Happy Birthday, Honey!!

Chris, what can I say? I feel so lucky to have you in my life. Every morning I wake up happy because you are beside me. You keep me smiling and take such good care of us. You are an amazing husband, dad and step-dad. I love you!!!

Couple's Retreat!

First of all, I had to edit this post to add a "better" picture of my cute husband because he said that I only put weird pictures of him up here on the blog. Uh, sorry honey. You just always look good to me! Here is an extra-good picture:

Here are a few pics of the Roosevelt hotel in Hollywood where we stayed. I wouldn't recommend it for the rooms, but for everything else (bars, food, pool, ambience) it was great!

Some highlights from our "couple's retreat" weekend in LA. We actually watched that movie on the hotel TV while we were there. How appropriate.

Creepy giant photo of some weird guy over the bed.

Chris enjoying a $20 cocktail with the biggest ice cube I've ever seen-see below.

Biggum's!

I loved the faux zebra-hide barstools at the Library bar (home of the $20 drink. Glad I was a cheap date at least!)

Lounging poolside at night- great music and drinks in a nice atmosphere. Wish I had a picture of the Cuban sammich that Chris got at the pool earlier in the day- it was seriously the best sammich we have ever eaten!

Had to stop by the Avalon hotel to check out the decor.

And Chris needed some culture so we stopped at the Getty Villa and looked at some Roman and Greek sculptures and art. Beautiful.

I think we definitely "bonded" on our couples retreat- hopefully there will be lots more to come!

31 weeks!!!

Please excuse the no-makeup and messy house look I am working here.

Baby's almost done cookin'!

Swimmmmmmm!

Kendall loves her swim class-and her teacher. Miss Angela is the sweetest and bestest swim teacher ever! Kendall loves to go under the water. As soon as her head pops up she starts feverishly wiping her hair out of her eyes!

The only time you will ever see Kendall with "straight" hair: when it's wet~!

Daddy's a photographer!

Here is a photo of the world famous photographer who took Kendall and I on a photo shoot this afternoon...

OK, he might not be famous, but he sure is cute. And he sure had fun trying out the new camera!

I think he literally took 200 pictures. Here are some of the better ones...

Aw, Mama- you so crazy!

Beautiful girl.

Running laps around Mommy and her 29 1/2 weeks pregnant self...

Kendall knows nose.

She's behind me, isn't she. *shiver* This is the funniest/creepiest picture of Kendall and I yet. Hahaha!

Yee-haw!

Kendall can now get up on her rocking horse by herself.

And to think: we got this at a white elephant gift exchange during an ugly sweater Christmas party last year! We also got a twilight "Team Jacob" water canister that Brandon employs regularly, AND ended up keeping the horendous green wall clock we brought that is embroidered with "Friends Are Always Welcome," too. That thing is hideous. But Brandon loves it. Go figure.

Last Week of Summer Vacation!

In order to celebrate the last week of summer I decided to take the kids out and about in San Diego. We really are lucky to live here for so many reasons: the weather, the beaches, the touristy spots...

One of our favorite touristy spots has to be Seaport Village. Such a beautiful place down by the San Diego harbor.

They have gorgeous fountains where you can make wishes (or dunk your hands in and splash your mom and brother)...

Candy stores!

A wonderful park right by the ocean.

And a carousel*. What more could a kid of any age want?

*Kendall and I didn't end up riding the carousel because she didn't want to stay on the horses. She would much rather be running around. *Sigh.* At least the nice woman working the ride took a quick pick of us before we de-boarded.

Another thing we did was go to Boomer's, which is like a mini amusement park. Basically, Brandon played video games while I chased Kendall around and let her pretend to drive the cars. Meh.

My favorite thing we did this week I didn't get a picture of. I took both kids to the beach! First time this year, unbelievably and sadly. It was just beautiful and Kendall and Brandon were in heaven. Kendall was quite content to play in the water or sand near me and not run off in each and every direction like I remember someone else *ahem* doing at her age.

Luckily for us, summer lasts well into October around here. I hope to get us all out to the beach again a couple more times this year...and we will bring dad next time!

Thanks to our Daddy who makes all this fun stuff possible by working so hard so I can stay home with the kidlets and have adventures. I love you, Honey!

Beautiful Babies!

A couple weeks ago my friend's Anna and Brandon visited with their adorable daughter, Paige. She was just the sweetest, most content baby...

And those cheeks! Seriously, people. And if you think her cheeks are munchable (which they undoubtedly are), you should see her thighs.

Baby Paige was so thoughtful and brought Kendall a beautiful new dress. One of the things I love about Paige is that she already has her mom's impeccable taste! Thanks, Paige!

We are so happy and glad that Anna, Brandon, and Miss Paige are back in San Diego after living so far away for so long. We can't wait to have more playdates!