or even look at the people. Here he is looking back at us as if we were supposed to say the magic words for him.


When we got home, the boys went through Dylan's candy. In this photo, Gavin is eating a box of Nerds. Not the candy, just the box.


Dylan 'organized' his candy for several hours that night and again over the next couple of days. (Nice lookin' bananas, huh?)

Pumpkin Patch

We went to the Pumpkin Patch FOUR times this season. The boys just love climbing the hay bales, rolling the pumpkins, and throwing hay too. I took a lot of pictures....

Our little walker.












"Hey pretty girl. Wanna see me turn this pumpkin into a stagecoach?"






The next picture was about 2 seconds before we had to drag Dylan out of the Pumpkin Patch kicking and screaming. Dylan threw a pumpkin at Gavin and it hit him in the mouth. Poor little guy is teething already so I'm sure it hurt pretty bad. You can see Dylan winding up in the picture.


I took the next two near the pumpkin patch. Dylan actually trespassed onto this bridge. I couldn't pass up the photo op. This bridge is fab!




Here are some snapshots I took with my little point & shoot too:

Dylan and a big John Deere tractor.


Gavin and some farm animals.


Michelle & Cash