Surrounded!

It is official - Zachary is going to have a little brother! More thoughts on this later - but this is how our little guy is shaping up for now. Below you can see the evidence. Also included, are a foot, toes, hand and profile. He weighs 8 oz as of Wednesday! Everything has come back perfect and healthy and next week is the half way point before he is due to make his arrival!

Disney

We had our first trip to Disneyland a few weeks ago. Uncle Jonathan and cousin Noah came out for the weekend from the east coast (bringing with them the cold rainy weather - I know, the storm came from the west). Anyhow, we started off the weekend at Yard House where we got Zach's favorite noodles. On Sunday, we went to Disneyland. I thought the "toddler" rides would be pretty vanilla. But, they all seemed to have some element of scary. Zach and Noah loved it all, especially Pirates of the Caribbean. I think we all can agree that the Jungle Cruise was one of our favorites. It went from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in a flash, and we only accomplished 7 or 8 rides. But, it was time to go - nap time. Well, there are 50 more attractions to do at Disneyland. Can't wait until next time... Here are some pics from our trip.

A Day at the Beach

I know! The weather was amazing here last week so we headed to Crystal Cove/Corona Del Mar area for a little beach time and lunch. We were not the only one with the brilliant idea - there was an hour and forty five minute wait for lunch! This is the cutest little restaurant. The Bloody Mary's were eyeing me and they looked so good. We settled for a filet mignon cobb salad and a yummy garlic bread boule - so good!! Zach thinks when we go to the beach, we are on vacation. All week, he has been saying "I love the beach, I love the ocean, Are we going on Vacation?"








Its pretty amazing to see how much Zach has grown since the last time we were at the Beachcomber. You can check it out
HERE!

Officially a Big Boy!

It kinda breaks my heart to hear Zach call himself a big boy but he really is getting so BIG! He is officially potty trained. We can't really believe it but we'll take it. He had an accident free week at school except for a few "sprinkles" as the teachers called it! I even got an email from one of the mothers last week letting me know that Zach pulled down his pants and showed her his "underwears."

He also is doing pretty well in his "big-boy bed" We had a few restless nights to go perfectly with my first week of work but once we told him he could have a bowl of ice cream for breakfast - he didn't get up or cry once. We're hoping he will just catch on and not keep asking for ice cream!

Happy New Year!

We had a mellow NYE 2010. We headed to Koki's for dinner, a family teppan style restaraunt. Enjoyed a fun show, good company and some quality time together.





The only thing to get him to sit there is the dum dum pops.
Then we came home and played with hats, horns, glasses and of course the night would not be complete without some staged pictures with the Andre! See HERE for some fun shots from last year.








And then we woke up to an almost 2.5 year old standing at the side of my bed. He finally managed to climb out of his crib all too successfully. He did not fall, he was silent - and he did it three days in a row. Guess who got a new bedroom set this weekend!!! Thanks Nana and Grandpa!!

We hope you have a happy and healthy 2010