Christmas 2009

We had a wonderful Christmas. Santa was very good to us. After a certain point we stopped taking pictures....so here are some of my favorites. I'm so glad Lilly loves her Kitchen. Jeff was up till 4:30 putting it together....not the first all niter we will pull on Christmas eve I'm sure. Thee Kitchen, Leapster and baby kitty (tiny stuffed one in a carrier) were among her favorites. Charlie LOVES his new talking/singing doggie. We are looking forward to a wonderful 2010! Charlie enjoyed his first Christmas. He is such a wonderful boy. He's close to crawling and hopefully will have some teeth soon....poor boy.



Santa's here





showing off the Dancing Snoopy


waiting for some presents

Loved cooking for us

Yay for cooking!


sitting in the glory


Got her own make-up bag

Best gift ever

Christmas Eve 2009

we had a great time unwrapping our traditional jammies and books. Things are so exciting around here. Babies first Christmas and Lilly is really understanding the whole thing. Look for more pics of the big day.




Boy does she love him

Baking with Nana

Nana came down and got to have tons of fun with the kids. She is the best nana ever. Lilly loved hanging and baking with her. We were very sad to see her go.

Bath Time

Bath time is one of Charlies favorite times of day. Here he is sampling the bubbles...YUMMMY

Bedtime Stories

so Lilly has been really into telling us stories, making up songs ect... so last night in an effort to not go to sleep she told me the story of Pocahontas, this is good people.

" Once apon a time there was a prince named John Smith. He got caught by the bad guys and SQUISHED (squeezes her hands together). Then Pocahontas got SQUISHED. THEN...the aliens and Michael Jackson came and the bad guys threw them in the trash, (looks at me), "gross right". Then they threw them in again and again and again "gross right", So then John shot the bad guys (makes a gun with her fingers) PEWWW, PEWWW, PEWWW. And they all lived happily ever after"

That is the best bedtime story I've ever heard.

Lilly Moments

Lilly and I went down to one of the many events in Burbank this holiday season. On our way she was playing with words, Pirate ice cream, Pirate lollypop, Pirate window. After a couple minutes of this "game" she looks at me and says...."mom, you think my game is funny" Me: " I do" Lilly: "you think my game is crazy" Me: "Yes, I do"

She is so funny and is very into making up games and stories and songs. She LOVES to sing Christmas songs, Frosty, Santa is coming to town, We wish you a Merry Christmas....in fact she got a special hat from her teacher cause she was the only one in class that knows the song for the Christmas pageant, not only does she know their song, but all the other class songs. I guess the 40 times we sang/heard Santa Clause is coming to town really paid off.

She is such a joy to be around and the best big sister around.

We are so looking forward to this holiday. We are getting to take some time off and looking forward to being together as a family.

The Force is strong with this one.....

Well Lilly is officially a Star Wars Fan. It started with a 1/2 viewing of the movie. We didn't make it thru the whole thing cause of bedtime, but that was enough of a taste to plant the seed. Later that week we finished the movie and she is hooked.
This was all cemented when we went to Disneyland and she got to be a part of the Jedi Training show in tomorrow land. They take the kids up on stage, teach them some Jedi moves and then they fight Darth Vader. She was chosen and went up and followed all the directions (not even looking at me once) My stomach was in knots.....would she fight Darth, would she be overwhelmed.....well those of you who know her can guess that she stood there....no fear and fought Darth.....kicked his butt, pummeled him.....you get the idea. We cheered and clapped and were so proud of her. What an independent spirit she has. And although it drives me crazy, I LOVE that she can just go up in front of 150 people and kick Darth Vader's Ass with no qualms. We snapped many many pictures. They don't do it justice. Enjoy.

signed-
One Proud Mama




cheering for the Jedi masters



Pick Me, Pick Me



Yay, one of the Chosen



Learning her Jedi Moves








Here He Comes




Trying to get her to join the Dark Side





NEVER!!!!



Everyone telling Darth they will NEVER join him.

Then and Now

I've seen this on a couple sites. The idea is to look back at the last year and see the major differences. I thought I'd do a slight tweak of this...here is the pumpkin patch pictures thru the years. our girl has changed a lot and of course there is a round little man added to this year.



2006



2007



2008



2009

Halloween 09

We had a great Halloween. For us it seemed to go on for weeks. Lilly couldn't wait to wear her costume. Last Saturday the Woods and Nana came down and we went to Disneyland to give the costumes a test run. Then on Friday her school had a "parade" I use that word very lightly as they just walked around in a circle in their small playground area to Monster Mash playing on a boom box (awesome I know). Then we went to the studio for some Disney fun.
Charlie was a trouper putting his costume on and off over the last few days (Debi made him an AMAZING beast costume, since his big sister is Belle). Along with pumpkin carving we also went trick-or-treating. Our friends the Berin's live in the most amazing neighborhood. We crash their 4th of July and Halloween activities every year. THANKS Berin's.
This year was no exception, fun, friends and lots of candy.
Enjoy the pictures of our Beauty and her Beast.



had to do it all by herself







slept thru his first Halloween



on our way



Auntie Rissa



Beauty and her Beast



four belles at school











Leading the parade



they take baths together! it's Fun



Love this boy, look at that face



admiring her work











a successful day!