turning 40 is a day at the beach?

Cole is getting pretty good at the "army crawl" and just in this past week have started to pull himself upright on objects. He only started being able to sit himself up from a lying down position it seems a few weeks ago! My baby's growing up *sniffle*! He'll be a "toddler" before I know it.

This weekend my friend turned 40 (better her than me - although I guess I'm next...grrr). She had a nice intimate party for a few families and rented a bus to take us all to lunch and then a quick visit to the beach. Mo loved the beach - and insisted on wading in up to her knees. Every time the wave would come up she would start screaming "it's a big one it's a big one!" and then give an ear-piercing scream (of joy, not of terror)! Brrr it was cold too! I didn't bring an extra change of clothing but baba let her wear his extra sweater. Enjoy the pics!

happy belated mother's day!

Mo's class had a mother's day party yesterday. Its moments like these that make mommyhood so awesome! :)

Plus i think the sugar from all that pineapple she ate before i got there helped... lol! No, really. She's the one on the food rush....don't ask me why I'm the one that looks a little psycho... :-/

The World has opened up for me!

Well. Taking the kiddos to the amusement park has been a breakthrough. I took them both to Costco by myself this past weekend! Granted that this time Mo was contained in the cart. And lucky for me I was able to ply her with enough food through all the tasting stations to keep her in the cart through the whole store. Yay for eating our way through Coscto!

So where shall we go, what shall we do next?? I'm going to Disneyland! Ok, maybe not....

What the heck was I thinking?

Now I get it. Those looks I'd get from mother's of multiple children when I used to freak out about how I would get *anything* done now that I had a baby when Mo was born. I get it now. And I thank all of them for not smacking me upside the head and telling me that one child was easy and what the hell was I griping about? On the other hand - why the heck didn't you tell me that one child was easy and I should stop griping and enjoy it as much as possible before having another one????

Up to now I haven't even so much as attempted to run chores like grocery shopping by myself with the two young'uns.

So I'm not sure what the heck I was thinking when I thought it was a great idea to take both of them, by myself, to the amusement park. Well, I know what I was thinking: Oh it's such a beautiful day it would be a shame to be cooped up in the house - I should take them somewhere outside! What I should have been thinking is: Is it illegal to keep one in the kennel at home while I take the other one out? Then I can come home and switch them out? Oh, and a leash - where is that leash?

Anyway, here are some pics of us having fun. What you don't see are pics of me chasing Mo around the park, leaving our place in line for a ride to go find my daughter, me scratching Cole's arm against a wall because I was too busy trying to keep my grip on Mo's arm leaving the ride, taking advil that night from a sore arm from holding Cole in my arms for what seemed like 2 days waiting in line, and finally me getting ready to stab my eyes out with a blunt object by the middle of the afternoon..... :) Thank goodness for season passes so I can just take them for an hour or two and not feel bad about "not getting my money's worth" next time....





Here are some other pics from Coleman's first trip to the beach, the kids sleeping together (Mo's holding Cole's hand....all together now...awwwwww!), and Coleman with a fitting bucket on his head...

Give Coleman a nickname!

So I still haven't figured out a good nickname for Coleman. We already have a hard time explaining why I named my SON "DeeDee". So I can't start calling him CoCo... if I use "coco puff" that defeats the purpose of using a nickname to shorten his name. So if you have any suggestions let me know!

Meanwhile, here are some pics of the nicknameless boy....
















101 pushups, 102 pushups, 103 pushups...

















Um, this hat's a little too big for me....
















It figures we'd end up with a drummer in the family.

Daycare Cam

Ok, we don't really have a daycare cam, but the teachers sometimes send us pictures of them...

Coleman really enjoys being in the "pool"

Morgan really enjoys her fruit smoothies!

Coleman playing with the water pillow....
My future gardener - wonder if she'll pull my weeds for me?

happy easter!

happy easter everyone! the easter bunny left Mo a bunch of eggs this morning...

found another one!
look it's a toy!
ooooo! choooocolate!
hold it up so he can see the pictures mo!