September Catch Up...

The last two months have passed us by before we could even blink! Where did it go?
Every single day Mia and Jacob are learning something new and growing up literally right in front of us, if we could find the 'stop' button we would both be sitting on it, but there isnt one so were holding these precious moments close to our hearts and praising God for our miracles!!

Here is what we've been up to the last 2 months!

Mia and Jacob started preschool 2 mornings a week for a few hours. They adore Mrs. Jodie and Mia likes to talk about her friends. I love sneaking in to watch them play and interact a few minutes before I pick them up.




After their first day of school we celebrated with a night at Disneyland with Auntie Traci, Iain, Neil and Hailey!! 2 sets of twins 2 years and under...fun times!!

By the time our 2nd day of school rolled around we were excited to go again....I still can't believe they are old enough for preschool!



That same week we headed out to our favorite little zoo with great friends!!






We celebrated Iain's 5th Birthday Party!! Seems like yesterday John and I were at the hospital waiting to hold him!!





The next evening John and I headed out on an awesome date of sushi and a Casting Crowns Concert!!
(gotta love mobile picture taking)




A fun birthday party at Jumpin Jammin! Happy 5th Birthday Pravir!!





A fun dinner playdate with Jen and Sarah!!




...so that catches us up for September..stay tuned for October fun tomorrow!

Mama Mia's Pizza...

Mia had so much fun making homemade pizza with daddy tonight! She loves to be in the kitchen and loves to help cook and then loves to eat her delicious meal :) Jacob loves to be in the kitchen with us but is not so much about the cooking or touching food in general...we'll just leave that alone...ha!

Mama Mia's Pizza...











my kitchen vaccuum :)




"Oh No...Mommy's back with her camera

a beautiful weekend!

We had such a great weekend, one with very few plans and lots of family time! I simply can't believe that our babies are inching closer to 3 and farther away from 2, it boggles my mind and leaves an ache in my heart. They are rapidly growing in their vocabulary, likes, dislikes and their will of what and where they want to go its amazing to watch and at times exhausting to reel in that precious little spirit of free will!! :)
We spent Saturday morning making breakfast and then headed out for haircuts for the kids, that was an experience that called for a long afternoon nap all by itself but we marched on and conquered Trader Joes and then home to get ready for Amaya's 2nd Birthday.

Here is what happens at the party if you skip the afternoon nap :)
I'm not complaining though, John and I got to catch up with some friends and eat a little before they woke up and wanted to swing on the swings the whole party :)


The cutest little princess!!


Jacob was loving this candy necklace :)

sweet friends...

Happy 2nd Birthday Amaya, we had so much fun!!




Sweet Bella...look at that smile!!

Labor Day Weekend 2009

We kicked off our weekend meeting up with some great out of town friends at the Hyatt in HB. It is so beautiful there and was seriously perfect weather!! We enjoyed some pizza, a fire, a live band and a little dancing!!
When we told Mia we were going to meet mommys friend and play with her little girl "Zoe" Mia immediately wanted to know if Elmo was going to be there too!!! So cute!!

(the pictures are so grainy, I'm so excited I finally got my Sony SD card for our good camera today, no more grainy pics!


Dancing to "Brown Eyed Girl"...with his brown eyed girl!

It was so great to hang with Janelle, Zoe and family!!


Saturday morning we had a beach picnic with Lolo and Lola and Nana and Papa, the kids LOVED having both sets of grandparents together to play!
Nana and Mia

Lola and Jacob

Papa, Mia and Jacob

Lolo and Jacob

Climbing the tree with Daddy and Papa

I love this picture and they love their papa so much!! They can't wait for him to retire in November!! woohoo!!

Fall Decorating...

Fall is my favorite season, I LOVE decorating for fall infact John and I were talking about it over dinner and I think we decided that my love for decorating for fall is probably because I get to enjoy it, we love lighting up the fireplace in the evening, roasting hearty meals in the crockpot and relaxing. While at Christmas time the house is completely decorated but were too busy with all the family preparations, parties and planning that we never really get to sit back and enjoy it like we do fall! So I guess thats our conclusion and a part of why I love fall so much!!

Here are a few of the preparations we got started on today, the kids had SO much fun painting their pumpkins for our mantle decoration. This week I'll start on our table centerpieces and get to the nursery to start planting some fall mums!!