Here comes Lola

Look at me !!! I'm standing by myself !!!

Now watch this - look out Noah here I come

Whoa - that was close


Surprise Mommy - I'm walking (sort of)

Football's Here - Are You Ready ????

The 2008 Football season is about to begin and here we are enjoying

the Chargers Monday night preseason game..... A trial run for the many

exciting games to come this season.

Noah practicing his tackles ...........

GO LT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stretching out those arms for the celebrations

TOUCHDOWN CHARGERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hopefully we can recreate this scene in February during the Superbowl.....

Summer Time Fun

As the summer comes to a end I thought I'd share some of this months summer time adventures.... First we start with the "Lemonade Stand"

Heres Noah, Amanda, Lola and Megan holding down thier stand.

I found out the trick to making "Coins" is to tell the right people

(ie. Grandparents)

Next stop was to visit Nana and Grandpa while they were camping

at the beach. Heres Lola enjoying her salt water splash pool.

In typical Noah fashion he stops and hams it up for the camera between sandcastles.


WHERES MY LUNCH!!!!!!!!!!

Heres Noah driving the Motorhome......well maybe.

Hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable summer.......We sure did.

Jacks 3rd Birthday Party

This weekend Noah went to his friend Jack's 3rd birthday party.

Party was held at the Ladera Ranch waterpark, so it was a

splashing good time. Heres all the kids enjoying the water.

Lola Splashing around and havind a blast....

Heres Noah hiding out in the shade......

Dad and Noah playing with the many water wheels.....

Noah's New Hair Style

Well Noah has needed a Hair cut for awhile - so what did we do?

Dad gave him a buzz cut.

Heres the before

Dad hard at work - It's not as easy as it looks........

Noah gives it the Thumbs Up........

Striking a pose for the Camera

Showing off the new haircut and the new WALL-E T-shirt.

Video Test

Well I thought I'd try something new and post a video on here.......
If I can do it on Youtube why not here........

Lola Pulling herself Up on the Couch

Heres Lola Walking - well at least starting to.

I KNOW THE VIDEO IS SIDEWAYS......

4th of July

Happy 4th of July

For the first time in a few years Keith got the night off of work so we could all enjoy some friends, fun and BBQ's.

Noah and Lola all geared up and ready to go.

First stop was the Water's House to see Hanna, Hailee, Megan and Josh.
Heres Hanna and Lola hanging out in the family room.
Noah was in the pool with Hailee and friends.

Once the Mom and Dad caught up with everyone it was time to head over to Fred and Jamie's house so Noah could play with his friend Gio. They had a bounce house so the boys were busy jumping most of the evening. Here they are taking a break to take in some food.

Hope everyone had a safe and fun holiday!

Lola's Trip to the Hospital

Well the end of June brought us a unexpected trip to the hospital with Lola. She got a bacterial infection that produced a half golf ball sized bump on the side of her neck. After a day full of tests and a CT scan they determined it was drainable and that Lola would under go sugery. Not the easiest thing to take as a parent but we survived.

Here's where they put her IV - babies veins are hard to find.......took 3 trys.

Relaxing after surgey still feeling the effect of the drugs

This is where they made the small cut and drained the infection

Happy to be done and ready to go home......

Well after 4 days in the hospital they sent us home with a clean bill of health and a 10 day supply of anitbiotics to insure that the infection was gone for good.

As of today, July 5, she is back to normal. You would never know anything happen unless we told you. Lola is puling herself up and even thinking about walking......But just thinking about it.

Time to Recap - May 2008

Well since I have been slacking on updating the blog I figured I would give

you a quick snapshot of the month of May to catch everyone up.

The kids posing for a photo opportunity

Heres Noah during a recent trip tto the Discovery Science Center.

Noah loves to brush his teeth.....as you can see

Heres little Lola posing for the camera

Look out here I come.....Crawling all over and finding new things to get into

Noah at the Fullerton Train Day.... The kid loves trains

Lola checking out the house during a trip to Nana and Grandpa's

Noah and Giovanni doing what boys do best... Getting Messy

Noah getting practice for his future Gatorade on the coach move.

Well thats the month in a quick update. I will be getting more up in the next week.

Hope everyone is doing well.

And for one person to remain nameless (KIM) hope you enjoy the updates.

Easter

Easter came early for all of this year but

Noah and Lola were ready

The weekends activities started with a trip to the Fountain Valley

Easter Egg Hunt and pancake breakfast. Time for pictures with

the Easter Bunny

Now it was time to wait for the Easter Egg hunt

After the mornings activities it was time to head home and color eggs

Mom and noah deciding what color to make the next egg.

Easter Morning and look what the Easter Bunny brought Noah......

a Easter Train.

Spring Pictures

Well it is that time agian.... Time for the professionals to take some pictures.

Here are the results of our photo session. Enjoy.

(Remeber you can click on the Pic for a bigger version)