MERRY CHRISTMAS!

THIS IS THE BEST FIRE WORK SHOW WE HAVE EVER SEEN, PLUS WE ARE SITTING ON THE BEACH (ON THE SAND) WITH THE WAVES CRASHING AND LISTENING TO CHRISTMAS MUSIC RING THROUGHOUT THE CROWD!! IT WAS UNBELIEVALBE AND SO MANY PEOPLE COME FOR THIS TRADITION, IT'S HUGE, IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE NEW'YEARS EVE IN NEW YORK. ENJOY ;>

The Toddler is In!!

last saturday, my baby turned TWO!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BIG BOY!! (we love you so much birthday boy)

to our friends and family, we miss you all today, especially. and wished you were all at the party to celebrate with us!! but, at least we have these cool pics to share our joys and hope you feel the love!

here's how the morning started



he calls horsie's "see sees". love to hear crew get on, and rock back & forth saying "goooo see see gooooo see see" really funny! this toy horse is almost exactly like the one i had when i was his age, cool huh?? (but that's not why i bought it...see halloween post below to prove why i bought it.) however, this horsie is new and improved, it even makes some eating noises when you feed him a carrot (stupid gimic to raise the prices ;/grr.) BUT crew loves feeding him, lol!!

one cool thing about moving, is receiving a package in the mail, thanks mimi for these gifts!!

loved the blocks






do you like the reversed picture show? thought i would mix things up a little!

off to PARTY at Chuckee Cheese

"sue sue" is the word for "choo choo" (if nothing else, i am sooooo glad that at least I am understand some of crew's words finally!! yay, a new chapter! he is really starting to speak english!! lol





trying to make new friends anywhere and every where ;>
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we were thrilled to peices that our new friends could go with us to celebrate the party. thanks guys! it was really special and fun!! crew loved the rides and jungle gym

happy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday to crew-uu happy birthday to you!! make a wish!!


loved loved loved his cake!! every day since his b-day, he asks for "keek" (aka-cake)


cute new friends


crew calls her "keet" ("bye bye keet") thanks kate for coming, you made crew feel so special!


this pic earmarks a rare moment in time b/c crew is smiling in a family photo!

HOOOOO RAAAAY!!

THE RING WAS MIRACULOUSLY FOUND! JONZ IS THE MAN!!!



After snooping around with a flashlight proved worthless, he unbolted the front seat, and our excitement quickly deflated as we still saw no sign of the ring. There are heating/cooling tubes under the carpet that transfer the air to the rear part of the vehichle; perhaps the ring slipped in there. Yet again despair sank in after disconnecting the tubes. We had already taken all the seats out from the back last weekend and our treasure hunt options were quickly narrowing. Call it inspiration or desperation, but he felt like he should look again down in the black hole…nothing. Then, it happened, the flighlight caught the glimmer of the diamond tucked 4 inches down, resting on the acutal metal chassis of the car. True love is the only reasonable explanation for this treasured recovery.



can you blelieve this??? i have my wedding ring nestled on my finger sound and safe!

Man's Best Friend!

this is a funny story surprisingly. before we moved out here, i used to say how weird it is that crew doesn't seem very fond of dogs b/c he comes from a dog-lover family. he will pay a little attention to harley but for the most part, he's never been thrilled about her. he has seemed to be a little grossed out when he touches her. we, however, love our dog so much, she is more like a fur-child. she is our harley chick boxer that goes everywhere we go and waits in the car for us. we introduced them to eachother the day we brought crew home from the hospital, and they sit next to eachother in the car. but crew has never engaged in a relationship with her on his own. he's always played or climbed on her occasionaly and noticed her, but not with any real passion. UNTIL NOW!!! this is crew's new best friend. he loves her so much. it's like a 180 degree difference. he plays with her constantly, he lays on her, tries to feed the dog his binki, hugs her constantly, pets her, checks on her food/water bowls and notifies me when they are empty, talks about her continuously, calling her "hobby"...it's really cute. "hobby this and hobby that" and even when he talks to mimi or papa or anyone on the phone, he tells them about "hobby" the whole conversation. it's really adorable. i have concluded that he might be as lonely as i am out here and misses his friends so much that he has resorted to the dog! we love you harley/hobby!!

Happy Thankgiving!

thankgiving was very different this year as you can imagine! but we were THANKFULLY not alone! my mom and steve came from salt lake to stay with us and it was so much fun! (too much fun, i balled my eyes out when they left). as for the big thanksgiving dinner, we went out to the Queen Mary Cruise Ship. it was a wonderful experience, with the best window table and view over looking the ocean and a special thanksgiving feast (although i wasn't thrilled about the food - which is why i need to learn how to cook and buy a turkey some day). anyway, the night was so romantic and the sunset was truly gorgeous. if you haven't heard much about the queen mary, she was being built while the titanic sank and was suppose to be the next bigger/better ship, she was magnificent, and then during wwII, she was actually used in the war be/c we had lost so many ships. cool history, you should read more about if you are interested at www.queenmary.com!
sadly, we forgot to take pics in the daylight of everything, we were just so anxious for the feast i guess (and the flash wouldn't work either be/c of the big spot lights that didn't help us). so, if you look closely, you can see crew with mimi and papa!! thanks for coming to visit!! we loved it!
mimi, crew, papa

sadly, a very unthankful thing happened to me. on our way home from the queen mary feast, i lost my wedding ring. we were driving home, and i was twirling my ring around my finger and it fell off, i didn't think much about it as i "knew" it would be right by my foot...so i told my mom to remind me to get it before i got out of the car when we got home... we both remembered, to look right when we arrived, but mysteriously it was no where in sight. we searched with flashlights, we dug, cleaned out our clothes, purses, shoes, searched anywhere and everywhere it might have flipped. after looking for an hour, i started to feel anxious but it still didn't feel real. i figured we would find it in the morning when it was sunny, and then put it back on my finger, where it belongs and everything would be normal! then the next morning, we looked again like crazy people, then we took every seat out of the back of the vehicle and looked in every gidget, gadget, hole, nook, and cranny. :`<

on a happier note: the rest of the day we drove my parents around la to show them some cool sights, went to the pier and had lunch and see the beach! it was cool!

saturday, we went shopping at the swap meat in orange county, that we heard a lot about. it was cool. it was like a gigantic garage sale (and some of you that really know me, know how i am a garage sale junkie or i am also known as a "classifieds junkie. ssssssshhhhhhh). i loved it! it's not just for the shopping, but there is an added energy from all the funky people who want to sell their stuff and the crazies who will buy anything...but i think the highlight was my lunch! i had the best chili cheese fries and sausage-dog since i lived in texas. yum yum! it felt like a county fair but without the rides. although it was probably a one and done thing, it was worth the trip!

mimi crew & papa!

he loves them!!! well we miss you all so much, it's been so lonely!! can't wait for christmas! see you soon